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ASSEMBLY BILL 713 (STIRLING – 1983)
CHAPTER 872, STATUTES OF 1983, AB 713
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Assembly Bill 713, a single-section bill, as enacted, only amended, repealed, and added section 21080 of the Public Resources Code relating to environmental quality exemptions. (See Exhibit #1e) Assembly Member Stirling introduced this legislation on February 17, 1983. (See Exhibit #1a)
Assembly Bill 713 was assigned to the Assembly Committee on Natural Resources where policy issues raised by the bill were considered. (See Exhibit #3) The fiscal ramifications of the bill were considered by the Assembly Committee on Ways and Means and the Senate Committee on Finance. (See Exhibits #2 and #4) Three amendments were made to Assembly Bill 713. (See Exhibits #1b, #1c, 1d, and #2) Subsequent to legislative approval, Governor Edmund G. Brown, Jr. signed the bill on September 16, 1983, and it was recorded by the Secretary of State on the same day as Chapter 872 of the Statutes of 1983. (See Exhibits #1e and #2)
Assembly Bill 713 contained an urgency clause that caused the bill to take effect immediately. (See Exhibit #1e, page 3190)
The Senate Republican Caucus’s analysis as Assembly Bill 713 was last amended summarized the legislation in the following manner:
This bill exempts the construction of an Olympic shooting range from the requirements of the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) until August 1, 1984, if the board of supervisors of the county in whose unincorporated area the shooting range is proposed to be located, or the city council of the city in which the shooting range is proposed to be located, expressly finds that it does not threaten significant damage to endangered species or inhibit access to other recreation facilities.
(See Exhibit #10, page 1)