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• California Public Resources Code Section 1
  This act shall be known as the Public Resources Code.
• California Public Resources Code Section 2
  The provisions of this code, in so far as they are substantially the same as existing provisions relating to the same subject matter, shall be...
• California Public Resources Code Section 3
  All persons who, at the time this code goes into effect, hold office under any of the acts repealed by this code, which offices are...
• California Public Resources Code Section 4
  No action or proceeding commenced before this code takes effect, and no right accrued, is affected by the provisions of this code, but all procedure...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5
  Unless the context otherwise requires, the general provisions hereinafter set forth shall govern the construction of this code.
• California Public Resources Code Section 6
  Division, part, chapter, article, and section headings contained herein shall not be deemed to govern, limit, modify or in any manner affect the scope, meaning,...
• California Public Resources Code Section 7
  Whenever, by the provisions of this code, an administrative power is granted to a public officer or a duty imposed upon such an officer, the...
• California Public Resources Code Section 8
  Writing includes any form of recorded message capable of comprehension by ordinary visual means. Whenever any notice, report, statement or record is required by this...
• California Public Resources Code Section 9
  Whenever any reference is made to any portion of this code or of any other law of this State, such reference shall apply to all...
• California Public Resources Code Section 10
  "Section" means a section of this code unless some other statute is specifically mentioned.
• California Public Resources Code Section 11
  The present tense includes the past and future tenses; and the future the present.
• California Public Resources Code Section 12
  The masculine gender includes the feminine and neuter.
• California Public Resources Code Section 13
  The singular number includes the plural, and the plural the singular.
• California Public Resources Code Section 14
  "County" includes "city and county."
• California Public Resources Code Section 15
  "Shall" is mandatory and "may" is permissive.
• California Public Resources Code Section 16
  "Oath" includes affirmation.
• California Public Resources Code Section 17
  "Signature" or "subscription" includes mark when the signer or subscriber can not write, such signer's or subscriber's name being written near the mark by a...
• California Public Resources Code Section 18
  If any provison of this code, or the application thereof to any person or circumstances, is held invalid the remainder of the code, and the...
• California Public Resources Code Section 500
  As used in this chapter, "department" means the Department of Parks and Recreation and "director" means the Director of Parks and Recreation.
• California Public Resources Code Section 501
  There is in the Resources Agency, the Department of Parks and Recreation. The department shall be conducted under the control of an executive officer known...
• California Public Resources Code Section 503
  The department succeeds to and is vested with all of the duties, powers, purposes, responsibilities, and jurisdiction vested in the Department of Natural Resources or...
• California Public Resources Code Section 504
  The department may expend the money in any appropriation or in any special fund in the State Treasury made available by law for the administration...
• California Public Resources Code Section 505
  The department shall have possession and control of all records, books, papers, offices, equipment, supplies, moneys, funds, appropriations, land and other property, real or personal,...
• California Public Resources Code Section 506
  The provisions of Chapter 2 (commencing with Section 11150), Part 1, Division 3, Title 2 of the Government Code apply to the director. The director...
• California Public Resources Code Section 507
  There shall be one Deputy Director of Parks and Recreation who shall be a civil executive officer and shall be appointed by the Governor and...
• California Public Resources Code Section 507.1
  For the purpose of administration, the director shall organize the department with the approval of the Governor in the manner he deems necessary to segregate...
• California Public Resources Code Section 508
  The director, with approval of the Director of Finance, may accept on behalf of the department federal grants for the purposes for which the department...
• California Public Resources Code Section 508.5
  Notwithstanding Section 14, or any other provision of law, the City and County of San Francisco shall be considered both a city and a county...
• California Public Resources Code Section 509
  Whenever the department has received and deposited any money in the State Treasury to the credit of the General Fund in an excessive amount or...
• California Public Resources Code Section 510
  The department may adopt, alter, change or amend any state master plan of shoreline development.
• California Public Resources Code Section 511
  The department, with the approval of the Department of General Services, may procure insurance on vessels owned or operated by the department against the usual...
• California Public Resources Code Section 512
  For the purpose of disseminating information relating to its activities, powers, duties, or functions, the department may issue publications, construct and maintain exhibits, and perform...
• California Public Resources Code Section 513
  (a) The department, as a means of furthering the interpretive and educational functions of the state park system, may enter into an agreement to act...
• California Public Resources Code Section 513.1
  The department may provide space and facilities for schools to use for environmental education purposes within units of the state park system.
• California Public Resources Code Section 514
  Notwithstanding any other provision of this code or of law and except as provided in the State Building Standards Law, Part 2.5 (commencing with Section...
• California Public Resources Code Section 530
  There is in the department the State Park and Recreation Commission consisting of nine members appointed by the Governor, subject to confirmation by the Senate....
• California Public Resources Code Section 531
  The members of the commission shall be selected from areas distributed throughout the state and because of their interest in park, recreation, and conservation matters...
• California Public Resources Code Section 533
  In case of any vacancy, the appointment shall be for the remainder of the unexpired term. All appointments of members made when the Legislature is...
• California Public Resources Code Section 534
  The commission shall elect a chair from its number who shall serve as chair for one year and until a successor is elected.
• California Public Resources Code Section 534.5
  The Director of the Department of Parks and Recreation shall act as secretary of the commission and shall appoint such assistants as are necessary to...
• California Public Resources Code Section 535
  The commission shall report annually to the Governor, through the director, on existing and operating recreational facilities, programs and activities of the state park system,...
• California Public Resources Code Section 536
  The members of the commission may receive a salary for their services in an amount of fifty dollars ($50) for each day, up to a...
• California Public Resources Code Section 538
  The commission may designate, delete, or modify state marine reserves, state marine parks, state marine conservation areas, state marine cultural preservation areas, and state marine...
• California Public Resources Code Section 539
  The commission shall establish general policies for the guidance of the director in the administration, protection and development of the state park system.
• California Public Resources Code Section 540
  (a) The commission shall cause to be studied and shall consider the whole problem of recreation of the people of the State of California as...
• California Public Resources Code Section 541
  In accordance with the general policies established by the commission, and as requested by the director, the Department of Parks and Recreation shall: (a) Assist...
• California Public Resources Code Section 542
  The department may encourage and render assistance in the promotion of training programs for volunteer and professional recreation leaders in cooperation with other agencies, organizations...
• California Public Resources Code Section 543
  The department may assist every department, commission, board, agency and officer of the state in rendering recreational services in conformity with their respective authorized powers...
• California Public Resources Code Section 546
  The director may authorize any employee of the department to exercise any power granted to, or to perform any duty imposed upon, the director.
• California Public Resources Code Section 560
  The department may participate or contract with the United States Army Corps of Engineers, the County of San Luis Obispo, or the City of Pismo...
• California Public Resources Code Section 561
  The department shall permit the United States, if it agrees to accomplish all or part of the work, to use the necessary real property, or...
• California Public Resources Code Section 562
  The department, with the approval of the Director of Finance and on terms satisfactory to the department, may advance moneys appropriated for purposes of this...
• California Public Resources Code Section 563
  Notwithstanding Article 2.5 (commencing with Section 65) of Chapter 2 of Division 1 of the Harbors and Navigation Code and Part 6 (commencing with Section...
• California Public Resources Code Section 600
  As used in this chapter, "department" means the Department of Conservation and "director" means the Director of Conservation.
• California Public Resources Code Section 601
  There is in the Resources Agency the Department of Conservation. The department shall be conducted under the control of an executive officer known as the...
• California Public Resources Code Section 603
  The department succeeds to and is vested with all of the duties, powers, purposes, responsibilities, and jurisdiction vested in the Department of Natural Resources or...
• California Public Resources Code Section 603.1
  The director is hereby vested with all the duties, powers, purposes, responsibilities, and jurisdiction of the State Geologist as Chief of the California Geological Survey...
• California Public Resources Code Section 604
  The department may expend the money in any appropriation or in any special fund in the State Treasury made available by law for the administration...
• California Public Resources Code Section 605
  The department shall have possession and control of all records, books, papers, offices, equipment, supplies, moneys, funds, appropriations, land and other property, real or personal,...
• California Public Resources Code Section 606
  The provisions of Chapter 2 (commencing with Section 11150), Part 1, Division 3, Title 2 of the Government Code apply to the director. The director...
• California Public Resources Code Section 607
  The work of the department shall be divided into at least the following: (a) California Geological Survey. (b) Division of Oil, Gas, and Geothermal Resources....
• California Public Resources Code Section 608
  The director, with approval of the Director of Finance, may accept on behalf of the various divisions of the department federal grants for the purposes...
• California Public Resources Code Section 609
  Whenever the department has received and deposited any money in the State Treasury to the credit of the General Fund in an excessive amount or...
• California Public Resources Code Section 610
  For the purpose of disseminating information relating to its activities, powers, duties, or functions, the department may issue publications, construct and maintain exhibits, and perform...
• California Public Resources Code Section 611
  Notwithstanding any other provision of this code or of law and except as provided in the State Building Standards Law, Part 2.5 (commencing with Section...
• California Public Resources Code Section 612
  The department shall prepare, update, and maintain Important Farmland Series maps as defined in paragraph (1) of subdivision (b) of Section 65570 of the Government...
• California Public Resources Code Section 612.5
  (a) The Legislature hereby finds and declares all of the following: (1) It is in the state's public interest to have an accurate inventory of...
• California Public Resources Code Section 613
  The department, through the California Resources Information System and as budgetary resources permit, may provide informational assistance to local agencies in the development of geobased...
• California Public Resources Code Section 614
  (a) In order to implement the soil conservation plan which is adopted by the soil conservation committee, the department shall conduct a study and propose...
• California Public Resources Code Section 615
  Grants awarded by the department, including, but not limited to, those awarded pursuant to Division 9 (commencing with Section 9000), Division 10.2 (commencing with Section...
• California Public Resources Code Section 660
  There is in the department a State Mining and Geology Board consisting of nine members appointed by the Governor, subject to confirmation by the Senate.
• California Public Resources Code Section 661
  As used in this article, "board" means the State Mining and Geology Board and "division" means the California Geological Survey of the department.
• California Public Resources Code Section 662
  (a) One member of the board shall be a professional geologist with background and experience in mining geology; one member shall be a mining engineer...
• California Public Resources Code Section 663
  (a) No member of the board shall participate in any action of the board or attempt to influence any decision of the board that involves...
• California Public Resources Code Section 663.1
  (a) For the purposes of this section, "ex parte communication" means any oral or written communication between a member of the board and an interested...
• California Public Resources Code Section 663.2
  (a) No board member shall make, participate in making, or in any other way attempt to use his or her official position to influence a...
• California Public Resources Code Section 664
  Each member of the board shall hold office for four years. Vacancies shall be immediately filled by the Governor.
• California Public Resources Code Section 667
  Each member of the board shall receive one hundred dollars ($100) for each day during which the member is engaged in the performance of official...
• California Public Resources Code Section 668
  The board shall maintain its headquarters in Sacramento and shall hold meetings at such times and at such places as shall be determined by it....
• California Public Resources Code Section 669
  The Governor shall designate the chair of the board from among the members of the board. The person designated as the chair shall hold the...
• California Public Resources Code Section 670
  The board may appoint an executive officer who shall be exempt from civil service pursuant to subdivision (e) of Section 4 of Article XXIV of...
• California Public Resources Code Section 671
  The director shall have no power to amend or repeal any order, ruling, or directive of the board.
• California Public Resources Code Section 672
  The board shall represent the state's interest in the development, utilization, and conservation of the mineral resources of the state and the reclamation of mined...
• California Public Resources Code Section 673
  The board shall also serve as a policy and appeals board for the purposes of Chapter 7.5 (commencing with Section 2621) of Division 2.
• California Public Resources Code Section 675
  The board may provide for a statewide program of research regarding the technical phases of reclaiming mined lands which may be delegated to it by...
• California Public Resources Code Section 676
  The board shall provide for a public information program on matters involving the state's terrain, mineral resources, mining, the reclamation of mined lands, and the...
• California Public Resources Code Section 677
  The board shall nominate, and the director shall appoint, the State Geologist, who shall either be registered in compliance with the Geologist and Geophysicist Act...
• California Public Resources Code Section 678
  The director may authorize the State Geologist to exercise his power to appoint employees of the division in accordance with the State Civil Service Act....
• California Public Resources Code Section 690
  The Division of Oil, Gas, and Geothermal Resources shall be in charge of a chief, known as the State Oil and Gas Supervisor.
• California Public Resources Code Section 700
  As used in this chapter: (a) "Board" means the State Board of Forestry and Fire Protection. (b) "Department" means the Department of Forestry and Fire...
• California Public Resources Code Section 701
  (a) There is in the Resources Agency the Department of Forestry and Fire Protection, which is under the control of an executive officer known as...
• California Public Resources Code Section 701.5
  Notwithstanding Section 701, Section 12805 of the Government Code, or any other provision of law, on and after January 1, 1987, the Department of Forestry...
• California Public Resources Code Section 701.6
  (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, on and after January 1, 2007, the Department of Forestry and Fire Protection may be referred to, where...
• California Public Resources Code Section 702
  (a) Pursuant to Section 13100 of the Health and Safety Code, there is within the department the Office of the State Fire Marshal. (b) There...
• California Public Resources Code Section 705
  The department may expend the money in any appropriation or in any special fund in the State Treasury made available by law for the administration...
• California Public Resources Code Section 706
  The department shall have possession and control of all records, books, papers, offices, equipment, supplies, moneys, funds, appropriations, land, and other property, real or personal,...
• California Public Resources Code Section 707
  Whenever the department has received and deposited any money in the State Treasury to the credit of the General Fund in an excessive amount or...
• California Public Resources Code Section 708
  For the purpose of disseminating information relating to its activities, powers, duties, or functions, the department, with the approval of the Department of General Services,...
• California Public Resources Code Section 709
  The provisions of Chapter 2 (commencing with Section 11150) of Part 1 of Division 6 of Title 2 of the Government Code apply to the...
• California Public Resources Code Section 710
  The director shall have no power to amend or repeal any order, regulation, ruling, or directive of the board.
• California Public Resources Code Section 711
  The director, with approval of the Director of Finance, may accept on behalf of the department federal grants for the purposes for which the department...
• California Public Resources Code Section 712
  Notwithstanding any other provision of this code or of law, and except as provided in the State Building Standards Law, Part 2.5 (commencing with Section...
• California Public Resources Code Section 713
  The department is responsible for the fire protection, fire prevention, maintenance, and enhancement of the state's forest, range, and brushland resources, contract fire protection, associated...
• California Public Resources Code Section 714
  The department is responsible for all of the following: (a) Providing fire protection, fire prevention, pest control, and forest and range protection and enhancement implements...
• California Public Resources Code Section 715
  The Department of Forestry and Fire Protection, in cooperation with the California Emergency Management Agency, shall develop a program to certify active duty military pilots...
• California Public Resources Code Section 716
  (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Department of Finance may delegate to the department the right to exercise the same authority granted to...
• California Public Resources Code Section 730
  (a) There is in the department a State Board of Forestry and Fire Protection consisting of nine members appointed by the Governor, subject to confirmation...
• California Public Resources Code Section 731
  All members of the board shall be appointed and shall be selected and approved for appointment on the basis of their educational and professional qualifications...
• California Public Resources Code Section 731.1
  The Legislature declares that some individuals appointed as members of the State Board of Forestry and Fire Protection are required to be chosen from backgrounds...
• California Public Resources Code Section 732
  Each member of the board shall hold office for four years from the expiration of the term of his or her predecessor. Vacancies shall be...
• California Public Resources Code Section 735
  Each member of the board shall receive compensation for each day during which the member engaged in the performance of official duties, except that the...
• California Public Resources Code Section 736
  The board shall maintain its headquarters in Sacramento and shall hold meetings at such times and at such places as shall be determined by it....
• California Public Resources Code Section 737
  (a) No member of the board shall participate in any board action pursuant to Article 8 (commencing with Section 4601) or Article 9 (commencing with...
• California Public Resources Code Section 738
  The Governor shall designate the chair of the board from among the members of the board. The person designated as the chair shall hold the...
• California Public Resources Code Section 739
  The board may appoint an executive officer who shall be exempt from civil service pursuant to subdivision (e) of Section 4 of Article VII of...
• California Public Resources Code Section 740
  The board shall represent the state's interest in the acquisition and management of state forests as provided by law and in federal land matters pertaining...
• California Public Resources Code Section 741
  (a) The board shall appoint a Range Management Advisory Committee and shall consult with the advisory committee on rangeland resource issues under consideration by the...
• California Public Resources Code Section 743
  State agencies shall submit to the board plans for, and the results of, all investigations that relate to, or have an effect upon, forest resource...
• California Public Resources Code Section 745
  The board shall implement a public information program on matters involving forest management and shall maintain an information file on forest management research and other...
• California Public Resources Code Section 750
  This article may be known and cited as the Professional Foresters Law.
• California Public Resources Code Section 751
  The purpose of this article is to declare the existence of a public interest in the management and treatment of the forest resources and timberlands...
• California Public Resources Code Section 752
  (a) "Professional forester," as used in this article, means a person who, by reason of his or her knowledge of the natural sciences, mathematics, and...
• California Public Resources Code Section 753
  "Forestry," as used in this article, refers to the science and practice of managing forested landscapes and the treatment of the forest cover in general,...
• California Public Resources Code Section 754
  "Forested landscapes" means those tree dominated landscapes and their associated vegetation types on which there is growing a significant stand of tree species, or which...
• California Public Resources Code Section 755
  "Person" as used in this article means any natural person.
• California Public Resources Code Section 756
  Nothing in this article prohibits any person from engaging in those activities otherwise restricted to professional foresters, certified specialists, or qualified but exempt certificants, provided...
• California Public Resources Code Section 757
  The provisions of this article do not apply to any landowner who is a natural person and who personally performs services of a professional forester,...
• California Public Resources Code Section 758
  This article shall not be construed to authorize a registered professional forester to practice civil engineering as defined in Chapter 7 (commencing with Section 6700)...
• California Public Resources Code Section 759
  The board may by regulation adopt such rules and regulations pursuant to Chapter 4.5 (commencing with Section 11371) of Part 1 of Division 3 of...
• California Public Resources Code Section 760
  The board shall consider matters pertaining to the registration of professional foresters at least once every six months at regular meetings and may, as necessary,...
