BILL NUMBER: AB 324	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Bloom

                        FEBRUARY 13, 2013

   An act to amend Section 25258.2 of the Health and Safety Code,
relating to hazardous waste.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 324, as introduced, Bloom. Glass beads: lead and arsenic.
   Existing law, part of the hazardous waste control law, requires
the Department of Toxic Substances Control to adopt regulations to
establish a process by which chemicals or chemical ingredients in
products may be identified and prioritized for consideration as being
a chemical of concern and to adopt regulations to establish a
process by which chemicals of concern may be evaluated. That law
prohibits, until January 1, 2015, a person from manufacturing,
selling, offering for sale, or offering for promotional purposes in
this state, glass beads that contain more than a specified amount of
arsenic or lead if those glass beads will be used with certain types
of blasting equipment and requires, until January 1, 2015, each
container or bag of glass beads sold for surface preparation to be
labeled in a specific manner. Existing law also prohibits, until
January 1, 2015, these glass beads from being considered as a product
category subject to the chemicals of concern regulations. A
violation of the hazardous control law is guilty of a misdemeanor.
   This bill would require these glass bead prohibitions and
requirements to be effective until January 1, 2020. By extending the
effective date of these provisions, and thereby increasing the duty
of local officials, this bill would impose a state-mandated local
program.
   The California Constitution requires the state to reimburse local
agencies and school districts for certain costs mandated by the
state. Statutory provisions establish procedures for making that
reimbursement.
   This bill would provide that no reimbursement is required by this
act for a specified reason.
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: yes.
State-mandated local program: yes.


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

  SECTION 1.  Section 25258.2 of the Health and Safety Code is
amended to read:
   25258.2.  This article shall remain in effect only until January
1,  2015   2020  , and as of that date is
repealed, unless a later enacted statute, that is enacted before
January 1,  2015   2020  , deletes or
extends that date.
  SEC. 2.  No reimbursement is required by this act pursuant to
Section 6 of Article XIII B of the California Constitution because
the only costs that may be incurred by a local agency or school
district will be incurred because this act creates a new crime or
infraction, eliminates a crime or infraction, or changes the penalty
for a crime or infraction, within the meaning of Section 17556 of the
Government Code, or changes the definition of a crime within the
meaning of Section 6 of Article XIII B of the California
Constitution.