Bill Text: CA SB1125 | 2013-2014 | Regular Session | Amended
Bill Title: California Global Warming Solutions Act of 2006: emissions reduction.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 4-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2014-05-23 - Held in committee and under submission. [SB1125 Detail]
Download: California-2013-SB1125-Amended.html
BILL NUMBER: SB 1125 AMENDED
BILL TEXT
AMENDED IN SENATE MAY 13, 2014
AMENDED IN SENATE MAY 6, 2014
AMENDED IN SENATE MARCH 28, 2014
INTRODUCED BY Senators Pavley and Lara
(Coauthor: Senator Leno)
(Coauthor: Assembly Member Lowenthal)
FEBRUARY 19, 2014
An act to add Section 38551.5 to the Health and Safety Code,
relating to greenhouse gases.
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
SB 1125, as amended, Pavley. California Global Warming Solutions
Act of 2006: emissions reduction.
The California Global Warming Solutions Act of 2006 requires the
State Air Resources Board to approve a statewide greenhouse gas
emissions limit that is equivalent to the 1990 level to be achieved
by 2020. The act requires the state board to make recommendations to
the Governor and the Legislature on how to continue the reduction of
greenhouse gas emissions beyond 2020.
This bill would require the state board, on or before January 1,
2016, and in consultation with specified entities, to develop
quantitative, advisory reduction targets for greenhouse gas emissions
and short-lived climate pollutants, as defined, for 2030 in order to
inform future legislative action. The bill would require the state
board to report to the Legislature on those targets. The bill, on
January 1, 2020, would declare inoperative the requirement that the
state board report to the Legislature.
Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: yes.
State-mandated local program: no.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. Section 38551.5 is added to the Health and Safety Code,
to read:
38551.5. (a) For purposes of this section, the following terms
have the following meanings:
(1) "Open and public process" means one or more public meetings
noticed pursuant to the Bagley-Keene Open Meeting Act (Article 9
(commencing with Section 11120) of Chapter 1 of Part 1 of Division 3
of Title 2 of the Government Code).
(2) "Short-lived climate pollutant" means an agent that has a
relatively short lifetime in the atmosphere, from a few days to a few
decades, and a warming influence on the climate with high global
warming potentials.
(b) On or before January 1, 2016, the state board, in consultation
with the Climate Action Team, other relevant state and local
agencies, and interested stakeholders, shall develop, in an open and
public process, quantitative, advisory reduction targets for
greenhouse gas emissions and short-lived climate pollutants with high
global warming potentials for 2030 in order to inform future
legislative action.
(c) In developing targets pursuant to subdivision (b), the state
board shall use the best available climate science, including, but
not limited to, the climate science surrounding short-lived climate
pollutants, and shall consider a level of statewide reductions for
2030 that significantly mitigates adverse public health impacts in
disadvantaged communities through reductions of short-lived climate
pollutants, in concert with other regulations limiting the emissions
of criteria or toxic air pollutants pursuant to Division 26
(commencing with Section 39000).
(d) (1) The state board shall report to the Legislature the
targets developed pursuant to this section.
(2) A report submitted pursuant to paragraph (1) shall be
submitted in compliance with Section 9795 of the Government Code.
(3) The requirement for submitting a report pursuant to paragraph
(1) is inoperative on January 1, 2020, pursuant to Section 10231.5 of
the Government Code.
(e) This section does not affect the authority of a state agency
to adopt and implement rules and regulations that result in the
reduction of greenhouse gas emissions or short-lived climate
pollutants to the extent authorized or required by law.