• California Public Resources Code Section 760.5
  The board may hire the clerical and secretarial employees, technical personnel, and other staff who are necessary and budgeted to properly assist the work of...
• California Public Resources Code Section 761
  The board shall keep a complete record of all applications for registration and certification and the board's action thereon.
• California Public Resources Code Section 762
  The board may by regulation provide for the issuance of certificates of specialization in such fields of specialization as the board may by regulation establish.
• California Public Resources Code Section 763
  (a) The board shall establish an examining committee of at least seven members composed of the following, who shall be appointed by the board and...
• California Public Resources Code Section 764
  Any person appointed to serve upon the examining committee shall receive, if requested, one hundred dollars ($100) for each day during which he or she...
• California Public Resources Code Section 765
  The examining committee shall adhere to the rules and regulations of the board. Any applicant for a license pursuant to this article who contends that...
• California Public Resources Code Section 766
  On and after July 1, 1973, it shall be unlawful for any person to act in the capacity of, or to use the title of,...
• California Public Resources Code Section 767
  An applicant for a license pursuant to this article shall apply to the board. Such application shall be accompanied by the payment of a fee...
• California Public Resources Code Section 768
  The board shall require an applicant to demonstrate such degree of experience and such general knowledge of the profession of forestry as the board deems...
• California Public Resources Code Section 769
  An applicant shall meet all of the following qualifications: (a) Be of good moral character and have a good reputation for honesty and integrity. (b)...
• California Public Resources Code Section 770
  (a) Examinations shall be given by the board as often as it is deemed necessary, but at least every six months. (b) The examination may...
• California Public Resources Code Section 771
  An applicant failing in an examination may be examined again upon filing a new application and paying the application fee.
• California Public Resources Code Section 772
  Instead of being registered as a professional forester, an applicant may request to be registered as a certified specialist in one or more fields of...
• California Public Resources Code Section 773
  Licenses and specialty certificates issued pursuant to this article shall be valid for two years and shall expire on July 1 of each alternating year.
• California Public Resources Code Section 774
  (a) Issuance of a license may be denied if sufficient evidence is received by the board of the commission or doing by the applicant of...
• California Public Resources Code Section 775
  The board may upon its own motion, and shall upon the verified complaint in writing of any person, cause investigation to be made of the...
• California Public Resources Code Section 776
  Any accusation against a registrant or a certificant shall be filed within five years after the act or omission alleged as the ground for disciplinary...
• California Public Resources Code Section 777
  If the board finds against the registrant, the board, in its decision, may terminate all operations of the registrant during the period fixed by the...
• California Public Resources Code Section 778
  A registrant or certificant is subject to disciplinary action who: (a) Has been convicted of a felony substantially related to the qualifications, functions, or duties...
• California Public Resources Code Section 778.5
  The board shall develop criteria to determine whether a felony is substantially related to the qualifications, functions, or duties of a registered professional forester in...
• California Public Resources Code Section 779
  Any person who violates any of the provisions of this article is guilty of a misdemeanor.
• California Public Resources Code Section 780
  The fees received pursuant to this article shall be deposited in the Professional Forester Registration Fund in the State Treasury, which fund is hereby created.
• California Public Resources Code Section 781
  All fees received pursuant to the provisions of this article shall be available, when appropriated by the Legislature, for the administration of this article; provided,...
• California Public Resources Code Section 782
  The board shall establish by regulation the amount of fees within the following ranges, and based on a determination by the board of the amount...
• California Public Resources Code Section 783
  In case any person defaults in payment of the renewal fee, his or her registration may be revoked by the board on 60 days' notice...
• California Public Resources Code Section 800
  It is the policy of the State of California that the location and operation of thermal electric powerplants shall enhance public benefits and protect against...
• California Public Resources Code Section 801
  In accordance with state policy, it shall be the responsibility of the Resources Agency to establish a program of research on improved methods of powerplant...
• California Public Resources Code Section 825
  This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the California Aquaculture Development Act.
• California Public Resources Code Section 826
  The Legislature finds and declares that it is in the interest of the people of the state that the practice of aquaculture be encouraged in...
• California Public Resources Code Section 827
  The purpose of this chapter is to establish a policy and program toward improving the science and practice of aquaculture as a means of expanding...
• California Public Resources Code Section 828
  As used in this chapter, "aquaculture" means the culture and husbandry of aquatic organisms, including, but not limited to, fish, shellfish, mollusks, crustaceans, kelp, and...
• California Public Resources Code Section 829
  As used in this chapter, "director" means the Director of the Department of Fish and Game.
• California Public Resources Code Section 830
  As used in this chapter, "department" means the Department of Fish and Game.
• California Public Resources Code Section 2001
  Unless the context otherwise requires, the definitions hereinafter set forth shall govern the construction of Division II of this code.
• California Public Resources Code Section 2002
  "Department," in reference to the government of this state, means the Department of Conservation.
• California Public Resources Code Section 2002.5
  "Director" means the Director of Conservation.
• California Public Resources Code Section 2003
  "Division," in reference to the government of this state, means the California Geological Survey in the Department of Conservation. Wherever any reference is made to...
• California Public Resources Code Section 2004
  "Person" includes any individual, firm, association, corporation, organization, limited liability company, or partnership, or any city, county, district, or the state or any department or...
• California Public Resources Code Section 2005
  "Minerals" means any naturally occurring chemical element or compound, or groups of elements and compounds, formed from inorganic processes and organic substances, including, but not...
• California Public Resources Code Section 2006
  "State Geologist" means the individual holding the office created by Section 677.
• California Public Resources Code Section 2007
  "Exploration" or "prospecting" means the search for minerals by geological, geophysical, geochemical or other techniques, including, but not limited to, sampling, assaying, drilling, or any...
• California Public Resources Code Section 2008
  "Board" means the State Mining and Geology Board.
• California Public Resources Code Section 2009
  "Geologic hazard" means a geologic condition that is a potential danger to life and property. Geologic hazards include, but are not limited to, earthquake shaking,...
• California Public Resources Code Section 2010
  "Director" means the Director of Conservation.
• California Public Resources Code Section 2200
  For the purposes of this chapter, "mine" includes all mineral bearing properties of whatever kind or character, whether underground, or in a quarry or pit,...
• California Public Resources Code Section 2200.5
  For the purposes of this chapter, "lead agency" means the city, county, San Francisco Bay Conservation and Development Commission, or the board that has the...
• California Public Resources Code Section 2201
  The division shall carry out programs, in cooperation with federal, state, and local government agencies, that will reduce the loss of life and property, and...
• California Public Resources Code Section 2202
  The director may do any of the following: (a) (1) Make a collection of typical geological and mineralogical specimens, especially those of economic and commercial...
• California Public Resources Code Section 2203
  The State Geologist shall provide all requested and recommended information to the director who shall prepare a report for transmission to the Governor on or...
• California Public Resources Code Section 2204
  The director may receive on behalf of this state, for the use and benefit of the division, gifts, bequests, devises, and legacies of real or...
• California Public Resources Code Section 2205
  (a) The State Geologist may do all of the following: (1) Make, facilitate, and encourage special studies of the mineral resources, mineral industries, and geology...
• California Public Resources Code Section 2205.1
  None of the provisions of Division 1 (commencing with Section 501) or this division shall be construed as abridging the authorized geologic functions of other...
• California Public Resources Code Section 2206
  The State Geologist may prepare a special collection of ores and minerals of California to be sent to or used at any world's fair or...
• California Public Resources Code Section 2206.1
  Notwithstanding Section 14670 of the Government Code, subject to the approval of the Director of General Services, the State Geologist may lease, for a period...
• California Public Resources Code Section 2207
  (a) The owner or the operator of a mining operation within the state shall forward to the director annually, not later than a date established...
• California Public Resources Code Section 2207.1
  A manufacturer or processor, at his option, may upon request report to the State Geologist data on consumption or utilization of mineral materials. Such reports...
• California Public Resources Code Section 2208
  The director or a qualified assistant may at any time enter or examine any and all mines, quarries, wells, mills, reduction works, refining works, and...
• California Public Resources Code Section 2209
  The director may fix a price upon and dispose of to the public all publications of the division, including reports, bulletins, maps, registers, or other...
• California Public Resources Code Section 2210
  All money received by the division from sales of publications issued by the division shall be deposited at least once each month in the State...
• California Public Resources Code Section 2211
  The department is the primary state agency responsible for geologic hazard review and investigation, including, but not limited to, investigation of geologic hazards that may...
• California Public Resources Code Section 2621
  This chapter shall be known, and may be cited, as the Alquist-Priolo Earthquake Fault Zoning Act.
• California Public Resources Code Section 2621.5
  (a) It is the purpose of this chapter to provide for the adoption and administration of zoning laws, ordinances, rules, and regulations by cities and...
• California Public Resources Code Section 2621.6
  (a) As used in this chapter, "project" means either of the following: (1) Any subdivision of land which is subject to the Subdivision Map Act...
• California Public Resources Code Section 2621.7
  This chapter, except Section 2621.9, shall not apply to any of the following: (a) The conversion of an existing apartment complex into a condominium. (b)...
• California Public Resources Code Section 2621.8
  Notwithstanding Section 818.2 of the Government Code, a city or county which knowingly issues a permit that grants an exemption pursuant to subdivision (e) of...
• California Public Resources Code Section 2621.9
  (a) A person who is acting as an agent for a transferor of real property that is located within a delineated earthquake fault zone, or...
• California Public Resources Code Section 2622
  (a) In order to assist cities and counties in their planning, zoning, and building-regulation functions, the State Geologist shall delineate, by December 31, 1973, appropriately...
• California Public Resources Code Section 2623
  (a) The approval of a project by a city or county shall be in accordance with policies and criteria established by the State Mining and...
• California Public Resources Code Section 2624
  Notwithstanding any provision of this chapter, cities and counties may do any of the following: (1) Establish policies and criteria which are stricter than those...
• California Public Resources Code Section 2625
  (a) Each applicant for approval of a project may be charged a reasonable fee by the city or county having jurisdiction over the project. (b)...
• California Public Resources Code Section 2630
  In carrying out the provisions of this chapter, the State Geologist and the board shall be advised by the Seismic Safety Commission.
• California Public Resources Code Section 2650
  (a) It is the continuing policy of the State of California, in the interest of the needs of society for the wise use of mineral...
• California Public Resources Code Section 2690
  This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the Seismic Hazards Mapping Act.
• California Public Resources Code Section 2691
  The Legislature finds and declares all of the following: (a) The effects of strong ground shaking, liquefaction, landslides, or other ground failure account for approximately...
• California Public Resources Code Section 2692
  (a) It is the intent of the Legislature to provide for a statewide seismic hazard mapping and technical advisory program to assist cities and counties...
• California Public Resources Code Section 2692.1
  The State Geologist may include in maps compiled pursuant to this chapter information on the potential effects of tsunami and seiche when information becomes available...
• California Public Resources Code Section 2693
  As used in this chapter: (a) "City" and "county" includes the City and County of San Francisco. (b) "Geotechnical report" means a report prepared by...
• California Public Resources Code Section 2694
  (a) A person who is acting as an agent for a transferor of real property that is located within a seismic hazard zone, as designated...
• California Public Resources Code Section 2695
  (a) On or before January 1, 1992, the board, in consultation with the director and the commission, shall develop all of the following: (1) Guidelines...
• California Public Resources Code Section 2696
  (a) The State Geologist shall compile maps identifying seismic hazard zones, consistent with the requirements of Section 2695. The maps shall be compiled in accordance...
• California Public Resources Code Section 2697
  (a) Cities and counties shall require, prior to the approval of a project located in a seismic hazard zone, a geotechnical report defining and delineating...
• California Public Resources Code Section 2698
  Nothing in this chapter is intended to prevent cities and counties from establishing policies and criteria which are more strict than those established by the
• California Public Resources Code Section 2699
  Each city and county, in preparing the safety element to its general plan pursuant to subdivision (g) of Section 65302 of the Government Code, and...
• California Public Resources Code Section 2699.5
  (a) There is hereby created the Seismic Hazards Identification Fund, as a special fund in the State Treasury. (b) Upon appropriation by the Legislature, the...
• California Public Resources Code Section 2699.6
  This chapter shall become operative on April 1, 1991.
• California Public Resources Code Section 2700
  There is hereby established in the State of California a strong-motion instrumentation program for the purpose of administering the program and of acquiring strong-motion instruments...
• California Public Resources Code Section 2701
  The division shall organize and monitor the program with the advice of the Seismic Safety Commission.
• California Public Resources Code Section 2702
  The division shall purchase, install, and maintain instruments in representative structures and geologic environments throughout the state, and shall process the data obtained from such...
• California Public Resources Code Section 2703
  The division shall maintain and service the strong-motion instruments installed, shall collect and interpret all records from the instruments, and shall make the records, record...
• California Public Resources Code Section 2704
  It is the intent of the Legislature in enacting this chapter to provide adequate instrumentation throughout California.
• California Public Resources Code Section 2705
  (a) A city, county, and city and county shall collect a fee from each applicant for a building permit. Each fee shall be equal to...
• California Public Resources Code Section 2705.5
  The California Geological Survey shall advise counties and cities as to that portion of the total fees allocated to the Strong-Motion Instrumentation and Seismic Hazards...
• California Public Resources Code Section 2707
  The division, upon advice of the Seismic Safety Commission, whenever it determines that an adequate instrumentation program has been achieved, may reduce the fee levied...
• California Public Resources Code Section 2709
  Any city or county that has been exempted from the provisions of Section 2705 by Section 2708 may participate in the state strong-motion instrumentation program...
• California Public Resources Code Section 2709.1
  (a) No strong-motion instrumentation shall be installed pursuant to this chapter in the structural types identified in subdivision (b) unless funds proportionate to the construction...
• California Public Resources Code Section 2710
  This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the Surface Mining and Reclamation Act of 1975.
• California Public Resources Code Section 2711
  (a) The Legislature hereby finds and declares that the extraction of minerals is essential to the continued economic well-being of the state and to the...
• California Public Resources Code Section 2712
  It is the intent of the Legislature to create and maintain an effective and comprehensive surface mining and reclamation policy with regulation of surface mining...
• California Public Resources Code Section 2713
  It is not the intent of the Legislature by the enactment of this chapter to take private property for public use without payment of just...
• California Public Resources Code Section 2714
  This chapter does not apply to any of the following activities: (a) Excavations or grading conducted for farming or the immediate excavation or grading of...
• California Public Resources Code Section 2715
  No provision of this chapter or any ruling, requirement, or policy of the board is a limitation on any of the following: (a) On the...
• California Public Resources Code Section 2715.5
  (a) The Cache Creek Resource Management Plan, in conjunction with a site specific plan deemed consistent by the lead agency with the Cache Creek Resource...
• California Public Resources Code Section 2716
  (a) Any interested person may commence an action on his or her own behalf against the board, the lead agency, the State Geologist, or the...
• California Public Resources Code Section 2717
  (a) The board shall submit to the Legislature on December 1st of each year a report on the actions taken pursuant to this chapter during...
• California Public Resources Code Section 2718
  If any provision of this chapter or the application thereof to any person or circumstance is held invalid, such invalidity shall not affect other provisions...
• California Public Resources Code Section 2719
  Notwithstanding any other provision of law, neither the state nor any county, city, district, or other political subdivision shall be exempt from any fee imposed...
• California Public Resources Code Section 2725
  Unless the context otherwise requires, the definitions set forth in this article shall govern the construction of this chapter.
• California Public Resources Code Section 2726
  "Area of regional significance" means an area designated by the board pursuant to Section 2790 which is known to contain a deposit of minerals, the...
• California Public Resources Code Section 2727
  "Area of statewide significance" means an area designated by the board pursuant to Section 2790 which is known to contain a deposit of minerals, the...
• California Public Resources Code Section 2727.1
  "Idle" means that an operator of a surface mining operation has curtailed production at the surface mining operation, with the intent to resume the surface...
• California Public Resources Code Section 2728
  "Lead agency" means the city, county, San Francisco Bay Conservation and Development Commission, or the board which has the principal responsibility for approving a reclamation...
• California Public Resources Code Section 2729
  "Mined lands" includes the surface, subsurface, and ground water of an area in which surface mining operations will be, are being, or have been conducted,...
• California Public Resources Code Section 2730
  "Mining waste" includes the residual of soil, rock, mineral, liquid, vegetation, equipment, machines, tools, or other materials or property directly resulting from, or displaced by,...
• California Public Resources Code Section 2731
  "Operator" means any person who is engaged in surface mining operations, himself, or who contracts with others to conduct operations on his behalf, except a...
• California Public Resources Code Section 2732
  "Overburden" means soil, rock, or other materials that lie above a natural mineral deposit or in between mineral deposits, before or after their removal by...
• California Public Resources Code Section 2732.5
  "Permit" means any authorization from, or approval by, a lead agency, the absence of which would preclude surface mining operations.
• California Public Resources Code Section 2733
  "Reclamation" means the combined process of land treatment that minimizes water degradation, air pollution, damage to aquatic or wildlife habitat, flooding, erosion, and other adverse...
• California Public Resources Code Section 2734
  "State policy" means the regulations adopted by the board pursuant to Section 2755.
• California Public Resources Code Section 2735
  "Surface mining operations" means all, or any part of, the process involved in the mining of minerals on mined lands by removing overburden and mining...
• California Public Resources Code Section 2740
  In carrying out the provisions of this chapter, the board may establish districts and appoint one or more district technical advisory committees to advise the...
• California Public Resources Code Section 2741
  The members of the committee shall receive no compensation for their services, but shall be entitled to their actual and necessary expenses incurred in the...
• California Public Resources Code Section 2755
  The board shall adopt regulations that establish state policy for the reclamation of mined lands in accordance with Article 1 (commencing with Section 2710) of...
• California Public Resources Code Section 2756
  State policy shall apply to the conduct of surface mining operations and shall include, but shall not be limited to, measures to be employed by...
• California Public Resources Code Section 2757
  The state policy adopted by the board shall be based upon a study of the factors that significantly affect the present and future condition of...
• California Public Resources Code Section 2758
  Such policy shall include objectives and criteria for all of the following: (a) Determining the lead agency pursuant to the provisions of Section 2771. (b)...
