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1-Amended IN Assembly April 24, 2024 Amended IN Assembly April 16, 2024 Amended IN Assembly April 10, 2024 CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20232024 REGULAR SESSION Assembly Bill No. 3192Introduced by Assembly Member MuratsuchiFebruary 16, 2024An act to add Chapter 8.5 (commencing with Section 30750) to Division 20 of, and to add Chapter 6.2 (commencing with Section 42380) to Part 3 of Division 30 of, the Public Resources Code, relating to coastal resources.LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGESTAB 3192, as amended, Muratsuchi. Major coastal resorts: audits: waste.(1) Existing law, the California Coastal Act of 1976, among other things, requires anyone wishing to perform or undertake any development in the coastal zone, except as specified, in addition to obtaining any other permit required by law from any local government or from any state, regional, or local agency, to obtain a coastal development permit from the California Coastal Commission or a local government, as provided.This bill would establish the Major Coastal Resorts Environmental Accountability Act, and would define major coastal resort for these purposes. The bill would require a major coastal resort, with the assistance of a qualified, independent consultant, to every 2 years prepare an audit of the major coastal resorts compliance with specified provisions, including the coastal development permit, as provided. The bill would require the commission to compile and keep updated a list of consultants qualified to assist with the audit. The bill would require the major coastal resort to provide for the qualified consultants compensation for the audit, as provided. The bill would prohibit the major coastal resort from discriminating or retaliating against any employee or applicant for employment for, among other things, participating in the audit or an investigation, as provided. The bill would require the major coastal resort to post the audit on its internet website and to provide copies to the commission and relevant local governments. The bill would authorize the commission to charge a major coastal resort a fee for compiling and updating the list of qualified qualified, independent consultants and receiving copies of the audits, as provided. The bill would subject a major coastal resort that violates these requirements to specified administrative penalties assessed by the commission.The bill would permit the use of any nonorganic pesticide, as defined, or fertilizing material, as defined, on areas of a golf course at a major coastal resort only as provided. The bill would subject a major coastal resort that violates this requirement to specified administrative penalties assessed by the Department of Pesticide Regulation.(2) Existing law prohibits lodging establishments from providing a small plastic bottle containing a personal care product to a person staying in a sleeping room accommodation, in any space within the sleeping room accommodation, or within bathrooms shared by the public or guests.This bill would prohibit a major coastal resort from providing to guests specified materials, including single-use plastic bottled beverages. The bill would require a major coastal resort to, among other things, provide at least one recycling bin or container in each guest room, as provided. The bill would require the major coastal resort to maintain records related to these requirements for 3 years. The bill would subject a major coastal resort that violates these requirements to a civil penalty of $500 per each day the violation continues. specified administrative penalties assessed by the Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery.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. This act shall be known, and may be cited, as the Major Coastal Resorts Environmental Accountability Act.SEC. 2. The Legislature finds and declares all of the following: (a) The California coastal zone is a valuable natural and scenic resource. Protection of this resource, including its terrestrial and marine wildlife and ecosystems, and the health and welfare of its residents and workers, is a paramount concern to the state.(b) Major coastal resorts, each of which hosts tens of thousands of guests per year and has a substantial land use footprint, including golf courses and other recreational amenities, can have significant environmental impacts on our sensitive coasts, including potential impacts to wildlife, ecosystems, and water quality.(c) Some major coastal resorts discharge stormwater to the ocean or beach, yet lack sufficient ongoing monitoring to ensure water quality is not being degraded. Major coastal resorts often employ large volumes of chemical pesticides, herbicides, and fertilizers, but their usage generally is not publicly disclosed, and some resorts lack any requirements to apply up-to-date, nonchemical pest and growth management strategies. Some major coastal resorts also engage in high-volume use of single-use plastics and other unsustainable materials, which are not always properly recycled, and any fugitive release of these plastic materials can impact proximate coastal resources.(d) Although major coastal resorts are subject to environmental conditions and mitigation measures in their coastal development permits and California Environmental Quality Act documents, there is a need for coordinated and focused oversight to ensure compliance with those requirements. Regulatory agencies and the public often lack information as to whether major coastal resorts are abiding by applicable environmental protections and thus face obstacles in efforts to ensure compliance. In addition, to ensure compliance with applicable environmental protections, it is important for regulatory agencies and the public to know whether major coastal resorts have sufficient species monitoring and maintenance plans.(e) These environmental impacts and regulatory gaps are incompatible with the interests of the state and its residents and with the goal of the California Coastal Act of 1976 to protect, maintain, and, where feasible, enhance and restore the overall quality of the coastal zone environment and its natural and artificial resources.(f) Legislation establishing a biennial compliance audit that centralizes review and validation of major coastal resorts environmental compliance is necessary and appropriate to ensure the accountability of major coastal resorts for their ecological impacts and compliance with environmental protections and to prevent and mitigate substantial adverse effects on important coastal resources.(g) Whistleblower protections are necessary and appropriate to ensure major coastal resort employees are protected when disclosing information relevant to major coastal resorts compliance with environmental protections.SEC. 3. Chapter 8.5 (commencing with Section 30750) is added to Division 20 of the Public Resources Code, to read: CHAPTER 8.5. Major Coastal Resorts 30750. For purposes of this chapter, the following definitions apply:(a) Fertilizing material shall have the same meaning as in Section 14533 of the Food and Agricultural Code.(b) Major coastal resort means a resort or hotel that meets all of the following: (1) Is composed of more than 300 guest rooms or units, all of which are located within the same contiguous resort complex. Rooms or units located in separate and distinct resort complexes shall not be aggregated for purposes of this subdivision.(2) Includes or operates a golf course on the premises.(3) Is located in whole or in part in the coastal zone.(4) Is either of the following: (A) Located, in any part, within 100 meters of the mean high tide line of the sea.(B) Includes, is adjacent to, or is within 400 meters of, any part of any of the following: (i) An environmentally sensitive area.(ii) A sensitive coastal resource area. (iii) An area otherwise protected or preserved under state, federal, or local law, including, but not limited to, marine managed areas and marine protected areas as defined under Section 36602.(iv) The habitat of a species protected under state, federal, or local law, including, but not limited to, species that are identified as endangered, threatened, rare, species of concern, or species of special concern by a state or federal agency, and special status species tracked by the Department of Fish and Wildlifes California Natural Diversity Database.(c) Pesticide means a conventional pesticide with all active ingredients other than biological pesticides and antimicrobial pesticides, with conventional active ingredients generally produced synthetically, including synthetic chemicals that prevent, mitigate, destroy, or repel any pest or that act as a plant growth regulator, desiccant, defoliant, or nitrogen stabilizer, and shall include insecticides, herbicides, rodenticides, fungicides, and growth regulators.30750.1. (a) (1) Every two years, a major coastal resort shall, with the assistance of a qualified, independent consultant identified pursuant to subdivision (b), prepare an audit of the major coastal resorts compliance with all of the following:(A) The major coastal resorts coastal development permit.(B) Any applicable local government permit conditions that implement a certified local coastal program.(C) Any applicable mitigation measures and reporting or monitoring program under the California Environmental Quality Act (Division 13 (commencing with Section 21000)) that pertains to or affects coastal zone resources.(D) Chapter 6.2 (commencing with Section 42380) of Part 3 of Division 30.(2) The audit described in paragraph (1) shall also include all of the following:(A) Disclosure of the types, quantity, and frequency of the pesticides and fertilizing material that the major coastal resort has used during the previous two years.(B) Whether the major coastal resort has developed a plan for complying with any coastal development permit conditions or mitigation measures regarding biological resources and for continued monitoring of relevant biological resources to ensure that the conditions and mitigation measures are satisfactorily protecting those resources. If the major coastal resort has adopted such a plan, the audit shall include the plan and any data generated pursuant to the plan concerning the success of conditions or mitigation measures in protecting, restoring, or creating biological resources.(C) Whether the major coastal resort conducts ongoing monitoring of the major coastal resorts stormwater discharges in the coastal zone, including monitoring sufficient to evaluate the contents of the discharges for pollutants or waste. If the major coastal resort conducts this monitoring, the audit shall include the data generated by the monitoring. For purposes of this paragraph, waste shall have the same meaning as in Section 13050 of the Water Code.(D) Whether the major coastal resort conducts monitoring or surveys of relevant species and habitat. If the major coastal resort conducts this monitoring, the audit shall include the data generated by the monitoring.(E) Whether the major coastal resort has adopted a turf, landscape, and pest management plan that follows state-of-the-art environmental methods, such as integrated pest management and nonchemical strategies, to address pests, weeds, and plant growth. If the major coastal resort has adopted any such plan or plans, the audit shall include the plan or plans and any data generated concerning the impact of the methods and measures used pursuant to any such plan.(F) Whether either of the following applies to the major coastal resort:(i) The major coastal resort has been issued, or is in the process of being issued, waste discharge requirements or a waiver under the Porter-Cologne Water Quality Control Act (Division 7 (commencing with Section 13000) of the Water Code) or a national pollutant discharge elimination system permit under the federal Clean Water Act (33 U.S.C. Sec. 1251 et seq.) for the resorts stormwater discharges in the coastal zone, if any.(ii) Waste discharge requirements or a national pollutant discharge elimination system permit are not required for the major coastal resorts stormwater discharges in the coastal zone under state or federal law.(b) The commission shall compile and keep updated a list of consultants qualified to assist with auditing major coastal resorts compliance. A major coastal resort may select from the list the consultant who will assist in reviewing the resorts compliance and preparing its audit. The major coastal resort shall provide for the qualified consultants compensation for the audit at the consultants normal rate of pay, which the major coastal resort shall pay directly to the consultant.(c) The major coastal resort shall post the audit on its internet website and provide copies to the commission and relevant local governments.(d) At the time a major coastal resort commences an audit, it shall provide notice to the public and invite public comments on the audit and investigation.(e) The commission may charge a major coastal resort a fee for compiling and updating the list of qualified qualified, independent consultants pursuant to subdivision (b), and receiving copies of the audits pursuant to subdivision (c), in an amount not to exceed the reasonable cost of those duties, not to exceed five thousand dollars ($5,000) for each major coastal resort.(f) A major coastal resort in violation of any requirements of this section shall result in administrative penalties assessed by the commission pursuant to Article 2 (commencing with Section 30820) of Chapter 9.30750.2. (a) The use of any nonorganic pesticide or fertilizing material at, or on any part of, any major coastal resort is authorized on areas of a golf course only when applied in a manner consistent with established integrated pest management principles and where no organic alternative fit for intended use and proven effectiveness is available. Where nonorganic pesticide or fertilizing material is used, the major coastal resort shall use the least toxic alternative possible in the smallest quantity possible.(b) A major coastal resort in violation of the requirements of this section shall result in administrative penalties assessed by the Department of Pesticide Regulation pursuant to Article 12 (commencing with Section 12996) of Chapter 2 of Division 7 of the Food and Agricultural Code, including, but not limited to, Section 12999.4 of the Food and Agricultural Code.30750.3. (a) A major coastal resort, or person acting on behalf of a major coastal resort, shall not discriminate or retaliate against any employee or applicant for employment for engaging in either of the following:(1) Participating in an audit pursuant to Section 30750.1 or an investigation by any law enforcement agency.(2) Disclosing information, or because the major coastal resort believes the employee or applicant for employment disclosed or may disclose information, to the commission, a consultant acting under Section 30750.1, another government or law enforcement agency, a person with authority over the employee or applicant for employment, or another person who has the authority to investigate, discover, or correct a violation or noncompliance, the media, a nonprofit organization, or a state or local government, if the employee or applicant for employment has reasonable cause to believe that the information discloses a violation of or noncompliance with a coastal development permit, local government permit conditions that implement a certified local coastal program, or mitigation measures or a reporting or monitoring program under the California Environmental Quality Act (Division 13 (commencing with Section 21000)) pertaining to or affecting coastal zone resources.(b) This section may be enforced to the same extent, and pursuant to the same procedures and for the same remedies, as Section 1102.5 of the Labor Code.(c)In addition to any other remedies, a person discriminated or retaliated against in the terms and conditions of employment or in hiring in violation of subdivision (a) is entitled to recover an additional sum payable as liquidated damages in the amount of five hundred dollars ($500), per employee or applicant for employment, for each day the rights of an employee or applicant for employment under subdivision (a) are violated and continuing until such time as the violation is cured.SEC. 4. Chapter 6.2 (commencing with Section 42380) is added to Part 3 of Division 30 of the Public Resources Code, to read: CHAPTER 6.2. Major Coastal Resorts42380. For purposes of this chapter, the following terms apply:(a) Major coastal resort shall have the same meaning as in Section 30750.(b) Organic waste shall have the same meaning as in Section 42649.8.42380.1. A major coastal resort shall not provide to guests any of the following:(a) Single-use plastic bottled beverages.(b) Nonrecyclable single-use coffee pods.(c) Plastic straws.(d) Single-use plastic bags as part of a retail sale transaction.(e) Any expanded polystyrene products or packaging.42380.2. A major coastal resort shall do both of the following:(a) Provide at least one recycling bin or container in each guest room, and in each individual unit of other guest lodging, such as a cabin or villa. The recycling bin or container shall meet all of the following requirements:(1) Is in the same area as a bin or container for nonrecyclable trash.(2) Is visible and easily accessible.(3) Is clearly marked with educational signage indicating what is appropriate to place in the recycling bin or container in accordance with state law and the local jurisdictions solid waste ordinances and practices.(b) Source separate recyclable materials, organic waste, and other solid waste.42380.3. A major coastal resort shall maintain records of its operations to comply with the requirements of this chapter. Records of past operations shall be preserved for three years. 42380.4. A major coastal resort in violation of any requirement of this chapter is liable for a civil penalty of five hundred dollars ($500) per each day the violation continues. Any person, including the Attorney General or a district attorney, county counsel, or city attorney, may bring an action for the recovery of civil penalties under this section. administrative penalties assessed by the department pursuant to Article 3 (commencing with Section 45010) of Chapter 1 of Part 5.
