BILL NUMBER: AB 503	CHAPTERED  10/10/99

	CHAPTER   613
	FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE   OCTOBER 10, 1999
	APPROVED BY GOVERNOR   OCTOBER 5, 1999
	PASSED THE ASSEMBLY   SEPTEMBER 9, 1999
	PASSED THE SENATE   SEPTEMBER 7, 1999
	AMENDED IN SENATE   SEPTEMBER 2, 1999
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY   APRIL 20, 1999

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Pescetti
   (Coauthors:  Assembly Members Machado and Thomson)
   (Coauthors:  Senators Johannessen and Johnston)

                        FEBRUARY 18, 1999

   An act to amend Section 8670.35 of the Government Code, relating
to oil spills.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 503, Pescetti.  Oil spill contingency plans:  grants.
   Existing law, for purposes of the Lempert-Keene-Seastrand Oil
Spill Prevention and Response Act, defines "marine waters" to mean
those waters subject to tidal influence, except for waters in the
Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta upstream from a line running north and
south through the point where Contra Costa, Sacramento, and Solano
Counties meet.
   The act authorizes any local government with jurisdiction over, or
directly adjacent to, marine waters to apply for a grant to
complete, update, or revise an oil spill contingency plan element.
   This bill would specify that for purposes of those provisions
authorizing grants for oil spill contingency planning, "marine waters"
includes the waterways used for waterborne commercial vessel traffic
to the Port of Stockton and the Port of Sacramento.


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


  SECTION 1.  Section 8670.35 of the Government Code is amended to
read:
   8670.35.  (a) Prior to January 1, 1992, the administrator, taking
into consideration the state oil spill  contingency plan, shall draft
guidelines, standards, and formats regarding the adequacy of oil
spill contingency plan elements of area plans required pursuant to
Section 25503 of the Health and Safety Code.  In developing the
guidelines, the administrator shall consult with the State
Interagency Oil Spill Committee and the Oil Spill Technical Advisory
Committee.
   (b) (1) Any local government with jurisdiction over or directly
adjacent to marine waters may apply for a grant to complete, update,
or revise an oil spill contingency plan element.
   (2) For purposes of this subdivision, "marine waters" includes the
waterways used for waterborne commercial vessel traffic to the Port
of Stockton and the Port of Sacramento.
   (c) Each contingency plan element established under this section
shall include provisions for training fire and police personnel in
oil spill response and cleanup equipment use and operations.
   (d) Each contingency plan element prepared under this section
shall be consistent with the local government's local coastal program
as certified under Section 30500 of the Public Resources Code, the
state oil spill contingency plan, and the National Contingency Plan.

   (e) The administrator shall review and approve each contingency
plan element established pursuant to this section.  If, upon review,
the administrator determines that the contingency plan element is
inadequate, the administrator shall return it to the agency that
prepared it, specifying the nature and extent of the inadequacies,
and, if practicable, suggesting modifications.  The local government
agency shall submit a new or modified plan within 90 days after the
plan was returned, responding to the findings and incorporating any
suggested modifications.
   (f) The administrator shall review the preparedness of local
governments to determine whether a program of grants for completing
oil spill contingency plan elements is desirable and should be
continued.  If the administrator determines that local government
preparedness should be improved, the administrator shall request the
Legislature to appropriate funds from the Oil Spill Prevention and
Administration Fund for the purposes of this section.