BILL NUMBER: AB 1115 INTRODUCED BILL TEXT INTRODUCED BY Assembly Member Fuentes FEBRUARY 27, 2009 An act to amend Section 5099.12 of the Public Resources Code, relating to natural resources, and making an appropriation therefor. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST AB 1115, as introduced, Fuentes. Natural resources: outdoor recreation. The California Outdoor Recreation Resources Plan Act requires the Director of Parks and Recreation to maintain and keep up to date a comprehensive plan for the development of the outdoor recreation resources of the state. The act requires the director to apply to the Department of the Interior for participation in or receipt of aid under the federal Land and Water Conservation Fund Act of 1965. Existing law provides that of the annual apportionment of funds received by the director pursuant to the federal Land and Water Conservation Fund Act of 1965, 60% shall be allocated for local governmental agency projects and 40% for state agency projects. Existing law provides that the State Coastal Conservancy is eligible to compete for grants of funds for projects of an outdoor recreational nature from a 6% contingency fund established pursuant to the California Outdoor Recreation Resources Plan Act. This bill would provide, instead, that a state conservancy is eligible to compete for grants of funds for projects of an outdoor recreational nature from that 6% contingency fund. Existing law provides that funds received pursuant to the federal Land and Water Conservation Act of 1965 are to be deposited into the Special Deposit Fund in the State Treasury, a continuously appropriated fund. By revising the purposes for which funds in a continuously appropriated fund may be used, this bill would make an appropriation. Vote: majority. Appropriation: yes. Fiscal committee: yes. State-mandated local program: no. THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: SECTION 1. Section 5099.12 of the Public Resources Code is amended to read: 5099.12. Of the annual apportionment of funds received by the director pursuant to this chapter, 60 percent shall be allocated for local governmental agency projects and 40 percent for state agency projects. The state agency share shall be disbursed to the following state agencies in the following percentages: 55 percent to the Department of Parks and Recreation; 35 percent to the Wildlife Conservation Board or the Department of Fish and Game; 5 percent to the Department of Water Resources; and 5 percent to the Department of Boating and Waterways.The State Coastal Conservancy established pursuant to Section 31100A state conservancy is eligible to compete for grants of funds for projects of an outdoor recreational nature from the 6 percent contingency fund established by this section. If either the state or local governmental agencies are unable to utilize their allocation of funds, the director shall allocate the uncommitted funds to those state or local governmental agencies that are in position to take advantage of the funds during the year in which they are allocated. The 60-percent allocation for local governmental agency projects and the 40-percent allocation to state agency projects shall not be computed until the costs of maintaining and keeping up to date the plan required pursuant to Section 5099.2 and an additional 6 percent for deposit to a contingency fund have been deducted.