Bill Text: CA AB1097 | 2013-2014 | Regular Session | Amended

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Bill Title: Fish and Game Commission: Mirage Trail.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Passed) 2013-10-05 - Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 594, Statutes of 2013. [AB1097 Detail]

Download: California-2013-AB1097-Amended.html

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BILL NUMBER: AB 1097	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN SENATE  AUGUST 13, 2013
	AMENDED IN SENATE  JUNE 19, 2013
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  MAY 1, 2013
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  MARCH 14, 2013

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Nestande

                        FEBRUARY 22, 2013

   An act to amend Section 1587 of the Fish and Game Code, relating
to fish and wildlife.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 1097, as amended, Nestande. Fish and Game Commission: Mirage
Trail.
   Existing law requires, until January 1, 2018, that the Mirage
Trail within the Magnesia Spring Ecological Reserve be open 9 months
of the year to recreational hiking  ,  if the Fish
and Game Commission determines that specified conditions are met.
   This bill would  instead repeal these provisions as of
January 1, 2013, and would  specify the 9 months of the year
that the trail would be open as May to January, inclusive, and the 3
months that the trail would be closed as February to April,
inclusive. The bill would also require the commission to assess
whether the 9-month schedule has any significant environmental
impacts on the Peninsular bighorn sheep.
   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 1587 of the Fish and Game Code is amended to
read:
   1587.  (a) The Mirage Trail within the Magnesia Spring Ecological
Reserve shall be open nine months of the year during the months of
May to January, inclusive, and closed for three months during the
months of February to April, inclusive, to recreational 
hiking,   hiking  if the commission determines that
all of the following conditions are met:
   (1) Local public agencies or other entities will assume complete
financial responsibility for the following as determined to be
necessary by the commission:
   (A) Fencing to dissuade hikers from traversing beyond the trail
and into sensitive Peninsular bighorn sheep habitat.
   (B) Signage and educational materials to educate hikers about
Peninsular bighorn sheep.
   (2) A single entity has been designated to fulfill the financial
arrangements and other terms and conditions determined by the
commission to be necessary pursuant to paragraph (1). 
   (b) The commission shall do both of the following: 

   (1) Determine seasonal openings and closures of the trail that
will not conflict with the use of the area by Peninsular bighorn
sheep, consistent with subdivision (a).  
   (2) Assess 
    (b)     The commission shall assess 
whether the nine-month schedule has any significant environmental
impacts on the Peninsular bighorn sheep.
   (c) This section shall remain in effect only until January 1,
 2017   2018  , and as of that date is
repealed, unless a later enacted statute, that is enacted before
January 1,  2017   2018  , deletes or
extends that date.