BILL NUMBER: AB 474	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Jones

                        FEBRUARY 15, 2011

   An act to amend Section 39510 of the Health and Safety Code,
relating to air pollution.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 474, as introduced, Jones. State Air Resources Board.
   Existing law establishes in the California Environmental
Protection Agency 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 requires the state board to consist of 11 members
appointed based on certain qualifications.
   This bill would make technical, nonsubstantive changes to those
provisions relating to the membership of the state board.
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: no.
State-mandated local program: no.


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

  SECTION 1.  Section 39510 of the Health and Safety Code is amended
to read:
   39510.  (a) The State Air Resources Board is continued in
existence in the California Environmental Protection Agency. The
state board shall consist of 11 members.
   (b) The members shall be appointed by the Governor, with the
consent of the Senate, on the basis of their demonstrated interest
and proven ability in the field of air pollution control and their
understanding of the needs of the general public in connection with
air pollution problems. Six members shall have the following
qualifications:
   (1) One member shall have training and experience in automotive
engineering  ,  or closely related fields.
   (2) One member shall have training and experience in chemistry,
meteorology, or related scientific fields, including agriculture or
law.
   (3) One member shall be a physician and surgeon  ,  or an
authority on health effects of air pollution.
   (4) Two members shall be public members.
   (5) One member shall have the qualifications specified in
paragraph (1), (2), or (3)  ,  or shall have experience in
the field of air pollution control.
   (c) Five members shall be board members from districts who shall
reflect the qualitative requirements of subdivision (b) to the extent
practicable. Of these five members, one shall be a board member from
the south coast district, one shall be a board member from the bay
district, one shall be a board member from the San Joaquin Valley
Unified Air Pollution Control District  ,  or, if the
unified district is abolished, from the San Joaquin Valley Air
Quality Management District if created pursuant to Section 5 of
Chapter 915 of the Statutes of 1994, one shall be a board member from
the San Diego County Air Pollution Control District, and one shall
be a board member of  any other   another 
district.
   (d)  Any   A  vacancy shall be filled by
the Governor within 30 days of the date on which it occurs. If the
Governor fails to make an appointment for  any  
a  vacancy within the 30-day period, the Senate Committee on
Rules may make the appointment to fill the vacancy in accordance with
this section.
   (e) While serving on the state board, all members shall exercise
their independent judgment as officers of the state on behalf of the
interests of the entire state in furthering the purposes of this
division. No member of the state board shall be precluded from voting
or otherwise acting upon  any  a  matter
solely because that member has voted or acted upon the matter in his
or her capacity as a member of a district board, except that no
member of the state board who is also a member of a district board
shall participate in  any  an  action
regarding his or her district taken by the state board pursuant to
Sections 41503 to 41505, inclusive.
   (f) Notwithstanding subdivision (e) of Section 1 of Chapter 1201
of the Statutes of 1991, this section shall become operative on
January 1, 1994.