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          CONCURRENCE IN SENATE AMENDMENTS
          AB 2169 (Chesbro)
          As Amended  July 3, 2012
          Majority vote
           
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          |ASSEMBLY:  |53-20|(May 17, 2012)  |SENATE: |25-11|(August 13,    |
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           Original Committee Reference:    B.,P. & C.P.  

           SUMMARY  :  Exempts the acquisition of conservation easements made 
          pursuant to the California Forest Legacy Program (FLP) Act from 
          current law requiring that all real property be acquired for 
          state agencies by the State Public Works Board (PWB), and 
          clarifies that the Wildlife Conservation Board (WCB) may acquire 
          conservation easements on behalf of the Department of Forestry 
          and Fire Protection (CalFire) pursuant to the FLP.

           The Senate amendments  clarify that the exemption is for the 
          acquisition of conservation easements, rather than land 
          acquisitions, and that WCB may acquire conservation easements on 
          behalf of CalFire pursuant to the FLP.

           EXISTING LAW  :

          1)Establishes the FLP to conserve private forest lands and 
            authorizes CalFire to acquire conservation easements of 
            eligible properties according to specified criteria.

          2)Allows CalFire to acquire conservation easements by entering 
            into a contract with the WCB to administer the purchase of 
            conservation easements.

          3)Establishes the Property Acquisition Law and vests the PWB 
            with the authority to administer the law.

          4)Requires, under the Property Acquisition Law, that all land 
            and other real property to be acquired by or for any state 
            agency be acquired by the PWB, as specified.  The following 
            agencies are exempt from this requirement:  the Department of 
            Transportation; the Department of Water Resources; the State 
            Reclamation Board; the Department of Fish and Game; the WCB; 
            the Public Employees' Retirement System; the State Teachers' 








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            Retirement System; the Department of Housing and Community 
            Development; the State Lands Commission, except for property 
            to be acquired for the State Lands Commission pursuant to an 
            appropriation from the General Fund; and, the State Coastal 
            Conservancy with respect to acceptance of offers to dedicate 
            specified public accessways.

           FISCAL EFFECT  :  According to the Senate Appropriations 
          Committee, pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8, negligible state costs.  
           
           
          Analysis Prepared by  :    Angela Mapp / B.,P. & C.P. / (916) 
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