California Legislature—2015–16 Regular Session

Assembly BillNo. 2779


Introduced by Assembly Member Rodriguez

February 19, 2016


An act to amend Section 4951 of the Public Resources Code, relating to conservation.

LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL’S DIGEST

AB 2779, as introduced, Rodriguez. California Conservation Camp program.

Existing law declares the existence of the California Conservation Camp program to provide for the training and use of the inmates and wards assigned to conservation camps in furtherance of public conservation. Existing law requires, in order to effect the maximum possible conservation and development of natural resources for the benefit of people in the state, specified conservation projects to be undertaken by the California Conservation Camps. Existing law requires the various agencies concerned with conservation projects to consult with and advise each other to promote the conservation projects.

This bill would require the various agencies to consider and adopt incentives and programs necessary to ensure adequate inmate ward participation in conservation camps.

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

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

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SECTION 1.  

Section 4951 of the Public Resources Code is
2amended to read:

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4951.  

begin insert(a)end insertbegin insertend insert In enacting this chapter, it is the purpose of the
2Legislature to declare the existence of a California Conservation
3Camp program to provide for the training and use of the inmates
4and wards assigned to conservation camps in the furtherance of
5public conservation.

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7begin insert(b)end insertbegin insertend insertbegin insertItend insert is the policy of this state to require the inmates and wards
8assigned tobegin delete suchend deletebegin insert theend insert camps to perform public conservationbegin delete projectsend delete
9begin insert Projects,end insert including, but not limited to, forest fire prevention and
10control, forest and watershed management, recreation, fish and
11game management, soilbegin delete conservationend deletebegin insert conservation,end insert and forest and
12watershed revegetation.

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14begin insert(c)end insertbegin insertend insertbegin insert(1)end insertbegin insertend insertbegin insertInend insert order to effect the maximum possible conservation
15and development of natural resources for the benefit of the people
16of this state,begin delete wheneverend deletebegin insert whenend insert reasonably possible, conservation
17projects of a multiple purpose nature shall be undertaken by the
18California Conservation Camps. The various agencies concerned
19with conservation projects shall consultbegin insert withend insert and advisebegin delete withend delete each
20other to promote these multiple-purpose conservation projectsbegin delete andend delete
21begin insert and,end insert in order to achieve thisbegin delete goalend deletebegin insert goal,end insert may enter intobegin delete suchend delete
22 contracts as may be necessary.

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23(2) The various agencies shall consider and adopt incentives
24and programs necessary to ensure adequate inmate and ward
25participation in conservation camps.

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