BILL NUMBER: AB 1283	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Smyth

                        FEBRUARY 27, 2009

   An act to amend Section 30330 of the Public Resources Code,
relating to coastal resources.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 1283, as introduced, Smyth. California Coastal Commission.
   Under existing law, the California Coastal Commission has the
primary responsibility for the implementation of the provisions of
the California Coastal Act, unless otherwise specified, and is
designated as the state coastal zone planning and management agency
for any and all purposes, and is authorized to exercise any and all
powers set forth in the Federal Coastal Zone Management Act of 1972
or any amendment thereto or any other federal act heretofore or
hereafter enacted that relates to the planning or management of the
coastal zone.
   This bill would make technical, nonsubstantive changes to these
provisions.
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: no.
State-mandated local program: no.


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

  SECTION 1.  Section 30330 of the Public Resources Code is amended
to read:
   30330.   The   (a)     The
 commission, unless specifically otherwise provided, shall have
the primary responsibility for the implementation of  the
provisions of  this division and is designated as the state
coastal zone planning and management agency for any and all purposes,
and may exercise any and all powers set forth in the Federal Coastal
Zone Management Act of 1972 (16 U.S.C. 1451, et seq.) or any
amendment thereto or any other federal act heretofore or hereafter
enacted that relates to the planning or management of the coastal
zone. 
   In 
    (b)     In  addition to any other
authority, the commission may, except for a facility defined in
Section 25110, grant or issue any certificate or statement required
pursuant to  any such  federal law  relating to
the planning or management of the coastal zone  that an activity
of any person, including any local, state, or federal agency, is in
conformity with  the provisions of  this division.
With respect to any project outside the coastal zone that may have a
substantial effect on the resources within the jurisdiction of the
San Francisco Bay Conservation and Development Commission,
established pursuant to Title 7.2 (commencing with Section 66600) of
the Government Code, and for which any certification is required
pursuant to the Federal Coastal Zone Management Act of 1972 (16
U.S.C. 1451, et seq.),  such   that 
certification shall be issued by the Bay Conservation and Development
Commission  ; provided however,   .  
Moreover,  the commission may review and submit comments for
 any such  the  project  which
  if it  affects resources within the coastal zone.