Air Pollution
Coastal Resources
Environmental Quality
Forestry
Endangered Species
Solid Waste Management
Toxics/Hazardous Waste
Miscellaneous
Air Pollution
SB 207 (Ackerman-R) Air quality: gasoline vapor emission control systems
Prohibits local air quality districts from issuing a citation to an owner or operator of a gasoline vapor control system, device, or component for a defect or malfunction that meets specified criteria.
(In Senate Environmental Quality Committee)
SB 288 (Sher-D) Air quality: Protect California Air Act of 2003
Prohibits an air district from amending or revising its new source review rules or regulations to be less stringent than those that existed on December 30, 2002.
Chapter 476, Statutes of 2003
SB 352 (Escutia-D) School sites: sources of pollution
Prohibits a local educational agency from approving the acquisition of a school site within 500 feet of a busy roadway unless the air quality at the site does not pose a health risk to pupils or staff.
Chapter 668, Statutes of 2003
SB 656 (Sher-D) Particulate matter
Establishes a process by which the State Air Resources Board and individual local air districts identify and implement measures to reduce emissions of particulate matter into the ambient air and to reduce the public's exposure to particulate matter.
Chapter 738, Statutes of 2003
SB 700 (Florez-D) Emissions: stationary sources: agricultural operations
Requires, by July 1, 2006, each air quality management district or air pollution control district, which is designated as a "serious" federal nonattainment area for various types of particulate matter, to adopt and implement best available control measures for agricultural stationary sources of air pollution. Requires the California Pollution Control Financing Authority to expand the Capital Access Loan Program for Small Businesses to include outreach to financial institutions that service agricultural interests in the state for the purposes of funding air pollution control measures.
Chapter 479, Statutes of 2003
SB 701* (Florez-D) California Clean Air Bond Act of 2004
Enacts the California Clean Air Bond Act of 2003 and places a $4.5 general obligation bond on the March 2004 primary election ballot.
(In Senate Appropriations Committee)
SB 702 (Florez-D) Medium weight farm equipment
Exempts from the cost-effectiveness criteria under the Carl Moyer Memorial Air Quality Standards Attainment Program for the provision of grants to offset incremental costs of projects that reduce emissions of oxides of nitrogen from covered sources any project involving medium-weight farm equipment, as determined by the State Air Resources Control Board.
(In Senate Environmental Quality Committee)
SB 704 (Florez-D) Agricultural burning
Provides additional funds for the California Energy Commission to provide incentives for biomass-to-energy facilities that offset qualified agricultural burning.
Chapter 480, Statutes of 2003
SB 705 (Florez-D) Agricultural burning: San Joaquin Valley
Provides for the phase out of the burning of agricultural waste in the San Joaquin Valley.
Chapter 481, Statutes of 2003
SB 706 (Florez-D) Clean-burning fireplaces, heaters, stoves
Adopts statewide regulations governing the usage of gas fireplaces and wood heaters, stoves and fireplaces.
(In Senate Environmental Quality Committee)
SB 708 (Florez-D) Motor vehicles
Modifies various motor vehicle inspection processes designed to reduce and control tailpipe emissions of pollutants.
Chapter 482, Statutes of 2003
SB 709 (Florez-D) San Joaquin Valley Unified Air Pollution Control District
Authorizes the San Joaquin Valley Unified Air Pollution Control District board to adopt regulations requiring the use of best available control technology for new and modified sources of pollution, promote the use of cleaner burning alternative fuels, and encourage and facilitate ride sharing commuters.
Chapter 483, Statutes of 2003
SB 807 (Ashburn-R) Major source
Amends the provision of law which exempts agriculture sources of air pollution from state permitting requirements to exclude equipment at a major source of air pollution, thereby making such equipment subject to a permit.
(Failed passage in Senate Environmental Quality Committee; reconsideration granted)
SB 999 (Machado-D) San Joaquin Valley Unified Air Pollution Control District
Increases the 11-member board of the San Joaquin Valley Unified Air Pollution Control District to 15 members, with new members being appointed by statewide officials, specifies terms of office for those members, and requires the new members be appointed according to specified criteria.
(In Assembly Appropriations Committee)
AB 151 (Vargas-D) Importation of electrical energy: mitigation fee
Requires any person who imports electricity into the state from northern Mexico, as specified, to pay a $0.001 per kilowatt-hour air contaminant emission mitigation fee to the State Air Resources Board for the purposes of mitigating the environmental or health impacts of the generating facility.
(Failed passage in Senate Energy, Utilities and Communications Committee; reconsideration granted)
AB 170 (Reyes-D) Air quality element: San Joaquin Valley
Requires cities and counties within the jurisdiction of the San Joaquin Valley Air Pollution Control District to amend existing elements of their general plans to include goals, policies, and strategies for improving air quality.
Chapter 472, Statutes of 2003
AB 219 (Reyes-D) Air quality
Deletes the exemption under current law for diesel powered vehicles from the Smog Check and Smog Check II requirements, requires every heavy-duty diesel motor vehicle to be inspected for excessive smoke emissions annually, requires vehicles used for agricultural or farming purposes, except an implement of husbandry, to be registered in California, subject to the provisions of Smog Check and Smog Check II.
(In Assembly Transportation Committee)
AB 390 (Montanez-D) Health facilities: backup generators
Reduces the testing frequency for testing diesel backup generators of health facilities.
Chapter 676, Statutes of 2003
AB 404 (Garcia-R) Imperial County Air Pollution Control District
Authorizes the Imperial County Air Pollution Control District to require a transferee of water to undertake reasonable measures, including studies, to mitigate the air quality impacts associated with the water transfer and to require the transferee to pay an annual fee. Subjects the transferee to certain civil penalties for violating a measure or failing to pay a fee imposed by the district.
(In Assembly Natural Resources Committee)
AB 471 (Simitian-D) Air emissions: cruise ships
Prohibits, as of January 1, 2004, a cruise ship from conducting onboard waste incineration while operating within 20 miles of the California coast and requires, as of January 1, 2006, a cruise ship to use only federal on-road diesel fuel while operating within 25 miles of the California coast.
(In Senate Appropriations Committee)
AB 720 (Matthews-D) Clean-burning: solid fuel appliances
Prohibits any air district from adopting a rule or regulation that restricts or prohibits the installation of a clean-burning solid fuel appliance.
(Failed passage in Assembly Natural Resources Committee)
AB 729 (Lieber-D) Bay Area Air Quality Management District
Authorizes the Bay Area Air Quality Management District (District) to adopt rules and regulations to reduce and mitigate emissions of air contaminants from indirect sources of air pollution, but prohibits those rules or regulations from infringing upon any local government's authority to plan or control land use. Requires the District, not later than July 31, 2004, to adopt revised regulations to reduce fugitive emissions and flared gases from oil refineries in the state.
(In Assembly Natural Resources Committee)
AB 740* (Pavley-D) Clean Air, Clean Water, and Coastal Protection Act of 2004
Authorizes, subject to voter approval at an unspecified future statewide election, the issuance of $2.9 billion worth of general obligation bonds to fund a variety of projects related to clean air, clean water and coastal protection.
(In Assembly Appropriations Committee)
AB 775 (Parra-D) Smog check program
Defines extensive marketing research under the State Department of Consumer Affairs public information program regarding motor vehicle inspection and maintenance to include information provided by any statewide association of test and repair station owners. States legislative intent that the changes made by this bill are declarative of existing law.
(In Assembly Transportation Committee)
AB 788 (Chavez-D) Consumer products
Extends, until January 1, 2005, a prohibition on the State Air Resources Board from adopting regulations pertaining to disinfectants.
(In Senate Environmental Quality Committee)
AB 854 (Koretz-D) Dry cleaning operation grant program
Prohibits the use of perchloroethylene by any dry cleaning operation after January 1, 2014, requires the State Air Resources Board to impose a $3 fee on every person that purchases a gallon of perchloroethylene for deposit in the newly created Nontoxic Dry Cleaning Incentive Trust Account (Account), and authorizes moneys deposited in the Account to be expended to fund a grant program to provide incentives for dry cleaners that utilize perchloroethylene in their operations to transition to utilizing nontoxic alternatives.
(In Assembly Environmental Safety and Toxic Materials Committee)
AB 927 (Campbell-R) Hydrogen refueling stations
Requires the State Air Resources Board to adopt regulations establishing statewide guidelines for the production and licensing of hydrogen fuel cell refueling stations, in collaboration with the State Department of Transportation, the State Public Utilities Commission, and the State Energy Resources Conservation and Development Commission. Requires those agencies to perform those activities utilizing existing funding resources.
(In Assembly Transportation Committee)
AB 998 (Lowenthal-D) Nontoxic Dry Cleaning Incentive Program
Establishes a grant program to provide financial incentives to professional dry cleaners to use non-toxic alternatives to perchloroethylene.
Chapter 821, Statutes of 2003
AB 1063 (Firebaugh-D) South Coast Air Quality Management District
Authorizes the South Coast Air Quality Management District (District), to the extent permissible under federal law, to require retrofit controls on any motor vehicle, nonroad engine, or nonroad vehicle that operates substantially in that District. Requires the District, on or after January 1, 2006, to adopt mitigation fees on ports, marine terminals, shipping companies, and/or railroads, unless the Environmental Protection Agency has adopted regulations that meet the district's emission reduction targets.
(Failed passage in Assembly Transportation Committee; reconsideration granted)
AB 1090 (Longville-D) South Coast Air Quality Management District: membership
Exempts, until January 1, 2006, the appointee to the South Coast Air Quality Management District (District) from San Bernardino County from the requirement that all members of the District's governing board reside within the District.
Chapter 686, Statutes of 2003
AB 1316 (Parra-D) Smog Check II: coastal districts: study
Requires the State Air Resources Board (ARB) to conduct a study evaluating the benefit to air quality that would result from requiring all air quality management districts and air pollution control districts located along the state's coastline between the Los Angeles and the San Francisco bay area to participate in Smog Check II, irrespective of each district's attainment status with respect to state and federal ambient air quality standards. Requires the ARB to report the results of the study to the appropriate policy committees of the Legislature not later than January 1, 2005.
(In Assembly Transportation Committee)
AB 1394 (Levine-D) Carl Moyer Memorial Air Quality Standards Attainment Program
Expands the Carl Moyer Memorial Air Quality Standards Attainment Program to authorize air districts to award grants for the replacement of heavy duty vehicle engines, the promotion of alternate fuels technology and related activities, based on a project's reductions in particulate matter. Projects are eligible for funding if they combine two transactions: (1) the purchase of a new very low-or-zero-emission vehicle, and (2) the replacement of even older, dirtier engines with the relatively cleaner engines being replaced in the first transaction.
(In Senate Transportation Committee)
AB 1468 (Pavley-D) Negative air machines
Requires that certain asbestos abatement equipment be tested monthly and repaired, removed or replaced as necessary. Requires the State Air Resources Board to create a program for the registering and approving of independent training businesses and for those businesses to train independent testing companies to test negative air machines.
(In Senate Appropriations Committee)
AB 1637 (La Suer-R) Penalties
Deletes the administrative penalty provisions set forth in current law as an alternative to seeking civil penalties for the violation of certain State Air Resources Board regulations relating to vehicular and nonvehicular air pollution control.
(In Assembly Natural Resources Committee)
ACR 75 (Chan-D) Indoor Air Quality Tools for Schools Program
Expresses the Legislature's recognition that poor indoor air quality in schools exacerbates asthma symptoms of California children and urges school districts in California to implement the Indoor Air Quality Tools for Schools Program to benefit the health of the entire school population.
Resolution Chapter 70, Statutes of 2003
AB 10X (Oropeza-D) Resources
Permits the State Air Resources Board and the State Water Resources Control Board to impose and collect fees from sources under their jurisdictions. Sets a time-certain for the payment of the state's share of costs associated with the non-federal costs of specific local flood control projects, funding for which is currently proposed to be reverted in AB 6X (Oropeza-D).
