AB 2678, as amended, Ridley-Thomas. Oil spills: Oil Spill Technical Advisory Committee.
Existing law, the Lempert-Keene-Seastrand Oil Spill Prevention and Response Act, governs oil spill prevention and response within the state. Existing law also establishes the Oil Spill Technical Advisory Committee to provide public input and independent judgment of the actions of the administrator for oil spill response. The committee is composed ofbegin delete 10end deletebegin insert 14end insert members and the Governor is required to appoint as one of these members a person who has worked in state government.
This bill would instead require the Governor to appoint a member who is a faculty member of the Karen C. Drayer Wildlife Health Center at the University of California at Davis or the
Director of the Oiled Wildlife Care Network. The bill would also increase the number of members of the committee tobegin delete 12end deletebegin insert 16end insert, by requiring the Governor to appoint 2 additional members, one of whom would represent an environmental group with an interest in protecting inland natural resources from oil spills and one of whom would represent an environmental justice group concerned about the risk of oil spills from railroad tank cars in disadvantaged communities.
Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: yes. State-mandated local program: no.
The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
begin insertSection 8670.54 of the end insertbegin insertGovernment Codeend insertbegin insert, as
2amended by Chapter 35 of the Statutes of 2014, is amended to
3read:end insert
(a) The Oil Spill Technical Advisory Committee,
5hereafter in this article, the committee, is hereby established to
6provide public input and independent judgment of the actions of
7the administrator. The committee shall consist ofbegin delete 14end deletebegin insert 16end insert members,
8of whombegin delete eightend deletebegin insert tenend insert shall be appointed by the Governor, three by
9the Speaker of thebegin delete Assembly,end deletebegin insert
Assemblyend insert and three by the Senate
10begin delete Rulesend delete Committeebegin insert on Rulesend insert. The appointments shall be made in
11the following manner:
12(1) The Speaker of the Assembly and Senate Committee on
13Rules shall each appoint a member who shall be a representative
14of the public.
15(2) The Governor shall appoint a member who has a
16demonstrable knowledge of marine transportation.
17(3) The Speaker of the Assembly and the Senate Committee on
18Rules shall each appoint two members who have demonstrable
19knowledge of environmental protection and the study of
20ecosystems.
21(4) The
Governor shall appoint a member who has served as a
22local government elected official or who has worked for a local
23government.
24(5) The Governor shall appoint a member who has experience
25in oil spill response and prevention programs.
26(6) The Governor shall appoint a member who has been
27employed in the petroleum industry.
28(7) The Governor shall appoint a member whobegin delete has worked in begin insert is a faculty member of the Karen C. Drayer
29state government.end delete
30Wildlife Health Center at University of California at Davis or the
31Director of the Oiled Wildlife Care Network. end insert
32(8) The Governor shall appoint a member who has demonstrable
33knowledge of the dry cargo vessel industry.
P3 1(9) The Governor shall appoint a member who has demonstrable
2knowledge of the railroad industry.
3(10) The Governor shall appoint a member who has
5(11) The Governor shall appoint a member who represents an
8(12) The Governor shall appoint a member who represents an
4demonstrable knowledge of the oil production industry.begin insert
6environmental group with an interest in protecting inland natural
7resources from oil spills.
9environmental justice group concerned about the risk of oil spills
10from railroad tank cars traveling through disadvantaged
11communities.
12(b) The committee shall meet as often as required, but at least
13twice per year. Members shall be paid one hundred dollars ($100)
14per day for each meeting and all necessary travel expenses at state
15per diem rates.
16(c) The administrator and any personnel the administrator
17determines to be appropriate shall serve as staff to the committee.
18(d) A chair and vice chair shall be elected by a majority vote of
19the committee.
Section 8670.54 of the Government Code is
21amended to read:
(a) The Oil Spill Technical Advisory Committee,
23hereafter in this article the committee, is hereby established to
24provide public input and independent judgment of the actions of
25the administrator. The committee shall consist of 12 members, of
26whom eight shall be appointed by the Governor, two by the Speaker
27of the Assembly, and two by the Senate Rules Committee. The
28appointments shall be made in the
following manner:
29(1) The Speaker of the Assembly, and Senate Rules Committee
30shall each appoint members who shall be representatives of the
31public.
32(2) The Governor shall appoint a member who has a
33demonstrable knowledge of marine transportation.
34(3) The Speaker of the Assembly and the Senate Rules
35Committee shall each appoint a member who has demonstrable
36knowledge of environmental protection and the study of
37ecosystems.
38(4) The Governor shall appoint a member who has served as a
39local government elected official or who has worked for a local
40government.
P4 1(5) The Governor shall appoint a
member who has experience
2in oil spill response and prevention programs.
3(6) The Governor shall appoint a member who has been
4employed in the petroleum industry.
5(7) The Governor shall appoint a member who
is a faculty
6member of the Karen C. Drayer Wildlife Health Center at
7University of California at Davis or the Director of the Oiled
8Wildlife Care Network.
9(8) The Governor shall appoint a member who has demonstrable
10knowledge of the dry cargo vessel industry.
11(9) The Governor shall appoint a member who represents an
12environmental group with an interest in protecting inland natural
13resources from oil spills.
14(10) The Governor shall appoint a member who represents an
15environmental justice group concerned about the risk of oil spills
16from railroad tank cars traveling through disadvantaged
17communities.
18(b) The committee shall meet as often as required, but at least
19twice per year. Members shall be paid one hundred dollars ($100)
20per day for each meeting and all necessary travel expenses at state
21per diem rates.
22(c) The administrator and any personnel the administrator
23determines to be appropriate shall serve as staff to the committee.
24(d) A chairman and vice chairman shall be elected by a majority
25vote of the committee.
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