Senate Bill 17 would advance California’s clean energy policies by improving reliability and efficiency in power distribution through the deployment of smart grid technology.
The historic greenhouse gas legislation, AB 32, gives the California Air Resources Board (CARB) the authority to collect fees through market mechanisms such as auctions, and through a schedule of fees. CARB must spend the revenue to further the purposes of AB 32. This revenue can be used to invest in energy efficiency, clean energy resources and enabling infrastructure, new technologies and new jobs that will put California on the path to a clean and prosperous future.
SB 31 will give CARB additional guidance on how this revenue should be used. SB 31 will ensure that revenue collected pursuant to AB 32 will be invested in ways that will reduce GHG emissions, protect the health and safety of Californians, and put us on the path to a new green economy.
SB 565 would require the State Water Resources Control Board to develop a plan to ensure that at least 50% of wastewater that is annually discharged into the ocean, as of the year 2009, is recycled and put to beneficial use by the year 2030. The bill would fund the development and implementation of that plan by requiring the state board to impose a fee on each person discharging wastewater into the ocean.
SB 600 advances California’s tobacco prevention and cancer research efforts and generates a significant amount of revenue by increasing the state’s tobacco tax an additional $1.50 per pack. This bill was the subject of a recent Los Angeles Times article.
SB 601 seeks to strengthen existing law governing the issuance of tobacco retail licenses by establishing restrictions on license eligibility and prohibiting tobacco from being sold within 1,000 feet of schools.
SB 602 seeks to strengthen current tobacco laws aimed at reducing illegal sales of tobacco products to minors by requiring the state tobacco licensing authority to revoke or suspend retail tobacco licenses upon a recommendation of tobacco enforcement agencies.
SB 602 also seeks to prevent the proliferation of tobacco retail outlets in California communities by allowing over-concentration to be a condition for license denial.
SB 603 caps the number of new retail tobacco licenses that may be issued annually and requires tobacco retailers to pay an annual license renewal fee.
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