BILL NUMBER: AB 514	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  APRIL 9, 2007

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Lieber

                        FEBRUARY 20, 2007

   An act to add Section 144.8 to the Labor Code, relating to
occupational health.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 514, as amended, Lieber. Workplace safety and health: diacetyl.

   Under existing law, the Occupational Safety and Health Standards
Board may adopt standards concerning removing hazardous substances
from the workplace.
   This bill would require the board, no later than January 30, 2008,
to adopt a standard to prohibit the use of diacetyl in the workplace
by January 1, 2010.  This prohibition would not apply to
naturally occurring diacetyl in food or beverages or certain
processes. 
   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.  Section 144.8 is added to the Labor Code, to read:
   144.8.   The   (a)    
Except as provided in subdivision (b), the  board shall, no
later than January 30, 2008, adopt a standard, to be developed by the
Division of Occupational Safety and Health, to prohibit the use of
diacetyl (2,3-butanedione) in the workplace by January 1, 2010. 
   (b) Subdivision (a) shall not apply to naturally occurring
diacetyl in food or beverages or to processes that result in the
natural production of diacetyl.