• California Public Resources Code Section 2759
  The state policy shall be continuously reviewed and may be revised. During the formulation or revision of the policy, the board shall consult with, and...
• California Public Resources Code Section 2760
  The board shall not adopt or revise the state policy, unless a public hearing is first held respecting its adoption or revision. At least 30...
• California Public Resources Code Section 2761
  (a) On or before January 1, 1977, and, at a minimum, after the completion of each decennial census, the Office of Planning and Research shall...
• California Public Resources Code Section 2762
  (a) Within 12 months of receiving the mineral information described in Section 2761, and also within 12 months of the designation of an area of...
• California Public Resources Code Section 2763
  (a) If an area is designated by the board as an area of regional significance, and the lead agency either has designated that area in...
• California Public Resources Code Section 2764
  (a) Upon the request of an operator or other interested person and payment by the requesting person of the estimated cost of processing the request,...
• California Public Resources Code Section 2770
  (a) Except as provided in this section, a person shall not conduct surface mining operations unless a permit is obtained from, a reclamation plan has...
• California Public Resources Code Section 2770.5
  Whenever surface mining operations are proposed in the 100-year flood plain for any stream, as shown in Zone A of Flood Insurance Rate Maps issued...
• California Public Resources Code Section 2770.6
  (a) Whenever surface mining operations are proposed within the boundaries of the San Gabriel Basin Water Quality Authority that may penetrate the groundwater, and whenever...
• California Public Resources Code Section 2771
  Whenever a proposed or existing surface mining operation is within the jurisdiction of two or more public agencies, is a permitted use within the agencies,...
• California Public Resources Code Section 2772
  (a) The reclamation plan shall be filed with the lead agency, on a form provided by the lead agency, by any person who owns, leases,...
• California Public Resources Code Section 2772.5
  (a) A reclamation plan by any person who owns, leases, or otherwise controls or operates on all, or any portion of any, mined lands within...
• California Public Resources Code Section 2772.6
  (a) In addition to meeting the requirements of Section 2773.1, the amount of financial assurances required of a surface mining operation within the boundaries of...
• California Public Resources Code Section 2772.7
  (a) A lead agency, upon approval of a reclamation plan or an amendment to a reclamation plan, shall record a "Notice of Reclamation Plan Approval"...
• California Public Resources Code Section 2773
  (a) The reclamation plan shall be applicable to a specific piece of property or properties, shall be based upon the character of the surrounding area...
• California Public Resources Code Section 2773.1
  (a) Lead agencies shall require financial assurances of each surface mining operation to ensure reclamation is performed in accordance with the surface mining operation's approved...
• California Public Resources Code Section 2773.15
  Notwithstanding Section 2773.1, a surety bond that was executed by any personal surety that was approved by the lead agency prior to February 13, 1998,...
• California Public Resources Code Section 2773.2
  The mineral owner and owner of the surface estate, if legally entitled to do so, shall allow access to the property on which the mining...
• California Public Resources Code Section 2773.3
  (a) In addition to other reclamation plan requirements of this chapter and regulations adopted by the board pursuant to this chapter, a lead agency may...
• California Public Resources Code Section 2773.5
  Section 2773.3 does not apply to either of the following: (a) Any surface mining operation in existence on January 1, 2003, for which the lead...
• California Public Resources Code Section 2774
  (a) Every lead agency shall adopt ordinances in accordance with state policy that establish procedures for the review and approval of reclamation plans and financial...
• California Public Resources Code Section 2774.1
  (a) Except as provided in subdivision (i) of Section 2770, if the lead agency or the director determines, based upon an annual inspection pursuant to...
• California Public Resources Code Section 2774.2
  (a) Within 30 days of the issuance of an order setting administrative penalties under subdivision (c) of Section 2774.1, the operator may petition that legislative...
• California Public Resources Code Section 2774.3
  The board shall review lead agency ordinances which establish permit and reclamation procedures to determine whether each ordinance is in accordance with state policy, and...
• California Public Resources Code Section 2774.4
  (a) If the board finds that a lead agency either has (1) approved reclamation plans or financial assurances which are not consistent with this chapter,...
• California Public Resources Code Section 2774.5
  (a) If, upon review of an ordinance, the board finds that it is not in accordance with state policy, the board shall communicate the ordinance's...
• California Public Resources Code Section 2775
  (a) An applicant whose request for a permit to conduct surface mining operations in an area of statewide or regional significance has been denied by...
• California Public Resources Code Section 2776
  (a) No person who has obtained a vested right to conduct surface mining operations prior to January 1, 1976, shall be required to secure a...
• California Public Resources Code Section 2777
  Amendments to an approved reclamation plan may be submitted detailing proposed changes from the original plan. Substantial deviations from the original plan shall not be...
• California Public Resources Code Section 2777.5
  (a) A mine operator who has failed to properly report a mine's mineral production or mine status in any previous year, pursuant to the annual...
• California Public Resources Code Section 2778
  (a) Reclamation plans, reports, applications, and other documents submitted pursuant to this chapter are public records, unless it can be demonstrated to the satisfaction of...
• California Public Resources Code Section 2779
  Whenever one operator succeeds to the interest of another in any incompleted surface mining operation by sale, assignment, transfer, conveyance, exchange, or other means, the...
• California Public Resources Code Section 2790
  After receipt of mineral information from the State Geologist pursuant to subdivision (c) of Section 2761, the board may by regulation adopted after a public...
• California Public Resources Code Section 2791
  The board shall seek the recommendations of concerned federal, state, and local agencies, educational institutions, civic and public interest organizations, and private organizations and individuals...
• California Public Resources Code Section 2792
  Neither the designation of an area of regional or statewide significance nor the adoption of any regulations for such an area shall in any way...
• California Public Resources Code Section 2793
  The board may, by regulation adopted after a public hearing, terminate, partially or wholly, the designation of any area of statewide or regional significance on...
• California Public Resources Code Section 2795
  (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the first two million dollars ($2,000,000) of moneys from mining activities on federal lands disbursed by the United...
• California Public Resources Code Section 2796.5
  (a) The director, with the consultation of appropriate state and local agencies, may remediate or complete reclamation of abandoned mined lands that meet all of...
• California Public Resources Code Section 2800
  The Legislature finds and declares all of the following: (a) The state's major metropolitan areas are subject to potentially devastating large magnitude earthquakes and earth...
• California Public Resources Code Section 2801
  As used in this chapter: (a) "Long-term prediction" means a prediction of an earthquake that is expected to occur within a few years up to...
• California Public Resources Code Section 2802
  (a) The department shall develop jointly with the United States Geological Survey a prototype earthquake prediction system along the central San Andreas fault near the...
• California Public Resources Code Section 2803
  (a) Concurrently with the development of the Parkfield prototype earthquake prediction system, the California Emergency Management Agency, in consultation with the California Earthquake Prediction Evaluation...
• California Public Resources Code Section 2804
  The department and the Seismic Safety Commission may solicit and receive gifts and grants from other public and private agencies for the state's share of...
• California Public Resources Code Section 2805
  This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the California Earthquake Education Act of 1984.
• California Public Resources Code Section 2806
  The Legislature hereby finds and declares as follows: (a) California has recently experienced and will continue to experience in the foreseeable future damaging earthquakes of...
• California Public Resources Code Section 2807
  (a) There is hereby established a project for the implementation of a statewide program of earthquake safety education and preparedness entitled the California Earthquake Education...
• California Public Resources Code Section 2808
  The objectives of the project are all of the following: (a) Developing public awareness regarding the causes of earthquakes, the forces and effects of earthquakes,...
• California Public Resources Code Section 2810
  The Legislature finds and declares all of the following: (a) Most of the state's major metropolitan areas are subject to potentially devastating, large magnitude earthquakes....
• California Public Resources Code Section 2811
  As used in this chapter: (a) "Agency" means the California Emergency Management Agency. (b) "Commission" means the Seismic Safety Commission. (c) "Local jurisdiction" means a...
• California Public Resources Code Section 2812
  (a) The projects authorized by this chapter shall promote voluntary actions by local jurisdictions, volunteer agencies and associations, and private organizations which address all aspects...
• California Public Resources Code Section 2814
  The earthquake preparedness activities established under this chapter shall be carried out by the agency. The commission and agency shall work together and use appropriate...
• California Public Resources Code Section 2815
  The agency may enter into agreements with local, regional, and federal agencies, councils of government, and private organizations and contractors, and may receive and expend...
• California Public Resources Code Section 3000
  Unless the context otherwise requires, the definitions hereinafter set forth shall govern the construction of this division.
• California Public Resources Code Section 3001
  "Department," in reference to the government of this state, means the Department of Conservation.
• California Public Resources Code Section 3002
  "Division," in reference to the government of this state, means the Division of Oil, Gas, and Geothermal Resources in the Department of Conservation; otherwise "division"...
• California Public Resources Code Section 3003
  "Director" means the Director of Conservation.
• California Public Resources Code Section 3004
  "Supervisor" means the State Oil and Gas Supervisor.
• California Public Resources Code Section 3005
  "Person" includes any individual, firm, association, corporation, or any other group or combination acting as a unit.
• California Public Resources Code Section 3006
  "Oil" includes petroleum, and "petroleum" includes oil.
• California Public Resources Code Section 3007
  "Gas" means any natural hydrocarbon gas coming from the earth.
• California Public Resources Code Section 3008
  (a) "Well" means any oil or gas well or well for the discovery of oil or gas; any well on lands producing or reasonably presumed...
• California Public Resources Code Section 3009
  "Operator" means a person who, by virtue of ownership, or under the authority of a lease or any other agreement, has the right to drill,...
• California Public Resources Code Section 3010
  "Production facility" means any equipment attendant to oil and gas production or injection operations including, but not limited to, tanks, flowlines, headers, gathering lines, wellheads,...
• California Public Resources Code Section 3012
  The provisions of this division apply to any land or well situated within the boundaries of an incorporated city in which the drilling of oil...
• California Public Resources Code Section 3013
  This division shall be liberally construed to meet its purposes, and the director and the supervisor, acting with the approval of the director, shall have...
• California Public Resources Code Section 3014
  "District" means an oil and gas district as provided for in Section 3100.
• California Public Resources Code Section 3015
  For the purpose of implementing Section 503 of the Natural Gas Policy Act of 1978, the supervisor may make the determinations entrusted to state agencies...
• California Public Resources Code Section 3100
  For the purposes of this chapter, the state is divided into six districts, the boundaries of which shall be fixed by the director.
• California Public Resources Code Section 3101
  The supervisor shall appoint one chief deputy and at least one district deputy for each of the districts provided for in this chapter, and shall...
• California Public Resources Code Section 3103
  The chief deputy shall be a competent engineer or geologist, registered in the state, and experienced in the development and production of oil and gas.
• California Public Resources Code Section 3104
  Each district deputy shall be a competent engineer or geologist, preferably registered in the state, and experienced in the development and production of oil and
• California Public Resources Code Section 3105
  An office under the supervision of a district deputy may be maintained in each district. The office shall be conveniently accessible to the oil and...
• California Public Resources Code Section 3106
  (a) The supervisor shall so supervise the drilling, operation, maintenance, and abandonment of wells and the operation, maintenance, and removal or abandonment of tanks and...
• California Public Resources Code Section 3106.5
  Acting with the approval of the director, the supervisor may annually expend, from the amount appropriated to the division, up to ten thousand dollars ($10,000)...
• California Public Resources Code Section 3107
  A district deputy in each district, designated by the supervisor, shall collect all necessary information regarding the oil and gas wells in the district, with...
• California Public Resources Code Section 3108
  On or before the first day of October of each year the supervisor shall make public, for the benefit of all interested persons, a report...
• California Public Resources Code Section 3109
  The supervisor may publish any publications, reports, maps, or other printed matter relating to oil and gas, for which there may be public demand. If...
• California Public Resources Code Section 3110
  All money paid to the Treasurer pursuant to Article 7 (commencing with Section 3400) shall be deposited to the credit of the Oil, Gas, and...
• California Public Resources Code Section 3111
  (a) All money received in repayment of repair work done as provided in this chapter shall be returned and credited to the Oil, Gas, and...
• California Public Resources Code Section 3112
  Notwithstanding any other provision of this code or of law and except as provided in the State Building Standards Law, Part 2.5 (commencing with Section...
• California Public Resources Code Section 3200
  An owner or operator of a well or production facility shall designate an agent, giving his or her address, who resides in this state, to...
• California Public Resources Code Section 3201
  The operator of a well or production facility shall notify the supervisor or the district deputy, in writing, in such form as the supervisor or...
• California Public Resources Code Section 3202
  A person who acquires the right to operate a well or production facility, whether by purchase, transfer, assignment, conveyance, exchange, or other disposition, shall, as...
• California Public Resources Code Section 3203
  (a) The operator of any well, before commencing the work of drilling the well, shall file with the supervisor or the district deputy a written...
• California Public Resources Code Section 3204
  Any operator who, on or after January 1, 1999, engages in the drilling, redrilling, deepening, or in any operation permanently altering the casing, of any...
• California Public Resources Code Section 3205
  Any operator who engages in the drilling, redrilling, deepening, or in any operation permanently altering the casing, of one or more wells at any time,...
• California Public Resources Code Section 3205.1
  (a) Notwithstanding Sections 3204 and 3205, any person who engages in the drilling, redrilling, deepening, or in any operation permanently altering the casing, of one...
• California Public Resources Code Section 3205.2
  (a) Notwithstanding Section 3204, any person who engages in the operation of a class II commercial wastewater disposal well, as defined in subdivision (d), shall...
• California Public Resources Code Section 3205.5
  In lieu of the indemnity bond required by Sections 3204, 3205, 3205.1, 3205.2, and 3206, a deposit may, with the written approval of the supervisor,...
• California Public Resources Code Section 3206
  (a) The operator of any idle well not covered by an indemnity bond provided under Section 3204, subdivision (c) of Section 3205, or subdivision (a)...
• California Public Resources Code Section 3206.5
  (a) Any city or county may request from the supervisor a list of those wells within its jurisdiction which have not continuously produced oil or...
• California Public Resources Code Section 3207
  Any individual or blanket indemnity bond issued in compliance with this chapter may be terminated and canceled and the surety be relieved of all obligations...
• California Public Resources Code Section 3208
  For the purposes of Section 3207, a well is properly completed when it has been shown, to the satisfaction of the supervisor, that the manner...
• California Public Resources Code Section 3208.1
  (a) To prevent, as far as possible, damage to life, health, and property, the supervisor or district deputy may order the reabandonment of any previously...
• California Public Resources Code Section 3209
  The provisions of Section 3207 as to termination and cancellation shall also apply to all bonds which have been heretofore filed with the supervisor as...
• California Public Resources Code Section 3210
  The owner or operator of any well shall keep, or cause to be kept, a careful and accurate log, core record, and history of the...
• California Public Resources Code Section 3211
  The log shall show the character and depth of the formation passed through or encountered in the drilling of the well. The log shall show...
• California Public Resources Code Section 3212
  The core record shall show the depth, character, and fluid content of cores obtained, so far as determined.
• California Public Resources Code Section 3213
  The history shall show the location and amount of sidetracked casings, tools, or other material, the depth and quantity of cement in cement plugs, the...
• California Public Resources Code Section 3214
  The log shall be kept in the local office of the owner or operator, and, together with the tour reports of the owner or operator,...
• California Public Resources Code Section 3215
  Within 60 days after the date of cessation of drilling, rework, or abandonment operations, or the date of suspension of operations, true copies of the...
• California Public Resources Code Section 3216
  The owner or operator of any well, or his local agent, shall file with the supervisor a copy of the log, history, and core record,...
• California Public Resources Code Section 3219
  Any person engaged in operating any oil or gas well wherein high pressure gas is known to exist, and any person drilling for oil or...
• California Public Resources Code Section 3219.5
  (a) On or before July 1, 2001, the Department of Conservation shall report to the Governor and the Legislature on options for ensuring the existence...
• California Public Resources Code Section 3220
  The owner or operator of any well on lands producing or reasonably presumed to contain oil or gas shall properly case it with water-tight and...
• California Public Resources Code Section 3222
  The owner or operator of any well shall, at the request of the supervisor, demonstrate that water from any well is not penetrating oil-bearing or...
• California Public Resources Code Section 3223
  The district deputy or an inspector designated by the supervisor may be present at the test for shutoff. If the test is personally witnessed by...
• California Public Resources Code Section 3224
  The supervisor shall order such tests or remedial work as in his judgment are necessary to prevent damage to life, health, property, and natural resources;...
• California Public Resources Code Section 3225
  (a) An order of the supervisor or a district deputy issued pursuant to this chapter shall provide a clear and concise recitation of the acts...
• California Public Resources Code Section 3226
  Within 30 days after service of an order pursuant to Sections 3224 and 3225, or Section 3237, or if there has been an appeal from...
• California Public Resources Code Section 3227
  The owner of any well shall file with the supervisor, on or before the last day of each month, for the last preceding calendar month,...
• California Public Resources Code Section 3227.5
  The supervisor shall compile from statements filed pursuant to Section 3227 and publish monthly statistics, within 90 days of the end of each calendar month,...
• California Public Resources Code Section 3227.6
  As used in Sections 3227 and 3227.5, the following terms have the following meaning: (a) "Field" means the same general surface area which is underlain,...
• California Public Resources Code Section 3228
  Before abandoning any well in accordance with methods approved by the supervisor or the district deputy, and under his or her direction, the owner or...
• California Public Resources Code Section 3229
  Before commencing any work to abandon any well, the owner or operator shall file with the supervisor or the district deputy a written notice of...
• California Public Resources Code Section 3230
  The notice of intention to abandon shall contain the following information: (a) The total depth of the well to be abandoned. (b) The complete casing...
• California Public Resources Code Section 3232
  The supervisor or the district deputy shall, within 10 days after the receipt of a written report of abandonment, furnish the owner or operator with...
• California Public Resources Code Section 3233
  (a) The division may develop field rules which establish volumetric thresholds for emergency reporting by the operator of oil discharges to land associated with onshore...
• California Public Resources Code Section 3234
  (a) (1) Except as otherwise provided in this section, all the well records, including production reports, of any owner or operator which are filed pursuant...
• California Public Resources Code Section 3235
  The supervisor may upon his own initiative or shall upon receipt of a written complaint from a person owning land or operating wells within a...
