BILL NUMBER: AB 268	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Gaines
   (Principal coauthors: Assembly Members Logue and Nielsen)
   (Coauthors: Assembly Members Cook, Jeffries, and Niello)

                        FEBRUARY 11, 2009

   An act to repeal Chapter 4.5 (commencing with Section 13290) of
Division 7 of the Water Code, relating to water quality.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 268, as introduced, Gaines. Onsite sewage treatment systems.
   Existing law, the Porter-Cologne Water Quality Control Act, on or
before January 1, 2004, requires the State Water Resources Control
Board, in consultation with others, to adopt regulations or standards
for the permitting and operation of specified onsite sewage
treatment systems. The act requires the board to apply those
regulations or standards to those systems commencing 6 months after
their adoption.
   This bill would repeal those provisions.
   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.  Chapter 4.5 (commencing with Section 13290) of Division
7 of the Water Code is repealed.