BILL NUMBER: AB 2198	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Brough

                        FEBRUARY 18, 2016

   An act to add Section 30616 to the Public Resources Code, relating
to coastal resources.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 2198, as introduced, Brough. Coastal development permits:
desalinization facilities.
   The California Coastal Act of 1976 provides for the planning and
regulation of development in the coastal zone, as defined, under a
coastal development permit procedure, based on various coastal
resources planning and management policies set forth in the act. The
act requires any person wishing to perform or undertake any
development in the coastal zone, as defined, to obtain a coastal
development permit, except as specified, from the California Coastal
Commission or from a local government.
   This bill would require an application for a coastal development
permit for a desalinization project, as described, to be given
priority for review, and would require the issuing agency to expedite
the processing of any such permit application.
   Because these provisions would impose additional duties on local
governmental entities, the bill would impose a state-mandated local
program.
   The California Constitution requires the state to reimburse local
agencies and school districts for certain costs mandated by the
state. Statutory provisions establish procedures for making that
reimbursement.
   This bill would provide that no reimbursement is required by this
act for a specified reason.
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: yes.
State-mandated local program: yes.


THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  SECTION 1.  Section 30616 is added to the Public Resources Code, to
read:
   30616.  (a) An application for a coastal development permit for a
desalinization project shall be given priority for review, and the
issuing agency shall expedite the processing of any such permit
application.
   (b) For purposes of this section, "desalinization project"
includes any project or facility involving the desalinization of
coastal waters that is intended to increase water supply and provide
public and environmental benefits to the state.
  SEC. 2.  No reimbursement is required by this act pursuant to
Section 6 of Article XIII B of the California Constitution because a
local agency or school district has the authority to levy service
charges, fees, or assessments sufficient to pay for the program or
level of service mandated by this act, within the meaning of Section
17556 of the Government Code.