BILL NUMBER: AB 2764 AMENDED
BILL TEXT
AMENDED IN SENATE JULY 1, 2014
AMENDED IN SENATE JUNE 11, 2014
AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY APRIL 21, 2014
INTRODUCED BY Committee on Natural Resources (Chesbro (Chair),
Garcia, Muratsuchi, Skinner, Stone, and Williams)
MARCH 27, 2014
An act to amend Section 126 of the Government Code, to amend
Section 39512.5 of the Health and Safety Code, to amend Sections
6306, 8750, 6306 and 48020 of the
Public Resources Code, and to amend Section 1 of Chapter 321 of the
Statutes of 1961, relating to public resources, and making an
appropriation therefor.
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
AB 2764, as amended, Committee on Natural Resources. Public
resources.
(1) Existing law establishes the State Lands Commission in the
Natural Resources Agency and prescribes the functions and duties of
the commission. Under current law, the State Lands Commission cedes
concurrent criminal jurisdiction to the United States with regard to
specified properties.
This bill would revise and recast these provisions and make
technical and organizational changes.
(2) Existing law requires that every local trustee of granted
public trust lands, as defined and except as provided, file with the
State Lands Commission, on or before October 1 of each year, a
detailed statement of all revenues and expenditures relating to its
trust lands and trust assets, as prescribed, including obligations
incurred, but not yet paid, covering the fiscal year preceding the
submission of the statement.
This bill instead would require the statement to be filed with the
commission on or before December 31 of each year.
(3) The California Integrated Waste Management Act of 1989,
requires the Department of Resources, Recycling,
Resources Recycling and Recovery, to initiate a program
for the cleanup of solid waste disposal sites and for cleanup of
solid waste at codisposal sites where no responsible party is
available to pay for timely remediation, and where cleanup is needed
to protect public health and safety or the environment. For purposes
of this program, existing law defines "solid waste disposal,"
"dispose," or "disposal" to mean the final disposition of solid
wastes onto land. Existing law establishes the Solid Waste Disposal
Site Cleanup Trust Fund and provides that moneys in the fund are
continuously appropriated for purposes of the program.
This bill would provide that, for purposes of the program, solid
waste disposal sites may include sites located in waters of the
state. By expanding the purposes of a continuously appropriated fund,
the bill would make an appropriation.
(4) The Lempert-Keene-Seastrand Oil Spill Prevention and Response
Act generally requires the administrator for oil spill response,
acting at the direction of the Governor, to implement activities
relating to oil spill response, including emergency drills and
preparedness, and oil spill containment and cleanup, and to represent
the state in any coordinated response efforts with the federal
government. Existing law imposes various administrative civil and
criminal penalties on a person that violates specified provisions of
the act. The act, for purposes of specified provisions primarily
under the jurisdiction of the State Lands Commission, defines marine
waters to exclude waters in the Sacramento-San Joaquin Rivers and
Delta, as specified.
This bill would no longer exclude from the definition of marine
waters for this purpose the waters in the Sacramento-San Joaquin
Rivers and Delta and would further revise the definition of marine
waters to include waterways used for waterborne commercial vessel
traffic to the Port of Sacramento and the Port of Stockton. By
expanding the scope of crimes within the act, this bill would impose
a state-mandated local program.
(5)
(4) Existing law authorizes a grant in the form of a
trust of specified tidelands and submerged lands to the County of
Orange, subject to certain restrictions, including that the lands
remain available for public use.
This bill would modify the terms of the grant to change the
conditions for expenditures by the trust and to permit the trustee to
acquire additional property in order to further the purposes of the
trust, if specific conditions are met.
(6)
(5) Existing law establishes the State Air Resources
Board, which is responsible for control of emissions from motor
vehicles and is designated the air pollution control agency for all
purposes set forth in federal law. Existing law requires the state
board to consist of 12 members, who are appointed based on certain
qualifications. Existing law provides for the compensation of those
members.
This bill would correct an erroneous cross-reference to clarify
that certain members of the state board are prohibited from receiving
compensation for serving on the state board, but are required to be
reimbursed for their actual and necessary expenses, as specified.
(7) The California Constitution requires the state to reimburse
local agencies and school districts for certain costs mandated by the
state. Statutory provisions establish procedures for making that
reimbursement.