1+Amended IN Assembly April 16, 2024 Amended IN Assembly April 10, 2024 CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20232024 REGULAR SESSION Assembly Bill No. 3192Introduced by Assembly Member MuratsuchiFebruary 16, 2024An act to add Chapter 8.5 (commencing with Section 30750) to Division 20 of, and to add Chapter 6.2 (commencing with Section 42380) to Part 3 of Division 30 of, the Public Resources Code, relating to coastal resources.LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGESTAB 3192, as amended, Muratsuchi. Major coastal resorts: audits: waste.(1) Existing law, the California Coastal Act of 1976, among other things, requires anyone wishing to perform or undertake any development in the coastal zone, except as specified, in addition to obtaining any other permit required by law from any local government or from any state, regional, or local agency, to obtain a coastal development permit from the California Coastal Commission or a local government, as provided.This bill would establish the Major Coastal Resorts Environmental Accountability Act, and would define major coastal resort for these purposes. The bill would require a major coastal resort, with the assistance of a qualified, independent consultant, to every 2 years prepare an audit of the major coastal resorts compliance with specified provisions, including the coastal development permit, as provided. The bill would require the commission to compile and keep updated a list of consultants qualified to assist with the audit. The bill would require the major coastal resort to provide for the qualified consultants compensation for the audit, as provided. The bill would prohibit the major coastal resort from discriminating or retaliating against any employee or applicant for employment for, among other things, participating in the audit or an investigation, as provided. The bill would require the major coastal resort to post the audit on its internet website and to provide copies to the commission and relevant local governments. The bill would authorize the commission to charge a major coastal resort a fee for compiling the list of qualified consultants and receiving copies of the audits, as provided.The bill would also prohibit permit the use of any nonorganic pesticide, as defined, or fertilizing material, as defined, on areas of a golf course at a major coastal resort, except resort only as provided.(2) Existing law prohibits lodging establishments from providing a small plastic bottle containing a personal care product to a person staying in a sleeping room accommodation, in any space within the sleeping room accommodation, or within bathrooms shared by the public or guests.This bill would prohibit a major coastal resort from providing to guests specified materials, including single-use plastic bottled beverages. The bill would require a major coastal resort to, among other things, provide at least one recycling bin or container in each guest room, as provided. The bill would require the major coastal resort to maintain records related to these requirements for 3 years. The bill would subject a major coastal resort that violates these requirements to a civil penalty of $500 per each day the violation continues.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. This act shall be known, and may be cited, as the Major Coastal Resorts Environmental Accountability Act.SEC. 2. The Legislature finds and declares all of the following: (a) The California coastal zone is a valuable natural and scenic resource. Protection of this resource, including its terrestrial and marine wildlife and ecosystems, and the health and welfare of its residents and workers, is a paramount concern to the state.(b) Major coastal resorts, each of which hosts tens of thousands of guests per year and has a substantial land use footprint, including golf courses and other recreational amenities, can have significant environmental impacts on our sensitive coasts, including potential impacts to wildlife, ecosystems, and water quality.(c) Some major coastal resorts discharge stormwater to the ocean or beach, yet lack sufficient ongoing monitoring to ensure water quality is not being degraded. Major coastal resorts often employ large volumes of chemical pesticides, herbicides, and fertilizers, but their usage generally is not publicly disclosed, and some resorts lack any requirements to apply up-to-date, nonchemical pest and growth management strategies. Some major coastal resorts also engage in high-volume use of single-use plastics and other unsustainable materials, which are not always properly recycled, and any fugitive release of these plastic materials can impact proximate coastal resources.(d) Although major coastal resorts are subject to environmental conditions and mitigation measures in their coastal development permits and California Environmental Quality Act documents, there is a need for coordinated and focused oversight to ensure compliance with those requirements. Regulatory agencies and the public often lack information as to whether major coastal resorts are abiding by applicable environmental protections and thus face obstacles in efforts to ensure compliance. In addition, to ensure compliance with applicable environmental protections, it is important for regulatory agencies and the public to know whether major coastal resorts have sufficient species monitoring and maintenance plans.(e) These environmental impacts and regulatory gaps are incompatible with the interests of the state and its residents and with the goal of the California Coastal Act of 1976 to protect, maintain, and, where feasible, enhance and restore the overall quality of the coastal zone environment and its natural and artificial resources.(f) Legislation establishing a biannual biennial compliance audit that centralizes review and validation of major coastal resorts environmental compliance is necessary and appropriate to ensure the accountability of major coastal resorts for their ecological impacts and compliance with environmental protections and to prevent and mitigate substantial adverse effects on important coastal resources.(g) Whistleblower protections are necessary and appropriate to ensure major coastal resort employees are protected when disclosing information relevant to major coastal resorts compliance with environmental protections.SEC. 3. Chapter 8.5 (commencing with Section 30750) is added to Division 20 of the Public Resources Code, to read: CHAPTER 8.5. Major Coastal Resorts 30750. For purposes of this chapter, the following terms definitions apply:(a) Fertilizing material shall have the same meaning as in Section 14533 of the Food and Agricultural Code.(b) Major coastal resort means a resort or hotel that meets all of the following: (1) Is composed of more than 300 guest rooms or units. units, all of which are located within the same contiguous resort complex. Rooms or units located in separate and distinct resort complexes shall not be aggregated for purposes of this subdivision.(2) Includes or operates a golf course on the premises.(3) Is located in whole or in part in the coastal zone.(4) Is either of the following: (A) Located, in any part, within 100 meters of the mean high tide line of the sea.(B) Includes, is adjacent to, or is within 400 meters of, any part of any of the following: (i) An environmentally sensitive area.(ii) A sensitive coastal resource area. (iii) An area otherwise protected or preserved under state, federal, or local law, including, but not limited to, marine managed areas and marine protected areas as defined under Section 36602.(iv) The habitat of a species protected under state, federal, or local law, including, but not limited to, species that are identified as endangered, threatened, rare, species of concern, or species of special concern by a state or federal agency, and special status species tracked by the Department of Fish and Wildlifes California Natural Diversity Database.(c) Pesticide means a conventional pesticide with all active ingredients other than biological pesticides and antimicrobial pesticides, with conventional active ingredients generally produced synthetically, including synthetic chemicals that prevent, mitigate, destroy, or repel any pest or that act as a plant growth regulator, desiccant, defoliant, or nitrogen stabilizer, and shall include insecticides, herbicides, rodenticides, fungicides, and growth regulators.30750.1. (a) (1) Every two years, a major coastal resort shall, with the assistance of a qualified, independent consultant identified pursuant to subdivision (b), prepare an audit of the major coastal resorts compliance with all of the following:(A) The major coastal resorts coastal development permit.(B) Any applicable local government permit conditions that implement a certified local coastal program.(C) Any applicable mitigation measures and reporting or monitoring program under the California Environmental Quality Act (Division 13 (commencing with Section 21000)) that pertains to or affects coastal zone resources.(D) Chapter 6.2 (commencing with Section 42380) of Part 3 of Division 30.(2) The audit described in paragraph (1) shall also include all of the following:(A) Disclosure of the types, quantity, and frequency of the pesticides and fertilizing material that the major coastal resort has used during the previous two years.(B) Whether the major coastal resort has developed a plan for complying with any coastal development permit conditions or mitigation measures regarding biological resources and for continued monitoring of relevant biological resources to ensure that the conditions and mitigation measures are satisfactorily protecting those resources. If the major coastal resort has adopted such a plan, the audit shall include the plan, as well as plan and any data generated pursuant to the plan concerning the success of conditions or mitigation measures in protecting, restoring, or creating biological resources.(C) Whether the major coastal resort conducts ongoing monitoring of the major coastal resorts stormwater discharges in the coastal zone, including monitoring sufficient to evaluate the contents of the discharges for pollutants or waste. If the major coastal resort conducts this monitoring, the audit shall include the data generated by the monitoring. For purposes of this paragraph, waste shall have the same meaning as in Section 13050 of the Water Code.(D) Whether the major coastal resort conducts monitoring or surveys of relevant species and habitat. If the major coastal resort conducts this monitoring, the audit shall include the data generated by the monitoring.(E) Whether the major coastal resort has adopted a turf, landscape, and pest management plan that follows state-of-the-art environmental methods, such as integrated pest management and nonchemical strategies, to address pests, weeds, and plant growth. If the major coastal resort has adopted any such plan or plans, the audit shall include the plan or plans, as well as plans and any data generated concerning the impact of the methods and measures used pursuant to any such plan.(F) Whether either of the following applies to the major coastal resort:(i) The major coastal resort has been issued, or is in the process of being issued, waste discharge requirements or a waiver under the Porter-Cologne Water Quality Control Act (Division 7 (commencing with Section 13000) of the Water Code) or a national pollutant discharge elimination system permit under the federal Clean Water Act (33 U.S.C. Sec. 1251 et seq.) for the resorts stormwater discharges in the coastal zone, if any.(ii) Waste discharge requirements or a national pollutant discharge elimination system permit are not required for the major coastal resorts stormwater discharges in the coastal zone under state or federal law.(b) The commission shall compile and keep updated a list of consultants qualified to assist with auditing major coastal resorts compliance. A major coastal resort may select from the list the consultant who will assist in reviewing the resorts compliance and preparing its audit. The major coastal resort shall provide for the qualified consultants compensation for the audit at the consultants normal rate of pay, which the major coastal resort shall pay directly to the consultant.(c) The major coastal resort shall post the audit on its internet website and provide copies to the commission and relevant local governments.(d) At the time a major coastal resort commences an audit, it shall provide notice to the public and invite public comments on the audit and investigation.(e) The commission may charge a major coastal resort a fee for compiling and updating the list of qualified independent consultants pursuant to subdivision (b), and receiving copies of the audits pursuant to subdivision (c), in an amount not to exceed the reasonable cost of those duties, not to exceed five thousand dollars ($5,000) for each major coastal resort.30750.3.30750.2. The use of any nonorganic pesticide or fertilizing material at, or on any part of, any major coastal resort is prohibited, except in the following circumstances: authorized on areas of a golf course only when applied in a manner consistent with established integrated pest management principles and where no organic alternative fit for intended use and proven effectiveness is available. Where nonorganic pesticide or fertilizing material is used, the major coastal resort shall use the least toxic alternative possible in the smallest quantity possible.(a)The incidental and limited use of pesticides for purposes of building maintenance may be used if there are no reasonable alternatives and the use does not include a rodenticide.(b)Nonorganic pesticides or fertilizing material may be used on areas of a golf course specifically dedicated for use as the green and where no organic alternative exists for the necessary purpose. Where nonorganic pesticide or fertilizing material is used, the major coastal resort shall use the least toxic alternative possible in the smallest quantity possible.30750.4.30750.3. (a) A major coastal resort, or person acting on behalf of a major coastal resort, shall not discriminate or retaliate against any employee or applicant for employment for engaging in either of the following:(1) Participating in an audit pursuant to Section 30750.1 or an investigation by any law enforcement agency.(2) Disclosing information, or because the major coastal resort believes the employee or applicant for employment disclosed or may disclose information, to the commission, a consultant acting under Section 30750.1, another government or law enforcement agency, a person with authority over the employee or applicant for employment, or another person who has the authority to investigate, discover, or correct a violation or noncompliance, the media, a nonprofit organization, or a state or local government, if the employee or applicant for employment has reasonable cause to believe that the information discloses a violation of or noncompliance with a coastal development permit, local government permit conditions that implement a certified local coastal program, or mitigation measures or a reporting or monitoring program under the California Environmental Quality Act (Division 13 (commencing with Section 21000)) pertaining to or affecting coastal zone resources.(b) This section may be enforced to the same extent, and pursuant to the same procedures and for the same remedies, as Section 1102.5 of the Labor Code.(c) In addition to any other remedies, a person discriminated or retaliated against in the terms and conditions of employment or in hiring in violation of subdivision (a) is entitled to recover an additional sum payable as liquidated damages in the amount of five hundred dollars ($500), per employee or applicant for employment, for each day the rights of an employee or applicant for employment under subdivision (a) are violated and continuing until such time as the violation is cured.SEC. 4. Chapter 6.2 (commencing with Section 42380) is added to Part 3 of Division 30 of the Public Resources Code, to read: CHAPTER 6.2. Major Coastal Resorts42380. For purposes of this chapter, the following terms apply:(a) Major coastal resort shall have the same meaning as in Section 30750.(b) Organic waste shall have the same meaning as in Section 42649.8.42380.1. A major coastal resort shall not provide to guests any of the following:(a) Single-use plastic bottled beverages.(b) Nonrecyclable single-use coffee pods.(c) Plastic straws.(d) Single-use plastic bags as part of a retail sale transaction.(e) Any expanded polystyrene products or packaging.42380.2. A major coastal resort shall do both of the following:(a) Provide at least one recycling bin or container in each guest room, and in each individual unit of other guest lodging, such as a cabin or villa. The recycling bin or container shall meet all of the following requirements:(1) Is in the same area as a bin or container for nonrecyclable trash.(2) Is visible and easily accessible.(3) Is clearly marked with educational signage indicating what is appropriate to place in the recycling bin or container in accordance with state law and the local jurisdictions solid waste ordinances and practices.(b) Source separate recyclable materials, organic waste, and other solid waste.42380.3. A major coastal resort shall maintain records of its operations to comply with the requirements of this chapter. Records of past operations shall be preserved for three years. 42380.4. A major coastal resort in violation of any requirement of this chapter is liable for a civil penalty of five hundred dollars ($500) per each day the violation continues. Any person, including the Attorney General or a district attorney, county counsel, or city attorney, may bring an action for the recovery of civil penalties under this section.
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3- Amended IN Assembly April 24, 2024 Amended IN Assembly April 16, 2024 Amended IN Assembly April 10, 2024 CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20232024 REGULAR SESSION Assembly Bill No. 3192Introduced by Assembly Member MuratsuchiFebruary 16, 2024An act to add Chapter 8.5 (commencing with Section 30750) to Division 20 of, and to add Chapter 6.2 (commencing with Section 42380) to Part 3 of Division 30 of, the Public Resources Code, relating to coastal resources.LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGESTAB 3192, as amended, Muratsuchi. Major coastal resorts: audits: waste.(1) Existing law, the California Coastal Act of 1976, among other things, requires anyone wishing to perform or undertake any development in the coastal zone, except as specified, in addition to obtaining any other permit required by law from any local government or from any state, regional, or local agency, to obtain a coastal development permit from the California Coastal Commission or a local government, as provided.This bill would establish the Major Coastal Resorts Environmental Accountability Act, and would define major coastal resort for these purposes. The bill would require a major coastal resort, with the assistance of a qualified, independent consultant, to every 2 years prepare an audit of the major coastal resorts compliance with specified provisions, including the coastal development permit, as provided. The bill would require the commission to compile and keep updated a list of consultants qualified to assist with the audit. The bill would require the major coastal resort to provide for the qualified consultants compensation for the audit, as provided. The bill would prohibit the major coastal resort from discriminating or retaliating against any employee or applicant for employment for, among other things, participating in the audit or an investigation, as provided. The bill would require the major coastal resort to post the audit on its internet website and to provide copies to the commission and relevant local governments. The bill would authorize the commission to charge a major coastal resort a fee for compiling and updating the list of qualified qualified, independent consultants and receiving copies of the audits, as provided. The bill would subject a major coastal resort that violates these requirements to specified administrative penalties assessed by the commission.The bill would permit the use of any nonorganic pesticide, as defined, or fertilizing material, as defined, on areas of a golf course at a major coastal resort only as provided. The bill would subject a major coastal resort that violates this requirement to specified administrative penalties assessed by the Department of Pesticide Regulation.(2) Existing law prohibits lodging establishments from providing a small plastic bottle containing a personal care product to a person staying in a sleeping room accommodation, in any space within the sleeping room accommodation, or within bathrooms shared by the public or guests.This bill would prohibit a major coastal resort from providing to guests specified materials, including single-use plastic bottled beverages. The bill would require a major coastal resort to, among other things, provide at least one recycling bin or container in each guest room, as provided. The bill would require the major coastal resort to maintain records related to these requirements for 3 years. The bill would subject a major coastal resort that violates these requirements to a civil penalty of $500 per each day the violation continues. specified administrative penalties assessed by the Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery.Digest Key Vote: MAJORITY Appropriation: NO Fiscal Committee: YES Local Program: NO
3+ Amended IN Assembly April 16, 2024 Amended IN Assembly April 10, 2024 CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20232024 REGULAR SESSION Assembly Bill No. 3192Introduced by Assembly Member MuratsuchiFebruary 16, 2024An act to add Chapter 8.5 (commencing with Section 30750) to Division 20 of, and to add Chapter 6.2 (commencing with Section 42380) to Part 3 of Division 30 of, the Public Resources Code, relating to coastal resources.LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGESTAB 3192, as amended, Muratsuchi. Major coastal resorts: audits: waste.(1) Existing law, the California Coastal Act of 1976, among other things, requires anyone wishing to perform or undertake any development in the coastal zone, except as specified, in addition to obtaining any other permit required by law from any local government or from any state, regional, or local agency, to obtain a coastal development permit from the California Coastal Commission or a local government, as provided.This bill would establish the Major Coastal Resorts Environmental Accountability Act, and would define major coastal resort for these purposes. The bill would require a major coastal resort, with the assistance of a qualified, independent consultant, to every 2 years prepare an audit of the major coastal resorts compliance with specified provisions, including the coastal development permit, as provided. The bill would require the commission to compile and keep updated a list of consultants qualified to assist with the audit. The bill would require the major coastal resort to provide for the qualified consultants compensation for the audit, as provided. The bill would prohibit the major coastal resort from discriminating or retaliating against any employee or applicant for employment for, among other things, participating in the audit or an investigation, as provided. The bill would require the major coastal resort to post the audit on its internet website and to provide copies to the commission and relevant local governments. The bill would authorize the commission to charge a major coastal resort a fee for compiling the list of qualified consultants and receiving copies of the audits, as provided.The bill would also prohibit permit the use of any nonorganic pesticide, as defined, or fertilizing material, as defined, on areas of a golf course at a major coastal resort, except resort only as provided.(2) Existing law prohibits lodging establishments from providing a small plastic bottle containing a personal care product to a person staying in a sleeping room accommodation, in any space within the sleeping room accommodation, or within bathrooms shared by the public or guests.This bill would prohibit a major coastal resort from providing to guests specified materials, including single-use plastic bottled beverages. The bill would require a major coastal resort to, among other things, provide at least one recycling bin or container in each guest room, as provided. The bill would require the major coastal resort to maintain records related to these requirements for 3 years. The bill would subject a major coastal resort that violates these requirements to a civil penalty of $500 per each day the violation continues.Digest Key Vote: MAJORITY Appropriation: NO Fiscal Committee: YES Local Program: NO
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2221 An act to add Chapter 8.5 (commencing with Section 30750) to Division 20 of, and to add Chapter 6.2 (commencing with Section 42380) to Part 3 of Division 30 of, the Public Resources Code, relating to coastal resources.
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2827 AB 3192, as amended, Muratsuchi. Major coastal resorts: audits: waste.
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30-(1) Existing law, the California Coastal Act of 1976, among other things, requires anyone wishing to perform or undertake any development in the coastal zone, except as specified, in addition to obtaining any other permit required by law from any local government or from any state, regional, or local agency, to obtain a coastal development permit from the California Coastal Commission or a local government, as provided.This bill would establish the Major Coastal Resorts Environmental Accountability Act, and would define major coastal resort for these purposes. The bill would require a major coastal resort, with the assistance of a qualified, independent consultant, to every 2 years prepare an audit of the major coastal resorts compliance with specified provisions, including the coastal development permit, as provided. The bill would require the commission to compile and keep updated a list of consultants qualified to assist with the audit. The bill would require the major coastal resort to provide for the qualified consultants compensation for the audit, as provided. The bill would prohibit the major coastal resort from discriminating or retaliating against any employee or applicant for employment for, among other things, participating in the audit or an investigation, as provided. The bill would require the major coastal resort to post the audit on its internet website and to provide copies to the commission and relevant local governments. The bill would authorize the commission to charge a major coastal resort a fee for compiling and updating the list of qualified qualified, independent consultants and receiving copies of the audits, as provided. The bill would subject a major coastal resort that violates these requirements to specified administrative penalties assessed by the commission.The bill would permit the use of any nonorganic pesticide, as defined, or fertilizing material, as defined, on areas of a golf course at a major coastal resort only as provided. The bill would subject a major coastal resort that violates this requirement to specified administrative penalties assessed by the Department of Pesticide Regulation.(2) Existing law prohibits lodging establishments from providing a small plastic bottle containing a personal care product to a person staying in a sleeping room accommodation, in any space within the sleeping room accommodation, or within bathrooms shared by the public or guests.This bill would prohibit a major coastal resort from providing to guests specified materials, including single-use plastic bottled beverages. The bill would require a major coastal resort to, among other things, provide at least one recycling bin or container in each guest room, as provided. The bill would require the major coastal resort to maintain records related to these requirements for 3 years. The bill would subject a major coastal resort that violates these requirements to a civil penalty of $500 per each day the violation continues. specified administrative penalties assessed by the Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery.
29+(1) Existing law, the California Coastal Act of 1976, among other things, requires anyone wishing to perform or undertake any development in the coastal zone, except as specified, in addition to obtaining any other permit required by law from any local government or from any state, regional, or local agency, to obtain a coastal development permit from the California Coastal Commission or a local government, as provided.This bill would establish the Major Coastal Resorts Environmental Accountability Act, and would define major coastal resort for these purposes. The bill would require a major coastal resort, with the assistance of a qualified, independent consultant, to every 2 years prepare an audit of the major coastal resorts compliance with specified provisions, including the coastal development permit, as provided. The bill would require the commission to compile and keep updated a list of consultants qualified to assist with the audit. The bill would require the major coastal resort to provide for the qualified consultants compensation for the audit, as provided. The bill would prohibit the major coastal resort from discriminating or retaliating against any employee or applicant for employment for, among other things, participating in the audit or an investigation, as provided. The bill would require the major coastal resort to post the audit on its internet website and to provide copies to the commission and relevant local governments. The bill would authorize the commission to charge a major coastal resort a fee for compiling the list of qualified consultants and receiving copies of the audits, as provided.The bill would also prohibit permit the use of any nonorganic pesticide, as defined, or fertilizing material, as defined, on areas of a golf course at a major coastal resort, except resort only as provided.(2) Existing law prohibits lodging establishments from providing a small plastic bottle containing a personal care product to a person staying in a sleeping room accommodation, in any space within the sleeping room accommodation, or within bathrooms shared by the public or guests.This bill would prohibit a major coastal resort from providing to guests specified materials, including single-use plastic bottled beverages. The bill would require a major coastal resort to, among other things, provide at least one recycling bin or container in each guest room, as provided. The bill would require the major coastal resort to maintain records related to these requirements for 3 years. The bill would subject a major coastal resort that violates these requirements to a civil penalty of $500 per each day the violation continues.
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3231 (1) Existing law, the California Coastal Act of 1976, among other things, requires anyone wishing to perform or undertake any development in the coastal zone, except as specified, in addition to obtaining any other permit required by law from any local government or from any state, regional, or local agency, to obtain a coastal development permit from the California Coastal Commission or a local government, as provided.
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34-This bill would establish the Major Coastal Resorts Environmental Accountability Act, and would define major coastal resort for these purposes. The bill would require a major coastal resort, with the assistance of a qualified, independent consultant, to every 2 years prepare an audit of the major coastal resorts compliance with specified provisions, including the coastal development permit, as provided. The bill would require the commission to compile and keep updated a list of consultants qualified to assist with the audit. The bill would require the major coastal resort to provide for the qualified consultants compensation for the audit, as provided. The bill would prohibit the major coastal resort from discriminating or retaliating against any employee or applicant for employment for, among other things, participating in the audit or an investigation, as provided. The bill would require the major coastal resort to post the audit on its internet website and to provide copies to the commission and relevant local governments. The bill would authorize the commission to charge a major coastal resort a fee for compiling and updating the list of qualified qualified, independent consultants and receiving copies of the audits, as provided. The bill would subject a major coastal resort that violates these requirements to specified administrative penalties assessed by the commission.
