Bill > SB109

This bill requires that when someone applies for a permit, approval, or other written authorization from a state department or agency, they must first request a consultation with the executive director of the Fish and Game Department, providing proposed conservation measures and their application details. The executive director then has 60 days to determine if the proposed measures meet conservation requirements, suggest additional measures, or explain why the proposal won't meet the requirements, with specific timelines for responses and a provision for automatic approval if the executive director fails to act within the set timeframe, as long as the applicant follows their own proposed conservation measures. Additionally, the bill mandates that rules for the Threatened and Endangered Species Compensatory Mitigation Fund, which is used to fund projects that benefit threatened and endangered species, must include provisions detailing when payments are required to be made to the fund and how those payments will be calculated.

Agriculture and Natural Resources

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