BILL NUMBER: AB 471	CHAPTERED
	BILL TEXT

	CHAPTER  706
	FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE  SEPTEMBER 23, 2004
	APPROVED BY GOVERNOR  SEPTEMBER 23, 2004
	PASSED THE ASSEMBLY  AUGUST 24, 2004
	PASSED THE SENATE  AUGUST 18, 2004
	AMENDED IN SENATE  AUGUST 5, 2004
	AMENDED IN SENATE  AUGUST 18, 2003
	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, Simitian.  Air emissions:  cruise ships.
   Existing law regulates the release of sewage sludge, oily
bilgewater, hazardous waste, or other waste by large passenger
vessels into the marine waters of the state.
   This bill would prohibit a cruise ship, as defined, from
conducting onboard incineration while operating within 3 miles of the
California coast.


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, 2005, a cruise ship shall not
conduct onboard incineration while operating within three miles of
the California coast, to the extent allowed by federal law.