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                    Appropriations Committee Fiscal Summary
          
                                           471 (Simitian)
          
          Hearing Date:  8/1/04           Amended: 8/5/04        
          Consultant: Miriam Barcellona Ingenito            Policy  
          Vote: EQ 6-0             
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          BILL SUMMARY: AB 471 would (1) prohibit, as of January 1,  
          2005, a cruise ship, as defined, from conducting onboard  
          incineration while operating within three miles of the  
          California coast; (2) make definitions; and (3) require the  
          Air Resources Board (ARB) to enforce this chapter and  
          authorize it to adopt standards, rules, and regulations.  

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                          Fiscal Impact (in thousands)

           Major Provisions                    2004-05             2005-06   
                      2006-07            Fund

           Rulemaking/Regs.          $50       $50               SF*
          Enforcement                                         $100SF*
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          *Air Pollution Control Fund
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          STAFF COMMENTS:  SUSPENSE FILE
          
          Costs to ARB for rulemaking and regulations would be about  
          $100,000.  Enforcement costs are unknown, but could result  
          in the need for an additional position.

           Related Legislation:
           AB 2746 (Nakano) Chapter 504, Statutes of 2000, enacted the  
          Large Passenger Vessels Law.  AB 121 (Simitian) Chapter  
          488, Statutes of 2003, prohibits owners or operators of  
          large passenger vessels from releasing sewage sludge and  
          oily bilgewater into state marine waters and marine  
          sanctuaries, as specified.  AB 433 (Nation) Chapter 491,  
          Statutes of 2003, changes the Ballast Water Management for  
          Control of Nonindigenous Species Law to the Marine Invasive  
          Species Act, and revises various requirements for ballast  










          water management practices to minimize release of  
          nonindigenous species. AB 906 (Nakano) Chapter 494,  
          Statutes of 2003, prohibits the release of hazardous waste  
          and "other waste" from large passenger vessels into state  
          marine waters and marine sanctuaries under certain  
          conditions.  AB 2093 (Nakano) prohibits a large passenger  
          vessel owner or operator from releasing graywater into  
          state marine waters. AB 2672 (Simitian) prohibit the  
          release of sewage within three miles of the coast if the  
          SWRCB has the authority to prohibit such a release; and  
          would require the owner or operator of a large passenger  
          vessel that releases sewage into the marine waters of the  
          state or a marine sanctuary to immediately report the  
          release to SWRCB.  AB 2672 was heard in this committee  
          August 4, 2004 and failed passage.  Reconsideration was  
          granted.