BILL NUMBER: AB 1395	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Torrico

                        FEBRUARY 27, 2009

   An act to add Section 39601.3 to the Health and Safety Code,
relating to air pollution.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 1395, as introduced, Torrico. State Air Resources Board:
regulations.
   Existing law creates the State Air Resources Board and gives to
the state board various duties relating to reducing emissions of air
pollutants, including emissions of greenhouse gases.
   This bill would require the state board to make available to the
public all changes to draft regulations proposed for adoption by the
state board. The state board would also be required to ensure that
all public workshops undertaken pursuant to a regulatory development
and implementation process are recorded by an appropriate method, and
made available for public review.
   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 39601.3 is added to the Health and Safety Code,
to read:
   39601.3.  (a) The state board shall make available to the public
all changes to draft regulations proposed for adoption by the state
board, including, but not limited to, making this information
available on its Internet Web site and distributing the information
through list serves. The deletions from the previous proposal shall
be made in strikeout form and the additional language shall be made
in underline form to clearly indicate the manner in which the new
proposal differs from the previous proposal.
   (b) The state board shall ensure that all public workshops
undertaken pursuant to a regulatory development and implementation
process are recorded by an appropriate method, and made available for
public review.