BILL NUMBER: AB 2244	CHAPTERED  09/05/00

	CHAPTER   294
	FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE   SEPTEMBER 5, 2000
	APPROVED BY GOVERNOR   SEPTEMBER 1, 2000
	PASSED THE ASSEMBLY   AUGUST 22, 2000
	PASSED THE SENATE   AUGUST 18, 2000
	AMENDED IN SENATE   JUNE 26, 2000
	AMENDED IN SENATE   JUNE 8, 2000
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY   APRIL 24, 2000
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY   APRIL 5, 2000

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Lowenthal

                        FEBRUARY 24, 2000

   An act to amend Section 25534.06 of the Health and Safety Code,
relating to hazardous materials.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 2244, Lowenthal.   Regulated substances:  local agencies.
   Existing law requires a city or county that adopts, amends, or
repeals an ordinance related to the regulation of regulated
substances, as specified, to do so at a public meeting for which
notice has been given and to state the reasons for the adoption,
amendment, or repeal of the ordinance.  Existing law permits a city
or county, in addition to giving that notice of a public meeting, to
submit a notice to the California Environmental Protection Agency and
the agency is required to post that notice on the Internet.
Existing law prohibits the agency from implementing the posting of
that information until after July 1, 2001, unless otherwise
authorized to do so on an earlier date, pursuant to a specified
executive order.
   This bill would additionally authorize a city or county required
to provide that notice to also submit the full text of the ordinance
and a summary of any violations of the ordinance to the agency, which
would be required to post the text thereof, or a link to the text
thereof, on the Internet website of the agency.


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


  SECTION 1.  Section 25534.06 of the Health and Safety Code is
amended to read:
   25534.06.  (a) A city or county that adopts, amends, or repeals an
ordinance related to the regulation of regulated substances pursuant
to this article shall do so at a public meeting for which notice has
been given in a newspaper of general circulation that is published
and circulated in the affected city or county, and the city or county
shall state in the ordinance the reasons for adopting, amending, or
repealing the ordinance.
   (b) A city or county required to provide notice pursuant to
subdivision (a) may, in addition to publishing the notice in a
newspaper of general circulation, submit the notice to the California
Environmental Protection Agency, which shall post that notice on the
Internet at a location established for notices that may be posted
pursuant to this subdivision.
   (c) A city or county required to provide notice pursuant to
subdivision (a) may also submit the full text of the ordinance and a
summary of any violations of the ordinance to the California
Environmental Protection Agency, which shall post the full text of
the ordinance and the summary of any violations of the ordinance, or
a link to the full text of the ordinance and the summary of any
violations of the ordinance, on the agency's Internet website.
   (d) The California Environmental Protection Agency shall not
implement subdivision (b) or (c) until July 1, 2001, unless otherwise
authorized to do so on an earlier date, in accordance with a process
for considering exemptions established by the Year 2000 Executive
Committee, pursuant to Executive Order D-3-99.