CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20212022 REGULAR SESSION Assembly Bill No. 2858Introduced by Assembly Member Megan DahleFebruary 18, 2022 An act relating to fish and wildlife. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGESTAB 2858, as introduced, Megan Dahle. Fish and wildlife: safe harbor agreements.Existing law, the California State Safe Harbor Agreement Program Act, establishes a program that encourages landowners to manage their lands voluntarily to benefit endangered, threatened, or candidate species, or declining or vulnerable species, and not be subject to additional regulatory restrictions as a result of their conservation efforts. The act requires the Department of Fish and Wildlife, to the maximum extent practicable, to prioritize the review of, and decision to approve, a safe harbor agreement if the property proposed to be enrolled in the agreement is encumbered by a conservation easement that requires a permanent commitment to protect, restore, and maintain habitat conditions, provided that the department finds that practices consistent with the conservation easement can reasonably be expected to provide a net conservation benefit to the species listed in the application.This bill would state the intent of the Legislature to enact subsequent legislation that would require safe harbor agreements authorized pursuant to the act to be reviewed and either approved and signed, or denied, by the department in a specified period of time upon receipt of all documents required by the act.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 subsequent legislation that would require safe harbor agreements authorized pursuant to the California State Safe Harbor Agreement Program Act to be reviewed and either approved and signed, or denied, by the Department of Fish and Wildlife in a specified period of time upon receipt of all documents required by the act.
CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20212022 REGULAR SESSION Assembly Bill No. 2858Introduced by Assembly Member Megan DahleFebruary 18, 2022 An act relating to fish and wildlife. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGESTAB 2858, as introduced, Megan Dahle. Fish and wildlife: safe harbor agreements.Existing law, the California State Safe Harbor Agreement Program Act, establishes a program that encourages landowners to manage their lands voluntarily to benefit endangered, threatened, or candidate species, or declining or vulnerable species, and not be subject to additional regulatory restrictions as a result of their conservation efforts. The act requires the Department of Fish and Wildlife, to the maximum extent practicable, to prioritize the review of, and decision to approve, a safe harbor agreement if the property proposed to be enrolled in the agreement is encumbered by a conservation easement that requires a permanent commitment to protect, restore, and maintain habitat conditions, provided that the department finds that practices consistent with the conservation easement can reasonably be expected to provide a net conservation benefit to the species listed in the application.This bill would state the intent of the Legislature to enact subsequent legislation that would require safe harbor agreements authorized pursuant to the act to be reviewed and either approved and signed, or denied, by the department in a specified period of time upon receipt of all documents required by the act.Digest Key Vote: MAJORITY Appropriation: NO Fiscal Committee: NO Local Program: NO
CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20212022 REGULAR SESSION
Assembly Bill
No. 2858
Introduced by Assembly Member Megan DahleFebruary 18, 2022
Introduced by Assembly Member Megan Dahle
February 18, 2022
An act relating to fish and wildlife.
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
## LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
AB 2858, as introduced, Megan Dahle. Fish and wildlife: safe harbor agreements.
Existing law, the California State Safe Harbor Agreement Program Act, establishes a program that encourages landowners to manage their lands voluntarily to benefit endangered, threatened, or candidate species, or declining or vulnerable species, and not be subject to additional regulatory restrictions as a result of their conservation efforts. The act requires the Department of Fish and Wildlife, to the maximum extent practicable, to prioritize the review of, and decision to approve, a safe harbor agreement if the property proposed to be enrolled in the agreement is encumbered by a conservation easement that requires a permanent commitment to protect, restore, and maintain habitat conditions, provided that the department finds that practices consistent with the conservation easement can reasonably be expected to provide a net conservation benefit to the species listed in the application.This bill would state the intent of the Legislature to enact subsequent legislation that would require safe harbor agreements authorized pursuant to the act to be reviewed and either approved and signed, or denied, by the department in a specified period of time upon receipt of all documents required by the act.
Existing law, the California State Safe Harbor Agreement Program Act, establishes a program that encourages landowners to manage their lands voluntarily to benefit endangered, threatened, or candidate species, or declining or vulnerable species, and not be subject to additional regulatory restrictions as a result of their conservation efforts. The act requires the Department of Fish and Wildlife, to the maximum extent practicable, to prioritize the review of, and decision to approve, a safe harbor agreement if the property proposed to be enrolled in the agreement is encumbered by a conservation easement that requires a permanent commitment to protect, restore, and maintain habitat conditions, provided that the department finds that practices consistent with the conservation easement can reasonably be expected to provide a net conservation benefit to the species listed in the application.
This bill would state the intent of the Legislature to enact subsequent legislation that would require safe harbor agreements authorized pursuant to the act to be reviewed and either approved and signed, or denied, by the department in a specified period of time upon receipt of all documents required by the act.
## 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 subsequent legislation that would require safe harbor agreements authorized pursuant to the California State Safe Harbor Agreement Program Act to be reviewed and either approved and signed, or denied, by the Department of Fish and Wildlife in a specified period of time upon receipt of all documents required by the act.
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 subsequent legislation that would require safe harbor agreements authorized pursuant to the California State Safe Harbor Agreement Program Act to be reviewed and either approved and signed, or denied, by the Department of Fish and Wildlife in a specified period of time upon receipt of all documents required by the act.
SECTION 1. It is the intent of the Legislature to enact subsequent legislation that would require safe harbor agreements authorized pursuant to the California State Safe Harbor Agreement Program Act to be reviewed and either approved and signed, or denied, by the Department of Fish and Wildlife in a specified period of time upon receipt of all documents required by the act.
SECTION 1. It is the intent of the Legislature to enact subsequent legislation that would require safe harbor agreements authorized pursuant to the California State Safe Harbor Agreement Program Act to be reviewed and either approved and signed, or denied, by the Department of Fish and Wildlife in a specified period of time upon receipt of all documents required by the act.
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