Bill Text: CA AB1459 | 2011-2012 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: The Atmospheric Acidity Protection Act of 1988.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Passed) 2012-08-27 - Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 186, Statutes of 2012. [AB1459 Detail]

Download: California-2011-AB1459-Introduced.html

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BILL NUMBER: AB 1459	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Huber

                        JANUARY 9, 2012

   An act to amend Section 39904 of the Health and Safety Code,
relating to state government.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 1459, as introduced, Huber. Scientific Advisory Committee on
Acid Deposition.
   Existing law establishes the Scientific Advisory Committee on Acid
Deposition to assist the State Air Resources Board in the
development and implementation of the Atmospheric Acidity Protection
Program.
   This bill would abolish the Scientific Advisory Committee on Acid
Deposition.
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: yes.
State-mandated local program: no.


THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  SECTION 1.  Section 39904 of the Health and Safety Code is amended
to read:
   39904.  (a) The state board shall adopt and implement an
Atmospheric Acidity Protection Program (AAPP), to determine the
nature and extent of potential damage to public health and the state'
s ecosystem which may be expected to result from atmospheric acidity,
and to develop measures which may be needed for the protection of
public health and sensitive ecosystems within the state.
   (b) The program shall commence upon the final compilation of
information obtained pursuant to the former Kapiloff Acid Deposition
Act, shall incorporate the research results and assessments
undertaken pursuant to that act, and shall endeavor to acquire the
latest available information on the chemical and biological processes
in sensitive ecosystems which preceded the acidification of lakes
and streams in other parts of the world. 
   (c)  The Scientific Advisory Committee on Acid Deposition,
appointed pursuant to the Kapiloff Acid Deposition Act is continued
in existence, and shall actively assist the state board in the
development and implementation of the Atmospheric Acidity Protection
Program.