BILL NUMBER: AB 1601	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Huffman

                        FEBRUARY 6, 2012

   An act to amend Section 8670.41 of the Government Code, relating
to oil spill prevention.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 1601, as introduced, Huffman. Oil spill prevention: nontank
vessel: certification of financial responsibility.
   Existing law requires the administrator for oil spill response to
charge a nontank vessel owner or operator a reasonable fee, to be
collected with each application to obtain a certificate of financial
responsibility. Existing law authorizes the use of revenue derived
from the fee for specified purposes relating to oil spills.
   This bill would limit the fee to an amount not to exceed $3,250
per nontank vessel. The bill would require the revenue derived from
the fees to be spent for those specified purposes related to oil
spills.
   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 8670.41 of the Government Code is amended to
read:
   8670.41.  (a) The administrator shall charge a nontank vessel
owner or operator a reasonable fee, to be collected with each
application to obtain a certificate of financial responsibility, in
an amount  that is based upon   not to exceed
three thousand two hundred fifty dollars ($3,250) per nontank vessel
for  the administrator's costs in implementing this chapter
relating to nontank vessels.  Before January 1, 2005, the fee
shall be two thousand five hundred dollars ($2,500), or less per
vessel. 
   (b)  The   Notwithstanding subdivision (a),
the  administrator may charge a reduced fee under this section
for nontank vessels determined by the administrator to pose a reduced
risk of pollution, including, but not limited to, vessels used for
research or training and vessels that are moored permanently or
rarely move.
   (c) The administrator shall deposit all revenue derived from the
fees imposed under this section in the Oil Spill Prevention and
Administration Fund established in the State Treasury under Section
8670.38.
   (d) Revenue derived from the fees imposed under this section
 may   shall  be spent for the purposes
listed in subdivision (e) of Section 8670.40, and  may
  shall  not be used for responding to an oil
spill.