Bill Text: CA SB554 | 2009-2010 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Air pollution control districts: residential

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 1)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2010-02-01 - Returned to Secretary of Senate pursuant to Joint Rule 56. [SB554 Detail]

Download: California-2009-SB554-Introduced.html

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BILL NUMBER: SB 554	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Senator Hollingsworth

                        FEBRUARY 27, 2009

   An act to add section 41814 to the Health and Safety Code,
relating to air resources.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SB 554, as introduced, Hollingsworth. Air pollution control
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. Existing law designates the State Air Resources Board as the
state agency charged with coordinating efforts to attain and
maintain ambient air quality standards. Existing federal regulations
establish standards of performance for new residential wood heaters.
   Existing law requires the state board, in consultation with the
districts, to develop a list of the most readily available and
cost-effective control measures that could be employed by the state
board and districts to reduce emissions of PM 2.5 and PM 10
particulate matter. Existing law requires that the list include
control measures for woodstoves and fireplaces among other emission
source categories. Existing law requires the state board and each
district to adopt an implementation schedule for the most
cost-effective measures on the list.
   This bill would prohibit any district from adopting a rule or
regulation that restricts or prohibits the installation or operation
of any wood-burning device in any 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 district may not adopt or implement any rule or
regulation that restricts or prohibits any of the following:
   (a) Installation of any wood-burning fireplace, wood-burning
heater, or wood-burning stove in any new or existing residential
structure.
   (b) Operation of a wood-burning fireplace, wood-burning heater, or
wood-burning stove at any new or existing residential structure.