Existing law creates the Santa Clara County Open-Space Authority, and prescribes the jurisdiction and functions and duties of the authority. Existing law authorizes the authority, among other things, to acquire, hold, and dispose of real and personal property, within the authority's jurisdiction, necessary to the full exercise of its powers. Existing law further authorizes the authority to take by eminent domain any property necessary or convenient to accomplish the purposes of the authority, with the exception of lands in active ranching, lands in agricultural production, and lands in timberland production zones that are not threatened by imminent conversion to developed uses. Existing law provides that the maximum jurisdiction of the authority shall include all areas within the county, as provided.
California SB 422 (20152016) — Santa Clara Valley Open-Space Authority.
Existing law creates the Santa Clara County Open-Space Authority, and prescribes the jurisdiction and functions and duties of the authority. Existing law authorizes the authority, among other things, to acquire, hold, and dispose of real and personal property, within the authority's jurisdiction, necessary to the full exercise of its powers. Existing law further authorizes the authority to take by eminent domain any property necessary or convenient to accomplish the purposes of the authority, with the exception of lands in active ranching, lands in agricultural production, and lands in timberland production zones that are not threatened by imminent conversion to developed uses. Existing law provides that the maximum jurisdiction of the authority shall include all areas within the county, as provided.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
Do pass and be ordered to the Consent Calendar — 7–0 (pass) · upper
Sponsors
Monning — primary (person)
Beall — coauthor (person)
Mark Stone — coauthor (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
2015-02-25 Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. introduction, reading-1
2015-02-26 From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 28.
2015-03-05 Referred to Com. on GOV. & F. referral-committee
2015-03-27 Set for hearing April 15.
2015-04-06 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on GOV. & F. referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1
2015-04-07 April 15 set for first hearing canceled at the request of author.
2015-04-08 Set for hearing April 22.
2015-04-14 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on GOV. & F. referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1
2015-04-22 From committee: Do pass. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0. Page 725.) (April 22). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
2015-04-23 Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. reading-2, reading-1
2015-04-30 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 34. Noes 0. Page 843.) Ordered to the Assembly. reading-3, passage, reading-1
2015-04-30 In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. reading-1
2015-05-28 Referred to Com. on L. GOV. referral-committee
2015-06-17 From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (June 17). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage
2015-06-18 Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading. amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1
2015-06-19 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
2015-06-29 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 72. Noes 0. Page 2173.) Ordered to the Senate. reading-3, passage, reading-1
2015-06-29 In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
2015-07-01 Ordered to special consent calendar.
2015-07-06 Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 1790.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage
2015-07-08 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4:30 p.m.
2015-07-15 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
2015-07-15 Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 99, Statutes of 2015.
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/94743821-9d81-4fa7-87e6-f6c71f3201ff. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).