• California Public Resources Code Section 3236
  Any owner or operator, or employee thereof, who refuses to permit the supervisor or the district deputy, or his inspector, to inspect a well, or...
• California Public Resources Code Section 3236.5
  (a) A person who violates this chapter or a regulation implementing this chapter is subject to a civil penalty not to exceed twenty-five thousand dollars...
• California Public Resources Code Section 3237
  (a) (1) The supervisor or district deputy may order the plugging and abandonment of a well that has been deserted whether or not any damage...
• California Public Resources Code Section 3238
  (a) For oil and gas produced in this state from a well that qualifies under Section 3251 or which has been inactive for a period...
• California Public Resources Code Section 3240
  The supervisor, in cooperation with appropriate state and local agencies, shall conduct a study of abandoned oil and gas wells located in those areas of...
• California Public Resources Code Section 3241
  The supervisor, in cooperation with appropriate state and local agencies, shall develop a strategy for extracting existing accumulations of methane gas and other hazardous gas...
• California Public Resources Code Section 3250
  The Legislature hereby finds and declares that hazardous and certain idle-deserted oil and gas wells, as defined in this article, are public nuisances and that...
• California Public Resources Code Section 3251
  For the purposes of this article, an oil or gas well is a "hazardous well" if the supervisor determines that the well is a potential...
• California Public Resources Code Section 3251.5
  (a) Notwithstanding Section 3251, a well shall be deemed a hazardous well if it has been determined by the supervisor to pose a present danger...
• California Public Resources Code Section 3252
  As used in this article, "natural resources" includes land, water, air, minerals, vegetation, wildlife, historical or aesthetic sites, or any other natural resource which, irrespective...
• California Public Resources Code Section 3253
  If any provisions of this article or the application thereof in any circumstances or to any person or public agency is held invalid, the remainder...
• California Public Resources Code Section 3254
  This article shall be liberally construed and applied to promote its purposes.
• California Public Resources Code Section 3255
  (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this division, the supervisor may order that any of the following operations be carried out on any property in...
• California Public Resources Code Section 3256
  (a) The division is hereby authorized to accept, and hold for and in the name of the state, by gift, exchange, purchase, negotiation, or eminent...
• California Public Resources Code Section 3257
  To effect the purpose of this article, the division is authorized to enter into agreements with any person, public agency, corporation, or other entity for...
• California Public Resources Code Section 3258
  (a) The division shall not make expenditures pursuant to this article that exceed the following sum in any one fiscal year: (1) Two million dollars...
• California Public Resources Code Section 3260
  For purposes of this article, the following definitions apply: (a) "Account" means the Acute Orphan Well Account established under Section 3261. (b) "Acute orphan well"...
• California Public Resources Code Section 3261
  (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, including the expenditure limitations of Section 3258, the division shall administer and manage the Acute Orphan Well...
• California Public Resources Code Section 3262
  (a) The Conservation Committee of the California Oil and Gas Producers shall act as an advisory committee, for the purposes of this article only, to...
• California Public Resources Code Section 3263
  (a) The division shall establish the following fees, up to a maximum of one million dollars ($1,000,000) annually, and payable to the division, for the...
• California Public Resources Code Section 3264
  Notwithstanding the limitations contained in Section 3261 upon appropriation, a maximum of 5 percent of the total annual fees deposited in the account may be...
• California Public Resources Code Section 3265
  If the balance in the account exceeds one million five hundred thousand dollars ($1,500,000) at the start of the fiscal year, the collection of all...
• California Public Resources Code Section 3266
  The division may adopt regulations to implement this article.
• California Public Resources Code Section 3270
  (a) The division shall, by regulation, prescribe minimum facility maintenance standards for all production facilities in the state. The regulations shall include, but are not...
• California Public Resources Code Section 3270.1
  Within three months of its acquisition of a production facility or at the time of the initial production at its production facility, the facility operator...
• California Public Resources Code Section 3270.2
  The division shall inspect production facilities to ensure compliance with the standards prescribed in the regulations promulgated pursuant to subdivision (a) of Section 3270.
• California Public Resources Code Section 3270.3
  In addition to any other remedy provided by law, the supervisor, upon his or her determination or that of the district deputy that a production...
• California Public Resources Code Section 3270.4
  (a) In addition to the bonding requirements under Article 4 (commencing with Section 3200), for an operator with a history of violating this chapter or...
• California Public Resources Code Section 3275
  The Legislature of the State of California hereby ratifies and approves "The Interstate Compact to Conserve Oil and Gas," and the amendment, extension, and renewal...
• California Public Resources Code Section 3276
  The provisions of the interstate compact referred to in Section 3275 are as follows: AN AGREEMENT TO AMEND, EXTEND AND RENEW THE INTERSTATE COMPACT TO...
• California Public Resources Code Section 3277
  The Governor is hereby designated as the official representative of the State of California on the Interstate Oil Compact Commission provided for in the compact...
• California Public Resources Code Section 3270.3
  In addition to any other remedy provided by law, the supervisor, upon his or her determination or that of the district deputy that a production...
• California Public Resources Code Section 3270.4
  (a) In addition to the bonding requirements under Article 4 (commencing with Section 3200), for an operator with a history of violating this chapter or...
• California Public Resources Code Section 3300
  The unreasonable waste of natural gas by the act, omission, sufferance, or insistence of the lessor, lessee or operator of any land containing oil or...
• California Public Resources Code Section 3301
  Whenever the supervisor finds that it is in the interest of the protection of oil or gas from unreasonable waste, the lessors, lessees, operators or...
• California Public Resources Code Section 3302
  Upon complaint being made to the director by any person operating in any oil field that there is occurring or threatened an unreasonable waste of...
• California Public Resources Code Section 3303
  Notice of the time and place of the hearing shall be given by publication in a newspaper printed and published in the county in which...
• California Public Resources Code Section 3304
  The place of hearing shall be in the county or in any of the counties in which the unreasonable waste of gas is alleged to...
• California Public Resources Code Section 3305
  At the hearing all persons interested are entitled to be heard and may present testimony either oral or written. All witnesses shall be sworn, and...
• California Public Resources Code Section 3306
  Upon the conclusion of the hearing, the supervisor shall determine whether or not there is an unreasonable waste of gas in the field, in existence...
• California Public Resources Code Section 3307
  If it appears that gas is being produced from any oil well or wells in quantities exceeding a reasonable proportion to the amount of oil...
• California Public Resources Code Section 3308
  If the waste of gas is found to be unreasonable, an order shall be made by the supervisor directing that the unreasonable waste of gas...
• California Public Resources Code Section 3309
  A copy of the supervisor's order shall be posted in a conspicuous place upon the property affected, and the order shall become final 10 days...
• California Public Resources Code Section 3310
  When the decision of the supervisor that there is an unreasonable waste of gas occurring or threatened has become final, a certified copy thereof shall...
• California Public Resources Code Section 3311
  In those suits, a restraining order shall not be issued ex parte, and a temporary or permanent injunction issued in the proceedings shall not be...
• California Public Resources Code Section 3312
  Whenever it appears to the director that the owners, lessors, lessees, or operators of any well or wells producing oil and gas or oil or...
• California Public Resources Code Section 3313
  In such suits a restraining order shall not be issued ex parte, and a temporary or permanent injunction issued in such proceedings shall not be...
• California Public Resources Code Section 3314
  Proceedings to enjoin waste as contemplated by this chapter shall be special proceedings restricted to the single issue whether gas is being produced or is...
• California Public Resources Code Section 3315
  It is hereby found and determined: (a) That the people of the State of California have a direct and primary interest in arresting and ameliorating...
• California Public Resources Code Section 3316
  Unless the context otherwise requires, the general provisions and definitions contained in this chapter govern the construction of this article.
• California Public Resources Code Section 3316.1
  As used in this article, "person" means any natural person, corporation, association, partnership, limited liability company, joint venture, receiver, trustee, executor, administrator, guardian, fiduciary or...
• California Public Resources Code Section 3316.2
  "Pool" means an underground reservoir containing, or appearing at the time of determination to contain, a common accumulation of crude petroleum oil or natural gas...
• California Public Resources Code Section 3316.3
  "Field" means the same general surface area which is underlaid or reasonably appears to be underlaid by one or more pools.
• California Public Resources Code Section 3316.4
  "Repressuring operations" means gas injection operations, water injection operations, water flooding operations, or any combination thereof, or any other operations intended primarily to arrest or...
• California Public Resources Code Section 3316.5
  "Subsidence" means sinking, lowering, collapsing, compaction or other movement of the land whether covered by water or not.
• California Public Resources Code Section 3316.6
  "Unit area" means all or part of a pool or pools included within the area embraced by a unit created pursuant to an order of...
• California Public Resources Code Section 3316.7
  "Unit production" means all oil, gas and other hydrocarbon substances produced from a unit area from the effective date of the order of the supervisor...
• California Public Resources Code Section 3316.8
  "Fieldwide repressuring plan" means a plan based upon a competent engineering study or studies, prepared by a petroleum engineer licensed by the State, of all...
• California Public Resources Code Section 3316.9
  "Unit agreement" means and includes, in addition to the unit agreement, any unit operating agreement, consent agreement and other agreement entered into in connection with...
• California Public Resources Code Section 3316.10
  "Increased production" means that portion of the oil or gas produced from all wells bottomed within a unit area, or within any other area where...
• California Public Resources Code Section 3316.11
  "Working interest" means an interest held in lands by virtue of fee title, including lands held in trust, a lease, operating agreement or otherwise, under...
• California Public Resources Code Section 3316.12
  "Working interest owner" means a person owning a working interest.
• California Public Resources Code Section 3316.13
  "Royalty interest" means a right to or interest in oil and gas produced from any lands or in the proceeds of the first sale thereof...
• California Public Resources Code Section 3316.14
  "Royalty interest owner" means a person owning a royalty interest.
• California Public Resources Code Section 3316.15
  "Unit operator" means the person or persons designated by the unit agreement or in accordance with subdivisions (g) and (j) of Section 3322 as operator...
• California Public Resources Code Section 3316.16
  "Land" means both surface and mineral rights.
• California Public Resources Code Section 3317
  This article applies only to lands, referred to in Section 3315, overlying or immediately adjacent to a producing pool or pools, when such lands are...
• California Public Resources Code Section 3318
  An order of the supervisor which involves tide or submerged lands which may have been granted to any city, county, or city and county, or...
• California Public Resources Code Section 3319
  (a) The supervisor, upon the supervisor's own motion, may, or shall, upon the application of any city, county, or city and county, any part of...
• California Public Resources Code Section 3319.1
  Prior to the adoption of a fieldwide repressuring plan and general specifications of the work to be done thereunder, as provided in Section 3319, the...
• California Public Resources Code Section 3320
  (a) The policy of conducting voluntary repressuring operations in a pool or pools, or portions thereof, in order to arrest or ameliorate subsidence, or for...
• California Public Resources Code Section 3320.1
  (a) An agreement for the management, development and operation of two or more tracts in a pool or pools, or portions thereof, in a field...
• California Public Resources Code Section 3320.2
  If the supervisor determines that sufficient of the working interest owners and royalty interest owners to make repressuring operations feasible in any pool or pools,...
• California Public Resources Code Section 3320.3
  In determining, as required by Section 3320.2, whether the estimated cost of initiating and conducting such repressuring operations will exceed the estimated value of the...
• California Public Resources Code Section 3320.4
  In order to encourage the initiation and conduct of repressuring operations with the greatest possible speed in a subsidence area, the State, or any city,...
• California Public Resources Code Section 3320.5
  No working or royalty interest owner shall be liable for any loss or damage resulting from repressuring or other operations connected with the production of...
• California Public Resources Code Section 3321
  (a) Subject to the limitations specified in this article, the supervisor shall have the power to issue a compulsory unit order upon the petition of...
• California Public Resources Code Section 3322
  An order of the supervisor requiring unit operation, pursuant to Section 3321, may include lands owned by any person as defined in Section 3316.1, and...
• California Public Resources Code Section 3322.1
  No order of the supervisor creating a unit and prescribing the plan of unitization applicable thereto shall become effective unless and until the plan of...
• California Public Resources Code Section 3323
  Notice of the time and place of any hearing to be held by the supervisor shall be given by publication in a newspaper of general...
• California Public Resources Code Section 3324
  At hearings all persons interested are entitled to be heard and present evidence, both oral and written. All such persons shall be sworn, and a...
• California Public Resources Code Section 3325
  The supervisor shall make and enforce all rules and regulations necessary or proper to accomplish the purposes of this article or to administer or enforce...
• California Public Resources Code Section 3326
  An order requiring unit operation may be amended for good cause by a subsequent order entered by the supervisor, except that no such order or...
• California Public Resources Code Section 3327
  Subject to the limitations in this article governing the creation of the unit previously established, the supervisor, by entry of a new order after a...
• California Public Resources Code Section 3328
  (a) The portion of unit production allocated to a separately owned tract shall be deemed, for all purposes, to have been actually produced from such...
• California Public Resources Code Section 3329
  The unit operator shall be authorized on behalf of and for the account of all the respective owners or possessors of the mineral rights within...
• California Public Resources Code Section 3330
  When unit expenses incurred by a unit operator on behalf of the unit have not been paid, the unit operator may, in order to secure...
• California Public Resources Code Section 3331
  Any order issued by the supervisor pursuant to this article, from its effective date, shall be binding upon each person owning or claiming any legal...
• California Public Resources Code Section 3332
  Within 30 days after the written notice of the entry of a final order of the supervisor, or within such further time as the supervisor...
• California Public Resources Code Section 3333
  (a) A final order of the supervisor shall be subject to judicial review by filing a petition for a writ of mandate in accordance with...
• California Public Resources Code Section 3334
  The pendency of actions before the superior court or proceedings for review before any other court of competent jurisdiction of itself shall not stay or...
• California Public Resources Code Section 3335
  If an action for judicial review has not been commenced within the time prescribed for such action, or, if filed, the time within which to...
• California Public Resources Code Section 3336
  The supervisor upon his own motion may, or shall upon the application of any interested person, hold a public hearing for the purpose of determining...
• California Public Resources Code Section 3337
  The division shall exercise surveillance over all repressuring operations in the state.
• California Public Resources Code Section 3341
  At the termination of oil and gas production from a unit area established or approved pursuant to this article and the abandonment of attempts to...
• California Public Resources Code Section 3342
  To the extent necessary to conform to the provisions and requirements of this article, and to any order of unitization or other order, rule or...
• California Public Resources Code Section 3343
  (a) Any person who willfully violates any provision of this article or any rule, regulation or order of the supervisor, shall be subject to a...
• California Public Resources Code Section 3344
  (a) Whenever it appears that any person is violating or threatening to violate any provision of this article, or any rule, regulation or order of...
• California Public Resources Code Section 3345
  No finding or determination made by the supervisor under the provisions of this article or by any court in proceedings involving the enforcement or review...
• California Public Resources Code Section 3346
  The provisions of this article shall supersede any conflicting provisions contained in any legislative grant of tide and submerged lands, or in any law amendatory...
• California Public Resources Code Section 3347
  If any section, subsection, subdivision, sentence or clause of this article is adjudged to be unconstitutional or invalid, such adjudication shall not affect the validity...
• California Public Resources Code Section 3350
  (a) The operator of a well or a production facility to whom the supervisor or district deputy has issued an order pursuant to this chapter...
• California Public Resources Code Section 3351
  (a) A hearing shall be provided in accordance with Chapter 5 (commencing with Section 11500) of Part 1 of Division 3 of Title 2 of...
• California Public Resources Code Section 3352
  (a) A hearing conducted by the director shall adhere to the following: (1) When an order is not issued as an emergency order, within 30...
• California Public Resources Code Section 3353
  (a) Within 30 days after the close of a hearing conducted by the director, the director shall issue a written decision affirming, setting aside, or...
• California Public Resources Code Section 3354
  (a) Following a hearing conducted by the director pursuant to Sections 3352 and 3353 or subdivision (b) of Section 3350, the operator may obtain judicial...
• California Public Resources Code Section 3355
  When an operator seeks judicial review of a decision of the director, including a decision following a hearing conducted in accordance with Chapter 5 (commencing...
• California Public Resources Code Section 3356
  If the operator does not appeal an order, if the operator does not timely seek judicial review of a decision affirming or modifying an order...
• California Public Resources Code Section 3357
  In any proceeding before the director, and in any proceeding instituted by the supervisor for the purpose of enforcing or carrying out the provisions of...
• California Public Resources Code Section 3358
  Witnesses shall be entitled to receive the fees and mileage fixed by law in civil causes, payable from the Oil, Gas, and Geothermal Administrative Fund.
• California Public Resources Code Section 3359
  In case of the failure or neglect on the part of any person to comply with any order of the supervisor or the director, or...
• California Public Resources Code Section 3400
  The charges directed to be levied by this article are necessary in the exercise of the police power of the State and to provide a...
• California Public Resources Code Section 3401
  The proceeds of charges levied, assessed, and collected pursuant to this article upon the properties of every person operating or owning an interest in the...
• California Public Resources Code Section 3402
  There shall annually be imposed upon the person operating each oil well in this state, or owning royalty or other interests in respect to the...
• California Public Resources Code Section 3402.3
  (a) Any increase by the department in the charge imposed pursuant to Section 3402 for deposit into the Oil, Gas, and Geothermal Administrative Fund for...
• California Public Resources Code Section 3403
  There shall annually be imposed upon the person operating each gas well in this state, or owning royalty or other interests with respect to the...
• California Public Resources Code Section 3403.5
  (a) The Legislature finds that there are underground storage facilities for gas that utilize depleted or partially depleted oil or gas reservoirs. Purchased gas, usually...
• California Public Resources Code Section 3404
  The charges authorized by this article are in addition to any and all charges, taxes, assessments, or licenses of any kind or nature paid by...
• California Public Resources Code Section 3405
  The department shall prescribe the form and contents of all reports for making the charge or for other purposes to carry out the intent and...
• California Public Resources Code Section 3406
  Every person chargeable under this article, shall on or before March 15th of each year, file a report with the department. The report shall show...
• California Public Resources Code Section 3407
  The department may, for good cause shown, by order entered upon its records, extend for not exceeding thirty days, the time for filing any report...
• California Public Resources Code Section 3407.5
  If the person filing the report required under Section 3406, by error or otherwise fails to include the full amount of oil or gas production...
