SACRAMENTO A Burbank assemblyman has introduced legislation that would shield certain business owners from litigation brought under Proposition 65, the 27-year-old state law that requires retailers to warn consumers about toxic substances in their products.
Assembly Bill 227 by Democratic Assemblyman Mike Gatto, a former Mayer Brown associate, would give merchants 14 days from the time they’re notified of a lack-of-warning violation to fix the problem. If the attorney general or district attorney confirms that the proper warning has been posted, a business operator would be protected from private enforcement actions that can include penalties of up to $2,500 a day.
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