Chapter 1, Statutes of 2003-04, First Extraordinary Session
Coastal Resources
SB 297 (Chesbro-D) Coastal Watershed Salmon Habitat Program
Gives the State Department of Fish and Game authorization to take up to four years to liquidate encumbrances made for habitat restoration projects under the Coastal Watershed Salmon Habitat Program.
Chapter 734, Statutes of 2003
SB 445 (Kuehl-D) Coastal access: State Coastal Conservancy
Clarifies the process for accepting and opening offers to dedicate by nonprofits in the coastal zone, and specifies that the State Coastal Conservancy is not required to open public access ways if there are no funds available in the Coastal Access Account Fund.
Chapter 337, Statutes of 2003
SB 512 (Figueroa-D) Natural resources: coastal resources
Requires the State Resources Agency to implement the recommendations in a report titled "America's Living Oceans: Creating a Course of Sea Change," unless the State Resources Agency identifies existing law that implements the recommendations. Also requires state and local agencies that have jurisdiction over coastal waters or waters that flow into coastal waters to implement specified recommendations in the report. Requires those agencies to report to the Legislature, on or before July 1, 2004, the steps they have taken to comply with this requirement.
(In Senate Natural Resources and Wildlife Committee)
SB 518 (Escutia-D) Water and coastal beach protection
Declares that it is the purpose of Proposition 50 (the Water Security, Clean Drinking Water, Coastal and Beach Protection Act of 2002) to ensure that urban areas and areas with special needs receive an equitable allocation of available funds. Requires that agencies administering sections 79520, 79530, 79540, 79545, 79550, and 79560 of Proposition 50 consider adopting criteria that include a preference for certain specified projects.
(In Senate Agriculture and Water Resources Committee)
SB 563 (Ackerman-R) Water Quality Information Clearinghouse
Appropriates $15 million from Proposition 50 (the Water Security, Clean Drinking Water, Coastal and Beach Protection Act of 2002) to the State Water Resources Control Board for the establishment of a Water Quality Information Clearinghouse at the University of California to facilitate the restoration and protection of the water quality and environment of coastal waters, estuaries, bays and nearshore waters, and groundwater. Becomes operative only if the Regents of the University of California certify to the State Controller that the funds appropriated by the bill will be used to establish the clearinghouse.
(In Senate Agriculture and Water Resources Committee)
SB 666 (Bowen-D) Environment
Provides statutory authority to transfer 62 acres for wetland preservation in the Ballona Wetlands fronting on Santa Monica Bay, north of the Los Angeles International Airport. Is coordinated with the pending acquisition and conveyance of an additional 483 acres, which the state will obtain partly by purchase and partly by donation.
Chapter 739, Statutes of 2003
SB 681 (Morrow-R) Coastal resources: coastal commission: permits
Revises a provision under the California Coastal Act regarding the construction of revetments, breakwater, groins, harbor channels, seawalls, cliff retaining walls and other construction to prohibit the attachment of environmental mitigation requirements to permits for the maintenance or repair of existing seawalls.
(In Senate Natural Resources and Wildlife Committee)
AB 90 (Wyland-R) California Coastal Commission: membership
Provides for a four-year rather than a two-year term for members of the California Coastal Commission. Requires members appointed by the Governor to serve at the pleasure of the Governor. Makes related changes.
(In Assembly Natural Resources Committee)
AB 627 (Aghazarian-R) Parkland and coastal protection
Requires that an annual report summarizing expenditures from the California Clean Water, Clean Air, Safe Neighborhood Parks, and Coastal Protection Bond Act of 2002 (Proposition 40) contain specific items of information.
Vetoed by the Governor
AB 740* (Pavley-D) Clean air, clean water, and coastal protection
Authorizes, subject to voter approval at an unspecified future statewide election, the issuance of $2.9 billion worth of general obligation bonds to fund a variety of projects related to clean air, clean water and coastal protection.
(In Assembly Appropriations Committee)
AB 847 (Pavley-D) Natural resources: State Coastal Conservancy
Clarifies the State Coastal Conservancy's ability to undertake projects that protect coastal and marine resources.
Chapter 492, Statutes of 2003
AB 859 (Nakano-D) Ballona Wetlands
Reappropriates $25 million of Proposition 12 (Villaraigosa-Keeley Act) Bond funds to the State Coastal Conservancy in order to acquire, protect, and restore the Ballona Wetlands.
Chapter 761, Statutes of 2003
AB 866 (Pavley-D) Water quality
Provides that water conservation, water use efficiency, and water supply reliability projects and an enforceable waste discharge program, as described, are eligible for grants from the State Water Resources Control Board (SWRCB) under the Integrated Watershed Management Program created by the Watershed, Clean Beaches, and Water Quality Act. Clarifies that money designated for the Santa Monica Bay Restoration Plan in Proposition 50 (the Water Security, Clean Drinking Water, Coastal and Beach Protection Act of 2002) shall be made available to the Santa Monica Bay Restoration Commission, the entity responsible for implementing the Plan. Also requires SWRCB, subject to the appropriation of funds from those Proposition 50 bond proceeds, to fund the development of one or more integrated coastal watershed management plans designed to provide for the integration of project funding within one or more coastal regions.
Chapter 493, Statutes of 2003
AB 947 (Jackson-D) Natural resources: California Ocean Resources Management Act
Establishes a process for enhancing the state's focus on, and modifying its responses to, coastal erosion.
(In Assembly Appropriations Committee)
AB 974 (Nation-D) Coastal zone: archaeological or paleontological resources
Requires that Native Americans be involved in the coastal permit process when sites that are of cultural, archaeological, or paleontological significance are at risk of being impacted by development, and that local government include an element in their local coastal plan that describes how these sites will be protected.
(On Senate Inactive File)
AB 1054 (Spitzer-R) Water quality: bond appropriation
Appropriates $20 million from the California Clean Water, Clean Air, Safe Neighborhood Parks and Coastal Protection Act of 2002 (Proposition 40) to Orange County for clean beaches, watershed protection and water quality projects.
(In Assembly Natural Resources Committee)
AB 1170 (Canciamilla-D) Cultural and historical preservation
Requires an unspecified allocation of bond proceeds from the California Clean Water, Clean Air, Safe Neighborhood Parks, and Coastal Protection Act of 2002 (Proposition 40) be made to the City of Martinez for the John Muir Festival Center.
(In Assembly Appropriations Committee)
AB 1212 (Pavley-D) Public resources: coastal development: permits
Requires a project applicant to provide onsite monitoring and supervision during the implementation of a coastal development permit for sand replenishment.
Chapter 285, Statutes of 2003
AB 1300 (Laird-D) Water and coastal beach protection
Requires the State Resources Agency to prepare an annual report summarizing the spending of bond proceeds authorized by the Water Security, Clean Drinking Water, Coastal and Beach Protection Act of 2002 (Proposition 50) and to make the information available on the Internet and any other means the agency deems cost effective.
(In Senate Agriculture and Water Resources Committee)
AB 1756* (Assembly Budget Committee) State government
Among other provisions, establishes the Safe Drinking Water and Toxic Enforcement Fund for the deposit of moneys received from Proposition 65 violations and exempts the California Coastal Commission from paying statewide pro-rata charges which have been applied to environmental license plate funds allocated to the commission.
Chapter 228, Statutes of 2003
AB 1XX (Jackson-D) California Coastal Commission: membership
Provides that members of the California Coastal Commission appointed by the Senate Committee on Rules or the Speaker of the Assembly will serve fixed four-year terms. Requires the terms of the appointments to be staggered.
Chapter 1, Statutes of 2003-04 Second Extraordinary Session
Similar legislation is SB 1 X2 (Kuehl-D), which is in Senate Natural Resources Committee.
Environmental Quality
SB 189 (Escutia-D) Environmental health tracking system: chronic disease
Requires, on or before July 1, 2004, the State Department of Health Services, the California Environmental Protection Agency, and the University of California to jointly develop and sign a memorandum of understanding relating to environmental data.
Chapter 407, Statutes of 2003
SB 532 (Romero-D) Environmental quality: cumulative effects
Amends the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) by expanding what is to be included in an Environmental Impact Report. Also includes legislative intent that promoting environmental justice must be a guiding criterion in public decisions made pursuant to CEQA.
(In Senate Appropriations Committee)
SB 568 (Sher-D) Environmental protection: external scientific peer reviewers
Prohibits a person from serving as a peer reviewer for the California Environmental Protection Agency and its boards, departments, and office if he/she has a financial interest that is related to the subject matter of the review. Provides that this provision applies only to a peer review initiated on or after January 1, 2004.
(In Assembly Natural Resources Committee)
SB 571 (Alarcon-D) Civil actions: environment: private individuals
Permits any person to maintain action for equitable relief, or intervene in any proceeding for the protection or restoration of the public health, environment, or natural resources from environmental threat, pollution, impairment, or destruction against any person who has committed any act or practice in violation of any law or regulation for the protection of the public health, environment, or natural resources. Also permits a private individual to bring a civil action against a person who deposits in the waters of this state specified substances.
(In Senate Judiciary Committee)
SB 647 (Sher-D) Environmental quality: notice of determination
Requires the Governor's Office of Planning and Research to retain a filed notice of determination under the California Environmental Quality Act for not less than 12 months. Also requires the local lead agency to retain a notice for 12 rather than nine months.
(In Assembly Natural Resources Committee)
SB 707 (Florez-D) Environmental quality: large dairy cow farms
Places restrictions on the construction or expansion of large dairy cow farms, defined as a commercial operation where more than 700 cows are lactating, near populated areas with the intent of reducing human exposure to environmental impacts, including exposure to particulate matter emissions.
(On Assembly Inactive File)
SB 745 (Ashburn-R) Environmental subdivision
Repeals the January 1, 2005, automatic termination date in the environmental subdivision statute, making the law permanent. Makes permanent language exempting an environmental subdivision from the requirement for a tentative map. For environmental subdivisions of parcels less than 20 acres, requires that the contiguous property be subject to a recorded perpetual easement and that the combined acreage of the properties be 20 or more acres. Requires four findings before local officials can approve an environmental subdivision.
Chapter 76, Statutes of 2003
SB 945 (Sher-D) Environmental quality: guidelines
Consolidates the two sections of the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) relating to preparation and revision of the CEQA guidelines (Public Resources Code Sections 21083 and 21087) and repeals an unrelated provision referencing 1996 legislation. Also makes related cross-reference and technical amendments.
(In Assembly Natural Resources Committee)
SB 1074 (Senate Environmental Quality Committee) Environmental quality
The Senate Environmental Quality Committee's omnibus bill to address issues relating to the Modesto Reservoir, the Integrated Waste Management Account, and the California Environmental Quality Act.
Chapter 742, Statutes of 2003
AB 16 (Jackson-D) Oil and gas development: pipelines
Requires oil produced off the shore of California from "new extraction operations," defined as oil from any structure built or expanded after January 1, 2003, to be transported by pipeline. Allows overland truck and rail shipment if the oil is too viscous to allow transport through a pipeline, and allows for any method of transport if a state of emergency is declared.
Chapter 420, Statutes of 2003
AB 121 (Simitian-D) Large passenger vessels: water quality
Requires the State Water Resources Control Board (SWRCB), if it determines necessary, to apply to the appropriate federal agencies to authorize the state to prohibit the release of sewage sludge from large passenger vessels (vessels), as defined, into the marine waters of the state and marine sanctuaries. Prohibits the discharge of any sewage sludge or oily bilgewater from a vessel into the marine waters of the state or into a marine sanctuary, if authorization is granted. Requires the owner or operator of a vessel that releases sewage sludge or oily bilgewater into the marine waters of the State or a marine sanctuary to notify the SWRCB within 24 hours of that release. Specifies that each violation is subject to a civil penalty of not more than $25,000. Authorizes SWRCB to develop regulations, for the purposes of carrying out this division. Exempts specified vessels.
