Amended in Assembly May 14, 2015

Amended in Assembly April 20, 2015

California Legislature—2015–16 Regular Session

Assembly Bill No. 1004

Introduced by Assembly Member Dahle

(Coauthor: Assembly Member Harper)

February 26, 2015

An act to amend Section 66907.8 of the Government Code, relating to the California Tahoe Conservancy.

LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL’S DIGEST

AB 1004, as amended, Dahle. California Tahoe Conservancy.

Existing law establishes the California Tahoe Conservancy within the Natural Resources Agency to, among other things, acquire, restore, and manage property, protect the natural environment, and preserve the scenic beauty and recreational opportunities of the Lake Tahoe region, as defined. Existing law begin delete prescribes the membership and functions and duties of the conservancy and end delete authorizes the conservancy to lease, rent, sell, exchange, or otherwise transfer any real property or interest therein, or option acquired under those provisions to local public agencies, state agencies, federal agencies, nonprofit organizations, individuals, corporate entities, or partnerships for management purposes pursuant to terms and conditions approved by the conservancy.

This bill would begin delete instead end delete begin insert instead, except as provided, end insert authorize the conservancy to take those actions relating to the lease, sale, exchange, and transfer of any real property or interest therein, or option acquired under those provisions to fulfill the purposes of the conservancy and to promote specified state planning priorities. The bill would require the conservancy to submit, on or before January 1, 2018, a report to the appropriate policy and fiscal committees of the Legislature on its progress toward promoting those priorities.

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 66907.8 of the Government Code is
amended to read:

66907.8.  

(a) Notwithstanding any other provisions of begin delete law, end delete begin insert law
and except as provided in subdivision (b), end insert the conservancy may
lease, rent, sell, exchange, or otherwise transfer any real property
or interest therein, or option acquired under this title to local public
agencies, state agencies, federal agencies, nonprofit organizations,
individuals, corporate entities, or partnerships to fulfill the purposes
of this title and to promote the state’s planning priorities, consistent
with subdivision (i) of Section 79707 of the Water Code. The
conservancy may request the Director of General Services to
undertake these actions on its behalf.

begin insert

(b) The conservancy shall not sell any real property, or interest
therein, acquired pursuant to Section 66907.5.

end insert begin delete

(b)

end delete

begin insert (c) end insert  (1) On or before January 1, 2018, the conservancy shall
submit a report to the appropriate policy and fiscal committees of
the Legislature on its progress toward promoting the state’s
planning priorities described in subdivision (a).

(2) This subdivision is inoperative on January 1, 2022, pursuant
to Section 10231.5.