Bill Text: CA SB1451 | 2013-2014 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Environmental quality: judicial review: standing.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 7-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2014-05-06 - Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author. [SB1451 Detail]

Download: California-2013-SB1451-Introduced.html

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BILL NUMBER: SB 1451	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Senator Hill

                        FEBRUARY 21, 2014

   An act to add Section 21081.8 to the Public Resources Code,
relating to environmental quality.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SB 1451, as introduced, Hill. Environmental quality: mitigation
measures.
   The California Environmental Quality Act declares it to be the
policy of the state that a public agency should not approve a project
if there are feasible alternatives or feasible mitigation measures
available that would substantially lessen the significant
environmental effects of the project.
   This bill would require the Secretary of the Natural Resources
Agency, on or before January 1, 2016, and on or before January 1 of
each year thereafter, to submit to the Legislature a report on the
types and effectiveness of a representative sample of mitigation
measures adopted by state and local agencies.
   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 21081.8 is added to the Public Resources Code,
to read:
   21081.8.  (a) On or before January 1, 2016, and on or before
January 1 of each year thereafter, the Secretary of the Natural
Resources Agency shall submit to the Legislature a report on the
types and effectiveness of a representative sample of mitigation
measures adopted by state and local agencies. The secretary may
consider information from mitigation reporting and monitoring
programs adopted pursuant to Section 21081.6.
   (b) A report submitted pursuant to subdivision (a) shall be
submitted in compliance with Section 9795 of the Government Code.