SB 650, as introduced, Lieu. Toxic chemicals: exposure.
The existing Safe Drinking Water and Toxic Enforcement Act of 1986 (Proposition 65) prohibits any person, in the course of doing business, from knowingly and intentionally exposing any individual to a chemical known to the state to cause cancer or reproductive toxicity without giving a specified warning, or from discharging or releasing such a chemical into any source of drinking water, except as specified. The act provides that it does not alter or diminish any legal obligation otherwise required in common law or by statute or regulation, or create or enlarge any defense in any action to enforce a legal obligation.
This bill would make nonsubstantive changes to this provision.
Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: no. State-mandated local program: no.
The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
Section 25249.13 of the Health and Safety Code
2 is amended to read:
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4Penalties. Nothing in this end deletebegin delete shallend deletebegin insert does notend insert alter or
5diminish any legal obligation otherwise required in common law
6or by statute or regulation, andbegin delete nothing in this chapter shallend deletebegin insert it
does
P2 1notend insert create or enlarge any defense in any action to enforcebegin delete suchend deletebegin insert aend insert
2 legal obligation.begin delete Penalties end delete
3begin insert(b)end insertbegin insert end insertbegin insertPenalties end insertand sanctions imposed under this chapter shall be
4in addition to any penalties or sanctions otherwise prescribed by
5law.
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