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AB-2393 Environmental protection: Natural Resources Agency: coastal adaptation projects: sea level rise: regulatory review and permitting: report.(2019-2020)



As Amends the Law Today


SECTION 1.
 This measure shall be known, and may be cited, as the Coastal Adaptation Permitting Act of 2020.

SEC. 2.

 Section 71160 is added to the Public Resources Code, to read:

71160.
 (a) The agency shall explore and may implement options within the agency’s jurisdiction to establish a more coordinated and efficient regulatory review and permitting process for coastal adaptation projects.
(b) (1) By July 1, 2022, the agency shall report to the Legislature on suggestions and recommendations for improving and expediting the regulatory review and permitting process for coastal adaptation projects.
(2) The requirement for submitting a report imposed under this subdivision is inoperative on January 1, 2025, pursuant to Section 10231.5 of the Government Code.
(3) The report to be submitted pursuant to this subdivision shall be submitted in compliance with Section 9795 of the Government Code.
(c) For purposes of this section, “coastal adaptation projects” means activities intended or designed to address, mitigate, or prevent the adverse social and economic effects of sea level rise.