Josh Newman
- Democratic
- Senator
- District 29
Author
Existing law requires all moneys, except for fines and penalties, collected by the State Air Resources Board as part of a market-based compliance mechanism to be deposited into the Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund and to be available upon appropriation. Existing law continuously appropriates specified portions of the annual proceeds in the fund to various programs, including 5% for the Low Carbon Transit Operations Program, which is administered by the Department of Transportation and provides operating and capital assistance for transit agencies to reduce the emissions of greenhouse gases and improve mobility. Existing law requires each of those transit agencies to demonstrate that each expenditure of program moneys allocated to the transit agency reduces the emissions of greenhouse gases and does not supplant another source of funds, to use those moneys to provide transit operating or capital assistance, to use at least 50% of those moneys to benefit disadvantaged communities, and to submit specified information to the department before seeking a disbursement of those program moneys, as specified. Existing law authorizes a transit agency that has used program moneys for certain authorized operational assistance purposes in a previous fiscal year to use those moneys to continue the same service or program in any subsequent fiscal year if the transit agency can demonstrate that reductions in the emissions of greenhouse gases can be realized. This bill would exempt a transit agency using program moneys for the continuation of a free or reduced fare transit program from the above-described requirement to demonstrate that reductions in the emissions of greenhouse gases can be realized through the continuation of its transit program, and authorize the transit agency to continue to use those moneys for that purpose without any restriction to length of time. The bill would require the transit agency to submit an initial allocation request to the department and, for the next three fiscal years, to provide documentation necessary to meet an annual reporting requirement and comply with the program's requirements. Because this bill would expand the number of transit agencies eligible to receive an allocation of the funds continuously appropriated pursuant to the program, the bill would make an appropriation.
Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 988, Statutes of 2022.
Approved by the Governor.
Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 5023.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.
Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 73. Noes 0. Page 5954.) Ordered to the Senate.
In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar.
From committee: Do pass. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (August 10).
August 3 hearing postponed by committee.
Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 14. Noes 0.) (June 27).
Coauthors revised.
Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 32. Noes 0. Page 3641.) Ordered to the Assembly.
In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk.
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8.
Set for hearing April 18.
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 6. Noes 0. Page 3238.) (March 28). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
Set for hearing March 28.
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on E.Q. (Ayes 16. Noes 0. Page 3184.) (March 22). Re-referred to Com. on E.Q.
Set for hearing March 22.
From printer.
Article IV Section 8(a) of the Constitution and Joint Rule 55 dispensed with February 7, 2022, suspending the 30 calendar day requirement.
Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print.
| Bill Text Versions | Format |
|---|---|
| SB942 | HTML |
| 02/08/22 - Introduced | |
| 06/29/22 - Amended Assembly | |
| 08/25/22 - Enrolled | |
| 09/30/22 - Chaptered |
| Document | Format |
|---|---|
| 03/18/22- Senate Transportation | |
| 03/24/22- Senate Environmental Quality | |
| 04/20/22- Sen. Floor Analyses | |
| 06/24/22- Assembly Transportation | |
| 08/09/22- Assembly Appropriations | |
| 08/19/22- Sen. Floor Analyses |
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