This bill would provide that no reimbursement is required by this
act for a specified reason.
Vote: majority. Appropriation: yes. Fiscal committee: yes.
State-mandated local program: yes no .
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. Section 126 of the Government Code is amended to read:
126. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, general or
special, the Legislature of California, acting through the State
Lands Commission, hereby cedes concurrent criminal jurisdiction to
the United States within lands identified and held by the United
States upon and subject to each and all of the following express
limitations, conditions, and reservations, in addition to any other
limitations, conditions, or reservations prescribed by law:
(1) Before making a cession, the State Lands Commission shall make
the following findings:
(A) The United States has requested in writing the state to cede
concurrent criminal jurisdiction within the identified lands.
(B) The lands are held by the United States for the erection of
forts, magazines, arsenals, dockyards, and other needful buildings
within the purview of clause 17 of Section 8 of Article I of the
United States Constitution, or for any other federal purposes. For
purposes of this section, lands held by the United States are defined
as: (i) lands acquired in fee by purchase or condemnation, (ii)
lands owned by the United States that are included in the military
reservation by presidential proclamation or act of Congress, (iii)
any other lands owned by the United States, including, but not
limited to, public domain lands that are held for a public purpose,
and (iv) leaseholds acquired by the United States over private lands
or state-owned lands that are held for a public purpose.
(C) The cession is made pursuant to and in compliance with the
laws of the United States.
(D) A notice of the proposed cession has been given to the clerk
for the board of supervisors of the county in which the federal lands
are located at least 15 days before the proposed cession.
(E) The proposed cession is in the best interests of the State of
California.
(F) The United States has agreed to bear all costs and expenses
incurred by the State Lands Commission in making the cession.
(2) The cession shall continue only so long as the lands are owned
by the United States and used for the purposes for which
jurisdiction is ceded or for 10 years, whichever period is less.
(3) The cession shall be made at a publicly noticed meeting of the
State Lands Commission. The cession shall vest when the State Lands
Commission has received notice of the United States' acceptance of
the cession and certified copies of the State Lands Commission's
orders or resolutions making the findings described in paragraph (1)
have been recorded in the office of the county recorder of each
county in which any part of the land is situated. The State Lands
Commission shall keep copies of its orders or resolutions in its
records and make them available to the public upon request.
(b) In ceding concurrent criminal jurisdiction, the Legislature
and the state reserve jurisdiction over the land, water, and use of
water with full power to control and regulate the acquisition, use,
control, and distribution of water with respect to the land affected
by the cession.
SEC. 2. Section 39512.5 of the Health and Safety Code is amended
to read:
39512.5. (a) With respect to the members appointed pursuant to
subdivision (d) of Section 39510, those members shall serve without
compensation but shall be reimbursed for actual and necessary
expenses incurred in the performance of their duties to the extent
that reimbursement for expenses is not otherwise provided or payable
by another public agency or agencies. Each elected public official
member of the state board shall receive one hundred dollars ($100)
for each day, or portion thereof, but not to exceed one thousand
dollars ($1,000) in any month, attending meetings of the state board
or committees thereof, or upon authorization of the state board while
on official business of the state board.
(b) Reimbursements made pursuant to subdivision (a) shall be made
as follows:
(1) A member appointed from a district that is specifically named
in subdivision (d) of Section 39510 shall be reimbursed by the
district from which the person qualified for membership.
(2) The member appointed as a board member of a district that is
not specifically named in subdivision (d) of Section 39510 shall be
reimbursed by the state board.
SEC. 3. Section 6306 of the Public Resources Code is amended to
read:
6306. (a) For purposes of this division, "local trustee of
granted public trust lands" means a county, city, or district,
including a water, sanitary, regional park, port, or harbor district,
or any other local, political, or corporate subdivision that has
been granted, conveyed, or transferred by statute, public trust
lands, including tidelands, submerged lands, or the beds of navigable
waters, through a legislative grant. A local trustee of granted
public trust lands is a trustee of state lands.
(b) Notwithstanding any other law, every local trustee of granted
public trust lands shall establish and maintain accounting
procedures, in accordance with generally accepted accounting
principles, providing accurate records of all revenues received from
the trust lands and trust assets and of all expenditures of those
revenues. If a trust grantee has several trust grants of adjacent
lands and operates the granted lands as a single integrated entity,
separation of accounting records for each trust grant is not
required.
