Bill Text: CA SB295 | 2015-2016 | Regular Session | Amended

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Bill Title: Pipeline safety: inspections.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)

Status: (Passed) 2015-10-08 - Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 607, Statutes of 2015. [SB295 Detail]

Download: California-2015-SB295-Amended.html

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BILL NUMBER: SB 295	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  AUGUST 19, 2015
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  AUGUST 18, 2015
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  JUNE 24, 2015

INTRODUCED BY   Senator Jackson
   (Principal coauthor: Assembly Member Williams)

                        FEBRUARY 23, 2015

   An act to add Section 51015.1 to the Government Code, relating to
pipeline safety.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SB 295, as amended, Jackson. Pipeline safety: inspections.
   Under the Elder California Pipeline Safety Act of 1981, the State
Fire Marshal exercises safety regulatory jurisdiction over intrastate
pipelines used for the transportation of hazardous or highly
volatile liquid substances. The act authorizes the State Fire Marshal
to exercise safety regulatory jurisdiction over portions of
interstate pipelines located within the state and subject to an
agreement between the United States Secretary of Transportation and
the State Fire Marshal. The act authorizes the State Fire Marshal to
enter, inspect, and examine, at reasonable times and in a reasonable
manner, the records and properties of any pipeline operators that are
required to be inspected and examined to determine whether the
pipeline operator is in compliance with the act.
   This bill would  require   require,
commencing January 1, 2017,  the State Fire Marshal, or an
officer or employee authorized by the State Fire Marshal, to annually
inspect all intrastate pipelines and operators of intrastate
pipelines under the jurisdiction of the State Fire  Marshal.
  Marshal, and would require the State Fire Marshal to
adopt regulations implementing this provision by that date.  The
bill would  require   prohibit  the State
Fire  Marshal, to the maximum extent possible, to become
  Marshal from becoming  an inspection agent
 by entering into an agreement with   for
specified interstate pipelines unless all regulatory and enforcement
authority over those pipelines is transferred to the State Fire
Marshal from  the federal Pipeline and Hazardous Materials
Safety  Administration, as specified.  
Administration. The bill would require the State Fire Marshal to
revise specified fees assessed to cover the costs associated with
this measure.
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: yes.
State-mandated local program: no.


THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  SECTION 1.  Section 51015.1 is added to the Government Code, to
read:
   51015.1.  (a)  The   Commencing January 1,
2017, the  State Fire Marshal, or an officer or employee
authorized by the State Fire Marshal, shall annually inspect all
intrastate pipelines and operators of intrastate pipelines under the
jurisdiction of the State Fire Marshal to ensure compliance with
applicable laws and regulations.  By January 1, 2017, the State
Fire Marshal shall adopt regulations implementing this subdivision.

   (b) For portions of interstate pipelines that are not under the
jurisdiction of the State Fire Marshal pursuant to Section 51010.6,
the State Fire Marshal  shall, to the maximum extent
possible,   shall not  become an inspection agent
 through entering into an interstate inspection agent
agreement with   for those pipelines unless all
regulatory and enforcement authority over those pipelines is
transferred to the State Fire Marshal from  the federal Pipeline
and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration.
   (c) The State Fire Marshal shall revise the fee assessed pursuant
to Section 51019 to a level sufficient to cover the costs associated
with the implementation of this section.