AB 391: Pollinator habitat conservation: funding.
- Session Year: 2021-2022
- House: Assembly
- Latest Version Date: 2021-08-26
Existing law authorizes the Department of Food and Agriculture to expend in accordance with law all money which is made available for its use. Existing law, the Apiary Protection Act, provides for the regulation and management of apiaries, including regulations for bees used in the pollination of agricultural crops.
This bill would, upon appropriation by the Legislature, allocate $5,000,000 from the General Fund to the department in order to provide funding to partner with the University of California Cooperative Extension, California resource conservation districts, and the United States Department of Agriculture Natural Resources Conservation Service to deliver technical assistance, assistance and outreach, and provide grants to incentivize participation in state and federal conservation programs where pollinator habitat and forage is established. The bill would make related findings and declarations. The bill would authorize the Department of Food and Agriculture to use the allocated moneys to pay for all reasonable administrative and implementation costs of the department relating to the bill.
Existing law authorizes the Department of Food and Agriculture to expend in accordance with law all money which is made available for its use. Existing law, the Apiary Protection Act, provides for the regulation and management of apiaries, including regulations for bees used in the pollination of agricultural crops.
This bill would, upon appropriation by the Legislature, allocate $5,000,000 from the General Fund to the department in order to provide funding to partner with the University of California Extension Services, University of California Cooperative Extension, California resource conservation districts, and the United States Department of Agriculture Natural Resources Conservation Service to deliver technical assistance, outreach, and provide grants to incentivize participation in state and federal conservation programs where pollinator habitat and forage is established. The bill would make related findings and declarations.
Existing law authorizes the Department of Food and Agriculture to expend in accordance with law all money which is made available for its use. Existing law, the Apiary Protection Act, provides for the regulation and management of apiaries, including regulations for bees used in the pollination of agricultural crops.
This bill would appropriate would, upon appropriation by the Legislature, allocate $5,000,000 from the General Fund to the department in order to provide funding to partner with the University of California Extension Services, California resource conservation districts, and the United States Department of Agriculture Natural Resources Conservation Service to deliver technical assistance, outreach, and provide grants to incentivize participation in state and federal conservation programs where pollinator habitat and forage is established. The bill would make related findings and declarations.
Existing law authorizes the Department of Food and Agriculture to expend in accordance with law all money which is made available for its use.
This bill would appropriate $5,000,000 from the General Fund to the department in order to provide funding to partner with the University of California Extension Services, California resource conservation districts, and the United States Department of Agriculture Natural Resources Conservation Service to deliver technical assistance, outreach, and provide grants to incentivize participation in state and federal conservation programs where pollinator habitat and forage is established. The bill would make related findings and declarations.
The Legislature finds and declares both of the following:
(a)Working lands offer an opportunity to expand habitat and forage for pollinators which will help sequester carbon and contribute to climate risk reduction.
(b)In order to engage growers in delivering solutions that benefit pollinators, funding is needed for activities that accelerate the adoption of conservation practices that integrate pollinator habitat and forage on working lands.
SEC. 2.Section 413 is added to the Food and Agricultural Code, immediately following Section 412, to read:413.(a)Upon appropriation by the Legislature, the sum of five million dollars ($5,000,000) is hereby allocated from the General Fund to the department in order to provide funding to partner with the University of California Cooperative Extension, California resource conservation districts, and the United States Department of Agriculture Natural Resources Conservation Service to deliver technical assistance and outreach and provide grants to incentivize participation in state and federal conservation programs where pollinator habitat and forage is established.
(b)The department may use moneys allocated pursuant to subdivision (a) to pay for all reasonable administrative and implementation costs incurred by the department relating to this section.
The Legislature finds and declares both of the following:
(a)Working lands offer an opportunity to expand habitat and forage for pollinators which will help sequester carbon and contribute to climate risk reduction.
(b)In order to engage growers in delivering solutions that benefit pollinators, funding is needed for activities that accelerate the adoption of conservation practices that integrate pollinator habitat and forage on working lands.
