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Index Air Pollution

SB 44 (Kehoe-D) General plans: air quality element

Require all cities and counties to add air quality concerns to their general plans.

(On Assembly Third Reading File)

SB 76 (Senate Budget And Fiscal Review Committee) Energy

Provides various legislative changes related to petroleum and hydrogen fuels.

Chapter 91, Statutes of 2005

SB 109 (Ortiz-D) Air pollution: minor violations: stationary sources

Extends, by six years to January 1, 2012, the sunset provisions that subject a person who commits a minor violation of an air pollution law only to administrative penalties, and enhances penalties for more severe violations of some air pollution control laws.

(On Assembly Third Reading File)

SB 225 (Soto-D) Carl Moyer program

Adjusts the cost-effectiveness standard used as a minimum threshold for Carl Moyer grants.

(On Assembly Inactive File)

SB 250 (Campbell-R) Department of Food and Agriculture: hydrogen fuel standards

Requires the establishment of standards for hydrogen fuels and fuel cells.

(In Assembly Appropriations Committee)

SB 459 (Romero-D) Air pollution: South Coast Air Quality Management District

Authorizes the South Coast Air Quality Management District to impose a mitigation fee on railroads.

(In Assembly Transportation Committee)

SB 467 (Lowenthal-D) Carl Moyer Memorial Air Quality Standards Attainment Program

Requires the Air Resources Board to revise the grant criteria and guidelines to incorporate projects in which an applicant turns in nonroad internal combustion technology and equipment that the applicant owns and that still has some useful life, coupled with the purchase of new nonroad zero-emission technology and equipment that is in a similar category or that can perform the same work.

Chapter 209, Statutes of 2005

SB 475 (Runner-R) Air pollution: stationary sources: emissions reductions

Requires the Antelope Valley Air Quality Management District (AQMD), the Mojave Desert AQMD, and the South Coast AQMD to conduct a joint study to identify means to generate or transfer additional emissions reduction credits that could be used in the permitting of new and modified sources in the Mojave Desert Air Basin.

(On Assembly Inactive File)

SB 497 (Simitian-D) Cleaner Construction Program

Requires the Department of General Services to implement the Cleaner Construction Program for the purpose of reducing air pollution emissions from off-road equipment used in the performance of all state agency and department contracts for all state infrastructure projects, including, but not limited to, construction of roads, highways, and buildings.

(In Senate Appropriations Committee)

SB 760 (Lowenthal-D) Ports: congestion relief: security enhancement

Imposes a $30 fee on each shipping container processed at the Ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach and specifies the allocation and expenditure of the container fee revenues for rail system improvements, port security, and environmental pollution mitigation.

(In Assembly Appropriations Committee)

SB 761 (Lowenthal-D) Air resources: marine terminals

Imposes specific time limits for truck vehicles to complete loading and unloading operations at a seaport marine terminal, and mandates that a marine terminal implement an appointments system for trucks entering this facility.

(Failed passage in Senate Transportation and Housing Committee; reconsideration granted)

SB 762 (Lowenthal-D) Intermodal Port Congestion and Environmental Quality

Creates the Los Angeles-Long Beach Area Regional Intermodal Port Congestion and Environmental Quality Commission to regulate truck traffic and vehicular emissions at the Ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach. Establishes a similar organization for these purposes at the Port of Oakland, and specifies the membership, duties, and powers of the new agencies, including the imposition of fees and issuance of port access permits.

(In Assembly Environmental Safety and Toxic Materials Committee)

SB 764 (Lowenthal-D) South Coast Air Quality Management District: ports

Requires the Ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach to establish a baseline for air quality at the ports and meet their baseline, no later than January 1, 2008.

(In Assembly Transportation Committee)

SB 829 (Murray-D) Air quality: vehicular sources

Allows the State Air Resources Board to develop a feasible quantified methodology to evaluate the impact of transportation projects on conformity with state ambient air quality standards, no later than June 30, 2010.

(In Senate Transportation and Housing Committee)

SB 863 (Florez-D) California Clean Air Bond Act

Places $5.15 billion in general obligation bonds on the November 7, 2006, statewide ballot for the purpose of clean air projects.

(In Senate Appropriations Committee)

SB 870 (Escutia-D) Air quality: violations: nonvehicular sources

Sets in statute minimum penalties for statutory source air violations.

(In Senate Appropriations Committee)

SB 931 (Florez-D) Pollution control authority

Prohibits project financing by the California Air Pollution Control Financing Authority unless certain conditions are met.

(In Assembly Environmental Safety and Toxic Materials Committee)

SB 975 (Ashburn-R) Air quality: biodiesel fuel

Allows the use of biodiesel fuel in any retrofitted vehicle and off-road diesel engines.

Chapter 365, Statutes of 2005

SB 976 (Ashburn-R) Protect California Air Act of 2003: stationary sources

Authorizes an air district reviewing the modification or replacement of a permit for a stationary source on a military installation, to waive the requirement of the Protect California Air Act, created by SB 288 (Sher), Chapter 476, Statutes of 2003, or any regulation implementing that requirement, for a potential to emit analysis, for the provision of emission offsets based on a potential to emit analysis, or for both.

(In Senate Environmental Quality Committee)

SB 999 (Machado-D) San Joaquin Valley Unified Air Pollution Control District

Increases the size of the San Joaquin Valley Unified Air Pollution Control District board from 11 to 15 members, increasing the number of city representatives from three to five, adding two public members with specified qualifications, and changes the appointment procedures for city representatives.

(On Assembly Inactive File)

SCR 34 (Kehoe-D) Climate change: West Coast Governors' Global Warming

Proclaims the Legislature's support for the West Coast Governors' Global Warming Initiative and the Governors' Staff Recommendations, and urges the Governor to move forward expeditiously in the implementation and further development of those recommendations, and in particular, with the adoption of aggressive targets for greenhouse gas emissions reductions for the state.

(In Senate Education Committee)

SCR 63 (Florez-D) California school bus emissions reduction

Encourages the Public Utilities Commission to work with the regulated utilities to consider developing, and possibly to develop, a program to retrofit diesel school buses in the state to reduce particulate matter emissions, while not increasing dioxide emissions, with a minimal increase in the utility rate.

(In Senate Rules Committee)

AB 32 (Pavley-D) Greenhouse gas emissions

Expands the responsibilities of the California Climate Action Registry (Registry) by specifying the Registry work in coordination with the California Environmental Protection Agency and the State Energy Resources Conservation and Development Commission to adopt procedures and protocols on greenhouse gas emissions from oil and natural gas exploration, extraction, processing, refining, transmission, and distribution; and cement production; and municipal solid waste and industrial waste hauling and disposal.

(In Senate Environmental Quality Committee)

AB 184 (Cogdill-R) Air quality: high polluter vehicles

Requires the Bureau of Automotive Repair to develop and administer a voluntary program to replace high polluter vehicles with donated low-emission motor vehicles and donated vehicles that meet existing smog inspection and maintenance regulations.

(In Assembly Transportation Committee)

AB 383 (Montanez-D) Air pollution: motor vehicle inspection program

Increases eligibility criteria for participation in the Smog Check repair assistance program.

Chapter 565, Statutes of 2005

AB 386 (Lieber-D) Air pollution: motor vehicle inspection and maintenance

Increases the authority of the Air Resources Board (ARB) over the motor vehicle inspection and maintenance (Smog Check) program by shifting major responsibilities for the program from the Department of Consumer Affairs and the Bureau of Automotive Repair to the ARB.

(In Senate Appropriations Committee)

AB 578 (Shirley Horton-R) Air pollution: smog check: gold shield stations

Permits a specified percentage of high performance and test-and-repair smog inspection stations to perform smog inspections on vehicles suspected of high emissions that are presently solely inspected at test-only stations.

(In Senate Transportation and Housing Committee)

AB 679 (Calderon-D) Air resources: diesel fuel

Allows the importation of diesel fuel that meets specified criteria.

(On Assembly Third Reading File)

AB 825 (Levine-D) Air resources: binational committee

Creates the Calexico-Mexicali Air Basin Committee and the San Diego-Tijuana Air Basin Committee in the Air Resources Board consisting of specified members to work with the California-Baja California Regional Workgroup and the San Diego-Tijuana Air Quality Task Force established under the United States-Mexico Environmental Program: Border 2012, for the purposes of developing recommendations for the prevention and control of air pollution in the Calexico-Mexicali Air Basin and the San Diego-Tijuana Air Basin.

(In Assembly Natural Resources Committee)

AB 841 (Arambula-D) San Joaquin Valley Unified Air Pollution Control District

Requires the San Joaquin Valley Unified Air Pollution Control District to install one or more monitors for monitoring airborne fine particles smaller than 2.5 microns in diameter in primarily low-income and underserved areas in the western region of Fresno County.

Chapter 569, Statutes of 2005

AB 888 (De La Torre-D) Air pollution: equipment emissions

Authorizes the South Coast Air Quality Management District to adopt regulations requiring the owner or lessee of any heavy-duty motor vehicle, nonroad engine, or nonroad vehicle to install retrofit controls or replace existing equipment with clean technologies to reduce emissions of air contaminants to the maximum extent feasible, if that vehicle or engine operates substantially in a rail yard within the district.

(In Senate Environmental Quality Committee)

AB 1007 (Pavley-D) Air quality: alternative fuels

Requires the Air Resources Board, in consultation with specified state agencies, to develop and adopt a state plan to increase the use of alternative fuels, as specified, by June 30, 2007.

Chapter 371, Statutes of 2005

AB 1101 (Oropeza-D) Air pollution: diesel magnet sources

Requires facilities that attract large numbers of diesel engines to take steps to reduce the levels of exhaust emissions from those engines.

(On Assembly Inactive File)

AB 1220 (Jones-D) Air quality: portable equipment registration

Makes changes to the administration and enforcement of the Portable Equipment Registration Program.

(On Senate Inactive File)

AB 1221 (Jones-D) Air pollution: Air Resources Board

Increases the Air Resources Board membership from 11 to 13 members and requires the 12th board member be chosen from the federal one-hour zone non-attainment area in one of five local air districts: Sacramento Metropolitan Air Quality Management District, Placer County Air Pollution Control District, Yolo-Solano Air Quality Management District, Feather River Air Quality Management District, and El Dorado County Air Pollution Control District. Requires that the 13th board member have training and experience on the effects of greenhouse gases and other emissions on climate change.

Vetoed by the Governor

AB 1222 (Jones-D) Remote Sensing Pilot Program

Creates a Remote Sensing Pilot Program, implemented by the Air Resources Board, to determine emissions from locomotives using wayside remote sensing devices.

Chapter 574, Statutes of 2005

AB 1229 (Nation-D) Air pollution: new motor vehicles: air pollution label

Requires vehicle smog index labels to be changed to air pollution labels and, beginning in 2009, requires the labels to display specified information about global warming gases and include indices or other graphical representations that compare a vehicle's exhaust emissions and global warming gas emissions with those from other vehicles of the same model year.

