AB 1824 · Housing Laws Navigator
Bills · 2019-2020 Session

AB 1824

California Environmental Quality Act: exemption for closure of railroad grade crossing.Ch. 466, Stats. 2019 · chaptered 2019-10-02 · Current law

Key provisions · Claude summary of the digest, not bill text

Until January 1, 2025, exempted from CEQA the closure of railroad grade crossings ordered by the Public Utilities Commission for public safety.

  • CEQA exemption. Exempted from CEQA, until January 1, 2025, PUC-ordered closures of railroad grade crossings found to threaten public safety.
  • High-speed rail excluded. Excluded crossings for high-speed rail or High-Speed Rail Authority projects from the exemption.
  • Notice of exemption. Required the lead agency to file the notice of exemption with specified public entities, and made related clarifying and cleanup changes.

Paraphrased from the Legislative Counsel’s Digest. Check the bill text before relying on it.

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SEC. 1

Section 11011 of the Government Code is amended to read:

SEC. 1.5

Section 11011 of the Government Code is amended to read:

SEC. 2In the navigator:§ 65589.4changes

Section 65589.4 of the Government Code is amended to read:

SEC. 3In the navigator:§ 21080.14changes

Section 21080.14 is added to the Public Resources Code, to read:

SEC. 4In the navigator:§ 21080.21changes

Section 21080.21 of the Public Resources Code is amended to read:

SEC. 5

Section 21099 of the Public Resources Code is amended to read:

SEC. 6

Section 21108 of the Public Resources Code is amended to read:

SEC. 7

Section 21152 of the Public Resources Code is amended to read:

SEC. 8

Section 21152.1 of the Public Resources Code is amended to read:

SEC. 9

Section 21161 of the Public Resources Code is amended to read:

SEC. 10

Section 21177 of the Public Resources Code is amended to read:

SEC. 11

Section 1.5 of this bill incorporates amendments to Section 11011 of the Government Code proposed by both this bill and Assembly Bill 869. That section of this bill shall only become operative if (1) both bills are enacted and become effective on or before January 1, 2020, (2) each bill amends Section 11011 of the Government Code, and (3) this bill is enacted after Assembly Bill 869, in which case Section 1 of this bill shall not become operative.

SEC. 12. No reimbursement is required by this act pursuant to Section 6 of Article XIII B of the California Constitution because a local agency or school district has the authority to levy service charges, fees, or assessments sufficient to pay for the program or level of service mandated by this act, within the meaning of Section 17556 of the Government Code.

Source: LegiScan API, chaptered text of AB 1824 (2019-2020 Session).

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