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SENATE BILL 987 (SHER – 1997)

CHAPTER 568, STATUTES OF 1997, SB 987

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Senate Bill 987, as enacted was a single-section bill that amended only Health and Safety Code section 41712, relating to air pollution.  (See Exhibit #1c)  Senator Byron D. Sher introduced this bill on February 27, 1997.  (See Exhibit #1a)

Senate Bill 987 was assigned to the Senate Committee on Environmental Quality and the Assembly Committee on Natural Resources where policy issues raised by the bill were considered.  (See Exhibits #3 and #7)  The fiscal ramifications of the bill were considered by the Senate Committee on Appropriations and the Assembly Committee on Appropriations.  (See Exhibits #2 and #9)  One amendment was made to Senate Bill 987.  (See Exhibits #1b and #2)  Subsequent to legislative approval, Governor Pete Wilson signed Senate Bill 987 on September 28, 1997 and it was recorded by the Secretary of State on September 29th as Chapter 568 of the Statutes of 1997.  (See Exhibit #1c)

The Unfinished Business analysis of Senate Bill 987 as last amended on September 5, 1997 provides the following summary of the bill:

This bill prohibits the Air Resources Board from adopting regulations resulting in the ban of aerosol paints.

Assembly Amendments:

1.    Specify that acetone is to be included in calculations of the baseline year used in determining the mandated reduction of emissions of volatile organic compounds from aerosol paints.

2.    Incorporates the text of SB 230 (Alpert), pertaining to the regulation of disinfectants by the ARB, into Section 1 of this bill; and double-joins that section with SB 230.
(See Exhibit #13, page 2)