California Public Resources Code

§ 71205

PRC § 71205 Effective Jan 1, 2016Div. 36 · Ch. 2

Statute text

(a)(1) The master, owner, operator, agent, or person in charge of a vessel carrying, or capable of carrying, ballast water, that visits a California port, shall provide the information described in subdivision (c) in electronic or written form to the commission at least 24 hours before the vessel arrives at that California port. If a vessel’s voyage is less than 24 hours in total duration, the vessel shall report the required information prior to departing the port of departure.

(2)The information described in subdivision (c) shall be submitted using a form developed by the United States Coast Guard.

(b)If the information submitted in accordance with this section changes, an amended form shall be submitted to the commission upon the vessel’s departure from each port of call in California.

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Legislative history

Amended by Stats. 2015, Ch. 644, Sec. 5. (AB 1312) Effective January 1, 2016.