Chapter 575, Statutes of 2005

AB 1231 (Jerome Horton-D) Air Pollution Accountability Act of 2005

Establishes the Air Pollution Accountability Act of 2005, to establish one or more hearing officers, employed and appointed by the Air Resources Board, to issue, modify, or revoke every order of abatement and every variance, extension, renewal, or reissuance of a variance relating to excess emissions by stationary sources or the products of stationary sources, and specifies that districts with hearing boards composed entirely of locally elected officials will not be required to replace the hearing board with a hearing officer for the performance of the above specified functions.

(In Assembly Natural Resources Committee)

AB 1269* (Pavley-D) Clean air, water, coastal protection and parks

Enacts, subject to voter approval at an unspecified future statewide election, the Clean Air, Clean Water, Coastal Protection, and Parks Act of 2007, which authorizes an unspecified amount of general obligation bonds, from which bond sale proceeds will be allocated to several resource-related projects.

(In Assembly Appropriations Committee)

AB 1292 (Evans-D) School facilities: air quality

Requires each school site council to adopt guidelines that describe the actions of district staff, teachers, and school site staff to ensure good air quality by January 1, 2007, and each year thereafter, and requires a school district, upon approval of the guidelines by the district's governing board, to distribute them to all teachers at the school site, among other things.

(In Assembly Appropriations Committee)

AB 1365 (Ruskin-D) Greenhouse gas emission levels

Requires the State Environmental Goals and Policy Report to include an additional state planning priority of reducing greenhouse gas emissions of at least seven percent by 2010 and 10 percent by 2020, based on the 1990 greenhouse gas emission levels.

(On Senate Inactive File)

AB 1407 (Oropeza-D) Off-road diesel fuel

Requires the Air Resources Board to conduct a study on the impact of imposing a fee on off-road diesel fuel for purposes of generating revenue to mitigate off-road diesel pollution in the state.

(In Senate Environmental Quality Committee)

AB 1430 (Goldberg-D) Air contaminants

Requires the methodology used to calculate the value of air emission reductions credits to assure that stationary sources have installed the best control technology available before mobile to stationary sources trading occurs.

(On Assembly Inactive File)

AB 1660 (Pavley-D) Vehicular air pollution: energy-efficient vehicles

Enacts the California Energy-Efficient Vehicle Group Purchase Program to encourage the purchase of energy-efficient vehicles by local and state agencies through a group purchasing program that uses purchasing leverage of state and local agencies to lower the purchase price of those vehicles.

Chapter 580, Statutes of 2005

AB 1678 (Saldana-D) Ports and harbors: vessels: air pollution

Requires the Port of San Diego, on or before January 1, 2007, to provide a report to the San Diego Air Pollution Control District, including: (1) an inventory of air emissions from stationary and mobile sources, (2) an assessment of the number of vessel port visits per year, (3) a standard for ship electrification, as defined, and (4) an economic feasibility study of various air pollution reduction measures, including cold-ironing and a timeline for implementing these measures. Requires the port to establish a task force of stakeholders, including community groups, environmental groups, shippers, cruise lines, other ports, and air district officials, to assist the port in preparing the report.

(In Assembly Natural Resources Committee)

AB 1693 (Matthews-D) California Pollution Control Financing Authority

Requires the California Pollution Control Financing Authority to measure its pollution reductions and enter into loan agreements to ensure that funded projects are installed, operated, and maintained as represented in the loan application.

(In Senate Environmental Quality Committee)

AJR 8 (Canciamilla-D) Marine pollution

Urges the Congress of the United States to ratify treaty provisions known as Annex VI of MARPOL 73/78, and the United States Environmental Protection Agency to pursue the creation of a North American Sulfur Emission Control Area.

Resolution Chapter 93, Statutes of 2005

TopIndex Coastal Resources

SB 71* (Senate Budget And Fiscal Review Committee) Budget Trailer Bill: coastal streams

Implements the resources budget trailer bill which, among other provisions, extends the date from January 1, 2007 to January 1, 2008, by which the State Water Resources Control Board shall adopt principles and guidelines for maintaining in stream flows in coastal streams from the Mattole River to San Francisco.

Chapter 81, Statutes of 2005 - Item Veto

SB 153 (Chesbro-D) Water, safe neighborhood parks and coastal protection

Enacts the California Clean Water, Safe Neighborhoods and Coastal Protection Act of 2006 (Act), which provides for the sale of bonds for air and water quality, coastal protection and parks programs, and requires the Secretary of State to submit the Act to the voters at an unspecified election.

(In Assembly Appropriations Committee)

SB 200 (Machado-D) Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta Conservancy Program

Establishes the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta Conservancy Program within the Coastal Conservancy.

(In Senate Appropriations Committee)

SB 365* (Ducheny-D) Tidelands and submerged lands

Adds to the types of purposes for which the State Lands Commission is authorized to enter into an exchange of lands or interests in land involving reclaimed tidelands or beds of navigable waterways.

Chapter 585, Statutes of 2005

SB 606 (Kehoe-D) Parks and recreation: lifeguards

Authorizes the State Personnel Board to establish a new civil service classification for a permanent non-peace officer lifeguard position and requires the Department of Parks and Recreation to fill positions in the lifeguard classification with a full-time employee when the position is not of a seasonal nature and can be performed on a year-round basis by a single individual.

(In Senate Appropriations Committee)

SB 658 (Kuehl-D) Coastal Environment Motor Vehicle Mitigation Program

Authorizes a fee of up to $6, in coastal and Bay Area counties, to be paid with vehicle registration and renewals to fund specified environmental mitigation projects.

Vetoed by the Governor

SB 742 (Chesbro-D) Tidelands: City of Eureka

Ends the obligation in the City of Eureka for a $750,000 state loan made in 1970 and renegotiated in 1982 immediately following the June 30, 2005 payment to the State Controller.

Vetoed by the Governor

SB 929* (Kehoe-D) California Coastal Commission: administrative actions

Provides that any person who communicates with the California Coastal Commission (Commission) members regarding an administrative action of the Commission and who qualifies as a lobbyist is required to comply with the requirements of the Political Reform Act of 1974, and defines administrative action for purposes of proceedings before the Commission.

(On Senate Inactive File)

SB 956 (Simitian-D) Coast and Ocean Stewardship Act

Levies a $1 surcharge per night per room on all charges for transient occupancy in the 20 counties on the coast and surrounding the San Francisco Bay.

(In Senate Natural Resources and Water Committee)

SB 960 (Simitian-D) Tidelands: exchange: City of Santa Cruz

Prescribes a process to be used by the City of Santa Cruz, as trustee for certain state-owned tide and submerged lands, to address ownership disputes using the tools of trust termination and land exchanges.

(In Senate Appropriations Committee)

AB 359 (Gordon-D) Parks and recreation: dog beach

Authorizes the Department of Parks and Recreation, the California Coastal Commission, the County and City of Los Angeles, and all other interested parties to develop a memorandum of agreement to establish, manage, and evaluate a one-year, off-lease, dog beach pilot program at Dockweiler State Beach, located in Los Angeles County.

(Failed passage in Senate Natural Resources and Water Committee; reconsideration granted)

AB 645 (Houston-R) California Coastal Sanctuary: wells

Allows specified lessees and their representatives to engage in collectively adopting and operating under a cooperative or unit plan for the purpose of developing tide and submerged lands in the California Coastal Sanctuary through wells that are slant drilled from upland or littoral sites to, and into, the subsurface of the tide or submerged lands.

(In Assembly Natural Resources Committee)

AB 771 (Saldana-D) California Coastal Commission: ex parte communications

Sets new standards governing ex parte communications by the members of the California Coastal Commission (Commission) and requires the Commission to put all staff reports for a public hearing on the Internet prior to the hearing.

Vetoed by the Governor

AB 848 (Berg-D) Ocean ecosystem conservation and management

Establishes, by January 1, 2008, that either the Department of Fish and Game, or the Coastal Conservancy, the Ocean Ecosystem Resource Information System to serve as a coordinating repository of data related to ecosystem conservation and the management of offshore waters and marine resources.

(In Assembly Appropriations Committee)

AB 1269* (Pavley-D) Clean Air, Clean Water, Coastal Protection, and Parks Act

Authorizes, subject to voter approval at an unspecified future statewide election, an unspecified amount of general obligation bonds, from which bond sale proceeds will be allocated to several resources-related projects.

(In Assembly Appropriations Committee)

AB 1524 (Laird-D) Property dedications: conservation and open-space easements

Requires the Coastal Conservancy to accept offers to dedicate conservation and open-space easements, required pursuant to the Coastal Act, and exempts the acceptance from approval of the Department of Finance and the Department of General Services.

Vetoed by the Governor

AB 1557 (Karnette-D) California Coastal Commission: dedication of real property

Requires the California Coastal Commission to forward a copy of evidence of recordation of an offer to dedicate real property for access to or along the coast and a description of the real property of the Resources Agency.

(In Assembly Natural Resources Committee)

AJR 14 (Yee-D) Oil and gas: offshore drilling: leases: moratorium

States both houses of the Legislature request that the federal government continue the moratorium on offshore oil and gas leasing and its opposition to a federal bill and other proposed policy changes that would eliminate the moratorium and limit the state's control over coastal regulation.

Resolution Chapter 94, Statutes of 2005

TopIndex Environmental Quality

SB 69 (Senate Budget And Fiscal Review Committee) Environmental quality

Provides various statutory changes related to the Resources and Environmental Protection Budget.

(In Assembly Rules Committee)

SB 427 (Hollingsworth-R) CEQA: exemption: Caltrans

Exempts the expansion of an existing overpass, onramp, or offramp from the California Environment Quality Act if it is built within an easement or right-of-way controlled by a state or local transportation agency or by a city or county.

(In Senate Environmental Quality Committee)

SB 455 (Escutia-D) Pest control: violations

Requires enforcement actions for the violations of pesticide applications laws which result in harm to health or the environment.

Vetoed by the Governor

SB 648 (Margett-R) CEQA: lead agencies: determinations

Establishes time frames for public and state agency review of draft environmental impact reports and other documents prepared under the California Environmental Quality Act and clarifies what constitutes a "dispute" when the Office of Planning and Research is called upon to designate a lead agency for a project involving more than one public agency.

Chapter 267, Statutes of 2005

SB 772 (Ducheny-D) Environment: border region: waste and used tires

Requires the California Integrated Waste Management Board's five-year plan to address certain border region issues.

Chapter 214, Statutes of 2005

SB 785 (McClintock-R) CEQA: procedure

Requires within 15 days of the filing of an action or proceeding to attack, review, set aside, void, or annul any acts or decisions of a public agency on the grounds of noncompliance with the act, in which an entity that is not a natural person is the petitioner that the petitioner file a Certification of Interested Persons that lists all persons, associations of persons, firms, partnerships, corporations, including the parent and subsidiary corporations, and any other entity other than the petitioner that are known by the petitioner to have either a financial interest in the subject matter of the controversy or in the petitioner, or any other kind of interest that could be substantially affected by the outcome of the action or proceeding.

(In Senate Environmental Quality Committee)

SB 832 (Perata-D) CEQA: infill development

Revises the California Environmental Quality Act infill exemption by allowing an acreage limit for residential projects to increase to 10 acres and the residential unit limit to increase to 300, if the site is located in a city with a population of more than 200,000 persons and the city council determines the acreage and units by council resolution.

