California Assembly Bill AB2185 Introduced / Bill

 BILL NUMBER: AB 2185INTRODUCED BILL TEXT INTRODUCED BY Assembly Member Gonzalez FEBRUARY 18, 2016 An act to amend Section 14400 of the Public Resources Code, relating to conservation. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST AB 2185, as introduced, Gonzalez. California Conservation Corps: nonresidential programs. Existing law establishes the California Conservation Corps in the Resources Agency with the mission to, among other things, increase awareness of our natural resources, including instilling basic skills and a healthy work ethic in California youth, building their character, self-esteem, and self-discipline, and establishing within them a strong sense of civic responsibility and an understanding of the value of a day's work for a day's wages. Existing law requires the corps to develop nonresidential programs in urban communities, and authorizes it to develop those programs in other than urban communities, that have high concentrations of ethnic-minority youths, high levels of youth unemployment, and a need for conservation work. This bill would make nonsubstantive changes to these provisions. Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: no. State-mandated local program: no. THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: SECTION 1. Section 14400 of the Public Resources Code is amended to read: 14400. The corps shall develop nonresidential programs in urban communities, and may develop those programs in other than urban communities,  which   that  have high concentrations of ethnic-minority youths,  which have  high levels of youth unemployment, and  which have  a need for conservation work. Expenditures for programs in other than urban communities shall not exceed 15 percent of total funding for programs under this section.