33+This bill would establish the Major Coastal Resorts Environmental Accountability Act, and would define major coastal resort for these purposes. The bill would require a major coastal resort, with the assistance of a qualified, independent consultant, to every 2 years prepare an audit of the major coastal resorts compliance with specified provisions, including the coastal development permit, as provided. The bill would require the commission to compile and keep updated a list of consultants qualified to assist with the audit. The bill would require the major coastal resort to provide for the qualified consultants compensation for the audit, as provided. The bill would prohibit the major coastal resort from discriminating or retaliating against any employee or applicant for employment for, among other things, participating in the audit or an investigation, as provided. The bill would require the major coastal resort to post the audit on its internet website and to provide copies to the commission and relevant local governments. The bill would authorize the commission to charge a major coastal resort a fee for compiling the list of qualified consultants and receiving copies of the audits, as provided.
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36-The bill would permit the use of any nonorganic pesticide, as defined, or fertilizing material, as defined, on areas of a golf course at a major coastal resort only as provided. The bill would subject a major coastal resort that violates this requirement to specified administrative penalties assessed by the Department of Pesticide Regulation.
35+The bill would also prohibit permit the use of any nonorganic pesticide, as defined, or fertilizing material, as defined, on areas of a golf course at a major coastal resort, except resort only as provided.
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3837 (2) Existing law prohibits lodging establishments from providing a small plastic bottle containing a personal care product to a person staying in a sleeping room accommodation, in any space within the sleeping room accommodation, or within bathrooms shared by the public or guests.
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40-This bill would prohibit a major coastal resort from providing to guests specified materials, including single-use plastic bottled beverages. The bill would require a major coastal resort to, among other things, provide at least one recycling bin or container in each guest room, as provided. The bill would require the major coastal resort to maintain records related to these requirements for 3 years. The bill would subject a major coastal resort that violates these requirements to a civil penalty of $500 per each day the violation continues. specified administrative penalties assessed by the Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery.
39+This bill would prohibit a major coastal resort from providing to guests specified materials, including single-use plastic bottled beverages. The bill would require a major coastal resort to, among other things, provide at least one recycling bin or container in each guest room, as provided. The bill would require the major coastal resort to maintain records related to these requirements for 3 years. The bill would subject a major coastal resort that violates these requirements to a civil penalty of $500 per each day the violation continues.
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46-The people of the State of California do enact as follows:SECTION 1. This act shall be known, and may be cited, as the Major Coastal Resorts Environmental Accountability Act.SEC. 2. The Legislature finds and declares all of the following: (a) The California coastal zone is a valuable natural and scenic resource. Protection of this resource, including its terrestrial and marine wildlife and ecosystems, and the health and welfare of its residents and workers, is a paramount concern to the state.(b) Major coastal resorts, each of which hosts tens of thousands of guests per year and has a substantial land use footprint, including golf courses and other recreational amenities, can have significant environmental impacts on our sensitive coasts, including potential impacts to wildlife, ecosystems, and water quality.(c) Some major coastal resorts discharge stormwater to the ocean or beach, yet lack sufficient ongoing monitoring to ensure water quality is not being degraded. Major coastal resorts often employ large volumes of chemical pesticides, herbicides, and fertilizers, but their usage generally is not publicly disclosed, and some resorts lack any requirements to apply up-to-date, nonchemical pest and growth management strategies. Some major coastal resorts also engage in high-volume use of single-use plastics and other unsustainable materials, which are not always properly recycled, and any fugitive release of these plastic materials can impact proximate coastal resources.(d) Although major coastal resorts are subject to environmental conditions and mitigation measures in their coastal development permits and California Environmental Quality Act documents, there is a need for coordinated and focused oversight to ensure compliance with those requirements. Regulatory agencies and the public often lack information as to whether major coastal resorts are abiding by applicable environmental protections and thus face obstacles in efforts to ensure compliance. In addition, to ensure compliance with applicable environmental protections, it is important for regulatory agencies and the public to know whether major coastal resorts have sufficient species monitoring and maintenance plans.(e) These environmental impacts and regulatory gaps are incompatible with the interests of the state and its residents and with the goal of the California Coastal Act of 1976 to protect, maintain, and, where feasible, enhance and restore the overall quality of the coastal zone environment and its natural and artificial resources.(f) Legislation establishing a biennial compliance audit that centralizes review and validation of major coastal resorts environmental compliance is necessary and appropriate to ensure the accountability of major coastal resorts for their ecological impacts and compliance with environmental protections and to prevent and mitigate substantial adverse effects on important coastal resources.(g) Whistleblower protections are necessary and appropriate to ensure major coastal resort employees are protected when disclosing information relevant to major coastal resorts compliance with environmental protections.SEC. 3. Chapter 8.5 (commencing with Section 30750) is added to Division 20 of the Public Resources Code, to read: CHAPTER 8.5. Major Coastal Resorts 30750. For purposes of this chapter, the following definitions apply:(a) Fertilizing material shall have the same meaning as in Section 14533 of the Food and Agricultural Code.(b) Major coastal resort means a resort or hotel that meets all of the following: (1) Is composed of more than 300 guest rooms or units, all of which are located within the same contiguous resort complex. Rooms or units located in separate and distinct resort complexes shall not be aggregated for purposes of this subdivision.(2) Includes or operates a golf course on the premises.(3) Is located in whole or in part in the coastal zone.(4) Is either of the following: (A) Located, in any part, within 100 meters of the mean high tide line of the sea.(B) Includes, is adjacent to, or is within 400 meters of, any part of any of the following: (i) An environmentally sensitive area.(ii) A sensitive coastal resource area. (iii) An area otherwise protected or preserved under state, federal, or local law, including, but not limited to, marine managed areas and marine protected areas as defined under Section 36602.(iv) The habitat of a species protected under state, federal, or local law, including, but not limited to, species that are identified as endangered, threatened, rare, species of concern, or species of special concern by a state or federal agency, and special status species tracked by the Department of Fish and Wildlifes California Natural Diversity Database.(c) Pesticide means a conventional pesticide with all active ingredients other than biological pesticides and antimicrobial pesticides, with conventional active ingredients generally produced synthetically, including synthetic chemicals that prevent, mitigate, destroy, or repel any pest or that act as a plant growth regulator, desiccant, defoliant, or nitrogen stabilizer, and shall include insecticides, herbicides, rodenticides, fungicides, and growth regulators.30750.1. (a) (1) Every two years, a major coastal resort shall, with the assistance of a qualified, independent consultant identified pursuant to subdivision (b), prepare an audit of the major coastal resorts compliance with all of the following:(A) The major coastal resorts coastal development permit.(B) Any applicable local government permit conditions that implement a certified local coastal program.(C) Any applicable mitigation measures and reporting or monitoring program under the California Environmental Quality Act (Division 13 (commencing with Section 21000)) that pertains to or affects coastal zone resources.(D) Chapter 6.2 (commencing with Section 42380) of Part 3 of Division 30.(2) The audit described in paragraph (1) shall also include all of the following:(A) Disclosure of the types, quantity, and frequency of the pesticides and fertilizing material that the major coastal resort has used during the previous two years.(B) Whether the major coastal resort has developed a plan for complying with any coastal development permit conditions or mitigation measures regarding biological resources and for continued monitoring of relevant biological resources to ensure that the conditions and mitigation measures are satisfactorily protecting those resources. If the major coastal resort has adopted such a plan, the audit shall include the plan and any data generated pursuant to the plan concerning the success of conditions or mitigation measures in protecting, restoring, or creating biological resources.(C) Whether the major coastal resort conducts ongoing monitoring of the major coastal resorts stormwater discharges in the coastal zone, including monitoring sufficient to evaluate the contents of the discharges for pollutants or waste. If the major coastal resort conducts this monitoring, the audit shall include the data generated by the monitoring. For purposes of this paragraph, waste shall have the same meaning as in Section 13050 of the Water Code.(D) Whether the major coastal resort conducts monitoring or surveys of relevant species and habitat. If the major coastal resort conducts this monitoring, the audit shall include the data generated by the monitoring.(E) Whether the major coastal resort has adopted a turf, landscape, and pest management plan that follows state-of-the-art environmental methods, such as integrated pest management and nonchemical strategies, to address pests, weeds, and plant growth. If the major coastal resort has adopted any such plan or plans, the audit shall include the plan or plans and any data generated concerning the impact of the methods and measures used pursuant to any such plan.(F) Whether either of the following applies to the major coastal resort:(i) The major coastal resort has been issued, or is in the process of being issued, waste discharge requirements or a waiver under the Porter-Cologne Water Quality Control Act (Division 7 (commencing with Section 13000) of the Water Code) or a national pollutant discharge elimination system permit under the federal Clean Water Act (33 U.S.C. Sec. 1251 et seq.) for the resorts stormwater discharges in the coastal zone, if any.(ii) Waste discharge requirements or a national pollutant discharge elimination system permit are not required for the major coastal resorts stormwater discharges in the coastal zone under state or federal law.(b) The commission shall compile and keep updated a list of consultants qualified to assist with auditing major coastal resorts compliance. A major coastal resort may select from the list the consultant who will assist in reviewing the resorts compliance and preparing its audit. The major coastal resort shall provide for the qualified consultants compensation for the audit at the consultants normal rate of pay, which the major coastal resort shall pay directly to the consultant.(c) The major coastal resort shall post the audit on its internet website and provide copies to the commission and relevant local governments.(d) At the time a major coastal resort commences an audit, it shall provide notice to the public and invite public comments on the audit and investigation.(e) The commission may charge a major coastal resort a fee for compiling and updating the list of qualified qualified, independent consultants pursuant to subdivision (b), and receiving copies of the audits pursuant to subdivision (c), in an amount not to exceed the reasonable cost of those duties, not to exceed five thousand dollars ($5,000) for each major coastal resort.(f) A major coastal resort in violation of any requirements of this section shall result in administrative penalties assessed by the commission pursuant to Article 2 (commencing with Section 30820) of Chapter 9.30750.2. (a) The use of any nonorganic pesticide or fertilizing material at, or on any part of, any major coastal resort is authorized on areas of a golf course only when applied in a manner consistent with established integrated pest management principles and where no organic alternative fit for intended use and proven effectiveness is available. Where nonorganic pesticide or fertilizing material is used, the major coastal resort shall use the least toxic alternative possible in the smallest quantity possible.(b) A major coastal resort in violation of the requirements of this section shall result in administrative penalties assessed by the Department of Pesticide Regulation pursuant to Article 12 (commencing with Section 12996) of Chapter 2 of Division 7 of the Food and Agricultural Code, including, but not limited to, Section 12999.4 of the Food and Agricultural Code.30750.3. (a) A major coastal resort, or person acting on behalf of a major coastal resort, shall not discriminate or retaliate against any employee or applicant for employment for engaging in either of the following:(1) Participating in an audit pursuant to Section 30750.1 or an investigation by any law enforcement agency.(2) Disclosing information, or because the major coastal resort believes the employee or applicant for employment disclosed or may disclose information, to the commission, a consultant acting under Section 30750.1, another government or law enforcement agency, a person with authority over the employee or applicant for employment, or another person who has the authority to investigate, discover, or correct a violation or noncompliance, the media, a nonprofit organization, or a state or local government, if the employee or applicant for employment has reasonable cause to believe that the information discloses a violation of or noncompliance with a coastal development permit, local government permit conditions that implement a certified local coastal program, or mitigation measures or a reporting or monitoring program under the California Environmental Quality Act (Division 13 (commencing with Section 21000)) pertaining to or affecting coastal zone resources.(b) This section may be enforced to the same extent, and pursuant to the same procedures and for the same remedies, as Section 1102.5 of the Labor Code.(c)In addition to any other remedies, a person discriminated or retaliated against in the terms and conditions of employment or in hiring in violation of subdivision (a) is entitled to recover an additional sum payable as liquidated damages in the amount of five hundred dollars ($500), per employee or applicant for employment, for each day the rights of an employee or applicant for employment under subdivision (a) are violated and continuing until such time as the violation is cured.SEC. 4. Chapter 6.2 (commencing with Section 42380) is added to Part 3 of Division 30 of the Public Resources Code, to read: CHAPTER 6.2. Major Coastal Resorts42380. For purposes of this chapter, the following terms apply:(a) Major coastal resort shall have the same meaning as in Section 30750.(b) Organic waste shall have the same meaning as in Section 42649.8.42380.1. A major coastal resort shall not provide to guests any of the following:(a) Single-use plastic bottled beverages.(b) Nonrecyclable single-use coffee pods.(c) Plastic straws.(d) Single-use plastic bags as part of a retail sale transaction.(e) Any expanded polystyrene products or packaging.42380.2. A major coastal resort shall do both of the following:(a) Provide at least one recycling bin or container in each guest room, and in each individual unit of other guest lodging, such as a cabin or villa. The recycling bin or container shall meet all of the following requirements:(1) Is in the same area as a bin or container for nonrecyclable trash.(2) Is visible and easily accessible.(3) Is clearly marked with educational signage indicating what is appropriate to place in the recycling bin or container in accordance with state law and the local jurisdictions solid waste ordinances and practices.(b) Source separate recyclable materials, organic waste, and other solid waste.42380.3. A major coastal resort shall maintain records of its operations to comply with the requirements of this chapter. Records of past operations shall be preserved for three years. 42380.4. A major coastal resort in violation of any requirement of this chapter is liable for a civil penalty of five hundred dollars ($500) per each day the violation continues. Any person, including the Attorney General or a district attorney, county counsel, or city attorney, may bring an action for the recovery of civil penalties under this section. administrative penalties assessed by the department pursuant to Article 3 (commencing with Section 45010) of Chapter 1 of Part 5.