(On Assembly Inactive File)

SB 838 (Escutia-D) Environmental Cleanup and Pollution Control

Requires the California Environmental Protection Agency to establish an environmental cleanup and pollution control technology registry in order to create an information database of businesses and government agencies that have expertise in environmental cleanup processes and pollution control technologies.

(In Senate Appropriations Committee)

SB 849 (Escutia-D) Environmental health data tracking

Requires the Department of Health Services (DHS) and the California Environmental Protection Agency to establish the Interagency Office of Environmental Health Tracking within DHS' Division of Environmental and Occupational Disease Control for the purpose of implementing the California Health Tracking Program.

(In Assembly Appropriations Committee)

SB 942 (Chesbro-D) Cigarettes: pollution: litter

Imposes a fee of no more than five mills per cigarette on cigarette manufacturers for various programs and activities related to cigarette pollution and litter prevention and cleanup.

(In Senate Appropriations Committee)

SB 948 (Murray-D) CEQA: environmental impact reports: short form

Requires a lead agency to prepare a short form environmental impact report for a project subject to CEQA if the lead agency has determined that the project meets specified criteria, including that the project consists of a residential development combined with one or more qualified urban uses is located within the boundaries of an incorporated city or within an unincorporated area designated in an approved local general plan for residential development, and is consistent with specified land use requirements. Requires that a short form environmental impact report include specified information, and comply with specified procedural requirements of CEQA for an environmental impact report.

(In Senate Environmental Quality Committee)

SB 974 (Senate Environmental Quality Committee) CEQA: rural infrastructure economic development project

Repeals the California Environmental Quality Act exemption for project funding by the Rural Economic Development Infrastructure Panel.

(In Assembly Natural Resources Committee)

AB 189 (Shirley Horton-R) Highway capacity enhancement demonstration projects

Requires, by July 1, 2008, Caltrans to identify and the California Transportation Commission to select, three State Transportation Improvement Program projects that increase highway capacity and that demonstrate the effectiveness of a coordinated environmental review and permit process created by the bill.

(In Assembly Appropriations Committee)

AB 375 (Cogdill-R) CEQA: telecommunications lines: exemption

Exempts from CEQA: (1) actions undertaken by a public agency relating to the operation, repair, maintenance, permitting, leasing, licensing, or minor alteration of an existing public or private structure, facility, mechanical equipment, or topographical feature, involving negligible or no expansion of use beyond that existing at the time of the lead agency's determination and consisting of an existing facility of both investor and publicly owned utilities used to provide telecommunications public utility services, as specified, (2) replacement or reconstruction of an existing telecommunication utility system or facility involving negligible or no expansion of capacity, (3) conversion of a telecommunication utility overhead distribution system facility to underground, as prescribed, (4) the construction and location of a telecommunications utility extension, as prescribed, and (5) construction and location of a telecommunications utility facility.

(In Assembly Natural Resources Committee)

AB 1317 (Ruskin-D) Environmental laboratories

Updates and restructures the statutory framework governing the regulatory program run by the Department of Health Services used to accredit the state environmental laboratories that conduct the tests needed for regulatory compliance.

Chapter 406, Statutes of 2005

AB 1387 (Jones-D) CEQA: residential infill projects

Authorizes local governments to approve residential projects in infill sites in urbanized areas without having to mitigate for traffic impacts.

(In Assembly Natural Resources Committee)

AB 1433 (Emmerson-R) Public finance contracts

Alleviates concern that the validity of bonds may be attacked under laws that govern the project to be financed, not the laws governing the bonds themselves.

(In Senate Environmental Quality Committee)

AB 1464 (McCarthy-R) CEQA: environmental impact reports: review

Clarifies that the period of review by state agencies and the public review period may, but are not required to, begin and end at the same time.

(In Senate Environmental Quality Committee)

AB 1546 (Hancock-D) Department of Environmental Management

Creates the Department of Environmental Management within the California Environmental Protection Agency and consolidates the Department of Toxic Substances Control, the environmental cleanup section of the Radiological Health Branch of the Department of Health Services, and various programs, as specified, administered by the regional water quality control boards, into the department, upon the adoption of an organization and business plan by the department.

(In Assembly Safety and Toxic Materials Committee)

HR 13 (Ruskin-D) World Environment Day 2005

Declares June 5, 2005, as World Environment Day 2005, recognizes the importance of the environment and encourages residents to include activities in their daily lives that promote the goals of World Environment Day 2005.

(On Assembly Inactive File)

TopIndex Forestry

SB 744 (Kuehl-D) Timber harvesting plans

Requires the State Board of Forestry and Fire Protection, on or before June 1, 2006, and in consultation with the Department of Forestry and Fire Protection, to adopt regulations that require timber harvesting plans to be made available on the Internet.

Vetoed by the Governor

SB 841 (Hollingsworth-R) Fire protection: firebreaks

Overrides all other statutes except for timber harvest planning provisions for the purpose of allowing appropriate state or local fire agencies to create a defensible space radius around a structure of up to 300 feet.

(Failed passage in Senate National Resources Committee; reconsideration granted)

SB 955 (Soto-D) Public safety: firefighting

Requires the Office of Emergency Services (OES) to purchase 150 additional multiple discipline response engines to be used to respond to terrorist acts, fires, floods, earthquakes, or other disasters, and assign them to the Department of Forestry and Fire Protection and local agencies, and appropriates $25 million to OES from the Federal Trust Fund from previously unallocated funds.

(In Senate Appropriations Committee)

SB 1084 (Kehoe-D) Forest practices

Requires a warning label on equipment that may pose a hazard in fire-prone areas and makes changes to definitions related to fire prevention in wild land areas.

Chapter 278, Statutes of 2005

SCR 24 (Kuehl-D) Wildfire protection

Memorializes the United States Congress that the California Legislature supports the development of a National Fire Weather Center within the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration that will be housed within the Department of Commerce.

Resolution Chapter 61, Statutes of 2005

AB 715 (Levine-D) Forestry: federal roadless area conservation rule

Prohibits the expenditure of funds by the state to implement any federal changes to the 2001 roadless area rule adopted by the U.S. Forest Service, unless authorized by subsequent legislation.

(In Assembly awaiting concurrence)

AB 887 (Villines-R) Timber harvesting plan

Extends the life of a Timber Harvesting Plan from three years to ten years.

(Failed passage in Assembly Natural Resources Committee; reconsideration granted)

AB 1156 (La Suer-R) Department of Forestry and Fire Protection

Authorizes the Department of Forestry and Fire Protection to enter into a cooperative agreement with a federally recognized Indian tribe for the purpose of providing emergency services on the tribe's land.

(In Assembly Natural Resources Committee)

AB 1356 (Berg-D) Cooperative agreements: fire suppression

Apportions the costs of fire protection pursuant to "Amador agreements" by which local entities contract with the Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (CDF) to provide fire protection and other emergency services, and requires those with Amador agreements to reimburse CDF on the same basis as those who enter into other types of cooperative agreements with CDF.

Chapter 408, Statutes of 2005

AB 1705 (Keene-R) Forestry: timber harvesting plans

Exempts, from the requirement to prepare a timber harvesting plan, parcels of land that are used to grow a crop of Christmas trees, less than one acre, or less than three acres and that were created under the lead agency of a city or county under the California Environmental Quality Act.

(In Senate Natural Resources Committee)

AB 1718 (Mountjoy-R) Forestry and fire prevention: screens

Deletes provisions of current law requiring a person who owns, leases, controls, operates, or maintains a building or structure within specified areas of very high fire hazard to provide and maintain a mesh screen covering on the attic and subfloor vents, as well as on each chimney or stovepipe and, instead, requires the State Fire Marshal to develop building regulations that strengthen and improve existing requirements for the purposes of fire protection.

Chapter 346, Statutes of 2005

TopIndex Solid Waste Management

SB 318 (Romero-D) Waste management

Creates the Office of the Solid Waste Public Advisor within the California Integrated Waste Management Board.

(In Senate Appropriations Committee)

SB 411 (Alarcon-D) Solid waste: nonbiodegradable materials: landfills

Requires that if alternative daily cover is comprised of woody and green material, that material is to be included in the amount of solid waste that is subjected to disposal for purposes of those diversion requirements, and requires the California Integrated Waste Management Board to develop a schedule for excluding solid waste used as an alternative daily cover and that is comprised of woody and green material from being included in meeting the 50 percent diversion requirement of the act.

(In Senate Environmental Quality Committee)

SB 420 (Simitian-D) Waste management: diversion

Requires the source reduction and recycling plan administered by the California Integrated Waste Management Board to provide for the diversion of 75 percent of solid waste, on and after January 1, 2015.

(In Senate Environmental Quality Committee)

SB 743 (Chesbro-D) Rigid plastic packaging containers: recycling rates

Revises recycling rate definitions, establishes additional compliance options, and makes clarifying changes to the existing rigid plastic packaging container law.

Chapter 666, Statutes of 2005

SB 926 (Florez-D) Sewage sludge management

Authorizes the Kern County Board of Supervisors to regulate or prohibit the importation of sewage sludge from another California county for land application purposes, with certain exceptions.

(In Assembly Local Government Committee)

SB 928 (Perata-D) Public resources: solid waste

Requires an unspecified percentage of solid waste to be diverted from landfills on and after January 1, 2011, and clarifies a solid waste diversion time extension provision for newly incorporated cities.

(In Assembly Natural Resources Committee)

SB 1106 (Senate Environmental Quality Committee) Public contracts: procurement: recycled goods: solid waste

Makes a number of changes to the State Agency Buy Recycled Campaign, including deleting overlapping, duplicative, and conflicting sections and consolidating and reorganizing language within the Public Resources and Public Contract Codes.

Chapter 590, Statute of 2005

AB 17 (Koretz-D) Litter: receptacles

Repeals Title 7.9 (commencing with Government Code Section 68055), relating to litter receptacles, and reenacts these provisions, without substantive change, in Part 3 of Division 30 of the Public Resources Code.

(In Senate Environmental Quality Committee)

AB 177 (Bogh-R) Solid waste: biomass conversion: transformation

Revises the definition of biomass conversion to mean the controlled combustion, thermal conversion, chemical conversion, or biological conversion, other than composting, of biomass waste used for producing electricity, heat, or a reconstituted product that meets the quality standards for use in the marketplace, and defines the term "biomass waste" as meaning organic material that is source separated from the municipal solid waste stream or that is separated at a centralized facility, among other things.

(In Assembly Natural Resources Committee)

AB 259 (Hancock-D) Solid waste: handling services: delinquent charges: liens

Expands the authorization of counties to attach liens to real property with delinquent solid waste collection bills to include solid waste collection services authorized under the Integrated Waste Management Act in the Public Resources Code, and changes the requirement that county boards of supervisors prepare a report of delinquent charges for purposes of a public hearing from once a year to at least once a year, among other things.

Chapter 564, Statute 2005

AB 338 (Levine-D) Recycling: crumb rubber

Requires the Department of Transportation to phase in the use of crumb rubber, which is used to make rubberized-asphalt concrete, on state highway construction and repair projects, to the extent feasible.

