California Legislature—2015–16 Regular Session

Assembly Bill No. 1498

Introduced by Assembly Member Thurmond

February 27, 2015

An act to amend Section 705 of the Fish and Game Code, relating to renewable energy resources.

LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL’S DIGEST

AB 1498, as introduced, Thurmond. Renewable energy resources: comprehensive planning and environmental compliance services.

Existing law requires the Department of Fish and Wildlife to establish an internal division with the primary purpose of performing comprehensive planning and environmental compliance services with priority given to projects involving the building of eligible renewable energy resources, as defined.

This bill would make a nonsubstantive change in those provisions.

Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: no. State-mandated local program: no.

The people of the State of California do enact as follows:

SECTION 1.  

Section 705 of the Fish and Game Code is
amended to read:

705.  

(a) For purposes of this section, “eligible renewable
energy resources” has the same meaning as in the California
Renewables Portfolio Standard Program (Article 16 (commencing
with Section 399.11) of Chapter 2.3 of Part 1 of Division 1 of the
Public Utilities Code).

(b) The department shall establish an internal division with the
primary purpose of performing comprehensive planning and
environmental compliance services with priority given to projects
begin delete involving end delete begin insert concerning end insert the building of eligible renewable energy
resources.

(c) The internal division shall ensure the timely completion of
plans pursuant to the Natural Community Conservation Planning
Act (Chapter 10 (commencing with Section 2800) of Division 3).