45+The people of the State of California do enact as follows:SECTION 1. This act shall be known, and may be cited, as the Major Coastal Resorts Environmental Accountability Act.SEC. 2. The Legislature finds and declares all of the following: (a) The California coastal zone is a valuable natural and scenic resource. Protection of this resource, including its terrestrial and marine wildlife and ecosystems, and the health and welfare of its residents and workers, is a paramount concern to the state.(b) Major coastal resorts, each of which hosts tens of thousands of guests per year and has a substantial land use footprint, including golf courses and other recreational amenities, can have significant environmental impacts on our sensitive coasts, including potential impacts to wildlife, ecosystems, and water quality.(c) Some major coastal resorts discharge stormwater to the ocean or beach, yet lack sufficient ongoing monitoring to ensure water quality is not being degraded. Major coastal resorts often employ large volumes of chemical pesticides, herbicides, and fertilizers, but their usage generally is not publicly disclosed, and some resorts lack any requirements to apply up-to-date, nonchemical pest and growth management strategies. Some major coastal resorts also engage in high-volume use of single-use plastics and other unsustainable materials, which are not always properly recycled, and any fugitive release of these plastic materials can impact proximate coastal resources.(d) Although major coastal resorts are subject to environmental conditions and mitigation measures in their coastal development permits and California Environmental Quality Act documents, there is a need for coordinated and focused oversight to ensure compliance with those requirements. Regulatory agencies and the public often lack information as to whether major coastal resorts are abiding by applicable environmental protections and thus face obstacles in efforts to ensure compliance. In addition, to ensure compliance with applicable environmental protections, it is important for regulatory agencies and the public to know whether major coastal resorts have sufficient species monitoring and maintenance plans.(e) These environmental impacts and regulatory gaps are incompatible with the interests of the state and its residents and with the goal of the California Coastal Act of 1976 to protect, maintain, and, where feasible, enhance and restore the overall quality of the coastal zone environment and its natural and artificial resources.(f) Legislation establishing a biannual biennial compliance audit that centralizes review and validation of major coastal resorts environmental compliance is necessary and appropriate to ensure the accountability of major coastal resorts for their ecological impacts and compliance with environmental protections and to prevent and mitigate substantial adverse effects on important coastal resources.(g) Whistleblower protections are necessary and appropriate to ensure major coastal resort employees are protected when disclosing information relevant to major coastal resorts compliance with environmental protections.SEC. 3. Chapter 8.5 (commencing with Section 30750) is added to Division 20 of the Public Resources Code, to read: CHAPTER 8.5. Major Coastal Resorts 30750. For purposes of this chapter, the following terms definitions apply:(a) Fertilizing material shall have the same meaning as in Section 14533 of the Food and Agricultural Code.(b) Major coastal resort means a resort or hotel that meets all of the following: (1) Is composed of more than 300 guest rooms or units. units, all of which are located within the same contiguous resort complex. Rooms or units located in separate and distinct resort complexes shall not be aggregated for purposes of this subdivision.(2) Includes or operates a golf course on the premises.(3) Is located in whole or in part in the coastal zone.(4) Is either of the following: (A) Located, in any part, within 100 meters of the mean high tide line of the sea.(B) Includes, is adjacent to, or is within 400 meters of, any part of any of the following: (i) An environmentally sensitive area.(ii) A sensitive coastal resource area. (iii) An area otherwise protected or preserved under state, federal, or local law, including, but not limited to, marine managed areas and marine protected areas as defined under Section 36602.(iv) The habitat of a species protected under state, federal, or local law, including, but not limited to, species that are identified as endangered, threatened, rare, species of concern, or species of special concern by a state or federal agency, and special status species tracked by the Department of Fish and Wildlifes California Natural Diversity Database.(c) Pesticide means a conventional pesticide with all active ingredients other than biological pesticides and antimicrobial pesticides, with conventional active ingredients generally produced synthetically, including synthetic chemicals that prevent, mitigate, destroy, or repel any pest or that act as a plant growth regulator, desiccant, defoliant, or nitrogen stabilizer, and shall include insecticides, herbicides, rodenticides, fungicides, and growth regulators.30750.1. (a) (1) Every two years, a major coastal resort shall, with the assistance of a qualified, independent consultant identified pursuant to subdivision (b), prepare an audit of the major coastal resorts compliance with all of the following:(A) The major coastal resorts coastal development permit.(B) Any applicable local government permit conditions that implement a certified local coastal program.(C) Any applicable mitigation measures and reporting or monitoring program under the California Environmental Quality Act (Division 13 (commencing with Section 21000)) that pertains to or affects coastal zone resources.(D) Chapter 6.2 (commencing with Section 42380) of Part 3 of Division 30.(2) The audit described in paragraph (1) shall also include all of the following:(A) Disclosure of the types, quantity, and frequency of the pesticides and fertilizing material that the major coastal resort has used during the previous two years.(B) Whether the major coastal resort has developed a plan for complying with any coastal development permit conditions or mitigation measures regarding biological resources and for continued monitoring of relevant biological resources to ensure that the conditions and mitigation measures are satisfactorily protecting those resources. If the major coastal resort has adopted such a plan, the audit shall include the plan, as well as plan and any data generated pursuant to the plan concerning the success of conditions or mitigation measures in protecting, restoring, or creating biological resources.(C) Whether the major coastal resort conducts ongoing monitoring of the major coastal resorts stormwater discharges in the coastal zone, including monitoring sufficient to evaluate the contents of the discharges for pollutants or waste. If the major coastal resort conducts this monitoring, the audit shall include the data generated by the monitoring. For purposes of this paragraph, waste shall have the same meaning as in Section 13050 of the Water Code.(D) Whether the major coastal resort conducts monitoring or surveys of relevant species and habitat. If the major coastal resort conducts this monitoring, the audit shall include the data generated by the monitoring.(E) Whether the major coastal resort has adopted a turf, landscape, and pest management plan that follows state-of-the-art environmental methods, such as integrated pest management and nonchemical strategies, to address pests, weeds, and plant growth. If the major coastal resort has adopted any such plan or plans, the audit shall include the plan or plans, as well as plans and any data generated concerning the impact of the methods and measures used pursuant to any such plan.(F) Whether either of the following applies to the major coastal resort:(i) The major coastal resort has been issued, or is in the process of being issued, waste discharge requirements or a waiver under the Porter-Cologne Water Quality Control Act (Division 7 (commencing with Section 13000) of the Water Code) or a national pollutant discharge elimination system permit under the federal Clean Water Act (33 U.S.C. Sec. 1251 et seq.) for the resorts stormwater discharges in the coastal zone, if any.(ii) Waste discharge requirements or a national pollutant discharge elimination system permit are not required for the major coastal resorts stormwater discharges in the coastal zone under state or federal law.(b) The commission shall compile and keep updated a list of consultants qualified to assist with auditing major coastal resorts compliance. A major coastal resort may select from the list the consultant who will assist in reviewing the resorts compliance and preparing its audit. The major coastal resort shall provide for the qualified consultants compensation for the audit at the consultants normal rate of pay, which the major coastal resort shall pay directly to the consultant.(c) The major coastal resort shall post the audit on its internet website and provide copies to the commission and relevant local governments.(d) At the time a major coastal resort commences an audit, it shall provide notice to the public and invite public comments on the audit and investigation.(e) The commission may charge a major coastal resort a fee for compiling and updating the list of qualified independent consultants pursuant to subdivision (b), and receiving copies of the audits pursuant to subdivision (c), in an amount not to exceed the reasonable cost of those duties, not to exceed five thousand dollars ($5,000) for each major coastal resort.30750.3.30750.2. The use of any nonorganic pesticide or fertilizing material at, or on any part of, any major coastal resort is prohibited, except in the following circumstances: authorized on areas of a golf course only when applied in a manner consistent with established integrated pest management principles and where no organic alternative fit for intended use and proven effectiveness is available. Where nonorganic pesticide or fertilizing material is used, the major coastal resort shall use the least toxic alternative possible in the smallest quantity possible.(a)The incidental and limited use of pesticides for purposes of building maintenance may be used if there are no reasonable alternatives and the use does not include a rodenticide.(b)Nonorganic pesticides or fertilizing material may be used on areas of a golf course specifically dedicated for use as the green and where no organic alternative exists for the necessary purpose. Where nonorganic pesticide or fertilizing material is used, the major coastal resort shall use the least toxic alternative possible in the smallest quantity possible.30750.4.30750.3. (a) A major coastal resort, or person acting on behalf of a major coastal resort, shall not discriminate or retaliate against any employee or applicant for employment for engaging in either of the following:(1) Participating in an audit pursuant to Section 30750.1 or an investigation by any law enforcement agency.(2) Disclosing information, or because the major coastal resort believes the employee or applicant for employment disclosed or may disclose information, to the commission, a consultant acting under Section 30750.1, another government or law enforcement agency, a person with authority over the employee or applicant for employment, or another person who has the authority to investigate, discover, or correct a violation or noncompliance, the media, a nonprofit organization, or a state or local government, if the employee or applicant for employment has reasonable cause to believe that the information discloses a violation of or noncompliance with a coastal development permit, local government permit conditions that implement a certified local coastal program, or mitigation measures or a reporting or monitoring program under the California Environmental Quality Act (Division 13 (commencing with Section 21000)) pertaining to or affecting coastal zone resources.(b) This section may be enforced to the same extent, and pursuant to the same procedures and for the same remedies, as Section 1102.5 of the Labor Code.(c) In addition to any other remedies, a person discriminated or retaliated against in the terms and conditions of employment or in hiring in violation of subdivision (a) is entitled to recover an additional sum payable as liquidated damages in the amount of five hundred dollars ($500), per employee or applicant for employment, for each day the rights of an employee or applicant for employment under subdivision (a) are violated and continuing until such time as the violation is cured.SEC. 4. Chapter 6.2 (commencing with Section 42380) is added to Part 3 of Division 30 of the Public Resources Code, to read: CHAPTER 6.2. Major Coastal Resorts42380. For purposes of this chapter, the following terms apply:(a) Major coastal resort shall have the same meaning as in Section 30750.(b) Organic waste shall have the same meaning as in Section 42649.8.42380.1. A major coastal resort shall not provide to guests any of the following:(a) Single-use plastic bottled beverages.(b) Nonrecyclable single-use coffee pods.(c) Plastic straws.(d) Single-use plastic bags as part of a retail sale transaction.(e) Any expanded polystyrene products or packaging.42380.2. A major coastal resort shall do both of the following:(a) Provide at least one recycling bin or container in each guest room, and in each individual unit of other guest lodging, such as a cabin or villa. The recycling bin or container shall meet all of the following requirements:(1) Is in the same area as a bin or container for nonrecyclable trash.(2) Is visible and easily accessible.(3) Is clearly marked with educational signage indicating what is appropriate to place in the recycling bin or container in accordance with state law and the local jurisdictions solid waste ordinances and practices.(b) Source separate recyclable materials, organic waste, and other solid waste.42380.3. A major coastal resort shall maintain records of its operations to comply with the requirements of this chapter. Records of past operations shall be preserved for three years. 42380.4. A major coastal resort in violation of any requirement of this chapter is liable for a civil penalty of five hundred dollars ($500) per each day the violation continues. Any person, including the Attorney General or a district attorney, county counsel, or city attorney, may bring an action for the recovery of civil penalties under this section.
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4847 The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
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5049 ## The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
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5251 SECTION 1. This act shall be known, and may be cited, as the Major Coastal Resorts Environmental Accountability Act.
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5453 SECTION 1. This act shall be known, and may be cited, as the Major Coastal Resorts Environmental Accountability Act.
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5655 SECTION 1. This act shall be known, and may be cited, as the Major Coastal Resorts Environmental Accountability Act.
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5857 ### SECTION 1.
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60-SEC. 2. The Legislature finds and declares all of the following: (a) The California coastal zone is a valuable natural and scenic resource. Protection of this resource, including its terrestrial and marine wildlife and ecosystems, and the health and welfare of its residents and workers, is a paramount concern to the state.(b) Major coastal resorts, each of which hosts tens of thousands of guests per year and has a substantial land use footprint, including golf courses and other recreational amenities, can have significant environmental impacts on our sensitive coasts, including potential impacts to wildlife, ecosystems, and water quality.(c) Some major coastal resorts discharge stormwater to the ocean or beach, yet lack sufficient ongoing monitoring to ensure water quality is not being degraded. Major coastal resorts often employ large volumes of chemical pesticides, herbicides, and fertilizers, but their usage generally is not publicly disclosed, and some resorts lack any requirements to apply up-to-date, nonchemical pest and growth management strategies. Some major coastal resorts also engage in high-volume use of single-use plastics and other unsustainable materials, which are not always properly recycled, and any fugitive release of these plastic materials can impact proximate coastal resources.(d) Although major coastal resorts are subject to environmental conditions and mitigation measures in their coastal development permits and California Environmental Quality Act documents, there is a need for coordinated and focused oversight to ensure compliance with those requirements. Regulatory agencies and the public often lack information as to whether major coastal resorts are abiding by applicable environmental protections and thus face obstacles in efforts to ensure compliance. In addition, to ensure compliance with applicable environmental protections, it is important for regulatory agencies and the public to know whether major coastal resorts have sufficient species monitoring and maintenance plans.(e) These environmental impacts and regulatory gaps are incompatible with the interests of the state and its residents and with the goal of the California Coastal Act of 1976 to protect, maintain, and, where feasible, enhance and restore the overall quality of the coastal zone environment and its natural and artificial resources.(f) Legislation establishing a biennial compliance audit that centralizes review and validation of major coastal resorts environmental compliance is necessary and appropriate to ensure the accountability of major coastal resorts for their ecological impacts and compliance with environmental protections and to prevent and mitigate substantial adverse effects on important coastal resources.(g) Whistleblower protections are necessary and appropriate to ensure major coastal resort employees are protected when disclosing information relevant to major coastal resorts compliance with environmental protections.
59+SEC. 2. The Legislature finds and declares all of the following: (a) The California coastal zone is a valuable natural and scenic resource. Protection of this resource, including its terrestrial and marine wildlife and ecosystems, and the health and welfare of its residents and workers, is a paramount concern to the state.(b) Major coastal resorts, each of which hosts tens of thousands of guests per year and has a substantial land use footprint, including golf courses and other recreational amenities, can have significant environmental impacts on our sensitive coasts, including potential impacts to wildlife, ecosystems, and water quality.(c) Some major coastal resorts discharge stormwater to the ocean or beach, yet lack sufficient ongoing monitoring to ensure water quality is not being degraded. Major coastal resorts often employ large volumes of chemical pesticides, herbicides, and fertilizers, but their usage generally is not publicly disclosed, and some resorts lack any requirements to apply up-to-date, nonchemical pest and growth management strategies. Some major coastal resorts also engage in high-volume use of single-use plastics and other unsustainable materials, which are not always properly recycled, and any fugitive release of these plastic materials can impact proximate coastal resources.(d) Although major coastal resorts are subject to environmental conditions and mitigation measures in their coastal development permits and California Environmental Quality Act documents, there is a need for coordinated and focused oversight to ensure compliance with those requirements. Regulatory agencies and the public often lack information as to whether major coastal resorts are abiding by applicable environmental protections and thus face obstacles in efforts to ensure compliance. In addition, to ensure compliance with applicable environmental protections, it is important for regulatory agencies and the public to know whether major coastal resorts have sufficient species monitoring and maintenance plans.(e) These environmental impacts and regulatory gaps are incompatible with the interests of the state and its residents and with the goal of the California Coastal Act of 1976 to protect, maintain, and, where feasible, enhance and restore the overall quality of the coastal zone environment and its natural and artificial resources.(f) Legislation establishing a biannual biennial compliance audit that centralizes review and validation of major coastal resorts environmental compliance is necessary and appropriate to ensure the accountability of major coastal resorts for their ecological impacts and compliance with environmental protections and to prevent and mitigate substantial adverse effects on important coastal resources.(g) Whistleblower protections are necessary and appropriate to ensure major coastal resort employees are protected when disclosing information relevant to major coastal resorts compliance with environmental protections.
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62-SEC. 2. The Legislature finds and declares all of the following: (a) The California coastal zone is a valuable natural and scenic resource. Protection of this resource, including its terrestrial and marine wildlife and ecosystems, and the health and welfare of its residents and workers, is a paramount concern to the state.(b) Major coastal resorts, each of which hosts tens of thousands of guests per year and has a substantial land use footprint, including golf courses and other recreational amenities, can have significant environmental impacts on our sensitive coasts, including potential impacts to wildlife, ecosystems, and water quality.(c) Some major coastal resorts discharge stormwater to the ocean or beach, yet lack sufficient ongoing monitoring to ensure water quality is not being degraded. Major coastal resorts often employ large volumes of chemical pesticides, herbicides, and fertilizers, but their usage generally is not publicly disclosed, and some resorts lack any requirements to apply up-to-date, nonchemical pest and growth management strategies. Some major coastal resorts also engage in high-volume use of single-use plastics and other unsustainable materials, which are not always properly recycled, and any fugitive release of these plastic materials can impact proximate coastal resources.(d) Although major coastal resorts are subject to environmental conditions and mitigation measures in their coastal development permits and California Environmental Quality Act documents, there is a need for coordinated and focused oversight to ensure compliance with those requirements. Regulatory agencies and the public often lack information as to whether major coastal resorts are abiding by applicable environmental protections and thus face obstacles in efforts to ensure compliance. In addition, to ensure compliance with applicable environmental protections, it is important for regulatory agencies and the public to know whether major coastal resorts have sufficient species monitoring and maintenance plans.(e) These environmental impacts and regulatory gaps are incompatible with the interests of the state and its residents and with the goal of the California Coastal Act of 1976 to protect, maintain, and, where feasible, enhance and restore the overall quality of the coastal zone environment and its natural and artificial resources.(f) Legislation establishing a biennial compliance audit that centralizes review and validation of major coastal resorts environmental compliance is necessary and appropriate to ensure the accountability of major coastal resorts for their ecological impacts and compliance with environmental protections and to prevent and mitigate substantial adverse effects on important coastal resources.(g) Whistleblower protections are necessary and appropriate to ensure major coastal resort employees are protected when disclosing information relevant to major coastal resorts compliance with environmental protections.
61+SEC. 2. The Legislature finds and declares all of the following: (a) The California coastal zone is a valuable natural and scenic resource. Protection of this resource, including its terrestrial and marine wildlife and ecosystems, and the health and welfare of its residents and workers, is a paramount concern to the state.(b) Major coastal resorts, each of which hosts tens of thousands of guests per year and has a substantial land use footprint, including golf courses and other recreational amenities, can have significant environmental impacts on our sensitive coasts, including potential impacts to wildlife, ecosystems, and water quality.(c) Some major coastal resorts discharge stormwater to the ocean or beach, yet lack sufficient ongoing monitoring to ensure water quality is not being degraded. Major coastal resorts often employ large volumes of chemical pesticides, herbicides, and fertilizers, but their usage generally is not publicly disclosed, and some resorts lack any requirements to apply up-to-date, nonchemical pest and growth management strategies. Some major coastal resorts also engage in high-volume use of single-use plastics and other unsustainable materials, which are not always properly recycled, and any fugitive release of these plastic materials can impact proximate coastal resources.(d) Although major coastal resorts are subject to environmental conditions and mitigation measures in their coastal development permits and California Environmental Quality Act documents, there is a need for coordinated and focused oversight to ensure compliance with those requirements. Regulatory agencies and the public often lack information as to whether major coastal resorts are abiding by applicable environmental protections and thus face obstacles in efforts to ensure compliance. In addition, to ensure compliance with applicable environmental protections, it is important for regulatory agencies and the public to know whether major coastal resorts have sufficient species monitoring and maintenance plans.(e) These environmental impacts and regulatory gaps are incompatible with the interests of the state and its residents and with the goal of the California Coastal Act of 1976 to protect, maintain, and, where feasible, enhance and restore the overall quality of the coastal zone environment and its natural and artificial resources.(f) Legislation establishing a biannual biennial compliance audit that centralizes review and validation of major coastal resorts environmental compliance is necessary and appropriate to ensure the accountability of major coastal resorts for their ecological impacts and compliance with environmental protections and to prevent and mitigate substantial adverse effects on important coastal resources.(g) Whistleblower protections are necessary and appropriate to ensure major coastal resort employees are protected when disclosing information relevant to major coastal resorts compliance with environmental protections.
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6463 SEC. 2. The Legislature finds and declares all of the following:
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6867 (a) The California coastal zone is a valuable natural and scenic resource. Protection of this resource, including its terrestrial and marine wildlife and ecosystems, and the health and welfare of its residents and workers, is a paramount concern to the state.
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7069 (b) Major coastal resorts, each of which hosts tens of thousands of guests per year and has a substantial land use footprint, including golf courses and other recreational amenities, can have significant environmental impacts on our sensitive coasts, including potential impacts to wildlife, ecosystems, and water quality.
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7271 (c) Some major coastal resorts discharge stormwater to the ocean or beach, yet lack sufficient ongoing monitoring to ensure water quality is not being degraded. Major coastal resorts often employ large volumes of chemical pesticides, herbicides, and fertilizers, but their usage generally is not publicly disclosed, and some resorts lack any requirements to apply up-to-date, nonchemical pest and growth management strategies. Some major coastal resorts also engage in high-volume use of single-use plastics and other unsustainable materials, which are not always properly recycled, and any fugitive release of these plastic materials can impact proximate coastal resources.
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7473 (d) Although major coastal resorts are subject to environmental conditions and mitigation measures in their coastal development permits and California Environmental Quality Act documents, there is a need for coordinated and focused oversight to ensure compliance with those requirements. Regulatory agencies and the public often lack information as to whether major coastal resorts are abiding by applicable environmental protections and thus face obstacles in efforts to ensure compliance. In addition, to ensure compliance with applicable environmental protections, it is important for regulatory agencies and the public to know whether major coastal resorts have sufficient species monitoring and maintenance plans.
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7675 (e) These environmental impacts and regulatory gaps are incompatible with the interests of the state and its residents and with the goal of the California Coastal Act of 1976 to protect, maintain, and, where feasible, enhance and restore the overall quality of the coastal zone environment and its natural and artificial resources.
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78-(f) Legislation establishing a biennial compliance audit that centralizes review and validation of major coastal resorts environmental compliance is necessary and appropriate to ensure the accountability of major coastal resorts for their ecological impacts and compliance with environmental protections and to prevent and mitigate substantial adverse effects on important coastal resources.
77+(f) Legislation establishing a biannual biennial compliance audit that centralizes review and validation of major coastal resorts environmental compliance is necessary and appropriate to ensure the accountability of major coastal resorts for their ecological impacts and compliance with environmental protections and to prevent and mitigate substantial adverse effects on important coastal resources.
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8079 (g) Whistleblower protections are necessary and appropriate to ensure major coastal resort employees are protected when disclosing information relevant to major coastal resorts compliance with environmental protections.