Chapter 709, Statute of 2005

AB 399 (Montanez-D) Recycling

Establishes the Multifamily Dwelling Recycling Program Law to increase recycling in multifamily dwellings.

Vetoed by the Governor

AB 574 (Wolk-D) Recycled concrete

Establishes a mechanism for encouraging the use of recycled concrete as an alternative to virgin concrete.

Chapter 693, Statutes of 2005

AB 575* (Wolk-D) Electronic waste recycling

Makes technical changes to the existing Electronic Waste Recycling Act of 2003 to provide additional flexibility for electronic leasing companies in the collection of the electronic waste recycling fee.

Chapter 59, Statutes of 2005

AB 727 (Bermudez-D) Solid waste: integrated waste management

Places conversion technology into the hierarchy of use for solid waste in California.

(In Assembly Natural Resources Committee)

AB 1017 (Cogdill-R) Illegal disposal of methamphetamine

Provides that any person who causes the disposal of methamphetamine, methamphetamine byproduct, or any related hazardous chemical into or upon any agricultural land is subject to imprisonment in the state prison for a term of 12 months, two years, or three years, and by a fine of not less than $50 nor more than $10,000.

(In Assembly Environmental Safety and Toxic Materials Committee)

AB 1049 (Koretz-D) Recycling: food and beverage packages: labeling

Requires the California Integrated Waste Management Board to develop a product packaging label that indicates the packaging can be set out by the consumer for curbside recycling.

(In Assembly Appropriations Committee)

AB 1065 (Matthews-D) Kitchen grease: transporters

Authorizes the Department of Food and Agriculture to establish a system to document and track the transportation of handling of kitchen grease.

Chapter 533, Statutes of 2005

AB 1090 (Matthews-D) Solid waste: diversion: conversion

Adds recovery, through recycling, composting, conversion technology, or other beneficial use technologies to the existing waste management priorities for the California Integrated Waste Management Board.

(In Assembly Natural Resources Committee)

AB 1125 (Pavley-D) Rechargeable Battery Recycling Act

Enacts the Rechargeable Battery Recycling Act of 2006, and requires retailers of rechargeable batteries, by July 1, 2006, to establish a system for accepting rechargeable batteries for reuse, recycling, or proper disposal.

Chapter 572, Statutes of 2005

AB 1193 (Hancock-D) Recycling: compact discs and digital versatile discs

Prohibits the distribution of compact discs (CDs) and digital versatile discs (DVDs), including disposable CDs and DVDs, from being mass mailed to households unless they are accompanied by a postage paid return mailing envelope or other cost-free mechanism for the recipient to return the CD or DVD.

(In Assembly Arts, Entertainment, Sports, Tourism, and Internet Media Committee)

AB 1249 (Blakeslee-R) Waste tire facility permit

Shifts primary authority to develop and enforce fire prevention regulations for large waste tire facilities from the California Integrated Waste Management Board to the State Fire Marshal in the Department of Forestry and Fire Protection.

Chapter 404, Statutes of 2005

TopIndex Toxics/Hazardous Waste

SB 71* (Senate Budget And Fiscal Review Committee) Budget Trailer Bill: hazardous waste

Implements the resources budget trailer which, among other provisions: (1) requires that state emergency response costs be counted towards the state's overall share of the liability associated with the BKK Class I landfill, (2) establishes the State Certified Unified Program Agency Account for the deposit of local revenues for use in the Certified Union Program Agency activities in the Counties of Imperial and Trinity, (3) creates a Brownfields Clean Up Trust Fund (BCUTF), (4) provides that the funds held by the City of Long Beach for costs associated with the clean up of abandoned oil wells be transferred to BCUTF, (5) provides that the State Lands Commission review all allocations from BCUTF, (6) provides that between July 1, 2005 and December 31, 2005, monthly deposits into BCUTF will be suspended and the state will make monthly transfers of $4 million to the General Fund (GF) from tidelands oil revenues, and (7) provides that between January 1, 2006 and July 1, 2006, the state will transfer $2 million to BCUTF and $2 million to the GF from tidelands oil revenues.

Chapter 81, Statutes of 2005 - Item Veto

SB 120 (Florez-D) Water quality: sewage sludge

Requires a publicly owned treatment works (POTW) to submit a certification to a regional board that any sewage sludge transferred from a facility for disposal or further processing meets the requirements and standards for any pollutants listed in the waste discharge requirements for the POTW issued by the regional board, and requires the POTW to submit the certification to any person or facility that accepts sewage sludge from that POTW for disposal or processing, and authorizes a person or facility that accepts sewage sludge, and the county in which the sewage sludge is disposed or processed, to require the POTW to indemnify the receiving party for any liability for remediation costs associated with the disposal or processing of the sewage sludge.

(In Senate Environmental Quality Committee)

SB 354 (Escutia-D) Hazardous substances: brownfields task force

Requires the Governor to appoint a Task Force on the Coordination of Site Cleanup Programs, and requires the task force to provide information to the California Environmental Protection Agency on implementing administrative improvements to the State's site cleanup oversight programs, and to make recommendations on how to best coordinate site cleanup oversight responsibilities within the agency.

(In Assembly Environmental Safety and Toxic Materials Committee)

SB 403 (Machado-D) Chemical Tanker Task Force

Requires the administrator of the Office of Oil Spill Prevention and Response to convene a Chemical Tanker Task Force to gather information concerning tankers carrying hazardous materials in state waters and submit a report with recommendations to the Legislature by July 1, 2007.

(In Senate Environmental Quality Committee)

SB 419 (Simitian-D) Hazardous materials: transportation: railroad tank cars

Requires the Office of Emergency Services to create and maintain a hazardous rail tank car database, which contains specified information, including a current certificate of compliance provided by the legal owner or lessee of the rail tank car stating that the rail tank car meets certain standards.

(In Assembly Transportation Committee)

SB 421 (Simitian-D) Hazardous substances: methamphetamine labs: funding

Establishes a procedure to determine the annual cost for taking removal and remedial actions to clean up drug lab waste, and requires the Department of Toxic Substances Control to establish a fee upon the first sale in California by a manufacturer of pseudoephedrine in an amount sufficient to fund the annual work plan.

(In Senate Appropriations Committee)

SB 423 (Simitian-D) Hazardous waste: mercury relays and switches: exemption

Requires the California Integrated Waste Management Board to consult with the Department of Toxic Substances Control when annually establishing and updating the statewide goals for covered electronic waste.

(In Assembly Natural Resources Committee)

SB 471 (Escutia-D) Hazardous materials release: remediation

Deletes from the definition of property, contained in the California Land Environmental Restoration and Reuse Act, a site that has one or more full-time equivalent employees on an annualized basis.

Chapter 586, Statutes of 2005

SB 490 (Lowenthal-D) Toxic substances list: Netherlands

Requires the Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment to post on a web site for one year specific substances found by the Government of Netherlands to pose a threat to human health or the environment, as well as the methods used for determining such hazards.

(In Assembly Environmental Safety and Toxic Materials)

SB 600 (Ortiz-D) Biomonitoring

Establishes the Health Californians Biomonitoring Program and directs the Department of Health Services to adopt guidelines and protocols for the state's biomonitoring program.

Vetoed by the Governor

SB 655 (Ortiz-D) Asbestos

Establishes the Asbestos Hazards Mapping Act and requires the California Environmental Protection Agency to convene an asbestos mitigation task force.

(On Assembly Third Reading File)

SB 771 (Simitian-D) Oceangoing ships

Extends the restrictions on discharges that currently apply to cruise ships to include oceangoing ships in state marine waters and marine sanctuaries.

Chapter 588, Statutes of 2005

SB 977 (Ashburn-R) Hazardous substances: perchlorate

Excludes perchlorate located in unused military munitions from having to provide specified information to the California Environmental Protection Agency when this material is located within a five-mile radius of a drinking water well found to have been contaminated with perchlorate.

(In Senate Environmental Quality Committee)

SB 982 (Senate Environmental Quality Committee) Hazardous waste: enforcement

Requires the enforcement coordinator with the Department of Toxic Substances Control to establish and maintain a web site for receiving reports concerning violations of the state's hazardous waste laws.

(In Assembly Environmental Safety and Toxic Materials Committee)

SB 985 (Dunn-D) Adulterated candy: lead poisoning prevention

Requires the Department of Health Services to regulate lead in candy to ensure that the candy is not adulterated, and defines "adulterated candy" as a candy with lead levels that exceed the naturally occurring level as determined by the Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment.

(In Senate Appropriations Committee)

SB 989 (Senate Environmental Quality Committee) Hazardous material: bona fide ground tenant

Enacts a stimulus for the cleanup of polluted land sites, and permits a long-term tenant on a contaminated property to be made immune from any suit for damages related to the contamination of the property.

(In Assembly Environmental Safety and Toxic Materials Committee)

SB 1067 (Kehoe-D) Drinking water

Requires the California Office of Environmental Health and Hazard Assessment to develop Public Health Goals for Total Trihalomethanes and Total Haloacetic Acids that take into account the spike and acute health effects on pregnant women and infants.

Vetoed by the Governor

SB 1115* (Perata-D) Underground storage tanks: corrective action

Requires the State Water Resources Control Board, in consultation with the Department of Toxic Substance Control, to develop a public outreach program to inform owners of property that may be eligible for those funds, of the availability of the funds.

(In Senate Environmental Quality Committee)

AB 263 (Chan-D) Toxic substances

Sets the penalty for violating the ban on the manufacturing and sale of certain fire retardant materials in California at $10,000 per day that is enforceable by the Attorney General.

(In Senate Environmental Quality Committee)

AB 289 (Chan-D) Chemicals: high-volume and reportable: testing methods

Requires manufacturers of a high production volume chemical, or a reportable chemical, to provide the analytical test methods necessary to detect those chemicals in the environment to the state.

(On Assembly Inactive File)

AB 319 (Chan-D) Phthalates and bisphenol-A in children's products

Prohibits the use of phthalates and bisphenol-A in toys and childcare products designed for babies and children under three years of age.

(In Assembly Appropriations Committee)

AB 340 (Parra-D) Drinking water: arsenic levels

Requires the Department of Health Services to study the economic impact on rural counties of meeting the new federal drinking water standards for arsenic contamination, and to report to the Legislature by December 31, 2005.

(In Assembly Environmental Safety and Toxic Materials Committee)

AB 403 (La Malfa-R) Minor violation business plans: propane

Exempts businesses that utilize propane for heating purposes only from having to pay hazardous materials fee when these fees are already paid by the provider of the tank and propane.

Chapter 388, Statutes of 2005

AB 405 (Montanez-D) Schools: pesticide use

Prohibits the use at a school of pesticides that do not have full registration or testing from state agencies.

Chapter 566, Statutes of 2005

AB 492 (Baca-D) Hazardous materials: perchlorate: business plans

Requires that any business that handles or otherwise uses perchlorate in the course of its operations to include, as part of its business plan and any updates to that business plan, information detailing the manner in which perchlorate waste generated on site is disposed or otherwise handled.

(On Senate Inactive File)

AB 495 (Montanez-D) Waste discharge requirements: penalties

Makes technical cleanup changes to the process by which waste discharge reports must be submitted to a regional water quality control board.

