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                   Senate Appropriations Committee Fiscal Summary
                            Senator Kevin de León, Chair


          AB 2764 (Committee on Natural Resources) - Public resources.
          
          Amended: July 1, 2014           Policy Vote: NR&W 8-0, EQ 5-1
          Urgency: No                     Mandate: No
          Hearing Date: August 4, 2014                      Consultant:  
          Marie Liu     
          
          This bill meets the criteria for referral to the Suspense File.
          
          
          Bill Summary: AB 2764 is an omnibus measure that would make  
          changes to the State Lands Commission's (SLC) authorities, alter  
          an existing land grant to Orange County, allow the Solid Waste  
          Disposal Site Cleanup Trust Fund to be used to clean up  
          abandoned vessels, and make technical and clarifying changes.

          Fiscal Impact: 
              Ongoing cost pressures, possibly in the millions of  
              dollars, to the Solid Waste Disposal Site Cleanup Trust  
              Fund/Integrated Waste Management Fund (special) for the  
              cleanup of abandoned vessels.
              Minor cost savings to the General Fund for reduced SLC  
              staff time for activities regarding the cession of  
              concurrent criminal jurisdiction.

          Background: The Solid Waste Disposal and Codisposal Site cleanup  
          Program, administered by CalRecycle, aims to address the cleanup  
          of solid waste disposal and codisposal sites where the  
          responsible party can either not be identified or is unwilling  
          or unable to pay for timely remediation. The program is funded  
          by the Solid Waste Disposal Site Cleanup Trust Fund, which is  
          funded by an annual $5M appropriation from the Integrated Waste  
          Management Account.

          Proposed Law: This bill would modify the SLC's ability to cede  
          concurrent criminal jurisdiction to the federal government for  
          specified lands for up to 10 years instead of 5 and would allow  
          the SLC to approve cessions at regularly noticed SLC meetings.

          This bill would change the deadline for a local trustee of  
          granted public lands to submit their annual report to the SLC  
          regarding the revenues and expenditures related to the trust  








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          lands from October 1 to December 31 of each year.

          This bill would, for the purposes of the Solid Waste Disposal  
          and Codisposal Site Cleanup Program, clarify that cleanup sites  
          include sites located in the waters of the state. 

          This bill would amend a grant of public lands to Orange County  
          to allow public trust revenues from its granted lands to be used  
          beyond the grant boundaries so long as the funds are being used  
          for trust purposes on other state-owned tidelands and submerged  
          lands. This bill would also allow granted land revenues to be  
          used to purpose, lease, or acquire real property necessary for  
          the development and operation of a harbor, subject to specified  
          conditions.

          This bill would also make a number of technical and clarifying  
          changes.

          Staff Comments: The SLC would have some costs savings for  
          reduced staff time regarding cessations on specified lands  
          utilized by the federal government, though these savings will  
          likely be minor.

          This bill would allow the Solid Waste Disposal Site Cleanup  
          Trust Fund to be used to cleanup sites in state waters, which  
          would essentially refer to abandoned vessels. The cost to  
          cleanup an abandoned vessel can vary greatly, but can be in the  
          tens to hundreds of thousands for a single project. In 2011,  
          CalRecycle granted $665,000 from the trust fund to cleanup  
          abandoned vessels in the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta. This bill  
          would clarify any ambiguity on the ability to use the trust fund  
          for cleanups in state waters. To the extent that this bill  
          increases the number of potential projects that can be funded by  
          the trust fund, this bill creates cost pressures, likely in the  
          millions of dollars, for projects collectively throughout the  
          state. Because the trust fund is funded by the Integrated Waste  
          Management Fund, the cost pressures could transfer to the  
          Integrated Waste Management Fund, which is anticipated to have a  
          future imbalance.













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