BILL NUMBER: SB 1156	CHAPTERED  10/10/99

	CHAPTER   639
	FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE   OCTOBER 10, 1999
	APPROVED BY GOVERNOR   OCTOBER 5, 1999
	PASSED THE ASSEMBLY   SEPTEMBER 7, 1999
	PASSED THE SENATE   MAY 17, 1999

INTRODUCED BY   Senator Sher

                        FEBRUARY 26, 1999

   An act to amend Section 31164 of the Public Resources Code,
relating to coastal resources, and making an appropriation therefor.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SB 1156, Sher.  San Francisco Bay Area Conservancy Program
Account:  appropriation.
   Existing law establishes the San Francisco Bay Area Conservancy
Program administered by the State Coastal Conservancy, for the
purpose of addressing specified resources and recreational goals for
the San Francisco Bay Area in a coordinated, comprehensive, and
effective way.  Existing law creates the San Francisco Bay Area
Conservancy Program Account in the State Coastal Conservancy Fund,
for the purpose of depositing and disbursing funds for the
administration and implementation of the program.  Existing law
requires that the money in the account be segregated into 2
subaccounts; the first of which is required to contain funds that are
appropriated by the Legislature for the purposes of the program; the
second of which contains funds that are derived from all other
sources, exclusive of federal funds, including private donations,
fees and penalties, and local government contributions, for the
purposes of the program.
   This bill would require that the funds in the second subaccount be
continuously appropriated to the State Coastal Conservancy, without
regard to fiscal year, for expenditure for the purposes of the
program, thereby making an appropriation.
   Appropriation:  yes.


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


  SECTION 1.  Section 31164 of the Public Resources Code is amended
to read:
   31164.  (a) The San Francisco Bay Area Conservancy Program Account
is hereby created in the State Coastal Conservancy Fund, for the
purpose of depositing and disbursing funds for the administration and
implementation of the San Francisco Bay Area Conservancy Program.
   (b) (1) The money in the account created pursuant to subdivision
(a) shall be segregated into two subaccounts, as follows:
   (A) The first subaccount shall contain funds that are appropriated
by the Legislature for the purposes of this chapter.  Any interest
that accrues on the funds in this subaccount shall be transferred to,
and deposited into, the General Fund.  The conservancy shall account
for all deposits or reimbursements of funds in this subaccount that
are derived from funds that were appropriated by the Legislature for
the purposes of this chapter.
   (B) The second subaccount shall contain funds that are derived
from all other sources, exclusive of federal funds, for the purposes
of this chapter, including, but not limited to, private donations,
fees and penalties, and local government contributions.  Any interest
that accrues on the funds in this subaccount shall be retained in
the subaccount and shall be available for expenditure by the
conservancy for the purposes of this chapter.  Not more than 3
percent of the funds that are deposited in this subaccount shall be
utilized by the conservancy for general administration and planning
purposes.  No funds shall be expended from this subaccount for any
activity that would legally require a commitment of state funds in
the future.  Notwithstanding Section 1334 of the Government Code, the
funds in this subaccount are continuously appropriated, without
regard to fiscal year, to the conservancy for expenditures for the
purposes of this chapter.
   (2) All reimbursements, proceeds of sale, or other money received
by the conservancy for the purposes of this chapter that are not
expended on projects under the San Francisco Bay Area Conservancy
Program shall be redeposited in the appropriate subaccount of the
account.
   (c) The conservancy shall not be required to undertake any
activities pursuant to this chapter until such time that funds from
new sources of funding that are not currently available to the
conservancy for those purposes are appropriated by the Legislature or
otherwise deposited in the account, and until such time that any
administrative or general planning funds expended by the conservancy
for the purposes of this chapter prior to any such appropriations or
deposits being available for expenditure by the conservancy are
reimbursed to the State Coastal Conservancy Fund.