BILL NUMBER: AB 1459	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN SENATE  JUNE 18, 2012

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Huber

                        JANUARY 9, 2012

   An act to  amend Section 39904   repeal
Chapter 6 (commencing with Section 39900)of Part 2 of Division 26
 of  ,  the Health and Safety Code, relating to state
government.



	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 1459, as amended, Huber.  Scientific Advisory Committee
on Acid Deposition.   The Atmospheric Acidity
Protection Act of 1988   . 
   Existing law  , the Atmospheric Acidity Protection Act of
1988,  establishes the Scientific Advisory Committee on Acid
Deposition to assist the State Air Resources Board in the development
and implementation of the Atmospheric Acidity Protection Program.
   This bill would  abolish the Scientific Advisory Committee
on Acid Deposition.   that act. 
   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.    Chapter 6 (commencing with Section
39900) of Part 2 of Division 26 of the   Health and Safety
Code   is repealed.  
  SECTION 1.    Section 39904 of the Health and
Safety Code is amended to read:
   39904.  (a) The state board shall adopt and implement an
Atmospheric Acidity Protection Program (AAPP), to determine the
nature and extent of potential damage to public health and the state'
s ecosystem which may be expected to result from atmospheric acidity,
and to develop measures which may be needed for the protection of
public health and sensitive ecosystems within the state.
   (b) The program shall commence upon the final compilation of
information obtained pursuant to the former Kapiloff Acid Deposition
Act, shall incorporate the research results and assessments
undertaken pursuant to that act, and shall endeavor to acquire the
latest available information on the chemical and biological processes
in sensitive ecosystems which preceded the acidification of lakes
and streams in other parts of the world.