(c) All revenues received from trust lands and trust assets
administered or collected by a local trustee of granted public trust
lands shall be expended only for those uses and purposes consistent
with the public trust for commerce, navigation, and fisheries, and
the applicable statutory grant.
(d) All funds received or generated from trust lands or trust
assets shall be segregated in separate accounts from nontrust
received or generated funds.
(e) (1) Unless otherwise prescribed by an applicable statutory
grant, on or before December 31 of each year, each local trustee of
granted public trust lands shall file with the commission a detailed
statement of all revenues and expenditures relating to its trust
lands and trust assets, including obligations incurred but not yet
paid, covering the fiscal year preceding submission of the statement.
(2) The statement shall be prepared in accordance with generally
accepted accounting principles and may take the form of an annual
audit prepared by or for the local trustee of granted public trust
lands.
(3) (A) The detailed statement shall be submitted along with a
standardized reporting form developed by the commission.
(B) The commission shall use an existing reporting form previously
developed for purposes of this paragraph, if a finding is made by
the commission that it is generally responsive to the needs of the
commission as prescribed in this section. Alternatively, the
commission may develop a reporting form that requires a local trustee
of granted public lands to report on all of the following:
(i) A summary of all funds received or generated from trust lands
or trust assets.
(ii) A summary of all spending of funds received or generated from
trust lands or trust assets.
(iii) Any other disposition of funds received or generated from
trust lands or trust assets or of the trust lands or trust assets
themselves.
(iv) A description of the manner in which the statement required
by this subdivision and accompanying the reporting form is organized.
(v) Any other information that the commission deems to be included
in an accounting of granted public trust lands.
(C) The adoption of the form by the commission pursuant to this
subdivision is the prescription of a form for purposes of subdivision
(c) of Section 11340.9 of the Government Code.
(4) All forms and supporting statements submitted pursuant to this
section shall be public records and be made available on the
commission's Internet Web site.
(f) (1) The costs that may be incurred by a local trustee of
granted public trust lands that result from any new duties imposed
upon that trustee pursuant to Chapter 206 of the Statutes of 2012,
including the requirement to submit a standardized reporting form
required by paragraph (3) of subdivision (e), shall be paid from the
revenues derived from its granted public trust lands and assets
specified in subdivision (b).
(2) If the revenues derived from the granted public trust lands
and assets specified in subdivision (b) are not sufficient to pay the
costs for the duties specified in paragraph (1), the commission
shall exempt the local trustee of granted public trust lands from
performing those duties for which the revenues are not sufficient, or
grant a deadline extension from the performance of those duties
until sufficient funds are available.
SEC. 4. Section 8750 of the Public Resources
Code is amended to read:
8750. Unless the context requires otherwise, the following
definitions govern the construction of this division:
(a) "Administrator" means the administrator for oil spill response
appointed by the Governor pursuant to Section 8670.4 of the
Government Code.
(b) "Barges" means any vessel that carries oil in commercial
quantities as cargo but is not equipped with a means of
self-propulsion.
(c) (1) "Best achievable protection" means the highest level of
protection that can be achieved through both the use of the best
achievable technology and those manpower levels, training procedures,
and operational methods that provide the greatest degree of
protection achievable. The administrator's determination of best
achievable protection shall be guided by the critical need to protect
valuable coastal resources and marine waters, while also considering
(A) the protection provided by the measures, (B) the technological
achievability of the measures, and (C) the cost of the measures.
(2) It is not the intent of the Legislature that the administrator
use a cost-benefit or cost-effectiveness analysis or any particular
method of analysis in determining which measures to require. Instead,
it is the intent of the Legislature that the administrator give
reasonable consideration to the protection provided by the measures,
the technological achievability of the measures, and the cost of the
measures when establishing the requirements to provide the best
achievable protection for coastal and marine resources.
(d) "Best achievable technology" means that technology that
provides the greatest degree of protection taking into consideration
(1) processes that are being developed, or could feasibly be
developed anywhere in the world, given overall reasonable
expenditures on research and development, and (2) processes that are
currently in use anywhere in the world. In determining what is best
achievable technology, the administrator shall consider the
effectiveness and engineering feasibility of the technology.
