Existing law establishes certain prohibitions relating to water pollution in Lake Tahoe and within the Lake Tahoe Watershed. (NRS 445A.170-445A.190) Section 1 of this bill prohibits a person from selling, offering for sale or distributing for sale water in a disposable plastic bottle that has a capacity of not more than 4 liters in any community which abuts the Lake Tahoe Watershed. Section 1 requires the Attorney General to enforce this prohibition and authorizes the Attorney General to enter property within the Lake Tahoe Watershed to inspect for compliance. Section 2 of this bill provides that the provisions requiring the Attorney General to enforce section 1 and authorizing the Attorney General to adopt regulations are thereby exceptions to the enforcement and regulatory powers of the State Environmental Commission and the State Department of Conservation and Natural Resources. Section 3 of this bill provides that a person who violates the provisions of section 1 is guilty of a misdemeanor.

Statutes affected:
As Introduced: 445A.180, 445A.190
BDR: 445A.180, 445A.190