How AB 706 changes current law

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This bill amends 2 section(s) of the California codes: Section 4629.6 of the Public Resources Code; Section 4629.8 of the Public Resources Code.

• Section 4629.6 of the Public Resources Code

  (f)(1)As a loan to the Department of Fish and Wildlife for activities to address environmental damage occurring on forest lands resulting from marijuana cultivation. Not more than five hundred thousand dollars ($500,000) may be loaned from the fund in a fiscal year pursuant to this paragraph. This paragraph shall become inoperative on July 1, 2017.(2)Any funds deposited into the fund pursuant to subdivision (d) or (f) of Section 12025 or subdivision (b), (c), (e), or (f) of Section 12025.1 of the Fish and Game Code shall be credited toward loan repayment.(3)Moneys from the General Fund shall not be used to repay a loan authorized pursuant to this subdivision. (g) (h) (i) → SEC. 2.5. Section 4629.6 of the Public Resources Code is amended to read: (f) To fund costs directly associated with only the administration, staffing, and creation of the “FOREST Fund” and “FOREST Program” as defined in Section 4773.1, not to exceed the fee revenue allocated for these purposes.(g) To support demonstration state forests, as a supplemental source, if necessary, to the moneys provided by the Forest Resources Improvement Fund, as established pursuant to Section 4799.13, as needed. (h) (i) (j)

  amended

• Section 4629.8 of the Public Resources Code

  (i), (b) → SEC. 3.5. Section 4629.8 of the Public Resources Code is amended to read: (j), (b) A purpose identified in a lower priority paragraph of subdivision (a) shall not receive an appropriation, allocation, transfer, encumbrance, or expenditure from the fund in a fiscal year unless each purpose identified in the higher priority paragraphs of subdivision (a) has first been funded for that fiscal year. (c)

  amended