• California Public Resources Code Section 3408
  (a) If any person chargeable under this article fails or refuses to file with the department, within the time prescribed in this article, the verified...
• California Public Resources Code Section 3410
  The department shall, on or before June 15th of each year, acting in conjunction with the Department of Finance, make an estimate of the amount...
• California Public Resources Code Section 3412
  On or before the 15th of June of each year, the department shall determine the rate or rates which will produce the sums necessary to...
• California Public Resources Code Section 3413
  Between the first of March and the 15th of June in each year, the department shall assess and levy the charges as provided in this...
• California Public Resources Code Section 3417
  The notice shall state: (a) That the assessment of property and levy of charges under this article has been completed. (b) That the records of...
• California Public Resources Code Section 3418
  The department shall prepare each year a record called the "Record of Assessments and Charges" in which shall be entered each assessment and levy or...
• California Public Resources Code Section 3419
  On or before the first of July the department shall deliver to the State Controller the record of assessments and charges, certified to by the...
• California Public Resources Code Section 3420
  (a) (1) No charges shall be levied for assessments on oil and gas production of less than ten dollars ($10). (2) The charges are due...
• California Public Resources Code Section 3421
  Every payment on a delinquent charge shall be applied as follows: (a) First, to any interest due on the charge. (b) Second, to any penalty...
• California Public Resources Code Section 3423
  (a) If any person fails to pay any charge or penalty imposed under this chapter at the time that it becomes due and payable, the...
• California Public Resources Code Section 3423.2
  A warrant may be issued by the Controller or his or her duly authorized representative for the collection of any charges, interest and penalties and...
• California Public Resources Code Section 3423.3
  Notwithstanding any provisions of law to the contrary, the owner of said land may redeem from any execution sale within a period of three years...
• California Public Resources Code Section 3423.4
  The sheriff shall receive, upon the completion of his or her services pursuant to a warrant, and the Controller is authorized to pay to him...
• California Public Resources Code Section 3423.6
  In the event that the lien of the charges, penalties or interest attaches to real property from which the oil or gas is extracted and...
• California Public Resources Code Section 3423.9
  It is expressly provided that the remedies provided herein of the state shall be cumulative and that no action by the Controller shall be construed...
• California Public Resources Code Section 3424
  All charges assessed and levied shall be paid to the State Treasurer upon the order of the Controller. The Controller shall record the payment of...
• California Public Resources Code Section 3425
  Errors appearing upon the face of any assessment on the record of assessments, or overcharges may be corrected by the Controller, with the consent of...
• California Public Resources Code Section 3426
  The Controller shall, on or before the thirtieth day of May next following the delinquency of any charge, bring an action in the name of...
• California Public Resources Code Section 3427
  The Attorney General, as provided in section 3102, shall commence and prosecute any such action to final judgment.
• California Public Resources Code Section 3428
  In such actions the record of assessments and charges, or a copy of so much thereof as is applicable, duly certified by the Controller, showing...
• California Public Resources Code Section 3429
  Payment of the penalties and charges, or the amount of the judgment recovered in the action, shall be made to the State Treasurer.
• California Public Resources Code Section 3430
  Any person claiming and protesting that the assessment made or charges assessed against him are void, in whole or in part, may bring an action...
• California Public Resources Code Section 3431
  Whenever an action is commenced under the provisions of Section 3430, a copy of the complaint and of the summons shall be served upon the...
• California Public Resources Code Section 3432
  The Attorney General, as provided in section 3102, shall defend the action. The provisions of the Code of Civil Procedure relating to pleadings, proofs, trials,...
• California Public Resources Code Section 3433
  Failure to begin the action within the time specified in section 3430 is a bar to recovery of the charges. In any such action the...
• California Public Resources Code Section 3450
  The Legislature takes notice of the existence of the Conservation Committee of California Oil Producers and of the fact that said committee for a number...
• California Public Resources Code Section 3451
  "Maximum Efficient Rate," commonly referred to as "MER," is defined as the highest daily rate of production which can be sustained economically from a particular...
• California Public Resources Code Section 3460
  (a) As used in this article: (1) "Used oil" has the same meaning as defined in subdivision (a) of Section 25250.1 of the Health and...
• California Public Resources Code Section 3462
  The Legislature finds that almost 100 million gallons of used automotive and industrial oil are generated each year in the state; that used oil is...
• California Public Resources Code Section 3463
  It is the intent of the Legislature in enacting this article that used oil shall be collected and recycled to the maximum extent possible, by...
• California Public Resources Code Section 3465
  The board shall conduct a public education program to inform the public of the needs for and benefits of collecting and recycling used oil in...
• California Public Resources Code Section 3466
  (a) The board shall prescribe guidelines for providing safe and conveniently located facilities for the deposit of used oil by persons possessing not more than...
• California Public Resources Code Section 3469
  The board, and every state officer and employee, shall encourage the purchase of recycled oil products represented as substantially equivalent to products made from new...
• California Public Resources Code Section 3470
  (a) All rules and regulations of the board shall be adopted, amended, and repealed in accordance with Chapter 3.5 (commencing with Section 11340) of Part...
• California Public Resources Code Section 3473
  If any provision of this article or the application of it to any person or circumstance is held invalid, such invalidity shall not affect other...
• California Public Resources Code Section 3475
  This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the Used Oil Collection Demonstration Grant Program Act of 1990.
• California Public Resources Code Section 3476
  The definitions in this article govern the construction of this chapter.
• California Public Resources Code Section 3477
  "Administrative costs" means those costs directly associated with regulation of the implementation of a used oil collection project.
• California Public Resources Code Section 3477.1
  "Board" means the California Integrated Waste Management Board.
• California Public Resources Code Section 3477.5
  "Capital outlay" means those costs directly associated with the purchase of equipment necessary to implement a used oil collection project. The costs may include, but...
• California Public Resources Code Section 3478
  "Local agency" means a city, county, or city and county.
• California Public Resources Code Section 3479
  "Used oil collection project" means a project undertaken by a local agency to encourage the collection, recycling, and proper disposal of used oil generated at...
• California Public Resources Code Section 3480
  (a) The board shall develop and administer a used oil grant program. The board shall adopt regulations for the administration of this chapter and make...
• California Public Resources Code Section 3481
  The purpose of the used oil collection demonstration grant program is to encourage the establishment of public used oil collection projects and to provide capital...
• California Public Resources Code Section 3482
  (a) A local agency shall not use more than 5 percent of any grant for administrative costs. (b) The board shall not use more than...
• California Public Resources Code Section 3483
  The board shall establish criteria for the granting of funds for used oil collection projects conducted by local agencies, including, but not limited to, information...
• California Public Resources Code Section 3484
  (a) Local agencies which have established public used oil curbside collection projects on or before January 1, 1991, are eligible for grants under this article...
• California Public Resources Code Section 3485
  Grant funds shall be made available on a competitive basis to local agencies if requests for grants exceed available funds.
• California Public Resources Code Section 3485.5
  The following criteria shall be used to evaluate grant applications: (a) The need for a used oil collection project within a jurisdiction. (b) The commitment...
• California Public Resources Code Section 3486
  The board shall determine the contents of grant applications and the methods for evaluating the applications.
• California Public Resources Code Section 3487
  The board shall evaluate each grant application for its potential to satisfy the requirements of this chapter and shall award the grant based on the...
• California Public Resources Code Section 3489
  A local agency that establishes or otherwise expends grant funds provided pursuant to this chapter shall: (a) Comply with the requirements in the regulations concerning...
• California Public Resources Code Section 3490
  Storage containers, such as drums and tanks, used to store used oil shall be in good condition and shall meet any applicable design and construction
• California Public Resources Code Section 3491
  There is hereby created in the State Treasury the Used Oil Collection Demonstration Grant Fund. Notwithstanding Section 13340 of the Government Code, the money in...
• California Public Resources Code Section 3492
  (a) Notwithstanding Sections 13340 and 16361 of the Government Code, and to the extent permitted by federal law, the sum of one million dollars ($1,000,000)...
• California Public Resources Code Section 3494
  Funds transferred from the Petroleum Violation Escrow Account by this article shall be transferred by the Controller, subject to approval by the Director of Finance...
• California Public Resources Code Section 3500
  All persons, firms, corporations, and associations are prohibited from wilfully permitting natural gas wastefully to escape into the atmosphere.
• California Public Resources Code Section 3501
  Any person, firm, corporation, or association who digs, drills, excavates, constructs, or owns, or controls a well from which natural gas flows shall, upon the...
• California Public Resources Code Section 3502
  Any person, firm, corporation, or association who wilfully violates any of the provisions of this chapter is guilty of a misdemeanor, punishable by a fine...
• California Public Resources Code Section 3503
  Each day during which natural gas is wilfully allowed wastefully or unnecessarily to escape into the atmosphere is a separate and distinct violation of this
• California Public Resources Code Section 3600
  Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, any well hereafter drilled for oil or gas, or hereafter drilled and permitted to produce oil or gas,...
• California Public Resources Code Section 3601
  Where several contiguous parcels of land in one or different ownerships are operated as a single oil or gas lease or operating unit, the term...
• California Public Resources Code Section 3602
  Where a parcel of land contains one acre or more, but is less than 250 feet in width, there may be drilled on the parcel...
• California Public Resources Code Section 3602.1
  Where a parcel of land contains one acre or more and the hydrocarbons to be developed are too heavy or viscous to produce by normal...
• California Public Resources Code Section 3602.2
  In determining the area of parcels of land for the purposes of this chapter, the area of the oil and gas mineral estate shall be...
• California Public Resources Code Section 3603
  For the purposes of this chapter, an alley which intersects or lies within any block or other subdivision unit is not a public street or
• California Public Resources Code Section 3604
  Each day in which the drilling of any well is carried on, or on which it is permitted to produce oil or gas in violation...
• California Public Resources Code Section 3605
  The provisions of this chapter do not apply to any field producing oil or gas on August 14, 1931.
• California Public Resources Code Section 3606
  Notwithstanding any other provisions of this chapter, where a parcel of land contains one acre or more and where all or substantially all of the...
• California Public Resources Code Section 3606.1
  The 150-foot restriction in Sections 3600 and elsewhere in this chapter shall apply only to wells drilled and producing from the same zone or pool;...
• California Public Resources Code Section 3607
  The prohibition set forth in Section 3600 against drilling within 100 feet of any public street or highway shall not apply in the case of...
• California Public Resources Code Section 3608
  Where land aggregating less than one acre is surrounded by other lands, which other lands are subject to an oil and gas lease aggregating one...
• California Public Resources Code Section 3608.1
  The owner or operator of any leasehold, into which land has been included under the provisions of Section 3608, shall cause to be recorded an...
• California Public Resources Code Section 3609
  Notwithstanding any other provisions of this chapter, if the supervisor determines, pursuant to rules and regulations and after a public hearing, that the development of...
• California Public Resources Code Section 3630
  The Legislature hereby finds and declares that the management, development, and operation of lands as a unit for the production of oil and gas aids...
• California Public Resources Code Section 3631
  Nothing in this chapter shall be construed in such a manner as to conflict with the provisions of Article 2 (commencing with Section 6826) of...
• California Public Resources Code Section 3635
  Unless the context otherwise requires, the definitions in this article govern the construction of this chapter.
• California Public Resources Code Section 3635.1
  "Person" means any natural person, corporation, association, partnership, limited liability company, joint venture, receiver, trustee, executor, administrator, guardian, fiduciary, or other representative of any kind...
• California Public Resources Code Section 3635.2
  "Land" means both surface and mineral rights.
• California Public Resources Code Section 3635.3
  "Pool" means an underground reservoir containing, or appearing at the time of determination to contain, a common accumulation of crude petroleum oil or natural gas...
• California Public Resources Code Section 3635.4
  "Field" means the same general surface area which is underlaid or reasonably appears to be underlaid by one or more pools.
• California Public Resources Code Section 3635.5
  "Tracts of land" means land areas under separate ownership which are all of the following: (a) Contiguous either on the surface or in the subsurface....
• California Public Resources Code Section 3636
  "Unit agreement" means and includes, in addition to the unit agreement entered into pursuant to the provisions of Article 3 (commencing with Section 3640) of...
• California Public Resources Code Section 3636.1
  "Unit area" means all lands included within an area subject to a unit agreement entered into pursuant to the provisions of Article 3 (commencing with...
• California Public Resources Code Section 3636.2
  "Unit production" means all oil, gas, and other hydrocarbon substances produced from a unit area from the effective date of a unit agreement approved by...
• California Public Resources Code Section 3636.3
  "Unit operator" means the person or persons designated by the working interest owners as operator or operators of the unit area.
• California Public Resources Code Section 3637
  "Working interest" means an interest held in lands by virtue of fee title, including lands held in trust, a lease, operating agreement, or otherwise, under...
• California Public Resources Code Section 3637.1
  "Working interest owner" means a person owning a working interest.
• California Public Resources Code Section 3637.2
  "Royalty interest" means a right to or interest in oil and gas produced from any lands or in the proceeds of the first sale thereof...
• California Public Resources Code Section 3637.3
  "Royalty interest owner" means a person owning a royalty interest.
• California Public Resources Code Section 3640
  Tracts of land may be unitized as provided in this article to provide for the management, development, and operation thereof as a unit to prevent,...
• California Public Resources Code Section 3641
  An agreement for the management, development, and operation of two or more tracts of land in the same field or in the same producing or...
• California Public Resources Code Section 3642
  Any proposed agreement for unit operation of tracts of land which has been consented to by persons who own title to working interests which aggregate...
• California Public Resources Code Section 3643
  The unit agreement shall be approved, if, after a public hearing, the supervisor finds all of the following: (a) The unit area of the proposed...
• California Public Resources Code Section 3644
  A tract of land's fair, equitable, and reasonable share of the unit production shall be measured by the value of such tract for oil and...
• California Public Resources Code Section 3645
  Upon giving his approval to the unit agreement pursuant to Section 3643, the supervisor shall issue an order directing unit operations of the unit area...
• California Public Resources Code Section 3646
  The supervisor's order shall include fair and reasonable provisions for all of the following: (a) The date when all tracts of land not theretofore committed...
• California Public Resources Code Section 3647
  The owner of any working interest or royalty interest in a tract which is the subject of a unit agreement who did not consent to...
• California Public Resources Code Section 3648
  Any unit agreement approved by the supervisor shall contain a provision under which a party whose surface land is being utilized for the benefit of...
• California Public Resources Code Section 3649
  Any proposed modification of an approved unit agreement shall be submitted by the unit operator to the supervisor for his review and approval. No modification...
• California Public Resources Code Section 3650
  If at any time after the entry of an order of unitization issued pursuant to Section 3645, it develops that all or a portion of...
• California Public Resources Code Section 3651
  The supervisor shall issue his order that such further tract or tracts of land insofar as they contain the pool or pools, or portions thereof,...
• California Public Resources Code Section 3652
  The supervisor's order issued pursuant to Section 3651 shall contain a fair basis for allocating production to such further tract or tracts of land and...
• California Public Resources Code Section 3653
  Any disagreement with respect to the unit operation between persons owning any interest in the pool or pools, or portions thereof, subject to the unit...
• California Public Resources Code Section 3653.5
  A petition requesting approval of a unit agreement and each copy thereof shall contain or have attached to it: (a) A request that the supervisor...
• California Public Resources Code Section 3654
  Any and all decisions or determinations made by the supervisor under the provisions of this chapter shall be appealable to any court of competent jurisdiction...
• California Public Resources Code Section 3655
  The three-fourths interests referred to in Sections 3642, 3649, and 3651 shall be determined as follows: (a) A total value, composed of the combined value...
• California Public Resources Code Section 3656
  No unit agreement approved by the supervisor pursuant to the provisions of this chapter shall effect or result in, or be construed to effect or...
• California Public Resources Code Section 3657
  Operations incident to the drilling, producing, or operating of a well or wells on any portion of a unit area under a unit agreement approved...
• California Public Resources Code Section 3658
  Any order of the supervisor issued pursuant to this article shall, from and after its effective date, be effective as to, and be binding upon,...
• California Public Resources Code Section 3659
  Prior to any public hearing held by the supervisor pursuant to this chapter, the supervisor shall give reasonable written notice of the hearing to all...
• California Public Resources Code Section 3680
  A person to whom another is indebted for expenses incurred in carrying on unit operations may, in order to secure payment of the amount due,...
• California Public Resources Code Section 3681
  The lien shall be a first lien on the production and otherwise shall be of the same nature and subject to foreclosure in the same...
• California Public Resources Code Section 3685
  Within three months after the effective date of this chapter, the supervisor shall, after one or more public hearings, adopt regulations governing the submittal of...
• California Public Resources Code Section 3690
  This chapter shall not be deemed a preemption by the state of any existing right of cities and counties to enact and enforce laws and...
• California Public Resources Code Section 3700
  It is hereby found and determined that the people of the State of California have a direct and primary interest in the development of geothermal...
• California Public Resources Code Section 3701
  For the purposes of this chapter, "geothermal resources" shall mean geothermal resources as defined in Section 6903 of this code.
• California Public Resources Code Section 3702
  For the purposes of this chapter, "geothermal resources area" means the same general surface area which is underlaid, or reasonably appears to be underlaid, by...
• California Public Resources Code Section 3703
  "Well" means any well for the discovery of geothermal resources or any well on lands producing geothermal resources or reasonably presumed to contain geothermal resources,...
• California Public Resources Code Section 3703.1
  "Low-temperature geothermal resources" are fluids that have value by virtue of the heat contained therein and have a temperature that is not more than the...
• California Public Resources Code Section 3704
  "Department", in reference to the government of this state, means the Department of Conservation.
• California Public Resources Code Section 3705
  "Division," in reference to the government of this state, means the Division of Oil, Gas, and Geothermal Resources in the Department of Conservation.
• California Public Resources Code Section 3706
  "Director" means the Director of Conservation.
• California Public Resources Code Section 3707
  "Supervisor" means the State Oil and Gas Supervisor.
• California Public Resources Code Section 3708
  "Person" includes any individual, firm, association, corporation, or any other group or combination acting as a unit.
• California Public Resources Code Section 3709
  "Operator" means any person drilling, maintaining, operating, pumping, or in control of any well.
• California Public Resources Code Section 3710
  "Owner" includes "operator" when any well is operated or has been operated or is about to be operated by any person other than the owner.
