Bill Text: CA AB1085 | 2009-2010 | Regular Session | Chaptered

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Bill Title: State Air Resources Board: regulations.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Passed) 2009-10-11 - Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 384, Statutes of 2009. [AB1085 Detail]

Download: California-2009-AB1085-Chaptered.html

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BILL NUMBER: AB 1085	CHAPTERED
	BILL TEXT

	CHAPTER  384
	FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE  OCTOBER 11, 2009
	APPROVED BY GOVERNOR  OCTOBER 11, 2009
	PASSED THE SENATE  SEPTEMBER 2, 2009
	PASSED THE ASSEMBLY  SEPTEMBER 8, 2009
	AMENDED IN SENATE  AUGUST 31, 2009
	AMENDED IN SENATE  JULY 15, 2009
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  MAY 6, 2009
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  APRIL 15, 2009

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Mendoza

                        FEBRUARY 27, 2009

   An act to add Section 39601.5 to the Health and Safety Code,
relating to air pollution.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 1085, Mendoza. State Air Resources Board: regulations.
   Existing law creates the State Air Resources Board and gives to
the state board various duties relating to reducing emissions of air
pollutants, including emissions of greenhouse gases.
   This bill would require the state board to make available to the
public each technical, theoretical, and empirical study, report, or
similar document, if any, on which the agency relies, related to, but
not limited to, air emissions, public health impacts, and economic
impacts, before the comment period for any regulation proposed for
adoption by the state board.


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

  SECTION 1.  It is the intent of the Legislature in enacting this
act to ensure that the public is provided sufficient information so
that interested parties may easily and without undue effort reproduce
and verify all aspects of state board staff analysis, related to,
but not limited to, air emissions, public health impacts, and
economic impacts, performed during the development of a regulation.
Nothing in this act is intended to supersede the provisions of the
California Public Records Act (Chapter 3.5 (commencing with Section
6250) of Division 7 of Title 1 of the Government Code) or the
Administrative Procedure Act (Chapter 3.5 (commencing with Section
11340) of Part 1 of Division 3 of Title 2 of the Government Code).
  SEC. 2.   Section 39601.5 is added to the Health and Safety Code,
to read:
   39601.5.  (a) The state board shall make available to the public
all information described in paragraph (2) of subdivision (b) of
Section 11346.2 of the Government Code, related to, but not limited
to, air emissions, public health impacts, and economic impacts,
before the comment period for any regulation proposed for adoption by
the state board.
   (b) In meeting the requirement of subdivision (a), the state board
shall not release proprietary, confidential, or otherwise legally
protected business information. The state board shall release
information in aggregated form, where necessary, to protect
proprietary, confidential, or otherwise legally protected business
information.