republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20152016/sb-83.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Public Resources."
description: "(1) Existing law regulates real property acquired and operated by the state as wildlife management areas, and requires the Department of Fish and Wildlife, when income is directly derived from that real property, as provided, to annually pay to the county in which the property is located an amount equal to the county taxes levied upon the property at the time it was transferred to the state. Existing law further requires the department to pay the assessments levied upon the property by any irrigation, drainage, or reclamation district, and requires all of those payments to be made from funds available to the department."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20152016"
identifier: "SB 83"
citation: "California SB 83 (20152016)"
classification: ["bill", "appropriation"]
subjects: ["Public Resources."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Committee on Budget and Fiscal Review"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 22
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2015-01-09"
last_action: "2015-06-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/39936990-5762-4685-b03d-a387c18f35a2"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB83"
source_hash: "53cfcbe21f3acf65a14373ee2b080796eb86580a58083429b9f33b8b3967b35a"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ca"]
---

# California SB 83 (20152016) — Public Resources.

(1) Existing law regulates real property acquired and operated by the state as wildlife management areas, and requires the Department of Fish and Wildlife, when income is directly derived from that real property, as provided, to annually pay to the county in which the property is located an amount equal to the county taxes levied upon the property at the time it was transferred to the state. Existing law further requires the department to pay the assessments levied upon the property by any irrigation, drainage, or reclamation district, and requires all of those payments to be made from funds available to the department.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **01/09/15 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB83&version=20150SB8399INT)
2. **06/16/15 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB83&version=20150SB8398AMD)
3. **06/17/15 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB83&version=20150SB8397AMD)
4. **06/24/15 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB83&version=20150SB8395CHP)
5. **SB83** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB83)
6. **06/22/15 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB83&version=20150SB8396ENR)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading SB83 Committee On B. & F.R. — **23–13** (pass) · upper
- SB 83 B. & F. R. Senate Third Reading By WEBER — **52–28** (pass) · lower
- W/O REF. TO FILE SB83 Committee on Budget and Fiscal Review By Leno Concurrence — **25–14** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Committee on Budget and Fiscal Review — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2015-01-09** Introduced. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction`
- **2015-01-12** From printer. May be acted upon on or after February 11.
- **2015-01-12** Read first time. `reading-1`
- **2015-02-05** Referred to Com. on RLS. `referral-committee`
- **2015-03-18** From committee: Ordered to second reading. `committee-passage`
- **2015-03-19** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2015-03-23** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 23. Noes 13. Page 380.) Ordered to the Assembly. `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2015-03-23** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
- **2015-03-23** Referred to Com. on BUDGET. `referral-committee`
- **2015-06-16** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on BUDGET. `referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1`
- **2015-06-17** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on BUDGET. `referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1`
- **2015-06-19** Assembly Rule 96 suspended.
- **2015-06-19** Withdrawn from committee.
- **2015-06-19** Ordered to third reading.
- **2015-06-19** Assembly Rule 63 suspended.
- **2015-06-19** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 52. Noes 28. Page 2052.) Ordered to the Senate. `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2015-06-19** In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
- **2015-06-19** Unanimous consent granted to take up without reference to file.
- **2015-06-19** Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 25. Noes 14. Page 1511.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2015-06-23** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
- **2015-06-24** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2015-06-24** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 24, Statutes of 2015.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/39936990-5762-4685-b03d-a387c18f35a2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).