CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE— 2019–2020 REGULAR SESSION

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Introduced by Assembly Member Brough

February 21, 2020

An act to amend Section 21080.19 of the Public Resources Code, relating to environmental quality.

Vote: majority   Appropriation: no   Fiscal committee: no   Local program: no

LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL’S DIGEST

Existing law, the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA), requires a lead agency, as defined, to prepare, or cause to be prepared, and certify completion of an environmental impact report on a project that it proposes to carry out or approve that may have a significant effect on the environment, or to adopt a negative declaration or mitigated negative declaration, as specified, if it finds that the project will not have that effect. CEQA includes exemptions from its environmental review requirements for numerous categories of projects, as prescribed. CEQA exempts from its environmental review requirements projects for restriping of streets or highways to relieve traffic congestion.

This bill would make a nonsubstantive change to this exemption provision.

The people of the State of California do enact as follows:

SECTION 1.

Section 21080.19 of the Public Resources Code is amended to read:

21080.19.

This division does shall not apply to a project for restriping of streets or highways to relieve traffic congestion.