BILL NUMBER: SB 1277	CHAPTERED
	BILL TEXT

	CHAPTER  398
	FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE  SEPTEMBER 27, 2008
	APPROVED BY GOVERNOR  SEPTEMBER 27, 2008
	PASSED THE SENATE  MAY 12, 2008
	PASSED THE ASSEMBLY  AUGUST 14, 2008
	AMENDED IN SENATE  APRIL 8, 2008
	AMENDED IN SENATE  MARCH 24, 2008

INTRODUCED BY   Senator Maldonado

                        FEBRUARY 19, 2008

   An act relating to synthetic turf.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SB 1277, Maldonado. Synthetic turf.
   Existing law requires all new playgrounds open to the public built
by a public agency or any other entity to conform to the
playground-related standards set forth by the American Society for
Testing and Materials and the playground-related guidelines set forth
by the United States Consumer Product Safety Commission.
   This bill would require, on or before September 1, 2010, the
Integrated Waste Management Board, in consultation with the Office of
Environmental Health Hazard Assessment and the State Department of
Public Health, to prepare and provide to the Legislature and post on
the board's Internet Web site a study on the effects of synthetic
turf and natural turf on the environment and public health.


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

  SECTION 1.  (a) By September 1, 2010, the Integrated Waste
Management Board, in consultation with the Office of Environmental
Health Hazard Assessment and the State Department of Public Health,
shall prepare and provide to the Legislature and post on the board's
Internet Web site a study that compares the effects of synthetic turf
and natural turf on the environment and the public health.
   (b) For purposes of this section, synthetic turf means any
composition material used to cover or surface a field as an
alternative to grass.