California Air Resources Board

Summary

Makes technical changes to the Budget Act of 2021. Among other things, the bill makes re-appropriations to extend encumbrance and expenditure dates for Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund appropriations to CARB. This is the third Budget Bill Junior associated with the Budget Act of 2021.  

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Contains statutory provisions necessary to implement the Budget Act of 2021. Among other things, the bill authorizes CARB, upon appropriation by the Legislature, to administer a program to support incentives for alternatives to agricultural burning in the San Joaquin Valley. The bill also exempts the adoption or use of funding criteria or other guidelines related to the granting of funds under this program from the Administrative Procedure Act.

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Contains statutory provisions related to State government necessary to implement the Budget Act of 2021. Specifically, the bill extends, to January 1, 2022, the implementation date of the Buy Clean California Act (Bonta, Chapter 816, Statutes of 2017), which requires the Department of General Services (DGS) to establish acceptable Global Warming Potential (GWP) limits for the manufacture of certain construction materials used in public work projects. The bill also requires DGS to consult with CARB when establishing maximum acceptable GWP limits for each category of eligible materials under the Buy Clean California Act.

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Budget Act of 2021. Among other things, the bill makes appropriations for CARB programs and makes re-appropriations to extend encumbrance and expenditure dates for Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund appropriations, including those to CARB. The bill also signals the intent of the Legislature to appropriate money for zero-emission vehicles, climate resiliency, climate smart agriculture, and wildfire and forestry resiliency in a subsequent Budget Bill Junior.

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Budget Act of 2020. Among other things, the bill makes appropriations for CARB programs and makes re-appropriations to extend encumbrance and expenditure dates for Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund appropriations, including those to CARB. 

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Would have made appropriations to support CARB activities and programs from various funds.  This bill also would have made re-appropriations for the purposes of extending encumbrance, expenditure, and liquidation dates for certain Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund appropriations, including those to CARB.  Was not heard by the Senate Budget and Fiscal Review Committee.

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Would have made appropriations to support CARB activities and programs from various funds.  This bill also would have made re-appropriations for the purposes of extending encumbrance, expenditure, and liquidation dates for certain Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund appropriations, including those to CARB.  Was not heard in the Assembly Budget Committee.

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Summary

Contains the appropriations that support State government for fiscal year 2020-21.  Of interest to CARB, the bill makes re-appropriations for the purposes of extending encumbrance, expenditure, and liquidation dates for certain Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund appropriations.

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Would have made statutory changes to the fiscal year 2020-21 budget package to implement actions related to transportation.  Of interest to CARB, the budget trailer bill would have appropriated $1.7 million from the Air Pollution Control Fund to the Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) to develop an interface system for the DMV’s vehicle registration system to communicate with CARB’s compliance database.  The budget trailer bill also would have required the State Controller to allocate Low Carbon Transit Operations Program (LCTOP) funding for the 2020–21 and 2021–22 fiscal years to recipient transit agencies based on transit operator ratios.  LCTOP receives a continuous appropriation from the Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund.  Was not heard in the Assembly Budget Committee.

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Would have established the Climate Catalyst Revolving Loan Fund Act of 2020.  This bill would have created the Climate Catalyst Revolving Loan Fund (Fund) within the State Treasury, and made the moneys in the fund available for expenditure, upon appropriation by the Legislature.  This bill would have also required the California Infrastructure and Economic Development Bank (IBank) to administer the Fund and would have authorized IBank to provide financial assistance to any eligible sponsor or participating party for eligible climate catalyst projects.  Failed passage on the Assembly Floor.

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