BILL NUMBER: SB 170	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Senator Pavley

                        FEBRUARY 3, 2011

   An act to add Sections 40453 and 40542 to the Health and Safety
Code, relating to air pollution.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SB 170, as introduced, Pavley. South Coast Air Quality Management
District: adverse effects of air pollution: intellectual property.
   Existing law creates the South Coast Air Quality Management
District with jurisdiction over air quality within the South Coast
Air Basin, including in the Counties of Los Angeles, Orange,
Riverside, and San Bernardino.
   This bill would authorize the south coast district to sponsor,
coordinate, and promote projects that will lead to the prevention,
mitigation, or cure of the adverse effects of air pollution,
including the adverse health effects of air pollution. The bill would
authorize the south coast district to determine what share, if any,
of the intellectual property, or benefits resulting from intellectual
property, developed from the use of district funds, including funds
discharged as grants, will accrue to the south coast district.
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: no.
State-mandated local program: no.


THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  SECTION 1.  Section 40453 is added to the Health and Safety Code,
to read:
   40453.  The south coast district may sponsor, coordinate, and
promote projects that will lead to the prevention, mitigation, or
cure of the adverse effects of air pollution, including the adverse
health effects of air pollution.
  SEC. 2.  Section 40542 is added to the Health and Safety Code, to
read:
   40542.  The south coast district may determine what share, if any,
of the intellectual property, or benefits resulting from
intellectual property, developed from the use of district funds,
including funds discharged as grants, will accrue to the south coast
district. The south coast district may negotiate revenue sharing
agreements with recipients of south coast district funds, including
the collection of royalties. Proceeds obtained by the district from
these revenue sharing agreements shall be used for purposes
authorized by this chapter.