CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE— 2023–2024 REGULAR SESSION

Assembly Bill
No. 1279

Introduced by Assembly Members Mike Fong and McCarty

February 16, 2023

An act to amend Section 14318 of the Public Resources Code, relating to conservation.


LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


AB 1279, as introduced, Mike Fong. California Conservation Corps: contracts: community conservation corps.
Existing law establishes the California Conservation Corps in the Natural Resources Agency. Existing law, until January 1, 2024, authorizes the California Conservation Corps to enter into a contract with an individual or collective of certified community conservation corps for a project or program that furthers certain purposes of the California Conservation Corps and consists of one or more specified types of projects, programs, or services, including natural resources and land management projects.
This bill would extend the authorization for the California Conservation Corps to enter into these contracts with certified community conservation corps indefinitely, and would repeal language that required the California Conservation Corps to file a report with the Legislature on or before January 1, 2023, on the success of any project or program undertaken pursuant to the contracts.
Vote: MAJORITY   Appropriation: NO   Fiscal Committee: YES   Local Program: NO  

The people of the State of California do enact as follows:


SECTION 1.

 Section 14318 of the Public Resources Code is amended to read:

14318.
 (a) The corps may enter into a contract with an individual or collective of community conservation corps certified pursuant to Section 14507.5 for a project or program that is in furtherance of Section 14000 and that consists of one or more of the following:
(1) Natural resources and land management projects.
(2) Energy and climate programs.
(3) Emergency response services.
(4) Educational, programming, and training services.
(5) Corpsmember services.
(6) Ancillary services.
(b) The director may establish guidelines for purposes of this section. If the director establishes guidelines for purposes of this section, a contract entered into pursuant to subdivision (a) shall adhere to those guidelines.

(c)The corps shall file a report on the success of any program or project undertaken pursuant to this section with the Legislature in compliance with Section 9795 of the Government Code before January 1, 2023.

(d)This section shall remain in effect only until January 1, 2024, and as of that date is repealed.