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82-SEC. 3. Chapter 8.5 (commencing with Section 30750) is added to Division 20 of the Public Resources Code, to read: CHAPTER 8.5. Major Coastal Resorts 30750. For purposes of this chapter, the following definitions apply:(a) Fertilizing material shall have the same meaning as in Section 14533 of the Food and Agricultural Code.(b) Major coastal resort means a resort or hotel that meets all of the following: (1) Is composed of more than 300 guest rooms or units, all of which are located within the same contiguous resort complex. Rooms or units located in separate and distinct resort complexes shall not be aggregated for purposes of this subdivision.(2) Includes or operates a golf course on the premises.(3) Is located in whole or in part in the coastal zone.(4) Is either of the following: (A) Located, in any part, within 100 meters of the mean high tide line of the sea.(B) Includes, is adjacent to, or is within 400 meters of, any part of any of the following: (i) An environmentally sensitive area.(ii) A sensitive coastal resource area. (iii) An area otherwise protected or preserved under state, federal, or local law, including, but not limited to, marine managed areas and marine protected areas as defined under Section 36602.(iv) The habitat of a species protected under state, federal, or local law, including, but not limited to, species that are identified as endangered, threatened, rare, species of concern, or species of special concern by a state or federal agency, and special status species tracked by the Department of Fish and Wildlifes California Natural Diversity Database.(c) Pesticide means a conventional pesticide with all active ingredients other than biological pesticides and antimicrobial pesticides, with conventional active ingredients generally produced synthetically, including synthetic chemicals that prevent, mitigate, destroy, or repel any pest or that act as a plant growth regulator, desiccant, defoliant, or nitrogen stabilizer, and shall include insecticides, herbicides, rodenticides, fungicides, and growth regulators.30750.1. (a) (1) Every two years, a major coastal resort shall, with the assistance of a qualified, independent consultant identified pursuant to subdivision (b), prepare an audit of the major coastal resorts compliance with all of the following:(A) The major coastal resorts coastal development permit.(B) Any applicable local government permit conditions that implement a certified local coastal program.(C) Any applicable mitigation measures and reporting or monitoring program under the California Environmental Quality Act (Division 13 (commencing with Section 21000)) that pertains to or affects coastal zone resources.(D) Chapter 6.2 (commencing with Section 42380) of Part 3 of Division 30.(2) The audit described in paragraph (1) shall also include all of the following:(A) Disclosure of the types, quantity, and frequency of the pesticides and fertilizing material that the major coastal resort has used during the previous two years.(B) Whether the major coastal resort has developed a plan for complying with any coastal development permit conditions or mitigation measures regarding biological resources and for continued monitoring of relevant biological resources to ensure that the conditions and mitigation measures are satisfactorily protecting those resources. If the major coastal resort has adopted such a plan, the audit shall include the plan and any data generated pursuant to the plan concerning the success of conditions or mitigation measures in protecting, restoring, or creating biological resources.(C) Whether the major coastal resort conducts ongoing monitoring of the major coastal resorts stormwater discharges in the coastal zone, including monitoring sufficient to evaluate the contents of the discharges for pollutants or waste. If the major coastal resort conducts this monitoring, the audit shall include the data generated by the monitoring. For purposes of this paragraph, waste shall have the same meaning as in Section 13050 of the Water Code.(D) Whether the major coastal resort conducts monitoring or surveys of relevant species and habitat. If the major coastal resort conducts this monitoring, the audit shall include the data generated by the monitoring.(E) Whether the major coastal resort has adopted a turf, landscape, and pest management plan that follows state-of-the-art environmental methods, such as integrated pest management and nonchemical strategies, to address pests, weeds, and plant growth. If the major coastal resort has adopted any such plan or plans, the audit shall include the plan or plans and any data generated concerning the impact of the methods and measures used pursuant to any such plan.(F) Whether either of the following applies to the major coastal resort:(i) The major coastal resort has been issued, or is in the process of being issued, waste discharge requirements or a waiver under the Porter-Cologne Water Quality Control Act (Division 7 (commencing with Section 13000) of the Water Code) or a national pollutant discharge elimination system permit under the federal Clean Water Act (33 U.S.C. Sec. 1251 et seq.) for the resorts stormwater discharges in the coastal zone, if any.(ii) Waste discharge requirements or a national pollutant discharge elimination system permit are not required for the major coastal resorts stormwater discharges in the coastal zone under state or federal law.(b) The commission shall compile and keep updated a list of consultants qualified to assist with auditing major coastal resorts compliance. A major coastal resort may select from the list the consultant who will assist in reviewing the resorts compliance and preparing its audit. The major coastal resort shall provide for the qualified consultants compensation for the audit at the consultants normal rate of pay, which the major coastal resort shall pay directly to the consultant.(c) The major coastal resort shall post the audit on its internet website and provide copies to the commission and relevant local governments.(d) At the time a major coastal resort commences an audit, it shall provide notice to the public and invite public comments on the audit and investigation.(e) The commission may charge a major coastal resort a fee for compiling and updating the list of qualified qualified, independent consultants pursuant to subdivision (b), and receiving copies of the audits pursuant to subdivision (c), in an amount not to exceed the reasonable cost of those duties, not to exceed five thousand dollars ($5,000) for each major coastal resort.(f) A major coastal resort in violation of any requirements of this section shall result in administrative penalties assessed by the commission pursuant to Article 2 (commencing with Section 30820) of Chapter 9.30750.2. (a) The use of any nonorganic pesticide or fertilizing material at, or on any part of, any major coastal resort is authorized on areas of a golf course only when applied in a manner consistent with established integrated pest management principles and where no organic alternative fit for intended use and proven effectiveness is available. Where nonorganic pesticide or fertilizing material is used, the major coastal resort shall use the least toxic alternative possible in the smallest quantity possible.(b) A major coastal resort in violation of the requirements of this section shall result in administrative penalties assessed by the Department of Pesticide Regulation pursuant to Article 12 (commencing with Section 12996) of Chapter 2 of Division 7 of the Food and Agricultural Code, including, but not limited to, Section 12999.4 of the Food and Agricultural Code.30750.3. (a) A major coastal resort, or person acting on behalf of a major coastal resort, shall not discriminate or retaliate against any employee or applicant for employment for engaging in either of the following:(1) Participating in an audit pursuant to Section 30750.1 or an investigation by any law enforcement agency.(2) Disclosing information, or because the major coastal resort believes the employee or applicant for employment disclosed or may disclose information, to the commission, a consultant acting under Section 30750.1, another government or law enforcement agency, a person with authority over the employee or applicant for employment, or another person who has the authority to investigate, discover, or correct a violation or noncompliance, the media, a nonprofit organization, or a state or local government, if the employee or applicant for employment has reasonable cause to believe that the information discloses a violation of or noncompliance with a coastal development permit, local government permit conditions that implement a certified local coastal program, or mitigation measures or a reporting or monitoring program under the California Environmental Quality Act (Division 13 (commencing with Section 21000)) pertaining to or affecting coastal zone resources.(b) This section may be enforced to the same extent, and pursuant to the same procedures and for the same remedies, as Section 1102.5 of the Labor Code.(c)In addition to any other remedies, a person discriminated or retaliated against in the terms and conditions of employment or in hiring in violation of subdivision (a) is entitled to recover an additional sum payable as liquidated damages in the amount of five hundred dollars ($500), per employee or applicant for employment, for each day the rights of an employee or applicant for employment under subdivision (a) are violated and continuing until such time as the violation is cured.
81+SEC. 3. Chapter 8.5 (commencing with Section 30750) is added to Division 20 of the Public Resources Code, to read: CHAPTER 8.5. Major Coastal Resorts 30750. For purposes of this chapter, the following terms definitions apply:(a) Fertilizing material shall have the same meaning as in Section 14533 of the Food and Agricultural Code.(b) Major coastal resort means a resort or hotel that meets all of the following: (1) Is composed of more than 300 guest rooms or units. units, all of which are located within the same contiguous resort complex. Rooms or units located in separate and distinct resort complexes shall not be aggregated for purposes of this subdivision.(2) Includes or operates a golf course on the premises.(3) Is located in whole or in part in the coastal zone.(4) Is either of the following: (A) Located, in any part, within 100 meters of the mean high tide line of the sea.(B) Includes, is adjacent to, or is within 400 meters of, any part of any of the following: (i) An environmentally sensitive area.(ii) A sensitive coastal resource area. (iii) An area otherwise protected or preserved under state, federal, or local law, including, but not limited to, marine managed areas and marine protected areas as defined under Section 36602.(iv) The habitat of a species protected under state, federal, or local law, including, but not limited to, species that are identified as endangered, threatened, rare, species of concern, or species of special concern by a state or federal agency, and special status species tracked by the Department of Fish and Wildlifes California Natural Diversity Database.(c) Pesticide means a conventional pesticide with all active ingredients other than biological pesticides and antimicrobial pesticides, with conventional active ingredients generally produced synthetically, including synthetic chemicals that prevent, mitigate, destroy, or repel any pest or that act as a plant growth regulator, desiccant, defoliant, or nitrogen stabilizer, and shall include insecticides, herbicides, rodenticides, fungicides, and growth regulators.30750.1. (a) (1) Every two years, a major coastal resort shall, with the assistance of a qualified, independent consultant identified pursuant to subdivision (b), prepare an audit of the major coastal resorts compliance with all of the following:(A) The major coastal resorts coastal development permit.(B) Any applicable local government permit conditions that implement a certified local coastal program.(C) Any applicable mitigation measures and reporting or monitoring program under the California Environmental Quality Act (Division 13 (commencing with Section 21000)) that pertains to or affects coastal zone resources.(D) Chapter 6.2 (commencing with Section 42380) of Part 3 of Division 30.(2) The audit described in paragraph (1) shall also include all of the following:(A) Disclosure of the types, quantity, and frequency of the pesticides and fertilizing material that the major coastal resort has used during the previous two years.(B) Whether the major coastal resort has developed a plan for complying with any coastal development permit conditions or mitigation measures regarding biological resources and for continued monitoring of relevant biological resources to ensure that the conditions and mitigation measures are satisfactorily protecting those resources. If the major coastal resort has adopted such a plan, the audit shall include the plan, as well as plan and any data generated pursuant to the plan concerning the success of conditions or mitigation measures in protecting, restoring, or creating biological resources.(C) Whether the major coastal resort conducts ongoing monitoring of the major coastal resorts stormwater discharges in the coastal zone, including monitoring sufficient to evaluate the contents of the discharges for pollutants or waste. If the major coastal resort conducts this monitoring, the audit shall include the data generated by the monitoring. For purposes of this paragraph, waste shall have the same meaning as in Section 13050 of the Water Code.(D) Whether the major coastal resort conducts monitoring or surveys of relevant species and habitat. If the major coastal resort conducts this monitoring, the audit shall include the data generated by the monitoring.(E) Whether the major coastal resort has adopted a turf, landscape, and pest management plan that follows state-of-the-art environmental methods, such as integrated pest management and nonchemical strategies, to address pests, weeds, and plant growth. If the major coastal resort has adopted any such plan or plans, the audit shall include the plan or plans, as well as plans and any data generated concerning the impact of the methods and measures used pursuant to any such plan.(F) Whether either of the following applies to the major coastal resort:(i) The major coastal resort has been issued, or is in the process of being issued, waste discharge requirements or a waiver under the Porter-Cologne Water Quality Control Act (Division 7 (commencing with Section 13000) of the Water Code) or a national pollutant discharge elimination system permit under the federal Clean Water Act (33 U.S.C. Sec. 1251 et seq.) for the resorts stormwater discharges in the coastal zone, if any.(ii) Waste discharge requirements or a national pollutant discharge elimination system permit are not required for the major coastal resorts stormwater discharges in the coastal zone under state or federal law.(b) The commission shall compile and keep updated a list of consultants qualified to assist with auditing major coastal resorts compliance. A major coastal resort may select from the list the consultant who will assist in reviewing the resorts compliance and preparing its audit. The major coastal resort shall provide for the qualified consultants compensation for the audit at the consultants normal rate of pay, which the major coastal resort shall pay directly to the consultant.(c) The major coastal resort shall post the audit on its internet website and provide copies to the commission and relevant local governments.(d) At the time a major coastal resort commences an audit, it shall provide notice to the public and invite public comments on the audit and investigation.(e) The commission may charge a major coastal resort a fee for compiling and updating the list of qualified independent consultants pursuant to subdivision (b), and receiving copies of the audits pursuant to subdivision (c), in an amount not to exceed the reasonable cost of those duties, not to exceed five thousand dollars ($5,000) for each major coastal resort.30750.3.30750.2. The use of any nonorganic pesticide or fertilizing material at, or on any part of, any major coastal resort is prohibited, except in the following circumstances: authorized on areas of a golf course only when applied in a manner consistent with established integrated pest management principles and where no organic alternative fit for intended use and proven effectiveness is available. Where nonorganic pesticide or fertilizing material is used, the major coastal resort shall use the least toxic alternative possible in the smallest quantity possible.(a)The incidental and limited use of pesticides for purposes of building maintenance may be used if there are no reasonable alternatives and the use does not include a rodenticide.(b)Nonorganic pesticides or fertilizing material may be used on areas of a golf course specifically dedicated for use as the green and where no organic alternative exists for the necessary purpose. Where nonorganic pesticide or fertilizing material is used, the major coastal resort shall use the least toxic alternative possible in the smallest quantity possible.30750.4.30750.3. (a) A major coastal resort, or person acting on behalf of a major coastal resort, shall not discriminate or retaliate against any employee or applicant for employment for engaging in either of the following:(1) Participating in an audit pursuant to Section 30750.1 or an investigation by any law enforcement agency.(2) Disclosing information, or because the major coastal resort believes the employee or applicant for employment disclosed or may disclose information, to the commission, a consultant acting under Section 30750.1, another government or law enforcement agency, a person with authority over the employee or applicant for employment, or another person who has the authority to investigate, discover, or correct a violation or noncompliance, the media, a nonprofit organization, or a state or local government, if the employee or applicant for employment has reasonable cause to believe that the information discloses a violation of or noncompliance with a coastal development permit, local government permit conditions that implement a certified local coastal program, or mitigation measures or a reporting or monitoring program under the California Environmental Quality Act (Division 13 (commencing with Section 21000)) pertaining to or affecting coastal zone resources.(b) This section may be enforced to the same extent, and pursuant to the same procedures and for the same remedies, as Section 1102.5 of the Labor Code.(c) In addition to any other remedies, a person discriminated or retaliated against in the terms and conditions of employment or in hiring in violation of subdivision (a) is entitled to recover an additional sum payable as liquidated damages in the amount of five hundred dollars ($500), per employee or applicant for employment, for each day the rights of an employee or applicant for employment under subdivision (a) are violated and continuing until such time as the violation is cured.
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8483 SEC. 3. Chapter 8.5 (commencing with Section 30750) is added to Division 20 of the Public Resources Code, to read:
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88- CHAPTER 8.5. Major Coastal Resorts 30750. For purposes of this chapter, the following definitions apply:(a) Fertilizing material shall have the same meaning as in Section 14533 of the Food and Agricultural Code.(b) Major coastal resort means a resort or hotel that meets all of the following: (1) Is composed of more than 300 guest rooms or units, all of which are located within the same contiguous resort complex. Rooms or units located in separate and distinct resort complexes shall not be aggregated for purposes of this subdivision.(2) Includes or operates a golf course on the premises.(3) Is located in whole or in part in the coastal zone.(4) Is either of the following: (A) Located, in any part, within 100 meters of the mean high tide line of the sea.(B) Includes, is adjacent to, or is within 400 meters of, any part of any of the following: (i) An environmentally sensitive area.(ii) A sensitive coastal resource area. (iii) An area otherwise protected or preserved under state, federal, or local law, including, but not limited to, marine managed areas and marine protected areas as defined under Section 36602.(iv) The habitat of a species protected under state, federal, or local law, including, but not limited to, species that are identified as endangered, threatened, rare, species of concern, or species of special concern by a state or federal agency, and special status species tracked by the Department of Fish and Wildlifes California Natural Diversity Database.(c) Pesticide means a conventional pesticide with all active ingredients other than biological pesticides and antimicrobial pesticides, with conventional active ingredients generally produced synthetically, including synthetic chemicals that prevent, mitigate, destroy, or repel any pest or that act as a plant growth regulator, desiccant, defoliant, or nitrogen stabilizer, and shall include insecticides, herbicides, rodenticides, fungicides, and growth regulators.30750.1. (a) (1) Every two years, a major coastal resort shall, with the assistance of a qualified, independent consultant identified pursuant to subdivision (b), prepare an audit of the major coastal resorts compliance with all of the following:(A) The major coastal resorts coastal development permit.(B) Any applicable local government permit conditions that implement a certified local coastal program.(C) Any applicable mitigation measures and reporting or monitoring program under the California Environmental Quality Act (Division 13 (commencing with Section 21000)) that pertains to or affects coastal zone resources.(D) Chapter 6.2 (commencing with Section 42380) of Part 3 of Division 30.(2) The audit described in paragraph (1) shall also include all of the following:(A) Disclosure of the types, quantity, and frequency of the pesticides and fertilizing material that the major coastal resort has used during the previous two years.(B) Whether the major coastal resort has developed a plan for complying with any coastal development permit conditions or mitigation measures regarding biological resources and for continued monitoring of relevant biological resources to ensure that the conditions and mitigation measures are satisfactorily protecting those resources. If the major coastal resort has adopted such a plan, the audit shall include the plan and any data generated pursuant to the plan concerning the success of conditions or mitigation measures in protecting, restoring, or creating biological resources.(C) Whether the major coastal resort conducts ongoing monitoring of the major coastal resorts stormwater discharges in the coastal zone, including monitoring sufficient to evaluate the contents of the discharges for pollutants or waste. If the major coastal resort conducts this monitoring, the audit shall include the data generated by the monitoring. For purposes of this paragraph, waste shall have the same meaning as in Section 13050 of the Water Code.(D) Whether the major coastal resort conducts monitoring or surveys of relevant species and habitat. If the major coastal resort conducts this monitoring, the audit shall include the data generated by the monitoring.(E) Whether the major coastal resort has adopted a turf, landscape, and pest management plan that follows state-of-the-art environmental methods, such as integrated pest management and nonchemical strategies, to address pests, weeds, and plant growth. If the major coastal resort has adopted any such plan or plans, the audit shall include the plan or plans and any data generated concerning the impact of the methods and measures used pursuant to any such plan.(F) Whether either of the following applies to the major coastal resort:(i) The major coastal resort has been issued, or is in the process of being issued, waste discharge requirements or a waiver under the Porter-Cologne Water Quality Control Act (Division 7 (commencing with Section 13000) of the Water Code) or a national pollutant discharge elimination system permit under the federal Clean Water Act (33 U.S.C. Sec. 1251 et seq.) for the resorts stormwater discharges in the coastal zone, if any.(ii) Waste discharge requirements or a national pollutant discharge elimination system permit are not required for the major coastal resorts stormwater discharges in the coastal zone under state or federal law.(b) The commission shall compile and keep updated a list of consultants qualified to assist with auditing major coastal resorts compliance. A major coastal resort may select from the list the consultant who will assist in reviewing the resorts compliance and preparing its audit. The major coastal resort shall provide for the qualified consultants compensation for the audit at the consultants normal rate of pay, which the major coastal resort shall pay directly to the consultant.(c) The major coastal resort shall post the audit on its internet website and provide copies to the commission and relevant local governments.(d) At the time a major coastal resort commences an audit, it shall provide notice to the public and invite public comments on the audit and investigation.(e) The commission may charge a major coastal resort a fee for compiling and updating the list of qualified qualified, independent consultants pursuant to subdivision (b), and receiving copies of the audits pursuant to subdivision (c), in an amount not to exceed the reasonable cost of those duties, not to exceed five thousand dollars ($5,000) for each major coastal resort.(f) A major coastal resort in violation of any requirements of this section shall result in administrative penalties assessed by the commission pursuant to Article 2 (commencing with Section 30820) of Chapter 9.30750.2. (a) The use of any nonorganic pesticide or fertilizing material at, or on any part of, any major coastal resort is authorized on areas of a golf course only when applied in a manner consistent with established integrated pest management principles and where no organic alternative fit for intended use and proven effectiveness is available. Where nonorganic pesticide or fertilizing material is used, the major coastal resort shall use the least toxic alternative possible in the smallest quantity possible.(b) A major coastal resort in violation of the requirements of this section shall result in administrative penalties assessed by the Department of Pesticide Regulation pursuant to Article 12 (commencing with Section 12996) of Chapter 2 of Division 7 of the Food and Agricultural Code, including, but not limited to, Section 12999.4 of the Food and Agricultural Code.30750.3. (a) A major coastal resort, or person acting on behalf of a major coastal resort, shall not discriminate or retaliate against any employee or applicant for employment for engaging in either of the following:(1) Participating in an audit pursuant to Section 30750.1 or an investigation by any law enforcement agency.(2) Disclosing information, or because the major coastal resort believes the employee or applicant for employment disclosed or may disclose information, to the commission, a consultant acting under Section 30750.1, another government or law enforcement agency, a person with authority over the employee or applicant for employment, or another person who has the authority to investigate, discover, or correct a violation or noncompliance, the media, a nonprofit organization, or a state or local government, if the employee or applicant for employment has reasonable cause to believe that the information discloses a violation of or noncompliance with a coastal development permit, local government permit conditions that implement a certified local coastal program, or mitigation measures or a reporting or monitoring program under the California Environmental Quality Act (Division 13 (commencing with Section 21000)) pertaining to or affecting coastal zone resources.(b) This section may be enforced to the same extent, and pursuant to the same procedures and for the same remedies, as Section 1102.5 of the Labor Code.(c)In addition to any other remedies, a person discriminated or retaliated against in the terms and conditions of employment or in hiring in violation of subdivision (a) is entitled to recover an additional sum payable as liquidated damages in the amount of five hundred dollars ($500), per employee or applicant for employment, for each day the rights of an employee or applicant for employment under subdivision (a) are violated and continuing until such time as the violation is cured.
