Bill Text: CA AB110 | 2009-2010 | Regular Session | Enrolled

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Bill Title: Parks and open space: Rim of the Valley Trail Corridor:

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)

Status: (Passed) 2009-10-11 - Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 407, Statutes of 2009. [AB110 Detail]

Download: California-2009-AB110-Enrolled.html

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BILL NUMBER: AB 110	ENROLLED
	BILL TEXT

	PASSED THE SENATE  SEPTEMBER 2, 2009
	PASSED THE ASSEMBLY  JUNE 1, 2009

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Smyth
   (Coauthor: Senator Runner)

                        JANUARY 13, 2009

   An act to amend Section 33204.4 of the Public Resources Code,
relating to parks and open space.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 110, Smyth. Parks and open space: Rim of the Valley Trail
Corridor: boundary revisions.
   (1) Existing law provides that, if the Santa Monica Mountains
Conservancy determines, based on relevant scientific information and
land use planning studies, that a revision of the boundaries of the
Rim of the Valley Trail Corridor in the vicinity of Placerita Canyon
State Park east of Route 14, including Whitney Canyon, is necessary,
the executive director of the conservancy is required to prepare and
file with the Secretary of State and specified committees of the
Legislature, a revised map showing the changes in the boundaries of
the Rim of the Valley Trail Corridor.
   This bill, instead, would authorize the conservancy to revise the
boundaries of the Rim of the Valley Trail Corridor in the vicinity of
the City of Santa Clarita, including Whitney Canyon, Elsmere Canyon,
and their adjacent watersheds. An owner of property located in
Elsmere Canyon would be authorized to request of the conservancy that
his or her property be included within the boundaries of the Rim of
the Valley Trail Corridor. The conservancy, upon receipt of the
request, would be authorized, in accordance with specified
procedures, to revise the map showing the boundaries of the Rim of
the Valley Trail Corridor to include the property in Elsmere Canyon
that is the subject of the request. The bill would provide that the
above authorization to the property owner would not affect inclusion
of the property in the corridor pursuant to other provisions of law.
   (2) Existing law prohibits the provision related to the revision
of boundaries of the Rim of the Valley Trail Corridor from being
interpreted to affect any portion of Elsmere Canyon, or from
affecting the decision of whether to permit Elsmere Canyon as a solid
waste facility.
   The bill would delete that provision.
   (3) The bill also would make a technical, nonsubstantive change.


THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  SECTION 1.  Section 33204.4 of the Public Resources Code is amended
to read:
   33204.4.  (a) The Legislature finds and declares all of the
following:
   (1) The boundary of the Rim of the Valley Trail Corridor should be
determined exclusively upon the best scientific and resource-based
information regarding trail, recreational, and environmental
resources in the area.
   (2) Landowners, local government entities, members of the public,
and other affected parties should be afforded maximum participation
in the process by which the Rim of the Valley Trail Corridor is
delineated.
   (b) (1) Notwithstanding the requirements of Section 33105.5, if
the conservancy determines, based on relevant scientific information
and land use planning studies, and after holding at least one public
hearing in the area that would be affected by a revision of the
boundaries of the Rim of the Valley Trail Corridor, that a boundary
revision in the vicinity of the City of Santa Clarita, including
Whitney Canyon, Elsmere Canyon, and their adjacent watersheds, is
necessary, the executive director shall prepare and file with the
Secretary of State, the Assembly Committee on Natural Resources and
the Senate Committee on Natural Resources and Water, a revised map
showing the changes in the boundaries of the Rim of the Valley Trail
Corridor.
   (2) A revised map prepared pursuant to paragraph (1) shall be
supported by relevant scientific information and be in accordance
with the purposes and objectives of Section 33204.3.
   (3) (A) An owner of property located in Elsmere Canyon, at any
time, may request of the conservancy, in writing, that his or her
property be included within the boundaries of the Rim of the Valley
Trail Corridor. Upon receipt of the request, the conservancy may, in
accordance with the procedures prescribed in paragraphs (1) and (2),
revise the map showing the boundaries of the Rim of the Valley Trail
Corridor to include within the corridor the property in Elsmere
Canyon that is the subject of the request.
   (B) Subparagraph (A) does not affect the inclusion of the property
in the corridor pursuant to other provisions of this section or
other provisions of law.
   (c) Notwithstanding Section 33201, this section does not affect
the jurisdiction of the State Coastal Conservancy.