California State Safe Harbor Agreement Program Act: notice.

Existing law, the California State Safe Harbor Agreement Program Act, establishes a program to encourage landowners to manage their lands voluntarily, by means of state safe harbor agreements approved by the Department of Fish and Wildlife, to benefit endangered, threatened, or candidate species without being subject to additional regulatory restrictions as a result of their conservation efforts. Existing law requires a participating landowner to provide the department, its contractors, or agents with access to the land or water proposed to be enrolled in the agreement to develop the agreement, determine the baseline conditions, monitor the effectiveness of management actions, or safely remove or salvage species proposed to be taken. Existing law requires the department to provide notice to the landowner at least 7 days before accessing the land or water for these purposes. This bill would increase the notice period to the landowner to at least 7 business days.