Bill Text: CA AB66 | 2023-2024 | Regular Session | Amended
Bill Title: Natural Resources Agency: water storage projects: permit approval.
Spectrum: Strong Partisan Bill (Republican 10-1)
Status: (Failed) 2024-02-01 - From committee: Filed with the Chief Clerk pursuant to Joint Rule 56. [AB66 Detail]
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CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE—
2023–2024 REGULAR SESSION
Assembly Bill
No. 66
| Introduced by Assembly Member Mathis (Coauthors: Assembly Members Alanis, Megan Dahle, Chen, Dixon, Flora, Gallagher, Lackey, Low, and Waldron) (Coauthor: Senator Jones) |
December 06, 2022 |
An act to add Section 12805.7 to the Government Code, relating to water.
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
AB 66, as amended, Mathis.
Natural Resources Agency: water storage projects: permit approval.
Existing law establishes the Natural Resources Agency, composed of departments, boards, conservancies, and commissions responsible for the restoration, protection, and management of the state’s natural and cultural resources. Existing law establishes in the agency the Department of Water Resources, which manages and undertakes planning with regard to water resources in the state.
This bill would require the agency, and each department, board, conservancy, and commission within the agency, to take all reasonable steps to approve the necessary permits for specified projects that meet certain employment conditions within 180 days from receiving a complete
permit application, and would deem those permits approved if approval does not occur within this time
period. application. The bill would require the department, board, conservancy, or commission responsible for issuing a permit to post updates on its internet website for each permit application explaining how the permit approval process is progressing and the estimated time until the permit is approved.
Digest Key
Vote: MAJORITY Appropriation: NO Fiscal Committee: YES Local Program: NOBill Text
The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
SECTION 1.
Section 12805.7 is added to the Government Code, to read:12805.7.
(a)(2)If the permit approval does not occur within this time period, the permit shall be deemed approved.
(b) This section shall apply only if either of the following conditions are met:
(1) All construction work on the project is governed by a project labor agreement.
(2) All contractors and subcontractors performing construction work on the project are required to use a skilled and trained workforce to perform work within an apprenticeable
occupation in the building and construction trades.
(c) For purposes of this section, the following definitions apply:
(1) “Project labor agreement” means a prehire collective bargaining agreement that establishes terms and conditions of employment for a specific construction project or projects and is an agreement described in Section 158 of Title 29 of the United States Code.
(2) “Skilled and trained workforce” has the same meaning as provided in Section 2601 of the Public Contract Code.
(d) The department, board, conservancy, or commission responsible for issuing a permit as described in this
section shall post updates for each permit application on its internet website explaining how the permit approval process is progressing and the estimated time until the permit is approved.
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(e) To the extent this section is inconsistent or in conflict with any other provision of law, this section shall prevail.
