I received this email from RBOC:
"Recreational Boaters of California [RBOC] is encouraging boaters to express their opposition to SB 623 [Kehoe] to their representatives in the California State Senate.
The bill is expected to pass the Senate Appropriations Committee this Thursday, May 26, without a vote and without testimony. The bill will then be taken up on the Senate Floor [Senate Third Reading] between May 27 and June 3. The deadline for the bill to pass the Floor is Friday, June 3.
SB 623 would prohibit recreational boaters state-wide from using copper-based anti-fouling paints on the hulls of their boats to prevent marine organisms from growing on their hulls.
SB 623 would place into law a statewide ban of copper based hull coatings. The bill would impose:
1. A January 1, 2015 ban on the sale of new recreational boats with anti-fouling paint containing copper, and
2. A January 1, 2019 ban on the use or application of these paints.
RBOC is opposed to SB 623 as amended on April 25 unless the bill is revised to ensure that any deadline upon which the state's recreational boaters will not be able to use copper-based anti-fouling paints does not take effect until there are alternatives that are effective, available, and affordable.
Go to www.rboc.org to see the call-to-arms, which includes:
1. A letter individual boaters can sign and fax to 916.441.3520 for delivery to the Capitol. From the address boaters provide, we will identify their Senators and forward the letter.
2. A copy of the current version of SB 623.
NOTE
RBOC continues to be engaged in discussions with the author, sponsors and supporters of SB 623 in a good faith effort to determine if the concerns of the boating community can be resolved.
RBOC does not have confirmation that boater concerns, communicated in our March 10 letter and in subsequent negotiations, will be resolved.
Best,
Jerry Desmond, Jr.
Director of Government Relations
Recreational Boaters of California
www.rboc.org
DESMOND & DESMOND
925 L Street, Suite 220
Sacramento, CA 95814
p 916.441.4166
f 916.441.3520
"Recreational Boaters of California [RBOC] is encouraging boaters to express their opposition to SB 623 [Kehoe] to their representatives in the California State Senate.
The bill is expected to pass the Senate Appropriations Committee this Thursday, May 26, without a vote and without testimony. The bill will then be taken up on the Senate Floor [Senate Third Reading] between May 27 and June 3. The deadline for the bill to pass the Floor is Friday, June 3.
SB 623 would prohibit recreational boaters state-wide from using copper-based anti-fouling paints on the hulls of their boats to prevent marine organisms from growing on their hulls.
SB 623 would place into law a statewide ban of copper based hull coatings. The bill would impose:
1. A January 1, 2015 ban on the sale of new recreational boats with anti-fouling paint containing copper, and
2. A January 1, 2019 ban on the use or application of these paints.
RBOC is opposed to SB 623 as amended on April 25 unless the bill is revised to ensure that any deadline upon which the state's recreational boaters will not be able to use copper-based anti-fouling paints does not take effect until there are alternatives that are effective, available, and affordable.
Go to www.rboc.org to see the call-to-arms, which includes:
1. A letter individual boaters can sign and fax to 916.441.3520 for delivery to the Capitol. From the address boaters provide, we will identify their Senators and forward the letter.
2. A copy of the current version of SB 623.
NOTE
RBOC continues to be engaged in discussions with the author, sponsors and supporters of SB 623 in a good faith effort to determine if the concerns of the boating community can be resolved.
RBOC does not have confirmation that boater concerns, communicated in our March 10 letter and in subsequent negotiations, will be resolved.
Best,
Jerry Desmond, Jr.
Director of Government Relations
Recreational Boaters of California
www.rboc.org
DESMOND & DESMOND
925 L Street, Suite 220
Sacramento, CA 95814
p 916.441.4166
f 916.441.3520