BILL NUMBER: AB 471	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  MAY 6, 2003
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  APRIL 3, 2003

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Members Simitian, Laird, and Nakano

                        FEBRUARY 14, 2003

   An act to add Chapter 3.3 (commencing with Section 39630) to Part
2 of Division 26 of the Health and Safety Code, relating to air
emissions.



	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 471, as amended, Simitian.  Air emissions:  cruise ships.
   Existing law requires the State Air Resources Board to measure and
record the opacity of visible emissions of a representative sample
of large passenger vessels while at berth or at anchor in a port in
the state.  That provision is repealed as of July 1, 2003.
   This bill would instead prohibit, as of January 1, 2004, a cruise
ship, as defined, from conducting onboard waste incineration while
operating within 90 miles of the California coast.  The bill would
require, as of January 1, 2005, a cruise ship to use only specified
diesel fuel while operating within 25 miles of the California coast.

   The bill also would prohibit, as of January 1,  2006
  2008  , a cruise ship from operating its main
propulsion or auxiliary engines while docked, beginning 30 minutes
after docking until one hour prior to the scheduled departure time.
The bill would require the State Air Resources Board to enforce those
provisions.
   Vote:  majority.  Appropriation:  no.  Fiscal committee:  yes.
State-mandated local program:  no.


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


  SECTION 1.  Chapter 3.3 (commencing with Section 39630) is added to
Part 2 of Division 26 of the Health and Safety Code, to read:

      CHAPTER 3.3.  CRUISE SHIPS

   39630.  The Legislature finds and declares that it is in the
interests of all Californians to protect the air quality from
increasing volumes of cruise ship engine emissions.
   39631.  (a) The state board shall enforce this chapter, and may
adopt standards, rules, and regulations for that purpose pursuant to
Section 39601.
   (b) As used in this division, "cruise ship" means a commercial
vessel that has the capacity to carry 250 or more passengers for
hire.  "Cruise ship" does not include the following:  
   (a)  
   (1)  Vessels without berths or overnight accommodations for
passengers.  
   (b)  
   (2)  Noncommercial vessels, warships, vessels operated by
nonprofit entities as determined by the Internal Revenue Service, and
vessels operated by the state, United States, or a federal
government.
   39632.  Commencing on January 1, 2004, a cruise ship shall not
conduct onboard waste incineration while operating within 90 miles of
the California coast.
   39633.  Commencing on January 1, 2005, a cruise ship shall use
only diesel fuel formulated as specified in Sections 2281 and 2282 of
Title 13 of the California Code of Regulations, while operating
within 25 miles of the California coast.
   39634.  Commencing on January 1,  2006   2008
 , a cruise ship shall not operate its main propulsion or
auxiliary engines while docked, and instead shall connect to a
shoreside power source.  This prohibition applies beginning 30
minutes after docking until one hour prior to the scheduled departure
time, unless superseded by the United States Coast Guard.