California Air Resources Board

Summary

Would have designated a local air district as a special district for purposes of receiving State funds or funds disbursed by the State, including federal funds. The bill would also have required, if eligibility for funds requires a district to be considered either a dependent or an independent special district, the entity distributing those funds to use the definitions for those terms set forth in the Cortese-Knox-Hertzberg Local Government Reorganization Act of 2000, as specified, to determine eligibility. Held on suspense in the Senate Appropriations Committee.

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Would have required CARB to conduct an assessment of the socioeconomic impacts, as defined, of a proposed rule or regulation with an economic impact of $10 million or more that will significantly affect air quality or emissions limitations. The bill also would have authorized CARB to contract with a third party to conduct the required assessment of socioeconomic impacts. The bill would have specified minimum standards for the assessment of socioeconomic impacts and required CARB or a third-party contractor to include in the assessment of socioeconomic impacts specified information and various economic analyses. The bill would have prohibited CARB from approving an assessment of socioeconomic impacts that fails to meet these requirements. The bill would have had similar provisions for local air districts regarding third party contractors and made changes to the socioeconomic analysis carried out by local air districts for rulemakings. Held on suspense in the Senate Appropriations Committee.

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Is a general government budget trailer bill to the Budget Act of 2023 that makes changes to the Bagley-Keene Open Meeting Act. The bill authorizes State bodies to hold public meetings, subject to specified notice and accessibility requirements, through teleconferencing and making public meetings accessible telephonically or otherwise electronically to the public, as specified. The bill provides that a State body need not make available any physical location from which members of the public may observe the meeting and offer public comment. These Bagley-Keene provisions sunset on December 31, 2023.

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Provides that it is the intent of the Legislature to enact legislation that provides that the policy of the State is to ensure that companies that contract with the State are not contributing to tropical deforestation, either directly or through their supply chains. Remains atthe Assembly Desk.

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Requires CARB, if it proposes a regulation to regulate an on-road mobile source, to prepare a lifecycle analysis, as defined, of any technology required by the regulation. The scope of environmental impacts in the lifecycle analysis must include, but is not limited to, the assessment from raw material extraction and processing, through the product’s manufacture, distribution, and use, to the recycling or final disposal of the materials composing it. The assessments must include, but are not limited to, consideration of carbon dioxide emissions. Was not heard in the Assembly Appropriations Committee.

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Would have streamlined the application and implementation process for covered grants, defined as a grand award not exceeding $20,000 with a duration not more than a year and 501(c)(3) nonprofits as the eligible recipient . The bill would have had website requirements for a State agency or third-party contractor to post application information for a covered grant and to allow completion of a covered grant application online. The bill also would have required administrators to provide outreach, including to rural, low-income, and disadvantaged communities, for covered grant programs totaling $200,000 or more. The bill would have required advanced payment of at least 50 percent of the grant award and prohibited an administrator from requiring specified receipts, reports, and insurance coverage. Held on suspense in the Senate Appropriations Committee.

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Allows, for taxable years beginning on or after January 1, 2023, and before January 1, 2028, a credit against State taxes for a qualified taxpayer in an amount equal to $800 per ton of criteria air pollutant reduced beyond the baseline amount. The bill defines “qualified taxpayer” to mean a major source emitter, as defined, that has emissions levels of criteria air pollutants for the taxable year at least 5 percent below the requirements set by the federal Clean Air Act. The bill also defines “baseline amount” with respect to criteria air pollutants to mean the level of criteria air pollutants the taxpayer may emit to meet the requirements of the federal Clean Air Act. Was not heard in the Assembly Revenue and Tax Committee.

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Would have required State agencies to implement Zero Trust Architecture practices through a multi-year phased approach, with increasing level of maturity culminating in 2030. The bill would have required State agencies to implement on their systems: multi-factor authentication, enterprise endpoint detection and response, and robust logging practices. Held on suspense in the Senate Appropriations Committee.

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Authorizes a State agency administering a grant program or contract to provide advance payment to a recipient non-profit that qualifies under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code. When allowing advance payment, the State agency must prioritize grant recipients and projects serving disadvantaged, low income, and under-resourced communities or organizations, and ensure the advance payment does not exceed 25 percent, although the State agency may exceed this cap. The bill allows grant recipients to provide moneys from the advance payment to subrecipients. Additionally, the bill requires the grant recipient to meet specified minimum requirements and allows the Department of Finance  to perform an advance payment audit.

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Would have been a general government budget trailer bill to the Budget Act of 2023 that would have made changes to the Bagley-Keene Open Meeting Act. The bill would have authorized State bodies to hold public meetings, subject to specified notice and accessibility requirements, through teleconferencing and making public meetings accessible telephonically or otherwise electronically to the public, as specified. The bill would have provided that a State body need not make available any physical location from which members of the public may observe the meeting and offer public comment. These Bagley-Keene provisions would have sunset on December 31, 2023. Was not heard in the Senate Budget and Fiscal Review Committee.

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