Bill Text: CA SB1194 | 2009-2010 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Air districts: residential wood-burning devices.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2010-05-13 - Returned to Secretary of Senate pursuant to Joint Rule 62(a). [SB1194 Detail]

Download: California-2009-SB1194-Introduced.html

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BILL NUMBER: SB 1194	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Senator Hollingsworth

                        FEBRUARY 18, 2010

   An act to add Section 41814 to the Health and Safety Code,
relating to air pollution.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SB 1194, as introduced, Hollingsworth. Air districts: residential
wood-burning devices.
   Existing law designates air pollution control districts and air
quality management districts as having the primary responsibility for
the control of air pollution from all sources other than vehicular
sources.
   This bill would prohibit a district from adopting or implementing
a rule or regulation that prohibits the installation of a
wood-burning fireplace, wood-burning heater, or wood-burning stove in
a new or existing residential structure.
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: no.
State-mandated local program: no.


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

  SECTION 1.  Section 41814 is added to the Health and Safety Code,
to read:
   41814.  (a) A district shall not adopt or implement a rule or
regulation that prohibits the installation of a wood-burning
fireplace, wood-burning heater, or wood-burning stove in a new or
existing residential structure.
   (b) This section does not limit the authority of a district to
regulate the operation or use of a wood-burning fireplace,
wood-burning heater, or wood-burning stove in a new or existing
residential structure, including, but not limited to, requiring that
there be no burning of wood on certain days of the year.