(e) "Commission" means the State Lands Commission.
(f) "Local government" means any chartered or general law city,
chartered or general law county, or any city and county.
(g) "Marine facility" means any facility of any kind, other than a
vessel, that is or was used for the purposes of exploring for,
drilling for, producing, storing, handling, transferring, processing,
refining, or transporting oil and is located in marine waters, or is
located where a discharge could impact marine waters unless the
facility (1) is subject to Chapter 6.67 (commencing with Section
25270) or Chapter 6.75 (commencing with Section 25299.10) of Division
20 of the Health and Safety Code or (2) is placed on a farm,
nursery, logging site, or construction site and does not exceed
20,000 gallons in a single storage tank. For purposes of this
division, a drill ship, semisubmersible drilling platform, jack-up
type drilling rig, or any other floating or temporary drilling
platform is a "marine facility." For purposes of this division, a
small craft refueling dock is not a "marine facility."
(h) "Marine terminal" means any marine facility used for
transferring oil to or from tankers or barges. For purposes of this
section, a marine terminal includes all piping not integrally
connected to a tank facility as defined in subdivision (n) of Section
25270.2 of the Health and Safety Code.
(i) "Marine waters" means those waters subject to tidal influence
and includes waterways used for waterborne commercial vessel traffic
to the Port of Sacramento and the Port of Stockton.
(j) "Nonpersistent oil" means a petroleum-based oil, such as
gasoline, diesel, or jet fuel, that evaporates relatively quickly.
Specifically, it is an oil with hydrocarbon fractions, at least 50
percent of which, by volume, distills at a temperature of 645 degrees
Fahrenheit, and at least 95 percent of which, by volume, distills at
a temperature of 700 degrees Fahrenheit.
(k) "Oil" means any kind of petroleum, liquid hydrocarbons, or
petroleum products or any fraction or residues therefrom, including,
but not limited to, crude oil, bunker fuel, gasoline, diesel fuel,
aviation fuel, oil sludge, oil refuse, oil mixed with waste, and
liquid distillates from unprocessed natural gas.
( l ) "Onshore facility" means any facility of
any kind that is located entirely on lands not covered by marine
waters.
(m) "Operator" when used in connection with vessels, marine
terminals, pipelines, or facilities, means any person or entity that
owns, has an ownership interest in, charters, leases, rents,
operates, participates in the operation of or uses that vessel,
terminal, pipeline, or facility. "Operator" does not include any
entity that owns the land underlying the facility or the facility
itself, where the entity is not involved in the operations of the
facility.
(n) "Person" means an individual, trust, firm, joint stock
company, or corporation, including, but not limited to, a government
corporation, partnership, limited liability company, and association.
"Person" also includes any city, county, city and county, district,
and the state or any department or agency thereof, and the federal
government, or any department or agency thereof, to the extent
permitted by law.
(o) "Pipeline" means any pipeline used at any time to transport
oil.
(p) "Responsible party" or "party responsible" means either of the
following:
(1) The owner or transporter of oil or a person or entity
accepting responsibility for the oil.
(2) The owner, operator, or lessee of, or person who charters by
demise, any vessel or marine facility or a person or entity accepting
responsibility for the vessel or marine facility.
(q) "Small craft refueling dock" means a fixed facility having
tank storage capacity not exceeding 20,000 gallons in any single
storage tank and that dispenses nonpersistent oil to small craft.
(r) "Spill" or "discharge" means any release of at least one
barrel (42 gallons) of oil not authorized by any federal, state, or
local government entity.
(s) "State oil spill contingency plan" means the California oil
spill contingency plan prepared pursuant to Article 3.5 (commencing
with Section 8574.1) of Chapter 7 of Division 1 of Title 2 of the
Government Code.
(t) "Tanker" means any self-propelled, waterborne vessel,
constructed or adapted for the carriage of oil in bulk or in
commercial quantities as cargo.
(u) "Vessel" means a tanker or barge as defined in this section.
SEC. 5. SEC. 4. Section 48020 of the
Public Resources Code is amended to read:
48020. (a) For purposes of this article, the following terms have
the following meaning:
(1) "Codisposal site" means a hazardous substance release site
listed pursuant to Section 25356 of the Health and Safety Code, where
the disposal of hazardous substances, hazardous waste, and solid
waste has occurred.
