BILL NUMBER: AB 2139	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  MAY 31, 2016
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  MARCH 28, 2016

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Williams
    (   Coauthor:   Assembly Member  
Gonzalez   ) 

                        FEBRUARY 17, 2016

   An act to add Section 35618 to the Public Resources Code, relating
to ocean resources.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 2139, as amended, Williams. Ocean Protection Council: ocean
acidification.
   Existing law establishes the Ocean Protection Council in state
government and prescribes the membership, functions, and duties of
the council with regard to the protection and conservation of ocean
and coastal resources.
   This bill would require the council to  coordinate and 
facilitate research and  compile data on the causes and
effects of ocean acidification and, no later than January 1, 2018, to
adopt recommendations for further legislative and executive actions
to address ocean acidification.   work with other
relevant public agencies with ocean protection responsibilities 
 to take specified actions to address ocean acidification, as
prescribed, and, beginning January 1, 2018, and annually thereafter,
at its first meeting of the year, to adopt recommendations for
further actions that may be taken to address ocean acidification.

   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.    The Legislature finds and declares both
of the following:  
   (a) The West Coast Ocean Acidification and Hypoxia Science Panel
was a binational collaboration of leading scientists from California,
Oregon, Washington, and British Columbia that was convened at the
request of the Ocean Protection Council and the California Ocean
Science Trust. The West Coast Acidification and Hypoxia Science Panel'
s executive summary report outlines findings, recommendations, and
actions to address ocean acidification and hypoxia.  
   (b) The mission of the Ocean Protection Council is to ensure that
California maintains healthy, resilient, and productive ocean and
coastal ecosystems for the benefit of current and future generations.
In order to do this, the council should address the challenge of
ocean acidification. 
   SECTION 1.   SEC. 2.   Section 35618 is
added to the Public Resources Code, to read:
   35618.   (a)    The council shall 
coordinate and  facilitate research and  compile data on
the causes and effects of ocean acidification and, no later than
January 1, 2018, shall adopt recommendations for further legislative
and executive actions to address ocean acidification.  
work with other relevant public agencies with ocean protection
responsibilities to do all of the following:  
   (1) Generate an inventory of areas that are most vulnerable to
ocean acidification.  
   (2) Develop, refine, and integrate predictive models of ocean
acidification and hypoxia.  
   (3) Inventory the colocation of protected areas and areas
vulnerable to ocean acidification and hypoxia.  
   (4) Facilitate agreements and work with organizations that fund
ocean acidification and hypoxia research to establish joint research
priorities.  
   (5) Define gaps between ocean acidification monitoring efforts and
management needs in coordination with relevant state, federal, and
academic entities.  
   (b) Beginning January 1, 2018, and annually thereafter, at its
first meeting of the year, the council shall adopt recommendations
for further actions that may be taken to address ocean acidification.