BILL NUMBER:  SB 1157
  VETOED	DATE: 09/25/2010




To the Members of the California State Senate:

I am returning Senate Bill 1157 without my signature.

This bill requires all school sites in California to adopt an
integrated pest management (IPM) program and requires the Department
of Pesticide Regulation (DPR) to reimburse all local agencies and
school districts for the costs of this program.

While currently voluntary in state law, I support the policy of
implementing integrated pest management programs at schools to the
greatest extent possible.  Unfortunately, I cannot support paying for
this school program out of an alternative fund at DPR.  To do so
would start a dangerous precedent for finding unrelated revenue
sources to fund, expand, or create K-12 programs outside of the
Proposition 98 guarantee.

For these reasons, I am unable to sign this bill.

Sincerely,



Arnold Schwarzenegger