Bill Text: CA AB584 | 2023-2024 | Regular Session | Chaptered

California Assembly Bill 584

Bill Title: California Coastal Act of 1976: coastal development: emergency waiver.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Passed) 2023-07-27 - Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 118, Statutes of 2023. [AB584 Detail]

Download: California-2023-AB584-Chaptered.html

Assembly Bill No. 584

CHAPTER 118

An act to amend Section 30611 of the Public Resources Code, relating to coastal resources.

[ Approved by Governor July 27, 2023. Filed with Secretary of State July 27, 2023. ]

LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST

AB 584, Hart. California Coastal Act of 1976: coastal development: emergency waiver.

The California Coastal Act of 1976 requires any person wishing to perform or undertake any development in the coastal zone, as defined, in addition to obtaining any other permit required by law from any local government or from any state, regional, or local agency, to obtain a coastal development permit, as provided. The act requires the issuance of a coastal development permit if the proposed development is in conformity with the certified local coastal program. The act provides for the certification of local coastal programs by the California Coastal Commission. The act authorizes the requirement of having to obtain a permit to be waived when immediate action by a person or public agency performing a public service is required to protect life and public property from imminent danger, or to restore, repair, or maintain public works, utilities, or services destroyed, damaged, or interrupted by natural disaster, serious accident, or in other cases of emergency, as specified. The act provides that this waiver provision does not authorize the permanent erection of structures valued at more than $25,000.

This bill would increase the above-described amount to $125,000, adjusted annually for inflation pursuant to the consumer price index.

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

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

SECTION 1.

Section 30611 of the Public Resources Code is amended to read:

30611.

When immediate action by a person or public agency performing a public service is required to protect life and public property from imminent danger, or to restore, repair, or maintain public works, utilities, or services destroyed, damaged, or interrupted by natural disaster, serious accident, or in other cases of emergency, the requirements of obtaining any permit under this division may be waived upon notification of the executive director of the commission of the type and location of the work within three days of the disaster or discovery of the danger, whichever occurs first. Nothing in this section authorizes permanent erection of structures valued at more than one hundred twenty-five thousand dollars ($125,000), adjusted annually for inflation pursuant to the consumer price index.