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 31100  A 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.