BILL NUMBER:  AB 2748
  VETOED	DATE: 09/26/2016




To the Members of the California State Assembly:

I am returning Assembly Bill 2748 without my signature.

This bill would prohibit the use of release clauses and limit the
scope of waivers in settlements pertaining to the Exide Technologies
facility and Southern California Gas Company's Aliso Canyon gas
storage facility.

This bill could eliminate the incentive for defendants to settle
legal disputes stemming from these two unrelated incidents, something
that clearly is not in the public interest.  Nothing has been shown
to indicate that current law is insufficient to hold polluters
accountable. I would point to the many direct enforcement actions and
lawsuits that have been filed on behalf of the state and
affected¦communities.

Sincerely,



Edmund G. Brown Jr.