Bill Text: CA AB2567 | 2017-2018 | Regular Session | Amended
Bill Title: Port of Stockton: tidelands and submerged lands: land grants.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2018-03-19 - Re-referred to Com. on NAT. RES. [AB2567 Detail]
Download: California-2017-AB2567-Amended.html
Amended
IN
Assembly
March 15, 2018 |
Assembly Bill | No. 2567 |
Introduced by Assembly Member Eggman |
February 15, 2018 |
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
Existing law grants and conveys in trust to certain local government entities, including port districts, all the right, title, and interest of the State of California in specified tide and submerged lands held by the state.
This bill would declare the intent of the Legislature to enact legislation to grant in trust to the Port of Stockton and its successors all of the right, title, and interest of the State of California, held by the state by virtue of its sovereignty, in and to certain tidelands and submerged lands not previously granted, whether filled or unfilled, in San Joaquin County. The bill would declare the intent of the Legislature that the lands be held by the trustee and its successors in trust for the benefit of all the people of the state for purposes of improvement and operation of a harbor, including the construction, maintenance, and operation thereon of wharves, docks, piers, slips, quays, and other utilities, structures, facilities, or appliances necessary or convenient for the promotion and accommodation of commerce and navigation, and for other public trust purposes.
Digest Key
Vote:Bill Text
The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
SECTION 1.
It is the intent of the Legislature to enact a new uncodified grant of tidelands and submerged lands situated in the San Joaquin River, as described in this act, to the Port of Stockton for purposes of commerce, navigation, fisheries, and other purposes consistent with the public trust, subject to specified conditions.SEC. 2.
For purposes of this act, the following definitions shall apply:SEC. 3.
(a) There is hereby granted in trust to the Port of Stockton and to its successors, all of the rights, title, and interest of the state, held by the state by virtue of its sovereignty, in lands situated in the County of San Joaquin, State of California, and described as follows:SEC. 4.
(a) On or before January 1, 2022, the trustee shall submit to the commission a trust lands use plan describing any proposed development, preservation, or other use of the trust lands. The trustee shall thereafter submit to the commission for approval all changes or amendments to, or extensions of, the trust lands use plan. The trustee may apply to the commission for, and the commission may approve, reasonable extensions of time to meet this deadline.SEC. 5.
(a) On or before September 30, 2022, and on or before September 30 of every succeeding fifth year, the trustee shall submit to the commission a report of its utilization of the trust lands for each immediately preceding five-calendar-year period ending with June 30 of the calendar year in which the report is required to be submitted.SEC. 6.
(a) The trustee shall demonstrate good faith in carrying out the provisions of its trust lands use plan and amending it when necessary in accordance with subdivision (a) of Section 4 of this act.SEC. 7.
(a) (1) The trustee shall establish and maintain accounting procedures, in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles, providing accurate records of all revenues received from the trust lands and trust assets and of all expenditures of those revenues.SEC. 8.
(a) If the commission finds that the trustee has violated the terms of its trust grant or any other obligation under this act or the public trust doctrine, the commission shall notify the trustee of the violation.SEC. 9.
(a) On or before January 1, 2022, the commission shall survey, monument, and record a plat and a metes and bounds description of the trust lands in the office of the county recorder in the county or counties in which the lands are located. Upon recordation, the survey, monuments, plat, and metes and bounds description shall be binding upon the state, the grantee, and their successors in interest.SEC. 10.
The commission, at the request of the port, shall grant an extension of time, not to exceed 60 calendar days, for filing any report or statement required by this act which was not filed due to mistake or inadvertence.SEC. 11.
The Legislature finds and declares that a special statute is necessary and that a general statute cannot be made applicable within the meaning of Section 16 of Article IV of the California Constitution because of the unique circumstances of the Port of Stockton.SEC. 12.
No reimbursement is required by this act pursuant to Section 6 of Article XIII B of the California Constitution because the only costs that may be incurred by a local agency or school district are the result of a program for which legislative authority was requested by that local agency or school district, within the meaning of Section 17556 of the Government Code and Section 6 of Article XIII B of the California Constitution.It is the intent of the Legislature to enact legislation to grant in trust to the Port of Stockton and its successors all of the right, title, and interest of the State of California, held by the state by virtue of its sovereignty, in and to certain tidelands and submerged lands not previously granted, whether filled or unfilled, in San Joaquin County. It is further the intent of the Legislature that the lands be held by the trustee and its successors in trust for the benefit of all the people of the state for purposes of improvement and operation of a harbor, including the construction, maintenance, and operation thereon of wharves, docks, piers, slips, quays, and other utilities, structures, facilities, or appliances necessary or convenient for the promotion and accommodation of commerce and
navigation, and for other public trust purposes.