BILL NUMBER: SB 152	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Senator Pavley

                        FEBRUARY 1, 2011

   An act to repeal Section 6503.5 of the Public Resources Code,
relating to public lands.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SB 152, as introduced, Pavley. Public lands: general leasing law:
littoral landowners.
   Existing law prohibits rent from being charged for any private
recreational pier, as defined, constructed on state lands for the use
of a littoral landowner, as defined. Existing law requires the
littoral landowner to pay to the State Lands Commission the
commission's expenses in issuing a lease or permit for the state
lands.
   This bill would repeal this law.
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: yes.
State-mandated local program: no.


THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  SECTION 1.  Section 6503.5 of the Public Resources Code is
repealed. 
   6503.5.  (a) Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 6503, no
rent shall be charged for any private recreational pier constructed
on state lands for the use of a littoral landowner. However, a
littoral landowner shall pay to the commission, in accordance with
its rules and regulations, the commission's expenses in issuing a
lease or permit for the state lands.
   (b) As used in this section, the following terms have the
following meanings:
   (1) "Littoral landowner" means (A) any natural person or persons
who own littoral land improved with, and used solely for, a
single-family dwelling or (B) any association of, or any nonprofit
corporation consisting of, natural persons who own parcels of land,
each of which is zoned or used solely for a single-family dwelling,
and who are entitled to the use of a private recreational pier on
littoral land that is owned by the association or nonprofit
corporation and is not more than one mile from any such parcel owned
by a member thereof.
   (2) "Recreational pier" includes any fixed facility for the
docking or mooring of boats that is constructed for the use of the
littoral landowner.