Bill Text: CA SB950 | 2019-2020 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: California Environmental Quality Act: housing and land use.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-05-29 - May 29 set for first hearing. Failed passage in committee. (Ayes 3. Noes 2. Page 3621.) Reconsideration granted. [SB950 Detail]

Download: California-2019-SB950-Introduced.html

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CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE— 2019–2020 REGULAR SESSION

Senate Bill

No. 950

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Introduced by Senator Jackson

February 10, 2020

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An act to amend Section 21082 of the Public Resources Code, relating to environmental quality.

LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST

SB 950, as introduced, Jackson. California Environmental Quality Act.

The California Environmental Quality Act requires a lead agency, as defined, to prepare, or cause to be prepared, and certify the completion of an environmental impact report on a project that it proposes to carry out or approve that may have a significant effect on the environment or to adopt a negative declaration if it finds that the project will not have that effect. The act requires all public agencies to adopt by ordinance, resolution, rule, or regulation specified objectives, criteria, and procedures for the evaluation of projects and the preparation of environmental impact reports and negative declarations, as specified.

This bill would make technical, nonsubstantive changes to those provisions.

Digest Key

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

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Bill Text

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

SECTION 1.

 Section 21082 of the Public Resources Code is amended to read:

21082.

 All public agencies shall adopt by ordinance, resolution, rule, or regulation, regulation objectives, criteria, and procedures for the evaluation of projects and the preparation of environmental impact reports and negative declarations pursuant to this division. A school district, or any other district, whose boundaries are coterminous with a city, county, or city and county, county may utilize the objectives, criteria, and procedures of the city, county, or city and county, as may be applicable, in which case, the school district or other district need not adopt objectives, criteria, and procedures of its own. The objectives, criteria, and procedures shall be consistent with the provisions of this division and with the guidelines adopted by the Secretary of the Natural Resources Agency pursuant to Section 21083. Such The objectives, criteria, and procedures shall be adopted by each public agency no later than 60 days after the Secretary of the Natural Resources Agency has adopted guidelines pursuant to Section 21083.