Chapter 145, Statutes of 2005

AB 567 (Aghazarian-R) Hazardous waste: alternative standards

Authorizes the Department of Toxic Substances Control (DTSC) to adopt regulations that establish hazardous waste management standards as an alternative to one or more of the standards specified in the hazardous waste control law, permits the regulations to exempt a hazardous waste management activity that only involves hazardous wastes meeting specified criteria, and requires DTSC, before adopting an alternative management regulation, to make findings, prepare an analysis to support those findings, make the analysis available to the public, and notify the public.

(In Assembly Environmental Safety and Toxic Materials Committee)

AB 597* (Montanez-D) Response actions: brownfield sites

Requires a regional board to provide notice of the major decisions and planned activities at the site of a response action, public access to the proposed site response plans and site assessment documents, 30 days to comment on proposed response plans, among other things.

(In Senate Environmental Quality Committee)

AB 639 (Aghazarian-R) Hazardous waste control: generator identification numbers

Requires the Department of Toxic Substances Control, by July 1, 2006, to revise the identification number certification system to provide a streamlined and expedited method of providing an identification number to a generator of hazardous waste.

(In Assembly Environmental Safety and Toxic Materials Committee)

AB 721 (Nunez-D) Metal plating facilities: pollution prevention fund

Requires the Business, Transportation and Housing Agency, in collaboration with other specified state entities, to establish a loan guarantee program for chrome plating facilities, and requires the Department of Toxic Substances Control to establish the Model Shop Program in Northern California.

Chapter 695, Statutes of 2005

AB 752 (Karnette-D) Oil spill contingency planning: financial responsibility

Removes the sunset date and provides the Oil Spill Prevention and Response administrator indefinite authority to set oil spill financial responsibility requirements lower than $300 million for certain non-tank vessels, so long as the requirement is not less than the expected clean-up costs and damages resulting from an oil spill.

Chapter 147, Statutes of 2005

AB 966 (Saldana-D) Dental amalgam separators

Requires most dental practices to install an approved amalgam separator and to implement best management practices to minimize discharge of mercury into wastewater.

(On Assembly Inactive File)

AB 990 (Lieber-D) California Safer Chemical Substitutes Act of 2005

Establishes a mechanism for conditionally prohibiting, beginning January 1, 2007, the use or sale of several chemicals in the state.

(In Assembly Appropriations Committee)

AB 1017 (Cogdill-R) Illegal disposal of methamphetamine

Provides that any person who causes the disposal of any methamphetamine, methamphetamine byproduct, or any related hazardous chemical into or upon any agricultural land is subject to imprisonment in the state prison for a term of 12 months, two years, or three years, and by a fine of not less than $50 nor more than $10,000, and establishes the Illegal Dumping Prevention Program within the California Integrated Waste Management Board.

(In Assembly Environmental Safety and Toxic Materials Committee)

AB 1078 (Keene-R) Contaminated property: methamphetamine

Enacts the Methamphetamine Contaminated Property Cleanup Act of 2005.

Chapter 570, Statutes of 2005

AB 1232 (Jerome Horton-D) Hazardous substances: cleanup program

Expands the imposition of the environmental fee from corporations to organizations that use, generate, store, or conduct activities in the state related to hazardous materials, and requires an annual report on the expenditure of funds within the Toxic Substance Control Account.

(In Senate Appropriations Committee)

AB 1240 (Levine-D) Mercury

Enacts the Mercury Switch Removal Act of 2005.

(On Assembly Inactive File)

AB 1279 (Ruskin-D) Hazardous substances: military base remediation: oversight

Deletes obsolete references in provisions that prohibit the Director of the Department of Finance from eliminating positions at the Department of Toxic Substances Control and the State Water Resources Control Board that are funded with federal funds or through an agreement with private entities, and that oversee hazardous substance cleanup activities at closed military bases.

(On Senate Inactive File)

AB 1327 (Tran-R) Hazardous materials: accidental release prevention program

Corrects two minor technical problems in the hazardous materials business plan program and the accidental release plans program, under the jurisdiction of the Certified Unified Program agencies program.

(In Senate Environmental Quality Committee)

AB 1337 (Ruskin-D) Hazardous waste facilities permits: financial assurances

Makes several changes to the statutes governing the operation of hazardous waste facilities, including transfer operations, temporary facility modifications, financial assurances and closure requirements.

(In Senate Environmental Quality Committee)

AB 1342 (Assembly Environmental Safety And Toxic Materials Committee) Hazardous material

Specifies that owner-occupant of one-half of a duplex is entitled to the same presumption of no liability for hazardous substance releases as the owner-occupant of a single-family residence or a homeowner association in a residential common interest development.

Chapter 577, Statutes of 2005

AB 1344* (Assembly Environmental Safety And Toxic Materials Committee) Hazardous substances: multiparcel remediation: pilot project

Enacts the California Subregional Coordination and Cleanup Act of 2005, that requires the site designation committee of the California Environmental Protection Agency, with the assistance of the Department of Toxic Substances Control and the State Water Resources Control Board, to establish a pilot program to provide grants for the aggregation of multiple real property parcels into multiparcel areas for site mitigation and planning purposes, and requires the committee to develop eligibility criteria for the selection of pilot project grant recipients.

(In Assembly Environmental Safety and Toxic Materials Committee)

AB 1354 (Baca-D) Drinking water: perchlorate levels

Requires the Department of Health Services to establish a maximum contaminant level for perchlorate of six parts per billion, to be phased-in over a period of two years, commencing January 1, 2006, and declares the intent of the Legislature to include provisions to require persons or entities found responsible for perchlorate contamination of drinking water to pay the costs of removing that contamination.

(In Assembly Environmental Safety and Toxic Materials Committee)

AB 1360 (Hancock-D) Public health priority sites

Designates the Department of Toxic Substances Control as the lead agency for cleanup of contaminated sites where hazardous material will be left behind such that ongoing engineering or land use controls will be necessary after the cleanup is deemed complete in order to protect public health.

(On Assembly Inactive File)

AB 1415 (Pavley-D) Hazardous waste: mercury relays and switches

Bans the sale and distribution of specified products containing mercury, as well as providing certain exemptions.

Chapter 578, Statutes of 2005

AB 1681 (Pavley-D) Lead-containing jewelry

Sets a lead content standard for jewelry imported into, sold, or distributed in California.

(In Senate Environmental Quality Committee)

TopIndex Miscellaneous

SB 71* (Senate Budget And Fiscal Review Committee) Budget trail bill: Resources

Implements the Resources budget trailer bill which, among other provisions, (1) specifies that $12 million of Proposition 50 bond funds continuously appropriated to the Wildlife Conservation Board (WCB) by expended for activities related to the restoration of the Salton Sea and the protection of the fish and wildlife dependent on it, and (2) requires that the first $2 million in federal lands royalties received by the state from statewide mining activities be deposited into the Surface Mining Reclamation Account for use by WCB for implementing the Surface Mining Reclamation Act.

Chapter 81, Statutes of 2005

SB 153 (Chesbro-D) California Clean Water Act of 2006

Enacts the California Clean Water, Safe Neighborhoods and Coastal Protection Act of 2006 (Act), which provides for the sale of bonds for air and water quality, coastal protection and parks programs, and requires the Secretary of State to submit the Act to the voters at an unspecified election.

(In Assembly Appropriations Committee)

SB 203 (Simitian-D) Transactions and use taxes: County of San Mateo

Authorizes the Board of Supervisors of the County of San Mateo to impose a transactions and use tax for specified park and recreation purposes, if certain conditions are met.

Chapter 682, Statutes of 2005

SB 306 (Campbell-R) Property transactions: Sunset Ridge Park

Enhances the Department of Parks and Recreation's (DPR's) authority to lease real property owned by DPR in the City of Newport Beach known as "Sunset Ridge."

(In Assembly Appropriations Committee)

SB 369 (Simitian-D) Ecological labeling

Enacts the Green Bear Eco-Label Act.

(In Senate Appropriations Committee)

SB 502 (Kehoe-D) Weed and vegetation management

Clarifies the brush reduction exemption that requires landowners to remove certain vegetation that may be a fire hazard to their homes and defines "weeds" in order to encompass all vegetation that may pose a fire hazard.

Chapter 260, Statutes of 2005

SB 507 (Aanestad-R) Fishing: trawl nets

Repeals the prohibition on use of bottom trawl gear for halibut, shrimp and prawns in certain designated zones.

(Failed passage in Senate Natural Resources and Water Committee; reconsideration granted)

SB 606 (Kehoe-D) Parks and recreation: lifeguards

Authorizes the State Personnel Board to establish a new civil service classification for a permanent non-peace officer lifeguard position, and requires the Department of Parks and Recreation, whenever feasible, to fill positions in the lifeguard classification with a full-time employee when the position is not of a seasonal nature and can be performed on a year-round basis by a single individual.

(In Senate Appropriations Committee)

SB 623 (Aanestad-R) Water quality: civil penalties

Modifies the repeated violation provision of the Porter-Cologne Water Quality Control Act to apply to a period of six calendar months, modifies the effluent limitation provision to include only violations of an effluent limitation for the same pollutant parameter, and requires mandatory minimum penalties to be assessed within one year of the date of the violation, among other things.

(In Senate Environmental Quality Committee)

SB 668 (Kuehl-D) Mining

Requires a lead agency, upon a mining reclamation plan's review by the Director of the Department of Conservation, to prepare a written response to the Director's comments submitted to it and allows the Director to file either a writ of mandamus, or an injunction, in instances of non-compliance with the Surface Mining and Reclamation Act of 1975.

(In Assembly Appropriations Committee)

SB 686 (Machado-D) Wild animals

Repeals and readopts in statute the list of wild animals that it is unlawful to possess or import without a permit.

(On Assembly Inactive File)

SB 695 (Kehoe-D) Conservation easement registry

Requires the Secretary of the Resources Agency to establish a central public registry of all conservation easements, open-space easements, and agricultural easements held by the state, required by the state, or purchased with state grant funds after January 1, 2000.

Vetoed by the Governor

SB 783 (Murray-D) Murray Park Bond Act of 2006

Enacts the Murray Park Bond Act of 2006, which, if adopted, authorizes, for the purpose of financing a program for the acquisition, development, and preservation of park, recreational, and historical resources, as specified, the issuance, pursuant to the State General Obligation Bond Law, of bonds in an unspecified amount.

(In Senate Natural Resources and Water Committee)

SB 857 (Kuehl-D) Fish passages

Requires the California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) to prepare a report describing their efforts at addressing migratory fish passage problems under their jurisdiction, and requires Caltrans incorporate assessments into project design when project funding decisions are made, and to complete an assessment prior to any construction project and submit it to the Department of Fish and Game.

Chapter 589, Statutes of 2005

SB 922* (Ducheny-D) Public records: California Native American places

Exempts from public disclosure, under the Public Records Act, information about Native American sacred sites in possession of the Native American Heritage Commission or any state or local agency.

