Bill Text: CA SB436 | 2013-2014 | Regular Session | Chaptered

California Senate Bill 436 (Prior Session Legislation)

Bill Title: Port Hueneme Beach shoreline protection.

Sponsorship: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-1)

Status: (Passed) 2013-09-28 - Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 416, Statutes of 2013. [SB436 Detail]

Download: California-2013-SB436-Chaptered.html

BILL NUMBER: SB 436	CHAPTERED
	BILL TEXT

	CHAPTER  416
	FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE  SEPTEMBER 28, 2013
	APPROVED BY GOVERNOR  SEPTEMBER 28, 2013
	PASSED THE SENATE  SEPTEMBER 12, 2013
	PASSED THE ASSEMBLY  SEPTEMBER 12, 2013
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  SEPTEMBER 11, 2013
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  SEPTEMBER 6, 2013
	AMENDED IN SENATE  APRIL 3, 2013

INTRODUCED BY   Senator Jackson
   (Principal coauthors: Assembly Members Gorell and Williams)

                        FEBRUARY 21, 2013

   An act relating to environmental quality, making an appropriation
therefor, and declaring the urgency thereof, to take effect
immediately.



	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SB 436, Jackson. Port Hueneme Beach shoreline protection.
   Under existing law, the Division of Boating and Waterways has
powers and duties pertaining to beach erosion control, beach
stabilization, and beach repair and restoration.
   Existing law establishes the Safe Neighborhood Parks, Clean Water,
Clean Air, and Coastal Protection Bond Fund, a special fund
available upon appropriation by the Legislature, for purposes of
parks and resources improvement. The fund makes moneys available to
the State Coastal Conservancy for specified and related purposes,
including, but not limited to, the acquisition, enhancement,
restoration, protection, and development of coastal resources,
beaches, waterfronts, and public accessways, as specified.
   Existing law establishes the Harbors and Watercraft Revolving
Fund, a special fund available upon appropriation by the Legislature,
for purposes, among other things, of the operation and maintenance
of units of the state park system that have boating-related
activities.
   This bill would appropriate $1,000,000 from the Safe Neighborhood
Parks, Clean Water, Clean Air, and Coastal Protection Bond Fund to
the State Coastal Conservancy for a grant to the City of Port
Hueneme. The bill would require funding be allocated for emergency
measures along Hueneme Beach in the City of Port Hueneme to prevent
severe infrastructure damage to streets and property caused by beach
erosion and flooding, thereby making an appropriation. The bill would
require, if the above projects concerning emergency measures are not
eligible for the bond moneys, that, $1,000,000 from the Harbors and
Watercraft Fund be allocated by either loan or grant to the City of
Port Hueneme for emergency measures to prevent severe infrastructure
damage to streets and property located along Hueneme Beach caused by
erosion and flooding, thereby making an appropriation.
   This bill would make findings and declarations as to the necessity
of a special statute for Hueneme Beach.
   This bill would become operative only if AB 606 is enacted and
takes effect on or before January 1, 2014.
   This bill would declare that it is to take effect immediately as
an urgency statute.
   Appropriation: yes.


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

  SECTION 1.  The Legislature finds and declares both of the
following:
   (a) Funds are needed immediately for the City of Port Hueneme to
implement emergency measures to prevent significant damage caused by
severe erosion at Hueneme Beach to public infrastructure, public
roads that include a route identified by the Federal Emergency
Management Agency as feeding into a tsunami evacuation route, and
community areas.
   (b) These funds are also needed to prevent down coast negative
impacts to the Ormond Beach Wetlands, a sensitive and ecologically
important public resource, to ensure that the environmental quality
of this unique estuary is protected.
   (c) Given the sizeable waste that remains at the Halaco Superfund
Site, these funds are also critically needed to prevent downshore
erosion.
  SEC. 2.  (a) Notwithstanding any other law, the sum of one million
dollars ($1,000,000) is hereby appropriated from the Safe
Neighborhood Parks, Clean Water, Clean Air, and Coastal Protection
Bond Fund to the State Coastal Conservancy for a grant to the City of
Port Hueneme. The funding shall be allocated, pursuant to
subdivision (o) of Section 5096.310 of the Public Resources Code, for
emergency measures to prevent severe infrastructure damage to
streets and property located along the Hueneme Beach caused by beach
erosion and flooding. This appropriation shall only be used for
erosion control projects for which a permit has been approved by the
California Coastal Commission.
   (b) Notwithstanding Section 85.2 of the Harbors and Navigation
Code, if the California Coastal Commission requires a project that is
not eligible for funding under subdivision (a), the sum of one
million dollars ($1,000,000) shall be allocated by either loan or
grant from the Harbors and Watercraft Revolving Fund for a grant or
loan to the City of Port Hueneme. The funding shall be available for
emergency measures to prevent severe infrastructure damage to streets
and property located along Hueneme Beach caused by beach erosion and
flooding. This appropriation shall only be used for erosion control
projects for which a permit has been approved by the California
Coastal Commission.
  SEC. 3.  The Legislature finds and declares that a special law is
necessary and that a general law cannot be made applicable within the
meaning of Section 16 of Article IV of the California Constitution
because of the severe erosion occurring at Hueneme Beach that
threatens public infrastructure, public roads, and community areas.
  SEC. 4.  This act shall become operative only if Assembly Bill 606
is enacted and takes effect on or before January 1, 2014.
  SEC. 5.  This act is an urgency statute necessary for the immediate
preservation of the public peace, health, or safety within the
meaning of Article IV of the Constitution and shall go into immediate
effect. The facts constituting the necessity are:
   To provide the necessary funding as soon as possible to implement
emergency measures designed to prevent severe infrastructure damage
to public infrastructure, public roads, and community areas
threatened by flooding as a result of severe erosion along Hueneme
Beach in the City of Port Hueneme, it is necessary for this measure
to take effect immediately.