BILL ANALYSIS
AB 2353
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Date of Hearing: April 19, 2010
ASSEMBLY COMMITTEE ON NATURAL RESOURCES
Wesley Chesbro, Chair
AB 2353 (Logue) - As Amended: April 12, 2010
SUBJECT : State conservancies: reporting requirements.
SUMMARY : Requires seven conservancies to biennially report to
the Legislature; conforms reporting frequency for three other
conservancies.
EXISTING LAW :
1)Creates ten conservancies to acquire, manage, or conserve the
state's natural, historical, cultural and recreational
resources.
2)Requires the State Coastal Conservancy (every three years),
Santa Monica Mountains Conservancy (annually), and Sierra
Nevada Conservancy (annually) to submit reports to the
Legislature.
THIS BILL :
1)Requires the California Tahoe Conservancy, the Sacramento-San
Joaquin Delta Conservancy, the San Joaquin River Conservancy,
the Baldwin Hills Conservancy, the San Gabriel and Lower Los
Angeles Rivers and Mountains Conservancy, the San Diego River
Conservancy, and the Coachella Valley Mountain Conservancy to
submit a report to the Legislature and to the Secretary of the
Natural Resources Agency on or before January 1, 2012, and on
or before January 1 every even-numbered year thereafter. The
report must contain information regarding all of the
following:
a) State and nonstate funding sources and revenues.
b) Land management costs and administrative costs.
c) Land or conservation easement acquisition activities or
funding provided to nonstate entities to acquire land or
conservation easements.
d) A description of, and the amount of money expended for,
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all projects funded by the conservancy either directly or
through nonstate entities.
e) A schedule of projects undertaken.
f) A description of progress made toward achievement of the
purposes of specified goals, plans or other objectives.
2)Conforms reporting frequency of the State Coastal Conservancy,
Santa Monica Mountains Conservancy, and Sierra Nevada
Conservancy to the same frequency (biennially) as the others
above.
FISCAL EFFECT : Unknown
COMMENTS : This bill imposes a biennial reporting requirement
for the first time on seven conservancies. Under existing law,
only the State Coastal Conservancy, Santa Monica Mountains
Conservancy, and Sierra Nevada Conservancy are required to
report to the Legislature, with varying frequency and content.
This bill subjects all conservancies to the same reporting
frequency though it does not make consistent the content of the
reports. The committee and author may wish to consider doing so
and imposing the following additional reporting requirements on
all conservancies:
1)Acquisition or funding of acquisition of any interest in real
property.
2)A schedule of grants and loans made by a conservancy.
3)A description of program or project priorities in the next two
years.
4)A description of a conservancy's partnership with (e.g., via
memorandum of understanding or agreement) or membership of a
joint powers authority, nonprofit organizations, government
agency, or other subdivision of the state.
5)Recommendations to the Legislature on additional funding,
legislation, or other resources required to more effectively
or efficiently carry out a conservancies' mission, goals or
objectives or to expend resources.
REGISTERED SUPPORT / OPPOSITION :
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Support
None on file
Opposition
None on file
Analysis Prepared by : Dan Chia / NAT. RES. / (916) 319-2092