Bill Text: CA AB1767 | 2013-2014 | Regular Session | Chaptered

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Bill Title: Santa Monica Mountains Conservancy: property destruction: fines.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Passed) 2014-09-25 - Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 536, Statutes of 2014. [AB1767 Detail]

Download: California-2013-AB1767-Chaptered.html

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BILL NUMBER: AB 1767	CHAPTERED
	BILL TEXT

	CHAPTER  536
	FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE  SEPTEMBER 25, 2014
	APPROVED BY GOVERNOR  SEPTEMBER 25, 2014
	PASSED THE SENATE  AUGUST 13, 2014
	PASSED THE ASSEMBLY  AUGUST 18, 2014
	AMENDED IN SENATE  JULY 2, 2014
	AMENDED IN SENATE  JUNE 16, 2014
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  APRIL 22, 2014

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Holden

                        FEBRUARY 14, 2014

   An act to amend Section 33211.6 of the Public Resources Code,
relating to the Santa Monica Mountains Conservancy.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 1767, Holden. Santa Monica Mountains Conservancy: property
destruction: fines.
   Existing law establishes the Santa Monica Mountains Conservancy in
the Natural Resources Agency and prescribes the membership,
functions, and duties of the conservancy with regard to the
preservation, protection, and management of specified lands in the
Santa Monica Mountains. Existing law makes it a misdemeanor to dump
any refuse matter, except pursuant to a specified permit, on property
owned or managed by the conservancy, and posted against that
dumping, or to injure, deface, or destroy any property owned or
managed by the conservancy, and makes those crimes punishable by a
fine of not more than $1,000, or imprisonment in the county jail for
not more than 6 months, or both that fine and imprisonment.
   This bill would increase the maximum fine for those crimes to
$1,500.


THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  SECTION 1.  Section 33211.6 of the Public Resources Code is amended
to read:
   33211.6.  (a) Dumping any refuse matter, except by permit signed
by the executive director or the executive director's authorized
representative, on property owned or managed by the conservancy, and
posted against that dumping, shall be a misdemeanor punishable by a
fine of not more than one thousand five hundred dollars ($1,500), or
imprisonment in the county jail for not more than six months, or both
that fine and imprisonment.
   (b) Injuring, defacing, or destroying any property owned or
managed by the conservancy or any of the natural features thereof,
shall be a misdemeanor punishable by a fine of not more than one
thousand five hundred dollars ($1,500), or imprisonment in the county
jail for not more than six months, or both that fine and
imprisonment.
   (c) Violation of the posted conditions of use on any property
owned or managed by the conservancy is a misdemeanor punishable by
imprisonment in the county jail not exceeding 90 days, or by a fine
not exceeding one thousand dollars ($1,000), or by both that fine and
imprisonment, except that at the time a particular action pursuant
to this section is commenced, the judge may, considering the
recommendation of the prosecuting attorney, reduce the charged
offense from a misdemeanor to an infraction. A person convicted of
the offense after a reduction shall be punished by a fine of not less
than one hundred dollars ($100), nor more than five hundred dollars
($500).