Chapter 488, Statutes of 2003
AB 204 (Nation-D) Motor vehicles: environmental impacts: mitigation
Authorizes a fee of up to $4 on motor vehicle registrations in participating counties in the San Francisco Bay Area to address environmental impacts caused by motor vehicles.
(In Assembly Transportation Committee)
AB 260 (Jackson-D) State highways: litter control
Requires the State Department of Transportation to place a high priority on litter pickup in certain areas.
Chapter 489, Statutes of 2003
AB 406 (Jackson-D) Environmental quality
Prohibits the project applicant or applicant's retained consultant from submitting a document required by the California Environmental Quality Act to the public agency responsible for reviewing the project.
(On Assembly Inactive File)
AB 433 (Nation-D) Vessels: release of nonindigenous species
Reauthorizes the California Ballast Water Management for Control of Nonindigenous Species Act as the Marine Invasive Species Act with several amendments.
Chapter 491, Statutes of 2003
AB 594 (Leno-D) California Environmental Quality Act: bicycle lanes
Exempts, from the California Environmental Quality Act, projects that restripe, for bicycle lanes, an existing paved right-of-way, subject to specific conditions designed to ensure minimal negative impacts to public safety and the environment.
(In Senate Environmental Quality Committee)
AB 677 (Firebaugh-D) Environmental quality: local agency filing
Requires a local agency or private entity seeking project approval, when the local agency determines that a project is exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act under certain circumstances, and when the agency approves or determines to carry out that project, to file a notice of the determination with the Governor's Office of Planning and Research, and that those notices be posted and available for public inspection.
Chapter 837, Statutes of 2003
AB 906 (Nakano-D) Large passenger vessels: water quality
Prohibits cruise ships from discharging hazardous waste, or other waste into state waters.
Chapter 494, Statutes of 2003
AB 1194 (Dutra-D) Environmental quality: settlement terms
Limits the settlement terms of an action brought pursuant to the California Environmental Quality Act, as specified.
(In Assembly Natural Resources Committee)
AB 1317 (Parra-D) Environmental protection
Extends the Agricultural Biomass-to-Energy Incentive Grant Program, which allows local air districts to apply to the State Technology, Trade, and Commerce Agency for grants to provide incentives to facilities to burn agricultural biomass to produce energy, as specified.
(In Senate Environmental Quality Committee)
AB 1322 (Shirley Horton-R) Environmental quality: exception
Provides an exemption from California Environmental Quality Act requirements for a project that is consistent with a properly granted zoning variance from a general plan of a local agency for which an environmental impact report was certified.
(In Assembly Natural Resources Committee)
AB 1360 (Steinberg-D) Environmental quality: environmental indicators
Requires the State Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment to develop and maintain a system of environmental indicators that meets specified objectives, commencing July 1, 2004, to the extent funds are appropriated by the Legislature for that purpose.
Chapter 664, Statutes of 2003
AB 1545 (Simitian-D) Environmental quality: public comments
Requires the lead agency, with respect to the consideration of comments received on a draft environmental impact report (EIR), proposed negative declaration, proposed mitigated negative declaration or notice that an EIR is required for a project, to accept comments via e-mail and treat e-mail comments as equivalent to written comments.
Chapter 695, Statutes of 2003
AB 1756* (Assembly Budget Committee) State government
Among other provisions in the area of the State Budget Act of 2003 concerning general government issues, eliminates the requirement that the Office of Secretary of the California Environmental Protection Agency establish physical offices across the state.
Chapter 228, Statutes of 2003
Forestry
SB 8* (Brulte-R) Fire prevention
Requires the State Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (DFFP) to implement a program to mitigate the threat of fires posed by dead and dying trees in state responsibility areas near or enclosed by the Angeles, San Bernardino, or Cleveland National Forest, resulting from drought conditions and pest infestation. Establishes the California Fire Prevention Task Force to provide to the DFFP advice and recommendations.
(In Senate Natural Resources and Wildlife Committee)
SB 217 (Sher-D) Forest resources
Imposes limitations on harvesting old growth from ancient forests.
(On Assembly Third Reading File)
SB 557 (Kuehl-D) Forest practices: timber products user forest restoration
Imposes a timber products user forest restoration excise tax (one cent a board foot) on every consumer at the time timber products are purchased for consumption in this state. Through this tax, provides funding for the administration and review of timber harvest plans, environmental restoration, retraining for timber workers, and watershed protection.
(In Senate Revenue and Taxation Committee)
SB 711 (Kuehl-D) Environmental quality
Subjects actions taken by the State Board of Forestry and Fire Protection for conversion of timberlands and oak woodlands to other uses to the California Environmental Quality Act, and establishes an oak woodlands conversion permit process at the State Department of Forestry and Fire Protection.
(In Assembly Appropriations Committee)
SB 754 (Perata-D) Heritage trees
Enacts the Heritage Tree Preservation Act, a comprehensive regulatory program to protect heritage trees on private and state-owned lands.
(Failed passage in Assembly Natural Resources Committee; reconsideration granted)
SB 810 (Burton-D) Natural resources: timber harvesting
Provides for the certification of state forest practices as a best management practice under federal water quality laws, thereby exempting timber operations from waste discharge permit requirements, and prohibits the approval of a timber harvesting plan if a regional water quality control board finds the proposed timber operations will result in specified discharges.
Chapter 900, Statutes of 2003
AB 47 (Simitian-D) Timber harvesting plans: regulations
Requires the State Board of Forestry and Fire Protection, by January 1, 2005, to adopt regulations requiring a timber harvesting plan to include certain information, such as maps of past, present and probable future projects.
Chapter 816, Statutes of 2003
AB 344 (La Malfa-R) Forest Practice Act: exemptions
Authorizes the State Board of Forestry and Fire Protection to exempt from the Z'berg-Nejedly Forest Practice Act of 1973, the cutting and removal of trees by forest thinning methods to reduce the threat of wildfire in five counties in north-central California, if certain conditions are satisfied.
(Failed passage in Assembly Natural Resources Committee)
AB 764 (Nation-D) Natural resources: timber harvesting
Requires both the federal Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the State Water Resources Control Board (SWRCB) to provide certification for timber operations seeking an exemption from specified waste discharge requirements, requires the timber operations to be conducted in a manner that complies with the applicable regional water quality control plan, provides that the federal EPA, the SWRCB, and the appropriate California regional water quality control board have authority to determine timber harvest plan conformance for purposes of determining exemption from specified waste discharge requirements, provides that if a watercourse has been classified as impaired due to sediment, a timber harvesting plan shall not be approved in that watershed unless the appropriate regional water quality control board has made a specified certification and requires that the provisions of the Forest Practice Act be employed by the director of the State Board of Forestry and Fire Protection in the review of timber harvesting plans.
(In Assembly Natural Resources Committee)
ACR 112 (Bogh-R) Firefighters
Recognizes and commends the bravery and selflessness of the firefighters of the State Department of Forestry and Fire Protection. Expresses appreciation for their continued service and dedication to the residents of this state.
Resolution Chapter 141, Statutes of 2003
Endangered Species
SB 216 (Sher-D) Recovery strategy pilot program
Extends the sunset for the recovery strategy pilot program for the Greater Sandhill Crane. Also authorizes the development and implementation of a recovery strategy pilot program for coho salmon provided private or federal funds are expended for that purpose.
Chapter 854, Statutes of 2003
SB 412 (Sher-D) Fully protected species
Amends the four fully protected statutes to allow the State Department of Fish and Game to authorize the take of fully protected species for necessary scientific research, including efforts to recover fully protected, threatened, or endangered species.
Chapter 735, Statutes of 2003
SB 657 (Florez-D) Fully protected species
Repeals several provisions under current law regarding the recovery strategy pilot program for the Greater Sandhill Crane including the requirement to identify four additional species and the provisions regarding recovery strategies. Requires the Fish and Game Commission to establish a list of fully protected species consisting of the species identified in provisions of existing law that the bill would repeal. Upon the appropriation of necessary funds, requires the State Department of Fish and Game and the commission to develop a comprehensive program to prepare and adopt recovery strategies for all species that are listed as threatened or endangered species. Requires the department to maintain within the Fish and Game Preservation Fund a Species Conservation, Enhancement, and Recovery Account, which the bill would establish, for expenditure for the recovery strategies program and projects of significant conservation benefit to threatened or endangered species.
(In Senate Natural Resources and Wildlife Committee)
SB 737 (Aanestad-R) Designation: economic or social impacts
Proposes amendments to the California Endangered Species Act to add requirements to assess social and economic impacts in addition to the scientific-based assessments that are presently the bases for listing decisions. The three affected sections of the Fish and Game Code are Section 2071.5 (dealing with criteria for listings), Section 2072.3 (dealing with the contents of listing petitions submitted to the Fish and Game Commission), and Section 2074.6 (dealing with the report from the State Department of Fish and Game to the commission on the status of the species proposed for listing).
(Failed passage in Senate Natural Resources and Wildlife Committee; reconsideration granted)
Solid Waste Management
SB 20 (Sher-D) Solid waste: hazardous electronic waste
Enacts the Electronic Waste Recycling Act of 2003 to provide for the convenient recycling of covered electronic devices in California.
Chapter 526, Statutes of 2003
SB 204 (Perata-D) Solid waste: personal care products: recycling
Makes a manufacturer of personal care products whose products are sold in the state responsible for the stewardship of those products. Provides that the responsibility for stewardship is met when a manufacturer provides for the diversion from landfill disposal and recycling of the personal care products sold by establishing a specified program. Defines a "personal care product" to mean a disposable product composed of plastic and paper materials that is worn by a person of any age for the purpose of capturing human waste.
(In Senate Environmental Quality Committee)
SB 517 (Karnette-D) Rigid plastic packaging containers
Includes, under the California Integrated Waste Management Act, as a permitted criteria, that the container be made of biodegradable plastic, and defines that term.
(In Senate Environmental Quality Committee)
SB 531 (Romero-D) Solid waste disposal: integrated waste management
Allows a city, county, city and county, or certified unified program agency to inspect solid waste landfills within its jurisdiction without notice.
(In Senate Environmental Quality Committee)
SB 537 (Romero-D) Management: Los Angeles County Sanitation Districts
Requires the Sanitation Districts of the County of Los Angeles, by July 1, 2004, to report to the Legislature on specified information relating to the design of a solid waste system planned to be developed in the jurisdiction of the districts. Makes legislative findings and declarations regarding the need for special legislation.
(In Senate Rules Committee)
SB 607 (Aanestad-R) Beverage container recycling
Replaces the current procedure used by the State Department of Conservation (DOC) to allow alternative designations of convenience zones (CZs) under the state's Beverage Container Recycling and Litter Reduction program with a process that allows the DOC, upon petition by an interested person, to increase a CZ in a rural region to a three-mile radius of a supermarket, if the expanded CZ would then be served by a certified recycling center or location that is not serving the current CZ.
Chapter 478, Statutes of 2003
SB 645 (Sher-D) Plastic trash bags
Requires the California Integrated Waste Management Board to post on its Internet website a list of any suppliers, manufacturers or wholesalers who fail to comply with plastic trash bag requirements.
(In Assembly Natural Resources Committee)
SB 646 (Sher-D) Solid waste report
Requires a city, county, or regional agency, by August 1, 2004, to include in its annual report to the California Integrated Waste Management Board summarizing progress in reducing solid waste, a statement as to whether the entity adopted an ordinance or the model ordinance is in effect, and to include a copy of the ordinance.
