BILL NUMBER: AB 2840	CHAPTERED  07/17/08

	CHAPTER  140
	FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE  JULY 17, 2008
	APPROVED BY GOVERNOR  JULY 17, 2008
	PASSED THE SENATE  JUNE 30, 2008
	PASSED THE ASSEMBLY  APRIL 24, 2008
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  APRIL 7, 2008
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  MARCH 24, 2008

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Berg
   (Coauthors: Assembly Members Charles Calderon, Evans, Lieu, and
Wolk)

                        FEBRUARY 22, 2008

   An act relating to state lands.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 2840, Berg. Humboldt County: South Spit.
   Existing law creates the Department of Fish and Game, within the
Resources Agency, and by and through the department the fish and
wildlife resources of the state are held in trust for the people of
the state.
   This bill would name certain specified portions of the South Spit
in Humboldt County the Mike Thompson Wildlife Area, South Spit
Humboldt Bay, upon the completion of Representative Thompson's
legislative service.


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

  SECTION 1.  (a) That portion of the South Spit in Humboldt County
that consists of parcel nos. 308-031-001, 308-021-001, 308-012-001,
308-012-002, 308-011-001, 308-011-002, 305-191-001, and 305-191-002
shall be named the Mike Thompson Wildlife Area, South Spit Humboldt
Bay.
   (b) This section shall become operative only upon Representative
Mike Thompson's completion of his legislative service.
   (c) The costs of the signage shall be funded by the parties who
request the state to erect that signage pursuant to this section.