BILL NUMBER: SB 1384	CHAPTERED  07/10/00

	CHAPTER   120
	FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE   JULY 10, 2000
	APPROVED BY GOVERNOR   JULY 7, 2000
	PASSED THE ASSEMBLY   JUNE 29, 2000
	PASSED THE SENATE   MARCH 27, 2000

INTRODUCED BY   Committee on Business and Professions (Senators
Figueroa (Chair), Johannessen, Kelley, Murray, O'Connell, Polanco,
and Speier)

                        JANUARY 24, 2000

   An act to amend Section 21800 of the Business and Professions
Code, relating to labeling.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SB 1384, Committee on Business and Professions.  Labeling.
   Existing law requires every person who manufactures an optical
disc for commercial purposes to permanently mark each manufactured
optical disc with an identification mark that identifies the name of
the manufacturer and the state in which the optical disc was
manufactured.
   This bill would alternatively authorize the marking of an optical
disc by use of a unique identifying code that enables law enforcement
personnel to determine the name of the manufacturer and the state in
which it was manufactured.


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


  SECTION 1.  Section 21800 of the Business and Professions Code is
amended to read:
   21800.  Every person who manufactures an optical disc for
commercial purposes shall permanently mark each manufactured optical
disc with an identification mark that identifies the name of the
manufacturer and the state in which the optical disc was manufactured
or, alternatively, a unique identifying code that will allow law
enforcement personnel to determine the name of the manufacturer and
the state in which the optical disc was manufactured.