Coastal resources: coastal development permits: fees.
Existing law, the California Coastal Act of 1976, requires any person wishing to perform or undertake any development in the coastal zone, as defined, in addition to obtaining any other permit required by law from any local government or from any state, regional, or local agency, to obtain a coastal development permit, as provided. The act further provides for the certification of local coastal programs by the California Coastal Commission. The act prohibits the commission, except as provided, from exercising its coastal development permit review authority, as specified, over any new development within the area to which the certified local coastal program, or any portion thereof, applies. Existing law requires a local government, if it has been delegated authority to issue coastal development permits, to recover any costs incurred from fees charged to individual permit applicants. Existing law authorizes the local government to elect to not levy fees, as provided.
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California Legislature
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AB 2160
California AB 2160 (20212022)
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Coastal resources: coastal development permits: fees.
California AB 2160 (20212022) — Coastal resources: coastal development permits: fees.
Existing law, the California Coastal Act of 1976, requires any person wishing to perform or undertake any development in the coastal zone, as defined, in addition to obtaining any other permit required by law from any local government or from any state, regional, or local agency, to obtain a coastal development permit, as provided. The act further provides for the certification of local coastal programs by the California Coastal Commission. The act prohibits the commission, except as provided, from exercising its coastal development permit review authority, as specified, over any new development within the area to which the certified local coastal program, or any portion thereof, applies. Existing law requires a local government, if it has been delegated authority to issue coastal development permits, to recover any costs incurred from fees charged to individual permit applicants. Existing law authorizes the local government to elect to not levy fees, as provided.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 7–3 (pass) · lower
AB 2160 Bennett Assembly Third Reading — 51–13 (pass) · lower
3rd Reading AB2160 Bennett By Allen — 31–9 (pass) · upper
Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 7–2 (pass) · upper
Sponsors
Bennett — primary (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
2022-02-15 Introduced. To print. introduction
2022-02-16 From printer. May be heard in committee March 18.
2022-02-24 Referred to Com. on NAT. RES. referral-committee
2022-03-29 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on NAT. RES. Read second time and amended. amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2
2022-03-30 Re-referred to Com. on NAT. RES. referral-committee
2022-04-05 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 3.) (April 4). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
2022-04-27 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 11. Noes 4.) (April 27). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2022-04-28 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
2022-05-05 Read third time and amended. Ordered to third reading. (Page 4568.) amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-3
2022-05-12 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 51. Noes 13. Page 4652.) passage, reading-1, reading-3
2022-05-12 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
2022-05-25 Referred to Com. on N.R. & W. referral-committee
2022-06-14 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 2.) (June 14). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
2022-08-08 From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. committee-passage, reading-2
2022-08-09 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
2022-08-22 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 31. Noes 9. Page 4955.). passage, reading-1, reading-3
2022-08-22 In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling. committee-passage
2022-08-29 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3:30 p.m.
2022-09-13 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
2022-09-13 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 280, Statutes of 2022. became-law
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/88225e6c-e1ba-4996-8849-e534ec144174. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).