BILL NUMBER: SB 262	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Senator Lowenthal

                        FEBRUARY 24, 2009

   An act to amend Section 30315 of, and to add Section 30315.2 to,
the Public Resources Code, relating to coastal resources.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SB 262, as introduced, Lowenthal. Coastal resources: California
Coastal Commission: meeting.
   Existing law requires the California Coastal Commission to meet at
least once a month at a place convenient to the public.
   This bill would, instead, require the commission to meet
regularly. The bill would provide that a deadline for a commission
hearing or action established pursuant to the California Coastal Act
of 1976, the California Environmental Quality Act, or the Permit
Streamlining Act is extended until the adjournment of the next
regularly scheduled commission meeting after the deadline.
   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.  Section 30315 of the Public Resources Code is amended
to read:
   30315.   (a)    The commission shall meet
 at least once a month   regularly  at a
place convenient to the public. All meetings of the commission shall
be open to the public. 
   A 
    (b)     A  majority of the total
appointed membership of the commission shall constitute a quorum.
 Any   An  action taken by the commission
under this division requires a majority vote of the members present
at the meeting of the commission, with a quorum being present, unless
otherwise specifically provided for in this division.
  SEC. 2.  Section 30315.2 is added to the Public Resources Code, to
read:
   30315.2.  Notwithstanding any other provisions of law, a deadline
for a commission hearing or action established pursuant to this
division, the California Environmental Quality Act (Division 13
(commencing with Section 21000)), or the Permit Streamlining Act
(Article 5 (commencing with Section 65950) of Chapter 4.5 of Division
1 of Title 7 of the Government Code), is hereby extended until the
adjournment of the next regularly scheduled commission meeting after
the deadline. This section does not apply to actions that the
executive director may take without the approval or concurrence of
the commission.