Governor Brown Signs Bills Renewable Energy, Environmental Protection

Office of the Governor
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:

Saturday, October 8, 2011

Governor Brown Takes 

Action to Promote Renewable 

Energy and Protect the Environment

SACRAMENTO – Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr. announced today that he has taken action on legislation to protect California's environment and natural resources.

The following bills have been signed by Governor Brown:

  • AB 291 by Assemblymember Bob Wieckowski (D-Fremont) – Underground storage tanks: petroleum: charges.
  • AB 320 by Assemblymember Jerry Hill (D-South San Francisco) – Environmental quality: California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA): determination: dispute.
  • AB 358 by Assemblymember Cameron Smyth (R-Santa Clarita) – Hazardous substances: underground storage tanks: releases: reports.
  • AB 359 by Assemblymember Jared Huffman (D-San Rafael) – Groundwater management plans.
  • AB 408 by Assemblymember Bob Wieckowski (D-Fremont) – Environment: hazardous substances and materials: hazardous waste transportation: paint recycling.
  • AB 525 by Assemblymember Richard Gordon (D-Redwood City) – Solid waste: tire recycling: architectural paint recovery program.
  • AB 681 by Assemblymember Bob Wieckowski (D-Fremont) – Aboveground storage tanks: funds.
  • AB 703 by Assemblymember Richard Gordon (D-Redwood City) – Property taxation: welfare exemption: nature resources and open-space lands.
  • AB 712 by Assemblymember Das G. Williams (D-Santa Barbara) – Recycling: beverage containers.
  • AB 849 by Assemblymember Mike Gatto (D-Burbank) – Water: use efficiency: graywater building standards.
  • AB 913 by Assemblymember Mike Feuer (D-Los Angeles) – Hazardous waste: source reduction: certified green business program.
  • AB 964 by Assemblymember Jared Huffman (D-San Rafael) – Water rights: appropriation.
  • AB 1027 by Assemblymember Joan Buchanan (D-Alamo) – Local publicly owned electric utilities: utility poles and support structures.
  • AB 1036 by Assemblymember Michael Allen (D-Santa Rosa) – Parks: regional park, park and open-space, and open-space districts: employee relations.
  • AB 1077 by Assemblymember Wilmer Amina Carter (D-Rialto) – State parks: Colonel Allensworth State Historic Park.
  • AB 1112 by Assemblymember Jared Huffman (D-San Rafael) – Oil spill prevention and administration fee: State Lands Commission. A signing message can be found here.
  • AB 1414 by Committee on Natural Resources – Forestry: timber harvesting.
  • SB 152 by Senator Fran Pavley (D-Agoura Hills) – Public lands: general leasing law: littoral landowners.
  • SB 170 by Senator Fran Pavley (D-Agoura Hills) – Air districts: adverse effects of air pollution: intellectual property.
  • SB 224 by Senator Fran Pavley (D-Agoura Hills) – Public contracts: Department of Water Resources.
  • SB 267 by Senator Michael Rubio (D-Bakersfield) – Water supply planning: renewable energy plants.
  • SB 328 by Senator Christine Kehoe (D-San Diego) – Eminent Domain Law: conservation easement.
  • SB 436 by Senator Christine Kehoe (D-San Diego) – Land use: mitigation lands: nonprofit organizations.
  • SB 454 by Senator Fran Pavley (D-Agoura Hills) –Energy efficiency standards.
  • SB 456 by Senator Bob Huff (R-Diamond Bar) – Household hazardous waste: transportation.
  • SB 482 by Senator Christine Kehoe (D-San Diego) – Public beach contamination: standards: testing: closing.
  • SB 489 by Senator Lois Wolk (D -Davis) – Electricity: net energy metering.
  • SB 567 by Senator Mark DeSaulnier (D-Concord) – Recycling: plastic products.
  • SB 595 by Senator Lois Wolk (D -Davis) –Tidelands and submerged lands: removal of vessels.
  • SB 618 by Senator Lois Wolk (D -Davis) – Local government: solar-use easement.
  • SB 679 by Senator Fran Pavley (D-Agoura Hills) – Energy: energy conservation projects: financial assistance: local governments and public institutions.
  • SB 771 by Senator Christine Kehoe (D-San Diego) – California Alternative Energy and Advanced Transportation Financing Authority.
  • SB 790 by Senator Mark Leno (D-San Francisco) – Electricity: community choice aggregation.
  • SB 836 by Senator Alex Padilla (D -Pacoima) – Renewable energy resources: cost reporting.
  • SB 909 by Senator Doug La Malfa (R-Butte) – Treated wood waste: disposal.

The Governor also announced that he has vetoed the following bills:

  • AB 306 by Assemblymember Mike Gatto (D-Burbank) – Energy: piezoelectric transducers: study. A veto message can be found here.
  • SB 263 by Senator Fran Pavley (D-Agoura Hills) – Wells: reports: public availability. A veto message can be found here.
  • SB 752 by Senator Tom Berryhill (R- Stanislaus) – Entitlements: voluntary donations. A veto message can be found here.

For full text of the bills, visit: http://leginfo.ca.gov/bilinfo.html.


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Governor Jerry Brown
State Capitol Building
Sacramento, CA 95814 

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