California Assembly Bill AB2005 Amended / Bill

 BILL NUMBER: AB 2005AMENDED BILL TEXT AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY APRIL 10, 2012 AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY MARCH 29, 2012 INTRODUCED BY Assembly Member Garrick FEBRUARY 23, 2012 An act to add Section 8670.5.1 to the Government Code, relating to oil spills. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST AB 2005, as amended, Garrick. Oil spills: nontank vessels: contingency plans and financial responsibility. The Lempert-Keene-Seastrand Oil Spill Prevention and Response Act generally requires the administrator for oil spill response, acting at the direction of the Governor, to implement activities relating to oil spill response. The act requires a nontank vessel to submit to the administrator specified documents and evidence of financial responsibility. This bill would specifically require an operator of a nontank vessel that is not used for commercial purposes to  have, and  submit to the administrator, evidence of financial responsibility  , payment of the applicable fee, and vessel particulars  before the arrival of the vessel in the waters of the state and to submit other required documents within 14 days after the arrival of the vessel. 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 8670.5.1 is added to the Government Code, to read: 8670.5.1.  (a)    Notwithstanding other provisions of this chapter or other law,  an operator   prior to the arrival in the waters of the state  of a nontank vessel that is not used for commercial purposes  , the operator of the vessel  shall  have, and  submit to the administrator  , evidence   all of the following:   (1)     Evidence  of financial responsibility required pursuant to Section  8670.37.58 prior to the arrival of the vessel in the waters of the state, and shall   8670.37.58.   (2) Payment of the nontank vessel fee pursuant to Section 8670.41.   (3) The vessel's particulars, such as the size and dimensions of the vessel.   (b)     The operator of the nontank vessel that is not used for commercial purposes shall  submit other documents required by this chapter within 14 days after the arrival of the vessel.