Bill Text: CA AB2536 | 2019-2020 | Regular Session | Introduced

California Assembly Bill 2536 (Prior Session Legislation)

Introduced

Bill Title: California Environmental Quality Act.

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 1)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-02-20 - From printer. May be heard in committee March 21. [AB2536 Detail]

Download: California-2019-AB2536-Introduced.html

CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE— 2019–2020 REGULAR SESSION

Assembly Bill

No. 2536

Introduced by Assembly Member Obernolte

February 19, 2020

An act to amend Section 21082 of the Public Resources Code, relating to environmental quality.

LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST

AB 2536, as introduced, Obernolte. California Environmental Quality Act.

The California Environmental Quality Act requires a lead agency, as defined, to prepare, or cause to be prepared, and certify the completion of an environmental impact report on a project that it proposes to carry out or approve that may have a significant effect on the environment or to adopt a negative declaration if it finds that the project will not have that effect. The act requires all public agencies to adopt by ordinance, resolution, rule, or regulation specified objectives, criteria, and procedures for the evaluation of projects and the preparation of environmental impact reports and negative declarations, as specified.

This bill would make nonsubstantive changes to those provisions.

Vote: MAJORITY Appropriation: NO Fiscal Committee: NO Local Program: NO

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

SECTION 1.

Section 21082 of the Public Resources Code is amended to read:

21082.

All public agencies shall adopt by ordinance, resolution, rule, or ~~regulation,~~ regulation objectives, criteria, and procedures for the evaluation of projects and the preparation of environmental impact reports and negative declarations pursuant to this division. A school district, or any other district, whose boundaries are coterminous with a city, county, or city and ~~county,~~ county may utilize the objectives, criteria, and procedures of the city, county, or city and county, as may be applicable, in which case, the school district or other district need not adopt objectives, criteria, and procedures of its own. The objectives, criteria, and procedures shall be consistent with ~~the provisions of~~ this division and with the guidelines adopted by the Secretary of the Natural Resources Agency pursuant to Section 21083. ~~Such~~ The objectives, criteria, and procedures shall be adopted by each public agency no later than 60 days after the Secretary of the Natural Resources Agency has adopted guidelines pursuant to Section 21083.