Amended  IN  Assembly  May 26, 2017
Amended  IN  Assembly  March 28, 2017

CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE— 2017–2018 REGULAR SESSION

Assembly Bill No. 1207

Introduced by Assembly Member Brough

February 17, 2017

An act to add and repeal Section 114821 of the Health and Safety Code, relating to hazardous material.


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AB 1207, as amended, Brough. Radioactive material: transportation.
Existing law requires the State Department of Public Health to adopt reasonable regulations that, in its judgment, promote the safe transportation of radioactive materials. Existing law requires the Department of the California Highway Patrol to adopt regulations specifying the time at which shipments may occur and the routes that are to be used in the transportation of cargoes of hazardous radioactive materials.
This bill would require the State Energy Resources Conservation and Development Commission California Nuclear Transport Working Group to conduct a study by January 1, 2019, to assess the efficacy of those regulations in minimizing the risks to public health and safety resulting from the transportation of hazardous radioactive materials.
Vote: MAJORITY   Appropriation: NO   Fiscal Committee: YES   Local Program: NO  

The people of the State of California do enact as follows:


SECTION 1.

 Section 114821 is added to the Health and Safety Code, to read:

114821.
 (a) The State Energy Resources Conservation and Development Commission California Nuclear Transport Working Group shall conduct a study by January 1, 2019, to assess the efficacy of the regulations adopted pursuant to Section 114820 in minimizing the risks to public health and safety resulting from the transportation of hazardous radioactive materials.
(b) This section shall remain in effect only until January 1, 2020, and as of that date is repealed.