BILL NUMBER: AB 2717	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Skinner

                        FEBRUARY 19, 2010

   An act to amend Sections 31316 and 31351 of the Public Resources
Code, relating to the State Coastal Conservancy.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 2717, as introduced, Skinner. State Coastal Conservancy.
   Existing law establishes the State Coastal Conservancy with
prescribed powers and responsibilities for implementing a program of
agricultural land protection, area restoration, and resource
enhancement within the coastal zone, as defined.  Existing law
authorizes the conservancy to undertake projects and award grants for
activities that are compatible with the preservation, restoration,
or enhancement of ocean, coastal, or watershed resources, or that
facilitate environmental education related to these resources. These
projects or activities may include, but are not limited to, exhibits
or events emphasizing coastal, watershed, or ocean resource
education, or maritime history or the development of related
amenities and structures.
   This bill would additionally include as projects low-impact
development techniques that integrate stormwater management into site
planning and design to reduce runoff, increase onsite infiltration,
or filter pollutants at or near the source.
   Existing law requires the conservancy to cooperate with the
California Coastal Commission, the San Francisco Bay Conservation and
Development Commission, and other public agencies and with nonprofit
organizations in ensuring the reservation of interests in real
property for purposes of the conservancy, as well as for park,
recreation, fish and wildlife habitat, historical preservation, or
scientific study required to meet the objectives of the California
Coastal Act of 1976, and in the case of San Francisco Bay, certain
local plans.
   This bill would additionally require this cooperation for purposes
of coastal and marine water quality protection and enhancement, and
to meet the California Ocean Protection Act, the strategic plan of
the Ocean Protection Council, and regional plans.
   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 31316 of the Public Resources Code is amended
to read:
   31316.  Within the conservancy's jurisdiction pursuant to this
chapter and within urban coastal watershed areas, the conservancy may
undertake projects and award grants for activities that are
compatible with the preservation, restoration, or enhancement of
ocean, coastal, or watershed resources, or that facilitate
environmental education related to these resources. These projects or
activities may include, but are not limited to, exhibits or events
emphasizing coastal, watershed, or ocean resource education, or
maritime history, or the development of amenities and infrastructure
consistent with this chapter  , including low-impact development
techniques that integrate stormwater management into site planning
and design to reduce runoff,   increase onsite infiltration,
or filter pollutants at or near the source. These techniques include
the use of onsite stormwater capture, vegetated swales, bioretention
basins, and permeable pavement and soils for new construction or
retrofit projects  .
  SEC. 2.  Section 31351 of the Public Resources Code is amended to
read:
   31351.  (a) The conservancy shall cooperate with the commission,
bay commission, and other public agencies and with nonprofit
organizations in ensuring the reservation of interests in real
property for purposes of this division, as well as for park,
recreation, fish and wildlife habitat,  coastal and marine water
quality protection and enhancement,  historical preservation, or
scientific study required to meet the policies and objectives of the
California Coastal Act of 1976 (commencing with Section 30000), or a
certified local coastal plan or program;  the California Ocean
Protection Act (commencing with Section   35500) and the
most current adopted strategic plan of the   Ocean
Protection Council;  or, in the case of San Francisco Bay, the
sites identified in the bay plan, the Suisun Marsh Protection Plan,
or in any other local plan that the bay commission determines to be
consistent with those plans; or, in coastal  or coastal watershed
 areas not within the coastal zone or  the 
San Francisco Bay, any other local  or regional  plans.
   (b) The provisions of this division shall not diminish or
otherwise affect the authority of the bay commission to approve,
deny, or modify permits as provided in Section 66632 of the
Government Code.