• California Public Resources Code Section 3711
  "Operator" includes "owner" when any well is or has been or is about to be operated by or under the direction of the owner.
• California Public Resources Code Section 3712
  This chapter shall be liberally construed to meet its purposes, and the director and the supervisor, acting with the approval of the director, shall have...
• California Public Resources Code Section 3714
  The State Oil and Gas Supervisor shall so supervise the drilling, operation, maintenance and abandonment of geothermal resources wells as to encourage the greatest ultimate...
• California Public Resources Code Section 3714.5
  The supervisor, pursuant to regulation, shall designate geothermal resources areas and may exclude from the operation of this chapter certain wells within such geothermal resources...
• California Public Resources Code Section 3715
  The supervisor shall also supervise the drilling, operation, maintenance, and abandonment of wells so as to permit the owners or operators of such wells to...
• California Public Resources Code Section 3715.5
  For the purposes of the California Environmental Quality Act (commencing with Section 21000), the division shall be the lead agency as defined in Section 21067...
• California Public Resources Code Section 3716
  The district deputy in each district shall collect all information regarding the wells in the district necessary for the proper supervision of the wells. The...
• California Public Resources Code Section 3717
  Upon request, the supervisor shall notify the Department of Fish and Game and the California regional water quality control board in the area affected of...
• California Public Resources Code Section 3718
  Nothing in this chapter shall be construed as superseding any of the provisions of Division 7 (commencing with Section 13000) of the Water Code or...
• California Public Resources Code Section 3719
  The supervisor shall publish any publications, reports, maps, statistical data or other printed matter relating to geothermal resources, for which there may be public demand....
• California Public Resources Code Section 3720
  For the purposes of this chapter, the state may be divided into one or more districts, the boundaries of which shall be fixed by the
• California Public Resources Code Section 3721
  Every owner or operator of any well shall designate an agent, giving his or her address, who resides in this state, to receive and accept...
• California Public Resources Code Section 3722
  The owner or operator of any well shall notify the supervisor or the district deputy, in writing, in such form as the supervisor or the...
• California Public Resources Code Section 3723
  Every person who acquires the ownership or operation of any well, whether by purchase, transfer, assignment, conveyance, exchange, or otherwise, shall, within 30 days after...
• California Public Resources Code Section 3723.5
  Any person who acquires the ownership or operation of any well or wells, whether by purchase, transfer, assignment, conveyance, exchange, or otherwise, shall, within 30...
• California Public Resources Code Section 3724
  The owner or operator of any well, before commencing the original drilling of a well or the redrilling of an abandoned well, shall file with...
• California Public Resources Code Section 3724.1
  An owner or operator may submit to the supervisor for approval a written program to drill a shallow well or wells for temperature-gradient monitoring purposes....
• California Public Resources Code Section 3724.2
  If, after study by the supervisor, it is determined that one or all of the wells proposed pursuant to Section 3724.1 require additional supervision, the...
• California Public Resources Code Section 3724.3
  Drilling of program wells, as described in Section 3724.1, shall not commence until approval is given by the supervisor or the district deputy. If the...
• California Public Resources Code Section 3724.32
  When an operator fails to pay a civil penalty imposed pursuant to Section 3754.5, comply with an order of the supervisor issued pursuant to this...
• California Public Resources Code Section 3724.35
  The supervisor may adopt regulations governing intermediate and deep wells drilled for temperature-gradient monitoring purposes. The regulations may specify the content of any written program...
• California Public Resources Code Section 3724.4
  The proposal, and all other data submitted as required by Sections 3724.1, 3724.2, and 3724.3, shall be maintained in a confidential status as provided for...
• California Public Resources Code Section 3724.5
  To provide funds for the supervision of geothermal resource wells, the supervisor shall establish an annual well fee, and penalties for late payment, to be...
• California Public Resources Code Section 3724.6
  The permit application fees established in Sections 3724 and 3724.1 shall be made payable by the operator to the Department of Conservation, and the annual...
• California Public Resources Code Section 3725
  Every person who engages in the drilling, redrilling, deepening, maintaining, or abandoning of any well, except a low-temperature geothermal well, shall file with the supervisor...
• California Public Resources Code Section 3725.5
  Any person who engages in the drilling, redrilling, deepening, maintaining, or abandoning of any low-temperature well, as defined in Section 3703.1, shall file with the...
• California Public Resources Code Section 3726
  Any person who engages in the drilling, redrilling, deepening, maintaining, or abandoning of one or more wells at any time, may file with the supervisor...
• California Public Resources Code Section 3728
  Any individual or blanket indemnity bond issued in compliance with this chapter may, with the consent of the supervisor, be terminated and canceled and the...
• California Public Resources Code Section 3728.5
  In lieu of the bond required by Sections 3723.5, 3725, 3725.5, and 3726, a deposit may, with the written approval of the supervisor, be given...
• California Public Resources Code Section 3729
  For the purposes of Section 3728, a well is properly abandoned when it has been shown to the satisfaction of the supervisor that all proper...
• California Public Resources Code Section 3730
  The owner or operator of any well shall keep, or cause to be kept, a careful and accurate log, core record, and history of the...
• California Public Resources Code Section 3731
  The log shall show the character and depth of the formation passed through or encountered in the drilling of the well, the amount, size and...
• California Public Resources Code Section 3732
  The core record shall show the depth, character, and fluid content of cores obtained, so far as determined.
• California Public Resources Code Section 3733
  The history shall show the location and amount of sidetracked casings, tools, or other material, the depth and quantity of cement in cement plugs, the...
• California Public Resources Code Section 3734
  The log shall be kept in the local office of the owner or operator and, together with the tour reports of the owner or operator,...
• California Public Resources Code Section 3735
  Upon the completion or abandonment of any well or upon the suspension of operations upon any well, true copies of the log, core record, history,...
• California Public Resources Code Section 3736
  The owner or operator of any well, or his local agent, shall file with the supervisor a copy of the log, history, and core record,...
• California Public Resources Code Section 3737
  A well is completed, for the purposes of this chapter, 30 days after it has commenced to produce a geothermal resource unless drilling operations are...
• California Public Resources Code Section 3739
  Any person engaged in operating any wells wherein high pressures are known to exist, and any person drilling for geothermal resources in any district where...
• California Public Resources Code Section 3740
  The owner or operator of any well on lands producing or reasonably presumed to contain geothermal resources shall properly case it with watertight and adequate...
• California Public Resources Code Section 3741
  The supervisor shall require such tests or remedial work as in his judgment are necessary to prevent damage to life, health, property, and natural resources,...
• California Public Resources Code Section 3742.2
  Any person having drilled a well or wells on state, federal or private lands which are producing or, according to the supervisor, are capable of...
• California Public Resources Code Section 3743
  (a) An order of the supervisor or a district deputy issued pursuant to this chapter shall provide a clear and concise recitation of the acts...
• California Public Resources Code Section 3744
  (a) Within 30 days from the date of service of an order made pursuant to Section 3743, or if there has been an appeal from...
• California Public Resources Code Section 3745
  The owner of any well producing geothermal resources or injecting fluids associated with geothermal operations shall file with the supervisor, on or before the 30th...
• California Public Resources Code Section 3746
  Before abandoning any well in accordance with methods approved by the supervisor or the district deputy, and under his direction, the owner or operator shall...
• California Public Resources Code Section 3747
  Before any work is commenced to abandon any well, the owner or operator shall give written notice to the supervisor or the district deputy of...
• California Public Resources Code Section 3748
  The supervisor, or the district deputy, shall before the proposed date of commencing work to abandon such well, furnish to the owner or operator either:...
• California Public Resources Code Section 3749
  If the supervisor or the district deputy fails to give the owner or operator a written report or request within the specified time, such failure...
• California Public Resources Code Section 3750
  Within 60 days after the completion of abandonment of any well, the owner or operator of the well shall make, in such form as the...
• California Public Resources Code Section 3751
  No person, whether as principal, agent, servant, employee, or otherwise, shall remove the casing or any portion thereof, from any well without first giving written...
• California Public Resources Code Section 3752
  (a) (1) Except as otherwise provided in this section, all the well records, including production records, of an owner or operator that are filed pursuant...
• California Public Resources Code Section 3753
  Upon receipt by the supervisor or by a district deputy of a written complaint, alleging a condition in violation of this chapter, specifically setting forth...
• California Public Resources Code Section 3754
  Any owner or operator, or employee thereof, who refuses to permit the supervisor or the district deputy, or his or her inspector, to inspect a...
• California Public Resources Code Section 3754.5
  (a) Any person who violates this chapter or any regulation implementing this chapter is subject to a civil penalty not to exceed five thousand dollars...
• California Public Resources Code Section 3755
  The supervisor or his deputy may order the abandonment of any well that has been deserted whether or not any damage is occurring or threatened...
• California Public Resources Code Section 3756
  Whenever the supervisor finds that it is in the interest of the protection of geothermal resources from unreasonable waste, the lessors, lessees, operators, or other...
• California Public Resources Code Section 3757
  Any well hereafter drilled for the discovery and production of geothermal resources, which is located within 100 feet of an outer boundary of the parcel...
• California Public Resources Code Section 3757.1
  Notwithstanding any other provisions of this chapter, where a parcel of land contains one acre or more and all or substantially all of the surface...
• California Public Resources Code Section 3757.2
  For the purpose of developing low-temperature geothermal resources, the supervisor may approve the exemption of any low-temperature geothermal well from Sections 3721, 3722, 3723, 3723.5,...
• California Public Resources Code Section 3758
  Where several contiguous parcels of land in one or different ownerships are operated as a single geothermal resources lease or operating unit, the term "outer...
• California Public Resources Code Section 3759
  For the purpose of this chapter, an alley which intersects or lies within any block or other subdivision unit is not a public street or
• California Public Resources Code Section 3760
  Each day in which the drilling of any well is carried on, or on which it is permitted to produce geothermal resources in violation of...
• California Public Resources Code Section 3761
  The provisions regarding the location of geothermal resources wells do not apply to any wells producing geothermal resources on the effective date of this act.
• California Public Resources Code Section 3762
  (a) The operator of a well to whom the supervisor or district deputy has issued an order pursuant to this chapter may file a notice...
• California Public Resources Code Section 3763
  (a) A hearing shall be provided in accordance with Chapter 5 (commencing with Section 11500) of Part 1 of Division 3 of Title 2 of...
• California Public Resources Code Section 3764
  (a) A hearing conducted by the director shall adhere to the following: (1) When an order is not issued as an emergency order, within 30...
• California Public Resources Code Section 3765
  (a) Within 30 days after the close of a hearing conducted by the director, the director shall issue a written decision affirming, setting aside, or...
• California Public Resources Code Section 3766
  (a) Following a hearing conducted by the director pursuant to Sections 3764 and 3765 or subdivision (b) of Section 3762, the operator may obtain judicial...
• California Public Resources Code Section 3767
  When an operator seeks judicial review of a decision of the director, including a decision following a hearing conducted in accordance with Chapter 5 (commencing...
• California Public Resources Code Section 3768
  If the operator does not appeal an order, if the operator does not timely seek judicial review of a decision affirming or modifying an order...
• California Public Resources Code Section 3769
  In any proceeding instituted by the supervisor for the purpose of enforcing or carrying out the provisions of this chapter, or for the purpose of...
• California Public Resources Code Section 3770
  Witnesses shall be entitled to receive the fees and mileage fixed by law in civil causes, payable from the Oil, Gas, and Geothermal Administrative Fund.
• California Public Resources Code Section 3771
  In case of the failure or neglect on the part of any person to comply with any order of the supervisor or the director, or...
• California Public Resources Code Section 3772
  (a) If any person fails to pay any charge or penalty imposed under this chapter at the time that it becomes due and payable, the...
• California Public Resources Code Section 3772.2
  A warrant may be issued by the Controller or his or her duly authorized representative for the collection of any charges, interests and penalty and...
• California Public Resources Code Section 3772.4
  The sheriff shall receive, upon the completion of his or her services pursuant to a warrant, and the Controller is authorized to pay to him...
• California Public Resources Code Section 3772.6
  In the event that the lien of the charges, penalties or interest attaches to real property from which geothermal energy is extracted and more than...
• California Public Resources Code Section 3773
  The Controller shall, on or before the 90th day following the delinquency of any charge, bring an action in the name of the people of...
• California Public Resources Code Section 3774
  The Attorney General, as provided in Section 3102 of the Public Resources Code, shall commence and prosecute any such action to final judgment.
• California Public Resources Code Section 3775
  In such actions the record of charges, or a copy of so much thereof as is applicable, duly certified by the Controller, showing unpaid charges...
• California Public Resources Code Section 3776
  Payment of the penalties and charges, or the amount of the judgment recovered in the action, shall be made to the State Treasurer, and shall...
• California Public Resources Code Section 3780
  As used in this chapter, an "oil sump" is any open depression or basin in the ground, whether manmade or natural, which contains oil or...
• California Public Resources Code Section 3781
  The Legislature hereby finds and declares that it is essential in order to protect the wildlife resources of California that all hazardous exposed oil sumps...
• California Public Resources Code Section 3782
  The supervisor shall promulgate rules and regulations for the adequate screening of oil sumps to protect wildlife and shall order the closure of any oil...
• California Public Resources Code Section 3783
  Whenever the supervisor receives notification from the Department of Fish and Game pursuant to subdivision (a) of Section 1016 of the Fish and Game Code...
• California Public Resources Code Section 3784
  Whenever the supervisor receives notification from the Department of Fish and Game pursuant to subdivision (b) of Section 1016 of the Fish and Game Code...
• California Public Resources Code Section 3784.5
  Extension of the 10-day period specified in Section 3784 may be granted only in cases where the supervisor and the Department of Fish and Game...
• California Public Resources Code Section 3785
  The supervisor and the Department of Fish and Game shall develop a joint program to coordinate their respective responsibilities under this chapter and Section 1016...
• California Public Resources Code Section 3787
  No provision of this chapter shall be construed as a limitation on the authority and responsibilities of the supervisor with respect to the enforcement or...
• California Public Resources Code Section 3800
  The purpose of this chapter is to provide for the allocation of revenues distributed to the state pursuant to Section 35 of the Mineral Lands...
• California Public Resources Code Section 3805
  The definitions set forth in this article shall govern the construction of this chapter.
• California Public Resources Code Section 3805.5
  "Commission" means the State Energy Resources Conservation and Development Commission.
• California Public Resources Code Section 3806
  "County of origin" means any county in which the United States has leased lands for geothermal development.
• California Public Resources Code Section 3807
  "Local jurisdiction" means any unit of Indian government, any city, county, or district, including, but not limited to, a regional planning agency and a public...
• California Public Resources Code Section 3808
  "Geothermal resources" means geothermal resources designated by the United States Geological Survey or the Department of Conservation, or by both. The department shall periodically review,...
• California Public Resources Code Section 3809
  "Private entity" means any individual or organization engaged in the exploration and development of geothermal energy for profit.
• California Public Resources Code Section 3810
  (a) (1) "Award repayment or program reimbursement agreement," including a "royalty agreement," as specified in subdivision (b), means a method used at the discretion of...
• California Public Resources Code Section 3820
  (a) The Geothermal Resources Development Account is hereby created in the General Fund. (b) All revenues received by the state pursuant to Section 35 of...
• California Public Resources Code Section 3821
  (a) Upon receipt and deposit of revenues in the Geothermal Resources Development Account, 40 percent of the revenues derived from the sale of a lease,...
• California Public Resources Code Section 3822
  (a) Thirty percent of the revenues received and deposited in the Geothermal Resources Development Account shall be available for expenditure by the commission as grants...
• California Public Resources Code Section 3822.1
  Notwithstanding any other provision of law, commencing with the 1984-85 fiscal year and in each fiscal year thereafter, any revenues not granted pursuant to Section...
• California Public Resources Code Section 3822.2
  (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the State Energy Resources Conservation and Development Commission may expend funds, from that portion of the Geothermal Resources...
• California Public Resources Code Section 3823
  Revenues disbursed to counties of origin pursuant to Section 3821 and grants or loans made to local jurisdictions or private entities pursuant to Section 3822...
• California Public Resources Code Section 3824
  Subject to the requirements of Section 3824.5, revenues disbursed to counties of origin pursuant to Section 3821 may be expended for the repair and maintenance...
• California Public Resources Code Section 3824.5
  Revenues disbursed to counties of origin pursuant to Section 3821 may be expended for purposes unrelated to geothermal development only in counties where there is...
• California Public Resources Code Section 3825
  Thirty percent of the revenues received and deposited in the Geothermal Resources Development Account shall, upon receipt by the Controller, be transferred to the Renewable...
• California Public Resources Code Section 3826
  For all lands of the United States which are received by the State Lands Commission as indemnity lands pursuant to Section 851 of Title 43...
• California Public Resources Code Section 3827
  If federal geothermal lease lands are transferred to the state for any reason, the lease revenues shall continue to be deposited into the accounts specified...
• California Public Resources Code Section 3850
  This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the Methane Gas Hazards Reduction Act.
• California Public Resources Code Section 3851
  The Legislature finds and declares that methane gas hazards, as identified in the study conducted pursuant to Chapter 4.1 (commencing with Section 3240) of Chapter...
• California Public Resources Code Section 3852
  The Legislature further finds and declares that, due to the cost and complexity of methane hazard mitigations, property owners and local governments are often unable...
• California Public Resources Code Section 3853
  The Legislature further finds and declares, therefore, that it is essential that the state, in cooperation with local governments, provide funds to mitigate many of...
• California Public Resources Code Section 3855
  As used in this chapter: (a) "Methane gas hazards" means collections of biogenic or thermogenic gases identified as hazards in the study conducted by the...
• California Public Resources Code Section 3860
  The director may award grants to eligible jurisdictions for purposes of planning, equipment purchases, installation, and other measures related to the mitigation of methane gas...
• California Public Resources Code Section 3861
  Prior to receiving grants under this chapter, each eligible jurisdiction shall submit a report to the director describing how the funds are to be expended....
• California Public Resources Code Section 3862
  Prior to receiving any grants pursuant to this chapter, an eligible jurisdiction shall do all of the following: (a) Implement a zoning ordinance for areas...
• California Public Resources Code Section 3863
  The department shall adopt rules and regulations implementing the grant program authorized by this chapter.
