Bill Text: CA AB1787 | 2013-2014 | Regular Session | Chaptered

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Bill Title: Airports: commercial operations: lactation accommodation.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)

Status: (Passed) 2014-09-26 - Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 634, Statutes of 2014. [AB1787 Detail]

Download: California-2013-AB1787-Chaptered.html

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BILL NUMBER: AB 1787	CHAPTERED
	BILL TEXT

	CHAPTER  634
	FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE  SEPTEMBER 26, 2014
	APPROVED BY GOVERNOR  SEPTEMBER 26, 2014
	PASSED THE SENATE  AUGUST 20, 2014
	PASSED THE ASSEMBLY  AUGUST 22, 2014
	AMENDED IN SENATE  AUGUST 12, 2014
	AMENDED IN SENATE  AUGUST 4, 2014
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  MAY 23, 2014
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  APRIL 10, 2014

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Lowenthal
   (Coauthor: Senator De León)

                        FEBRUARY 18, 2014

   An act to add Section 50479 to the Government Code, relating to
airports.



	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 1787, Lowenthal. Airports: commercial operations: lactation
accommodation.
   (1) Existing law requires every employer to provide a reasonable
amount of break time to accommodate an employee who desires to
express breast milk for the employee's infant child. Existing federal
law requires employers to provide the employee with the use of a
room, other than a bathroom, for the employee to express breast milk,
as specified. Existing law authorizes local agencies, as defined, to
acquire property for airport purposes and engage in various
activities related to airport development and operation.
   This bill would, except as specified, require, on or before
January 1, 2016, the airport manager of an airport that conducts
commercial operations and that has more than 1,000,000 enplanements a
year to provide a room or other location at each airport terminal
behind the airport security screening area for members of the public
to express breast milk in private that meets specified conditions.
The bill would require other airports to comply with these
requirements upon new terminal construction or in other
circumstances.
   (2) Because the bill would impose new duties on local public
officials, the bill would create a state-mandated local program.
   (3) The California Constitution requires the state to reimburse
local agencies and school districts for certain costs mandated by the
state. Statutory provisions establish procedures for making that
reimbursement.
   This bill would provide that no reimbursement is required by this
act for a specified reason.


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

  SECTION 1.  Section 50479 is added to the Government Code, to read:

   50479.  (a) On or before January 1, 2016, the airport manager of
an airport operated by a city, county, city and county, or airport
district that conducts commercial operations and that has more than
one million enplanements a year shall provide a room or other
location at each airport terminal behind the airport security
screening area for members of the public to express breast milk in
private that meets both of the following conditions:
   (1) Includes, at a minimum, a chair and an electrical outlet.
   (2) Is located outside of the confines of a public restroom.
   (b) (1) Terminal One at the San Diego International Airport is
exempt from providing a room or other location behind the airport
security screening area, but shall provide a secure room located in
the same terminal prior to entering the security screening area that
meets all of the other conditions of subdivision (a). Terminal One at
the San Diego International Airport shall comply with subdivisions
(a) and (d) upon construction of a new terminal or the replacement,
expansion, or renovation of the existing terminal.
   (2) The commuter terminal at the San Diego International Airport
is exempt from this section, except that it shall comply with
subdivisions (a) and (d) upon construction of a new terminal or the
replacement, expansion, or renovation of the existing terminal.
   (c) An airport that conducts commercial operations with less than
one million enplanements a year shall comply with subdivisions (a)
and (d) upon new terminal construction or the replacement, expansion,
or renovation of an existing terminal.
   (d) Upon construction of a new terminal or the replacement,
expansion, or renovation of an existing terminal, an airport shall
provide a sink in any room or other location designated to comply
with this section.
   (e)  As used in this section, "renovation of an existing terminal"
means the repurposing of more than 25 percent of the space in the
terminal.
  SEC. 2.  No reimbursement is required by this act pursuant to
Section 6 of Article XIII B of the California Constitution because a
local agency or school district has the authority to levy service
charges, fees, or assessments sufficient to pay for the program or
level of service mandated by this act, within the meaning of Section
17556 of the Government Code.