BILL NUMBER: SB 482	CHAPTERED  09/27/99

	CHAPTER   516
	FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE   SEPTEMBER 27, 1999
	APPROVED BY GOVERNOR   SEPTEMBER 27, 1999
	PASSED THE ASSEMBLY   SEPTEMBER 7, 1999
	PASSED THE SENATE   MAY 24, 1999
	AMENDED IN SENATE   APRIL 8, 1999

INTRODUCED BY   Senator Baca
   (Coauthors:  Senators Costa, Johannessen, Leslie, Murray, Ortiz,
and Solis)
   (Coauthors:  Assembly Members Cardoza, Cox, Dickerson, Granlund,
House, Kuehl, Leach, Longville, Maldonado, Margett, Oller, Romero,
Strom-Martin, and Washington)

                        FEBRUARY 18, 1999

   An act to amend Section 15399.21 of the Government Code, relating
to underground storage tanks.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SB 482, Baca.  Petroleum underground storage tanks:  loans.
   Existing law requires the Trade and Commerce Agency to conduct a
program to make loans to persons to upgrade, replace, or remove
petroleum underground storage tanks to meet applicable local, state,
or federal standards and to take corrective actions.  Existing law
provides that these provisions shall become inoperative on December
22, 1999, and are repealed as of January 1, 2000.
   This bill would extend the operation of these provisions to
January 1, 2002, when they would be repealed.


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


  SECTION 1.  Section 15399.21 of the Government Code is amended to
read:
   15399.21.  This chapter is repealed as of January 1, 2002, unless
a later enacted statute that is enacted on or before January 1, 2002,
deletes or extends that date.