BILL NUMBER: SB 262	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN SENATE  MAY 11, 2009

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 amended, 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   at least 10 times per year  . 
The 
    This  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
 yes  . 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  regularly 
 at least 10 times per year  at a place convenient to the
public. All meetings of the commission shall be open to the public.
   (b) Amajority of the total appointed membership of the commission
shall constitute a quorum. 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.