Bill Text: CA SB170 | 2011-2012 | Regular Session | Introduced
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Bill Title: Air districts: adverse effects of air pollution:
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2011-10-08 - Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 586, Statutes of 2011. [SB170 Detail]
Download: California-2011-SB170-Introduced.html
Bill Title: Air districts: adverse effects of air pollution:
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2011-10-08 - Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 586, Statutes of 2011. [SB170 Detail]
Download: California-2011-SB170-Introduced.html
BILL NUMBER: SB 170 INTRODUCED BILL TEXT INTRODUCED BY Senator Pavley FEBRUARY 3, 2011 An act to add Sections 40453 and 40542 to the Health and Safety Code, relating to air pollution. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST SB 170, as introduced, Pavley. South Coast Air Quality Management District: adverse effects of air pollution: intellectual property. Existing law creates the South Coast Air Quality Management District with jurisdiction over air quality within the South Coast Air Basin, including in the Counties of Los Angeles, Orange, Riverside, and San Bernardino. This bill would authorize the south coast district to sponsor, coordinate, and promote projects that will lead to the prevention, mitigation, or cure of the adverse effects of air pollution, including the adverse health effects of air pollution. The bill would authorize the south coast district to determine what share, if any, of the intellectual property, or benefits resulting from intellectual property, developed from the use of district funds, including funds discharged as grants, will accrue to the south coast district. 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 40453 is added to the Health and Safety Code, to read: 40453. The south coast district may sponsor, coordinate, and promote projects that will lead to the prevention, mitigation, or cure of the adverse effects of air pollution, including the adverse health effects of air pollution. SEC. 2. Section 40542 is added to the Health and Safety Code, to read: 40542. The south coast district may determine what share, if any, of the intellectual property, or benefits resulting from intellectual property, developed from the use of district funds, including funds discharged as grants, will accrue to the south coast district. The south coast district may negotiate revenue sharing agreements with recipients of south coast district funds, including the collection of royalties. Proceeds obtained by the district from these revenue sharing agreements shall be used for purposes authorized by this chapter.