Bill Text: CA AB1658 | 2021-2022 | Regular Session | Introduced

California Assembly Bill 1658 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Bill Title: Oil spill response and contingency planning: oil spill elements: area plans.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 5-0)

Status: (Passed) 2022-09-30 - Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 860, Statutes of 2022. [AB1658 Detail]

Download: California-2021-AB1658-Introduced.html

CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE— 2021–2022 REGULAR SESSION

Assembly Bill

No. 1658

Introduced by Assembly Member Nguyen
(Coauthors: Assembly Members Chen, Choi, and Davies)

January 14, 2022

An act to add Section 8670.27.5 to the Government Code, relating to oil spills.

LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST

AB 1658, as introduced, Nguyen. Office of Oil Spill Prevention and Response: best practices: local oil spill response plan.

The Lempert-Keene-Seastrand Oil Spill Prevention and Response Act generally requires the administrator for oil spill response, who is the head of the Office of Oil Spill Prevention and Response in the Department of Fish and Wildlife, to implement activities relating to oil spill response, including drills and preparedness, and oil spill containment and cleanup.

This bill would require the office to create and post on its internet website best practices, which may include, but are not limited to, a model ordinance, for local jurisdictions that would like to adopt a local oil spill response plan.

Vote: MAJORITY Appropriation: NO Fiscal Committee: YES Local Program: NO

The people of the State of California do enact as follows:

SECTION 1.

Section 8670.27.5 is added to the Government Code, to read:

8670.27.5.

The Office of Spill Prevention and Response shall create and post on its internet website best practices, which may include, but are not limited to, a model ordinance, for local jurisdictions that would like to adopt a local oil spill response plan.