BILL NUMBER: SB 152	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN SENATE  MARCH 10, 2011

INTRODUCED BY   Senator Pavley

                        FEBRUARY 1, 2011

   An act to repeal Section 6503.5 of the Public Resources Code, 
  and to repeal Section 2 of Chapter 431 of the Statutes of 1977,
 relating to public lands.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SB 152, as amended, Pavley. Public lands: general leasing law:
littoral landowners.
   Existing law prohibits rent from being charged for  any
  a  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. 
   Existing law makes legislative findings concerning the
construction and maintenance of private recreational piers on state
waterways, declares legislative intent to provide for rent free
private recreational piers to encourage members of the public to
construct these piers, and states that these findings and intent are
declaratory of existing law.  
   This bill would repeal those provisions. 
   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repealed.
   SEC. 2.    Section 2 of Chapter 431 of the Statutes
of 1977 is repealed.  
  Sec. 2.    The Legislature finds and declares that
substantial public benefit is derived from the construction and
maintenance of private recreational piers on the waterways of this
state. The public benefits derived from such piers include, but are
not limited to: the provision of a safe harbor for vessels which
become disabled upon the waterways of this state, a safe anchorage
for vessels which become distressed in times of severe weather
conditions, the protection of the public from navigational hazards
often found adjacent to shorelines along the waterways of this state,
the elimination or retardation of erosion along the shoreline of
rivers and streams, and the provision of navigational aides to
members of the public utilizing the waterways of this state. It is
therefore the intent of the Legislature in providing for rent free
private recreational piers to encourage members of the public to
construct such piers, at no cost to the state, upon the navigable
lakes, rivers, and streams of this state.
    The provisions of this section are declaratory of existing law.