This week, Senate Bill 1188, authored by Senator Mike McGuire (Healdsburg-D), cleared the Assembly Floor on a unanimous vote. Authored in conjunction with 15 other authors and co-authors, SB 1188 is a bipartisan effort to amend Fish and Game Code to restore language that makes State Payment in Lieu of Taxes (PILT) payments to counties required as opposed to permissive.
SB 1188 has gained passage in both houses of the legislature and will now go to the Governor to await his action. The text of SB 1188 can be accessed here.