| Issue: |
WILDERNESS AREA REVIEW (Evans) |
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| Description: |
AB 1513, as amended, Evans. State lands: wilderness areas.
The California Wilderness Act establishes a California wilderness
preservation system composed of state-owned areas designated by the
Legislature as wilderness areas and units of the state park system
classified as state wildernesses by the State Park and Recreation
Commission. The act requires the Secretary of the Natural Resources
Agency to review specified state-owned roadless areas under his or
her jurisdiction as of January 1, 1975, and to report to the
Legislature his or her recommendations as to the suitability or
nonsuitability of each area for preservation as state wilderness. The
act also requires the State Lands Commission to review specified
state-owned roadless areas under its jurisdiction and to report to
the Legislature its recommendations as to the suitability or
nonsuitability of those areas for preservation as wilderness areas.
Under the act, the presence of privately owned areas within or
contiguous to state-owned areas does not preclude the review of those
state-owned areas for suitability or nonsuitability for preservation
as state wilderness.
The act requires the secretary to report to the Governor and
Legislature, on or before December 1, 1975, and each year thereafter,
on the status of the California wilderness preservation system,
including a list and descriptions of the wilderness areas within the
system, guidelines and regulations in effect, and recommendations for
additions to the system.
This bill would instead require the secretary to review
state-owned roadless areas under his or her jurisdiction as of
January 1, 2010, and would require that the State Lands Commission
review specified state-owned roadless surface areas under its
jurisdiction that it holds as trustee of the School Land Bank Fund as
of January 1, 2010 , and . The
bill would require the secretary and the State Lands Commission to
each submit a report to the Legislature its
of recommendations as to the suitability or nonsuitability
of those areas for preservation as wilderness areas . The
bill would require the secretary and the State Lands Commission
and to prioritize reviews and reports as to the
suitability or nonsuitability of specified areas for preservation as
wilderness. The bill would include additional conditions that would
not preclude the review of state-owned areas for suitability or
nonsuitability for preservation as state wilderness. The bill would
also authorize the State Lands Commission to enter into agreements
with federal land management agencies to implement these provisions.
The bill would exempt state park lands classified as wilderness by
the State Park and Recreation Commission at public hearings, as
prescribed, from specified public and governmental notice and hearing
requirements of the act.
This bill would require that the report, due on or before December
1, 2010, from the secretary to the Governor and Legislature
regarding the status of the California wilderness preservation
system, include, in consultation with the State Lands Commission and
the Department of Fish and Game, a schedule for the required review
as to suitability or nonsuitability for preservation as state
wilderness of identified state-owned roadless areas.
This bill would delete obsolete provisions.
Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: yes.
State-mandated local program: no.
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| Latest Info: |
06/13/2009 - AB 1513 failed to pass its house of origin by the June 5 deadline and is now a "two-year bill".
As such, it cannot be considered again until 2010 (except by rule waiver).
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