Mike McGuire
- Democratic
- Senator
- District 2
Author
Existing law, the Special Occupancy Parks Act, establishes requirements for the construction, maintenance, occupancy, use, and design of special occupancy parks. Existing law defines "special occupancy park" to mean a recreational vehicle park, temporary recreational vehicle park, incidental camping area, or tent camp. This bill would specify that, for purposes of that act, a special occupancy park does not include a low-impact camping area, as specified, that is located in a county that has enacted an ordinance, as specified, authorizing low-impact camping. The bill would define a "low-impact camping area" to mean any area of private property that provides for the transient occupancy rental of a temporary sleeping accommodation, as defined, for recreational purposes that is not a commercial lodging facility and meets specified requirements. The bill would require the county in which the low-impact camping area is located to enforce some of those requirements, relating to waste disposal and quiet hours, as specified. The bill would require that a county that has authorized low-impact camping to take specified actions, including, among others, to establish a registry of low-impact camping areas, as specified. The bill would require the provisions relating to low-impact camping areas to be in effect only until January 1, 2026, unless certain conditions are met. Existing law, the California Tourism Marketing Act, provides for the California Travel and Tourism Commission, a nonprofit mutual benefit corporation, and authorizes the commission to require businesses to pay an assessment for the purpose of increasing the number of persons traveling to and within California. The act authorizes the commission by written contract to accept a voluntary assessment from any person in a travel- and tourism-related business who is not an assessed business. Existing law also authorizes an assessed business to pass on some or all of the assessment to customers. Existing law exempts a business from assessments under the act if certain conditions apply, including if the business is a small business, which is defined to mean a business location with less than $1,000,000 in total California gross annual revenue from all sources, as specified. This bill would modify the definition of small business to mean a business with less than one million dollars ($1,000,000) in total California gross annual revenue from all sources, as specified. The bill would require the Director of the Office of Tourism to seek to enter into voluntary agreements with online hosting platforms, as defined, to impose, collect, and remit a tourism assessment equal to at least 2% of the total cost of each booking for low-impact camping areas, as specified. The bill would require the Director of the Office of Tourism to provide certain related information to the Director of Finance. The bill would establish the Rural Tourism Marketing Fund, which would be continuously appropriated, and would require that the revenues deposited in the fund consist only of assessments received by the Office of Tourism as described above. By establishing a continuously appropriated fund, this bill would make an appropriation. This bill would declare that it is to take effect immediately as an urgency statute.
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (August 28).
Joint Rule 62(a) suspended.
Read third time and amended.
Re-referred to Com. on A., E., S., & T. pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.2.
Ordered to third reading.
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading.
From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (August 15).
August 7 set for second hearing. Placed on suspense file.
August 23 set for first hearing canceled at the request of author.
Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (July 12).
Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 1303.) Ordered to the Assembly.
In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk.
Ordered to special consent calendar.
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0. Page 1177.) (May 18).
Set for hearing May 18.
May 1 hearing: Placed on APPR suspense file.
Set for hearing May 1.
Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 10. Noes 0. Page 797.) (April 18).
Set for hearing April 18.
From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on HOUSING.
From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on RLS.
From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 18.
Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print.
| Bill Text Versions | Format |
|---|---|
| SB620 | HTML |
| 02/15/23 - Introduced | |
| 03/22/23 - Amended Senate | |
| 04/11/23 - Amended Senate | |
| 04/20/23 - Amended Senate | |
| 07/13/23 - Amended Assembly | |
| 08/19/24 - Amended Assembly | |
| 08/23/24 - Amended Assembly |
| Document | Format |
|---|---|
| 04/13/23- Senate Housing | |
| 04/28/23- Senate Appropriations | |
| 05/20/23- Sen. Floor Analyses | |
| 07/10/23- Assembly Housing and Community Development | |
| 08/05/24- Assembly Appropriations | |
| 08/21/24- ASSEMBLY FLOOR ANALYSIS | |
| 08/27/24- Assembly Arts, Entertainment, Sports, and Tourism | |
| 08/29/24- ASSEMBLY FLOOR ANALYSIS |
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