(In Assembly Natural Resources Committee)
SB 983 (Alarcon-D) Siting elements: environmental justice
Corrects a requirement for a countywide siting element under the California Integrated Waste Management Act so it is clear the capacity estimate references solid wastes generated within the county. Requires the Secretary for Environmental Protection report on implementation of the law to be submitted on or before March 1, 2004, and every three years thereafter by January 1.
(In Assembly Natural Resources Committee)
SB 1078 (Chesbro-D) Disposal fees: solid waste collection vehicles: emissions
Establishes a temporary fee on solid waste collection vehicle operators for the purpose of funding compliance with the best available control technology requirements adopted by the State Air Resources Board to reduce diesel particulate matter emissions from solid waste collection vehicles.
(In Assembly Natural Resources Committee)
AB 28 (Jackson-D) Public resources
Proposes numerous changes to the California Beverage Container Recycling and Litter Reduction Act (commonly referred to as the "Bottle Bill") including increasing the California Redemption Value and refund value, increasing the quality glass incentive payment, paying recyclers a one-time supplemental payment, requiring commingled rates for plastic and glass, creating a grant program for market development of recycled containers, establishing a rebate for manufacturers, and authorizing the transfer of up to $10 million to the newly created Recycling Infrastructure Loan Guarantee Account.
Chapter 753, Statutes of 2003
Similar legislation is SB 23 (Sher-D), which is in Assembly Appropriations Committee.
AB 240 (Reyes-D) Solid waste facilities: regulations: enforcement
Prohibits the California Integrated Waste Management Board from adopting any regulation that exempts a construction and demolition processing facility based on the number of tons of solid waste per day accepted by the facility. Also provides that an owner or operator of a construction or demolition processing facility is liable for taking corrective action if the owner or operator is found in violation of the facility's permit or a catastrophic emergency has directly resulted from the operations of the facility.
(In Assembly Natural Resources Committee)
AB 501 (Cogdill-R) Solid waste: grants
Specifies that the programs to which the California Integrated Waste Management Board may make grants to help prevent the disposal of hazardous waste at solid waste disposal sites include programs that maintain existing programs in rural cities and counties. Adds to the types of programs to which the board is required to give priority, those programs that continue existing programs serving rural areas, underserved areas, and small cities. Also requires at least 20 percent of the total annual amount of grants made for these programs to be distributed, noncompetitively, to rural counties and cities as block grants.
(In Assembly Natural Resources Committee)
AB 586 (Koretz-D) Litter and marine debris: tobacco-related waste
Requires a $0.02 fee on all disposable bags and disposable cups that contain less than 40 percent postconsumer recycled content. Provides funds to the various state agencies, departments, boards and commissions as well as grant programs to local governments and nonprofit organizations, to establish and maintain local programs that provide for the cleanup and recycling of litter and marine debris. Also prohibits ashtrays for use on premises where smoking is prohibited by law unless the ashtray is provided in an area where smoking is not prohibited.
(In Assembly Natural Resources Committee)
AB 734 (Montanez-D) Large venue recycling programs
Requires each large venue, as defined, to either provide at least one multimaterial recycling bin in the large venue's public area, based on a specified amount of the large venue's visitors, or to provide for the operation of a recycling center that is certified by the State Department of Conservation pursuant to the California Beverage Container Recycling and Litter Reduction Act and is operational for a minimum of two hours each day that the large venue is open for business. Requires the Integrated Solid Waste Management Board, in cooperation with the State Department of Conservation, to provide technical assistance tools and resources to assist large venues and local jurisdictions with regard to implementing the bill's requirements.
(In Assembly Natural Resources Committee)
AB 1174 (Leslie-R) Sacramento Regional County Solid Waste Authority
Enacts the Sacramento Regional County Solid Waste Authority Act and authorizes the authority to expend the revenue derived from the fee imposed upon a commercial solid waste hauler and collected by the authority only to oversee, manage, and enforce the authority's nonexclusive commercial franchise system and to offset those reasonable and necessary regional costs that are incurred by the authority.
(In Assembly Natural Resources Committee)
AB 1427 (Maddox-R) Biosolids: study
Requires the California Environmental Protection Agency to conduct a study on the feasibility of statewide policy on biosolids treatment, disposal and recycling.
(In Senate Appropriations Committee)
AB 1466 (Koretz-D) Rigid plastic packaging container
Defines the term "plastic container" for purposes of provisions under the California Integrated Waste Management Act and revises the definition of recycling rate to instead include plastic containers.
(In Assembly Natural Resources Committee)
AB 1497 (Montanez-D) Solid waste facilities: permits
Adds additional requirements that a person applying for a solid waste facilities permit is required to include in the final closure plan, as specified; revises procedures relating to the change or operation of a solid waste facility; and revises penalty provisions.
Chapter 823, Statutes of 2003
AB 1599 (Harman-R) Beverage containers
Requires the State Department of Conservation to (1) establish a pilot program using supermarket sites that use both reverse vending machines and staffed recycling centers to determine whether or not these recycling centers increase recycling rates and provide greater convenience and ease for use of consumers, and (2) report to the Governor and Legislature by July 1, 2006 on the effectiveness of the pilot program and make recommendations. Is contingent upon SB 23 (Sher) being enacted and becoming effective.
(Held at Assembly Desk)
Toxics/Hazardous Waste
SB 13 (Romero-D) Radiation Safety Act of 2003
Enacts the Radiation Safety Act of 2003 and prohibits the disposal of radioactive waste at specified facilities.
(In Senate Appropriations Committee)
SB 20 (Sher-D) Hazardous electronic waste
Enacts the Electronic Waste Recycling Act of 2003 to provide for the convenient recycling of covered electronic devices in California.
Chapter 526, Statutes of 2003
SB 201 (Romero-D) Radioactive materials: transfer of authority
Transfers all of the State Department of Health Service's ionizing radiation functions to the State Department of Toxic Substances Control; and requires that future cleanups of sites contaminated by radioactivity in California meet U.S. Environmental Protection Agency standards.
(In Senate Appropriations Committee)
SB 202 (Romero-D) Wood waste: preservatives
Repeals the exemption for wood waste under hazardous waste control laws and instead prohibits any person, on and after January 1, 2005, from using chromated copper arsenate (CCA) or pentachlorophenol (penta) to treat wood products or manufacturing a wood product treated with those substances. Provides, on and after January 1, 2005, that wood waste containing any measurable level of CCA or penta is a hazardous waste. Authorizes a person to dispose of wood waste in accordance with regulations adopted by the State Department of Toxic Substances Control.
(In Senate Environmental Quality Committee)
SB 203* (Romero-D) Taxes: brownfield cleanup credit
Authorizes a credit against personal income taxes and corporation taxes for a qualified brownfield property owner for each taxable year beginning on or after January 1, 2003, and before January 1, 2013, in an amount equal to an unspecified percentage of the costs paid or incurred to clean up a polluted "brownfield" property to a satisfactory level, as evidenced by a "written certification of completion."
(In Senate Environmental Quality Committee)
SB 208 (Kuehl-D) Radiation: contamination
Requires the owner of any parcel of land at the Santa Susana Field Laboratory (the site of a nuclear reactor meltdown in the 1950's) to properly monitor the parcel for residual radioactive materials, not to sell, transfer or lease the parcel without remediation of radioactive contamination, and properly dispose any materials containing low-level radioactive wastes at a facility expressly licensed to accept those wastes.
(In Senate Appropriations Committee)
SB 415 (Kuehl-D) Real property: radioactive contamination: disclosure
Requires a person or entity that sells, leases, subleases, or otherwise transfers radioactive contaminated property to provide the transferee prior to the transfer with written disclosure of the specific increased risk of cancer to which residents of the contaminated property would be exposed.
(In Senate Environmental Quality Committee)
SB 493 (Cedillo-D) Hazardous materials: liability
Provides that an innocent purchaser or a bona fide prospective purchaser, as defined, is not liable under specified state laws that impose liability for response costs upon an owner or occupant of property acquired on or after January 1, 2004, for cleanup of preexisting pollution conditions caused by a release of a hazardous material on, under, or adjacent to that property. Immunizes an innocent purchaser or bona fide prospective purchaser for response costs associated with a release or threatened release of a hazardous material at a site, as defined, if certain conditions are met. Also provides that a person is not liable under those specified state laws for response costs associated with a release or threatened release of a hazardous material from a site that is not owned by that person, if the person owns real property that is contiguous to, or otherwise similarly situated with respect to, that site and the person complies with additional specified requirements.
(In Senate Appropriations Committee)
SB 511 (Figueroa-D) Mercury lamp recycling
Enacts the California Mercury Lamp Recycling Act of 2004 to require mercury from fluorescent lamps to be recycled or disposed of as a hazardous waste.
(In Senate Appropriations Committee)
SB 559 (Ortiz-D) Brownfields response units
Enacts the Brownfields Response Unit Program Act and requires the State Department of Toxic Substances Control to establish a brownfields response unit within the department.
(In Senate Environmental Quality Committee)
SB 747 (Romero-D) Underground storage tanks
Repeals the provisions in current which impose various monitoring, replacement, and upgrading requirements with regard to an underground storage tank installed on or before January 1, 1984, and used for the storage of hazardous substances.
(In Senate Environmental Quality Committee)
SB 805 (Escutia-D) Geologic and environmental hazard abatement districts
Changes the name of geologic hazard abatement districts to geologic and environmental hazard abatement districts, and authorizes formation of the district for a remedial action or removal of a hazardous substance.
(On Senate Third Reading File)
SB 942 (Sher-D) Hazardous waste: transportation: database
Requires the State Department of Toxic Substances Control's database to include information on whether a receiving facility operating outside of the state, operates according to California's standards for handling hazardous waste, to the extent existing resources allow for the collection of the information.
(In Assembly Environmental Safety and Toxic Materials Committee)
SB 1004 (Soto-D) Resources
Authorizes the State Water Resources Control Board and regional water quality control boards to order persons who discharge waste into the waters of the state to provide replacement water to water suppliers and private well owners whose supplies are contaminated, and requires notice of perchlorate storage.
Chapter 614, Statutes of 2003
AB 302 (Chan-D) Polybrominated diphenyl ether
Prohibits a person from manufacturing, processing, or distributing in commerce a product containing more than one-tenth of one percent pentabrominated diphenyl ether (pentaBDE) or octabrominated diphenyl ether (octaBDE), by mass beginning January 1, 2008.
Chapter 205, Statutes of 2003
AB 387 (Aghazarian-R) Hazardous materials: farms: business plans
Exempts farmers with small amounts of certain hazardous materials on the farm from provisions that require businesses handling hazardous materials to implement an emergency plan to respond to a release or threatened release of any of those materials.
(In Senate Environmental Quality Committee)
AB 389 (Montanez-D) Hazardous substances
Includes, in information that may be included in the phase I environmental assessment for purposes related to the Carpenter-Presley-Tanner Hazardous Substance Account Act, review of historical aerial photographs of the property and the area in its vicinity.
(In Assembly Environmental Safety and Toxic Materials Committee)
AB 455 (Chu-D) Packaging materials: regulated metals
Enacts the Toxics in Packaging Prevention Act which, beginning January l, 2006, prohibits the sale of any package, or product in a package, that includes regulated lead, mercury, cadmium, or hexavalent chromium (regulated metals), if such metals have been intentionally introduced during manufacturing or distribution.
Chapter 679, Statutes of 2003
AB 575 (Dutra-D) Motor carriers: transporting hazardous materials
Requires, in addition to any applicable existing equipment requirements, a vehicle or combination of vehicles transporting materials or substances, defined or identified in federal regulations, to be equipped with a device that enables a peace officer, a motor carrier, or motor carrier's agent to immediately disable the vehicle, or a device that the State Department of the California Highway Patrol determines is at least as effective in deterring hijacking as a disabling device. Also requires these vehicles to be equipped with a position location reporting system to enable the motor carrier to determine the location of that vehicle at any time.