87+ CHAPTER 8.5. Major Coastal Resorts 30750. For purposes of this chapter, the following terms definitions apply:(a) Fertilizing material shall have the same meaning as in Section 14533 of the Food and Agricultural Code.(b) Major coastal resort means a resort or hotel that meets all of the following: (1) Is composed of more than 300 guest rooms or units. units, all of which are located within the same contiguous resort complex. Rooms or units located in separate and distinct resort complexes shall not be aggregated for purposes of this subdivision.(2) Includes or operates a golf course on the premises.(3) Is located in whole or in part in the coastal zone.(4) Is either of the following: (A) Located, in any part, within 100 meters of the mean high tide line of the sea.(B) Includes, is adjacent to, or is within 400 meters of, any part of any of the following: (i) An environmentally sensitive area.(ii) A sensitive coastal resource area. (iii) An area otherwise protected or preserved under state, federal, or local law, including, but not limited to, marine managed areas and marine protected areas as defined under Section 36602.(iv) The habitat of a species protected under state, federal, or local law, including, but not limited to, species that are identified as endangered, threatened, rare, species of concern, or species of special concern by a state or federal agency, and special status species tracked by the Department of Fish and Wildlifes California Natural Diversity Database.(c) Pesticide means a conventional pesticide with all active ingredients other than biological pesticides and antimicrobial pesticides, with conventional active ingredients generally produced synthetically, including synthetic chemicals that prevent, mitigate, destroy, or repel any pest or that act as a plant growth regulator, desiccant, defoliant, or nitrogen stabilizer, and shall include insecticides, herbicides, rodenticides, fungicides, and growth regulators.30750.1. (a) (1) Every two years, a major coastal resort shall, with the assistance of a qualified, independent consultant identified pursuant to subdivision (b), prepare an audit of the major coastal resorts compliance with all of the following:(A) The major coastal resorts coastal development permit.(B) Any applicable local government permit conditions that implement a certified local coastal program.(C) Any applicable mitigation measures and reporting or monitoring program under the California Environmental Quality Act (Division 13 (commencing with Section 21000)) that pertains to or affects coastal zone resources.(D) Chapter 6.2 (commencing with Section 42380) of Part 3 of Division 30.(2) The audit described in paragraph (1) shall also include all of the following:(A) Disclosure of the types, quantity, and frequency of the pesticides and fertilizing material that the major coastal resort has used during the previous two years.(B) Whether the major coastal resort has developed a plan for complying with any coastal development permit conditions or mitigation measures regarding biological resources and for continued monitoring of relevant biological resources to ensure that the conditions and mitigation measures are satisfactorily protecting those resources. If the major coastal resort has adopted such a plan, the audit shall include the plan, as well as plan and any data generated pursuant to the plan concerning the success of conditions or mitigation measures in protecting, restoring, or creating biological resources.(C) Whether the major coastal resort conducts ongoing monitoring of the major coastal resorts stormwater discharges in the coastal zone, including monitoring sufficient to evaluate the contents of the discharges for pollutants or waste. If the major coastal resort conducts this monitoring, the audit shall include the data generated by the monitoring. For purposes of this paragraph, waste shall have the same meaning as in Section 13050 of the Water Code.(D) Whether the major coastal resort conducts monitoring or surveys of relevant species and habitat. If the major coastal resort conducts this monitoring, the audit shall include the data generated by the monitoring.(E) Whether the major coastal resort has adopted a turf, landscape, and pest management plan that follows state-of-the-art environmental methods, such as integrated pest management and nonchemical strategies, to address pests, weeds, and plant growth. If the major coastal resort has adopted any such plan or plans, the audit shall include the plan or plans, as well as plans and any data generated concerning the impact of the methods and measures used pursuant to any such plan.(F) Whether either of the following applies to the major coastal resort:(i) The major coastal resort has been issued, or is in the process of being issued, waste discharge requirements or a waiver under the Porter-Cologne Water Quality Control Act (Division 7 (commencing with Section 13000) of the Water Code) or a national pollutant discharge elimination system permit under the federal Clean Water Act (33 U.S.C. Sec. 1251 et seq.) for the resorts stormwater discharges in the coastal zone, if any.(ii) Waste discharge requirements or a national pollutant discharge elimination system permit are not required for the major coastal resorts stormwater discharges in the coastal zone under state or federal law.(b) The commission shall compile and keep updated a list of consultants qualified to assist with auditing major coastal resorts compliance. A major coastal resort may select from the list the consultant who will assist in reviewing the resorts compliance and preparing its audit. The major coastal resort shall provide for the qualified consultants compensation for the audit at the consultants normal rate of pay, which the major coastal resort shall pay directly to the consultant.(c) The major coastal resort shall post the audit on its internet website and provide copies to the commission and relevant local governments.(d) At the time a major coastal resort commences an audit, it shall provide notice to the public and invite public comments on the audit and investigation.(e) The commission may charge a major coastal resort a fee for compiling and updating the list of qualified independent consultants pursuant to subdivision (b), and receiving copies of the audits pursuant to subdivision (c), in an amount not to exceed the reasonable cost of those duties, not to exceed five thousand dollars ($5,000) for each major coastal resort.30750.3.30750.2. The use of any nonorganic pesticide or fertilizing material at, or on any part of, any major coastal resort is prohibited, except in the following circumstances: authorized on areas of a golf course only when applied in a manner consistent with established integrated pest management principles and where no organic alternative fit for intended use and proven effectiveness is available. Where nonorganic pesticide or fertilizing material is used, the major coastal resort shall use the least toxic alternative possible in the smallest quantity possible.(a)The incidental and limited use of pesticides for purposes of building maintenance may be used if there are no reasonable alternatives and the use does not include a rodenticide.(b)Nonorganic pesticides or fertilizing material may be used on areas of a golf course specifically dedicated for use as the green and where no organic alternative exists for the necessary purpose. Where nonorganic pesticide or fertilizing material is used, the major coastal resort shall use the least toxic alternative possible in the smallest quantity possible.30750.4.30750.3. (a) A major coastal resort, or person acting on behalf of a major coastal resort, shall not discriminate or retaliate against any employee or applicant for employment for engaging in either of the following:(1) Participating in an audit pursuant to Section 30750.1 or an investigation by any law enforcement agency.(2) Disclosing information, or because the major coastal resort believes the employee or applicant for employment disclosed or may disclose information, to the commission, a consultant acting under Section 30750.1, another government or law enforcement agency, a person with authority over the employee or applicant for employment, or another person who has the authority to investigate, discover, or correct a violation or noncompliance, the media, a nonprofit organization, or a state or local government, if the employee or applicant for employment has reasonable cause to believe that the information discloses a violation of or noncompliance with a coastal development permit, local government permit conditions that implement a certified local coastal program, or mitigation measures or a reporting or monitoring program under the California Environmental Quality Act (Division 13 (commencing with Section 21000)) pertaining to or affecting coastal zone resources.(b) This section may be enforced to the same extent, and pursuant to the same procedures and for the same remedies, as Section 1102.5 of the Labor Code.(c) In addition to any other remedies, a person discriminated or retaliated against in the terms and conditions of employment or in hiring in violation of subdivision (a) is entitled to recover an additional sum payable as liquidated damages in the amount of five hundred dollars ($500), per employee or applicant for employment, for each day the rights of an employee or applicant for employment under subdivision (a) are violated and continuing until such time as the violation is cured.
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90- CHAPTER 8.5. Major Coastal Resorts 30750. For purposes of this chapter, the following definitions apply:(a) Fertilizing material shall have the same meaning as in Section 14533 of the Food and Agricultural Code.(b) Major coastal resort means a resort or hotel that meets all of the following: (1) Is composed of more than 300 guest rooms or units, all of which are located within the same contiguous resort complex. Rooms or units located in separate and distinct resort complexes shall not be aggregated for purposes of this subdivision.(2) Includes or operates a golf course on the premises.(3) Is located in whole or in part in the coastal zone.(4) Is either of the following: (A) Located, in any part, within 100 meters of the mean high tide line of the sea.(B) Includes, is adjacent to, or is within 400 meters of, any part of any of the following: (i) An environmentally sensitive area.(ii) A sensitive coastal resource area. (iii) An area otherwise protected or preserved under state, federal, or local law, including, but not limited to, marine managed areas and marine protected areas as defined under Section 36602.(iv) The habitat of a species protected under state, federal, or local law, including, but not limited to, species that are identified as endangered, threatened, rare, species of concern, or species of special concern by a state or federal agency, and special status species tracked by the Department of Fish and Wildlifes California Natural Diversity Database.(c) Pesticide means a conventional pesticide with all active ingredients other than biological pesticides and antimicrobial pesticides, with conventional active ingredients generally produced synthetically, including synthetic chemicals that prevent, mitigate, destroy, or repel any pest or that act as a plant growth regulator, desiccant, defoliant, or nitrogen stabilizer, and shall include insecticides, herbicides, rodenticides, fungicides, and growth regulators.30750.1. (a) (1) Every two years, a major coastal resort shall, with the assistance of a qualified, independent consultant identified pursuant to subdivision (b), prepare an audit of the major coastal resorts compliance with all of the following:(A) The major coastal resorts coastal development permit.(B) Any applicable local government permit conditions that implement a certified local coastal program.(C) Any applicable mitigation measures and reporting or monitoring program under the California Environmental Quality Act (Division 13 (commencing with Section 21000)) that pertains to or affects coastal zone resources.(D) Chapter 6.2 (commencing with Section 42380) of Part 3 of Division 30.(2) The audit described in paragraph (1) shall also include all of the following:(A) Disclosure of the types, quantity, and frequency of the pesticides and fertilizing material that the major coastal resort has used during the previous two years.(B) Whether the major coastal resort has developed a plan for complying with any coastal development permit conditions or mitigation measures regarding biological resources and for continued monitoring of relevant biological resources to ensure that the conditions and mitigation measures are satisfactorily protecting those resources. If the major coastal resort has adopted such a plan, the audit shall include the plan and any data generated pursuant to the plan concerning the success of conditions or mitigation measures in protecting, restoring, or creating biological resources.(C) Whether the major coastal resort conducts ongoing monitoring of the major coastal resorts stormwater discharges in the coastal zone, including monitoring sufficient to evaluate the contents of the discharges for pollutants or waste. If the major coastal resort conducts this monitoring, the audit shall include the data generated by the monitoring. For purposes of this paragraph, waste shall have the same meaning as in Section 13050 of the Water Code.(D) Whether the major coastal resort conducts monitoring or surveys of relevant species and habitat. If the major coastal resort conducts this monitoring, the audit shall include the data generated by the monitoring.(E) Whether the major coastal resort has adopted a turf, landscape, and pest management plan that follows state-of-the-art environmental methods, such as integrated pest management and nonchemical strategies, to address pests, weeds, and plant growth. If the major coastal resort has adopted any such plan or plans, the audit shall include the plan or plans and any data generated concerning the impact of the methods and measures used pursuant to any such plan.(F) Whether either of the following applies to the major coastal resort:(i) The major coastal resort has been issued, or is in the process of being issued, waste discharge requirements or a waiver under the Porter-Cologne Water Quality Control Act (Division 7 (commencing with Section 13000) of the Water Code) or a national pollutant discharge elimination system permit under the federal Clean Water Act (33 U.S.C. Sec. 1251 et seq.) for the resorts stormwater discharges in the coastal zone, if any.(ii) Waste discharge requirements or a national pollutant discharge elimination system permit are not required for the major coastal resorts stormwater discharges in the coastal zone under state or federal law.(b) The commission shall compile and keep updated a list of consultants qualified to assist with auditing major coastal resorts compliance. A major coastal resort may select from the list the consultant who will assist in reviewing the resorts compliance and preparing its audit. The major coastal resort shall provide for the qualified consultants compensation for the audit at the consultants normal rate of pay, which the major coastal resort shall pay directly to the consultant.(c) The major coastal resort shall post the audit on its internet website and provide copies to the commission and relevant local governments.(d) At the time a major coastal resort commences an audit, it shall provide notice to the public and invite public comments on the audit and investigation.(e) The commission may charge a major coastal resort a fee for compiling and updating the list of qualified qualified, independent consultants pursuant to subdivision (b), and receiving copies of the audits pursuant to subdivision (c), in an amount not to exceed the reasonable cost of those duties, not to exceed five thousand dollars ($5,000) for each major coastal resort.(f) A major coastal resort in violation of any requirements of this section shall result in administrative penalties assessed by the commission pursuant to Article 2 (commencing with Section 30820) of Chapter 9.30750.2. (a) The use of any nonorganic pesticide or fertilizing material at, or on any part of, any major coastal resort is authorized on areas of a golf course only when applied in a manner consistent with established integrated pest management principles and where no organic alternative fit for intended use and proven effectiveness is available. Where nonorganic pesticide or fertilizing material is used, the major coastal resort shall use the least toxic alternative possible in the smallest quantity possible.(b) A major coastal resort in violation of the requirements of this section shall result in administrative penalties assessed by the Department of Pesticide Regulation pursuant to Article 12 (commencing with Section 12996) of Chapter 2 of Division 7 of the Food and Agricultural Code, including, but not limited to, Section 12999.4 of the Food and Agricultural Code.30750.3. (a) A major coastal resort, or person acting on behalf of a major coastal resort, shall not discriminate or retaliate against any employee or applicant for employment for engaging in either of the following:(1) Participating in an audit pursuant to Section 30750.1 or an investigation by any law enforcement agency.(2) Disclosing information, or because the major coastal resort believes the employee or applicant for employment disclosed or may disclose information, to the commission, a consultant acting under Section 30750.1, another government or law enforcement agency, a person with authority over the employee or applicant for employment, or another person who has the authority to investigate, discover, or correct a violation or noncompliance, the media, a nonprofit organization, or a state or local government, if the employee or applicant for employment has reasonable cause to believe that the information discloses a violation of or noncompliance with a coastal development permit, local government permit conditions that implement a certified local coastal program, or mitigation measures or a reporting or monitoring program under the California Environmental Quality Act (Division 13 (commencing with Section 21000)) pertaining to or affecting coastal zone resources.(b) This section may be enforced to the same extent, and pursuant to the same procedures and for the same remedies, as Section 1102.5 of the Labor Code.(c)In addition to any other remedies, a person discriminated or retaliated against in the terms and conditions of employment or in hiring in violation of subdivision (a) is entitled to recover an additional sum payable as liquidated damages in the amount of five hundred dollars ($500), per employee or applicant for employment, for each day the rights of an employee or applicant for employment under subdivision (a) are violated and continuing until such time as the violation is cured.
