Bill Text: CA SB461 | 2013-2014 | Regular Session | Amended

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Bill Title: State tide and submerged lands: mineral extraction leases: revenues.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2013-08-30 - Set, second hearing. Held in committee and under submission. [SB461 Detail]

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BILL NUMBER: SB 461	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN SENATE  APRIL 16, 2013
	AMENDED IN SENATE  APRIL 1, 2013

INTRODUCED BY   Senator Leno

                        FEBRUARY 21, 2013

   An act to add Section 6217.9 to the Public Resources Code,
relating to coastal resources.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SB 461, as amended, Leno. State tide and submerged lands: mineral
extraction leases: revenues.
   Existing law authorizes the State Lands Commission to lease tide
and submerged lands and beds of navigable rivers and lakes for the
extraction of oil and gas, as specified. Existing law, with specified
exceptions, generally requires the State Lands Commission, on and
after July 1, 2006, to deposit all revenue, money, and remittances,
derived from mineral extraction leases on state tide and submerged
lands into the General Fund, to be available upon appropriation by
the Legislature for specified purposes.
   This bill would create the Coastal Adaptation Fund in the State
Treasury, and would authorize the expenditure of moneys in the fund,
in an amount not to exceed $15,000,000 annually, by the Ocean
Protection Council, the Department of Fish and Wildlife, the
California Coastal Commission, the State Coastal Conservancy, and the
San Francisco Bay Conservation and Development Commission, upon
appropriation by the Legislature in the Budget Act, for purposes
relating to the preparation, planning, and implementation of
measures, based upon the best available scientific information,
designed to address sea level rise and coastal climate change, and
related  impacts   impacts. This bill would
require the Legislature to appropriate unspecified amounts for these
purposes to each of these state agencies in the annual Budget Act and
would make various findings and declarations  .
   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.    The Legislature finds and declares all
of the following:  
   (a) The coast of California is a vital and invaluable natural
resource of statewide importance belonging to all the people, and its
preservation and accessibility by current and future generations is
of paramount concern to the residents of this state and nation. 

   (b) Burning nonrenewable fossil fuels that are extracted from
California's public lands and state tidelands contributes to global
climate change and sea level rise, which threatens the state's
coastal natural resources, human, plant, and animal communities,
public infrastructure, coastal tourism and recreational
opportunities, and the state's fifty-billion-dollar ($50,000,000,000)
coastal economy.  
   (c) Royalty revenue generated from leases authorizing the
extraction of nonrenewable resources on the state's trust lands
should be prioritized for planning, minimizing, and mitigating the
environmental impacts of those activities, including, but not limited
to, sea level rise.  
   (d) California's coastal management agencies, the California
Coastal Commission, the San Francisco Bay Conservation and
Development Commission, and the State Coastal Conservancy, have broad
authority for protecting coastal resources, enhancing public access
to and along the shoreline, and working in partnership with local
governments in long-range land use planning, permitting, and
projects.  
   (e) The State Lands Commission, Ocean Protection Council, and the
Department of Fish and Wildlife have constitutional and statutory
obligations to protect natural resources on other coastal public
lands while ensuring public access.  
   (f) Recent "King Tide" events, during which residents photographed
the local consequences of extreme high tide events around the state,
illustrate that California's coastal communities are not prepared
for the coming "new normal" of rising sea levels, and that enhanced
coastal planning and management of coastal resources and development
continue to be of preeminent concern to the state.  
   (g) The current rate of global sea level rise calls for an urgent,
coordinated, statewide initiative to actively plan for adaptation
and mitigation strategies to address the inevitable economic and
environmental impacts of sea level rise in this state.  
   (h) California has an existing "planning infrastructure" already
in place to address sea level rise, coastal management, and
associated planning and land use issues in the form of local coastal
programs and the San Francisco Bay Plan.  
   (i) Maintaining a strong state coastal management program,
including comprehensive updates of existing planning documents, is
the most efficient, cost-effective, and practical method for ensuring
that statewide coastal management and climate change policies are
locally implemented and that unplanned and costly ad hoc responses
that risk more significant environmental and social harm are avoided.
 
   (j) Revenues generated from state tideland, oil, and gas leases
were historically allocated for environmental projects and programs
with a nexus to the extraction activities. 
   (k) In order for the state to maintain its strong coastal
management program and to plan and prepare comprehensively for sea
level rise in the face of a rapidly changing climate, it is
appropriate to allocate revenues from nonrenewable resource royalties
to purposes related to coastal resource protection and management,
including forward-thinking sea level rise and climate change
planning. 
   SECTION 1.   SEC. 2.   Section 6217.9 is
added to the Public Resources Code, to read:
   6217.9.   (a)    The Coastal Adaptation Fund is
hereby created in the State Treasury. Moneys in the fund may be
expended, in an amount not to exceed fifteen million dollars
($15,000,000), by the Ocean Protection Council, the Department of
Fish and Wildlife, the California Coastal Commission, the State
Coastal Conservancy, and the San Francisco Bay Conservation and
Development Commission, upon appropriation by the Legislature in the
Budget Act, for purposes relating to the preparation, planning, and
implementation of measures, based upon the best available scientific
information, designed to address sea level rise and coastal climate
change, and related impacts. 
   (b) The Legislature shall appropriate at least ____ dollars ($
____) in the annual Budget Act to each of the state agencies
described in subdivision (a), for the purposes stated therein.