BILL NUMBER: AB 1473 INTRODUCED BILL TEXT INTRODUCED BY Assembly Member Salas FEBRUARY 27, 2015 An act to amend Section 21060.5 of the Public Resources Code, relating to environmental quality. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST AB 1473, as introduced, Salas. California Environmental Quality Act. The California Environmental Quality Act requires a lead agency to prepare, or cause to be prepared, and certify the completion of an environmental impact report on a project, as defined, that it proposes to carry out or approve that may have a significant effect on the environment, as defined, or to adopt a negative declaration if it finds that the project will not have that effect. This bill would make technical, nonsubstantive changes to a provision within the act. Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: no. State-mandated local program: no. THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: SECTION 1. Section 21060.5 of the Public Resources Code is amended to read: 21060.5. "Environment" means the physical conditionswhichthat exist within the areawhichthat will be affected by a proposed project, including land, air, water, minerals, flora, fauna, noise, and objects of historic or aesthetic significance.