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          SENATE COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS
                             Senator Ricardo Lara, Chair
                            2015 - 2016  Regular  Session

          AB 498 (Levine) - Wildlife conservation: wildlife corridors.
          
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          |Version: July 16, 2015          |Policy Vote: N.R. & W. 8 - 1    |
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          |Urgency: No                     |Mandate: No                     |
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          |Hearing Date: August 17, 2015   |Consultant: Marie Liu           |
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          This bill meets the criteria for referral to the Suspense File. 


          Bill  
          Summary:  AB 498 would declare that it is the policy of the  
          state to promote the voluntary protection of wildlife corridors  
          and habitat strongholds, including through the acquisition of  
          conservation easements, installation of wildlife-friending  
          fencing, creation of mitigation and conservation banks, and the  
          building of infrastr5ucture such as roadway undercrossings to  
          allow for movement of wildlife between habitat areas. 


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