California Fish and Game Code

§ 1797

FGC § 1797 Effective Jan 1, 2013Div. 2 · Ch. 7.9

Statute text

The Legislature finds and declares as follows:

(a)Mitigation banks and conservation banks provide for the conservation of important habitats and habitat linkages, take advantage of economies of scale that are often not available to individualized mitigation projects, and simplify the state regulatory compliance process while achieving conservation goals.

(b)The department authorizes the establishment of private and public conservation and mitigation banks that can provide viable consolidated mitigation for adverse impacts caused by projects. Banks sell habitat or species credits to project proponents having mitigation responsibilities that require compensation for impacts to wetlands, threatened or endangered species, and other sensitive resources. The state policy on conservation banks was established in 1995 by the Natural Resources Agency and the California Environmental Protection Agency.

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Legislative history

Added by Stats. 2012, Ch. 565, Sec. 14. (SB 1148) Effective January 1, 2013.