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<ns0:ActionText>INTRODUCED</ns0:ActionText>
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<ns0:AuthorText authorType="LEAD_AUTHOR">Introduced by Assembly Member Alanis</ns0:AuthorText>
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<ns0:Title> An act to add Article 7.5 (commencing with Section 41984) to Chapter 3 of Part 4 of Division 26 of the Health and Safety Code, and to add Section 21080.82 to the Public Resources Code, relating to environmental hazards. </ns0:Title>
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<ns0:Subject>Incineration of controlled substances: California Environmental Quality Act: law enforcement exemption.</ns0:Subject>
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<html:p> Existing law, the Uniform Controlled Substances Act, authorizes the forfeiture and seizure of property involved in, or purchased with the proceeds from, a controlled substance offense. </html:p>
<html:p>The California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) requires a lead agency, as defined, to prepare, or cause to be prepared, and certify the completion of, an environmental impact report on a project that it proposes to carry out or approve that may have a significant effect on the environment or to adopt a negative declaration if it finds that the project will not have that effect. CEQA also requires a lead agency to prepare a mitigated negative declaration for a project that may have a significant effect on the environment if revisions in the project would avoid or mitigate that effect and there is no substantial evidence that the project, as
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<html:p>This bill would authorize a local police department, sheriff’s office, or state law enforcement agency to purchase and install an incinerator for the sole purpose of destroying seized controlled substances, as provided. The bill would require the local police department, sheriff’s office, or state law enforcement agency to follow specified federal regulations and to notify the State Air Resources Board and the local air quality management district or local air pollution control district of the project, as specified. The bill would authorize multiple law enforcement agencies to purchase and install an incinerator for these purposes through a memorandum of understanding that details cost sharing. The bill would exempt a project to purchase and install an incinerator that complies with these requirements from CEQA. Because a lead agency would be required to determine the applicability of
this exemption, the bill would impose a state-mandated local program.</html:p>
<html:p>The California Constitution requires the state to reimburse local agencies and school districts for certain costs mandated by the state. Statutory provisions establish procedures for making that reimbursement.</html:p>
<html:p>This bill would provide that no reimbursement is required by this act for a specified reason.</html:p>
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<ns0:Preamble>The people of the State of California do enact as follows:</ns0:Preamble>
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Article 7.5 (commencing with Section 41984) is added to Chapter 3 of Part 4 of Division 26 of the
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(a)
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Notwithstanding any other law or regulation, a local police department, sheriff’s office, or state law enforcement agency may purchase and install an incinerator for the sole purpose of destroying seized controlled substances pursuant to Chapter 8 (commencing with Section 11469) of Division 10.
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(b)
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The local police department, sheriff’s office, or state law enforcement agency purchasing and installing the incinerator shall comply with Section 60.2887(p) of Title 40 of the Code of Federal Regulations.
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(c)
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The local police department, sheriff’s office, or state law enforcement agency purchasing and installing the incinerator shall notify the State Air Resources Board and the
local air quality management district or local air pollution control district of the project to purchase and install an incinerator.
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(d)
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The purchase and installation of the incinerator may be funded using existing funds, including, but not limited to, public safety, evidence management, asset forfeiture, and seized property funds.
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(e)
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The purchase and installation of an incinerator may be accomplished by multiple local police departments, sheriff’s offices, or state law enforcement agencies, or any combination of these, acting in concert through a memorandum of understanding that details cost sharing, if the law enforcement agencies comply with subdivisions (b) and (c).
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Section 21080.82 is added to the
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<html:p>This division does not apply to a project that consists of the purchase and installation of an incinerator if the incinerator is being purchased and installed by a local police department, sheriff’s office, or state law enforcement agency for the sole purpose of incinerating seized controlled substances and complies with Section 41984 of the Health and Safety Code.</html:p>
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No reimbursement is required by this act pursuant to Section 6 of Article XIII
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B of the California Constitution because a local agency or school district has the authority to levy service charges, fees, or assessments sufficient to pay for the program or level of service mandated by this act, within the meaning of Section 17556 of the Government Code.
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