BILL NUMBER:  SB 212
  VETOED	DATE: 10/11/2009




To the Members of the California State Senate:
I am returning Senate Bill 212 without my signature.
While I grappled with this issue, I came to the conclusion that
nothing in current law prohibits school districts from cleaning and
sterilizing wrestling equipment.  Furthermore, during the time I was
working diligently on providing an acceptable water plan for the
Central Valley, I was able to pin down the fact that the
Superintendent of Public Instruction already has the authority to
develop information and guidelines regarding the prevention of
communicable diseases on school campuses.  Therefore, this bill is
unnecessary.

The Legislature needs to wrestle with whether it will continue to
pass bills like this one, that current law sufficiently addresses, or
whether it will go to the mat on pressing issues such as water
infrastructure, tax reform, and federal education funding.

For these reasons, I am unable to sign this bill.
Sincerely,

Arnold Schwarzenegger