BILL ANALYSIS Ó AB 2912 Page 1 Date of Hearing: May 4, 2016 ASSEMBLY COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS Lorena Gonzalez, Chair AB 2912 (Committee on Natural Resources) - As Introduced March 15, 2016 ----------------------------------------------------------------- |Policy |Natural Resources |Vote:|9 - 0 | |Committee: | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |-------------+-------------------------------+-----+-------------| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | ----------------------------------------------------------------- Urgency: No State Mandated Local Program: NoReimbursable: No SUMMARY: This committee bill provides conforming and other nonsubstantive technical changes relating to oil spills. FISCAL EFFECT: AB 2912 Page 2 No additional state costs. COMMENTS: Purpose. SB 861 (Committee on Budget and Fiscal Review), Chapter 35, Statutes of 2014, expanded the oil spill preparedness and response program to cover all state surface waters at risk of oil spills from any source, including vessels, pipelines, production facilities, and rail. This expansion provided critical administrative funding for preparedness, spill response, and continued coordination with local, state, and federal government, along with industry and non-governmental organizations. SB 861 authorized the extension of the successful marine oil spill preparedness and response program to apply to facilities handling or transporting oil where a spill could impact inland surface waters; thus making the program statewide. This bill makes corrections to create consistency in the code for this expansion. This bill also moves the definition of "response efforts" to the definition section of the Act. Analysis Prepared by:Jennifer Galehouse / APPR. / (916) 319-2081 AB 2912 Page 3