A.V. AIR DISTRICT BILL ADVANCES.Byline: Daily News LANCASTER - Legislation that would give the Antelope Valley This article is about the Los Angeles County region. For the census-designated place in Wyoming, see Antelope Valley-Crestview, Wyoming. The Antelope Valley Air Pollution Control District more autonomy and change its name has gained support from a key state Senate panel. Sen. W.J. ``Pete'' Knight's bill would rename Re`name´ v. t. 1. To give a new name to. Verb 1. rename - assign a new name to; "Many streets in the former East Germany were renamed in 1990" the district the Antelope Valley Air Quality Management District and model its internal operating rules after those of the neighboring Mojave Desert Mojave or Mohave Desert, c.15,000 sq mi (38,850 sq km), region of low, barren mountains and flat valleys, 2,000 to 5,000 ft (610–1,524 m) high, S Calif.; part of the Great Basin of the United States. Air Quality Management District in Victorville. ``This bill gives the Antelope Valley air district the local control it needs, the same kind of independence the Mojave Desert district has,'' Knight said. Knight's Senate Bill 1459 was approved 4-2 Wednesday by the Senate Local Government Committee. It now goes to the Senate Appropriations Committee In the United States government, the Appropriations Committee can refer to either:
The legislation would not affect the enforcement of air quality regulations or the composition of the district's board, but would give it more authority over its budget and personnel matters, a Knight aide said. For example, the Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. County treasurer and controller are now ``ex-officio'' - or by virtue of their position - officers of the air district, Knight aide Chip White said. And Los Angeles County officials make investment decisions for the district's money. ``Right now the air district likes that they are the financial officers, but they want to reserve the option to hire their own,'' White said. After years of bridling under the rules of the South Coast Air Quality Management District The South Coast Air Quality Management District (SCAQMD), formed in 1976, is the air pollution agency responsible mainly for regulating stationary sources of air pollution for most of Los Angeles, San Bernardino, Riverside County, and all of Orange county. , the Antelope Valley was able to break away and form its own district in 1997. |
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