BILL ANALYSIS Ó ----------------------------------------------------------------- |SENATE RULES COMMITTEE | AB 1767| |Office of Senate Floor Analyses | | |1020 N Street, Suite 524 | | |(916) 651-1520 Fax: (916) | | |327-4478 | | ----------------------------------------------------------------- THIRD READING Bill No: AB 1767 Author: Holden (D) Amended: 7/2/14 in Senate Vote: 21 SENATE NATURAL RESOURCES AND WATER COMMITTEE : 7-0, 6/10/14 AYES: Pavley, Evans, Hueso, Jackson, Lara, Monning, Wolk NO VOTE RECORDED: Cannella, Fuller SENATE APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE : Senate Rule 28.8 ASSEMBLY FLOOR : 55-18, 5/5/14 - See last page for vote SUBJECT : Santa Monica Mountains Conservancy: property destruction: fines SOURCE : Author DIGEST : This bill increases the $1,000 maximum fine for crimes against property owned or managed by the Santa Monica Mountains Conservancy (Conservancy) to $1,500. ANALYSIS : Existing law: 1.Establishes the Conservancy in the Natural Resources Agency and prescribes the membership, functions, and duties of the Conservancy with regard to the preservation, protection, and management of specified lands in the Santa Monica Mountains. CONTINUED AB 1767 Page 2 2.Creates a misdemeanor punishable by a fine of not more than $1,000, or imprisonment in the county jail for not more than six months, or both that fine and imprisonment for unauthorized dumping on property owned or managed by the Conservancy. 3.Creates a misdemeanor punishable by a fine of not more than $1,000, or imprisonment in the county jail for not more than six months, or both that fine and imprisonment for injuring, defacing, or destroying any property owned or managed by the Conservancy. This bill increases the $1,000 maximum fine for crimes against property owned or managed by the Conservancy to $1,500. Background The Conservancy was established in 1980 as an entity within the Natural Resources Agency. It acquires and protects lands within the Santa Monica Mountains Zone, which is an area of approximately 650,000 acres, generally encompassing the mountain areas of eastern Ventura County, western Los Angeles County, and the mountain areas surrounding the San Fernando, La Crescenta, and Santa Clarita valleys. In addition to its open space preservation work, the Conservancy contracts for law enforcement within its territory. The Conservancy is traditionally funded by statewide bond proceeds and general fund expenditures. FISCAL EFFECT : Appropriation: No Fiscal Com.: No Local: No SUPPORT : (Verified 8/4/14) Mountains Recreation and Conservation Authority Santa Monica Mountains Conservancy ARGUMENTS IN SUPPORT : The Mountains Recreation and Conservation Authority, a joint powers agency that includes the Conservancy, states that this bill helps alleviate the extensive financial burdens caused by illegal dumping. CONTINUED AB 1767 Page 3 ASSEMBLY FLOOR : 55-18, 5/5/14 AYES: Alejo, Ammiano, Atkins, Bloom, Bocanegra, Bonilla, Bonta, Bradford, Brown, Buchanan, Ian Calderon, Campos, Chau, Chesbro, Cooley, Dababneh, Daly, Dickinson, Eggman, Fong, Frazier, Garcia, Gatto, Gomez, Gonzalez, Gordon, Gray, Hall, Roger Hernández, Holden, Jones-Sawyer, Levine, Lowenthal, Medina, Mullin, Muratsuchi, Nazarian, Pan, Perea, V. Manuel Pérez, Quirk, Quirk-Silva, Rendon, Ridley-Thomas, Rodriguez, Salas, Skinner, Stone, Ting, Weber, Wieckowski, Wilk, Williams, Yamada, John A. Pérez NOES: Allen, Bigelow, Chávez, Conway, Dahle, Donnelly, Beth Gaines, Grove, Hagman, Harkey, Jones, Linder, Maienschein, Nestande, Olsen, Patterson, Wagner, Waldron NO VOTE RECORDED: Achadjian, Fox, Gorell, Logue, Mansoor, Melendez, Vacancy RM:k 8/5/14 Senate Floor Analyses SUPPORT/OPPOSITION: SEE ABOVE **** END **** CONTINUED