89+ CHAPTER 8.5. Major Coastal Resorts 30750. For purposes of this chapter, the following terms definitions apply:(a) Fertilizing material shall have the same meaning as in Section 14533 of the Food and Agricultural Code.(b) Major coastal resort means a resort or hotel that meets all of the following: (1) Is composed of more than 300 guest rooms or units. units, all of which are located within the same contiguous resort complex. Rooms or units located in separate and distinct resort complexes shall not be aggregated for purposes of this subdivision.(2) Includes or operates a golf course on the premises.(3) Is located in whole or in part in the coastal zone.(4) Is either of the following: (A) Located, in any part, within 100 meters of the mean high tide line of the sea.(B) Includes, is adjacent to, or is within 400 meters of, any part of any of the following: (i) An environmentally sensitive area.(ii) A sensitive coastal resource area. (iii) An area otherwise protected or preserved under state, federal, or local law, including, but not limited to, marine managed areas and marine protected areas as defined under Section 36602.(iv) The habitat of a species protected under state, federal, or local law, including, but not limited to, species that are identified as endangered, threatened, rare, species of concern, or species of special concern by a state or federal agency, and special status species tracked by the Department of Fish and Wildlifes California Natural Diversity Database.(c) Pesticide means a conventional pesticide with all active ingredients other than biological pesticides and antimicrobial pesticides, with conventional active ingredients generally produced synthetically, including synthetic chemicals that prevent, mitigate, destroy, or repel any pest or that act as a plant growth regulator, desiccant, defoliant, or nitrogen stabilizer, and shall include insecticides, herbicides, rodenticides, fungicides, and growth regulators.30750.1. (a) (1) Every two years, a major coastal resort shall, with the assistance of a qualified, independent consultant identified pursuant to subdivision (b), prepare an audit of the major coastal resorts compliance with all of the following:(A) The major coastal resorts coastal development permit.(B) Any applicable local government permit conditions that implement a certified local coastal program.(C) Any applicable mitigation measures and reporting or monitoring program under the California Environmental Quality Act (Division 13 (commencing with Section 21000)) that pertains to or affects coastal zone resources.(D) Chapter 6.2 (commencing with Section 42380) of Part 3 of Division 30.(2) The audit described in paragraph (1) shall also include all of the following:(A) Disclosure of the types, quantity, and frequency of the pesticides and fertilizing material that the major coastal resort has used during the previous two years.(B) Whether the major coastal resort has developed a plan for complying with any coastal development permit conditions or mitigation measures regarding biological resources and for continued monitoring of relevant biological resources to ensure that the conditions and mitigation measures are satisfactorily protecting those resources. If the major coastal resort has adopted such a plan, the audit shall include the plan, as well as plan and any data generated pursuant to the plan concerning the success of conditions or mitigation measures in protecting, restoring, or creating biological resources.(C) Whether the major coastal resort conducts ongoing monitoring of the major coastal resorts stormwater discharges in the coastal zone, including monitoring sufficient to evaluate the contents of the discharges for pollutants or waste. If the major coastal resort conducts this monitoring, the audit shall include the data generated by the monitoring. For purposes of this paragraph, waste shall have the same meaning as in Section 13050 of the Water Code.(D) Whether the major coastal resort conducts monitoring or surveys of relevant species and habitat. If the major coastal resort conducts this monitoring, the audit shall include the data generated by the monitoring.(E) Whether the major coastal resort has adopted a turf, landscape, and pest management plan that follows state-of-the-art environmental methods, such as integrated pest management and nonchemical strategies, to address pests, weeds, and plant growth. If the major coastal resort has adopted any such plan or plans, the audit shall include the plan or plans, as well as plans and any data generated concerning the impact of the methods and measures used pursuant to any such plan.(F) Whether either of the following applies to the major coastal resort:(i) The major coastal resort has been issued, or is in the process of being issued, waste discharge requirements or a waiver under the Porter-Cologne Water Quality Control Act (Division 7 (commencing with Section 13000) of the Water Code) or a national pollutant discharge elimination system permit under the federal Clean Water Act (33 U.S.C. Sec. 1251 et seq.) for the resorts stormwater discharges in the coastal zone, if any.(ii) Waste discharge requirements or a national pollutant discharge elimination system permit are not required for the major coastal resorts stormwater discharges in the coastal zone under state or federal law.(b) The commission shall compile and keep updated a list of consultants qualified to assist with auditing major coastal resorts compliance. A major coastal resort may select from the list the consultant who will assist in reviewing the resorts compliance and preparing its audit. The major coastal resort shall provide for the qualified consultants compensation for the audit at the consultants normal rate of pay, which the major coastal resort shall pay directly to the consultant.(c) The major coastal resort shall post the audit on its internet website and provide copies to the commission and relevant local governments.(d) At the time a major coastal resort commences an audit, it shall provide notice to the public and invite public comments on the audit and investigation.(e) The commission may charge a major coastal resort a fee for compiling and updating the list of qualified independent consultants pursuant to subdivision (b), and receiving copies of the audits pursuant to subdivision (c), in an amount not to exceed the reasonable cost of those duties, not to exceed five thousand dollars ($5,000) for each major coastal resort.30750.3.30750.2. The use of any nonorganic pesticide or fertilizing material at, or on any part of, any major coastal resort is prohibited, except in the following circumstances: authorized on areas of a golf course only when applied in a manner consistent with established integrated pest management principles and where no organic alternative fit for intended use and proven effectiveness is available. Where nonorganic pesticide or fertilizing material is used, the major coastal resort shall use the least toxic alternative possible in the smallest quantity possible.(a)The incidental and limited use of pesticides for purposes of building maintenance may be used if there are no reasonable alternatives and the use does not include a rodenticide.(b)Nonorganic pesticides or fertilizing material may be used on areas of a golf course specifically dedicated for use as the green and where no organic alternative exists for the necessary purpose. Where nonorganic pesticide or fertilizing material is used, the major coastal resort shall use the least toxic alternative possible in the smallest quantity possible.30750.4.30750.3. (a) A major coastal resort, or person acting on behalf of a major coastal resort, shall not discriminate or retaliate against any employee or applicant for employment for engaging in either of the following:(1) Participating in an audit pursuant to Section 30750.1 or an investigation by any law enforcement agency.(2) Disclosing information, or because the major coastal resort believes the employee or applicant for employment disclosed or may disclose information, to the commission, a consultant acting under Section 30750.1, another government or law enforcement agency, a person with authority over the employee or applicant for employment, or another person who has the authority to investigate, discover, or correct a violation or noncompliance, the media, a nonprofit organization, or a state or local government, if the employee or applicant for employment has reasonable cause to believe that the information discloses a violation of or noncompliance with a coastal development permit, local government permit conditions that implement a certified local coastal program, or mitigation measures or a reporting or monitoring program under the California Environmental Quality Act (Division 13 (commencing with Section 21000)) pertaining to or affecting coastal zone resources.(b) This section may be enforced to the same extent, and pursuant to the same procedures and for the same remedies, as Section 1102.5 of the Labor Code.(c) In addition to any other remedies, a person discriminated or retaliated against in the terms and conditions of employment or in hiring in violation of subdivision (a) is entitled to recover an additional sum payable as liquidated damages in the amount of five hundred dollars ($500), per employee or applicant for employment, for each day the rights of an employee or applicant for employment under subdivision (a) are violated and continuing until such time as the violation is cured.
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96-30750. For purposes of this chapter, the following definitions apply:(a) Fertilizing material shall have the same meaning as in Section 14533 of the Food and Agricultural Code.(b) Major coastal resort means a resort or hotel that meets all of the following: (1) Is composed of more than 300 guest rooms or units, all of which are located within the same contiguous resort complex. Rooms or units located in separate and distinct resort complexes shall not be aggregated for purposes of this subdivision.(2) Includes or operates a golf course on the premises.(3) Is located in whole or in part in the coastal zone.(4) Is either of the following: (A) Located, in any part, within 100 meters of the mean high tide line of the sea.(B) Includes, is adjacent to, or is within 400 meters of, any part of any of the following: (i) An environmentally sensitive area.(ii) A sensitive coastal resource area. (iii) An area otherwise protected or preserved under state, federal, or local law, including, but not limited to, marine managed areas and marine protected areas as defined under Section 36602.(iv) The habitat of a species protected under state, federal, or local law, including, but not limited to, species that are identified as endangered, threatened, rare, species of concern, or species of special concern by a state or federal agency, and special status species tracked by the Department of Fish and Wildlifes California Natural Diversity Database.(c) Pesticide means a conventional pesticide with all active ingredients other than biological pesticides and antimicrobial pesticides, with conventional active ingredients generally produced synthetically, including synthetic chemicals that prevent, mitigate, destroy, or repel any pest or that act as a plant growth regulator, desiccant, defoliant, or nitrogen stabilizer, and shall include insecticides, herbicides, rodenticides, fungicides, and growth regulators.
95+30750. For purposes of this chapter, the following terms definitions apply:(a) Fertilizing material shall have the same meaning as in Section 14533 of the Food and Agricultural Code.(b) Major coastal resort means a resort or hotel that meets all of the following: (1) Is composed of more than 300 guest rooms or units. units, all of which are located within the same contiguous resort complex. Rooms or units located in separate and distinct resort complexes shall not be aggregated for purposes of this subdivision.(2) Includes or operates a golf course on the premises.(3) Is located in whole or in part in the coastal zone.(4) Is either of the following: (A) Located, in any part, within 100 meters of the mean high tide line of the sea.(B) Includes, is adjacent to, or is within 400 meters of, any part of any of the following: (i) An environmentally sensitive area.(ii) A sensitive coastal resource area. (iii) An area otherwise protected or preserved under state, federal, or local law, including, but not limited to, marine managed areas and marine protected areas as defined under Section 36602.(iv) The habitat of a species protected under state, federal, or local law, including, but not limited to, species that are identified as endangered, threatened, rare, species of concern, or species of special concern by a state or federal agency, and special status species tracked by the Department of Fish and Wildlifes California Natural Diversity Database.(c) Pesticide means a conventional pesticide with all active ingredients other than biological pesticides and antimicrobial pesticides, with conventional active ingredients generally produced synthetically, including synthetic chemicals that prevent, mitigate, destroy, or repel any pest or that act as a plant growth regulator, desiccant, defoliant, or nitrogen stabilizer, and shall include insecticides, herbicides, rodenticides, fungicides, and growth regulators.
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99+30750. For purposes of this chapter, the following terms definitions apply:
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102101 (a) Fertilizing material shall have the same meaning as in Section 14533 of the Food and Agricultural Code.
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104103 (b) Major coastal resort means a resort or hotel that meets all of the following:
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106-(1) Is composed of more than 300 guest rooms or units, all of which are located within the same contiguous resort complex. Rooms or units located in separate and distinct resort complexes shall not be aggregated for purposes of this subdivision.
105+(1) Is composed of more than 300 guest rooms or units. units, all of which are located within the same contiguous resort complex. Rooms or units located in separate and distinct resort complexes shall not be aggregated for purposes of this subdivision.
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108107 (2) Includes or operates a golf course on the premises.
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110109 (3) Is located in whole or in part in the coastal zone.
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112111 (4) Is either of the following:
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114113 (A) Located, in any part, within 100 meters of the mean high tide line of the sea.
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116115 (B) Includes, is adjacent to, or is within 400 meters of, any part of any of the following:
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118117 (i) An environmentally sensitive area.
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122121 (iii) An area otherwise protected or preserved under state, federal, or local law, including, but not limited to, marine managed areas and marine protected areas as defined under Section 36602.
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124123 (iv) The habitat of a species protected under state, federal, or local law, including, but not limited to, species that are identified as endangered, threatened, rare, species of concern, or species of special concern by a state or federal agency, and special status species tracked by the Department of Fish and Wildlifes California Natural Diversity Database.
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126125 (c) Pesticide means a conventional pesticide with all active ingredients other than biological pesticides and antimicrobial pesticides, with conventional active ingredients generally produced synthetically, including synthetic chemicals that prevent, mitigate, destroy, or repel any pest or that act as a plant growth regulator, desiccant, defoliant, or nitrogen stabilizer, and shall include insecticides, herbicides, rodenticides, fungicides, and growth regulators.
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128-30750.1. (a) (1) Every two years, a major coastal resort shall, with the assistance of a qualified, independent consultant identified pursuant to subdivision (b), prepare an audit of the major coastal resorts compliance with all of the following:(A) The major coastal resorts coastal development permit.(B) Any applicable local government permit conditions that implement a certified local coastal program.(C) Any applicable mitigation measures and reporting or monitoring program under the California Environmental Quality Act (Division 13 (commencing with Section 21000)) that pertains to or affects coastal zone resources.(D) Chapter 6.2 (commencing with Section 42380) of Part 3 of Division 30.(2) The audit described in paragraph (1) shall also include all of the following:(A) Disclosure of the types, quantity, and frequency of the pesticides and fertilizing material that the major coastal resort has used during the previous two years.(B) Whether the major coastal resort has developed a plan for complying with any coastal development permit conditions or mitigation measures regarding biological resources and for continued monitoring of relevant biological resources to ensure that the conditions and mitigation measures are satisfactorily protecting those resources. If the major coastal resort has adopted such a plan, the audit shall include the plan and any data generated pursuant to the plan concerning the success of conditions or mitigation measures in protecting, restoring, or creating biological resources.(C) Whether the major coastal resort conducts ongoing monitoring of the major coastal resorts stormwater discharges in the coastal zone, including monitoring sufficient to evaluate the contents of the discharges for pollutants or waste. If the major coastal resort conducts this monitoring, the audit shall include the data generated by the monitoring. For purposes of this paragraph, waste shall have the same meaning as in Section 13050 of the Water Code.(D) Whether the major coastal resort conducts monitoring or surveys of relevant species and habitat. If the major coastal resort conducts this monitoring, the audit shall include the data generated by the monitoring.(E) Whether the major coastal resort has adopted a turf, landscape, and pest management plan that follows state-of-the-art environmental methods, such as integrated pest management and nonchemical strategies, to address pests, weeds, and plant growth. If the major coastal resort has adopted any such plan or plans, the audit shall include the plan or plans and any data generated concerning the impact of the methods and measures used pursuant to any such plan.(F) Whether either of the following applies to the major coastal resort:(i) The major coastal resort has been issued, or is in the process of being issued, waste discharge requirements or a waiver under the Porter-Cologne Water Quality Control Act (Division 7 (commencing with Section 13000) of the Water Code) or a national pollutant discharge elimination system permit under the federal Clean Water Act (33 U.S.C. Sec. 1251 et seq.) for the resorts stormwater discharges in the coastal zone, if any.(ii) Waste discharge requirements or a national pollutant discharge elimination system permit are not required for the major coastal resorts stormwater discharges in the coastal zone under state or federal law.(b) The commission shall compile and keep updated a list of consultants qualified to assist with auditing major coastal resorts compliance. A major coastal resort may select from the list the consultant who will assist in reviewing the resorts compliance and preparing its audit. The major coastal resort shall provide for the qualified consultants compensation for the audit at the consultants normal rate of pay, which the major coastal resort shall pay directly to the consultant.(c) The major coastal resort shall post the audit on its internet website and provide copies to the commission and relevant local governments.(d) At the time a major coastal resort commences an audit, it shall provide notice to the public and invite public comments on the audit and investigation.(e) The commission may charge a major coastal resort a fee for compiling and updating the list of qualified qualified, independent consultants pursuant to subdivision (b), and receiving copies of the audits pursuant to subdivision (c), in an amount not to exceed the reasonable cost of those duties, not to exceed five thousand dollars ($5,000) for each major coastal resort.(f) A major coastal resort in violation of any requirements of this section shall result in administrative penalties assessed by the commission pursuant to Article 2 (commencing with Section 30820) of Chapter 9.
127+30750.1. (a) (1) Every two years, a major coastal resort shall, with the assistance of a qualified, independent consultant identified pursuant to subdivision (b), prepare an audit of the major coastal resorts compliance with all of the following:(A) The major coastal resorts coastal development permit.(B) Any applicable local government permit conditions that implement a certified local coastal program.(C) Any applicable mitigation measures and reporting or monitoring program under the California Environmental Quality Act (Division 13 (commencing with Section 21000)) that pertains to or affects coastal zone resources.(D) Chapter 6.2 (commencing with Section 42380) of Part 3 of Division 30.(2) The audit described in paragraph (1) shall also include all of the following:(A) Disclosure of the types, quantity, and frequency of the pesticides and fertilizing material that the major coastal resort has used during the previous two years.(B) Whether the major coastal resort has developed a plan for complying with any coastal development permit conditions or mitigation measures regarding biological resources and for continued monitoring of relevant biological resources to ensure that the conditions and mitigation measures are satisfactorily protecting those resources. If the major coastal resort has adopted such a plan, the audit shall include the plan, as well as plan and any data generated pursuant to the plan concerning the success of conditions or mitigation measures in protecting, restoring, or creating biological resources.(C) Whether the major coastal resort conducts ongoing monitoring of the major coastal resorts stormwater discharges in the coastal zone, including monitoring sufficient to evaluate the contents of the discharges for pollutants or waste. If the major coastal resort conducts this monitoring, the audit shall include the data generated by the monitoring. For purposes of this paragraph, waste shall have the same meaning as in Section 13050 of the Water Code.(D) Whether the major coastal resort conducts monitoring or surveys of relevant species and habitat. If the major coastal resort conducts this monitoring, the audit shall include the data generated by the monitoring.(E) Whether the major coastal resort has adopted a turf, landscape, and pest management plan that follows state-of-the-art environmental methods, such as integrated pest management and nonchemical strategies, to address pests, weeds, and plant growth. If the major coastal resort has adopted any such plan or plans, the audit shall include the plan or plans, as well as plans and any data generated concerning the impact of the methods and measures used pursuant to any such plan.(F) Whether either of the following applies to the major coastal resort:(i) The major coastal resort has been issued, or is in the process of being issued, waste discharge requirements or a waiver under the Porter-Cologne Water Quality Control Act (Division 7 (commencing with Section 13000) of the Water Code) or a national pollutant discharge elimination system permit under the federal Clean Water Act (33 U.S.C. Sec. 1251 et seq.) for the resorts stormwater discharges in the coastal zone, if any.(ii) Waste discharge requirements or a national pollutant discharge elimination system permit are not required for the major coastal resorts stormwater discharges in the coastal zone under state or federal law.(b) The commission shall compile and keep updated a list of consultants qualified to assist with auditing major coastal resorts compliance. A major coastal resort may select from the list the consultant who will assist in reviewing the resorts compliance and preparing its audit. The major coastal resort shall provide for the qualified consultants compensation for the audit at the consultants normal rate of pay, which the major coastal resort shall pay directly to the consultant.(c) The major coastal resort shall post the audit on its internet website and provide copies to the commission and relevant local governments.(d) At the time a major coastal resort commences an audit, it shall provide notice to the public and invite public comments on the audit and investigation.(e) The commission may charge a major coastal resort a fee for compiling and updating the list of qualified independent consultants pursuant to subdivision (b), and receiving copies of the audits pursuant to subdivision (c), in an amount not to exceed the reasonable cost of those duties, not to exceed five thousand dollars ($5,000) for each major coastal resort.
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132131 30750.1. (a) (1) Every two years, a major coastal resort shall, with the assistance of a qualified, independent consultant identified pursuant to subdivision (b), prepare an audit of the major coastal resorts compliance with all of the following:
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136135 (B) Any applicable local government permit conditions that implement a certified local coastal program.
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138137 (C) Any applicable mitigation measures and reporting or monitoring program under the California Environmental Quality Act (Division 13 (commencing with Section 21000)) that pertains to or affects coastal zone resources.
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142141 (2) The audit described in paragraph (1) shall also include all of the following:
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144143 (A) Disclosure of the types, quantity, and frequency of the pesticides and fertilizing material that the major coastal resort has used during the previous two years.
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146-(B) Whether the major coastal resort has developed a plan for complying with any coastal development permit conditions or mitigation measures regarding biological resources and for continued monitoring of relevant biological resources to ensure that the conditions and mitigation measures are satisfactorily protecting those resources. If the major coastal resort has adopted such a plan, the audit shall include the plan and any data generated pursuant to the plan concerning the success of conditions or mitigation measures in protecting, restoring, or creating biological resources.
145+(B) Whether the major coastal resort has developed a plan for complying with any coastal development permit conditions or mitigation measures regarding biological resources and for continued monitoring of relevant biological resources to ensure that the conditions and mitigation measures are satisfactorily protecting those resources. If the major coastal resort has adopted such a plan, the audit shall include the plan, as well as plan and any data generated pursuant to the plan concerning the success of conditions or mitigation measures in protecting, restoring, or creating biological resources.
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148147 (C) Whether the major coastal resort conducts ongoing monitoring of the major coastal resorts stormwater discharges in the coastal zone, including monitoring sufficient to evaluate the contents of the discharges for pollutants or waste. If the major coastal resort conducts this monitoring, the audit shall include the data generated by the monitoring. For purposes of this paragraph, waste shall have the same meaning as in Section 13050 of the Water Code.
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150149 (D) Whether the major coastal resort conducts monitoring or surveys of relevant species and habitat. If the major coastal resort conducts this monitoring, the audit shall include the data generated by the monitoring.
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152-(E) Whether the major coastal resort has adopted a turf, landscape, and pest management plan that follows state-of-the-art environmental methods, such as integrated pest management and nonchemical strategies, to address pests, weeds, and plant growth. If the major coastal resort has adopted any such plan or plans, the audit shall include the plan or plans and any data generated concerning the impact of the methods and measures used pursuant to any such plan.
151+(E) Whether the major coastal resort has adopted a turf, landscape, and pest management plan that follows state-of-the-art environmental methods, such as integrated pest management and nonchemical strategies, to address pests, weeds, and plant growth. If the major coastal resort has adopted any such plan or plans, the audit shall include the plan or plans, as well as plans and any data generated concerning the impact of the methods and measures used pursuant to any such plan.
