REFERENCE TITLE: Arizona resiliency planning group

State of Arizona

House of Representatives

Fifty-fourth Legislature

Second Regular Session

2020

HB 2565

Introduced by

Representatives Engel: Cano

AN ACT

establishing the Arizona RESILIENCY planning group.

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Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Arizona:

Section 1. Arizona resiliency planning group; membership; duties; report; delayed repeal

A.  The Arizona resiliency planning group is established consisting of persons who represent the following interest areas:

1.  Electric power generation.

2.  Manufacturing or mining.

3.  Agriculture or forestry.

4.  Construction.

5.  Transportation.

6.  Tourism or recreation.

7.  Nonprofit organizations.

8.  Native American tribes.

9.  State government.

10.  Local government.

B.  The speaker of the house of representatives, the president of the senate, the minority party leader of the house of representatives and the minority party leader of the senate shall each appoint eight persons from among the areas of representation prescribed in subsection A of this section. The governor shall appoint three persons from among the areas of representation prescribed in subsection A of this section.

C.  Members of the Arizona resiliency planning group are not eligible to receive compensation.

D.  The Arizona resiliency planning group shall:

1.  Compile a complete inventory of this state's greenhouse gas emissions and sources.

2.  Review and, where necessary, revise the recommendations made in the Arizona climate change advisory group's 2006 climate change action plan.

3.  Develop a resiliency plan to protect or improve the resiliency of this state's human populations and natural and economic systems against the risks of climate change.

4.  Identify measures that can be taken to meet the following greenhouse gas emissions reductions targets:

(a)  By 2030, reduce this state's greenhouse gas emissions to forty percent below 1990 levels.

(b)  By 2050, reduce this state's greenhouse gas emissions to eighty-five percent below 1990 levels.

5.  Direct state agencies to identify and characterize potential current and future risks in this state to human, natural and economic systems, including potential risks to water resources, temperature‑sensitive populations and systems, energy systems, transportation systems, vital infrastructure and public facilities, and natural lands.

6.  Submit a report regarding the group's findings and recommendations for action on or before August 31, 2021 to the governor, the president of the senate and the speaker of the house of representatives and provide a copy of this report to the secretary of state.

E.  This section is repealed from and after March 31, 2022.