BILL NUMBER: AB 1115	ENROLLED
	BILL TEXT

	PASSED THE SENATE  SEPTEMBER 1, 2009
	PASSED THE ASSEMBLY  SEPTEMBER 3, 2009
	AMENDED IN SENATE  JULY 14, 2009
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  JUNE 1, 2009

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, Fuentes. Natural resources: outdoor recreation.
   (1) 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 requires that the 40% share allocated for state agency
projects be divided as specified among the Department of Parks and
Recreation, the Wildlife Conservation Board or the Department of Fish
and Game, the Department of Water Resources, and the Department of
Boating and Waterways. 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 require, instead, that the 40% share allocated for
state agency projects be made available through a competitive grant
program. The bill would require the Department of Parks and
Recreation to expend moneys from the competitive grant program on
department projects, projects of the Wildlife Conservation Board or
the Department of Fish and Game, projects of the Department of Water
Resources, projects of the Department of Boating and Waterways, and
state conservancy projects.
   (2) 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.

   Appropriation: yes.


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.  (a) 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 shall be allocated
for state agency projects through a competitive grant program.
   (b) The department shall expend moneys from the competitive grant
program on department projects, projects of the Wildlife Conservation
Board or the Department of Fish and Game, projects of the Department
of Water Resources, projects of the Department of Boating and
Waterways, and state conservancy projects.
   (c) 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.