Chapter 670, Statutes of 2005

SB 979* (Senate Environmental Quality Committee) Recreational uses of reservoirs

Deletes, for the Bear Lake Reservoir and the Canyon Lake Reservoir, the requirement that the Department of Health Services consult with the entity operating the reservoir at least 60 days prior to the effective date of any additional conditions or restrictions, deletes the January 1, 2006 date for Canyon Lake Reservoir to meet prescribed federal standards, and revises other water treatment requirements for the reservoir.

Chapter 139, Statutes of 2005

SB 1028 (Bowen-D) Hunting: Internet hunting

Prohibits the shooting or killing of any bird or mammal with any weapon via the Internet.

Chapter 672, Statutes of 2005

SB 1029 (Hollingsworth-R) Special interest license plates: sportspersons

Requires the Department of Motor Vehicles to issue sportspersons' special interest license plates, and prescribes the fees to be paid for the issuance, renewal, retention, transfer, and substitution of the license plates.

(In Senate Rules Committee)

SB 1032 (Hollingsworth-R) Deer hunting

Allows the Department of Fish and Game to use funds derived from the sale of specified license tags for programs and projects to benefit deer.

(In Senate Natural Resources and Water Committee)

SB 1033 (Hollingsworth-R) Antelope and elk hunting

Modifies provisions relating to the taking of antelope and elk by deleting the requirement that only a resident of California possessing a valid hunting license may obtain a license tag for the taking of antelope or elk, and specifies that only a person possessing a valid hunting license may obtain a license tag for the taking of antelope or elk.

(In Senate Natural Resources and Water Committee)

SB 1036 (Perata-D) State scenic highway system

Designates a 5.3 mile segment of Highway 13 in Oakland (Alameda County) as a state scenic highway.

Chapter 101, Statutes of 2005

SB 1057 (Perata-D) Natural community conservation plans: costs

Requires the Department of Fish and Game to be compensated for actual costs incurred in participating in the preparation and implementation of natural community conservation plans.

(In Senate Natural Resources and Water Committee)

SB 1067 (Kehoe-D) Drinking water

Requires the Office of Environmental Health and Hazard Assessment to develop public health goals for total trihalomethanes and total haloacetic acids that take into account the spikes and acute health effects on pregnant women and infants.

Vetoed by the Governor

SB 1079* (Campbell-R) Crystal Cove State Park: operating agreement

Authorizes the Department of Parks and Recreation to enter into an operating agreement with a qualified non-profit for the purpose of developing and administering the Crystal Cove Historic District at Crystal Cove State Park.

(Held at Assembly Desk)

SB 1081 (Ducheny-D) Maywood Riverfront Park grant

Appropriates $2,016,000 from the River Protection Subaccount (Proposition 13 bond funds) to the Secretary of the Resources Agency for the Maywood Riverfront Park in Los Angeles, and specifies that $16,000 of this amount be used to cover the costs of the Secretary of the Resources Agency to administer the grant.

Chapter 688, Statutes of 2005

SB 1086 (Migden-D) State Lands Commission

Extends, for five years, the sunset provision for the Resources Trust Fund, established in 1997 by SB 271 (Thompson), Chapter 293, Statutes of 1997, which authorizes specified amounts of tidelands oil revenues to be allocated annually.

Vetoed by the Governor

SB 1095 (Chesbro-D) California Conservation Corps: powers and duties

Increases the procurement and personnel flexibility for the Director of the California Conservation Corps.

(In Assembly Appropriations File)

SB 1103 (Dutton-R) State parks: cooperating associations

Amends existing law to further clarify the definition of cooperating associations, their purpose and authority.

(In Assembly Water, Parks, and Wildlife Committee)

SB 1109 (Senate Natural Resources And Water Committee) Salton Sea: restoration study

Requires a specified restoration study to establish a range of alternatives for the restoration of the Salton Sea and the fish and wildlife dependent on the Salton Sea, including a most cost-effective technical alternative.

(In Senate Natural Resources and Water Committee)

SB 1110 (Senate Natural Resources And Water Committee) Public resources

Deletes obsolete provisions and makes non-controversial changes in state law, relating to public resources.

Chapter 383, Statutes of 2005

SCR 62 (Torlakson-D) California Delta Trail

Expresses the Legislature's support for the creation of a California Delta Trail which will link the San Francisco Bay Trail system to present and future trailways in the Counties of Contra Costa, San Joaquin, Solano, Sacramento, and Yolo.

(In Senate Rules Committee)

AB 7 (Cogdill-R) Sport fishing: license revenues: fish hatcheries

Dedicates, commencing July 1, 2006, 33 1/3 percent of the revenues collected from the sale of sport fishing licenses to a new Hatchery and Inland Fisheries Fund which will be used to support fish hatcheries and the Heritage and Wild Trout Program.

Chapter 689, Statutes of 2005

AB 24 (Maze-R) Mountain lions

Establishes a mechanism for reporting and better understanding the causes of mountain lion attacks on humans, pets, and livestock.

(In Assembly Appropriations Committee)

AB 87 (Bermudez-D) Trapping licenses: exemptions

Exempts structural pest control operators from the requirement to obtain a trapping license from the Department of Fish and Game when trapping certain mammals, and requires them to be trained and tested by the Structural Pest Control Board on Fish and Game Regulations.

(On Senate Inactive File)

AB 137 (Assembly Budget Committee) Public resources

Makes technical and clarifying amendments to the 2005 natural resources budget trailer bill, SB 71 (Senate Budget and Fiscal Review Committee), Chapter 81, Statutes of 2005, related to the allocation of tidelands oil revenues for environmental mitigation related to the future abandonment of oil wells in the City of Long Beach.

Chapter 521, Statutes of 2005

AB 193 (Maze-R) Fish and game: Mount Whitney Fish Hatchery

Authorizes the Department of General Services, with the consent of the Department of Fish and Game, to lease the Mount Whitney Fish Hatchery facility or a portion thereof to the Friends of the Mount Whitney Hatchery.

Chapter 563, Statutes of 2005

AB 270 (Leslie-R) California Tahoe Conservancy: eligible expenses

Clarifies the circumstances under which the Tahoe Conservancy could fund the relocation of water and sewer-related facilities as part of an erosion control grant.

Chapter 47, Statutes of 2005

AB 328* (DeVore-R) Crystal Cove State Park: El Morro Village Mobilehome Park

Prohibits the Department of Parks and Recreation from converting the El Morro Mobilehome Park at Crystal Cove State Park into a publicly accessible campground and public day use state park.

(In Assembly Water, Parks, and Wildlife Committee)

AB 329* (DeVore-R) Crystal Cove State Park: El Morro Village Mobilehome Park

Prohibits the Department of Parks and Recreation from converting the El Morro Mobilehome Park at Crystal Cove State Park into a public campground and public day use park.

(In Assembly Water, Parks, and Wildlife Committee)

AB 466* (Matthews-D) Natural resources: Department of Fish and Game

Appropriates $2.6 million to the Department of Fish and Game (DFG) for environmental studies, conservation planning, and permitting relating to the further development of the University of California, Merced, and authorizes DFG to provide an environmental scientist to the San Francisco Public Utilities Commission (SFPUC), paid for by SFPUC, for the SFPUC's Water System Improvement Program.

Chapter 567, Statutes of 2005

AB 486 (Leslie-R) Urban open space and recreation

Revises the eligibility criteria for competitive grant awards under the Roberti-Z'Berg-Harris Urban Open-Space and Recreation Program.

(In Assembly Appropriations Committee)

AB 555 (La Malfa-R) Vehicles: off-highway vehicles

Extends, by five years to January 1, 2012, the January 1, 2007, sunset on the state's Off-Highway Motor Vehicle (OHV) Program administered by the OHV Division at the Department of Parks and Recreation and the sunset on a related special fee, the revenue from which partially supports the program.

(In Assembly Appropriations Committee)

AB 601 (Berg-D) Commercial salmon trollers program

Extends the sunset of the Commercial Salmon Trollers Enhancement and Restoration Program from January 1, 2007, to January 1, 2012.

(On Senate Inactive File)

AB 604* (Walters-R) State property

Authorizes the Department of Parks and Recreation to enter into an operating agreement with a qualified non-profit for the purpose of developing and administering the Crystal Cove Historic District at Crystal Cove State Park, and repeals existing law requiring the Department of Transportation to transfer a specified parcel of land in the City of Newport Beach to the Department of Parks and Recreation for use as a park upon payment of specified consideration by the city, subject to specified conditions.

(In Senate Rules Committee)

AB 647 (Koretz-D) Wild animals: domestic ferrets

Allows domestic ferrets to be imported, transported, possessed, or released alive into this state, and requires the Resources Agency to arrange for the completion of an initial study to determine whether a negative declaration, a mitigated negative declaration, or an environmental impact report is necessary to determine the effects of legalizing ferrets in the state.

(In Senate Appropriations Committee)

AB 668 (La Suer-R) Fish and game: hunter safety education

Requires that a specified course of instruction on hunter safety, principles of conservation, and sportsmanship offered by the Department of Fish and Game be more than eight hours.

(In Assembly Water, Parks, and Wildlife Committee)

AB 676 (Berg-D) Resources: loan repayment

Authorizes the Secretary of the Resources Agency to accept real property located in Sonoma County as repayment of a debt owed to the state of California by the county for construction of Spud Point Marina.

(In Assembly Water, Parks, and Wildlife Committee)

AB 734 (Dymally-D) Endangered species: crimes

Allows the importation into California of products made from certain species of kangaroo.

(Failed passage in Senate Natural Resources and Water Committee; reconsideration granted)

AB 749 (Leno-D) Fish and game: Dungeness crab

Places a limitation on the number of traps crab fishing vessels could use at one time, and authorizes the Fish and Game Commission to adopt regulations for the crab fishery and subsequently adjust them.

Vetoed by the Governor

AB 792 (Ruskin-D) Regional park, park and open-space, and open-space districts

Provides that the police shall have specified powers in or about property owned, operated, or managed by specified districts.

(In Assembly Local Government Committee)

AB 797 (Wolk-D) Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta

Expands the focus of the Delta Protection Commission (Commission), changes the membership of the Commission, requires a study of the effectiveness of the Commission's resource management plan, and makes other changes to the Commission's role in Delta land use planning.

(On Senate Third Reading File)

AB 798 (Wolk-D) Water quality, watershed protection, and flood management

Enacts the Water Quality, Watershed Protection, and Flood Management Bond Act of 2006.

(In Assembly Water, Parks, and Wildlife Committee)

AB 820 (Strickland-R) Wild animals

Amends the provisions of law pertaining to the regulations and the enforcement of regulations governing the possession and handling of captive wild animals in the state.

Chapter 698, Statutes of 2005

AB 848 (Berg-D) Ocean ecosystem conservation and management

Establishes, by January 1, 2008, at either the Department of Fish and Game or the California Coastal Conservancy, the Ocean Ecosystem Resource Information System to serve as a coordinating repository of data related to ecosystem conservation and the management of offshore waters and marine resources.

(In Assembly Appropriations Committee)

AB 856 (Bass-D) Baldwin Hills Conservancy

Makes the Baldwin Hills Conservancy subject to the Bagley Keene Meeting Act, adds one more nonvoting member to the Conservancy Board, and eliminates a requirement that the Conservancy carry insurance.

