GOVERNMENT RELATIONS


AGC Legislative Committee Preps for 2021 Session O


By Felipe Fuentes


n March 4, 2021, the AGC of California and AGC San Diego chapters formed their


annual Joint Legislative Committee and reviewed nearly 200 bills identified as having an impact on the construction industry. Different from previous years, the


Committee had to contend with bills that seek to redress the effects of the COVID-19 global pandemic. We have seen a significant increase in legislation affecting the employer community, as California legislators attempt to fight the terrible circumstances that employees and employers alike find themselves in during this unprecedented chapter of history. As usual, spot bills dominated the


lists; they were discussed and placed on “watch” lists pending further amend- ments and information. Te Legislative Committee took initial policy positions, categorized as “support, oppose or monitor,” on introduced legislation. Te list below describes some of the priority legislation identified to date.


SUPPORT AB 80 (Burke) – Taxation: Corona-


virus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act: Federal Consolidated Appro- priations Act, 2021. Tis bill would exclude, for taxable years beginning on or after January 1, 2019, from gross income any advance grant amount, as defined, issued pursuant to specified provisions of the CARES Act or the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021, and covered loan amounts forgiven pursuant to the Consolidated


Appropriations Act, 2021. AB 332 Committee on Environ-


mental Safety and Toxic Materials. Hazardous waste: treated wood waste: management standards. Former law required treated wood waste to be disposed of in either a class I hazardous


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waste landfill or in a composite-lined portion of a solid waste landfill unit that meets specified requirements. Tis bill would repeal this provision as of an unspecified date and would declare that it is to take effect immediately as


an urgency statute. AB 604 (Daly) Road Maintenance


and Rehabilitation Account: appor- tionment of funds: accrued interest.


Existing law creates the Road Mainte- nance and Rehabilitation Program to address deferred maintenance on the state highway system and the local street and road system. It also provides for the deposit of various funds, including revenues from certain fuel taxes and vehicle fees, for the program in the Road Mainte- nance and Rehabilitation Account. Tis bill would continuously appro- priate interest earnings derived from revenues deposited in the Account


to the department for maintenance of the state highway system or for purposes of the State Highway Operation and


Protection Program. AB 1035 (Salas)


– Transportation: Road Maintenance and Rehabilitation Program: recycled material standards.


Tis bill would delete the condition imposed on the department and those cities and counties to use advanced technologies and material recycling techniques to the extent possible. Te bill would instead require those cities and counties to apply standard specifications that allow for the use of recycled materials at or above the


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