BILL NUMBER: SB 1686	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Senator Kuehl

                        FEBRUARY 24, 2006

   An act to add Section 1356 to the Fish and Game Code, relating to
wildlife conservation.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SB 1686, as introduced, Kuehl  Wildlife conservation.
   Under the Wildlife Conservation Law of 1947, the Wildlife
Conservation Board may authorize the Department of Fish and Game or
the State Public Works Board to acquire real property, rights in real
property, water, or water rights for the benefit of wildlife. Under
that law, money in the Wildlife Restoration Fund, which is
continuously appropriated, is available for expenditure for those
purposes.
   This bill would authorize the board, when it prioritizes the use
of available funds for proposed acquisitions, with regard to the
priority of a proposal to acquire forestland, to consider and take
into account the potential of that proposed acquisition to
beneficially reduce or sequester greenhouse gas emissions.
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: yes.
State-mandated local program: no.


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


  SECTION 1.  Section 1356 is added to the Fish and Game Code, to
read:
   1356.  The board, when it prioritizes the use of available funds
for proposed acquisitions, with regard to the priority of a proposal
to acquire forestland, may consider and take into account the
potential of that proposed acquisition to beneficially reduce or
sequester greenhouse gas emissions.