Bill Text: CA AB2081 | 2013-2014 | Regular Session | Enrolled

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Bill Title: Agricultural historical resources.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Vetoed) 2014-09-26 - Vetoed by Governor. [AB2081 Detail]

Download: California-2013-AB2081-Enrolled.html

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BILL NUMBER: AB 2081	ENROLLED
	BILL TEXT

	PASSED THE SENATE  AUGUST 11, 2014
	PASSED THE ASSEMBLY  AUGUST 19, 2014
	AMENDED IN SENATE  AUGUST 5, 2014
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  MAY 13, 2014
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  APRIL 22, 2014

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Daly

                        FEBRUARY 20, 2014

   An act to amend Section 5021 of, and to add Section 5027.5 to, the
Public Resources Code, relating to historical resources.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 2081, Daly. Agricultural historical resources.
   Existing law establishes the State Historical Resources Commission
and the California Register of Historical Resources. Existing law
requires the Department of Parks and Recreation to consider all
recommendations for registration made by the commission, and requires
the department to register, as state historical landmarks, those
buildings, structures, sites, or places that the department deems to
be important historical resources.
   This bill would provide that, for these purposes, the term "places"
includes, but is not limited to, living and producing vineyards,
orchards, and groves. The bill would authorize an agricultural
historical resource, such as a living and producing vineyard,
orchard, or grove, to be treated or modified as per routine
agricultural husbandry practices.


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

  SECTION 1.  Section 5021 of the Public Resources Code is amended to
read:
   5021.  (a) The department shall consider all recommendations for
registration made by the commission, and shall register, as state
historical landmarks, those buildings, structures, sites, or places
that the department deems to be important historical resources and
shall register, as points of historical interest, those buildings,
structures, sites, or places that the department deems to be
historical resources of sufficient historical interest to qualify for
the placement of signs pursuant to Section 5022.5. The commission
shall maintain a register that shall identify by number and
description historical landmarks and points of historical interest.
   (b) The department may publish results of office and field
archaeological investigation annually and shall issue additional
publications, such as detailed site reports and area resource
reports, as necessary, to inform the public and educational
institutions.
   (c) For the purposes of this section, "places" includes, but is
not limited to, living and producing vineyards, orchards, and groves.

  SEC. 2.  Section 5027.5 is added to the Public Resources Code, to
read:
   5027.5.  An agricultural historical resource, such as a living and
producing vineyard, orchard, or grove, may be treated or modified as
per routine agricultural husbandry practices, including, but not
limited to, cultivation, pruning, installation of new irrigation or
trellising systems, replanting, or removal.