California Assembly Bill AB2463 Introduced / Bill

 BILL NUMBER: AB 2463INTRODUCED BILL TEXT INTRODUCED BY Assembly Members Buchanan and Pan FEBRUARY 24, 2012 An act to amend Section 25249.13 of the Health and Safety Code, relating to toxic chemicals. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST AB 2463, as introduced, Buchanan. Toxic chemicals: exposure. The existing Safe Drinking Water and Toxic Enforcement Act of 1986 (Proposition 65) prohibits any person, in the course of doing business, from knowingly and intentionally exposing any individual to a chemical known to the state to cause cancer or reproductive toxicity without giving a specified warning, or from discharging or releasing such a chemical into any source of drinking water, except as specified. The act provides that it does not alter or diminish any legal obligation otherwise required in common law or by statute or regulation, or create or enlarge any defense in any action to enforce a legal obligation. 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 25249.13 of the Health and Safety Code is amended to read: 25249.13.  Preservation Of Existing Rights, Obligations, and Penalties.   (a)  Nothing in this chapter  shall alter or diminish   alters or diminishes  any legal obligation otherwise required in common law or by statute or regulation, and nothing in this chapter  shall create or enlarge   creates or enlarges  any defense in any action to enforce  such   a  legal obligation.  Penalties   (b)     Penalties  and sanctions imposed under this chapter shall be in addition to any penalties or sanctions otherwise prescribed by law.