California 2021-2022 Regular Session

California Assembly Bill AB2719 Compare Versions

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1	1	CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20212022 REGULAR SESSION Assembly Bill No. 2719Introduced by Assembly Member FongFebruary 18, 2022 An act to add Section 21080.36 to the Public Resources Code, relating to environmental quality. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGESTAB 2719, as introduced, Fong. California Environmental Quality Act: exemptions: highway safety improvement projects.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 includes exemptions from its environmental review requirements for numerous categories of projects, including, among others, emergency projects undertaken, carried out, or approved by a public agency to maintain, repair, or restore an existing highway under specified circumstances.This bill would further exempt from the requirements of CEQA highway safety improvement projects, as defined, undertaken by the Department of Transportation or a local agency.Digest Key Vote: MAJORITY Appropriation: NO Fiscal Committee: YES Local Program: NO Bill TextThe people of the State of California do enact as follows:SECTION 1. Section 21080.36 is added to the Public Resources Code, to read:21080.36. This division does not apply to a highway safety improvement project, as defined by Section 148 of Title 23 of the United States Code, undertaken by the Department of Transportation or a local agency.
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3	3	CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20212022 REGULAR SESSION Assembly Bill No. 2719Introduced by Assembly Member FongFebruary 18, 2022 An act to add Section 21080.36 to the Public Resources Code, relating to environmental quality. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGESTAB 2719, as introduced, Fong. California Environmental Quality Act: exemptions: highway safety improvement projects.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 includes exemptions from its environmental review requirements for numerous categories of projects, including, among others, emergency projects undertaken, carried out, or approved by a public agency to maintain, repair, or restore an existing highway under specified circumstances.This bill would further exempt from the requirements of CEQA highway safety improvement projects, as defined, undertaken by the Department of Transportation or a local agency.Digest Key Vote: MAJORITY Appropriation: NO Fiscal Committee: YES Local Program: NO
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9	9	CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20212022 REGULAR SESSION
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13	13	No. 2719
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15	15	Introduced by Assembly Member FongFebruary 18, 2022
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17	17	Introduced by Assembly Member Fong
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20	20	An act to add Section 21080.36 to the Public Resources Code, relating to environmental quality.
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22	22	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
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24	24	## LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
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26	26	AB 2719, as introduced, Fong. California Environmental Quality Act: exemptions: highway safety improvement projects.
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28	28	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 includes exemptions from its environmental review requirements for numerous categories of projects, including, among others, emergency projects undertaken, carried out, or approved by a public agency to maintain, repair, or restore an existing highway under specified circumstances.This bill would further exempt from the requirements of CEQA highway safety improvement projects, as defined, undertaken by the Department of Transportation or a local agency.
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30	30	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.
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32	32	CEQA includes exemptions from its environmental review requirements for numerous categories of projects, including, among others, emergency projects undertaken, carried out, or approved by a public agency to maintain, repair, or restore an existing highway under specified circumstances.
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34	34	This bill would further exempt from the requirements of CEQA highway safety improvement projects, as defined, undertaken by the Department of Transportation or a local agency.
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36	36	## Digest Key
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38	38	## Bill Text
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40	40	The people of the State of California do enact as follows:SECTION 1. Section 21080.36 is added to the Public Resources Code, to read:21080.36. This division does not apply to a highway safety improvement project, as defined by Section 148 of Title 23 of the United States Code, undertaken by the Department of Transportation or a local agency.
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42	42	The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
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44	44	## The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
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46	46	SECTION 1. Section 21080.36 is added to the Public Resources Code, to read:21080.36. This division does not apply to a highway safety improvement project, as defined by Section 148 of Title 23 of the United States Code, undertaken by the Department of Transportation or a local agency.
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48	48	SECTION 1. Section 21080.36 is added to the Public Resources Code, to read:
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52	52	21080.36. This division does not apply to a highway safety improvement project, as defined by Section 148 of Title 23 of the United States Code, undertaken by the Department of Transportation or a local agency.
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54	54	21080.36. This division does not apply to a highway safety improvement project, as defined by Section 148 of Title 23 of the United States Code, undertaken by the Department of Transportation or a local agency.
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56	56	21080.36. This division does not apply to a highway safety improvement project, as defined by Section 148 of Title 23 of the United States Code, undertaken by the Department of Transportation or a local agency.
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60	60	21080.36. This division does not apply to a highway safety improvement project, as defined by Section 148 of Title 23 of the United States Code, undertaken by the Department of Transportation or a local agency.