Chapter 223, Statutes of 2005

AB 874 (Wolk-D) Priority bird areas

Recognizes Priority Bird Areas of California in statute.

(In Assembly Water, Parks, and Wildlife Committee)

AB 1002 (Nava-D) Wildlife conservation: nonlead ammunition

Prohibits the possession of lead ammunition when hunting within the range of the California condor, and phases out the use of lead ammunition statewide.

(In Assembly Water, Parks, and Wildlife Committee)

AB 1039 (Frommer-D) Urban Park Act of 2001

Revises the term facilities as used in the Urban Parks Act of 2001 to include community gardens and includes creating parks where none now exist within the criteria for assigning higher priority to grant applications.

(On Senate Inactive File)

AB 1083 (Strickland-R) Natural hazards web portal

Authorizes the State Geologist to establish an e-government pilot program to determine if a state operated natural hazards portal can effectively integrate and provide access to parcel data and natural hazard zone data needed for disclosure of natural hazards upon the transfer of residential property.

(In Assembly Environmental Safety and Toxic Materials Committee)

AB 1201 (Laird-D) Sierra Nevada Conservancy

Clarifies the circumstances under which the Sierra Nevada Conservancy (Conservancy) could take fee title to real property and corrects a boundary description toward the southern end of the Conservancy's jurisdiction.

Chapter 227, Statutes of 2005

AB 1204 (Laird-D) Parks: Monterey Peninsula Regional Park District

Authorizes the Department of Parks and Recreation (DPR) to convey approximately 130 acres of land to the Monterey Peninsula Regional Park District for public park uses, subject to an agreement between DPR and the district.

(On Assembly Third Reading File)

AB 1247 (Wolk-D) Parks and recreation: nonprofit organizations

Expands the Department of Parks and Recreation's authority to use nonprofit organizations to operate state park units.

(In Assembly Appropriations Committee)

AB 1272 (Harman-R) State Lands Commission

Makes minor clarifying and technical changes to existing provisions of law relating to the State Lands Commission (SLC) and grants SLC the authority to sell the state's mineral right in 466.66 acres located in Riverside County to the surface owner provided fair market value is received.

Chapter 701, Statutes of 2005

AB 1296 (Hancock-D) San Francisco Bay Area Water Trail

Establishes the San Francisco Bay Area Water Trail and requires the Bay Conservation and Development Commission, in collaboration with the State Coastal Conservancy and other public agencies and interested parties, to prepare a water trail plan by January 1, 2008.

Chapter 331, Statutes of 2005

AB 1328 (Wolk-D) Wild and scenic rivers: Cache Creek

Adds Cache Creek to the list of specified rivers included in the Wild and Scenic River system.

Chapter 576, Statutes of 2005

AB 1341 (Assembly Environmental Safety And Toxic Materials Committee) California Pollution Control Financing Authority: grants

Makes technical changes for clarification and corrections to nomenclature for consistent interpretation of the Health and Safety Code sections.

(In Senate Appropriations Committee)

AB 1389 (Oropeza-D) Littering: cigarette butts

Increases the fines relating to littering cigarette butts to not less than $750 nor more than $1,500, for a first offense, not less than $1000 nor more than $2,000, for a second offense, and not less than $2,000 nor more than $3,000 upon a third or subsequent conviction.

(In Assembly Public Safety Committee)

AB 1431 (Saldana-D) Fishing: trawl gear: halibut

Deletes certain provisions of law that regulate halibut trawling and trawling for other fisheries and authorizes the Fish and Game Commission to develop regulations on the subject matter now contained in those provisions.

Chapter 334, Statutes of 2005

AB 1466 (Laird-D) Tamarisk plant control

Requires the Department of Water Resources, in collaboration with specified entities, to prepare a plan to control or eradicate tamarisk in the Colorado River watershed, and implement the plan within California.

Vetoed by the Governor

AB 1471 (McCarthy-R) Acute Orphan Well Account

Establishes a fee to be paid to the Division of Oil, Gas and Geothermal Resources within the Department of Conservation for plugging acute orphan wells, which are those that pose an immediate danger to life, death, or natural resources, and appropriates up to $1.5 million for those purposes.

Chapter 336, Statutes of 2005

AB 1487 (Wyland-R) Off-highway motor vehicles: study

Requires the Division of Off Highway Motor Vehicles to complete a study of the costs and benefits of off-highway motor vehicle recreation activities on the state's economy, in consultation with stakeholders.

(In Senate Natural Resources and Water Committee)

AB 1612 (Pavley-D) Cigarettes: litter

Imposes a 10-cent excise fee on every pack of cigarettes distributed for sale in California and allocates revenue generated by this fee to various programs and activities at the Department of Conservation and the Department of Health Services related to cigarette pollution and litter prevention and cleanup.

(In Assembly Appropriations Committee)

AB 1616 (Niello-R) Off-highway motor vehicle recreation

Requires the State Auditor to report to the Legislature on factors that have contributed to the change in the amount of overhead costs charged to the Off-Highway Motor Vehicle program for fiscal years 2001-02, 2002-03, and 2003-04.

(In Assembly Appropriations Committee)

AB 1721 (Pavley-D) Environmental education

Places decision making authority, regarding the incorporation of environmental principles into academic content standards and instructional materials, with the Superintendent of Public Instruction and the State Board of Education.

Chapter 581, Statutes of 2005

AB 1722 (Nunez-D) California Tahoe Conservancy: acquisition of real property

Provides that an acquisition of real property or an interest in real property by the California Tahoe Conservancy is subject to the Property Acquisition Law when the value of the property is in excess of $500,000 per lot or parcel.

(In Assembly Natural Resources Committee)

AB 1763 (Assembly Natural Resources Committee) Beverage containers: redemption payments: processing fees

Revises the conditions under which a distributor or beverage manufacturer is authorized to make a single annual payment, and revises the requirement to provide advance notice to the Department of Conservation with regard to this payment.

Chapter 202, Statutes of 2005

AB 1764* (Assembly Natural Resources Committee) Beverage containers: handling fees

Increases the authorized payment of handling fees from $26.5 million to up to $30 million for fiscal year 2004-05, and reverts the handling fee payment to $26.5 million in subsequent years.

Chapter 582, Statutes of 2005

ACR 66 (Saldana-D) California Wetlands Month

Declares May 2005, as California Wetlands Month.

Resolution Chapter 49, Statutes of 2005

ACR 77 (Chan-D) Local recreation and park agencies

Recognizes the importance of local recreation and park agencies in the effort to reverse the negative trends in inactivity, obesity, diabetes, and other health problems among Californians, and encourages the state to utilize and partner with local recreation and park providers to create a healthier state.

(In Senate Rules Committee)

 


 

Top Index (in Bill Order)

Bill Author and Bill Title Reference Links

SB 44

Kehoe-D
General plans: air quality element


SB 69

Senate Budget And Fiscal Review Committee
Environmental quality


SB 71*

Senate Budget And Fiscal Review Committee
Budget Trailer Bill: coastal streams


SB 76

Senate Budget And Fiscal Review Committee
Energy


SB 109

Ortiz-D
Air pollution: minor violations: stationary sources


SB 120

Florez-D
Water quality: sewage sludge


SB 153

Chesbro-D
Water, safe neighborhood parks and coastal protection


SB 200

Machado-D
Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta Conservancy Program


SB 203

Simitian-D
Transactions and use taxes: County of San Mateo


SB 225

Soto-D
Carl Moyer program


SB 250

Campbell-R
Department of Food and Agriculture: hydrogen fuel standards


SB 306

Campbell-R
Property transactions: Sunset Ridge Park


SB 318

Romero-D
Waste management


SB 354

Escutia-D
Hazardous substances: brownfields task force


SB 365*

Ducheny-D
Tidelands and submerged lands


SB 369

Simitian-D
Ecological labeling


SB 403

Machado-D
Chemical Tanker Task Force


SB 411

Alarcon-D
Solid waste: nonbiodegradable materials: landfills


SB 419

Simitian-D
Hazardous materials: transportation: railroad tank cars


SB 420

Simitian-D
Waste management: diversion


SB 421

Simitian-D
Hazardous substances: methamphetamine labs: funding


SB 423

Simitian-D
Hazardous waste: mercury relays and switches: exemption


SB 427

Hollingsworth-R
CEQA: exemption: Caltrans


SB 455

Escutia-D
Pest control: violations


SB 459

Romero-D
Air pollution: South Coast Air Quality Management District


SB 467

Lowenthal-D
Carl Moyer Memorial Air Quality Standards Attainment Program


SB 471

Escutia-D
Hazardous materials release: remediation


SB 475

Runner-R
Air pollution: stationary sources: emissions reductions


SB 490

Lowenthal-D
Toxic substances list: Netherlands


SB 497

Simitian-D
Cleaner Construction Program


SB 502

Kehoe-D
Weed and vegetation management


SB 507

Aanestad-R
Fishing: trawl nets


SB 600

Ortiz-D
Biomonitoring


SB 606

Kehoe-D
Parks and recreation: lifeguards


SB 623

Aanestad-R
Water quality: civil penalties


SB 648

Margett-R
CEQA: lead agencies: determinations


SB 655

Ortiz-D
Asbestos


SB 658

Kuehl-D
Coastal Environment Motor Vehicle Mitigation Program


SB 668

Kuehl-D
Mining


SB 686

Machado-D
Wild animals


SB 695

Kehoe-D
Conservation easement registry


SB 742

Chesbro-D
Tidelands: City of Eureka


SB 743

Chesbro-D
Rigid plastic packaging containers: recycling rates


SB 744

Kuehl-D
Timber harvesting plans


SB 760

Lowenthal-D
Ports: congestion relief: security enhancement


SB 761

Lowenthal-D
Air resources: marine terminals


SB 762

Lowenthal-D
Intermodal Port Congestion and Environmental Quality


SB 764

Lowenthal-D
South Coast Air Quality Management District: ports


SB 771

Simitian-D
Oceangoing ships


SB 772

Ducheny-D
Environment: border region: waste and used tires


SB 783

Murray-D
Murray Park Bond Act of 2006


SB 785

McClintock-R
CEQA: procedure


SB 829

Murray-D
Air quality: vehicular sources


SB 832

Perata-D
CEQA: infill development


SB 838

Escutia-D
Environmental Cleanup and Pollution Control


SB 841

Hollingsworth-R
Fire protection: firebreaks


SB 849

Escutia-D
Environmental health data tracking


SB 857

Kuehl-D
Fish passages


SB 863

Florez-D
California Clean Air Bond Act


SB 870

Escutia-D
Air quality: violations: nonvehicular sources


SB 922*

Ducheny-D
Public records: California Native American places


SB 926

Florez-D
Sewage sludge management


SB 928

Perata-D
Public resources: solid waste


SB 929*

Kehoe-D
California Coastal Commission: administrative actions


SB 931

Florez-D
Pollution control authority


SB 942

Chesbro-D
Cigarettes: pollution: litter


SB 948

Murray-D
CEQA: environmental impact reports: short form


SB 955

Soto-D
Public safety: firefighting


SB 956

Simitian-D
Coast and Ocean Stewardship Act


SB 960

Simitian-D
Tidelands: exchange: City of Santa Cruz


SB 974

Senate Environmental Quality Committee
CEQA: rural infrastructure economic development project


