CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20172018 REGULAR SESSION Assembly Bill No. 1055Introduced by Assembly Member Waldron(Coauthor: Assembly Member Frazier)February 16, 2017 An act relating to environmental quality. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGESTAB 1055, as introduced, Waldron. California Environmental Quality Act: historic and archaeological evaluation.The California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) requires a lead agency, as defined, to prepare, or cause to be prepared, and certify the completion of, an environmental impact report on a project that it proposes to carry out or approve that may have a significant effect on the environment or to adopt a negative declaration if it finds that the project will not have that effect. CEQA also requires a lead agency to prepare a mitigated negative declaration for a project that may have a significant effect on the environment if revisions in the project would avoid or mitigate that effect and there is no substantial evidence that the project, as revised, would have a significant effect on the environment. CEQA defines the environment to include objects of historic significance.CEQA also requires a lead agency to determine whether a project may have a significant effect on archaeological resources.This bill would state the intent of the Legislature to enact legislation to establish standards for persons performing historic and archaeological evaluation for the purposes of CEQA.Digest Key Vote: MAJORITY Appropriation: NO Fiscal Committee: NO Local Program: NO Bill TextThe people of the State of California do enact as follows:SECTION 1. It is the intent of the Legislature to enact legislation to establish standards for persons performing historic and archaeological evaluation conducted for the purposes of the California Environmental Quality Act (Division 13 (commencing with Section 21000) of the Public Resources Code).
CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20172018 REGULAR SESSION Assembly Bill No. 1055Introduced by Assembly Member Waldron(Coauthor: Assembly Member Frazier)February 16, 2017 An act relating to environmental quality. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGESTAB 1055, as introduced, Waldron. California Environmental Quality Act: historic and archaeological evaluation.The California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) requires a lead agency, as defined, to prepare, or cause to be prepared, and certify the completion of, an environmental impact report on a project that it proposes to carry out or approve that may have a significant effect on the environment or to adopt a negative declaration if it finds that the project will not have that effect. CEQA also requires a lead agency to prepare a mitigated negative declaration for a project that may have a significant effect on the environment if revisions in the project would avoid or mitigate that effect and there is no substantial evidence that the project, as revised, would have a significant effect on the environment. CEQA defines the environment to include objects of historic significance.CEQA also requires a lead agency to determine whether a project may have a significant effect on archaeological resources.This bill would state the intent of the Legislature to enact legislation to establish standards for persons performing historic and archaeological evaluation for the purposes of CEQA.Digest Key Vote: MAJORITY Appropriation: NO Fiscal Committee: NO Local Program: NO
CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20172018 REGULAR SESSION
Assembly Bill No. 1055
Introduced by Assembly Member Waldron(Coauthor: Assembly Member Frazier)February 16, 2017
Introduced by Assembly Member Waldron(Coauthor: Assembly Member Frazier)
February 16, 2017
An act relating to environmental quality.
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
## LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
AB 1055, as introduced, Waldron. California Environmental Quality Act: historic and archaeological evaluation.
The California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) requires a lead agency, as defined, to prepare, or cause to be prepared, and certify the completion of, an environmental impact report on a project that it proposes to carry out or approve that may have a significant effect on the environment or to adopt a negative declaration if it finds that the project will not have that effect. CEQA also requires a lead agency to prepare a mitigated negative declaration for a project that may have a significant effect on the environment if revisions in the project would avoid or mitigate that effect and there is no substantial evidence that the project, as revised, would have a significant effect on the environment. CEQA defines the environment to include objects of historic significance.CEQA also requires a lead agency to determine whether a project may have a significant effect on archaeological resources.This bill would state the intent of the Legislature to enact legislation to establish standards for persons performing historic and archaeological evaluation for the purposes of CEQA.
The California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) requires a lead agency, as defined, to prepare, or cause to be prepared, and certify the completion of, an environmental impact report on a project that it proposes to carry out or approve that may have a significant effect on the environment or to adopt a negative declaration if it finds that the project will not have that effect. CEQA also requires a lead agency to prepare a mitigated negative declaration for a project that may have a significant effect on the environment if revisions in the project would avoid or mitigate that effect and there is no substantial evidence that the project, as revised, would have a significant effect on the environment. CEQA defines the environment to include objects of historic significance.
CEQA also requires a lead agency to determine whether a project may have a significant effect on archaeological resources.
This bill would state the intent of the Legislature to enact legislation to establish standards for persons performing historic and archaeological evaluation for the purposes of CEQA.
## Digest Key
## Bill Text
The people of the State of California do enact as follows:SECTION 1. It is the intent of the Legislature to enact legislation to establish standards for persons performing historic and archaeological evaluation conducted for the purposes of the California Environmental Quality Act (Division 13 (commencing with Section 21000) of the Public Resources Code).
The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
## The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
SECTION 1. It is the intent of the Legislature to enact legislation to establish standards for persons performing historic and archaeological evaluation conducted for the purposes of the California Environmental Quality Act (Division 13 (commencing with Section 21000) of the Public Resources Code).
SECTION 1. It is the intent of the Legislature to enact legislation to establish standards for persons performing historic and archaeological evaluation conducted for the purposes of the California Environmental Quality Act (Division 13 (commencing with Section 21000) of the Public Resources Code).
SECTION 1. It is the intent of the Legislature to enact legislation to establish standards for persons performing historic and archaeological evaluation conducted for the purposes of the California Environmental Quality Act (Division 13 (commencing with Section 21000) of the Public Resources Code).
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