BILL NUMBER: AB 1601	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  APRIL 19, 2012

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 amended, 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  , but would allow the administrator to
annually adjust the maximum fee based on the percentage increase in
the California Consumer Price Index  . 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 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.  The
administrator may annually adjust the maximum fee based on the
percentage increase in the California Consumer Price Index as
determined pursuant to Section 2212 of the Revenue and Taxation Code.

   (b) 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 shall
be spent for the purposes listed in subdivision (e) of Section
8670.40, and shall not be used for responding to an oil spill.