BILL NUMBER: SB 1253	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN SENATE   APRIL 20, 1999

INTRODUCED BY   Senator Sher

                        FEBRUARY 26, 1999

   An act to add Chapter 8.5 (commencing with Section 25720) to
Division 15 of the Public Resources Code, relating to climate change.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SB 1253, as amended, Sher.  Climate change.
   Existing law establishes the State Energy Resources Conservation
and Development Commission and requires the commission, among other
things, to analyze the environmental consequences of trends in the
consumption of energy.  Existing law also requires the commission
to have conducted a study on or before June 1, 1990, regarding the
manner in which global warming trends may affect California's energy
supply and demand, economy, environment, agriculture, and water
supplies. 
   This bill would require the commission, in consultation with the
State Air Resources Board, to  establish an  
update the  inventory of the sources of greenhouse gas emissions
from sources located in the state  established pursuant to the
law requiring the study  , and to provide state, regional, and
local agencies with information regarding cost-effective and
technologically feasible methods for reducing the production of
greenhouse gases from sources located in the state.
   The bill would require the commission  on or before
January 1, 2000, and every 5 years thereafter,  to update
its inventory  every 5 years  and report on the updated
inventory to the Governor and the Legislature.
   The bill would require the commission to conduct at least one
public workshop prior to finalizing each updated inventory.  The bill
would require the commission to post its report and inventory on the
commission's web page on the Internet.  The bill would also require
the commission to convene an interagency task force consisting of
state agencies with jurisdiction over matters affecting climate
change to ensure policy coordination for those activities.
   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.  Chapter 8.5 (commencing with Section 25720) is added to
Division 15 of the Public Resources Code, to read:

      CHAPTER 8.5.  CLIMATE CHANGE INVENTORY AND INFORMATION

   25720.  The commission, in consultation with the State Air
Resources Board, shall do all of the following:
   (a)  Establish an   Update the 
inventory of the sources of greenhouse gas emissions from all sources
located in the state, including both natural and anthropogenic
emissions  , established pursuant to Chapter 1506 of the Statutes
of 1988  .  The inventory shall include information that
compares emissions from comparable sectors in the United States and
other states or countries, as appropriate, to the extent that
information is available.
   (b) Provide state, regional, and local agencies with information
regarding cost-effective and technologically feasible methods that
have been demonstrated in use, for reducing the production of
greenhouse gases from sources located in the state.  
   (c) On or before January 1, 2000, and every five years thereafter,
the commission shall update its inventory  
   (c) Update its inventory every five years  using current
scientific methods and, notwithstanding Section 7550.5 of the
Government Code, report on the updated inventory to the Governor and
the Legislature.
   (d)  The commission shall conduct   Conduct
 at least one public workshop prior to finalizing each updated
inventory.  The commission shall post its report and inventory on the
commission's web page on the Internet.  
   (e) The commission shall convene an interagency task 

   (e) Convene an interagency task  force consisting of state
agencies with jurisdiction over matters affecting climate change to
ensure policy coordination at the state level for those activities.