(2) "Trust fund" means the Solid Waste Disposal Site Cleanup Trust
Fund created pursuant to Section 48027.
(b) (1) The department shall, on January 1, 1994, initiate a
program for the cleanup of solid waste disposal sites and for the
cleanup of solid waste at codisposal sites where the responsible
party either cannot be identified or is unable or unwilling to pay
for timely remediation, and where cleanup is needed to protect public
health and safety or the environment.
(2) Notwithstanding subdivision (c) of Section 40192, for purposes
of this article solid waste disposal sites may include sites located
in waters of the state.
(c) The department shall not expend more than 5 percent of the
funds appropriated for the purpose of the program by a statute other
than the Budget Act to administer that program, unless a different
amount is otherwise appropriated to administer the program in the
annual Budget Act. If a different amount is appropriated to
administer the program in the annual Budget Act, it shall be set
forth in a separate line item. All remaining funds appropriated for
the purposes of the program shall be expended on direct cleanup
pursuant to subdivision (b) or emergency actions at solid waste
facilities, disposal sites, sites involving solid waste handling, and
for solid waste at codisposal sites.
SEC. 6. SEC. 5. Section 1 of Chapter
321 of the Statutes of 1961 is amended to read:
Section 1. There is hereby granted to the County of Orange and to
its successors all of the right, title and interest of the State of
California held by the state by virtue of its sovereignty in and to
all that portion of the tidelands and submerged lands of the Pacific
Ocean within the County of Orange, State of California, in the
following area:
Commencing at the intersection of the westerly line of fractional
Section 22, Township 8 South, Range 8 West, San Bernardino Base and
Meridian with the line of Mean High Tide of the Pacific Ocean from
which point said westerly Section line bears North 0 07? East;
thence South 45 00? East to the point of intersection with a line
parallel to and five thousand seven hundred and fifty feet (5,750
ft.) southerly of the northerly line of said fractional Section 22;
thence easterly along said last mentioned parallel line, 5,750 feet
southerly of the northerly line of Section 22, and the easterly
prolongation of said parallel line to the point of intersection with
a meridian line passing through the intersection of the westerly line
of Rancho Boca de la Playa as said line is established and shown on
a map recorded in Book 4, Pages 118 and 119 of Patents, Records of
Los Angeles County, June 29, 1887, and the line of Mean High Tide of
the Pacific Ocean; thence northerly along said meridian line to the
intersection with the line of Mean High Tide of the Pacific Ocean;
thence westerly along said line of Mean High Tide to the point of
beginning, the same to be forever held by the county and by its
successors in trust for the uses and purposes and upon the express
conditions following, to wit:
(a) That these lands shall be used by the county, and its
successors, only for the establishment, improvement
improvement, and conduct of a harbor, and for
the construction, maintenance, and operation thereon of wharves,
docks, piers, slips, quays, and other utilities, structures,
facilities, and appliances necessary or convenient for the promotion
and accommodation of commerce and navigation, and for recreational
use, public park, parking, highway, playground, and business
incidental thereto; and the county, or its successors, shall not, at
any time, grant, convey, give, or alien these lands, or any part
thereof, to any individual, firm firm,
or corporation for any purposes whatever; provided, that the county,
or its successors, may grant franchises thereon for limited periods
(but in no event exceeding 50 years), for wharves and other public
uses and purposes and may lease these lands, or any part thereof, for
limited periods (but in no event exceeding 50 years), for purposes
consistent with the trust upon which these lands are held by the
State of California, and with the requirements of commerce and
navigation at the harbor, and collect and retain rents from these
leases.
(b) That these lands shall be improved by the county without
expense to the state, and shall always remain available for public
use for all purposes of commerce and navigation, and the State of
California shall have at all times, the right to use, without charge,
all wharves, docks, piers, slips, quays, and other improvements and
facilities constructed on these lands, or any part thereof, for any
vessel or other water or aircraft, or railroad, owned or operated by
the State of California.
