BILL NUMBER: SB 1456	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Senator Simitian

                        FEBRUARY 19, 2010

   An act to add Section 21081.8 to the Public Resources Code,
relating to environmental quality, and declaring the urgency thereof,
to take effect immediately.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SB 1456, as introduced, Simitian. Environmental quality:
mitigation measures.
   (1) The California Environmental Quality Act declares it to be the
policy of the state that a public agency should not approve a
project that may have a significant effect on the environment if
there are feasible alternatives or feasible mitigation measures
available that would substantially lessen the significant
environmental effects of the project.
   This bill would require the Secretary of the Natural Resources
Agency, on or before July 1, 2011, and annually thereafter, to report
on the types and effectiveness of a representative sample of
mitigation measures adopted by state and local agencies.
   (2) This bill would declare that it is to take effect immediately
as an urgency statute.
   Vote: 2/3. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: yes.
State-mandated local program: no.


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

  SECTION 1.  Section 21081.8 is added to the Public Resources Code,
to read:
   21081.8.  On or before July 1, 2011, and on or before July 1 of
each year thereafter, the Secretary of the Natural Resources Agency
shall report on the types and effectiveness of a representative
sample of mitigation measures adopted by state and local agencies.
The secretary may consider information from mitigation reporting and
monitoring programs adopted pursuant to Section 21081.6.
  SEC. 2.  This act is an urgency statute necessary for the immediate
preservation of the public peace, health, or safety within the
meaning of Article IV of the Constitution and shall go into immediate
effect. The facts constituting the necessity are:
   In order to protect the environment and public health at the
earliest possible time, it is necessary for this act to take effect
immediately.