BILL ANALYSIS Ó
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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
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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
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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.
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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