BILL NUMBER: SB 904	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Senator Yee

                        FEBRUARY 18, 2011

   An act to amend Section 57000 of the Health and Safety Code,
relating to the environment.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SB 904, as introduced, Yee. Environment: agency.
   The California Environmental Protection Agency, created pursuant
to the Governor's Reorganization Plan No. 1 of 1991, consists of the
State Air Resources Board, the Office of Environmental Health Hazard
Assessment, the State Water Resources Control Board, and each
California regional water quality control board, and the following
departments: Pesticide Regulation, Toxic Substances Control, and
Resources Recycling and Recovery.
    This bill would make a statutory change consistent with the plan.

   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 57000 of the Health and Safety Code is amended
to read:
   57000.   (a)    For purposes of this division,
the following terms have the following meaning: 
   (a) 
    (1)  "Agency" means the California Environmental
Protection Agency. 
   (b) 
    (2)  "Council" means the California Environmental Policy
Council established by Section 71017 of the Public Resources Code.

   (c) 
    (3)  "Secretary" means the Secretary for Environmental
Protection. 
   (b) The California Environmental Protection Agency consists of the
State Air Resources Board, the Office of Environmental Health Hazard
Assessment, the State Water Resources Control Board, and each
California regional water quality control board, and the following
departments: Pesticide Regulation, Toxic Substances Control, and
Resources Recycling and Recovery.