Section 1799.1 Of Chapter 7.9. Conservation Bank And Mitigation Bank Applications And Fees From California Fish And Game Code >> Division 2. >> Chapter 7.9.
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. (a) The department shall annually adjust the fees in this
chapter pursuant to Section 713.
(b) Moneys received pursuant to this chapter shall be deposited in
a separate dedicated account within the Fish and Game Preservation
Fund and expended for the purposes of this chapter.
(c) The department shall adopt and amend guidelines and criteria
to implement this chapter. The department shall develop these
guidelines and criteria in coordination with interested parties,
including, but not limited to, bank sponsors, conservation
organizations, and federal and state bank approving agencies. The
guidelines shall incorporate all relevant documents and program
guidance, including, but not limited to, the 2011 Memorandum of
Understanding approved by the United States Fish and Wildlife
Service, the United States Army Corps of Engineers, and the United
States Environmental Protection Agency, for the purpose of jointly
establishing a framework for developing and using combined or
coordinated approaches to mitigation and conservation banking in
California. Chapter 3.5 (commencing with Section 11340) of Part 1 of
Division 3 of Title 2 of the Government Code shall not apply to the
development, adoption, or amendment, of guidelines or criteria
pursuant to this section. The guidelines and criteria shall be posted
on the department's Internet Web site.
(d) The costs of a conservation and mitigation banking program,
including, but not limited to, costs incurred by the department
during its guideline adoption and review, approval, establishment,
monitoring, and oversight of banks, shall be reimbursed from revenues
of conservation and mitigation bank application fees imposed
pursuant to Sections 1798.5, 1798.6, and 1799.