(In Senate Transportation Committee)
AB 623 (Lieber-D) Hazardous chemicals: discharge: warnings
Prohibits a person from discharging or releasing, in the course of doing business, a chemical known to the state to cause cancer or reproductive toxicity into water or onto land where the chemical passes or is likely to pass into any source of drinking water, except as specified. In addition, prohibits a person from exposing any individual, in the course of doing business, to a chemical known to the state to cause cancer or reproductive toxicity without first providing clear and reasonable warning to the individual, except as specified.
(In Assembly Environmental Safety and Toxic Materials Committee)
AB 659 (Jackson-D) Radioactive waste
Establishes a process for regulating the transportation of high-level radioactive waste and spent nuclear fuel and for insuring more effective and safe response to fires and other emergencies involving these wastes.
(In Assembly Appropriations Committee)
AB 698 (Lieber-D) PCE: claims: liability
Establishes various fees relating to dry cleaning operations beginning January 1, 2005 for the purpose of providing funding to cleanup PCE (tetrachloroethelyne, perchloroethelyne or PERC). Requires the State Water Resources Control Board to administer the PCE Cost Recovery Fund into which the fees would be deposited to conduct cleanup actions and provide reimbursement funds for owners and operators of dry cleaning facilities that take corrective action in response to PERC releases.
(In Assembly Appropriations Committee)
AB 826 (Jackson-D) Perchlorate
Establishes the Perchlorate Contamination Prevention Act, which will (1) require the State Department of Toxic Substances Control, by December 31, 2005, to develop regulations specifying the best management practices for managing perchlorate materials, and (2) once funding becomes available, require the California Environmental Protection Agency to establish a statewide database of business plans and inventories submitted by facilities handling perchlorate materials to the certified unified program agencies.
Chapter 608, Statutes of 2003
AB 901 (Jackson-D) Radioactive waste: transportation
Establishes a comprehensive regulatory structure and procedure for the safe transportation of high-level nuclear waste, including planning and training requirements, container safety, routing, tracking and monitoring, emergency response, insurance, and inspection requirements.
(In Senate Transportation Committee)
AB 926 (Richman-R) Low-level radioactive waste disposal facility
Removes the prohibition on the selection and development of Ward Valley as a low-level radioactive waste (LLRW) disposal facility and repeals recently enacted state regulatory requirements for development of a LLRW facility in California.
(Failed passage in Assembly Environmental Safety and Toxic Materials Committee)
AB 1068 (Liu-D) Petroleum underground storage tanks: loans
Extends the sunset date for the Repair and Replacement of Underground Storage Tanks loan program operated by the State Technology Trade and Commerce Agency (TTCA) from January 1, 2004 to January 1, 2011. Also moves the program from under the TTCA to the State Water Resources Control Board.
(On Assembly Unfinished Business File)
AB 1176 (Campbell-R) Proposition 65: enforcement
Under the Safe Drinking Water and Toxic Enforcement Act of 1986 (Proposition 65), requires the court to make a finding that a settlement is fair, reasonable, and in the public interest. Requires the Attorney General to make the terms of the proposed settlement publicly available and allows any person with an interest in the proposed settlement to intervene in the motion to approve a settlement. Also prohibits a person from filing an action in the public interest or bringing an action that alleges a violation of the act if the defendant has previously entered into a settlement or judgment and the person filing or bringing the action alleges the same violation of the act that was settled or adjudicated.
(In Assembly Environmental Safety and Toxic Materials Committee)
AB 1218 (Dutra-D) Underground storage tanks
Authorizes the use of performance-based contracts for cleanup of leaking underground storage tanks.
Chapter 689, Statutes of 2003
AB 1246 (Aghazarian-R) Administrative penalties: analysis
Requires the State Department of Toxic Substances Control or local officer or agency to provide, upon the request of the operator of a facility, a copy of a specified analysis of any proposed administrative penalty in a meeting held with the operator regarding an inspection report. Requires the department or officer or agency to meet and confer with the operator, upon the request, regarding entering into a settlement before issuing any order or filing any judicial action that imposes an administrative or civil penalty.
(In Assembly Environmental Safety and Toxic Materials Committee)
AB 1247 (Aghazarian-R) Hazardous waste facility: postclosure
Provides the State Department of Toxic Substances Control with more options to enforce postclosure plans at hazardous waste facilities.
Chapter 286, Statutes of 2003
AB 1255 (Levine-D) Mercury: report
Requires the State Department of Toxic Substances Control to include additional information in a report on mercury-containing vehicle light switches already due to the appropriate policy and fiscal committees of the Legislature by January 1, 2004.
(In Senate Environmental Quality Committee)
AB 1348 (Lowenthal-D) Hazardous waste
Clarifies statutes governing the transport of hazardous waste and the recycling of used oil.
Chapter 362, Statutes of 2003
AB 1367 (Laird-D) Waste: regulation
Authorizes the State Department of Toxic Substances Control (DTSC) to adopt alternative waste management standards by regulation for waste-management activities that meet specified criteria. Requires DTSC to make findings and analysis, and make that analysis available to the public. Sunsets DTSC's authority to adopt alternative regulations on January 1, 2007. Revises the definition of designated waste disposed pursuant to alternative waste management regulations.
(On Senate Inactive File)
AB 1380 (Pacheco-R) Proposition 65: enforcement
Makes various changes to the Safe Drinking Water and Toxic Enforcement Act of 1986 (Proposition 65) to further the purposes of the act, including provisions relating to notice requirements, court findings, civil penalty award, attorney fees, enforcement actions and warning requirement exemptions.
(In Assembly Environmental Safety and Toxic Materials Committee)
AB 1447 (Matthews-D) Proposition 65: enforcement
Authorizes the Attorney General, or any district attorney, city attorney, or prosecutor in whose jurisdiction a violation of the Safe Drinking Water and Toxic Enforcement Act of 1986 (Proposition 65) is alleged to have occurred, to extend the time for review of a notice of an action filed for up to 60 additional days. Requires the written notice of an extension to include specified information and provides that any statutes of limitations or equitable defenses to a private action be tolled during the time of the extension. Prohibits evidence of the extension from being admitted in a private enforcement action for any purpose other than for determining the commencement of any statute of limitations or application of any equitable defense. Authorizes a person bringing an action in the public interest to file an action to request preliminary injunctive relief to enjoin an ongoing or threatened violation of the act before the expiration of an extension.
(In Assembly Judiciary Committee)
AB 1500 (Diaz-D) Petroleum pollution cleanup and prevention
Assesses a $1 fee for each barrel of crude oil received at a refinery within the state.
(In Assembly Transportation Committee)
AB 1607 (Keene-R) Hazardous substances: illegal methamphetamine laboratories
Requires law enforcement, when it finds a property where methamphetamine has been illegally manufactured, to contact the appropriate county health department who would then identify the property owner and send a certificate of nuisance to the owner. Requires an owner that receives a certificate of nuisance to hire an industrial hygienist, at the owner's own expense, to perform an environmental assessment. Requires the department to take corrective action, if the department determines a property owner is not in compliance with the requirements imposed by the bill.
(In Assembly Judiciary Committee)
AB 1640 (Laird-D) Hazardous materials: enforcement
Enhances the ability of Certified Unified Program Agencies to enforce the requirements of hazardous materials facility permits.
Chapter 696, Statutes of 2003
AB 1691 (Montanez-D) Asbestos waste
Specifies that prohibitions on the disposal of hazardous waste do not apply to authorization to dispose of waste containing asbestos.
(In Assembly Environmental Safety and Toxic Materials Committee)
AB 1699 (Assembly Environmental Safety And Toxic Materials Committee) Mercury
Enacts the Mercury Recycling Enhancement Act of 2003 and prohibits any person, after January 1, 2004, from disposing, or attempting to dispose of, a fluorescent lamp at a solid waste facility. Requires, commencing January 1, 2004, every retail purchaser who purchases a fluorescent lamp to pay a fluorescent lamp recycling fee of five cents for each fluorescent lamp purchased. Specifies that the funds collected would be expended to assist household hazardous waste facilities and collectors to facilitate fluorescent lamp recycling, to fund consumer education, to provide matching grant funds to local governments to assist in the collection and processing of fluorescent lamps as a universal waste, and to provide recycling incentive payments to fluorescent lamp recyclers.
(In Assembly Environmental Safety and Toxic Materials Committee)
AB 1700 (Laird-D) Military base remediation: funding: federal grants
Prohibits the State Controller and the State Department of Finance from eliminating positions or expenditure authority, or imposing a hiring freeze or other personal services limitations, as specified, upon any non-General Fund program that provides oversight and related support of remediation and hazardous substance management at a military base. Most of the bill's provisions would apply exclusively to the State Water Resources Control Board and the State Department of Toxic Substances Control.
Chapter 869, Statutes of 2003
AB 1701 (Assembly Environmental Safety And Toxic Materials Committee) Releases
Provides that an owner of one-half of a duplex who resides in part of the duplex should also qualify for the rebuttable presumption that a single family residence owner is not liable for a hazardous substance release in certain circumstances.
(On Senate Inactive File)
AB 1702* (Assembly Environmental Safety And Toxic Materials Committee) Underground storage tanks
Amends California's underground storage tank program statutes to strengthen sections that are not as strict as federal law.
Chapter 42, Statutes of 2003
AB 1756* (Assembly Budget Committee) State government
Among other provisions, in the area of the State Budget Act of 2003 concerning general government issues, reduces the number of advisors under each State Integrated Waste Management Board (IWMB) member to one advisor each, prohibits the IWMB from expending public funds for the research or promotion of tire incineration and prohibits IWMB members from collecting per diem or travel expenses for attending a meeting at IWMB headquarters or for traveling to or from IWMB headquarters.
Chapter 228, Statutes of 2003
Miscellaneous
SB 18 (Burton-D) Traditional Tribal Cultural Sites
Creates a procedure in the California Environmental Quality Act for the Native American Heritage Commission (NAHC), in consultation with Native American tribes and other interested parties, to determine whether a proposed project may adversely change a traditional tribal cultural site and to recommend project changes and mitigation measures to avoid or reduce those changes. Revises the duties and composition of NAHC, creates procedures for NAHC and Native American tribes to participate in local land use planning, and allows Native American tribes to take title to conservation easements.
(On Assembly Third Reading File)
SB 22* (Sher-D) Surface mining and reclamation
Removes language binding the enactment of SB 483 (Sher), Chapter 1154 of 2002 to the enactment of SB 1828 (Burton), vetoed 2002.
Chapter 3, Statutes of 2003
SB 86 (Machado-D) Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta protection
Authorizes, rather than requires, the Delta Protection Commission to appoint advisory committees.
(In Assembly Natural Resources Committee)
SB 89 (Alpert-D) Wild animals: domestic ferrets
Provides for an animal permit process for domestic ferrets on the mainland of the State of California and the collection of a permit fee for those ferrets to fund an environmental impact report on the effect of ferrets on California ecosystems.
(In Assembly Water, Parks and Wildlife Committee)
SB 92 (Speier-D) California Missions Foundation Fund
Establishes the California Missions Foundation Fund Checkoff on the state income tax form to aid in the restoration of the California missions.
Chapter 460, Statutes of 2003
SB 184 (Sher-D) San Francisco Bay Conservation and Development Commission
Requires a person who is acting as an agent for a transferor of an interest in real property that is located within the San Francisco Bay Conservation and Development Commission's jurisdiction, or the transferor, to disclose to a prospective transferee, when he/she has actual knowledge, that the property is located within that jurisdiction. Authorizes the commission to revoke a permit in whole or in part, provides the grounds for complete or partial revocation, and provides procedures for challenging and enforcing the commission's revocation order. Increases the amounts of civil penalties for violations of provisions relating to San Francisco Bay Conservation and Development and imposes civil penalties for negligent violations.
(In Senate Natural Resources and Wildlife Committee)
SB 218 (Sher-D) Surface mining and reclamation
Makes changes to the way in which mineral resources are mapped and classified.
