BILL NUMBER: SB 1433	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN SENATE  MAY 5, 2010

INTRODUCED BY   Senator Leno

                        FEBRUARY 19, 2010

   An act to add Section 42411 to the Health and Safety Code,
relating to air pollution.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SB 1433, as amended, Leno. Air pollution penalties: inflation
adjustments.
    Existing law establishes the State Air Resources Board, which is
responsible for control of emissions from motor vehicles and is
designated the air pollution control agency for all purposes set
forth in federal law. Existing law vests air pollution control
districts and air quality management districts with the primary
responsibility for control of air pollution from all sources other
than vehicular sources. Existing law establishes maximum criminal and
civil penalties for any person that violates specified nonvehicular
air pollution laws.
   This bill would require the state board, on March 1, 2011, and
annually thereafter, to adjust these maximum civil and criminal
penalties for inflation, and to publish the inflation-adjusted
maximum penalties on its Internet Web site.
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: yes.
State-mandated local program: no.


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

  SECTION 1.  Section 42411 is added to the Health and Safety Code,
to read:
   42411.  (a) On March 1, 2011, and annually thereafter, the state
board shall adjust the maximum penalties specified in Sections 42400,
42400.1, 42400.2, 42400.3, 42400.3.5, 42400.4, 42401, 42402,
42402.1, 42402.2, 42402.3, and 42402.4 for inflation based on the
 California  Consumer Price Index released in January of
that year by the  United States Bureau of Labor Statistics
  Department of Industrial Relations  . The base
year for the first inflation adjustment shall be 2010.
   (b) The state board shall publish the inflation-adjusted maximum
penalties on its Internet Web site on March 1, 2011, and annually
thereafter.