California Senate Bill SB1279 Amended / Bill

 BILL NUMBER: SB 1279AMENDED BILL TEXT AMENDED IN SENATE APRIL 26, 2016 AMENDED IN SENATE APRIL 4, 2016 AMENDED IN SENATE MARCH 30, 2016 INTRODUCED BY Senator Hancock FEBRUARY 19, 2016 An act to add Section 14525.3 to the Government Code, relating to transportation. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST SB 1279, as amended, Hancock. California Transportation Commission: funding prohibition: coal shipment. Existing law creates the California Transportation Commission, with various duties and responsibilities relative to the programming and allocation of funds for transportation capital projects. This bill  would   would, except as specified,  prohibit the commission from programming or allocating any state funds for any  newly proposed  project at a port facility that is located at, or adjacent to, a disadvantaged community and that  exports or proposes to export coal from the state.   proposes to allow or facilitate the handling, storage, or transportation of coal in bulk.  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.   (a)     The Legislature finds and declares that, to avoid the impacts of localized airborne particulate matter associated with the transportation of coal and the increased emissions of greenhouse gases associated with the use of c   oal, the State of California should make all reasonable and legal efforts to avoid the investment of state moneys in coal-supporting transportation projects.   (b) It is the intent of the Legislature that the State of California cease all investments in transportation infrastructure projects that store, transfer, or transport significant amounts of coal in bulk. While it is not the intent of the Legislature to disrupt existing, regular, and lawful interstate and international commerce involving operations that may transport coal at present, it is the intent of the Legislature to avoid making new investments in coal-supporting projects.   SECTION 1.   SEC. 2.  Section 14525.3 is added to the Government Code, to read: 14525.3.  (a)    To the extent consistent with federal law, the commission shall not program or allocate any state funds, including proceeds from the sale of general obligation bonds, under its jurisdiction for any project  proposed on or after January 1, 2017,  at a port facility that is located in, or adjacent to, one or more disadvantaged communities identified pursuant to Chapter 4.1 (commencing with Section 39710) of Part 2 of Division 26 of the Health and Safety Code and that  exports or proposes to export coal from the state.   proposes to allow or facilitate the handling, storage, or transportation of coal in bulk.   (b) The commission shall evaluate each project before it for consistency with this section and determine whether or not the project as proposed will increase the state's overall capacity to facilitate the transportation of coal.   (c) This section does not apply to a project or infrastructure already permitted in operation as of January 1, 2016.   (d) This section does not apply to a project designed for safety, rehabiliation, modernization, maintenance, or repair of an existing operation or facility.