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           CORRECTED  - 10/01/10 Changes per consultant.
          
          CONCURRENCE IN SENATE AMENDMENTS
          AB 301 (Fuentes)
          As Amended  August 18, 2010
          Majority vote
           
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          |ASSEMBLY:  |49-27|(May 11, 2009)  |SENATE: |22-14|(August 23,    |
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           Original Committee Reference:    E.S. & T.M.  

           SUMMARY  :  Requires applicants for a license as a water-bottling  
          plant or as a private water source to provide information on the  
          volume and source of the water to the State Department of Public  
          Health (DPH) and requires DPH to annually make this information  
          available to the public.

           The Senate amendments  add finding and intent language stating  
          that current law allows for the Department of Finance to adjust  
          fees to pay for administration, including enforcement, of  
          bottled water related activities.

           EXISTING LAW  :  

           1)Authorizes DPH to licence and regulate manufacturers of  
            bottled water and vended water.

          2)Requires all water-bottlers (regardless of whether located  
            in-state, out-of-state, or in a foreign country) and private  
            source operators to apply annually to obtain a license to  
            bottle, collect, treat, hold, distribute, haul, vend, or sell  
            water in California.

           AS PASSED BY THE ASSEMBLY  , this bill required applicants for a  
          license as a water-bottling plant or as a private water source  
          to provide information on the volume and source of the water to  
          DPH and requires DPH to annually make this information available  
          to the public.

           FISCAL EFFECT  :  According to the Senate Appropriations  
          Committee, the fiscal impact of this bill would be $50,000 in  
          2010-11 and $40,000 annually thereafter to DPH to compile  








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          licensee information and to make it available to the public.   
          (General Fund.)

           COMMENTS  :  According to the author's office, credible and  
          transparent information would help both community members and  
          decision-makers understand the impacts of proposed and existing  
          bottled-water facilities in California.  Licensed water-bottlers  
          are not currently required to report or make available to the  
          public the volume of water extracted or bottled, as the DPH  
          licensing program focuses on public health, not public  
          resources, issues.


           Analysis Prepared by  :    Shannon McKinney / E.S. & T.M. / (916)  
          319-3965 


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