• California Public Resources Code Section 3865
  The Methane Gas Hazard Reduction Account in the General Fund is hereby created. The moneys in the account shall be available for purposes of this...
• California Public Resources Code Section 3900
  Any person, who is a citizen of the United States or who has declared his or her intention to become a citizen, and who discovers...
• California Public Resources Code Section 3901
  The locator of any lode mining claim shall define the boundaries of the claim so that they may be readily traced, but in no case...
• California Public Resources Code Section 3902
  The location of a placer claim shall be made in the following manner: (a) By erecting at the point of discovery thereon a conspicuous and...
• California Public Resources Code Section 3903
  The relocation of any lode or placer mining location which is subject to relocation shall be made as an original location is required to be
• California Public Resources Code Section 3904
  As to any placer mining claim which has been otherwise validly located or relocated since July 20, 1935, and as to which claim the locator...
• California Public Resources Code Section 3905
  The failure or neglect of the locator or locators to comply with the requirements of Section 3900, 3901, or 3903 shall render the location null...
• California Public Resources Code Section 3906
  The locator of a tunnel right or location shall locate his or her tunnel right or location by erecting at the face or point of...
• California Public Resources Code Section 3907
  The boundary lines of the tunnel shall be established by conspicuous and substantial monuments placed along the lines on the surface at an interval of...
• California Public Resources Code Section 3908
  If at any time the locator of any mining claim, or his or her assigns, apprehends that his or her original location notice was defective,...
• California Public Resources Code Section 3909
  Where a locator, or his or her assigns, has the boundaries and corners of his or her claim established by a United States deputy mineral...
• California Public Resources Code Section 3910
  The proprietor of a vein or lode claim or mine, the proprietor of a placer claim, or the owner of a quartz mill or reduction...
• California Public Resources Code Section 3911
  Within 90 days after the posting of his or her notice of location upon a lode mining claim, placer claim, tunnel right or location, or...
• California Public Resources Code Section 3912
  The amount of work done, improvements made, or maintenance fee paid to the Bureau of Land Management in the United States Department of Interior during...
• California Public Resources Code Section 3913
  (a) Whenever labor is performed, improvements are made, or a maintenance fee is paid as required by law upon any mining claim, the person on...
• California Public Resources Code Section 3914
  The board of supervisors, may require, by resolution, that any person filing an affidavit pursuant to Section 3913 or any person filing a notice of...
• California Public Resources Code Section 3915
  (a) The following are the only monuments which may be used pursuant to this chapter: (1) A wooden post not less than 1 1/2 inches...
• California Public Resources Code Section 3916
  Any person who takes down, removes, alters, or destroys any stake, post, monument, or notice of location upon any mining claim which is required by...
• California Public Resources Code Section 3917
  Whenever a coowner or coowners of a mining claim give to a delinquent coowner or coowners the notice in writing or notice by publication provided...
• California Public Resources Code Section 3918
  The original of the notice and affidavit, or a duly certified copy of the record thereof, shall be prima facie evidence that the delinquent mentioned...
• California Public Resources Code Section 3919
  If the delinquent, within the 90 days required by Section 2324 of the Revised Statutes of the United States, contributes to his or her coowner...
• California Public Resources Code Section 3920
  If the coowner fails to sign and deliver the writing to the delinquent within 20 days after the contribution, the coowner so failing is liable...
• California Public Resources Code Section 3921
  The record of any location of a mining claim, millsite, or tunnel right in the office of the county recorder, as provided in this chapter,...
• California Public Resources Code Section 3922
  Copies of the records of all instruments required to be recorded by this chapter, duly certified by the recorder in whose custody the records are,...
• California Public Resources Code Section 3923
  This chapter does not in any manner affect or abolish any mining district or the rules and regulations thereof within the state.
• California Public Resources Code Section 3924
  Whenever any mining district in this state, organized or created under the laws of the United States, is dissolved, the officers or custodians of the...
• California Public Resources Code Section 3940
  A mining partnership exists when two or more persons who own or acquire a mining claim for the purpose of working it and extracting the...
• California Public Resources Code Section 3941
  An express agreement to become partners or to share the profits and losses of mining is not necessary to the formation or existence of a...
• California Public Resources Code Section 3942
  A member of a mining partnership shares in the profits and losses thereof in the proportion which the interest or share he or she owns...
• California Public Resources Code Section 3943
  Each member of a mining partnership has a lien on the partnership property for the debts due the creditors thereof, and for money advanced by...
• California Public Resources Code Section 3944
  The mining-ground owned and worked by partners in mining, whether purchased with partnership funds or not, is partnership property.
• California Public Resources Code Section 3945
  One of the partners in a mining partnership may convey his or her interest in the mine and business without dissolving the partnership. The purchaser,...
• California Public Resources Code Section 3946
  A purchaser of an interest in the mining-ground of a mining partnership takes it subject to the liens existing in favor of the partners for...
• California Public Resources Code Section 3947
  A purchaser of the interest of a partner in a mine when the partnership is engaged in working it, takes with notice of all liens...
• California Public Resources Code Section 3948
  No member of a mining partnership or other agent or manager thereof can, by a contract in writing, bind the partnership, except by express authority...
• California Public Resources Code Section 3949
  The decision of the members owning a majority of the shares or interests in a mining partnership binds it in the conduct of its business.
• California Public Resources Code Section 3950
  This chapter does not apply to any operations for the extraction of oil, gas, and other hydrocarbons.
• California Public Resources Code Section 3960
  This chapter does not apply to any placer mine operator who holds a permit to operate from the California Debris Commission.
• California Public Resources Code Section 3961
  Any person, firm, or corporation who engages in the operation of a placer mine on any stream or on the watershed of any stream tributary...
• California Public Resources Code Section 3962
  The verified statement shall be verified by the operator or by someone in his or her behalf and shall contain all of the following information:...
• California Public Resources Code Section 3963
  Within 10 days after an owner or operator changes his or her address, or transfers the ownership or changes the operator of any mining property,...
• California Public Resources Code Section 3964
  No placer mining operator shall mine by the placer process on any stream or on the watershed of any stream tributary directly or indirectly to...
• California Public Resources Code Section 3965
  Notwithstanding subdivision (b) of Section 3964, any placer miner who is operating by dredging process, and who desires to transport his or her dredger across...
• California Public Resources Code Section 3966
  Any person, firm, or corporation who violates this chapter is guilty of a misdemeanor.
• California Public Resources Code Section 3967
  The operation of any placer mine on ground not covered by a permit issued to the operator from the California Debris Commission, without compliance with...
• California Public Resources Code Section 3968
  Nothing in this chapter deprives the state, any city, county, district, person, firm, or corporation of any right to maintain any action or proceeding, in...
• California Public Resources Code Section 3980
  Sluice boxes, flumes, hose, pipes, railway tracks, cars, blacksmith shops, mills, and all other machinery or tools used in working or developing a mine, are...
• California Public Resources Code Section 3981
  The business of hydraulic mining may be carried on within the state wherever and whenever it can be carried on without material injury to navigable...
• California Public Resources Code Section 3982
  "Hydraulic mining," as used in Section 3981, is mining by means of the application of water, under pressure, through a nozzle, against a natural bank.
• California Public Resources Code Section 3983
  Any corporation organized in this state for the purpose of mining or carrying on mining operations in or outside this state, may establish and maintain...
• California Public Resources Code Section 3984
  Any shareholder of a corporation formed under the laws of this state for the purpose of mining, may visit, accompanied by his or her expert,...
• California Public Resources Code Section 3985
  All grubstake contracts and prospecting agreements entered into after September 19, 1939, and which may in any way affect the title of mining locations, or...
• California Public Resources Code Section 4001
  Unless the context otherwise requires, the definitions in this chapter govern the construction of this division.
• California Public Resources Code Section 4002
  "Board" means the State Board of Forestry and Fire Protection.
• California Public Resources Code Section 4003
  "Department" means the Department of Forestry and Fire Protection.
• California Public Resources Code Section 4004
  "Director" means the Director of Forestry and Fire Protection.
• California Public Resources Code Section 4021
  Except as otherwise provided, the willful or negligent commission of any of the acts prohibited or the omission of any of the acts required by...
• California Public Resources Code Section 4022
  (a) The titles of ranger, park ranger, and forest ranger, and derivations thereof, may only be used by persons who are peace officers under Chapter...
• California Public Resources Code Section 4031
  The department may, with the approval of the Department of General Services, purchase land for lookout sites and for other administrative purposes.
• California Public Resources Code Section 4101
  "Person" includes any agency of the state, county, city, district, or other local public agency, and any individual, firm, association, partnership, business trust, corporation, limited...
• California Public Resources Code Section 4102
  "State responsibility areas" means areas of the state in which the financial responsibility of preventing and suppressing fires has been determined by the board pursuant...
• California Public Resources Code Section 4103
  "Forest fire" means a fire burning uncontrolled on lands covered wholly or in part by timber, brush, grass, grain, or other flammable vegetation.
• California Public Resources Code Section 4103.4
  "Open fire" means any fire, controlled or uncontrolled, including a campfire, burning outside of any structure, mobilehome, or living accommodation mounted on a motor vehicle....
• California Public Resources Code Section 4103.5
  "Campfire" means a fire which is used for cooking, personal warmth, lighting, ceremonial, or aesthetic purposes, including fires contained within outdoor fireplaces and enclosed stoves...
• California Public Resources Code Section 4104
  The term "uncontrolled fire," as used in this division, means any fire which threatens to destroy life, property, or resources and either: (1) is unattended...
• California Public Resources Code Section 4111
  The board shall make and enforce such regulations as are necessary and proper for the organization, maintenance, government, and direction of the fire protective system...
• California Public Resources Code Section 4112
  The department shall divide the state into a suitable and convenient number of administrative districts and shall appoint a supervising forest officer for each district.
• California Public Resources Code Section 4113
  The supervising forest officers shall, under the direction of the director, have charge of the firefighting system and men in such districts, and are charged...
• California Public Resources Code Section 4114
  (a) The department, in accordance with a plan approved by the board, shall do all of the following: (1) Provide fire prevention and firefighting implements...
• California Public Resources Code Section 4114.5
  (a) Any contract entered into by the department to retain the services of pilots to fly firefighting aircraft shall expressly provide that, if the pilot...
• California Public Resources Code Section 4115
  In providing communications and necessary powerlines in connection with the prevention and extinguishment of forest fires the department, with the approval of the Department of...
• California Public Resources Code Section 4116
  Any claim for damages arising against the state under Section 4114 or 4115 shall be presented to the California Victim Compensation and Government Claims Board...
• California Public Resources Code Section 4117
  Any county, city, or district may adopt ordinances, rules, or regulations to provide fire prevention restrictions or regulations that are necessary to meet local conditions...
• California Public Resources Code Section 4118
  The burning of growing, dead, or downed vegetation is for a public purpose if the department has determined that the burning of such vegetation is...
• California Public Resources Code Section 4119
  The department, or its duly authorized agent, shall enforce the state forest and fire laws. The department may inspect all properties, except the interior of...
• California Public Resources Code Section 4120
  Notwithstanding any other provision of this code or of law and except as provided in the State Building Standards Law, Part 2.5 (commencing with Section...
• California Public Resources Code Section 4123
  (a) The director of the department shall establish a working group that consists of the following members: (1) Four representatives from either state or local...
• California Public Resources Code Section 4124
  Not later than 120 days after the last date of each fiscal quarter, the department shall report to the Joint Legislative Budget Committee, in accordance...
• California Public Resources Code Section 4125
  (a) The board shall classify all lands within the state, without regard to any classification of lands made by or for any federal agency or...
• California Public Resources Code Section 4126
  The board shall include within state responsibility areas all of the following lands: (a) Lands covered wholly or in part by forests or by trees...
• California Public Resources Code Section 4127
  The board shall not include within state responsibility areas any of the following lands: (a) Lands owned or controlled by the federal government or any...
• California Public Resources Code Section 4128
  In establishing boundaries of state responsibility areas, the board may, for purposes of administrative convenience, designate roads, pipelines, streams, or other recognizable landmarks as arbitrary
• California Public Resources Code Section 4129
  The board of supervisors of any county may provide by ordinance that the county elects to assume responsibility for the prevention and suppression of all...
• California Public Resources Code Section 4129.1
  When the incorporation of a city removes land from a state responsibility area and the county continues to provide residential fire service for the newly...
• California Public Resources Code Section 4130
  The board shall classify all lands within state responsibility areas into types of land based on cover, beneficial use of water from watersheds, probable damage...
• California Public Resources Code Section 4131
  In the preparation of budgets for fire protection, the total funds available or estimated to be available shall be allocated to the areas to be...
• California Public Resources Code Section 4132
  In those counties assuming responsibility pursuant to Section 4129 for fire protection and suppression in the lands thus classified within the respective counties, there shall...
• California Public Resources Code Section 4133
  The department shall, with the approval of the Department of General Services, for periods not to exceed three years, enter into a contract with any...
• California Public Resources Code Section 4134
  Any such contract shall provide for payment to such county, as compensation for the assumption of the duty, power, authority and responsibility for fire protection...
• California Public Resources Code Section 4135
  Sections 4129 to 4135, inclusive, do not deprive the department of the power and duty to require that the money paid by the department under...
• California Public Resources Code Section 4136
  (a) A transferor of real property that is located within a state responsibility area determined by the board, pursuant to Section 4125, shall disclose to...
• California Public Resources Code Section 4137
  (a) For purposes of this section, "fire prevention activities" include, but are not limited to, all of the following: (1) Fire prevention education. (2) Hazardous...
• California Public Resources Code Section 4141
  The department may, for the prevention and suppression of forest fires, enter into cooperative agreements with any person, firm, association, or corporation that owns or...
• California Public Resources Code Section 4142
  (a) The department, with the approval of the Department of General Services, may enter into a cooperative agreement upon the terms and under the conditions...
• California Public Resources Code Section 4142.1
  Whenever a county, city, or district considers entering into a cooperative agreement pursuant to subdivision (a) of Section 4142 under which the state would assume...
• California Public Resources Code Section 4143
  The Legislature hereby finds and declares that the maintenance of the economic well-being of the state and the public health and safety require that the...
• California Public Resources Code Section 4144
  (a) Notwithstanding Section 4142, the director may, with the approval of the Department of General Services, enter into a cooperative agreement, for the purpose of...
• California Public Resources Code Section 4145
  (a) It is the intent of the Legislature that cooperative agreements that are entered into between the department and a local government shall provide for...
• California Public Resources Code Section 4147
  This article shall be known, and may be cited, as the Rapid Disaster Response Act of 2005.
• California Public Resources Code Section 4148
  The director shall draw upon eligible federal funds to augment any state funds appropriated by the Legislature for the purpose of replacing the department's aging...
• California Public Resources Code Section 4151
  The director shall appoint, in such number and localities as he deems wise, public-spirited citizens to act as voluntary firewardens, who may receive payment for...
• California Public Resources Code Section 4152
  If a fire patrol for the prevention and suppression of forest fires is maintained by owners of land or by any organization, the director may...
• California Public Resources Code Section 4153
  The department or its duly authorized agent may summon any able-bodied person to assist in suppressing any forest fire and may authorize any officer of...
• California Public Resources Code Section 4154
  Any person who fails to obey a summons which is authorized by Section 4153 is guilty of a violation of this article.
• California Public Resources Code Section 4155
  Every person who in obedience to such summons assists in extinguishing any forest fire shall be compensated at the same wage rate, excluding fringe benefits,...
• California Public Resources Code Section 4156
  (a) The director and employees or classes of employees of the department designated by the director have the powers conferred by law upon peace officers...
• California Public Resources Code Section 4157
  Whenever the director or any of the employees or voluntary firewardens who are designated as peace officers pursuant to Section 4156 arrests any person for...
• California Public Resources Code Section 4165
  Every person is guilty of a misdemeanor who, at a forest fire, does any of the following: (a) Disobeys the lawful orders of any public...
• California Public Resources Code Section 4166
  Every person who violates this article is guilty of a misdemeanor, which is punishable by a fine of not less than one hundred dollars ($100)...
• California Public Resources Code Section 4170
  Any uncontrolled fire burning on any lands covered wholly or in part by timber, brush, grass, grain or any other flammable material, without proper precaution...
• California Public Resources Code Section 4170.5
  The department or any other duly established fire protection agency may summarily abate an uncontrolled fire as a public nuisance by controlling and extinguishing the
• California Public Resources Code Section 4171
  Any condition endangering public safety by creating a fire hazard and which exists upon any property which is included within any state reponsibility area is...
• California Public Resources Code Section 4172
  Whenever the director determines that a public nuisance, as defined in Section 4171, exists, he shall notify the owner of the property to abate the...
• California Public Resources Code Section 4173
  The board shall establish standards, based upon its determination of conditions which create an unreasonable hazard to life or property from fire, for what constitutes...
• California Public Resources Code Section 4174
  The notice shall be in writing and shall do all of the following: (a) Describe the public nuisance. (b) Specify the time within which the...
• California Public Resources Code Section 4175
  If a property owner requests a hearing, the director shall fix a time and a place for the hearing and notify the property owner. At...
• California Public Resources Code Section 4176
  If the director determines, at the conclusion of the hearing, that a public nuisance actually exists upon property owned by the property owner, he shall...
• California Public Resources Code Section 4177
  If the public nuisance is not abated within the time specified in the notice to the property owner pursuant to Section 4172 or, if a...
• California Public Resources Code Section 4178
  Any costs which are incurred by the department in abating any public nuisance pursuant to this article are a lien upon the property upon which...
• California Public Resources Code Section 4179
  Notice of the lien, particularly identifying the property on which the nuisance was abated and the amount of such lien, and naming the owner of...
• California Public Resources Code Section 4179.5
  The Attorney General may at any time release all or any portion of the property subject to a lien imposed pursuant to Sections 4178 and...
• California Public Resources Code Section 4180
  An action to foreclose the lien shall be commenced by the Attorney General in the name of the people of the State of California within...
• California Public Resources Code Section 4181
  When the property is sold, enough of the proceeds to satisfy the lien and the costs of the foreclosure shall be paid to the state....
• California Public Resources Code Section 4185
  The State of California hereby accepts the provisions of the Clarke-McNary Act (Ch. 348, 43 Stat. 653), as amended, passed by the Congress of the...