(On Senate Inactive File)
SB 233 (Hollingsworth-R) Importation: alligators, crocodiles and kangaroos
Allows the importation, possession and sale of kangaroos, crocodile or alligator parts or products within California.
(Failed passage in Senate Natural Resources and Wildlife Committee; reconsideration granted)
SB 235 (Cedillo-D) Recreation and parks districts: urban parks
Authorizes the State Department of Parks and Recreation to start providing active recreational sports, such as soccer and baseball, on state park lands within "an urban area with a population of more than 500,000 residents."
(In Senate Natural Resources and Wildlife Committee)
SB 236 (Alpert-D) Fishing: bottom trawling
Allows trawl nets to be used until January 1, 2007, but prohibits use after that date unless it can be established by the State Fish and Game Commission that the amount of "bycatch," that is, marine species unintentionally caught in the net, can be limited to specified standards.
(In Senate Appropriations Committee)
SB 245 (Sher-D) Fish
Makes it unlawful to spawn, incubate, or cultivate any species of finfish belonging to the family Salmonidae or transgenic fish species, or any exotic species of finfish in the waters of the Pacific Ocean that are regulated by this state.
Chapter 871, Statutes of 2003
SB 251 (Machado-D) Land conservation assistance center
Requires the Secretary of the State Resources Agency to establish an online land conservation assistance center to provide information on grants and other opportunities to the public related to land conservation.
(In Senate Appropriations Committee)
SB 277 (Ducheny-D) Salton Sea
Establishes the Salton Sea Restoration Fund to be administered by the Director of the State Department of Fish and Game. Requires the fund to be expended, upon appropriation by the Legislature, for various purposes relating to the restoration of the Salton Sea.
Chapter 611, Statutes of 2003
SB 281 (Oller-R) Fishing: marine waters
Prohibits the State Department of Fish and Game from closing a marine area to rod and reel fishing unless there are no less restrictive control measures that would achieve a specific, and measurable, conservation goal.
(Failed passage in Senate Natural Resources and Wildlife Committee; reconsideration granted)
SB 317 (Kuehl-D) Resources
Enacts a narrow, regional waiver of the state's fully protected species statutes in order to accommodate a proposed water transfer from Imperial Irrigation District to San Diego, and requires that additional transfers of water to the State Department of Water Resources that are then re-sold to the Metropolitan Water District serve as a basis for funding the eventual restoration of the Salton Sea.
Chapter 612, Statutes
SB 418 (Sher-D) Fish and wildlife: streambed alteration agreements
Recasts the provisions governing the process by which public agencies, public utilities and other entities seek permission, from the State Department of Fish and Game, for a project that results in the alteration of any streambed.
Chapter 736, Statutes of 2003
SB 554 (Florez-D) Off-Highway Motor Vehicle Recreation Commission
Changes the name of the Off-Highway Motor Vehicle Recreation Commission to the Off-Road Vehicle Recreation Commission, increases the membership to 11, with the four additional members to be appointed by the Governor, and includes additional interest groups for which the appointees shall represent. Also specifies that the funds deposited in the Off-Highway Vehicle Trust Fund may also be used for repairing damage caused by the use of off-highway motor vehicles on both public and private property where the operation of those vehicles is prohibited by federal, state, or local law.
(In Senate Natural Resources and Wildlife Committee)
SB 572 (Ducheny-D) Natural community conservation plans
Exempts from specified provisions of the Natural Community Conservation Planning (NCCP) Act any NCCP or subarea plan initiated by January 1, 2000, by Sweetwater Authority, Helix Water District, Padre Dam Municipal Water District, Santa Fe Irrigation District, or the San Diego County Water Authority, which the State Department of Fish and Game (DFG) determines is consistent with the approved San Diego Multiple Habitat Conservation Program or the San Diego Multiple Species Conservation Program, if the plan has been developed and is otherwise in conformance with the Act. Requires those entities and the DFG to include certain independent scientific input into the proposed plans.
Chapter 61, Statutes of 2003
SB 637 (Knight-R) Off-highway vehicle: emergency response situation
Allows a peace officer to drive an off-highway vehicle on state or local highways during an emergency response situation.
Chapter 135, Statutes of 2003
SB 643 (Aanestad-R) Agricultural Land Protection Act
Requires any land designated for habitat and conservation purposes to be maintained in a manner that prevents impacts to adjacent agricultural land, and makes the public liable for "damage attributed to wildlife [that] becomes an economic problem."
(In Senate Natural Resources and Wildlife Committee)
SB 649 (Kuehl-D) Mining
Prohibits operators of surface mines in this state who are not in compliance with the Surface Mining and Reclamation Act from selling California-mined materials to local agencies. Increases the annual reporting fees on mined operators. Creates a new fee for precious metals ($5 per ounce of gold and $0.10 per ounce of silver), which would be deposited into a new subaccount and used for the remediation of abandoned mines.
Chapter 794, Statutes of 2003
SB 654 (Machado-D) Salton Sea: Colorado River
One of three bills necessary to implement the Colorado River Quantification Settlement Agreement. Among other things, authorizes the State Department of Fish and Game to enter into a joint powers agreement for the purpose of providing for the payment of costs for environmental mitigation requirements.
Chapter 613, Statutes of 2003
SB 692 (Kuehl-D) State Department of Fish and Game: sport fishing
Requires sport fishermen fishing in the San Francisco Bay and the Sacramento/San Joaquin River Delta to purchase a Bay-Delta Sport Fishing Enhancement Stamp (Bay-Delta Stamp).
Chapter 796, Statutes of 2003
SB 694 (Senate Natural Resources And Wildlife Committee) Public resources
The Senate Natural Resources and Wildlife Committee's annual omnibus measure. Makes several technical and non-controversial changes to the Public Resources Code.
(On Assembly Third Reading File)
SB 852 (Ashburn-R) State parks
Requires the State Department of Parks and Recreation to also include in the general plan for Red Rock Canyon State Park goals and guidelines related to rockhounding in the Last Chance Canyon addition to the park.
(In Senate Natural Resources and Wildlife Committee)
SB 866 (Aanestad-R) Wildlife
Requires the Wildlife Conservation Board to establish an administrative process that allows any property owner and any local jurisdiction to seek redress for any (a) failure of the board, the State Department of Fish and Game, or any nonprofit entity to maintain real property in accordance with any agreement entered into by those entities under existing law; (b) impacts to any lands adjoining property acquired under existing law caused by that failure; and (c) failure of the board or the department to make subvention payments to a local jurisdiction as required under existing law.
(In Senate Natural Resources and Wildlife Committee)
SB 887* (Perata-D) Seaports: security: infrastructure improvement: bonds
Places the Seaport Security and Port Neighborhood Transportation, Clean Air and Navigation Improvement Bond Act of 2003 before the voters at the next statewide general election and if approved, authorizes the sale of $1 billion in general obligation bonds.
(In Senate Appropriations Committee)
SB 925 (McPherson-R) Invasive species
Extends the submission deadline for the Interagency Aquatic Invasive Species Council's working version of the comprehensive plan for dealing with aquatic invasive species in California to the Legislature from January 1, 2004 to March 1, 2004.
(In Senate Natural Resources and Wildlife Committee)
SB 978 (Torlakson-D) State parks: John Marsh Home
Provides findings concerning Dr. John Marsh and the significance of his home in the Bay Area. Also requires the State Department of Parks and Recreation, as soon as possible, to classify the John Marsh Home and surrounding property as a "unit of the state park system."
(In Assembly Appropriations Committee)
SB 981 (Soto-D) Children's health: petroleum pollution
Imposes a 30 cent fee per barrel of crude oil to provide funding for petroleum pollution source reduction and public health remediation programs.
(In Senate Revenue and Taxation Committee)
SB 987 (McPherson-R) California missions
Appropriates an unspecified amount of Proposition 40 bond funds to the State Department of Parks and Recreation for allocation as a grant to the California Missions Foundation (a nonprofit organization).
(In Senate Appropriations Committee)
SB 994 (Hollingsworth-R) Salton Sea: Quantification Settlement Agreement
States that it is the intent of the Legislature to consider all available options to restore the Salton Sea and to support the implementation of the Quantification Settlement Agreement.
(At Assembly Desk)
SB 1050* (Senate Budget And Fiscal Review Committee) Budget Act of 2003
A budget trailer bill to appropriate $10 million from the General Fund to the State Department of Forestry and Fire Protection for support of the department's activities and $11.4 million from the General Fund to the State Department of Pesticide Regulation for support of the department's activities.
(Senate refuses to concur in Assembly amendments)
SB 1073 (Senate Natural Resources And Wildlife Committee) Beach restoration
Deletes the statutory requirement for the State Department of Boating and Waterways and the State Coastal Conservancy to prepare a report about beach restoration by January 1, 2002.
(At Assembly Desk, awaiting committee assignment)
SCR 31 (Speier-D) California Missions Day
Declares California Missions Day as July 16, 2003, to increase public awareness of the California missions in state history and encourages annual observance of this day.
Resolution Chapter 102, Statutes of 2003
SJR 5 (Sher-D) Giant Sequoia National Monument
Memorializes the President and Congress to take necessary action to protect the Giant Sequoia National Monument by prohibiting the removal of large trees in all parts of the monument and encouraging environmentally appropriate management activities, including the removal of small trees and brush that reduce the risk of catastrophic fire, protect rural communities, and restore the giant sequoia ecosystem.
Resolution Chapter 114, Statutes of 2003
AB 13 (Harman-R) State Department of Transportation: transfer of property
Authorizes the State Department of Transportation to transfer a specific environmental mitigation property to a local public agency or non-profit corporation for open space or land conservation purposes. Establishes the terms and conditions of such a property transfer.
Chapter 503, Statutes of 2003
AB 65 (Dymally-D) State park: Watts Towers
Reclassifies Watts Towers of Simon Rodia from a historical unit to a state park. Specifies that the park is to be managed by the City of Los Angeles.
(In Assembly Water, Parks and Wildlife Committee)
AB 142 (Kehoe-D) San Diego River Conservancy: real property
Amends the land procurement procedures for the San Diego River Conservancy.
Chapter 92, Statutes of 2003
AB 342 (Koretz-D) Mammals: taking
Prohibits allowing or training a dog to take any bear or bobcat for hunting purposes.
(In Assembly Water, Parks and Wildlife Committee)
AB 393 (Montanez-D) Historical preservation
Declares the intent of the Legislature to enact a measure relating to historical preservation.
(In Assembly awaiting committee assignment)
AB 396 (Harman-R) Shared Habitat Alliance for Recreational Enhancement Program
Creates the "Shared Habitat Alliance for Recreational Enhancement Program" or "SHARE Program" to provide financial incentives to private landowners to open up their property for "wildlife-dependent" recreation, such as hunting and bird watching.
Chapter 758, Statutes of 2003
AB 413 (Goldberg-D) Property transactions
Allows the State Department of Parks and Recreation to lease 20 acres at the Taylor Yard to the City of Los Angeles for the development and operation of a local park with regional benefits.
Chapter 677, Statutes of 2003
AB 482 (Cogdill-R) State parks: concessions
Exempts one concession from the State Department of Parks and Recreation's (DPR) competitive bidding process for awarding or renewing contracts for concessions in a unit of the state park system. Requires the exempted concession to satisfy criteria specified in the bill and the DPR director to negotiate or renegotiate the contract with the exempted concession.
(In Senate Appropriations Committee)
AB 492 (Cogdill-R) Wildlife habitat enhancement and management areas
Requires the Fish and Game Commission to notify the owner of each parcel that is adjacent to a proposed wildlife habitat enhancement and management area prior to authorizing the State Department of Fish and Game to issue a license for that area.
