BILL NUMBER: AB 28INTRODUCED BILL TEXT INTRODUCED BY Assembly Member Jeffries DECEMBER 1, 2008 An act to add Section 40722 to the Health and Safety Code, relating to air pollution. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST AB 28, as introduced, Jeffries. Natural gas engines: water pumps. Existing law imposes various limitations on emissions of air contaminants for the control of air pollution from vehicular and nonvehicular sources. Existing law generally designates the State Air Resources Board as the state agency with the primary responsibility for the control of vehicular air pollution, and air pollution control districts and air quality management districts with the primary responsibility for the control of air pollution from all sources other than vehicular sources. This bill would prohibit air pollution control districts and air quality management districts from restricting the use of engines powered by natural gas by a city, county, or special district, including a water district, to operate water pumps. Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: no. State-mandated local program: no. THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: SECTION 1. Section 40722 is added to the Health and Safety Code, to read: 40722. A district shall not restrict the use of engines powered by natural gas by a city, county, or special district, including a water district, to operate water pumps.