Fiona Ma
- Democratic
Author
(1) The California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) requires a lead agency, as defined, to prepare, or cause to be prepared, and certify the completion of, an environmental impact report (EIR) on a project that it proposes to carry out or approve that may have a significant effect on the environment or to adopt a negative declaration if it finds that the project will not have that effect. CEQA exempts a project of less than one mile in length within a public street or highway or any other public right-of-way for the installation of a new pipeline, as defined, or the maintenance, repair, restoration, reconditioning, relocation, replacement, removal, or demolition of an existing pipeline. Existing law excludes from the definition of pipeline, for purposes of this exemption, certain surface facilities. This bill would, until January 1, 2018, revise that definition of pipeline to delete the exclusion of those surface facilities and to include surface accessories or appurtenances to a pipeline. The bill would require a resource agency, as defined, when determining the applicability of the exemption of pipelines from the act with regard to a natural gas pipeline safety enhancement activity, as defined, to consider only the length of pipeline that is within its legal jurisdiction. The bill would impose a state-mandated local program by imposing new duties upon local agencies with regard to the exemption of pipelines from the act and upon a local agency that is a resource agency regarding the applicability of the exemption regarding a natural gas pipeline safety enhancement activity. The bill would, until January 1, 2018, authorize a public agency to establish a process that would allow an applicant for a natural gas pipeline safety enhancement activity to elect to pay additional fees to be used by the public agency in determining whether to approve that activity by entering into a contract with one or more 3rd parties to assist the public agency to perform the analysis. (2) The California Constitution requires the state to reimburse local agencies and school districts for certain costs mandated by the state. Statutory provisions establish procedures for making that reimbursement. This bill would provide that no reimbursement is required by this act for a specified reason. (3) This bill would declare that it is to take effect immediately as an urgency statute.
Approved by the Governor.
Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 487, Statutes of 2012.
Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3:30 p.m.
In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 31. Noes 4. Page 5075.).
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8.
From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 4. Noes 1.) (August 30).
Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 69. Noes 2. Page 6779.).
Assembly Rule 63 suspended. (Page 6775.)
Senate Rule 29.3(b) suspended. (Page 5029.)
In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
Joint Rule 62(a), file notice suspended. (Page 4895.)
Joint Rule 61(b)(15) suspended. (Page 4875.)
In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment.
Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 71. Noes 0. Page 6206.).
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading.
From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (August 16).
From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on APPR. Read second time and amended.
Read second time and amended.
From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (July 2).
From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on NAT. RES. Read second time and amended.
From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on NAT. RES. Read second time and amended.
Read second time and amended.
From committee: Amend and re-refer to Com. on NAT. RES. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (April 23).
From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on NAT. RES. Read second time and amended.
Read first time.
From printer. May be heard in committee March 27.
Introduced. To print.
| Bill Text Versions | Format |
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| AB2564 | HTML |
| 02/24/12 - Introduced | |
| 03/29/12 - Amended Assembly | |
| 04/25/12 - Amended Assembly | |
| 06/12/12 - Amended Assembly | |
| 06/26/12 - Amended Assembly | |
| 08/07/12 - Amended Assembly | |
| 08/13/12 - Amended Assembly | |
| 08/21/12 - Amended Assembly | |
| 08/31/12 - Amended Senate | |
| 09/11/12 - Enrolled | |
| 09/23/12 - Chaptered |
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