BILL ANALYSIS Ó SB 1473 Page 1 Date of Hearing: August 3, 2016 ASSEMBLY COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS Lorena Gonzalez, Chair SB 1473 (Committee on Natural Resources and Water) - As Amended August 1, 2016 ----------------------------------------------------------------- |Policy |Water, Parks and Wildlife |Vote:|14 - 0 | |Committee: | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |-------------+-------------------------------+-----+-------------| | |Natural Resources | |8 - 0 | | | | | | | | | | | ----------------------------------------------------------------- Urgency: No State Mandated Local Program: NoReimbursable: No SUMMARY: This bill (Makes procedural and technical changes to the Fish and Game Code and deletes obsolete statutes. Specifically, this bill: 1)Clarifies under what circumstances Fish and Game Commission regulations governing take or possession of wild animals are SB 1473 Page 2 subject to general rulemaking procedures, as specified. 2)Revises and updates the regulatory procedures to be consistent with the requirements of the Administrative Procedures Act (APA). 3)Repeals several obsolete or redundant provisions of the Fish and Game Code, and reorganizes other provisions without substantive change. Makes various other technical and conforming changes. 4)Repeals provisions of existing law that conditionally granted certain tidelands and submerged lands to the county of Los Angeles, but which never took effect, thereby causing the lands to revert to the state and the jurisdiction of the State Lands Commission (SLC.) Additionally, this bill clarifies that each meeting of the Coastal Commission shall occur not more than 45 "working" days after the previous meeting and coastal development permit applications or appeals hearings shall be set no later than 49 "working" days after the application or appeal is filed.) COMMENTS: This bill is a committee omnibus bill that updates and clarifies provisions of the Fish and Game Code based on recommendations of the California Law Revision Commission (CLRC). The changes are proposed to modernize the code by conforming procedural rules to current practices and the APA, improving organization of the code, and eliminating obsolete provisions. SB 1473 Page 3 Additionally, SLC has asked the Legislature to repeal Chapter 1700 of the Statutes of 1967, which conditionally granted public trust lands to the Cities of Santa Monica and Los Angeles and Los Angeles County. To become operative, the grantee was required to submit a land use plan to the SLC for approval. The plan was never submitted to SLC, and the lands reverted back to the state. In order to clarify the lands' ownership, this bill repeals this provision. Lastly, this bill modifies SB 798, Chapter 683, Statutes of 2015, regarding Coastal Commission meetings and hearings. SB 798 required the Coastal Commission to meet no less than 11 times per year and requires each meeting to occur not more than 45 days after the previous meeting. Additionally, SB 798 required the Coastal Commission to set coastal development permit application or appeals hearings no more than 49 days after application or appeals filings. This bill clarifies that the 45 and 49 day requirements are "working" days. Analysis Prepared by:Jennifer Galehouse / APPR. / (916) 319-2081