SEC. 2.Section 413 is added to the Food and Agricultural Code, immediately following Section 412, to read:413.Upon appropriation by the Legislature, the sum of five million dollars ($5,000,000) is hereby allocated from the General Fund to the department in order to provide funding to partner with the University of California Extension Services, University of California Cooperative Extension, California resource conservation districts, and the United States Department of Agriculture Natural Resources Conservation Service to deliver technical assistance and outreach and provide grants to incentivize participation in state and federal conservation programs where pollinator habitat and forage is established.
The Legislature finds and declares both of the following:
(a)Working lands offer an opportunity to expand habitat and forage for pollinators which will help sequester carbon and contribute to climate risk reduction.
(b)In order to engage growers in delivering solutions that benefit pollinators, funding is needed for activities that accelerate the adoption of conservation practices that integrate pollinator habitat and forage on working lands.
SEC. 2.The sum of five million dollars ($5,000,000) is hereby appropriated from the General Fund to the Department of Food and Agriculture in order to provide funding to partner with the University of California Extension Services, California resource conservation districts, and the United States Department of Agriculture Natural Resources Conservation Service to deliver technical assistance, outreach, and provide grants to incentivize participation in state and federal conservation programs where pollinator habitat and forage is established.SEC. 2.Section 413 is added to the Food and Agricultural Code, immediately following Section 412, to read:413.Upon appropriation by the Legislature, the sum of five million dollars ($5,000,000) is hereby allocated from the General Fund to the department in order to provide funding to partner with the University of California Extension Services, California resource conservation districts, and the United States Department of Agriculture Natural Resources Conservation Service to deliver technical assistance and outreach and provide grants to incentivize participation in state and federal conservation programs where pollinator habitat and forage is established.
The Legislature finds and declares both of the following:
(a)Working lands offer an opportunity to expand habitat and forage for pollinators which will help sequester carbon and contribute to climate risk reduction.
(b)In order to engage growers in delivering solutions that benefit pollinators, funding is needed for activities that accelerate the adoption of conservation practices that integrate pollinator habitat and forage on working lands.
SEC. 2.The sum of five million dollars ($5,000,000) is hereby appropriated from the General Fund to the Department of Food and Agriculture in order to provide funding to partner with the University of California Extension Services, California resource conservation districts, and the United States Department of Agriculture Natural Resources Conservation Service to deliver technical assistance, outreach, and provide grants to incentivize participation in state and federal conservation programs where pollinator habitat and forage is established.
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| Sep 9, 2021 | Ordered to inactive file at the request of Assembly Member Villapudua. |
| Sep 8, 2021 | In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. |
| Sep 8, 2021 | Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 2488.). |
| Sep 3, 2021 | Ordered to special consent calendar. |
| Aug 30, 2021 | Read second time. Ordered to third reading. |
| Aug 26, 2021 | From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (August 26). |
| Jul 5, 2021 | In committee: Referred to suspense file. |
| Jun 29, 2021 | From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on APPR. |
| Jun 17, 2021 | From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 4. Noes 0.) (June 17). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. |
| Jun 9, 2021 | Referred to Com. on AGRI. |
| Jun 2, 2021 | In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. |
| Jun 1, 2021 | Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 1759.) |
| May 25, 2021 | Read second time. Ordered to third reading. |
| May 24, 2021 | Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. |
| May 20, 2021 | From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (May 20). |
| Apr 28, 2021 | Coauthors revised. |
| Apr 15, 2021 | From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (April 15). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. |
| Feb 12, 2021 | Referred to Com. on AGRI. |
| Feb 3, 2021 | From printer. May be heard in committee March 5. |
| Feb 2, 2021 | Read first time. To print. |
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| Sep 8, 2021 | Special Consent AB391 | Senate Floor |
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| Jun 1, 2021 | AB 391 Villapudua Assembly Third Reading | Assembly Floor |
Passed |
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