CHAPTER 7. Fish and Wildlife Habitat Enhancement Act of 1984 [2600. - 2651.]

Chapter 7 added by Stats. 1984, Ch. 6, Sec. 1.

§§ 2600–2651 · 24 sections

1. ARTICLE 1. General Provisions §§ 2600–2602 · 3 sections

   • § 2600 This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the Fish and Wildlife Habitat Enhancement Act of 1984.
   • § 2601 (a) The fundamental requirement for healthy, vigorous populations of fish and wildlife is habitat. Without adequate habitat, efforts to conserve and manage…
   • § 2602 As used in this chapter, the following terms have the following meanings: (a) “Acquisition” means the acquisition of any interest in real property. (b)…
2. ARTICLE 2. Habitat Enhancement Program §§ 2620–2627 · 8 sections

   • § 2620 All money deposited in the Fish and Wildlife Habitat Enhancement Fund shall be available for appropriation by the Legislature for the following purposes: (a)…
   • § 2621 An annual amount, not to exceed one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000), may be appropriated from the funds available pursuant to subdivisions (a) and (d) of…
   • § 2622 An annual amount, not to exceed two hundred fifty thousand dollars ($250,000), may be appropriated from the funds available pursuant to subdivision (c) of…
   • § 2623 (a) None of the funds appropriated pursuant to this chapter may be encumbered for any purpose described in Section 1353. (b) Notwithstanding Sections 31105 and…
   • § 2624 Funds available pursuant to subdivision (b) of Section 2620 may be encumbered only for lands constituting habitat that is subject to destruction, drastic…
   • § 2625 No acquisition shall be undertaken with funds appropriated pursuant to Section 2620 and no grant of funds appropriated pursuant to subdivision (c) of Section…
   • § 2626 (a) All restoration projects which involve the expenditure of funds available pursuant to subdivision (c) of Section 2620 shall be reviewed in accordance with…
   • § 2627 (a) Funds granted pursuant to subdivision (c) of Section 2620 for any purpose, other than acquisition, shall not be encumbered by the recipient until the…
3. ARTICLE 3. Fiscal Provisions §§ 2640–2651 · 13 sections

   • § 2640 Bonds in the total amount of eighty-five million dollars ($85,000,000), or so much thereof as is necessary, may be issued and sold to provide a fund to be used…
   • § 2641 There shall be collected each year and in the same manner and at the same time as other state revenue is collected such a sum in addition to the ordinary…
   • § 2642 There is hereby appropriated from the General Fund in the State Treasury for the purpose of this chapter, such an amount as will equal the following: (a) Such…
   • § 2643 The proceeds of bonds issued and sold pursuant to this chapter shall be deposited in the Fish and Wildlife Habitat Enhancement Fund, which is hereby created.…
   • § 2644 For the purposes of carrying out the provisions of this article, the Director of Finance may, pursuant to appropriate authority in each annual Budget Act,…
   • § 2644.5 Notwithstanding any other provision of this bond act, or of the State General Obligation Bond Law (Chapter 4 (commencing with Section 16720) of Part 3 of…
   • § 2645 All proposed appropriations for the program shall be included in a section in the Budget Bill for the 1984–85 fiscal year and each succeeding fiscal year for…
   • § 2646 The bonds authorized by this chapter shall be prepared, executed, issued, sold, paid, and redeemed as provided in the State General Obligation Bond Law…
   • § 2647 Solely for the purpose of authorizing the issuance and sale, pursuant to the State General Obligation Bond Law (Chapter 4 (commencing with Section 16720) of…
   • § 2648 All money deposited in the fund which is derived from premium and accrued interest on bonds sold shall be reserved in the fund and shall be available for…
   • § 2649 Commencing with the Budget Bill for the 1995-96 fiscal year, the balance remaining in the fund may be appropriated by the Legislature for expenditure, without…
   • § 2650 The Legislature hereby finds and declares that, inasmuch as the proceeds from the sale of bonds authorized by this chapter are not “proceeds of taxes” as that…
   • § 2651 If any provision of this chapter or the application thereof to any person or circumstances is held invalid, such invalidity shall not affect other provisions…