Bill Text: CA AB2516 | 2013-2014 | Regular Session | Amended

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Bill Title: Sea level rise planning: database.

Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 5-1)

Status: (Passed) 2014-09-21 - Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 522, Statutes of 2014. [AB2516 Detail]

Download: California-2013-AB2516-Amended.html

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BILL NUMBER: AB 2516	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN SENATE  JUNE 30, 2014
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  MAY 7, 2014
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  APRIL 9, 2014

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Gordon
   (Coauthors: Assembly Members Achadjian, Lowenthal, Muratsuchi,
Skinner, and Ting)

                        FEBRUARY 21, 2014

   An act to add Division 20.6 (commencing with Section 30961) to the
Public Resources Code, relating to sea level rise.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 2516, as amended, Gordon. Sea level rise planning: database.
   Existing law establishes the Natural Resources Agency consisting
of various entities, departments, and boards, including the
Department of Water Resources, the California Coastal Commission, the
State Energy Resources Conservation and Development Commission, the
State Lands Commission, the San Francisco Bay Conservation and
Development Commission, and the State Coastal Conservancy.
   This bill would require, on or before January 1, 2016, the Natural
Resources Agency, in collaboration with the Ocean Protection
Council, to create, update  quarterly  
biannually  , and post on  its   an 
Internet Web site a Planning for Sea Level Rise Database describing
steps being taken throughout the state to prepare for, and adapt to,
sea level rise. The bill would require various public agencies and
private entities to provide to the agency, by July 1, 2015, and,
beginning January 1, 2016, on a  quarterly  
biannual  basis thereafter, sea level rise planning information,
as defined, that is under the control or jurisdiction of the public
agencies or private entities. The bill would require the agency to
determine which information is necessary for inclusion in the
database and to organize the database by geographic region and
provide an entry for each city, county, and city and county within
the coastal zone and San Francisco Bay area.
   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.  Division 20.6 (commencing with Section 30961) is added
to the Public Resources Code, to read:

      DIVISION 20.6.  Planning for Sea Level Rise Database


   30961.  It is the intent of the Legislature that the Planning for
Sea Level Rise Database provide the public with an educational tool
that will enable parties to view up-to-date information from a
single, centrally located source about actions taken by cities,
counties, cities and counties, regions, and public and private
entities to address sea level rise.
   30962.  For purposes of this division, "sea level rise planning
information" means studies, programs, modeling, mapping, cost-benefit
analyses, vulnerability assessments, adaptation, assessments, and
local coastal programs certified pursuant to Chapter 6 (commencing
with Section 30500) of Division  20,   20 
that have been developed for the purposes of addressing or preparing
for sea level rise.
   30963.  On or before January 1, 2016, the Natural Resources
Agency, in collaboration with the Ocean Protection Council, shall
create and post on  its   an  Internet Web
site a Planning for Sea Level Rise Database describing steps being
taken throughout the state to prepare for, and adapt to, sea level
rise. To be an effective inventory of sea level rise planning in the
state, the Natural Resources Agency, beginning January 1, 2016, shall
update the database  quarterly   biannually
 with information described in Section 30964 and provided by the
entities described in Section 30965.
   30964.  (a) No later than July 1, 2015, the entities listed in
Section 30965 shall submit to the Natural Resources Agency sea level
rise planning  information,   information 
and, beginning January 1, 2016, any new or updated sea level rise
planning information on a  quarterly   biannual
 basis, in a format determined by the agency. The Natural
Resources Agency shall make a determination as to which sea level
rise planning information is necessary for inclusion in the database
and may include any of the following:
   (1) Purpose.
   (2) The person or entity charged with developing the sea level
rise planning information and other contributors or collaborators.
   (3) Whether the sea level rise planning information is required to
be developed by local, state, or federal law.
   (4) Geographic scope of the sea level rise planning information.
   (5) If the sea level rise planning information is an assessment,
whether it is a risk or vulnerability assessment.
   (6) Whether the sea level rise planning information has
governance, environmental, economic, social equity, or public
education objectives, or any combination thereof.
   (7) The types of resources and infrastructure items on which the
sea level rise planning information focuses. Types of resources and
infrastructure items include, but are not limited to, wetlands,
piers, and residential, commercial, industrial, and transportation
structures.
   (8) Source of funding for the sea level rise planning information.

   (9) Cost of the sea level rise planning information.
   (10) Any scientific considerations or science-based facts that are
involved in the sea level rise planning information.
   (11) Relevant maps.
   (12) Links to other Internet Web site materials that provide
further information.
   (b) The California Coastal Commission shall provide the Natural
Resources Agency with information regarding which cities, counties,
and cities and counties located in the coastal zone, as defined in
Section 30103, have implemented a local coastal program, including
all of the following information:
   (1) When the local coastal program was created.
   (2) All dates on which the local coastal program was updated, if
updated.
   (3) Whether the local coastal program addresses sea level rise.
   (4) Cities, counties, and cities and counties that do not have a
local coastal program in place.
   30965.  (a) The following public agencies and private entities
shall provide sea level rise planning information described in
Section 30964 that is under the control or the jurisdiction of the
public agency or private entity, as applicable, to the Natural
Resources Agency by July 1, 2015, and, beginning January 1, 2016,
shall continue to provide updated information to the Natural
Resources Agency on a  quarterly   biannual
 basis:
   (1) Airports within the California coastal zone or San Francisco
Bay area.
   (2) California Coastal Commission.
   (3) State Energy Resources Conservation and Development
Commission.
   (4) Ports located in the California coastal zone or San Francisco
Bay area.
   (5) Department of Transportation.
   (6) Investor-owned utilities located in the California coastal
zone or the San Francisco Bay area.
   (7) Publicly owned electric and natural gas utilities located in
the California coastal zone or San Francisco Bay area.
   (8) Regional water quality control boards.
   (9) San Francisco Bay Conservation and Development Commission.
   (10) State Coastal Conservancy.
   (11) State Lands Commission.
   (12) State Water Resources Control Board.
   (b) This section does not require sea level rise planning
information to be developed, adopted, or updated by a public agency
or private entity listed in subdivision (a). 
   (c) The Ocean Protection Council, when necessary, shall request
the information required by this section. 
   30966.  The Natural Resources Agency, in developing the Planning
for Sea Level Rise Database, shall organize the database by
geographic regions, provide an entry for each city, county, and city
and county within the coastal zone and San Francisco Bay area, and
include information described in Section 30964 under each entry. The
Natural Resources Agency shall organize the database in a manner it
determines best to provide the public with clear, useful, and readily
accessible information.
   30967.  Nothing in this division shall alter the duties,
responsibilities, and jurisdiction of state agencies that provide
information pursuant to this division.