BILL NUMBER: AB 2005	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  MAY 1, 2012
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  APRIL 10, 2012
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  MARCH 29, 2012

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Garrick

                        FEBRUARY 23, 2012

   An act to add  and repeal  Section 8670.5.1  to
  of  the Government Code, relating to oil spills
 , and declaring the urgency thereof, to take effect immediately
 .



	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 2005, as amended, Garrick. Oil spills: nontank vessels:
contingency plans and financial responsibility.
   The Lempert-Keene-Seastrand Oil Spill Prevention and Response Act
generally requires the administrator for oil spill response, acting
at the direction of the Governor, to implement activities relating to
oil spill response. The act requires a nontank vessel to submit to
the administrator specified documents and evidence of financial
responsibility.
   This bill would specifically require  an operator of
  , until January 1, 2015,  a nontank vessel 
within a specific range of gross tonnage  that is not used for
commercial purposes to submit to the administrator,  at least 96
hours prior to the vessel's arrival in the waters of the state, 
evidence of financial responsibility, payment of the applicable fee,
and vessel particulars before the arrival of the vessel in the
waters of the state  ,  and to submit other required
documents within 14 days after the arrival of the vessel. 
   This bill would declare that it is to take effect immediately as
an urgency statute. 
   Vote:  majority   2/3  . Appropriation:
no. Fiscal committee: yes. State-mandated local program: no.


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

  SECTION 1.  Section 8670.5.1 is added to the Government Code, to
read:
   8670.5.1.  (a) Notwithstanding other provisions of this chapter
 or other law  ,  a nontank vessel that is not
used for commercial purposes and that weighs 300 gross tons or
greater, but   less than 400 gross tons, shall, at least 96
hours  prior to  the  arrival in the waters of
the state  of a nontank vessel that is not used for
commercial purposes, the operator of the vessel shall  
,  submit to the administrator all of the following:
   (1) Evidence of financial responsibility required pursuant to
Section 8670.37.58.
   (2) Payment of the nontank vessel fee pursuant to Section 8670.41.

   (3) The vessel's particulars, such as the size and dimensions of
the vessel.
   (b) The operator of the nontank vessel that is not used for
commercial purposes shall submit other documents required by this
chapter within 14 days after the arrival of the vessel. 
   (c) This section shall remain in effect only until January 1,
2015, and as of that date is repealed, unless a later enacted
statute, that is enacted before January 1, 2015, deletes or extends
that date. 
   SEC. 2.    This act is an urgency statute necessary
for the immediate preservation of the public peace, health, or safety
within the meaning of Article IV of the Constitution and shall go
into immediate effect. The facts constituting the necessity are:
 
   To ensure the orderly arrival of nontank vessels attending the
America's Cup event in the San Francisco Bay, it is necessary for
this measure to take effect immediately.