(c) That in the management, conduct, or operation of the harbor,
or of any of the utilities, structures, appliances, or facilities
mentioned in subdivision (a), no discrimination in rates, tolls, or
charges or in facilities for any use or service in connection
therewith shall ever be made, authorized, or permitted by the county
or its successors.
(d) There is hereby reserved, however, in the people of the State
of California the absolute right to fish in the waters of the harbor
with the right of convenient access to the waters over these lands
for these purposes.
(e) There is hereby excepted and reserved to the State of
California all deposits of minerals, including oil and gas, in the
land, and to the State of California, or persons authorized by the
State of California, the right to prospect for, mine, and remove
deposits from the land.
(f) The lands herein described are granted subject to the express
reservation and condition that the state may at any time in the
future use these lands or any portion thereof for highway purposes
without compensation to the county, its successors or assigns, or any
person, firm, or public or private corporation claiming under it,
except that in the event improvements have been placed upon the
property taken by the state for these purposes, compensation shall be
made to the person entitled thereto for the value of his or her
interest in the improvements taken or the damages to the interest.
(g) That within 10 years from the effective date of this act these
lands shall be substantially improved by the county without expense
to the state, and if the State Lands Commission determines that the
county has failed to improve these lands as herein required, all
right, title, and interest of the county in and to all lands granted
by this act shall cease and these lands shall revert and vest in the
state.
(h) (1) That any funds derived from the management, conduct, or
operation of the lands described in this section shall be used within
the geographic boundary of the lands for purposes consistent with
subdivision (a).
(2) Notwithstanding paragraph (1), funds derived from the
management, conduct, or operation of these lands may also be expended
on state-owned tidelands and submerged lands, outside the geographic
boundary of these lands within the County of Orange and
southeasterly of the southern city limits of the City of Laguna
Beach, to fund the portion of the Dana Point Branch of the Orange
County Harbor Patrol that provides direct protection for public
health, safety, and security relating to navigation and other public
trust uses on state-owned tidelands and submerged lands.
(i) (1) Notwithstanding subdivision (h), any funds derived from
the management, conduct, or operation of the lands described in this
section may be used to purchase, lease, or otherwise acquire real
property necessary for or incidental to the development and operation
of a harbor and that property shall be held as an asset of the trust
and used for purposes consistent with the trust grant.
(2) If the real property that is proposed to be purchased, leased,
or acquired is adjacent to the geographic boundary of the lands, the
county, or its successors, shall give written notice of the proposed
expenditure to the State Lands Commission at least 90 days before
purchasing, leasing, or acquiring the real property in excess of one
hundred thousand dollars ($100,000), but not more than five hundred
thousand dollars ($500,000). Expenditures in excess of five hundred
thousand dollars ($500,000) for real property adjacent to the
geographic boundary of those lands shall not be made unless the State
Lands Commission approves the expenditure pursuant to Chapter 2
(commencing with Section 6701) of Part 2 of Division 6 of the Public
Resources Code. For the purpose of this subdivision, "adjacent" means
adjoining or separated by a street or road.
(3) If the real property that is proposed to be purchased, leased,
or acquired is not adjacent to the geographic boundary of the lands,
the county, or its successors, shall give written notice of the
proposed expenditure to the State Lands Commission at least 90 days
before purchasing, leasing, or acquiring the real property not to
exceed fifty thousand dollars ($50,000). Expenditures in excess of
fifty thousand dollars ($50,000) for real property not adjacent to
the geographic boundary of those lands may not be made unless the
State Lands Commission approves the expenditure pursuant to Chapter 2
(commencing with Section 6701) of Part 2 of Division 6 of the Public
Resources Code.
(4) The notice required in paragraphs (2) and (3) shall include
the total proposed expenditure from the tideland's trust, the
location of the real property, the purpose of the purchase,
acquisition, or lease, and an explanation of how the purchase,
acquisition, or lease is consistent with the terms of the trust
grant.
SEC. 7. No reimbursement is required by this
act pursuant to Section 6 of Article XIII B of the California
Constitution because the only costs that may be incurred by a local
agency or school district will be incurred because this act creates a
new crime or infraction, eliminates a crime or infraction, or
changes the penalty for a crime or infraction, within the meaning of
Section 17556 of the Government Code, or changes the definition of a
crime within the meaning of Section 6 of Article XIII B of the
California Constitution.