BILL NUMBER: AB 859	CHAPTERED  10/11/03

	CHAPTER  761
	FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE  OCTOBER 11, 2003
	APPROVED BY GOVERNOR  OCTOBER 10, 2003
	PASSED THE ASSEMBLY  SEPTEMBER 11, 2003
	PASSED THE SENATE  SEPTEMBER 10, 2003
	AMENDED IN SENATE  SEPTEMBER 8, 2003
	AMENDED IN SENATE  AUGUST 18, 2003
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  JUNE 2, 2003
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  MAY 1, 2003
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  APRIL 21, 2003

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Members Nakano and Wesson

                        FEBRUARY 20, 2003

   An act relating to wetlands, and making an appropriation therefor.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 859, Nakano.   Ballona Wetlands.
   The Safe Neighborhood Parks, Clean Water, Clean Air, and Coastal
Protection (Villaraigosa-Keeley Act) Bond Fund allocates $220,400,000
to the State Coastal Conservancy, including $25,000,000 to acquire,
protect, and restore specified wetlands projects.
   This bill would reappropriate $25,000,000, appropriated in the
Budget Act of 2000 from that fund to the State Coastal Conservancy
for the Ballona Wetlands, to the State Coastal Conservancy to
acquire, protect, and restore the Ballona Wetlands, as specified.
   The bill would provide that it would not become operative unless
an SB 666 is enacted and takes effect on or before January 1, 2004.
   Appropriation:   yes.


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


  SECTION 1.  The sum of twenty-five million dollars ($25,000,000),
appropriated in Item 3760-302-0005 (subparagraph (B) of Schedule 2)
of Section 2.00 of the Budget Act of 2000 (Chapter 52, Statutes of
2000) from the Safe Neighborhood Parks, Clean Water, Clean Air, and
Coastal Protection (Villaraigosa-Keeley Act) Bond Fund (Chapter 1.692
(commencing with Section 5096.300) of Division 5 of the Public
Resources Code) to the State Coastal Conservancy for the Ballona
Wetlands, is hereby reappropriated to the State Coastal Conservancy
to acquire, protect, and restore the Ballona Wetlands in accordance
with subdivision (f) of Section 5096.352 of the Public Resources
Code.
  SEC. 2.  This act shall not become operative unless Senate Bill 666
is enacted and takes effect on or before January 1, 2004.