BILL NUMBER: SB 262	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  JUNE 11, 2009
	AMENDED IN SENATE  MAY 13, 2009
	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  .
   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.
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   A majority  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 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.