Amended in Senate August 5, 2014

Amended in Assembly May 13, 2014

Amended in Assembly April 22, 2014

California Legislature—2013–14 Regular Session

Assembly Bill No. 2081

Introduced by Assembly Member Daly

February 20, 2014

An act to amend Section 5021 of, and to add Section 5027.5 to, the Public Resources Code, relating to historical resources.

LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL’S DIGEST

AB 2081, as amended, Daly. Agricultural historical resources.

Existing law establishes the State Historical Resources Commission and the California Register of Historical Resources. Existing law requires the Department of Parks and Recreation to consider all recommendations for registration made by the commission, and requires the department to register, as state historical landmarks, those buildings, structures, sites, or places that the department deems to be important historical resources.

This bill would provide that, for these purposes, begin delete upon the request of the landowner, end delete the term “places” includes, but is not limited to, living and producing vineyards, orchards, and groves. The bill would authorize an agricultural historical resource, such as a living and producing vineyard, orchard, or grove, to be treated or modified as per routine agricultural husbandry practices.

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 5021 of the Public Resources Code is
amended to read:

5021.  

(a) The department shall consider all recommendations
for registration made by the commission, and shall register, as
state historical landmarks, those buildings, structures, sites, or
places that the department deems to be important historical
resources and shall register, as points of historical interest, those
buildings, structures, sites, or places that the department deems to
be historical resources of sufficient historical interest to qualify
for the placement of signs pursuant to Section 5022.5. The
commission shall maintain a register that shall identify by number
and description historical landmarks and points of historical
interest.

(b) The department may publish results of office and field
archaeological investigation annually and shall issue additional
publications, such as detailed site reports and area resource reports,
as necessary, to inform the public and educational institutions.

(c) For the purposes of this section, begin delete upon the request of the
landowner, end delete “places” includes, but is not limited to, living and
producing vineyards, orchards, and groves.

SEC. 2.  

Section 5027.5 is added to the Public Resources Code,
to read:

5027.5.  

An agricultural historical resource, such as a living
and producing vineyard, orchard, or grove, may be treated or
modified as per routine agricultural husbandry practices, including,
but not limited to, cultivation, pruning, installation of new irrigation
or trellising systems, replanting, or removal.