BILL ANALYSIS Ó ----------------------------------------------------------------- |SENATE RULES COMMITTEE | SB 814| |Office of Senate Floor Analyses | | |1020 N Street, Suite 524 | | |(916) 651-1520 Fax: (916) | | |327-4478 | | ----------------------------------------------------------------- CONSENT Bill No: SB 814 Author: Senate Natural Resources and Water Committee Amended: 4/11/13 Vote: 21 SENATE NATURAL RESOURCES AND WATER COMMITTEE : 9-0, 4/23/13 AYES: Pavley, Cannella, Evans, Fuller, Hueso, Jackson, Lara, Monning, Wolk SENATE APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE : Senate Rule 28.8 SUBJECT : Public resources: administration SOURCE : Author DIGEST : This bill authorizes, upon the death of a sea cucumber permit holder, a sea cucumber permit to be transferred by the permit holder's heirs, assignees, or estate to a qualified person as specified. ANALYSIS : Existing law: 1. Prohibits sea cucumbers from being taken, possessed aboard a boat, or landed by a person for commercial purposes except under a valid sea cucumber permit. 2. Authorizes a sea cucumber permit to be transferred if specified conditions are met, including requiring that an CONTINUED SB 814 Page 2 application for transfer be submitted to the Department of Fish and Wildlife and the payment of a transfer fee. 3. Requires, under the Surface Mining and Reclamation Act of 1975 (Act), administered by the Department of Conservation, every lead agency to adopt ordinances that establish procedures for the review and approval of reclamation plans, and, before approving a reclamation plan, to submit the plan to the Director of Conservation. The Act prohibits a person, with exceptions, from conducting surface mining operations unless, among other things, a reclamation plan is submitted to and approved by the lead agency for the operation. 4. Authorizes, under the Act, the State Mining and Geology Board to designate specific geographic areas of the state as areas of statewide or regional significance, as specified. This bill: 1. Authorizes, upon the death of a sea cucumber permit holder, a sea cucumber permit to be transferred by the permit holder's heirs, assignees, or estate to a qualified person as specified. 2. Makes technical, nonsubstantive changes to provisions of law governing the Department of Conservation and the California Coastal Commission. FISCAL EFFECT : Appropriation: No Fiscal Com.: Yes Local: No RM:d 5/7/13 Senate Floor Analyses SUPPORT/OPPOSITION: NONE RECEIVED **** END ****