ASSEMBLYMEMBER JOHN LAIRD
27TH ASSEMBLY DISTRICT

For Immediate Release: September 12, 2007
Contact: Bill Maxfield
Phone: (831) 596-0910

Legislature Sends Governor 15 Laird Bills on Final Day of Session

Bill Subjects Include Green Buildings, Water Conservation, Civil Rights, Clean Needle Exchange, Ocean Health and more

SACRAMENTO –Following an all-night session that ended at 3:26 a.m. today, Assemblymember John Laird (D-Santa Cruz) announced the legislature passed and sent on to the governor 15 bills he authored, including:

AB 14, Civil Rights Act of 2007

AB 110, Clean Needle Exchange Funding

AB 156, Flood Control Planning

AB 71, High-efficiency Toilets

AB 739, Stormwater Runoff Management

AB 740, Aquatic Invasive Species Management

AB 1058, Residential Green Buildings Guidelines

AB 1130, Above Ground Petroleum Storage Tanks

AB 1220, Oil Spill Prevention Funds

AB 1222, State Mandates Process Improvements

AB 1396, California Coastal Trail Progress

AB 1404, Urban and Agricultural Water Use Measurement

AB 1420, Urban Water Conservation

AB 1438, DeLaveaga Park Land Transfer

AB 1492, Yield-to-Bus Safety Program

These bills join AB 1280 (Fisheries Management) that is already awaiting action by the governor, as well as AB 1283 (First-time Homebuyer Program) that has already been signed by the governor.

For more information about these bills, visit www.leginfo.ca.gov.


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