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154153 (F) Whether either of the following applies to the major coastal resort:
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156155 (i) The major coastal resort has been issued, or is in the process of being issued, waste discharge requirements or a waiver under the Porter-Cologne Water Quality Control Act (Division 7 (commencing with Section 13000) of the Water Code) or a national pollutant discharge elimination system permit under the federal Clean Water Act (33 U.S.C. Sec. 1251 et seq.) for the resorts stormwater discharges in the coastal zone, if any.
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158157 (ii) Waste discharge requirements or a national pollutant discharge elimination system permit are not required for the major coastal resorts stormwater discharges in the coastal zone under state or federal law.
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160159 (b) The commission shall compile and keep updated a list of consultants qualified to assist with auditing major coastal resorts compliance. A major coastal resort may select from the list the consultant who will assist in reviewing the resorts compliance and preparing its audit. The major coastal resort shall provide for the qualified consultants compensation for the audit at the consultants normal rate of pay, which the major coastal resort shall pay directly to the consultant.
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162161 (c) The major coastal resort shall post the audit on its internet website and provide copies to the commission and relevant local governments.
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164163 (d) At the time a major coastal resort commences an audit, it shall provide notice to the public and invite public comments on the audit and investigation.
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166-(e) The commission may charge a major coastal resort a fee for compiling and updating the list of qualified qualified, independent consultants pursuant to subdivision (b), and receiving copies of the audits pursuant to subdivision (c), in an amount not to exceed the reasonable cost of those duties, not to exceed five thousand dollars ($5,000) for each major coastal resort.
165+(e) The commission may charge a major coastal resort a fee for compiling and updating the list of qualified independent consultants pursuant to subdivision (b), and receiving copies of the audits pursuant to subdivision (c), in an amount not to exceed the reasonable cost of those duties, not to exceed five thousand dollars ($5,000) for each major coastal resort.
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168-(f) A major coastal resort in violation of any requirements of this section shall result in administrative penalties assessed by the commission pursuant to Article 2 (commencing with Section 30820) of Chapter 9.
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170-30750.2. (a) The use of any nonorganic pesticide or fertilizing material at, or on any part of, any major coastal resort is authorized on areas of a golf course only when applied in a manner consistent with established integrated pest management principles and where no organic alternative fit for intended use and proven effectiveness is available. Where nonorganic pesticide or fertilizing material is used, the major coastal resort shall use the least toxic alternative possible in the smallest quantity possible.(b) A major coastal resort in violation of the requirements of this section shall result in administrative penalties assessed by the Department of Pesticide Regulation pursuant to Article 12 (commencing with Section 12996) of Chapter 2 of Division 7 of the Food and Agricultural Code, including, but not limited to, Section 12999.4 of the Food and Agricultural Code.
167+30750.3.30750.2. The use of any nonorganic pesticide or fertilizing material at, or on any part of, any major coastal resort is prohibited, except in the following circumstances: authorized on areas of a golf course only when applied in a manner consistent with established integrated pest management principles and where no organic alternative fit for intended use and proven effectiveness is available. Where nonorganic pesticide or fertilizing material is used, the major coastal resort shall use the least toxic alternative possible in the smallest quantity possible.(a)The incidental and limited use of pesticides for purposes of building maintenance may be used if there are no reasonable alternatives and the use does not include a rodenticide.(b)Nonorganic pesticides or fertilizing material may be used on areas of a golf course specifically dedicated for use as the green and where no organic alternative exists for the necessary purpose. Where nonorganic pesticide or fertilizing material is used, the major coastal resort shall use the least toxic alternative possible in the smallest quantity possible.
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174-30750.2. (a) The use of any nonorganic pesticide or fertilizing material at, or on any part of, any major coastal resort is authorized on areas of a golf course only when applied in a manner consistent with established integrated pest management principles and where no organic alternative fit for intended use and proven effectiveness is available. Where nonorganic pesticide or fertilizing material is used, the major coastal resort shall use the least toxic alternative possible in the smallest quantity possible.
171+30750.3.30750.2. The use of any nonorganic pesticide or fertilizing material at, or on any part of, any major coastal resort is prohibited, except in the following circumstances: authorized on areas of a golf course only when applied in a manner consistent with established integrated pest management principles and where no organic alternative fit for intended use and proven effectiveness is available. Where nonorganic pesticide or fertilizing material is used, the major coastal resort shall use the least toxic alternative possible in the smallest quantity possible.
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176-(b) A major coastal resort in violation of the requirements of this section shall result in administrative penalties assessed by the Department of Pesticide Regulation pursuant to Article 12 (commencing with Section 12996) of Chapter 2 of Division 7 of the Food and Agricultural Code, including, but not limited to, Section 12999.4 of the Food and Agricultural Code.
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178-30750.3. (a) A major coastal resort, or person acting on behalf of a major coastal resort, shall not discriminate or retaliate against any employee or applicant for employment for engaging in either of the following:(1) Participating in an audit pursuant to Section 30750.1 or an investigation by any law enforcement agency.(2) Disclosing information, or because the major coastal resort believes the employee or applicant for employment disclosed or may disclose information, to the commission, a consultant acting under Section 30750.1, another government or law enforcement agency, a person with authority over the employee or applicant for employment, or another person who has the authority to investigate, discover, or correct a violation or noncompliance, the media, a nonprofit organization, or a state or local government, if the employee or applicant for employment has reasonable cause to believe that the information discloses a violation of or noncompliance with a coastal development permit, local government permit conditions that implement a certified local coastal program, or mitigation measures or a reporting or monitoring program under the California Environmental Quality Act (Division 13 (commencing with Section 21000)) pertaining to or affecting coastal zone resources.(b) This section may be enforced to the same extent, and pursuant to the same procedures and for the same remedies, as Section 1102.5 of the Labor Code.(c)In addition to any other remedies, a person discriminated or retaliated against in the terms and conditions of employment or in hiring in violation of subdivision (a) is entitled to recover an additional sum payable as liquidated damages in the amount of five hundred dollars ($500), per employee or applicant for employment, for each day the rights of an employee or applicant for employment under subdivision (a) are violated and continuing until such time as the violation is cured.
173+(a)The incidental and limited use of pesticides for purposes of building maintenance may be used if there are no reasonable alternatives and the use does not include a rodenticide.
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177+(b)Nonorganic pesticides or fertilizing material may be used on areas of a golf course specifically dedicated for use as the green and where no organic alternative exists for the necessary purpose. Where nonorganic pesticide or fertilizing material is used, the major coastal resort shall use the least toxic alternative possible in the smallest quantity possible.
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181+30750.4.30750.3. (a) A major coastal resort, or person acting on behalf of a major coastal resort, shall not discriminate or retaliate against any employee or applicant for employment for engaging in either of the following:(1) Participating in an audit pursuant to Section 30750.1 or an investigation by any law enforcement agency.(2) Disclosing information, or because the major coastal resort believes the employee or applicant for employment disclosed or may disclose information, to the commission, a consultant acting under Section 30750.1, another government or law enforcement agency, a person with authority over the employee or applicant for employment, or another person who has the authority to investigate, discover, or correct a violation or noncompliance, the media, a nonprofit organization, or a state or local government, if the employee or applicant for employment has reasonable cause to believe that the information discloses a violation of or noncompliance with a coastal development permit, local government permit conditions that implement a certified local coastal program, or mitigation measures or a reporting or monitoring program under the California Environmental Quality Act (Division 13 (commencing with Section 21000)) pertaining to or affecting coastal zone resources.(b) This section may be enforced to the same extent, and pursuant to the same procedures and for the same remedies, as Section 1102.5 of the Labor Code.(c) In addition to any other remedies, a person discriminated or retaliated against in the terms and conditions of employment or in hiring in violation of subdivision (a) is entitled to recover an additional sum payable as liquidated damages in the amount of five hundred dollars ($500), per employee or applicant for employment, for each day the rights of an employee or applicant for employment under subdivision (a) are violated and continuing until such time as the violation is cured.
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185+30750.4.30750.3. (a) A major coastal resort, or person acting on behalf of a major coastal resort, shall not discriminate or retaliate against any employee or applicant for employment for engaging in either of the following:
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184187 (1) Participating in an audit pursuant to Section 30750.1 or an investigation by any law enforcement agency.
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186189 (2) Disclosing information, or because the major coastal resort believes the employee or applicant for employment disclosed or may disclose information, to the commission, a consultant acting under Section 30750.1, another government or law enforcement agency, a person with authority over the employee or applicant for employment, or another person who has the authority to investigate, discover, or correct a violation or noncompliance, the media, a nonprofit organization, or a state or local government, if the employee or applicant for employment has reasonable cause to believe that the information discloses a violation of or noncompliance with a coastal development permit, local government permit conditions that implement a certified local coastal program, or mitigation measures or a reporting or monitoring program under the California Environmental Quality Act (Division 13 (commencing with Section 21000)) pertaining to or affecting coastal zone resources.
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188191 (b) This section may be enforced to the same extent, and pursuant to the same procedures and for the same remedies, as Section 1102.5 of the Labor Code.
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190193 (c) In addition to any other remedies, a person discriminated or retaliated against in the terms and conditions of employment or in hiring in violation of subdivision (a) is entitled to recover an additional sum payable as liquidated damages in the amount of five hundred dollars ($500), per employee or applicant for employment, for each day the rights of an employee or applicant for employment under subdivision (a) are violated and continuing until such time as the violation is cured.
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194-SEC. 4. Chapter 6.2 (commencing with Section 42380) is added to Part 3 of Division 30 of the Public Resources Code, to read: CHAPTER 6.2. Major Coastal Resorts42380. For purposes of this chapter, the following terms apply:(a) Major coastal resort shall have the same meaning as in Section 30750.(b) Organic waste shall have the same meaning as in Section 42649.8.42380.1. A major coastal resort shall not provide to guests any of the following:(a) Single-use plastic bottled beverages.(b) Nonrecyclable single-use coffee pods.(c) Plastic straws.(d) Single-use plastic bags as part of a retail sale transaction.(e) Any expanded polystyrene products or packaging.42380.2. A major coastal resort shall do both of the following:(a) Provide at least one recycling bin or container in each guest room, and in each individual unit of other guest lodging, such as a cabin or villa. The recycling bin or container shall meet all of the following requirements:(1) Is in the same area as a bin or container for nonrecyclable trash.(2) Is visible and easily accessible.(3) Is clearly marked with educational signage indicating what is appropriate to place in the recycling bin or container in accordance with state law and the local jurisdictions solid waste ordinances and practices.(b) Source separate recyclable materials, organic waste, and other solid waste.42380.3. A major coastal resort shall maintain records of its operations to comply with the requirements of this chapter. Records of past operations shall be preserved for three years. 42380.4. A major coastal resort in violation of any requirement of this chapter is liable for a civil penalty of five hundred dollars ($500) per each day the violation continues. Any person, including the Attorney General or a district attorney, county counsel, or city attorney, may bring an action for the recovery of civil penalties under this section. administrative penalties assessed by the department pursuant to Article 3 (commencing with Section 45010) of Chapter 1 of Part 5.
195+SEC. 4. Chapter 6.2 (commencing with Section 42380) is added to Part 3 of Division 30 of the Public Resources Code, to read: CHAPTER 6.2. Major Coastal Resorts42380. For purposes of this chapter, the following terms apply:(a) Major coastal resort shall have the same meaning as in Section 30750.(b) Organic waste shall have the same meaning as in Section 42649.8.42380.1. A major coastal resort shall not provide to guests any of the following:(a) Single-use plastic bottled beverages.(b) Nonrecyclable single-use coffee pods.(c) Plastic straws.(d) Single-use plastic bags as part of a retail sale transaction.(e) Any expanded polystyrene products or packaging.42380.2. A major coastal resort shall do both of the following:(a) Provide at least one recycling bin or container in each guest room, and in each individual unit of other guest lodging, such as a cabin or villa. The recycling bin or container shall meet all of the following requirements:(1) Is in the same area as a bin or container for nonrecyclable trash.(2) Is visible and easily accessible.(3) Is clearly marked with educational signage indicating what is appropriate to place in the recycling bin or container in accordance with state law and the local jurisdictions solid waste ordinances and practices.(b) Source separate recyclable materials, organic waste, and other solid waste.42380.3. A major coastal resort shall maintain records of its operations to comply with the requirements of this chapter. Records of past operations shall be preserved for three years. 42380.4. A major coastal resort in violation of any requirement of this chapter is liable for a civil penalty of five hundred dollars ($500) per each day the violation continues. Any person, including the Attorney General or a district attorney, county counsel, or city attorney, may bring an action for the recovery of civil penalties under this section.
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196197 SEC. 4. Chapter 6.2 (commencing with Section 42380) is added to Part 3 of Division 30 of the Public Resources Code, to read:
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200- CHAPTER 6.2. Major Coastal Resorts42380. For purposes of this chapter, the following terms apply:(a) Major coastal resort shall have the same meaning as in Section 30750.(b) Organic waste shall have the same meaning as in Section 42649.8.42380.1. A major coastal resort shall not provide to guests any of the following:(a) Single-use plastic bottled beverages.(b) Nonrecyclable single-use coffee pods.(c) Plastic straws.(d) Single-use plastic bags as part of a retail sale transaction.(e) Any expanded polystyrene products or packaging.42380.2. A major coastal resort shall do both of the following:(a) Provide at least one recycling bin or container in each guest room, and in each individual unit of other guest lodging, such as a cabin or villa. The recycling bin or container shall meet all of the following requirements:(1) Is in the same area as a bin or container for nonrecyclable trash.(2) Is visible and easily accessible.(3) Is clearly marked with educational signage indicating what is appropriate to place in the recycling bin or container in accordance with state law and the local jurisdictions solid waste ordinances and practices.(b) Source separate recyclable materials, organic waste, and other solid waste.42380.3. A major coastal resort shall maintain records of its operations to comply with the requirements of this chapter. Records of past operations shall be preserved for three years. 42380.4. A major coastal resort in violation of any requirement of this chapter is liable for a civil penalty of five hundred dollars ($500) per each day the violation continues. Any person, including the Attorney General or a district attorney, county counsel, or city attorney, may bring an action for the recovery of civil penalties under this section. administrative penalties assessed by the department pursuant to Article 3 (commencing with Section 45010) of Chapter 1 of Part 5.
201+ CHAPTER 6.2. Major Coastal Resorts42380. For purposes of this chapter, the following terms apply:(a) Major coastal resort shall have the same meaning as in Section 30750.(b) Organic waste shall have the same meaning as in Section 42649.8.42380.1. A major coastal resort shall not provide to guests any of the following:(a) Single-use plastic bottled beverages.(b) Nonrecyclable single-use coffee pods.(c) Plastic straws.(d) Single-use plastic bags as part of a retail sale transaction.(e) Any expanded polystyrene products or packaging.42380.2. A major coastal resort shall do both of the following:(a) Provide at least one recycling bin or container in each guest room, and in each individual unit of other guest lodging, such as a cabin or villa. The recycling bin or container shall meet all of the following requirements:(1) Is in the same area as a bin or container for nonrecyclable trash.(2) Is visible and easily accessible.(3) Is clearly marked with educational signage indicating what is appropriate to place in the recycling bin or container in accordance with state law and the local jurisdictions solid waste ordinances and practices.(b) Source separate recyclable materials, organic waste, and other solid waste.42380.3. A major coastal resort shall maintain records of its operations to comply with the requirements of this chapter. Records of past operations shall be preserved for three years. 42380.4. A major coastal resort in violation of any requirement of this chapter is liable for a civil penalty of five hundred dollars ($500) per each day the violation continues. Any person, including the Attorney General or a district attorney, county counsel, or city attorney, may bring an action for the recovery of civil penalties under this section.
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202- CHAPTER 6.2. Major Coastal Resorts42380. For purposes of this chapter, the following terms apply:(a) Major coastal resort shall have the same meaning as in Section 30750.(b) Organic waste shall have the same meaning as in Section 42649.8.42380.1. A major coastal resort shall not provide to guests any of the following:(a) Single-use plastic bottled beverages.(b) Nonrecyclable single-use coffee pods.(c) Plastic straws.(d) Single-use plastic bags as part of a retail sale transaction.(e) Any expanded polystyrene products or packaging.42380.2. A major coastal resort shall do both of the following:(a) Provide at least one recycling bin or container in each guest room, and in each individual unit of other guest lodging, such as a cabin or villa. The recycling bin or container shall meet all of the following requirements:(1) Is in the same area as a bin or container for nonrecyclable trash.(2) Is visible and easily accessible.(3) Is clearly marked with educational signage indicating what is appropriate to place in the recycling bin or container in accordance with state law and the local jurisdictions solid waste ordinances and practices.(b) Source separate recyclable materials, organic waste, and other solid waste.42380.3. A major coastal resort shall maintain records of its operations to comply with the requirements of this chapter. Records of past operations shall be preserved for three years. 42380.4. A major coastal resort in violation of any requirement of this chapter is liable for a civil penalty of five hundred dollars ($500) per each day the violation continues. Any person, including the Attorney General or a district attorney, county counsel, or city attorney, may bring an action for the recovery of civil penalties under this section. administrative penalties assessed by the department pursuant to Article 3 (commencing with Section 45010) of Chapter 1 of Part 5.
203+ CHAPTER 6.2. Major Coastal Resorts42380. For purposes of this chapter, the following terms apply:(a) Major coastal resort shall have the same meaning as in Section 30750.(b) Organic waste shall have the same meaning as in Section 42649.8.42380.1. A major coastal resort shall not provide to guests any of the following:(a) Single-use plastic bottled beverages.(b) Nonrecyclable single-use coffee pods.(c) Plastic straws.(d) Single-use plastic bags as part of a retail sale transaction.(e) Any expanded polystyrene products or packaging.42380.2. A major coastal resort shall do both of the following:(a) Provide at least one recycling bin or container in each guest room, and in each individual unit of other guest lodging, such as a cabin or villa. The recycling bin or container shall meet all of the following requirements:(1) Is in the same area as a bin or container for nonrecyclable trash.(2) Is visible and easily accessible.(3) Is clearly marked with educational signage indicating what is appropriate to place in the recycling bin or container in accordance with state law and the local jurisdictions solid waste ordinances and practices.(b) Source separate recyclable materials, organic waste, and other solid waste.42380.3. A major coastal resort shall maintain records of its operations to comply with the requirements of this chapter. Records of past operations shall be preserved for three years. 42380.4. A major coastal resort in violation of any requirement of this chapter is liable for a civil penalty of five hundred dollars ($500) per each day the violation continues. Any person, including the Attorney General or a district attorney, county counsel, or city attorney, may bring an action for the recovery of civil penalties under this section.
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261+42380.4. A major coastal resort in violation of any requirement of this chapter is liable for a civil penalty of five hundred dollars ($500) per each day the violation continues. Any person, including the Attorney General or a district attorney, county counsel, or city attorney, may bring an action for the recovery of civil penalties under this section.