Joan Buchanan
- 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 also requires a lead agency to prepare a mitigated negative declaration for a project that may have a significant effect on the environment if revisions in the project would avoid or mitigate that effect and there is no substantial evidence that the project, as revised, would have a significant effect on the environment. CEQA establishes procedures for creating the administrative record judicial review procedure for any action or proceeding brought to challenge the lead agency's decision to certify the EIR or to grant project approvals. This bill would enact the Jobs and Economic Improvement Through Environmental Leadership Act of 2011 and establish specified judicial review procedures for the judicial review of the EIR and approvals granted for a leadership project related to the development of a residential, retail, commercial, sports, cultural, entertainment, or recreational use project, or clean renewable energy or clean energy manufacturing project. The act would authorize the Governor to certify a leadership project for streamlining pursuant to the act if certain conditions are met. The bill would repeal the act as of January 1, 2015. Because the lead agency would be required to use these alternative procedures for creating the administrative record if the project applicant so chooses and the project is certified by the Governor, this bill would impose a state-mandated local program. The bill would require, among other things, that the project create high-wage, highly skilled jobs and not result in any net additional emission of greenhouse gases, including greenhouse gas emissions from employee transportation. (2) This bill would make legislative findings and declarations as to the act's unique and unprecedented streamlining benefits under the California Environmental Quality Act. (3) 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. (4) This bill would become operative only if SB 292 is enacted and takes effect on or before January 1, 2012.
Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 354, Statutes of 2011.
Approved by the Governor.
Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 33. Noes 6. Page 2467.).
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 1.) (September 9). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
Pursuant to Joint Rule 33.1,
Joint Rule 10.5 suspended. (Page 2438.)
Withdrawn from committee.
Ordered to third reading.
Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 32. Noes 7. Page 2442.).
In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
Ordered to the Senate.
In Senate. Held at Desk.
Action rescinded whereby the bill was read third time and passed.
Motion to take up the bill without reference to file by unanimous consent. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 2466.)
Read third time and amended.
Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 35. Noes 4. Page 2466.).
Motion to reconsider made by Senator Steinberg.
(Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 2467.)
Reconsideration of favorable vote granted.
Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 58. Noes 15. Page 3217.).
Measure version as amended on September 9 corrected.
From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on RLS.
Senate Rule 29.3(b) suspended. (Ayes 22. Noes 11. Page 2408.)
Pursuant to Joint Rules 33.1,
Joint Rule 61(a)(12) suspended. (Page 2420.)
Joint Rule 62(a), file notice suspended. (Page 2420.)
In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment.
Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 53. Noes 26. Page 1656.)
From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 12. Noes 5.) (May 27).
In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file.
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
Read second time and amended.
From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 6. Noes 1.) (May 2).
Read second time and amended.
From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on NAT. RES. (Ayes 7. Noes 3.) (April 13).
From printer. May be heard in committee March 20.
Read first time. To print.
| Bill Text Versions | Format |
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| AB900 | HTML |
| 02/17/11 - Introduced | |
| 04/26/11 - Amended Assembly | |
| 05/10/11 - Amended Assembly | |
| 09/08/11 - Amended Senate | |
| 09/09/11 - Amended Senate | |
| 09/19/11 - Enrolled | |
| 09/27/11 - Chaptered |
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