Bill Text: CA SB704 | 2017-2018 | Regular Session | Amended
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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-Amended.html
The To the extent feasible, the division shall collaborate with the California Conservation Corps established pursuant to Division 12 (commencing with Section 14000) of the Public Resources Code and use members of the corps in implementing its water hyacinth (Eichhornia crassipes) invasive aquatic plants control programs in
the delta, its tributaries, and the marsh.
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-Amended.html
Amended
IN
Senate
May 02, 2017 |
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 amended, Galgiani.
Division of Boating and Waterways: water hyacinth invasive aquatic plants 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. designates the division as the lead agency of the state for the purpose of cooperating with other state, local, and federal agencies in identifying, detecting, controlling, and administering programs to manage invasive aquatic plants in the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta, its tributaries, and the Suisun Marsh.
This bill would require that division
division, to the extent feasible, to collaborate with the California Conservation Corps and use members of the corps in implementing its water hyacinth invasive aquatic plants control programs, as provided.