BILL NUMBER: SB 1224	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN SENATE  MARCH 25, 2010

INTRODUCED BY   Senator Wright

                        FEBRUARY 18, 2010

   An act to amend Section 41700 of the Health and Safety Code,
relating to air pollution.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SB 1224, as amended, Wright. Air discharges.
   Existing law provides that, except as specified, a person is
prohibited from discharging air contaminants or other materials that
cause injury, detriment, nuisance, or annoyance to the public, or
that endanger the comfort, repose, health, or safety of the public,
or that cause injury or damage to business or property, as provided.
   This bill would  make technical, nonsubstantive changes to
this provision   require a complaint for the purpose of
classifying an odor as a public nuisance to be filed with respect to
the primary residence, business, or place of work of the person
making the complaint. The bill would require a confirmed odor
complaint received from multiple persons residing or working at the
same residence, business, or place of work to be treated as 
 one complaint by the entity with which the complaints are filed
 .
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee:  no
  yes  . State-mandated local program: no.


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

  SECTION 1.  Section 41700 of the Health and Safety Code is amended
to read:
   41700.   (a)    Except as otherwise provided in
Section 41705, a person shall not discharge from any source
whatsoever quantities of air contaminants or other material that
cause injury, detriment, nuisance, or annoyance to any considerable
number of persons or to the public, or that endanger the comfort,
repose, health, or safety of any of those persons or the public, or
that cause, or have a natural tendency to cause, injury or damage to
business or property. 
   (b) A complaint filed pursuant to this section for the purpose of
classifying an odor as a public nuisance shall be filed with respect
to the primary residence, business, or place of work of the person
making the complaint. A confirmed odor complaint from multiple
persons residing or working at the same residence, business, or place
of work shall be treated as one complaint by the entity with which
the complaints are filed.