SB 975

Ashburn-R
Air quality: biodiesel fuel


SB 976

Ashburn-R
Protect California Air Act of 2003: stationary sources


SB 977

Ashburn-R
Hazardous substances: perchlorate


SB 979*

Senate Environmental Quality Committee
Recreational uses of reservoirs


SB 982

Senate Environmental Quality Committee
Hazardous waste: enforcement


SB 985

Dunn-D
Adulterated candy: lead poisoning prevention


SB 989

Senate Environmental Quality Committee
Hazardous material: bona fide ground tenant


SB 999

Machado-D
San Joaquin Valley Unified Air Pollution Control District


SB 1028

Bowen-D
Hunting: Internet hunting


SB 1029

Hollingsworth-R
Special interest license plates: sportspersons


SB 1032

Hollingsworth-R
Deer hunting


SB 1033

Hollingsworth-R
Antelope and elk hunting


SB 1036

Perata-D
State scenic highway system


SB 1057

Perata-D
Natural community conservation plans: costs


SB 1067

Kehoe-D
Drinking water


SB 1079*

Campbell-R
Crystal Cove State Park: operating agreement


SB 1081

Ducheny-D
Maywood Riverfront Park grant


SB 1084

Kehoe-D
Forest practices


SB 1086

Migden-D
State Lands Commission


SB 1095

Chesbro-D
California Conservation Corps: powers and duties


SB 1103

Dutton-R
State parks: cooperating associations


SB 1106

Senate Environmental Quality Committee
Public contracts: procurement: recycled goods: solid waste


SB 1109

Senate Natural Resources And Water Committee
Salton Sea: restoration study


SB 1110

Senate Natural Resources And Water Committee
Public resources


SB 1115*

Perata-D
Underground storage tanks: corrective action


SCR 24

Kuehl-D
Wildfire protection


SCR 34

Kehoe-D
Climate change: West Coast Governors' Global Warming


SCR 62

Torlakson-D
California Delta Trail


SCR 63

Florez-D
California school bus emissions reduction


AB 7

Cogdill-R
Sport fishing: license revenues: fish hatcheries


AB 17

Koretz-D
Litter: receptacles


AB 24

Maze-R
Mountain lions


AB 32

Pavley-D
Greenhouse gas emissions


AB 87

Bermudez-D
Trapping licenses: exemptions


AB 137

Assembly Budget Committee
Public resources


AB 177

Bogh-R
Solid waste: biomass conversion: transformation


AB 184

Cogdill-R
Air quality: high polluter vehicles


AB 189

Shirley Horton-R
Highway capacity enhancement demonstration projects


AB 193

Maze-R
Fish and game: Mount Whitney Fish Hatchery


AB 259

Hancock-D
Solid waste: handling services: delinquent charges: liens


AB 263

Chan-D
Toxic substances


AB 270

Leslie-R
California Tahoe Conservancy: eligible expenses


AB 289

Chan-D
Chemicals: high-volume and reportable: testing methods


AB 319

Chan-D
Phthalates and bisphenol-A in children's products


AB 328*

DeVore-R
Crystal Cove State Park: El Morro Village Mobilehome Park


AB 329*

DeVore-R
Crystal Cove State Park: El Morro Village Mobilehome Park


AB 338

Levine-D
Recycling: crumb rubber


AB 340

Parra-D
Drinking water: arsenic levels


AB 359

Gordon-D
Parks and recreation: dog beach


AB 375

Cogdill-R
CEQA: telecommunications lines: exemption


AB 383

Montanez-D
Air pollution: motor vehicle inspection program


AB 386

Lieber-D
Air pollution: motor vehicle inspection and maintenance


AB 399

Montanez-D
Recycling


AB 403

La Malfa-R
Minor violation business plans: propane


AB 405

Montanez-D
Schools: pesticide use


AB 466*

Matthews-D
Natural resources: Department of Fish and Game


AB 486

Leslie-R
Urban open space and recreation


AB 492

Baca-D
Hazardous materials: perchlorate: business plans


AB 495

Montanez-D
Waste discharge requirements: penalties


AB 555

La Malfa-R
Vehicles: off-highway vehicles


AB 567

Aghazarian-R
Hazardous waste: alternative standards


AB 574

Wolk-D
Recycled concrete


AB 575*

Wolk-D
Electronic waste recycling


AB 578

Shirley Horton-R
Air pollution: smog check: gold shield stations


AB 597*

Montanez-D
Response actions: brownfield sites


AB 601

Berg-D
Commercial salmon trollers program


AB 604*

Walters-R
State property


AB 639

Aghazarian-R
Hazardous waste control: generator identification numbers


AB 645

Houston-R
California Coastal Sanctuary: wells


AB 647

Koretz-D
Wild animals: domestic ferrets


AB 668

La Suer-R
Fish and game: hunter safety education


AB 676

Berg-D
Resources: loan repayment


AB 679

Calderon-D
Air resources: diesel fuel


AB 715

Levine-D
Forestry: federal roadless area conservation rule


AB 721

Nunez-D
Metal plating facilities: pollution prevention fund


AB 727

Bermudez-D
Solid waste: integrated waste management


AB 734

Dymally-D
Endangered species: crimes


AB 749

Leno-D
Fish and game: Dungeness crab


AB 752

Karnette-D
Oil spill contingency planning: financial responsibility


AB 771

Saldana-D
California Coastal Commission: ex parte communications


AB 792

Ruskin-D
Regional park, park and open-space, and open-space districts


AB 797

Wolk-D
Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta


AB 798

Wolk-D
Water quality, watershed protection, and flood management


AB 820

Strickland-R
Wild animals


AB 825

Levine-D
Air resources: binational committee


AB 841

Arambula-D
San Joaquin Valley Unified Air Pollution Control District


AB 848

Berg-D
Ocean ecosystem conservation and management


AB 856

Bass-D
Baldwin Hills Conservancy


AB 874

Wolk-D
Priority bird areas


AB 887

Villines-R
Timber harvesting plan


AB 888

De La Torre-D
Air pollution: equipment emissions


AB 966

Saldana-D
Dental amalgam separators


AB 990

Lieber-D
California Safer Chemical Substitutes Act of 2005


AB 1002

Nava-D
Wildlife conservation: nonlead ammunition


AB 1007

Pavley-D
Air quality: alternative fuels


AB 1017

Cogdill-R
Illegal disposal of methamphetamine


AB 1039

Frommer-D
Urban Park Act of 2001


AB 1049

Koretz-D
Recycling: food and beverage packages: labeling


AB 1065

Matthews-D
Kitchen grease: transporters


AB 1078

Keene-R
Contaminated property: methamphetamine


AB 1083

Strickland-R
Natural hazards web portal


AB 1090

Matthews-D
Solid waste: diversion: conversion


AB 1101

Oropeza-D
Air pollution: diesel magnet sources


AB 1125

Pavley-D
Rechargeable Battery Recycling Act


AB 1156

La Suer-R
Department of Forestry and Fire Protection


AB 1193

Hancock-D
Recycling: compact discs and digital versatile discs


AB 1201

Laird-D
Sierra Nevada Conservancy


AB 1204

Laird-D
Parks: Monterey Peninsula Regional Park District


AB 1220

Jones-D
Air quality: portable equipment registration


AB 1221

Jones-D
Air pollution: Air Resources Board


AB 1222

Jones-D
Remote Sensing Pilot Program


AB 1229

Nation-D
Air pollution: new motor vehicles: air pollution label


AB 1231

Jerome Horton-D
Air Pollution Accountability Act of 2005


AB 1232

Jerome Horton-D
Hazardous substances: cleanup program


AB 1240

Levine-D
Mercury


AB 1247

Wolk-D
Parks and recreation: nonprofit organizations


AB 1249

Blakeslee-R
Waste tire facility permit


AB 1269*

Pavley-D
Clean air, water, coastal protection and parks


AB 1272

Harman-R
State Lands Commission


AB 1279

Ruskin-D
Hazardous substances: military base remediation: oversight


AB 1292

Evans-D
School facilities: air quality


AB 1296

Hancock-D
San Francisco Bay Area Water Trail


AB 1317

Ruskin-D
Environmental laboratories


AB 1327

Tran-R
Hazardous materials: accidental release prevention program


AB 1328

Wolk-D
Wild and scenic rivers: Cache Creek


AB 1337

Ruskin-D
Hazardous waste facilities permits: financial assurances


AB 1341

Assembly Environmental Safety And Toxic Materials Committee
California Pollution Control Financing Authority: grants


AB 1342

Assembly Environmental Safety And Toxic Materials Committee
Hazardous material


AB 1344*

Assembly Environmental Safety And Toxic Materials Committee
Hazardous substances: multiparcel remediation: pilot project


AB 1354

Baca-D
Drinking water: perchlorate levels


AB 1356

Berg-D
Cooperative agreements: fire suppression


AB 1360

Hancock-D
Public health priority sites


AB 1365

Ruskin-D
Greenhouse gas emission levels


AB 1387

Jones-D
CEQA: residential infill projects


AB 1389

Oropeza-D
Littering: cigarette butts


AB 1407

Oropeza-D
Off-road diesel fuel


AB 1415

Pavley-D
Hazardous waste: mercury relays and switches


AB 1430

Goldberg-D
Air contaminants


AB 1431

Saldana-D
Fishing: trawl gear: halibut


AB 1433

Emmerson-R
Public finance contracts


AB 1464

McCarthy-R
CEQA: environmental impact reports: review


AB 1466

Laird-D
Tamarisk plant control


AB 1471

McCarthy-R
Acute Orphan Well Account


AB 1487

Wyland-R
Off-highway motor vehicles: study


AB 1524

Laird-D
Property dedications: conservation and open-space easements


AB 1546

Hancock-D
Department of Environmental Management


AB 1557

Karnette-D
California Coastal Commission: dedication of real property


AB 1612

Pavley-D
Cigarettes: litter


AB 1616

Niello-R
Off-highway motor vehicle recreation


AB 1660

Pavley-D
Vehicular air pollution: energy-efficient vehicles


AB 1678

Saldana-D
Ports and harbors: vessels: air pollution


AB 1681

Pavley-D
Lead-containing jewelry


AB 1693

Matthews-D
California Pollution Control Financing Authority


AB 1705

Keene-R
Forestry: timber harvesting plans


AB 1718

Mountjoy-R
Forestry and fire prevention: screens


AB 1721

Pavley-D
Environmental education


AB 1722

Nunez-D
California Tahoe Conservancy: acquisition of real property


AB 1763

Assembly Natural Resources Committee
Beverage containers: redemption payments: processing fees


AB 1764*

Assembly Natural Resources Committee
Beverage containers: handling fees


ACR 66

Saldana-D
California Wetlands Month


ACR 77

Chan-D
Local recreation and park agencies


AJR 8

Canciamilla-D
Marine pollution


AJR 14

Yee-D
Oil and gas: offshore drilling: leases: moratorium


HR 13

Ruskin-D
World Environment Day 2005