Bill Text: CA AB1284 | 2023-2024 | Regular Session | Amended
Bill Title: Tribal ancestral lands and waters: cogovernance and comanagement agreements.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: (Engrossed) 2024-05-01 - Referred to Com. on N.R. & W. [AB1284 Detail]
Download: California-2023-AB1284-Amended.html
Amended
IN
Assembly
March 23, 2023 |
Introduced by Assembly Member Ramos |
February 16, 2023 |
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
This bill would state the intent of the Legislature to enact legislation that recognizes the Natural Resources Agency’s ability to enter into cogovernance and management agreements with federally recognized Indian tribes and authorizes the agency to do so.
Digest Key
Vote: MAJORITY Appropriation: NO Fiscal Committee:Bill Text
The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
SECTION 1.
The Legislature finds and declares all of the following:(j)The Fish and Game Commission has adopted the following definition of comanagement: A collaborative effort established
through an agreement in which two or more sovereigns mutually negotiate, define, and allocate amongst themselves the sharing of management functions and responsibilities for a given territory, area, or set of natural resources.
It is the intent of the Legislature to enact legislation that recognizes the Natural Resources Agency’s ability to enter into cogovernance and management agreements with federally recognized Indian tribes and authorizes the agency to do so.