SECTIONS 38550-38551 - California Statutes

HEALTH AND SAFETY CODE

SECTION 38550-38551

38550. By January 1, 2008, the state board shall, after one or more
public workshops, with public notice, and an opportunity for all
interested parties to comment, determine what the statewide
greenhouse gas emissions level was in 1990, and approve in a public
hearing, a statewide greenhouse gas emissions limit that is
equivalent to that level, to be achieved by 2020. In order to ensure
the most accurate determination feasible, the state board shall
evaluate the best available scientific, technological, and economic
information on greenhouse gas emissions to determine the 1990 level
of greenhouse gas emissions.

38551. (a) The statewide greenhouse gas emissions limit shall
remain in effect unless otherwise amended or repealed.
(b) It is the intent of the Legislature that the statewide
greenhouse gas emissions limit continue in existence and be used to
maintain and continue reductions in emissions of greenhouse gases
beyond 2020.
(c) The state board shall make recommendations to the Governor and
the Legislature on how to continue reductions of greenhouse gas
emissions beyond 2020.