BILL NUMBER: AB 268INTRODUCED BILL TEXT INTRODUCED BY Assembly Member Gaines (Principal coauthors: Assembly Members Logue and Nielsen) (Coauthors: Assembly Members Cook, Jeffries, and Niello) FEBRUARY 11, 2009 An act to repeal Chapter 4.5 (commencing with Section 13290) of Division 7 of the Water Code, relating to water quality. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST AB 268, as introduced, Gaines. Onsite sewage treatment systems. Existing law, the Porter-Cologne Water Quality Control Act, on or before January 1, 2004, requires the State Water Resources Control Board, in consultation with others, to adopt regulations or standards for the permitting and operation of specified onsite sewage treatment systems. The act requires the board to apply those regulations or standards to those systems commencing 6 months after their adoption. This bill would repeal those provisions. 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. Chapter 4.5 (commencing with Section 13290) of Division 7 of the Water Code is repealed.