Bill Text: CA SB876 | 2011-2012 | Regular Session | Introduced

California Senate Bill 876 (Prior Session Legislation)

Introduced

Bill Title: Tidelands and submerged lands: shore protection: lease

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2012-01-31 - Returned to Secretary of Senate pursuant to Joint Rule 56. [SB876 Detail]

Download: California-2011-SB876-Introduced.html

BILL NUMBER: SB 876	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Senator Harman

                        FEBRUARY 18, 2011

   An act to add Section 6321.5 to the Public Resources Code,
relating to tidelands and submerged lands.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SB 876, as introduced, Harman. Tidelands and submerged lands:
shore protection: lease of structures.
   Under existing law, the State Lands Commission has exclusive
jurisdiction over all ungranted tidelands and submerged lands owned
by the state. Existing law also provides that all jurisdiction and
authority remaining in the state as to granted tidelands and
submerged lands is vested in the commission. The commission is
required to exclusively administer and control these lands.
   Under existing law, upon request of a littoral owner, the
commission may allow the owner to construct, alter, or maintain
certain structures upon, across, or over tidelands or submerged
lands, and may collect a rental charge for the use of the lands upon
which the structures are situated.
   This bill would specify the terms for a lease of structures for
shore protection for private property adjacent to tidelands or
submerged lands by allowing the commission to only lease these
structures to a littoral owner for a term of 99 years, with the
consideration for the lease adjusting no more than once for an
unspecified number of years, based on any change in the California
Consumer Price Index.
   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.  Section 6321.5 is added to the Public Resources Code,
to read:
   6321.5.  The commission may lease to a littoral owner structures
for shore protection for private property adjacent to tidelands or
submerged lands only on the following terms:
   (a) The term of the lease is for 99 years.
   (b) The consideration for the lease may be adjusted no more than
once every ____ years, based on any change in the California Consumer
Price Index.