(In Assembly Water, Parks and Wildlife Committee)
AB 504 (Yee-D) Parks and recreation: park and open-space districts
Increases the fines for violating locally adopted ordinances governing use of parks and open-space areas.
Chapter 106, Statutes of 2003
AB 566 (Yee-D) Fish: accounting records
Revises the information that must be included in the accounting records kept by persons engaged in the fish business. Also requires that the records be kept by both the seller and buyer for three years.
Chapter 82, Statutes of 2003
AB 590 (Cogdill-R) Sport fishing: license revenues
Requires that 45 percent of revenue generated from the State Department of Fish and Game's issuance and sale of all sport fishing licenses be deposited into a new Hatcheries and Fish Planting Facilities Fund to be continuously appropriated to the department's Hatcheries and Fish Planting Facilities program.
(In Assembly Appropriations Committee)
AB 627 (Aghazarian-R) Parkland and coastal protection
Requires that an annual report summarizing expenditures from the California Clean Water, Safe Neighborhood Parks, and Coastal Protection Bond Act of 2002 (Proposition 40) contain specific items of information.
Vetoed by the Governor
AB 630 (Maddox-R) Park rangers: peace officers
Repeals the provision of existing law that excluded local agencies that were utilizing certain specified titles, as of January 1, 1990, from the restrictions of using those titles for their non-peace officer employees.
(In Assembly Water, Parks and Wildlife Committee)
AB 635 (Wiggins-D) Salmon and steelhead salmon
Adds specificity to an existing requirement that the State Department of Fish and Game study the effect of reduced water flows at the mouths of certain North Coast rivers.
Chapter 681, Statutes of 2003
AB 670 (Harman-R) Fisheries: managing resources
Requires that whenever the interests of sport fishing and commercial fishing are in conflict, any recommendation of the State Department of Fish and Game or regulation of the Fish and Game Commission shall provide a priority to sport fishing if a species or species group under state jurisdiction is not able to support both the reasonable requirements of the sport fishery and the existing or potential commercial fishery harvest. Authorizes the department and the commission to permit commercial fishing for a particular nearshore groundfish only if certain conditions are met.
(In Assembly Water, Parks and Wildlife Committee)
AB 929 (Hancock-D) Highways: park lease: City of Albany
Authorizes the State Department of Transportation to lease to the City of Albany a surplus highway parcel for $1 per year and allow Albany to exercise a purchase option on the property at half the state's current appraised value, but at least equal to the property's acquisition cost.
(In Senate Transportation Committee)
AB 1014 (Canciamilla-D) Vessels: abandonment
Requires the State Department of Boating and Waterways to create an advisory committee to study ways to prevent the abandonment of boats.
Chapter 357, Statutes of 2003
AB 1019 (Nakanishi-R) Parks: property conversion and exchange
Allows San Joaquin County to convert specified land acquired with state bond funds to accommodate a road-widening project, if specified conditions are met.
Chapter 114, Statutes of 2003
AB 1168 (Berg-D) Wild and scenic rivers: Albion and Gualala Rivers
Includes segments of the Albion and Gualala Rivers in the state wild and scenic river system.
Chapter 117, Statutes of 2003
AB 1222 (Montanez-D) Urban open-space and recreation
Provides that the local matching money requirement for grants under the Roberti-Z'berg-Harris Open-Space and Recreation Program Act does not apply to grants from funds made available pursuant to the California Clean Water, Clean Air, Safe Neighborhood Parks, and Coastal Protection Act of 2002.
(In Senate Appropriations Committee)
AB 1296 (Berg-D) Fish: krill
Eliminates the sunset date in Fish and Game Code Section 8510 that prohibits the taking of krill for commercial purposes before January 1, 2011.
Chapter 218, Statutes of 2003
AB 1354 (Berg-D) Commercial Fisheries Capacity Reduction Account
Establishes the Commercial Fisheries Capacity Reduction Account in the Fish and Game Preservation Fund to repay California fishermen's share of federal loans in the federal West Coast Groundfish Fishery Reduction Program.
Chapter 514, Statutes of 2003
AB 1405 (Wolk-D) California Watershed Protection and Restoration Act
Enacts the California Watershed Protection and Restoration Act to establish the criteria by which the state recognizes watershed restoration efforts undertaken voluntarily by local watershed partnerships.
Chapter 693, Statutes of 2003
AB 1420 (Laird-D) Fish and game: elk: fishing licenses
Reduces a number of minor violations from misdemeanors to "wobblets" (prosecutable either as a misdemeanor or an infraction), decreases the current fine for fishing without a license, requires the Fish and Game Commission to adopt regulations related to suspension or revocation of a hunting or fishing license, requires the State Department of Fish and Game to create a statewide elk management plan and to consult with land owners about how to remedy elk damage, and creates a standard definition for a disabled veteran.
Chapter 291, Statutes of 2003
AB 1461 (Negrete McLeod-D) California Conservation Corps
Replaces the Director of the California Conservation Corps with a three-person California Conservation Corps Commission. Requires the Governor, the President pro Tempore of the Senate, and the Speaker of the Assembly to each appoint one of the commissioners to a four-year term. Authorizes the commission to administer the corps by majority vote the commissioners to be reappointed.
(In Assembly Natural Resources Committee)
AB 1476 (Chavez-D) State park system: state reserves
Creates, within the State Department of Parks and Recreation, a "state cultural reserve" designation. The designation could apply to existing and future units within the state park system.
Chapter 517, Statutes of 2003
AB 1502 (Laird-D) Natural heritage preservation: tax credit
Allows state and local entities to use Proposition 40 and Proposition 50 bond funds to reimburse the General Fund for tax credit issued under the Natural Heritage Preservation Tax Credit Act, if the property acquired through the tax credit is consistent with the purposes specified in those bond acts and other conditions are met.
(In Assembly Appropriations Committee)
AB 1548 (Pavley-D) Office of Education on the Environment
Establishes the Office of Education on the Environment within the California Environmental Protection Agency and requires it to develop environmental education principles and a model curriculum.
Chapter 665, Statutes of 2003
AB 1747* (Assembly Budget Committee) Public resources
The omnibus natural resources trailer bill to make necessary changes to various natural resource departments and programs in order to implement the budget act.
Chapter 240, Statutes of 2003
AB 1748 (Assembly Budget Committee) Public resources
Provides for procedures for public review of state agency acquisition of conservation lands. Requires the Secretary of the State Resources Agency to delegate his or her responsibilities for the administration of the river parkway programs financed by the Proposition 50 or by funds appropriated in the Budget Act of 2003 for the river parkway program, conducted under Proposition 40, except funds allocated to the urban streams program, as specified. Requires the Secretary of the State Resources Agency to delegate his or her responsibilities for the administration of a grant program for acquisition of land or water resources the Sierra Nevada-Cascade mountain region and allows the wildlife conservation board to provide grants, as specified.
Vetoed by the Governor
AB 1770 (Assembly Water, Parks And Wildlife Committee) Fish and Game Commission
Changes the requirement to update regulations pertaining to fish, birds, amphibians, and reptiles from at least once every four years to at least once every three years, deletes authority to the State Department of Fish and Game to establish a scientific collecting program, adds amphibians to the list of prohibited prizes in contests or tournaments, narrows the circumstances to import or possess live muskrats except under permits granted by the department, and makes numerous re-numbering, conforming, and technical changes.
Chapter 610, Statutes of 2003
AB 1771 (Assembly Water, Parks And Wildlife Committee) State government
Reclassifies five bills chaptered in 2002 (AB 52 [Wiggins], relating to oak woodlands conservation, AB 716 [Firebaugh], relating to cultural and historical opportunity grants, AB 1768 [Oropeza], relating to corrections in the Budget Act of 2002 and AB 716, AB 2534 [Pavley], relating to programs administered by the State Water Resources Control Board, the State Coastal Conservancy and the State Department of Forestry and Fire Protection and SB 984 [Costa], relating to rangeland, grazing land and grassland protection), as budget act bills to strictly satisfy the appropriations requirements of Proposition 40.
Chapter 698, Statutes of 2003
ACR 55 (Benoit-R) Bark beetle infestation and drought emergency
Urges the Governor of California to declare a state of emergency in California with respect to the bark beetle infestation and drought emergency in the San Bernardino National Forest.
(In Assembly Natural Resources Committee)
ACR 114 (Leslie-R) Invasive Weeds Awareness Week
Declares the week beginning with the 3rd Monday in July as the annual Invasive Weeds Awareness Week. Also urges all Californians, during that week, to participate in activities that raise awareness of both the scourge of harmful nonnative weeds and methods to prevent their pernicious spread.
