Under the existing Barry Keene Underground Storage Tank Cleanup Trust Fund Act of 1989, which is repealed on January 1, 2016, every owner of an underground storage tank is required to pay a storage fee for each gallon of petroleum placed in the tank. The fees are required to be deposited in the Underground Storage Tank Cleanup Fund and the board is authorized to expend the moneys in the fund, upon appropriation by the Legislature, for various purposes, including the payment of claims to aid owners and operators of petroleum underground storage tanks who take corrective action to clean up unauthorized releases from those tanks, corrective actions undertaken by the board, a California regional water quality control board, or a local agency, the cleanup and oversight of unauthorized releases at abandoned tank sites, and grants to small businesses to retrofit certain hazardous substance underground storage tanks.
California AB 291 (20112012) — Underground storage tanks: petroleum: charges.
Under the existing Barry Keene Underground Storage Tank Cleanup Trust Fund Act of 1989, which is repealed on January 1, 2016, every owner of an underground storage tank is required to pay a storage fee for each gallon of petroleum placed in the tank. The fees are required to be deposited in the Underground Storage Tank Cleanup Fund and the board is authorized to expend the moneys in the fund, upon appropriation by the Legislature, for various purposes, including the payment of claims to aid owners and operators of petroleum underground storage tanks who take corrective action to clean up unauthorized releases from those tanks, corrective actions undertaken by the board, a California regional water quality control board, or a local agency, the cleanup and oversight of unauthorized releases at abandoned tank sites, and grants to small businesses to retrofit certain hazardous substance underground storage tanks.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
AB 291 WIECKOWSKI Concurrence in Senate Amendments — 67–8 (pass) · lower
Do pass. — 7–0 (pass) · upper
AB 291 WIECKOWSKI Assembly Third Reading — 62–7 (pass) · lower
Do pass as amended, and re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — 5–0 (pass) · upper
Do pass as amended. — 17–0 (pass) · lower
Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — 9–0 (pass) · lower
Sponsors
Wieckowski — primary (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
2011-02-08 Read first time. To print. reading-1
2011-02-09 From printer. May be heard in committee March 11.
2011-02-24 Referred to Com. on E.S. & T.M. referral-committee
2011-04-12 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on E.S. & T.M. Read second time and amended. reading-2, amendment-introduction, reading-1, amendment-passage
2011-04-13 Re-referred to Com. on E.S. & T.M. referral-committee
2011-04-27 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (April 26). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2011-05-11 In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file. referral-committee
2011-05-27 From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (May 27). amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2011-05-27 Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading. reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage
2011-05-31 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
2011-06-02 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 62. Noes 7. Page 1823.) reading-3, reading-1, passage
2011-06-02 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
2011-06-16 Referred to Com. on E.Q. referral-committee
2011-07-06 From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) (June 27). amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2011-07-07 Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage, referral-committee
2011-08-16 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (August 15). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2011-08-17 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
2011-09-06 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 31. Noes 7. Page 2305.). reading-3, reading-1, passage
2011-09-06 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after September 8 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
2011-09-08 Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 67. Noes 8. Page 3061.). committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage
2011-09-20 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
2011-10-08 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
2011-10-08 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 569, Statutes of 2011.
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/40d300bb-8360-4d7f-a540-2eaa95b7308a. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).