BILL ANALYSIS Ó
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 14, 2014 Consultant:
Marie Liu
SUSPENSE. AS AMENDED.
Bill Summary (as approved on August 14, 2014): 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 and make technical and clarifying changes.
Fiscal Impact (as approved on August 14, 2014):
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
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.
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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.
Committee Amendments: Delete all of section 4 that would allow
the Solid Waste Disposal Site Cleanup Trust Fund to be used to
cleanup sites in state waters.
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