BILL NUMBER: AB 206	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Harkey

                        JANUARY 27, 2011

   An act to amend Section 30106 of the Public Resources Code,
relating to coastal resources.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 206, as introduced, Harkey. Coastal resources: California
Coastal Act of 1976: development: fireworks displays.
   The California Coastal Act of 1976 provides for the planning and
regulation of development, under a coastal development permit
process, within the coastal zone. Existing law defines development
for these purposes.
   This bill would provide that "development" does not include a
fireworks display conducted by a public entity.
   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 30106 of the Public Resources Code is amended
to read:
   30106.   (a)    "Development" means, on land, in
or under water, the placement or erection of any solid material or
structure; discharge or disposal of any dredged material or of any
gaseous, liquid, solid, or thermal waste; grading, removing,
dredging, mining, or extraction of any materials; change in the
density or intensity of use of land, including, but not limited to,
subdivision pursuant to the Subdivision Map Act (commencing with
Section 66410 of the Government Code), and any other division of
land, including lot splits, except where the land division is brought
about in connection with the purchase of such land by a public
agency for public recreational use; change in the intensity of use of
water, or of access thereto; construction, reconstruction,
demolition, or alteration of the size of any structure, including any
facility of any private, public, or municipal utility; and the
removal or harvesting of major vegetation other than for agricultural
purposes, kelp harvesting, and timber operations which are in
accordance with a timber harvesting plan submitted pursuant to the
provisions of the Z'berg-Nejedly Forest Practice Act of 1973 
(Chapter 8  (commencing with Section 4511)  of Part 2 of
Division 4)  . 
   As 
    (b)     As  used in this section,
"structure" includes, but is not limited to, any building, road,
pipe, flume, conduit, siphon, aqueduct, telephone line, and
electrical power transmission and distribution line. 
   (c) Development does not include a fireworks display conducted by
a public entity.