BILL NUMBER: AB 700	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN SENATE  JUNE 25, 2007
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  APRIL 25, 2007
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  APRIL 10, 2007

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Lieu
    (   Coauthor:   Assembly Member  
Brownley   ) 

                        FEBRUARY 22, 2007

   An act to add Section 39607.7 to the Health and Safety Code,
relating to air pollution.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 700, as amended, Lieu. Air pollution: Santa Monica Airport.
   Existing law imposes various limitations on emissions of air
contaminants for the control of air pollution from vehicular and
nonvehicular sources. The State Air Resources Board is designated as
the state agency with the primary responsibility for the control of
vehicular air pollution, and air pollution control districts and air
quality management districts are designated with the primary
responsibility for the control of air pollution from all sources
other than vehicular sources.
   This bill would require the state board to  complete
  undertake  a study of air pollution caused by
jets  and turbo-prop   , turboprop 
airplanes  ,   and all general aviation aircraft 
taking off and landing at the Santa Monica Airport.  The bill
would require the state board to submit a report to the Legislature
with regard to its findings no later than July 1, 2009. 
   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.    By enacting this act, it is the intent
of the Legislature to study the emissions from aircraft using the
Santa Monica Airport, and the effects of those emissions on the
residents of the surrounding area. 
   SEC. 2.    Section 39607.7 is added to the  
Health and Safety Code   , to read:  
   39607.7.  (a) The state board shall undertake a study of air
pollution caused by jets, turboprop airplanes, and all general
aviation aircraft taking off and landing at the Santa Monica Airport,
and shall submit to the Legislature a report with regard to its
findings no later than July 1, 2009.
   (b) The state board shall determine the best scientific approach
and methodology and use all relevant existing scientific data to
conduct the study and reach its conclusions.
   (c) The report required by this section shall not be admissible as
evidence in any judicial or administrative proceeding against the
City of Santa Monica.
   (d) No public entity, as defined by Section 811.2 of the
Government Code, shall be liable for injury based upon the findings
of the report.
   (e) The City of Santa Monica shall not be required to provide
funding for the purposes of this study.  
  SECTION 1.    It is the intent of the Legislature
to address through this act the increase in air pollution from the
Santa Monica Airport, and the effects of that pollution on the
residents of the surrounding area.  
  SEC. 2.    Section 39607.7 is added to the Health
and Safety Code, to read:
   39607.7.  (a) The state board shall complete a study of air
pollution caused by jets and turbo-prop airplanes taking off and
landing at the Santa Monica Airport and report its findings to the
Legislature no later than July 1, 2009.
   (b) The state board shall collect data on the taxiing and idling
times of planes at the airport and other relevant data for at least
one calendar year, and utilize this data and modeling to reach its
conclusions.