AB 2082 Summary

• Prohibits persons from constructing, placing, maintaining, owning, using, or possessing structures or facilities on state lands under the State Lands Commission's jurisdiction without first obtaining necessary easements, leases, or permits from the commission.

• Establishes civil penalties of not more than $1,000 per day or up to 60% higher than fair market rental per month for violations, with penalties determined based on factors including physical extent, culpability, cooperation, prior violations, and environmental harm.

• Requires the commission to provide written notice at least 30 days before a public hearing and allows the commission to enjoin violations, require removal of structures at violator's expense, or remove structures itself and recover costs.

• Exempts electrical and gas corporation facilities installed before lands became state property, telegraph and telephone corporations, and franchised cable television corporations (limited to poles, conduits, cables, and wires).

• Provides a six-month cure period for violations discovered on or before January 1, 2013, and for persons voluntarily reporting potential violations before the commission takes action, if they remedy the violation or submit a completed lease application.