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THIRD READING
Bill No: AB 120
Author: Assembly Budget Committee
Amended: 6/8/11 in Senate
Vote: 21
PRIOR VOTES NOT RELEVANT
SUBJECT : Budget Act of 2011: Resources
SOURCE : Author
DIGEST : This bill provides the necessary statutory
changes in the area of Resources in order to enact the 2011
Budget Act.
Senate Floor Amendments of 6/8/11 delete the prior version
of the bill expressing legislative intent and now provide
the necessary statutory changes in the area of Resources in
order to enact the 2011 Budget Act.
ANALYSIS : This is the Resources Trailer Bill for the
Budget Act of 2011. It contains necessary changes to
implement the Budget Act of 2011. Key statutory changes
are as follows:
1. California Department of Food and Agriculture Budget
Reduction Implementation. Provides changes to implement
various budget reductions, eliminates programs, and
deletes obsolete statutes. Provides for fees to pay for
regulatory programs and shifts certain revenues to the
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department for specific regulatory programs rather than
to the General Fund.
2. Elimination of Advisory Committees at the Department of
Fish and Game. Eliminates duplicative, defunct or
otherwise redundant advisory committees including
statutes related to the Abalone Advisory Committee, the
State Interagency Oil Spill Committee, and the State
Interagency Oil Spill Committee Review Subcommittee.
3. Provides Cleanup Language Related to Park Liability.
Amends liability assurances for parks that are closed,
partially closed and those with service reductions to be
consistent with other state liability statutes.
4. Continues the Moratorium on Suction Dredge Mining.
Modifies the moratorium on the use of vacuum or suction
dredge equipment for five years or until the Director of
the Department of Fish and Game certifies that new
regulations fully mitigate for all significant
environmental impacts and a fee structure to fully cover
program administrative costs are in place.
5. Provides Technical Budget Accounting Changes to the
Department of Conservation and State Water Resources
Control Board. Authorizes the Department of
Conservation to shift its clearing account to an
appropriate special fund. Authorizes funds collected
for the purposes of Wastewater Operator Certification at
the State Water Resources Control Board to be deposited
into the Wastewater Operator Certification fund.
FISCAL EFFECT : Appropriation: Yes Fiscal Com.: Yes
Local: Yes
DLW:kc 6/8/11 Senate Floor Analyses
SUPPORT/OPPOSITION: NONE RECEIVED
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