Bill Text: CA SB494 | 2011-2012 | Regular Session | Introduced

California Senate Bill 494 (Prior Session Legislation)

Introduced

Bill Title: California regional water quality control boards:

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2012-01-31 - Returned to Secretary of Senate pursuant to Joint Rule 56. [SB494 Detail]

Download: California-2011-SB494-Introduced.html

BILL NUMBER: SB 494	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Senator Fuller

                        FEBRUARY 17, 2011

   An act relating to water quality.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SB 494, as introduced, Fuller. California regional water quality
control boards: perchloroethylene.
   Under the Porter-Cologne Water Quality Control Act, the 9
California regional water quality control boards are among the
principal state agencies that carry out responsibilities relating to
water quality.
   This bill would declare the intent of the Legislature to enact
legislation that would transfer responsibility for the investigation
and remediation of perchloroethylene contamination to the regional
boards.
   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.  It is the intent of the Legislature to enact
legislation that would transfer responsibility for the investigation
and remediation of perchloroethylene contamination to the California
regional water quality control boards.