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<ns0:ActionText>INTRODUCED</ns0:ActionText>
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<ns0:AuthorText authorType="LEAD_AUTHOR">Introduced by Senator Stern</ns0:AuthorText>
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<ns0:Title> An act to add Section 38502 to, the Health and Safety Code, relating to greenhouse gases. </ns0:Title>
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<ns0:Subject>Greenhouse gases: endangerment findings.</ns0:Subject>
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<html:p>The California Global Warming Solutions Act of 2006 requires the State Air Resources Board to adopt regulations for greenhouse gas emissions limits and emissions reduction measures to achieve the maximum technologically feasible and cost-effective reductions in greenhouse gas emissions, as provided.</html:p>
<html:p>This bill would state that greenhouse gases are air pollutants that endanger public health and welfare and would, to the extent authorized by federal law, require state agencies implementing or enforcing statutes relating to air quality, climate change, transportation, energy, or public health to implement or enforce those statutes consistent with that endangerment statement.</html:p>
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(a)
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The Legislature finds and declares that greenhouse gases, including carbon dioxide, methane, nitrous oxide, and hydrofluorocarbons, endanger public health and welfare within the meaning of Division 26 (commencing with Section 38500) of the Health and Safety Code.
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(b)
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It is the intent of the Legislature that all state agencies interpret and implement statutes within their jurisdiction consistent with this finding.
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(c)
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This act is declaratory of existing state authority and is independent of federal determinations under the federal Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. Sec. 7401 et seq.).
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Section 38502 is added to the
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<html:p>For purposes of state law, to the extent authorized by federal law, greenhouse gases are air pollutants that endanger public health and welfare. A state agency implementing or enforcing statutes relating to air quality, climate change, transportation, energy, or public health shall implement or enforce those statutes within its jurisdiction in a manner consistent with this section.</html:p>
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<html:p>This act shall not be construed to conflict with federal law but shall be construed as an exercise of the independent authority reserved to the State of California under the Tenth Amendment of the United States Constitution.</html:p>
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