BILL NUMBER: AB 2635	CHAPTERED  08/23/04

	CHAPTER  241
	FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE  AUGUST 23, 2004
	APPROVED BY GOVERNOR  AUGUST 23, 2004
	PASSED THE SENATE  AUGUST 10, 2004
	PASSED THE ASSEMBLY  MAY 17, 2004

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Canciamilla

                        FEBRUARY 20, 2004

   An act to amend Section 1363.5 of the Fish and Game Code, relating
to oak woodlands conservation.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 2635, Canciamilla.  Oak Woodlands Conservation Fund:  report.
   Existing law, commencing on June 30, 2003, requires the Wildlife
Conservation Board to annually report to the Legislature and the
Governor concerning the activities and expenditures of the Oak
Woodlands Conservation Fund.
   This bill would instead require the board to report to the
Legislature and the Governor once every two years.


THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:


  SECTION 1.  Section 1363.5 of the Fish and Game Code is amended to
read:
   1363.5.  (a) Commencing on June 30, 2003, and every two years
thereafter, the board shall report to the Legislature and the
Governor concerning the activities and expenditures of the fund.
   (b) (1) In the first report to the Legislature, the board shall
provide its best estimate of the total amount, in terms of acreage,
species, and coverage, of oak woodlands habitat purchased with funds
from the Habitat Conservation Fund and other funds pursuant to the
California Wildlife Protection Act of 1990 (Chapter 9 (commencing
with Section 2780) of Division 3.
   (2) In each subsequent report, the board shall update the
information required by paragraph (1) to reflect additional oak
woodlands habitat purchased with funds from the Habitat Conservation
Fund pursuant to Chapter 9 (commencing with Section 2780) of Division
3, and any purchases made with moneys deposited in the Oak Woodlands
Conservation Fund.
   (c) The board shall provide its best estimate in  each report, the
acreage, cover, and species of oak woodlands habitat purchased with
all moneys from the Safe Neighborhood Parks, Clean Water, Clean Air,
and Coastal Protection Bond Fund.
   (d) The board shall make all information available online at its
Web site.
   (e) This section shall become inoperative on July 1, 2020, and, as
of January 1, 2021, is repealed, unless a later enacted statute that
is enacted before January 1, 2021, deletes or extends the dates on
which it becomes inoperative and is repealed.