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This article was originally published in The Rose Sheet
Executive Summary
California bill SB 1572, signed by Governor Gray Davis Aug. 30, would amend Prop 65 by requiring private litigants settling any alleged violation to submit to the state Attorney General a reporting form that includes the results of the settlement and final disposition of the case. Introduced Feb. 20 by Byron Sher (D-Stanford), the bill moved through the legislature without substantive amendment. SB 1572 will supplement the added controls on Prop 65 cases recently established by Sher's SB 471, enacted in October 2001. The state is in the process of implementing the law, which requires private litigants to produce a "certificate of merit" demonstrating good cause for seeking Prop 65 warnings (1"The Rose Sheet" May 13, 2002, p. 6)...