CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20172018 REGULAR SESSION Senate Bill No. 30Introduced by Senator LaraDecember 05, 2016 An act to add Chapter 15 (commencing with Section 8900) to Division 1 of Title 2 of the Government Code, relating to infrastructure.LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGESTSB 30, as introduced, Lara. California-Mexico border: federally funded infrastructure.Existing law establishes the border between the United States and Mexico, which includes the southern border of California.This bill would require any federally funded infrastructure project along Californias southern border that exceeds a cost of $1 billion to first be approved by a majority of the voters voting on the issue at a statewide general election. The bill also would make related findings and declarations.Digest Key Vote: MAJORITY Appropriation: NO Fiscal Committee: YES Local Program: NO Bill TextThe people of the State of California do enact as follows:SECTION 1. Chapter 15 (commencing with Section 8900) is added to Division 1 of Title 2 of the Government Code, to read: CHAPTER 15. Federally Funded Infrastructure on the California-Mexico Border8900. (a) The Legislature finds and declares all of the following:(1) California and Mexico share more than 130 miles of an international border. The border region is home to tremendous cultural history and economic commerce between the United States and Mexico.(2) In 2015, the value of Californias exports to Mexico was twenty-six billion eight hundred million dollars ($26,800,000,000), making up 17.4 percent of the states total exports, and approximately 177,000 California jobs are related to the commercial relationship with Mexico. Commerce, tourism, and foreign direct investment from Mexico support more than 200,000 jobs in California.(3) Californias border region is also home to numerous threatened and endangered species of plant and animal life, including Californias official state amphibian, the California red-legged frog, and the endangered arroyo toad.(4) A recent binational agreement between the United States and Mexico aims to address pollution, including sewage, waste tires, and polluted stormwater, in the Tijuana River watershed. The river flows through both California and Baja California, impacting bird and wildlife habitat and water quality at local beaches.(5) A proposed border wall between California and Mexico would do serious economic, social, and environmental harm to the state.(6) A federally funded infrastructure project along Californias southern border that exceeds a cost of one billion dollars ($1,000,000,000) may cause harm to Californias precious environmental resources and cause social and economic impacts.(b) Any federally funded infrastructure project along Californias southern border that exceeds a cost of one billion dollars ($1,000,000,000) shall first be approved by a majority of the voters voting on the issue at a statewide general election.(c) For purposes of this section, separate infrastructure projects that are physically connected or adjacent to each other shall be deemed to constitute a single project.
CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20172018 REGULAR SESSION Senate Bill No. 30Introduced by Senator LaraDecember 05, 2016 An act to add Chapter 15 (commencing with Section 8900) to Division 1 of Title 2 of the Government Code, relating to infrastructure.LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGESTSB 30, as introduced, Lara. California-Mexico border: federally funded infrastructure.Existing law establishes the border between the United States and Mexico, which includes the southern border of California.This bill would require any federally funded infrastructure project along Californias southern border that exceeds a cost of $1 billion to first be approved by a majority of the voters voting on the issue at a statewide general election. The bill also would make related findings and declarations.Digest Key Vote: MAJORITY Appropriation: NO Fiscal Committee: YES Local Program: NO
CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20172018 REGULAR SESSION
Senate Bill No. 30
Introduced by Senator LaraDecember 05, 2016
Introduced by Senator Lara
December 05, 2016
An act to add Chapter 15 (commencing with Section 8900) to Division 1 of Title 2 of the Government Code, relating to infrastructure.
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
## LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
SB 30, as introduced, Lara. California-Mexico border: federally funded infrastructure.
Existing law establishes the border between the United States and Mexico, which includes the southern border of California.This bill would require any federally funded infrastructure project along Californias southern border that exceeds a cost of $1 billion to first be approved by a majority of the voters voting on the issue at a statewide general election. The bill also would make related findings and declarations.
Existing law establishes the border between the United States and Mexico, which includes the southern border of California.
This bill would require any federally funded infrastructure project along Californias southern border that exceeds a cost of $1 billion to first be approved by a majority of the voters voting on the issue at a statewide general election. The bill also would make related findings and declarations.
