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HEARING - Consider the recommendations from the Legislative Program Committee meeting of February 27, 2006, as follows: (EST. TIME: 15 MIN.)
a) Receive a copy of two letters, sent in the matter of William Connell and the Veterans' tax exemption, to our local State Legislators and State Board of Equalization seeking clarification of the language, legislative intent, interpretation and application of California Public Code Section 16102;
b) Consider taking a position, without a recommendation from the Legislative Program Committee, for the following bills which ease State regulation of levee maintenance and flood control work;
i) AB 1877 (Nakanishi) as introduced on February 19, 2006. AB 1877 would amend Section 1602 of the Fish and Game Code to provide that if an entity proposes an activity that involves the routine maintenance of a levee or flood control system, and that proposed activity is substantially equivalent to a prior activity relating to that levee or flood control system that was conducted in accordance with Section 1602, the entity shall only be required to submit written notification regarding the proposed maintenance before undertaking the maintenance;
ii) AB 2026 (Aghazarian) as introduced on February 14, 2006. AB 2026 would exempt actions undertaken by the Reclamation Board in the Department of Water Resources ("Board") or local agencies for the routine maintenance of levees from the California Environmental Quality Act. Further, AB 2026 would amend Section 8608 of the Water Code to specify that the Board shall establish and enforce standards for the maintenance and operation of levees, channels, and other flood control works an in so doing shall give the highest consideration to its mission to protect the health and safety of the public and shall give due consideration to fish and wildlife, recreation, and environmental factors;
iii) AB 2029 (Villines) as introduced on February 14, 2006. AB 2029 adds to the definition ...
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