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                                    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.
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          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.


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           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

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