BILL NUMBER: SB 1192	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Senator Evans

                        FEBRUARY 22, 2012

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


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SB 1192, as introduced, Evans. Oil spills: nontank vessels: fee.
   The Lempert-Keene-Seastrand Oil Spill Prevention and Response Act
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, in
an amount that is based upon the administrator's costs in
implementing the act relating to nontank vessels. The act required
that the fee be $2,500 or less per vessel before January 1, 2005.
   This bill would delete those obsolete provisions requiring that
the fee be $2,500 or less per vessel before January 1, 2005.
   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 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 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 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
be spent for the purposes listed in subdivision (e) of Section
8670.40, and may not be used for responding to an oil spill.