BILL NUMBER: AB 738	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Committee on Environmental Safety and Toxic Materials
(Chesbro (Chair), Miller (Vice Chair), Davis, Feuer, Monning,
Ruskin, and Smyth)

                        FEBRUARY 26, 2009

   An act to add Section 25395.33 to the Health and Safety Code,
relating to hazardous materials.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 738, as introduced, Committee on Environmental Safety and Toxic
Materials. Hazardous materials: brownfield cleanup: loan or grant
program.
   Existing law authorizes the Department of Toxic Substances Control
to provide loans to eligible entities for the purposes of brownfield
cleanup.
   This bill would authorize the department to administer and
implement a loan or grant program consistent with federal regulations
implementing the Small Business Liability Relief and Brownfields
Revitalization Act, using only federal grant funds if available for
that purpose.
   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 25395.33 is added to the Health and Safety
Code, to read:
   25395.33.  The department may administer and implement a loan or
grant program consistent with federal regulations implementing the
Small Business Liability Relief and Brownfields Revitalization Act
(Public Law 107-118) in accordance with all applicable federal laws
and guidelines for those programs, using only federal grant funds if
available for that purpose.