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ASSEMBLY BILL 1953 (CHAN – 2006)
CHAPTER 853, STATUTES OF 2006, AB 1953
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Health and Safety Code section 116875 was amended, repealed and re-added in 2006 following legislative approval of Assembly Bill 1953, which affected these sections only. (See Exhibit #1g) This bill was introduced on February 2, 2006 by Assembly member Wilma Chan of Oakland at the request of the East Bay Municipal Utility District. (See Exhibits #1a and #10b, page 1)
Assembly Bill 1953 was assigned to the Assembly Committee on Environmental Safety and Toxic Materials and the Senate Committee on Environmental Quality where policy issues raised by the bill were considered. (See Exhibits #3 and #6) The fiscal ramifications of the bill were considered by the Assembly Committee on Appropriations and the Senate Committee on Appropriations. (See Exhibits #4 and #8) Five amendments were made to Assembly Bill 1953. (See Exhibits #1b through #1f and #2) Subsequent to legislative approval, Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger signed the bill on September 30, 2006 and it was recorded by the Secretary of State as Chapter 853 of the Statutes of 2006. (See Exhibits #1g and #2)
The Third Reading analysis of Assembly Bill 1953 as last amended that was prepared by the Office of Senate Floor Analyses described this bill as follows:
DIGEST: This bill changes the meaning of the term “lead free” in the Health and Safety Code from eight percent lead for pipes or pipe fittings, and four percent lead for plumbing fittings and fixtures to a weighted average of not more than 0.25 percent lead content within each component that comes into contact with the wetted surfaces of pipes and pipe fittings, plumbing fittings and fixtures effective July 1, 2010.
(See Exhibit #10b, page 1)