Pofuna kukonza chitetezo cha anthu panyanja zazitali, senate wa boma adakhazikitsa lamulo Lachisanu lomwe lingafune kuti sitima zapamadzi zochokera ku madoko aku California zikhale ndi msilikali wamtendere.
Ngati muyesowu udutsa, California ikanakhala ndi malamulo okhwima kwambiri a boma pamakampani okwana madola 35.7 biliyoni, omwe akhala akuwunikiridwa ndi anthu ambiri pambuyo pa milandu yambiri ya anthu osowa, okwera m'madzi komanso kugwiriridwa m'zaka zaposachedwa.
"Tili ndi oyendetsa ndege m'ndege zokhala ndi anthu mazana angapo, koma tilibe aliyense m'sitima zapamadzi zomwe zimachulukitsa ka 10 kuchuluka kwa okwera," atero a Sen. Joe Simitian (D-Palo Alto), wolemba bill.
Akuluakulu amtendere, omwe malipiro awo amalipidwa ndi chindapusa cha $ 1 patsiku, atha kukhalanso akatswiri apamadzi ovomerezeka kuti aziwunika kutsata malamulo achilengedwe omwe Simitian adalimbikitsa.
Sitima zapamadzi zimalemba ntchito awo achitetezo, koma mochulukirachulukira, opanga malamulo ndi akuluakulu azamalamulo akukayikira ngati izi nzokwanira. Makomiti ang'onoang'ono a DRM akhala akukambirana za momwe makampaniwa amayendetsera milandu yomwe ingakhale yachiwembu komanso madandaulo m'mizinda yawo yoyandama.
"M'boti chitetezo chimagwira ntchito paulendo wapamadzi - osati okwera komanso osati anthu," adatero Simitian. "Pali mkangano wachibadwidwe pakati pa zolinga zamaubwenzi abwanamkubwa ndi zofunikira zachitetezo cha anthu okwera."
Akuluakulu amakampani akutsimikizira kuti zombo zawo ndi zotetezeka ndipo atsutsa zoyeserera zaposachedwa. Iwo sanachitepo kanthu pa malamulo a Simitian.
"Sitingathe kupereka malingaliro aliwonse pamalamulowa mpaka titapeza mwayi wowunikiranso," atero a Eric Ruff, mneneri wa Cruise Lines International Assn.
Makampani apanyanja aku California okwana $1.9 biliyoni, okhala ndi madoko ku Long Beach, Los Angeles, San Francisco ndi San Diego, akuyimira pafupifupi 14% ya maulendo aku US. Pazonse, okwera oposa 1.2 miliyoni adakwera ku California mu 2006.
Bili ya Simitian ikumanga pamalamulo am'mbuyomu omwe adalemba oletsa zombo kuwotcha zinyalala kapena kutaya zinyalala kapena zinyalala zowopsa mkati mwa mamailosi atatu kuchokera m'mphepete mwa nyanja. Bili yaposachedwa imatsatiridwa ndi pulogalamu ya ocean ranger ku Alaska, komwe ovota adavomereza njira yovota movutikira mu 2006 kuti aike mainjiniya ovomerezeka a Coast Guard m'sitima zapamadzi.
"Cholinga chake ndi kukhala ndi woyang'anira nyanja ku West Coast yonse, chifukwa sitima zapamadzi zimapita uku ndi uku pakati pa madoko," anatero Gershon Cohen wa Earth Island Institute, bungwe loteteza zachilengedwe.
Pali oyendetsa nyanja "ku Alaska, koma amatha kutaya ku California, Oregon ndi British Columbia ndipo ndani angadziwe?" Cohen anawonjezera. "Muli ndi lamulo loletsa kutulutsa ziro ku California, koma simukudziwa ngati pali wina amene akuchita izi chifukwa palibe kukakamiza komanso njira yoyang'anira kutsatiridwa."
Kendall Carver, purezidenti komanso woyambitsa mnzake wa International Cruise Victims, gulu lomwe lapempha kuti boma liziwongolera bizinesiyo, adati bungwe lake lidakondwera ndi biluyo. "Ili lingakhale sitepe lalikulu patsogolo."
Misonkhano ya Congression pazachitetezo chapanyanja yawunikiranso kuti ogwira ntchito pazombo zapamadzi sanaphunzitsidwe kufufuza zaumbanda. Komanso, masiku amatha kudutsa pakati pomwe munthu akuganiziridwa kuti walakwa m'sitimayo mpaka pamene sitimayo ifika padoko ndikuyamba kufufuza. Umboni ukhoza kuipitsidwa, ngati utasonkhanitsidwa konse.
Laurie Dishman, wokhala ku Sacramento yemwe adanena kuti adagwiriridwa pa sitima yapamadzi ya Royal Caribbean yopita ku Cabo San Lucas, Mexico, kuchokera ku Long Beach, adachitira umboni pamaso pa Congress ya US chaka chatha kuti adafunsidwa kuti atenge umboni wake.
"Pakhala pafupifupi chaka tsopano kuchokera pomwe ndidachitira umboni pamaso pa Congress," adatero Dishman sabata ino.
"M'chakachi, makampani oyendetsa maulendo apanyanja sanachitepo kanthu kusonyeza Congress kapena aliyense wa ife omwe akhudzidwa kuti asintha."
Pankhani ya Dishman, ngakhale kuti anali ndi zipsera pakhosi pake, palibe mlandu womwe waperekedwa kwa womuukira, mlonda wogwira ntchito m'sitimayo.
Woyang'anira mtendere awonetsetse kuti milandu yomwe yanenedwayo ikuyendetsedwa moyenera popanda kusokonezedwa ndi maloya a sitimayo kapena antchito ena omwe ntchito yawo yayikulu ndikuteteza kampaniyo, atero a Dishman.
"Iyi ndi njira yomwe anthu azitha kuyimbidwa milandu," adatero.
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