BILL NUMBER: SB 820	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Senator Hertzberg

                        JANUARY 5, 2016

   An act to repeal Article 8 (commencing with Section 25395.109) of
Chapter 6.82 of, and to repeal Article 1 (commencing with Section
25395.110) of Chapter 6.83 of, Division 20, of the Health and Safety
Code, relating to hazardous materials.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SB 820, as introduced, Hertzberg. Hazardous materials: California
Land Reuse and Revitalization Act of 2004.
   The California Land Reuse and Revitalization Act of 2004 provides,
among other things, that an innocent landowner, bona fide purchaser,
or contiguous property owner, as defined, qualifies for immunity
from liability from certain state statutory and common laws for
pollution conditions caused by a release or threatened release of a
hazardous material if specified conditions are met, including
entering into an agreement for a specified site assessment and
response plan. The act prohibits the Department of Toxic Substances
Control, the State Water Resources Control Board, or a California
regional water quality control board from requiring one of those
persons to take a response action under certain state laws, except as
specified. Existing law repeals the act on January 1, 2017.
   This bill would extend the operation of the act indefinitely, and
would make a conforming change.
   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.  Article 8 (commencing with Section 25395.109) of
Chapter 6.82 of Division 20 of the Health and Safety Code is
repealed.
  SEC. 2.  Article 1 (commencing with Section 25395.110) of Chapter
6.83 of Division 20 of the Health and Safety Code is repealed.