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SENATE BILL 1185 (BERGESON – 1993)

CHAPTER 419, STATUTES OF 1993, SB 1185

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As enacted Senate Bill 1185 amended Government Code sections 25373 and 37361, enacted Government Code sections 65943.5 and 65956.5, and enacted Division 34 (commencing with section 71000) to the Public Resources Code  relating to environmental quality.  (See Exhibit #1i) Senate Bill 1185 was introduced by Assembly member Bergeson on March 5, 1993.  (See Exhibit #1a) 

Senate Bill 1185 was assigned to the Senate Committee on Governmental Organization and the Assembly Committee on Environmental Safety and Toxic Materials where policy issues raised by the bill were considered.  (See Exhibits #3 and #8)  The fiscal ramifications of the bill were considered by the Senate Committee on Appropriations and the Assembly Committee on Ways and Means.  (See Exhibits #5 and #9)  Seven amendments were made to Senate Bill 1185 during the legislative process.  (See Exhibits #1b through #1h and #2)  Subsequent to legislative approval, Governor Pete Wilson signed Senate Bill 1185 on September 20, 1993, and it was recorded by the Secretary of State on September 21, 1993 as Chapter 419 of the Statutes of 1993.  (See Exhibits #1i and #2)

The Unfinished Business analysis provides the following digest of Senate Bill 1185 as it was last amended on September 10, 1993:
 

DIGEST:  This bill enacts the Environmental Protection Permit Reform Act of 1993 for the purpose of instituting procedures to assist businesses and public agencies in complying with environmental protection laws in an expedited fashion without sacrificing public health.

This bill would require the Secretary of Cal-EPA to adopt regulations establishing an optional “consolidated permit agency process” whereby one permit agency would be designated to issue a single facility permit covering the requirements of all the other applicable permit agencies.  The bill would also require that the regulations establish expedited time limits for the review, approval, or denial of a permit and provide for a public hearing process.
(See Exhibit #12, page 1)