BILL NUMBER: SB 404	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN SENATE  APRIL 10, 2007

INTRODUCED BY   Senator Kehoe

                        FEBRUARY 21, 2007

   An act to add Section 5093.41 to the Public Resources Code,
relating to public resources.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SB 404, as amended, Kehoe. California Wilderness Act.
   The California Wilderness Act establishes a California wilderness
preservation system composed of state-owned areas designated by the
Legislature as "wilderness areas" and units of the state park system
classified as "state wildernesses" by the State Park and Recreation
Commission.
   This bill would require the  State Park and Recreation
Commission   administering state agency  to hold a
public hearing prior to an action by the  commission
  State Park and Recreation Commission  to remove
wilderness designation from a state wilderness area.  Before the
commission approves a modification, adjustment, or dedesignation of a
state wilderness area, an administering state agency would be
required to make a written finding that the modification, adjustment,
or dedesignation is the only feasible alternative. 
   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 5093.41 is added to the Public Resources Code,
to read:
   5093.41.   The State Park and Recreation Commission
  (a)     The administering state
agency  shall conduct a public hearing prior to an action by the
 commission   State Park and Recreation
Commission  to remove wilderness designation from a state
wilderness area. 
   (b) The State Park and Recreation Commission shall not approve a
modification, adjustment, or dedesignation of a state wilderness
area, unless the administering state agency makes a written finding
that the modification, adjustment, or dedesignation is the only
feasible alternative.  
   (c) For the purpose of this section, "feasible" means the same as
that set forth in Section 21061.1.