## Digest Key
## Bill Text
The people of the State of California do enact as follows:SECTION 1. Chapter 15 (commencing with Section 8900) is added to Division 1 of Title 2 of the Government Code, to read: CHAPTER 15. Federally Funded Infrastructure on the California-Mexico Border8900. (a) The Legislature finds and declares all of the following:(1) California and Mexico share more than 130 miles of an international border. The border region is home to tremendous cultural history and economic commerce between the United States and Mexico.(2) In 2015, the value of Californias exports to Mexico was twenty-six billion eight hundred million dollars ($26,800,000,000), making up 17.4 percent of the states total exports, and approximately 177,000 California jobs are related to the commercial relationship with Mexico. Commerce, tourism, and foreign direct investment from Mexico support more than 200,000 jobs in California.(3) Californias border region is also home to numerous threatened and endangered species of plant and animal life, including Californias official state amphibian, the California red-legged frog, and the endangered arroyo toad.(4) A recent binational agreement between the United States and Mexico aims to address pollution, including sewage, waste tires, and polluted stormwater, in the Tijuana River watershed. The river flows through both California and Baja California, impacting bird and wildlife habitat and water quality at local beaches.(5) A proposed border wall between California and Mexico would do serious economic, social, and environmental harm to the state.(6) A federally funded infrastructure project along Californias southern border that exceeds a cost of one billion dollars ($1,000,000,000) may cause harm to Californias precious environmental resources and cause social and economic impacts.(b) Any federally funded infrastructure project along Californias southern border that exceeds a cost of one billion dollars ($1,000,000,000) shall first be approved by a majority of the voters voting on the issue at a statewide general election.(c) For purposes of this section, separate infrastructure projects that are physically connected or adjacent to each other shall be deemed to constitute a single project.
The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
## The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
SECTION 1. Chapter 15 (commencing with Section 8900) is added to Division 1 of Title 2 of the Government Code, to read: CHAPTER 15. Federally Funded Infrastructure on the California-Mexico Border8900. (a) The Legislature finds and declares all of the following:(1) California and Mexico share more than 130 miles of an international border. The border region is home to tremendous cultural history and economic commerce between the United States and Mexico.(2) In 2015, the value of Californias exports to Mexico was twenty-six billion eight hundred million dollars ($26,800,000,000), making up 17.4 percent of the states total exports, and approximately 177,000 California jobs are related to the commercial relationship with Mexico. Commerce, tourism, and foreign direct investment from Mexico support more than 200,000 jobs in California.(3) Californias border region is also home to numerous threatened and endangered species of plant and animal life, including Californias official state amphibian, the California red-legged frog, and the endangered arroyo toad.(4) A recent binational agreement between the United States and Mexico aims to address pollution, including sewage, waste tires, and polluted stormwater, in the Tijuana River watershed. The river flows through both California and Baja California, impacting bird and wildlife habitat and water quality at local beaches.(5) A proposed border wall between California and Mexico would do serious economic, social, and environmental harm to the state.(6) A federally funded infrastructure project along Californias southern border that exceeds a cost of one billion dollars ($1,000,000,000) may cause harm to Californias precious environmental resources and cause social and economic impacts.(b) Any federally funded infrastructure project along Californias southern border that exceeds a cost of one billion dollars ($1,000,000,000) shall first be approved by a majority of the voters voting on the issue at a statewide general election.(c) For purposes of this section, separate infrastructure projects that are physically connected or adjacent to each other shall be deemed to constitute a single project.
SECTION 1. Chapter 15 (commencing with Section 8900) is added to Division 1 of Title 2 of the Government Code, to read:
### SECTION 1.
CHAPTER 15. Federally Funded Infrastructure on the California-Mexico Border8900. (a) The Legislature finds and declares all of the following:(1) California and Mexico share more than 130 miles of an international border. The border region is home to tremendous cultural history and economic commerce between the United States and Mexico.(2) In 2015, the value of Californias exports to Mexico was twenty-six billion eight hundred million dollars ($26,800,000,000), making up 17.4 percent of the states total exports, and approximately 177,000 California jobs are related to the commercial relationship with Mexico. Commerce, tourism, and foreign direct investment from Mexico support more than 200,000 jobs in California.(3) Californias border region is also home to numerous threatened and endangered species of plant and animal life, including Californias official state amphibian, the California red-legged frog, and the endangered arroyo toad.(4) A recent binational agreement between the United States and Mexico aims to address pollution, including sewage, waste tires, and polluted stormwater, in the Tijuana River watershed. The river flows through both California and Baja California, impacting bird and wildlife habitat and water quality at local beaches.(5) A proposed border wall between California and Mexico would do serious economic, social, and environmental harm to the state.(6) A federally funded infrastructure project along Californias southern border that exceeds a cost of one billion dollars ($1,000,000,000) may cause harm to Californias precious environmental resources and cause social and economic impacts.(b) Any federally funded infrastructure project along Californias southern border that exceeds a cost of one billion dollars ($1,000,000,000) shall first be approved by a majority of the voters voting on the issue at a statewide general election.(c) For purposes of this section, separate infrastructure projects that are physically connected or adjacent to each other shall be deemed to constitute a single project.
