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BILL HISTORY
2000
Feb. 3 In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk.
Jan. 31 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 21. Noes 8. Page 3607.) To
Assembly.
Jan. 27 From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 12. Noes 0. Page 3550.)
Read second time. Amended. To third reading.
SB 241 Article 2.5. Oil Platforms as Artificial Reefs
As AMENDED IN SENATE JANUARY 27, 2000
http://info.sen.ca.gov/pub/bill/sen/sb_0201-0250/sb_241_bill_20000127_amended_sen.html
6426. If the responsible state and federal agencies approve the
partial decommissioning of one or more oil platforms or production
facilities, allowing a platform or facility to remain in place as an
artificial reef, the department shall establish each artificial reef
location as a nature preserve, prohibit all fishing or removal of any
marine life from the nature preserve by anyone except for
mariculture and take for research purposes, and establish penalties
for violation of that prohibition.
2) Existing law provides that, unless otherwise specified, any
violation of the Fish and Game Code is a misdemeanor.
By requiring the department to prohibit fishing in designated
areas and to establish penalties for violations of that prohibition,
the bill would create a crime, thereby constituting a state-mandated
local program.