BILL NUMBER: AB 471	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN SENATE  JULY 16, 2003
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  JUNE 2, 2003
	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  That provision is repealed as of July 1, 2003.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   20
 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
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:
   (1) Vessels without berths or overnight accommodations for
passengers.
   (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   20  miles of the California
coast  , except to the extent allowed by federal law  .
   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   use only onroad diesel fuel that is approved by
the United States Environmental Protection Agency, while 
operating within 25 miles of the California coast.