Renewable energy: Department of Fish and Game: expedited permitting.
(1) The California Endangered Species Act (CESA) requires the Fish and Game Commission to establish a list of endangered species and a list of threatened species, and requires the Department of Fish and Game to recommend, and the commission to adopt, criteria for determining if a species is endangered or threatened. CESA authorizes the department to authorize the take of threatened species, endangered species, or candidate species by permit if certain requirements are met. CESA authorizes the department, in consultation with the State Energy Resources Conservation and Development Commission (Energy Commission) and, to the extent practicable, the United States Fish and Wildlife Service and the United States Bureau of Land Management, to design and implement actions to protect, restore, or enhance the habitat of plants and wildlife that can be used to fully mitigate the impacts of the take of endangered, threatened, or candidate species resulting from certain solar thermal and photovoltaic powerplants in the planning area of the Desert Renewable Energy Conservation Plan.
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SB 16
California SB 16 (20112012)
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Renewable energy: Department of Fish and Game: expedited permitting.
California SB 16 (20112012) — Renewable energy: Department of Fish and Game: expedited permitting.
(1) The California Endangered Species Act (CESA) requires the Fish and Game Commission to establish a list of endangered species and a list of threatened species, and requires the Department of Fish and Game to recommend, and the commission to adopt, criteria for determining if a species is endangered or threatened. CESA authorizes the department to authorize the take of threatened species, endangered species, or candidate species by permit if certain requirements are met. CESA authorizes the department, in consultation with the State Energy Resources Conservation and Development Commission (Energy Commission) and, to the extent practicable, the United States Fish and Wildlife Service and the United States Bureau of Land Management, to design and implement actions to protect, restore, or enhance the habitat of plants and wildlife that can be used to fully mitigate the impacts of the take of endangered, threatened, or candidate species resulting from certain solar thermal and photovoltaic powerplants in the planning area of the Desert Renewable Energy Conservation Plan.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
2010-12-06 Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. introduction, reading-1
2010-12-07 From printer. May be acted upon on or after January 6.
2011-01-20 Referred to Com. on RLS. referral-committee
2011-02-15 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on RLS. reading-2, reading-1, committee-passage, amendment-passage, referral-committee
2011-02-24 Re-referred to Com. on N.R. & W. referral-committee
2011-03-11 Set for hearing March 22.
2011-03-25 From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 6. Noes 1. Page 416.) (March 22). amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2011-03-29 Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage, referral-committee
2011-04-01 Set for hearing April 11.
2011-04-11 From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 5. Noes 3. Page 599.) (April 11). amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2011-04-12 Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage
2011-05-27 Read third time and amended. reading-3, reading-1, amendment-passage
2011-05-27 Ordered to second reading.
2011-05-31 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
2011-06-01 Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed. (Ayes 36. Noes 4. Page 1230.) Ordered to the Assembly. reading-3, reading-1, passage
2011-06-02 In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. reading-1
2011-06-16 Referred to Com. on W., P. & W. referral-committee
2011-06-29 From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (June 28). amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2011-06-30 Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage, referral-committee
2011-08-18 From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 12. Noes 5.) (August 17). amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2011-08-22 Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading. reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage
2011-08-23 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
2011-08-25 Read third time and amended. (Page 2589.) reading-3, reading-1, amendment-passage