Resolution Chapter 142, Statutes of 2003
Index (in Bill Order)
| Bill | Author and Bill Title | Reference Links |
SB 8* | Brulte-R Fire prevention | |
SB 13 | Romero-D Radiation Safety Act of 2003 | |
SB 18 | Burton-D Traditional Tribal Cultural Sites | |
SB 20 | Sher-D Solid waste: hazardous electronic waste | |
SB 22* | Sher-D Surface mining and reclamation | |
SB 86 | Machado-D Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta protection | |
SB 89 | Alpert-D Wild animals: domestic ferrets | |
SB 92 | Speier-D California Missions Foundation Fund | |
SB 184 | Sher-D San Francisco Bay Conservation and Development Commission | |
SB 189 | Escutia-D Environmental health tracking system: chronic disease | |
SB 201 | Romero-D Radioactive materials: transfer of authority | |
SB 202 | Romero-D Wood waste: preservatives | |
SB 203* | Romero-D Taxes: brownfield cleanup credit | |
SB 204 | Perata-D Solid waste: personal care products: recycling | |
SB 207 | Ackerman-R Air quality: gasoline vapor emission control systems | |
SB 208 | Kuehl-D Radiation: contamination | |
SB 216 | Sher-D Recovery strategy pilot program | |
SB 217 | Sher-D Forest resources | |
SB 218 | Sher-D Surface mining and reclamation | |
SB 233 | Hollingsworth-R Importation: alligators, crocodiles and kangaroos | |
SB 235 | Cedillo-D Recreation and parks districts: urban parks | |
SB 236 | Alpert-D Fishing: bottom trawling | |
SB 245 | Sher-D Fish | |
SB 251 | Machado-D Land conservation assistance center | |
SB 277 | Ducheny-D Salton Sea | |
SB 281 | Oller-R Fishing: marine waters | |
SB 288 | Sher-D Air quality: Protect California Air Act of 2003 | |
SB 297 | Chesbro-D Coastal Watershed Salmon Habitat Program | |
SB 317 | Kuehl-D Resources | |
SB 352 | Escutia-D School sites: sources of pollution | |
SB 412 | Sher-D Fully protected species | |
SB 415 | Kuehl-D Real property: radioactive contamination: disclosure | |
SB 418 | Sher-D Fish and wildlife: streambed alteration agreements | |
SB 445 | Kuehl-D Coastal access: State Coastal Conservancy | |
SB 493 | Cedillo-D Hazardous materials: liability | |
SB 511 | Figueroa-D Mercury lamp recycling | |
SB 512 | Figueroa-D Natural resources: coastal resources | |
SB 517 | Karnette-D Rigid plastic packaging containers | |
SB 518 | Escutia-D Water and coastal beach protection | |
SB 531 | Romero-D Solid waste disposal: integrated waste management | |
SB 532 | Romero-D Environmental quality: cumulative effects | |
SB 537 | Romero-D Management: Los Angeles County Sanitation Districts | |
SB 554 | Florez-D Off-Highway Motor Vehicle Recreation Commission | |
SB 557 | Kuehl-D Forest practices: timber products user forest restoration | |
SB 559 | Ortiz-D Brownfields response units | |
SB 563 | Ackerman-R Water Quality Information Clearinghouse | |
SB 568 | Sher-D Environmental protection: external scientific peer reviewers | |
SB 571 | Alarcon-D Civil actions: environment: private individuals | |
SB 572 | Ducheny-D Natural community conservation plans | |
SB 607 | Aanestad-R Beverage container recycling | |
SB 637 | Knight-R Off-highway vehicle: emergency response situation | |
SB 643 | Aanestad-R Agricultural Land Protection Act | |
SB 645 | Sher-D Plastic trash bags | |
SB 646 | Sher-D Solid waste report | |
SB 647 | Sher-D Environmental quality: notice of determination | |
SB 649 | Kuehl-D Mining | |
SB 654 | Machado-D Salton Sea: Colorado River | |
SB 656 | Sher-D Particulate matter | |
SB 657 | Florez-D Fully protected species | |
SB 666 | Bowen-D Environment | |
SB 681 | Morrow-R Coastal resources: coastal commission: permits | |
SB 692 | Kuehl-D State Department of Fish and Game: sport fishing | |
SB 694 | Senate Natural Resources And Wildlife Committee Public resources | |
SB 700 | Florez-D Emissions: stationary sources: agricultural operations | |
SB 701* | Florez-D California Clean Air Bond Act of 2004 | |
SB 702 | Florez-D Medium weight farm equipment | |
SB 704 | Florez-D Agricultural burning | |
SB 705 | Florez-D Agricultural burning: San Joaquin Valley | |
SB 706 | Florez-D Clean-burning fireplaces, heaters, stoves | |
SB 707 | Florez-D Environmental quality: large dairy cow farms | |
SB 708 | Florez-D Motor vehicles | |
SB 709 | Florez-D San Joaquin Valley Unified Air Pollution Control District | |
SB 711 | Kuehl-D Environmental quality | |
SB 737 | Aanestad-R Designation: economic or social impacts | |
SB 745 | Ashburn-R Environmental subdivision | |
SB 747 | Romero-D Underground storage tanks | |
SB 754 | Perata-D Heritage trees | |
SB 805 | Escutia-D Geologic and environmental hazard abatement districts | |
SB 807 | Ashburn-R Major source | |
SB 810 | Burton-D Natural resources: timber harvesting | |
SB 852 | Ashburn-R State parks | |
SB 866 | Aanestad-R Wildlife | |
SB 887* | Perata-D Seaports: security: infrastructure improvement: bonds | |
SB 925 | McPherson-R Invasive species | |
SB 942 | Sher-D Hazardous waste: transportation: database | |
SB 945 | Sher-D Environmental quality: guidelines | |
SB 978 | Torlakson-D State parks: John Marsh Home | |
SB 981 | Soto-D Children's health: petroleum pollution | |
SB 983 | Alarcon-D Siting elements: environmental justice | |
SB 987 | McPherson-R California missions | |
SB 994 | Hollingsworth-R Salton Sea: Quantification Settlement Agreement | |
SB 999 | Machado-D San Joaquin Valley Unified Air Pollution Control District | |
SB 1004 | Soto-D Resources | |
SB 1050* | Senate Budget And Fiscal Review Committee Budget Act of 2003 | |
SB 1073 | Senate Natural Resources And Wildlife Committee Beach restoration | |
SB 1074 | Senate Environmental Quality Committee Environmental quality | |
SB 1078 | Chesbro-D Disposal fees: solid waste collection vehicles: emissions | |
SCR 31 | Speier-D California Missions Day | |
SJR 5 | Sher-D Giant Sequoia National Monument | |
AB 13 | Harman-R State Department of Transportation: transfer of property | |
AB 16 | Jackson-D Oil and gas development: pipelines | |
AB 28 | Jackson-D Public resources | |
AB 47 | Simitian-D Timber harvesting plans: regulations | |
AB 65 | Dymally-D State park: Watts Towers | |
AB 90 | Wyland-R California Coastal Commission: membership | |
AB 121 | Simitian-D Large passenger vessels: water quality | |
AB 142 | Kehoe-D San Diego River Conservancy: real property | |
AB 151 | Vargas-D Importation of electrical energy: mitigation fee | |
AB 170 | Reyes-D Air quality element: San Joaquin Valley | |
AB 204 | Nation-D Motor vehicles: environmental impacts: mitigation | |
AB 219 | Reyes-D Air quality | |
AB 240 | Reyes-D Solid waste facilities: regulations: enforcement | |
AB 260 | Jackson-D State highways: litter control | |
AB 302 | Chan-D Polybrominated diphenyl ether | |
AB 342 | Koretz-D Mammals: taking | |
AB 344 | La Malfa-R Forest Practice Act: exemptions | |
AB 387 | Aghazarian-R Hazardous materials: farms: business plans | |
AB 389 | Montanez-D Hazardous substances | |
AB 390 | Montanez-D Health facilities: backup generators | |
AB 393 | Montanez-D Historical preservation | |
AB 396 | Harman-R Shared Habitat Alliance for Recreational Enhancement Program | |
AB 404 | Garcia-R Imperial County Air Pollution Control District | |
AB 406 | Jackson-D Environmental quality | |
AB 413 | Goldberg-D Property transactions | |
AB 433 | Nation-D Vessels: release of nonindigenous species | |
AB 455 | Chu-D Packaging materials: regulated metals | |
AB 471 | Simitian-D Air emissions: cruise ships | |
AB 482 | Cogdill-R State parks: concessions | |
AB 492 | Cogdill-R Wildlife habitat enhancement and management areas | |
AB 501 | Cogdill-R Solid waste: grants | |
AB 504 | Yee-D Parks and recreation: park and open-space districts | |
AB 566 | Yee-D Fish: accounting records | |
AB 575 | Dutra-D Motor carriers: transporting hazardous materials | |
AB 586 | Koretz-D Litter and marine debris: tobacco-related waste | |
AB 590 | Cogdill-R Sport fishing: license revenues | |
AB 594 | Leno-D California Environmental Quality Act: bicycle lanes | |
AB 623 | Lieber-D Hazardous chemicals: discharge: warnings | |
AB 627 | Aghazarian-R Parkland and coastal protection | |
AB 630 | Maddox-R Park rangers: peace officers | |
AB 635 | Wiggins-D Salmon and steelhead salmon | |
AB 659 | Jackson-D Radioactive waste | |
AB 670 | Harman-R Fisheries: managing resources | |
AB 677 | Firebaugh-D Environmental quality: local agency filing | |
AB 698 | Lieber-D PCE: claims: liability | |
AB 720 | Matthews-D Clean-burning: solid fuel appliances | |
AB 729 | Lieber-D Bay Area Air Quality Management District | |
AB 734 | Montanez-D Large venue recycling programs | |
AB 740* | Pavley-D Clean Air, Clean Water, and Coastal Protection Act of 2004 | |
AB 764 | Nation-D Natural resources: timber harvesting | |
AB 775 | Parra-D Smog check program | |
AB 788 | Chavez-D Consumer products | |
AB 826 | Jackson-D Perchlorate | |
AB 847 | Pavley-D Natural resources: State Coastal Conservancy | |
AB 854 | Koretz-D Dry cleaning operation grant program | |
AB 859 | Nakano-D Ballona Wetlands | |
AB 866 | Pavley-D Water quality | |
AB 901 | Jackson-D Radioactive waste: transportation | |
AB 906 | Nakano-D Large passenger vessels: water quality | |
AB 926 | Richman-R Low-level radioactive waste disposal facility | |
AB 927 | Campbell-R Hydrogen refueling stations | |
AB 929 | Hancock-D Highways: park lease: City of Albany | |
AB 947 | Jackson-D Natural resources: California Ocean Resources Management Act | |
AB 974 | Nation-D Coastal zone: archaeological or paleontological resources | |
AB 998 | Lowenthal-D Nontoxic Dry Cleaning Incentive Program | |
AB 1014 | Canciamilla-D Vessels: abandonment | |
AB 1019 | Nakanishi-R Parks: property conversion and exchange | |
AB 1054 | Spitzer-R Water quality: bond appropriation | |
AB 1063 | Firebaugh-D South Coast Air Quality Management District | |
AB 1068 | Liu-D Petroleum underground storage tanks: loans | |
AB 1090 | Longville-D South Coast Air Quality Management District: membership | |
AB 1168 | Berg-D Wild and scenic rivers: Albion and Gualala Rivers | |
AB 1170 | Canciamilla-D Cultural and historical preservation | |
AB 1174 | Leslie-R Sacramento Regional County Solid Waste Authority | |
AB 1176 | Campbell-R Proposition 65: enforcement | |
AB 1194 | Dutra-D Environmental quality: settlement terms | |
AB 1212 | Pavley-D Public resources: coastal development: permits | |
AB 1218 | Dutra-D Underground storage tanks | |
AB 1222 | Montanez-D Urban open-space and recreation | |
AB 1246 | Aghazarian-R Administrative penalties: analysis | |
AB 1247 | Aghazarian-R Hazardous waste facility: postclosure | |
AB 1255 | Levine-D Mercury: report | |
AB 1296 | Berg-D Fish: krill | |
AB 1300 | Laird-D Water and coastal beach protection | |
AB 1316 | Parra-D Smog Check II: coastal districts: study | |
AB 1317 | Parra-D Environmental protection | |
AB 1322 | Shirley Horton-R Environmental quality: exception | |
AB 1348 | Lowenthal-D Hazardous waste | |
AB 1354 | Berg-D Commercial Fisheries Capacity Reduction Account | |
AB 1360 | Steinberg-D Environmental quality: environmental indicators | |
AB 1367 | Laird-D Waste: regulation | |
AB 1380 | Pacheco-R Proposition 65: enforcement | |
AB 1394 | Levine-D Carl Moyer Memorial Air Quality Standards Attainment Program | |
AB 1405 | Wolk-D California Watershed Protection and Restoration Act | |
AB 1420 | Laird-D Fish and game: elk: fishing licenses | |
AB 1427 | Maddox-R Biosolids: study | |
AB 1447 | Matthews-D Proposition 65: enforcement | |
AB 1461 | Negrete McLeod-D California Conservation Corps | |
AB 1466 | Koretz-D Rigid plastic packaging container | |
AB 1468 | Pavley-D Negative air machines | |
AB 1476 | Chavez-D State park system: state reserves | |
AB 1497 | Montanez-D Solid waste facilities: permits | |
AB 1500 | Diaz-D Petroleum pollution cleanup and prevention | |
AB 1502 | Laird-D Natural heritage preservation: tax credit | |
AB 1545 | Simitian-D Environmental quality: public comments | |
AB 1548 | Pavley-D Office of Education on the Environment | |
AB 1599 | Harman-R Beverage containers | |
AB 1607 | Keene-R Hazardous substances: illegal methamphetamine laboratories | |
AB 1637 | La Suer-R Penalties | |
AB 1640 | Laird-D Hazardous materials: enforcement | |
AB 1691 | Montanez-D Asbestos waste | |
AB 1699 | Assembly Environmental Safety And Toxic Materials Committee Mercury | |
AB 1700 | Laird-D Military base remediation: funding: federal grants | |
AB 1701 | Assembly Environmental Safety And Toxic Materials Committee Releases | |
AB 1702* | Assembly Environmental Safety And Toxic Materials Committee Underground storage tanks | |
AB 1747* | Assembly Budget Committee Public resources | |
AB 1748 | Assembly Budget Committee Public resources | |
AB 1756* | Assembly Budget Committee State government | |
AB 1770 | Assembly Water, Parks And Wildlife Committee Fish and Game Commission | |
AB 1771 | Assembly Water, Parks And Wildlife Committee State government | |
ACR 55 | Benoit-R Bark beetle infestation and drought emergency | |
ACR 75 | Chan-D Indoor Air Quality Tools for Schools Program | |
ACR 112 | Bogh-R Firefighters | |
ACR 114 | Leslie-R Invasive Weeds Awareness Week | |
AB 10X | Oropeza-D Resources | |
AB 1XX | Jackson-D California Coastal Commission: membership |