BILL NUMBER: SB 1253	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY   JULY 7, 1999
	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,  the Department of Forestry and Fire
Protection, the Department of Transportation, the State Water
Resources Control Board, the California Integrated Waste Management
Board, any other state agencies with jurisdiction over matters
affecting climate change,  to update the inventory of 
the sources of  greenhouse gas emissions from  all 
sources located in the state  , as identified in a specified
report   established pursuant to the law requiring the
study, and to provide state report, 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   , and to acquire and develop data
and information on global climate change issues, and provide state,
regional and local agencies, utilities, business, industry, and other
energy and economic sectors with information on the costs and
technical feasibility of methods of reducing the production of
greenhouse gases from in-state sources  .
   The bill would require the commission 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  , and
to establish a climate change advisory committee to advise the
commission on strategies for reducing greenhouse gases  .
   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,  the Department of Forestry and Fire Protection,
the Department of Transportation, the State Water Resources Control
Board, the California Integrated Waste Management Board, and other
state agencies with jurisdiction over matters affecting climate
change,  shall do all of the following:
   (a) 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   greenhouse gas emissions
from all sources located in the state, as identified in the
commission's 1998 report entitled, "Appendix A:  Historical and
Forecasted Greenhouse Gas Emissions Inventories for California."
Information on natural sources of greenhouse gas emissions shall be
included to the extent that information is available  .  The
inventory shall include information that compares emissions from
 comparable sectors in   similar inventories
prepared for  the United States and other states or countries,
 as appropriate   using the generic indicators
of C02 emissions per capita and C02 emissions per gross state and
national product  , 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.  
   (b) Acquire and develop data and information on global climate
change issues, and provide state, regional, and local agencies,
utilities, business, industry, and other energy and economic sectors
with information on the costs and technical feasibility of methods
for reducing the production of greenhouse gases from in-state
sources.  The commission, in consultation with the State Air
Resources Board, shall provide a variety of forums for the exchange
of that information among interested parties, and shall advise other
state agencies on technologically feasible methods that can be used
to reduce the emissions of greenhouse gases. 
   (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) 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) 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.  
   (f) Establish a climate change advisory committee to advise the
commission on strategies for reducing greenhouse gases.  This
advisory committee shall make recommendations to the commission on
the most equitable and efficient ways to implement international and
national climate change requirements, based on cost and technical
feasibility.  The commission shall chair and include on the advisory
committee members who represent business, including major industrial
and energy sectors, utilities, forestry, agriculture, local
government, and environmental groups.  The meetings of the advisory
committee shall be open to the public, and shall provide an
opportunity for the public to be heard on matters considered by the
advisory committee.