Bonnie Lowenthal
- Democratic
Author
(1) The Marine Invasive Species Act generally applies to all vessels carrying or capable of carrying ballast water into the coastal waters of the state after operating outside of the coastal waters of the state and to all ballast water and associated sediments taken on a vessel. The act requires the master, owner, operator, agent, or person in charge of a vessel that visits a California port or place of call to maintain specified information and records related to the vessel and ballast water management, and to make available or provide the information to the State Lands Commission. A person who, knowingly and with intent to deceive, falsifies a ballast water control report form required by the act is guilty of a misdemeanor. This bill would require the master, owner, operator, agent, or person in charge of a vessel carrying or capable of carrying ballast water that has a ballast water treatment system installed on board the vessel that is used to comply with the act to maintain on board the vessel, in written or electronic form, specified records that include material data safety sheets for certain chemicals, specified technical guides, publications, and manuals, and specified ballast water treatment system performance information. The bill also would require the master, owner, operator, agent, or person in charge of one of those vessels that has discharged ballast in waters of the state to provide to the commission the manufacturer and product name of the ballast water treatment system on board the vessel, the name of the organization that has approved the system, if applicable, the approval or certification number of the system technology, if applicable, the number of tanks and the volume of each tank that is managed using the system and that was discharged in waters of the state, and any additional information required by the commission by rule or regulation. The bill would require the master, owner, operator, agent, or person in charge of the vessel to provide that information on a form developed by the commission. Because a knowing and intentionally deceitful falsification of a report form required by the bill would be a crime, the bill would impose a state-mandated local program. The bill also would require the master, owner, operator, agent, or person in charge of a vessel subject to the act to maintain records of any additional information required by the commission by rule or regulation. (2) The California Constitution requires the state to reimburse local agencies and school districts for certain costs mandated by the state. Statutory provisions establish procedures for making that reimbursement. This bill would provide that no reimbursement is required by this act for a specified reason.
Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 317, Statutes of 2009.
Approved by the Governor.
Enrolled and to the Governor at 2 p.m.
Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 2798.)
Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 36. Noes 2. Page 1965.)
In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 30 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
Read second time, amended, and to third reading.
From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (July 6).
Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on APPR.
From committee: Amend, do pass as amended, and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 6. Noes 1.) (June 22).
In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on EQ.
In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment.
Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 70. Noes 0. Page 939.)
Read second time. To Consent Calendar.
From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (April 1).
From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. Re-referred. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (March 24).
From printer. May be heard in committee March 13.
Read first time. To print.
| Bill Text Versions | Format |
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| AB248 | HTML |
| 02/10/09 - Introduced | |
| 05/13/09 - Amended Senate | |
| 06/24/09 - Amended Senate | |
| 07/08/09 - Amended Senate | |
| 09/02/09 - Enrolled | |
| 10/11/09 - Chaptered |
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