§ 7100. — 7100. (Added by Stats. 2023, Ch. 386, Sec. 1.)

(a)
Notwithstanding Section 6217, the commission shall deposit revenue generated from an offshore wind energy project lease in the Offshore Wind Energy Resiliency Fund, which is hereby created in the State Treasury. Moneys in the fund shall be available, upon appropriation by the Legislature, for the purposes described in paragraph (7) of subdivision (c) of Section 30616.
(b)
The commission or a local trustee of granted public trust lands, when issuing a lease for purposes of an offshore wind energy project, shall consider including within the lease reasonable compensatory mitigation for unavoidable impacts to fishing and tribal interests pursuant to Section 30616. In considering the inclusion of reasonable compensatory mitigation, the
commission or a local trustee of granted public trust lands shall consider the recommendations for reasonable compensatory mitigation made by the California Offshore Wind Energy Fisheries Working Group established pursuant to Section 30616, including the working group’s recommendations for a payment structure to reasonably compensate commercial, tribal, and recreational fisheries and impacted commercial fish processors for unavoidable impacts associated with offshore wind energy projects.

Legislative History

Added by Stats. 2023, Ch. 386, Sec. 1. (SB 286) Effective January 1, 2024.