Title
Adopt Resolution authorizing the Director of the Parks Department, or designee, to apply for Mussel Fee Grant Funds from the California Department of Boating and Waterways and to negotiate and execute a grant agreement with the Department to receive and expend said funds to implement the mussel prevention program at Lakes Nacimiento and San Antonio.
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RECOMMENDATION:
It is recommended that the Board of Supervisors adopt a resolution authorizing the Director of the Parks Department, or designee, to apply for Mussel Fee Grant Funds from the California Department of Boating and Waterways and to negotiate and execute a grant agreement with the Department to receive and expend said funds to implement the mussel prevention program at Lakes Nacimiento and San Antonio.
SUMMARY:
On or about September 23, 2012, the Governor of the State of California signed into law key quagga and zebra mussel legislation amending both the Vehicle Code and the Harbors and Navigation Code (the "Amendments") as follows: (1) the Harbors and Navigation Code (Sections 675 - 677) now authorizes the Department of Boating and Waterways ("Department") to establish quagga and zebra mussel infestation prevention fees; and (2) the Vehicle Code (Sections 9853, 9860, and 9863) now authorizes the Department of Motor Vehicles ("DMV") to collect the quagga and zebra mussel infestation prevention fees upon vessel registration or upon issuance of a certificate of number in the amount established by the Department.
Pursuant to these Amendments, all funds derived from the imposition of the quagga and zebra mussel prevention fee under Section 9853 or Section 9860 of the Vehicle Code, must be distributed as specified in Section 676 of the Harbors and Navigation Code, which also allows for such funds to be made available for grants to entities subject to subdivision (a) of Section 2302 of the Fish and Game Code for the reasonable regulatory costs incident to the implementation of a dreisse...
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