California 2009 2009-2010 Regular Session

California Senate Bill SB1224 Introduced / Bill

Filed 02/18/2010

 BILL NUMBER: SB 1224INTRODUCED BILL TEXT INTRODUCED BY Senator Wright FEBRUARY 18, 2010 An act to amend Section 41700 of the Health and Safety Code, relating to air pollution. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST SB 1224, as introduced, Wright. Air discharges. Existing law provides that, except as specified, a person is prohibited from discharging air contaminants or other materials that cause injury, detriment, nuisance, or annoyance to the public, or that endanger the comfort, repose, health, or safety of the public, or that cause injury or damage to business or property, as provided. This bill would make technical, nonsubstantive changes to this provision. 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 41700 of the Health and Safety Code is amended to read: 41700. Except as otherwise provided in Section 41705,  no   a  person shall  not  discharge from any source whatsoever  such  quantities of air contaminants or other material  which   that  cause injury, detriment, nuisance, or annoyance to any considerable number of persons or to the public, or  which   that  endanger the comfort, repose, health, or safety of any  such   of those  persons or the public, or  which   that  cause, or have a natural tendency to cause, injury or damage to business or property.