BILL NUMBER: SB 751INTRODUCED BILL TEXT INTRODUCED BY Senator De Len FEBRUARY 27, 2015 An act to amend Section 25131 of the Health and Safety Code, relating to hazardous waste. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST SB 751, as introduced, De Len. Hazardous waste: research programs. Existing law requires the Department of Toxic Substances Control to establish the Hazardous Waste Resource and Research Coordination Program, which requires the department, among other things, to assemble and annually update a bibliographic cross-referenced database containing certain information on known hazardous waste research programs, including the specific problems that the research is designed to address. This bill would require the department to make this information on research programs available in at least 3 languages, including English, Spanish, and Chinese. 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 25131 of the Health and Safety Code is amended to read: 25131. (a) The department shall assemble a bibliographic cross-referenced data base containing all of the following information on known hazardous waste research programs which are ongoing within the state: (1) The institution or organization sponsoring the research program. (2) The principal investigators conducting the research. (3) A brief description of the research, including anticipated applications of the resulting information. (4) The specific problems facing hazardous waste generators that the research is designed to address, including, but not limited to, specific hazardous waste streams or specific production processes. (5) A summary of results already achieved by the research program. (6) The date on which the program began, and its expected completion date. (b) The department shall update the data base annually, and the department shall make the information in the data base available to the public at a cost not greater than the department's printing and mailing costs. (c) The department shall make the information specified in subdivision (a) available in at least three languages, including English, Spanish, and Chinese.