BILL NUMBER: AB 2655	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Eng

                        FEBRUARY 19, 2010

   An act relating to natural resources.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 2655, as introduced, Eng. Natural resources: mitigation.
   Existing law declares that resource conservation is of fundamental
importance to the prosperity and welfare of the people of the state.
Existing law states that it is the policy of the state to adopt
conservation practices to save the basic resources of soil, water,
and air from unreasonable and economically preventable waste and
destruction.
   This bill would state the intent of the Legislature to enact
legislation that would improve the delivery of natural resource
mitigation by identifying regional or statewide conservation
priorities and by anticipating the impact of planned infrastructure
projects, in order to protect and restore California's most valuable
natural resources.
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: no.
State-mandated local program: no.


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

  SECTION 1.  It is the intent of the Legislature to enact
legislation that would improve the delivery of natural resource
mitigation by identifying regional or statewide conservation
priorities and by anticipating the impact of planned infrastructure
projects, in order to protect and restore California's most valuable
natural resources.