BILL NUMBER: AB 1228	CHAPTERED
	BILL TEXT

	CHAPTER  50
	FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE  JULY 14, 2003
	APPROVED BY GOVERNOR  JULY 14, 2003
	PASSED THE ASSEMBLY  JUNE 30, 2003
	PASSED THE SENATE  JUNE 24, 2003
	AMENDED IN SENATE  JUNE 12, 2003
	AMENDED IN SENATE  MAY 15, 2003

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Dutton

                        FEBRUARY 21, 2003

   An act to add Section 65850.3 to the Government Code, relating to
zoning.



	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 1228, Dutton.  Zoning ordinances:  radio antennas.
   Existing law authorizes the legislative body of any county or city
to adopt zoning ordinances for various purposes.
   This bill would require that any ordinance adopted by the
legislative body of a city or county that regulates amateur radio
station antenna structures not preclude amateur radio service
communications, reasonably accommodate amateur radio service
communications, allow amateur radio station antenna structures to be
erected at heights and dimensions sufficient to accommodate amateur
radio service communications, and constitute the minimum practicable
regulation to accomplish the legitimate purpose of the city or
county.  It would declare that it is the intent of the Legislature in
enacting this bill to codify in state law the provisions of
specified federal regulations relating to amateur radio station
facilities.


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


  SECTION 1.  Section 65850.3 is added to the Government Code, to
read:
   65850.3.  Any ordinance adopted by the legislative body of a city
or county that regulates amateur radio station antenna structures
shall allow those structures to be erected at heights and dimensions
sufficient to accommodate amateur radio service communications, shall
not preclude amateur radio service communications, shall reasonably
accommodate amateur radio service communications, and shall
constitute the minimum practicable regulation to accomplish the city'
s or county's legitimate purpose.
   It is the intent of the Legislature in adding this section to the
Government Code, to codify in state law the provisions of Section
97.15 of Title 47 of the Code of Federal Regulations, which expresses
the Federal Communications Commission's limited preemption of local
regulations governing amateur radio station facilities.