CHAPTER 15. Federally Funded Infrastructure on the California-Mexico Border8900. (a) The Legislature finds and declares all of the following:(1) California and Mexico share more than 130 miles of an international border. The border region is home to tremendous cultural history and economic commerce between the United States and Mexico.(2) In 2015, the value of Californias exports to Mexico was twenty-six billion eight hundred million dollars ($26,800,000,000), making up 17.4 percent of the states total exports, and approximately 177,000 California jobs are related to the commercial relationship with Mexico. Commerce, tourism, and foreign direct investment from Mexico support more than 200,000 jobs in California.(3) Californias border region is also home to numerous threatened and endangered species of plant and animal life, including Californias official state amphibian, the California red-legged frog, and the endangered arroyo toad.(4) A recent binational agreement between the United States and Mexico aims to address pollution, including sewage, waste tires, and polluted stormwater, in the Tijuana River watershed. The river flows through both California and Baja California, impacting bird and wildlife habitat and water quality at local beaches.(5) A proposed border wall between California and Mexico would do serious economic, social, and environmental harm to the state.(6) A federally funded infrastructure project along Californias southern border that exceeds a cost of one billion dollars ($1,000,000,000) may cause harm to Californias precious environmental resources and cause social and economic impacts.(b) Any federally funded infrastructure project along Californias southern border that exceeds a cost of one billion dollars ($1,000,000,000) shall first be approved by a majority of the voters voting on the issue at a statewide general election.(c) For purposes of this section, separate infrastructure projects that are physically connected or adjacent to each other shall be deemed to constitute a single project.
CHAPTER 15. Federally Funded Infrastructure on the California-Mexico Border
CHAPTER 15. Federally Funded Infrastructure on the California-Mexico Border
8900. (a) The Legislature finds and declares all of the following:(1) California and Mexico share more than 130 miles of an international border. The border region is home to tremendous cultural history and economic commerce between the United States and Mexico.(2) In 2015, the value of Californias exports to Mexico was twenty-six billion eight hundred million dollars ($26,800,000,000), making up 17.4 percent of the states total exports, and approximately 177,000 California jobs are related to the commercial relationship with Mexico. Commerce, tourism, and foreign direct investment from Mexico support more than 200,000 jobs in California.(3) Californias border region is also home to numerous threatened and endangered species of plant and animal life, including Californias official state amphibian, the California red-legged frog, and the endangered arroyo toad.(4) A recent binational agreement between the United States and Mexico aims to address pollution, including sewage, waste tires, and polluted stormwater, in the Tijuana River watershed. The river flows through both California and Baja California, impacting bird and wildlife habitat and water quality at local beaches.(5) A proposed border wall between California and Mexico would do serious economic, social, and environmental harm to the state.(6) A federally funded infrastructure project along Californias southern border that exceeds a cost of one billion dollars ($1,000,000,000) may cause harm to Californias precious environmental resources and cause social and economic impacts.(b) Any federally funded infrastructure project along Californias southern border that exceeds a cost of one billion dollars ($1,000,000,000) shall first be approved by a majority of the voters voting on the issue at a statewide general election.(c) For purposes of this section, separate infrastructure projects that are physically connected or adjacent to each other shall be deemed to constitute a single project.
8900. (a) The Legislature finds and declares all of the following:
(1) California and Mexico share more than 130 miles of an international border. The border region is home to tremendous cultural history and economic commerce between the United States and Mexico.
(2) In 2015, the value of Californias exports to Mexico was twenty-six billion eight hundred million dollars ($26,800,000,000), making up 17.4 percent of the states total exports, and approximately 177,000 California jobs are related to the commercial relationship with Mexico. Commerce, tourism, and foreign direct investment from Mexico support more than 200,000 jobs in California.
(3) Californias border region is also home to numerous threatened and endangered species of plant and animal life, including Californias official state amphibian, the California red-legged frog, and the endangered arroyo toad.
(4) A recent binational agreement between the United States and Mexico aims to address pollution, including sewage, waste tires, and polluted stormwater, in the Tijuana River watershed. The river flows through both California and Baja California, impacting bird and wildlife habitat and water quality at local beaches.
(5) A proposed border wall between California and Mexico would do serious economic, social, and environmental harm to the state.
(6) A federally funded infrastructure project along Californias southern border that exceeds a cost of one billion dollars ($1,000,000,000) may cause harm to Californias precious environmental resources and cause social and economic impacts.
(b) Any federally funded infrastructure project along Californias southern border that exceeds a cost of one billion dollars ($1,000,000,000) shall first be approved by a majority of the voters voting on the issue at a statewide general election.
(c) For purposes of this section, separate infrastructure projects that are physically connected or adjacent to each other shall be deemed to constitute a single project.