BILL NUMBER: AB 1403	CHAPTERED  09/27/99

	CHAPTER   506
	FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE   SEPTEMBER 27, 1999
	APPROVED BY GOVERNOR   SEPTEMBER 27, 1999
	PASSED THE ASSEMBLY   SEPTEMBER 3, 1999
	PASSED THE SENATE   AUGUST 31, 1999
	AMENDED IN SENATE   AUGUST 17, 1999
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY   APRIL 20, 1999

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Soto

                        FEBRUARY 26, 1999

   An act to add Section 40457 to the Health and Safety Code,
relating to air quality.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 1403, Soto.  South Coast Air Quality Management District.
   (1) Existing law requires notice of the time and place of any
public hearing scheduled by the South Coast Air Quality Management
District Board to adopt, amend, or repeal any rule or regulation
relating to an air quality objective, to be mailed to every person
who filed a written request for notice and to any person that the
south coast district believes to be interested in the proposed rule
or regulation.
   This bill would require the south coast district board to convene
a task force to review, and assist in updating, the district's data
base, on or before July 1, 2000, to ensure that specified small
businesses located within the district are included on the district's
mailing list.  The bill would require the district, on and after
July 1, 2000, to mail notices to each affected small business and
local or regional authority within the district of any public
workshop scheduled by the south coast district to consider the
adoption, amendment, or repeal of any district rule or regulation
that may affect that small business or local or regional authority.
   This bill would require the south coast district board to
establish a small business advisory group to provide guidance to the
district board in implementing the bill.  The bill would provide
that, to the extent that the requirements of the bill duplicate or
overlap with the requirements of other specified laws, the district
may combine or consolidate its activities in order to promote
efficiency and nonduplication of effort.
   By imposing new duties on the south coast district, the bill would
impose a state-mandated local program.
  (2) The California Constitution requires the state to reimburse
local agencies and school districts for certain costs mandated by the
state.  Statutory provisions establish procedures for making that
reimbursement.
   This bill would provide that no reimbursement is required by this
act for a specified reason.


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


  SECTION 1.  Section 40457 is added to the Health and Safety Code,
to read:
   40457.  (a) The south coast district board shall convene a task
force, that shall, on or before July 1, 2000, review, and assist in
updating, the south coast district's data base to ensure that any
small business, as determined by the task force, that is located
within the district and that may be affected by the adoption,
amendment, or repeal of an air quality regulation by the district
board, is included on the south coast district's mailing list.
   (b) On and after July 1, 2000, the district shall mail, to each
small business identified pursuant to subdivision (a) and to each
local or regional authority within the district, notice of the time
and place of any public workshop scheduled by the south coast
district pursuant to Section 40440.7, to consider the adoption,
amendment, or repeal of any district rule or regulation that may
affect that small business or local or regional authority.  The
inadvertent failure to mail notice to any particular business or
local or regional authority, as required by this subdivision, shall
not invalidate any action taken by the district board regarding the
adoption, amendment, or repeal of the district rule or regulation.
   (c) In addition to the office of public adviser and small business
assistance required to be maintained pursuant to Section 40448, the
south coast district board shall establish a small business advisory
group comprised of district board members, industry trade association
representatives, and small business owners.  The advisory group
shall provide guidance to the district board in implementing this
section and shall provide recommendations for public outreach,
business assistance, and rulemaking activities.  The advisory group
shall meet on a regular basis, as determined by the district board.
   (d) To the extent that the requirements of this section duplicate
or overlap with the requirements established pursuant to Section
40448 or 40448.8, the district may combine or consolidate its
activities in order to promote efficiency and nonduplication of
effort.
  SEC. 2.  No reimbursement is required by this act pursuant to
Section 6 of Article XIIIB of the California Constitution because a
local agency or school district has the authority to levy service
charges, fees, or assessments sufficient to pay for the program or
level of service mandated by this act, within the meaning of Section
17556 of the Government Code.