Bill Text: CA SB704 | 2017-2018 | Regular Session | Introduced

California Senate Bill 704 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Bill Title: Division of Boating and Waterways: invasive aquatic plants control programs.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Passed) 2017-09-11 - Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 247, Statutes of 2017. [SB704 Detail]

Download: California-2017-SB704-Introduced.html

CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE— 2017–2018 REGULAR SESSION

Senate Bill

No. 704

Introduced by Senator Galgiani

February 17, 2017

An act to add Section 64.2 to the Harbors and Navigation Code, relating to harbors and navigation.

LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST

SB 704, as introduced, Galgiani. Division of Boating and Waterways: water hyacinth control programs.

Existing law establishes the Division of Boating and Waterways in the Department of Parks and Recreation and requires the division to perform specified responsibilities regarding the control of invasive aquatic plant species in state waterways, including water hyacinth.

This bill would require that division to collaborate with the California Conservation Corps and use members of the corps in implementing its water hyacinth control programs, as provided.

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

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

SECTION 1.

Section 64.2 is added to the Harbors and Navigation Code, to read:

64.2.

The division shall collaborate with the California Conservation Corps established pursuant to Division 12 (commencing with Section 14000) and use members of the corps in implementing its water hyacinth (Eichhornia crassipes) control programs in the delta, its tributaries, and the marsh.