• California Public Resources Code Section 4186
  All moneys that are received by the state pursuant to the federal Clarke-McNary Act and that are regularly allotted by the federal government according to...
• California Public Resources Code Section 4187
  A county which enacts an ordinance, as provided in Section 4129, is entitled to any allocation of moneys received by the state pursuant to the...
• California Public Resources Code Section 4201
  The purpose of this article is to provide for the classification of lands within state responsibility areas in accordance with the severity of fire hazard...
• California Public Resources Code Section 4202
  The director shall classify lands within state responsibility areas into fire hazard severity zones. Each zone shall embrace relatively homogeneous lands and shall be based...
• California Public Resources Code Section 4203
  (a) The director shall, by regulation, designate fire hazard severity zones and assign to each zone a rating reflecting the degree of severity of fire...
• California Public Resources Code Section 4204
  The director shall periodically review zones designated and rated pursuant to this article and, as necessary, shall revise zones or their ratings or repeal the...
• California Public Resources Code Section 4210
  The Legislature finds and declares all of the following: (a) Fire protection of the public trust resources on lands in the state responsibility areas remains...
• California Public Resources Code Section 4211
  For the purposes of this chapter, the following terms shall have the following meanings: (a) "Structure" means a building used or intended to be used...
• California Public Resources Code Section 4212
  (a) (1) By September 1, 2011, the board shall adopt emergency regulations to establish a fire prevention fee for the purposes of this chapter in...
• California Public Resources Code Section 4213
  (a) (1) Commencing with the 2011-12 fiscal year, the fire prevention fee imposed pursuant to Section 4212 shall be collected annually by the State Board...
• California Public Resources Code Section 4214
  (a) Fire prevention fees collected pursuant to this chapter shall be expended, upon appropriation by the Legislature, as follows: (1) The State Board of Equalization...
• California Public Resources Code Section 4220
  A person from whom the fire prevention fee is determined to be due under this chapter may petition for a redetermination of whether this chapter...
• California Public Resources Code Section 4221
  Each petition for redetermination of the application of this chapter shall be in writing and be sent to the department, the board, and the State...
• California Public Resources Code Section 4222
  If a petition for redetermination of the application of this chapter is filed within the 30-day period, the department shall reconsider whether the fee is...
• California Public Resources Code Section 4222.5
  If a timely petition for redetermination has been filed pursuant to Section 4220, all legal action to collect the fire prevention fee shall be stayed...
• California Public Resources Code Section 4223
  Notice of the determination of the department pursuant to Section 4222 shall be served, on the same date, to the board, the State Board of...
• California Public Resources Code Section 4224
  The order or decision of the department upon a petition for redetermination of the fire prevention fee shall become final 30 days after service upon...
• California Public Resources Code Section 4225
  The fire prevention fee determined to be due by the department under this article is due and payable at the time it becomes final, and...
• California Public Resources Code Section 4226
  Written notice required by this article shall be served as follows: (a) The notice shall be placed in a sealed envelope, with postage paid, addressed...
• California Public Resources Code Section 4227
  A dispute regarding the fire prevention fee imposed by this chapter shall be resolved pursuant to this article only.
• California Public Resources Code Section 4228
  If the department determines that a person is entitled to a refund of all or part of the fire prevention fee paid pursuant to this...
• California Public Resources Code Section 4251
  As used in this chapter: "Hazardous fire area" means any area which is designated as a hazardous fire area by the board or the director...
• California Public Resources Code Section 4252
  Upon the written petition of the owners or authorized agents of more than 50 percent of the land, including public land, within the exterior boundaries...
• California Public Resources Code Section 4253
  Whenever the director determines that a fire hazard exists in any other area due to the presence of flammable material or cover, he may by...
• California Public Resources Code Section 4254
  Notice of the designation of each hazardous fire area designated pursuant to Section 4252 shall be given by the posting of notices at intervals of...
• California Public Resources Code Section 4255
  (a) Except as provided in this section, a person shall not smoke or build a campfire or other open fire within a hazardous fire area....
• California Public Resources Code Section 4256
  Whenever it is necessary in the interest of public peace or safety, the director, with the consent of the owner of any lands designated as...
• California Public Resources Code Section 4257
  Any order which is issued pursuant to Section 4256 shall be published twice in at least one newspaper of general circulation in any county that...
• California Public Resources Code Section 4258
  Whenever the director determines that a fire hazard exists in any area within a state responsibility area due to the presence of flammable material or...
• California Public Resources Code Section 4259
  (a) The use or possession of fireworks is prohibited within any hazardous fire area designated pursuant to Section 4252 or 4258. However, the use of...
• California Public Resources Code Section 4260
  No regulation adopted pursuant to this article shall prohibit or curtail the complete possession and use of any area by the owner of the area...
• California Public Resources Code Section 4290
  (a) The board shall adopt regulations implementing minimum fire safety standards related to defensible space which are applicable to state responsibility area lands under the...
• California Public Resources Code Section 4291
  (a) A person who owns, leases, controls, operates, or maintains a building or structure in, upon, or adjoining a mountainous area, forest-covered lands, brush-covered lands,...
• California Public Resources Code Section 4291.1
  (a) Notwithstanding Section 4021, a violation of Section 4291 is an infraction punishable by a fine of not less than one hundred dollars ($100), nor...
• California Public Resources Code Section 4291.3
  Subject to any other applicable provision of law, a state or local fire official, at his or her discretion, may authorize an owner of property,...
• California Public Resources Code Section 4292
  Except as otherwise provided in Section 4296, any person that owns, controls, operates, or maintains any electrical transmission or distribution line upon any mountainous land,...
• California Public Resources Code Section 4293
  Except as otherwise provided in Sections 4294 to 4296, inclusive, any person that owns, controls, operates, or maintains any electrical transmission or distribution line upon...
• California Public Resources Code Section 4294
  A clearing to obtain line clearance is not required if self-supporting aerial cable is used. Forked trees, leaning trees, and any other growth which may...
• California Public Resources Code Section 4295
  A person is not required by Section 4292 or 4293 to maintain any clearing on any land if such person does not have the legal...
• California Public Resources Code Section 4296
  Sections 4292 and 4293 do not apply if the transmission or distribution line voltage is 750 volts or less.
• California Public Resources Code Section 4296.5
  (a) Any person or corporation operating a railroad on forest, brush, or grass-covered land shall, if ordered by the director or the agency having primary...
• California Public Resources Code Section 4297
  Upon the showing of the director that the unrestricted use of any grass-covered land, grain-covered land, brush-covered land, or forest-covered land is, in the judgment...
• California Public Resources Code Section 4298
  The proclamation by the Governor shall be released to the wire news services in the state, and shall be published at least once in a...
• California Public Resources Code Section 4299
  A person who violates Section 4297 or 4298 is guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be punished by a fine of not less than one...
• California Public Resources Code Section 4331
  Except at the places or during the period of time designated by regulations adopted pursuant to the authority of the Secretary of Agriculture of the...
• California Public Resources Code Section 4332
  Whenever it is necessary in the interests of public peace or safety, the director, with the consent of the Governor, may order closed to camping,...
• California Public Resources Code Section 4333
  Any order which is issued pursuant to Section 4332 shall be published twice in at least one newspaper of general circulation in any county that...
• California Public Resources Code Section 4371
  The definitions in this section govern the construction of this chapter. (a) "Fire protection agency" means the Department of Forestry and Fire Protection on all...
• California Public Resources Code Section 4372
  A person shall maintain any solid waste facility outside of the exterior boundaries of any city in strict accordance with the terms and conditions prescribed...
• California Public Resources Code Section 4373
  Any solid waste facility, for which a permit is required pursuant to Section 66796.30 of the Government Code, shall be maintained with a clearance of...
• California Public Resources Code Section 4374
  Any solid waste facility, for which a permit is not required pursuant to Section 66796.31 of the Government Code, shall be maintained with a clearance...
• California Public Resources Code Section 4376
  A person who maintains a solid waste facility in violation of this chapter is guilty of a misdemeanor, and shall be punished for a first...
• California Public Resources Code Section 4411
  Unless the context otherwise requires, the definitions in this article govern the construction of this chapter.
• California Public Resources Code Section 4412
  "Incinerator" means any device constructed of nonflammable materials for the purpose of burning therein trash, debris, and other flammable materials, excluding those devices regulated by...
• California Public Resources Code Section 4412.5
  "Campfire" has the same meaning as defined in Section 4103.5.
• California Public Resources Code Section 4413
  "Zone A" includes Mono, Inyo, San Bernardino, Santa Barbara, Ventura, Los Angeles, Orange, Riverside, San Diego, and Imperial Counties.
• California Public Resources Code Section 4414
  "Zone B" includes any county and portion of any county which is not included in Zone A.
• California Public Resources Code Section 4414.5
  "Residue" means flammable wood fiber byproducts or waste, including, but not limited to, sawdust, bark, chips, slabs, trimmings, and hogged particles from a sawmill or...
• California Public Resources Code Section 4415
  This chapter does not apply to the setting of fire on lands within any municipal corporation.
• California Public Resources Code Section 4416
  This chapter does not authorize any county firewarden, fireman, or county officer to obligate the state for the payment of any money.
• California Public Resources Code Section 4417
  (a) Except as provided in subdivision (b) or (c), a reward of up to ten thousand dollars ($10,000) shall be paid out of any state...
• California Public Resources Code Section 4417.5
  (a) For the purpose of obtaining information leading to the arrest and conviction of persons who willfully and maliciously set fire to, or who attempt...
• California Public Resources Code Section 4418
  Peace officers designated by the director may expend funds the director deems necessary to purchase evidence and to employ operators to obtain evidence in cases...
• California Public Resources Code Section 4421
  A person shall not set fire or cause fire to be set to any forest, brush, or other flammable material which is on any land...
• California Public Resources Code Section 4422
  A person shall not do any of the following: (a) Willfully or knowingly allow fire to burn uncontrolled on land which he owns or controls,...
• California Public Resources Code Section 4423
  A person shall not burn any brush, stumps, logs, fallen timber, fallows, slash, grass-covered land, brush-covered land, forest-covered land, or other flammable material, in any...
• California Public Resources Code Section 4423.1
  Burning under permit by any person on public or private lands, except within incorporated cities, may be suspended, restricted, or otherwise prohibited by proclamation. Any...
• California Public Resources Code Section 4423.2
  (a) Whenever the burning under permit has been suspended , restricted, or prohibited by proclamation pursuant to Section 4423.1, the officer having jurisdiction may issue...
• California Public Resources Code Section 4423.3
  The use of a campfire is not restricted or prohibited by a proclamation issued pursuant to Section 4423.1, unless specifically restricted or prohibited in that...
• California Public Resources Code Section 4423.4
  Outdoor smoking is not restricted or prohibited by a proclamation issued pursuant to Section 4423.1, unless specifically restricted or prohibited in that or a subsequent...
• California Public Resources Code Section 4423.5
  Use of open fire or burning under permit within an area closed by proclamation pursuant to the provisions of Section 4423.1, except as provided in...
• California Public Resources Code Section 4425
  Any violation of the terms of a burning permit issued pursuant to Section 4423, a restricted temporary burning permit issued pursuant to Section 4423.2, or...
• California Public Resources Code Section 4426
  A person shall not set a backfire, or cause a backfire to be set, except under the direct supervision or permission of a state or...
• California Public Resources Code Section 4427
  During any time of the year when burning permits are required in an area pursuant to this article, no person shall use or operate any...
• California Public Resources Code Section 4428
  No person, except any member of an emergency crew or except the driver or owner of any service vehicle owned or operated by or for,...
• California Public Resources Code Section 4429
  During any time of the year when burning permits are required in an area pursuant to this article, at any camp maintained in such area...
• California Public Resources Code Section 4430
  During any time of the year when burning permits are required in an area pursuant to this article, a person, copartnership, firm, corporation or company,...
• California Public Resources Code Section 4431
  During any time of the year when burning permits are required in an area pursuant to this article, no person shall use or operate or...
• California Public Resources Code Section 4432
  A person shall not leave a campfire, kindled or attended by him, burning or unextinguished unless one of the following requirements is satisfied: (a) He...
• California Public Resources Code Section 4433
  A person shall not light, maintain, or use a campfire upon any brush-covered land, grass-covered land, or forest-covered land which is the property of another...
• California Public Resources Code Section 4434
  The escape of any campfire from the control of any person who is maintaining the campfire is prima facie evidence that such person was negligent...
• California Public Resources Code Section 4435
  If any fire originates from the operation or use of any engine, machine, barbecue, incinerator, railroad rolling stock, chimney, or any other device which may...
• California Public Resources Code Section 4436
  A person shall not refuse or fail to render assistance in combating a forest, brush, or grass fire at the summons of the department, or...
• California Public Resources Code Section 4437
  (a) Outside the exterior boundaries of cities, every processor of forest products shall exercise due diligence in the disposal of flammable material incident to the...
• California Public Resources Code Section 4438
  Flammable forest product waste material may be disposed of by means of fire in an enclosed device effective in preventing the spread of sparks or...
• California Public Resources Code Section 4439
  (a) Flammable forest product waste material may be disposed of by means of fire in an area which is cleared of grass, grain, brush, slash,...
• California Public Resources Code Section 4440
  (a) Flammable forest product residue may be accumulated in piles, within any state responsibility area, within any area receiving fire protection by the director by...
• California Public Resources Code Section 4441
  Any person who permits or allows accumulation of waste material or residue in violation of the provisions of Sections 4437 to 4440, inclusive, is guilty...
• California Public Resources Code Section 4442
  (a) Except as otherwise provided in this section, no person shall use, operate, or allow to be used or operated, any internal combustion engine which...
• California Public Resources Code Section 4442.5
  No person shall sell, offer for sale, lease, or rent to any person any internal combustion engine subject to Section 4442 or 4443, and not...
• California Public Resources Code Section 4442.6
  (a) A person shall not sell, offer for sale, lease, or rent to a person any equipment that is powered by an internal combustion engine...
• California Public Resources Code Section 4443
  No person shall use, operate, or cause to be operated on any forest-covered land, brush-covered land, or grass-covered land any handheld portable, multiposition, internal-combustion engine...
• California Public Resources Code Section 4445
  A person shall not fire or cause to be fired from any rifle or other device capable of discharging ammunition, any bullet, projectile, or other...
• California Public Resources Code Section 4446
  Every person shall exercise reasonable care in the disposal of flammable material so that the material does not cause the inception of or spread of...
• California Public Resources Code Section 4461
  This article shall be known and may be cited as the Wildland Fire Protection and Resources Management Act of 1978.
• California Public Resources Code Section 4462
  The Legislature hereby finds and declares as follows: (a) There has been an increase in the number of uncontrolled fires on the wildlands of this...
• California Public Resources Code Section 4464
  Unless the context clearly requires otherwise, the following definitions govern the construction of this chapter: (a) "Hazardous fuel reduction" means the application of practices to...
• California Public Resources Code Section 4464.5
  The Legislature finds that, due to the absence of significant forest resources, lands in the Sutter Buttes in the County of Sutter are not likely...
• California Public Resources Code Section 4465
  The department shall conduct an experimental program of wildland resources management through prescribed burning and other methods in two areas of wildlands.
• California Public Resources Code Section 4466
  (a) The department shall prepare two model plans for the initial development and implementation of a program for wildland resources management through prescribed burning and...
• California Public Resources Code Section 4467
  (a) Each plan shall include, but shall not be limited to, elements regarding wildland fuel management and reduction, air and water quality, water conservation and...
• California Public Resources Code Section 4468
  During the prescribed burning season, the department shall maintain at least two prescribed burn crews, one each in northern and southern California, for the purpose...
• California Public Resources Code Section 4470
  The department shall furnish a prescribed burn crew, and assume all costs thereof, to any person or group of persons who own or control land...
• California Public Resources Code Section 4471
  No person applying for a brush-burning permit pursuant to Article 3 (commencing with Section 4491) of this chapter, applying for a slash-burning permit pursuant to...
• California Public Resources Code Section 4475
  (a) The director may enter into an agreement, including a grant agreement, for prescribed burning or other hazardous fuel reduction that is consistent with this...
• California Public Resources Code Section 4475.1
  The director, with the approval of the Director of General Services, may enter into a master agreement with federal land management agencies to conduct joint...
• California Public Resources Code Section 4475.5
  (a) The state may assume a proportionate share of the costs of site preparation and prescribed burning or other hazardous fuel reduction conducted pursuant to...
• California Public Resources Code Section 4476
  Any contract which is entered into pursuant to this article shall do all of the following: (a) Vest in the director the final authority to...
• California Public Resources Code Section 4477
  If the amount of moneys due the state are not paid as provided in subdivision (e) of Section 4476, such amount shall become a lien...
• California Public Resources Code Section 4478
  All moneys received by the department pursuant to this article shall be credited to the department's current support appropriation as a reimbursement.
• California Public Resources Code Section 4479
  Liability for any costs incurred by the department in suppressing any wildland fire originating or spreading from a prescribed burning operation conducted pursuant to a...
• California Public Resources Code Section 4480
  In any area of the state where there are substantially more requests for prescribed burning operations or other hazardous fuel reduction pursuant to this article...
• California Public Resources Code Section 4491
  Cooperation by the department, as provided in this article, with any person desiring to use prescribed burning as a means of converting brush-covered lands into...
• California Public Resources Code Section 4492
  Any person, firm, or corporation, or any group or combination of persons, firms, corporations or groups, that owns or controls brush-covered land within a state...
• California Public Resources Code Section 4493
  Upon receipt of an application, the department shall inspect such land in company with the applicant to determine whether a permit shall be granted, shall...
• California Public Resources Code Section 4494
  Upon the conclusion of the examination provided for in Section 4493, the department may issue to the applicant a burning permit which shall specify the...
• California Public Resources Code Section 4477
  If the amount of moneys due the state are not paid as provided in subdivision (e) of Section 4476, such amount shall become a lien...
• California Public Resources Code Section 4478
  All moneys received by the department pursuant to this article shall be credited to the department's current support appropriation as a reimbursement.
• California Public Resources Code Section 4479
  Liability for any costs incurred by the department in suppressing any wildland fire originating or spreading from a prescribed burning operation conducted pursuant to a...
• California Public Resources Code Section 4480
  In any area of the state where there are substantially more requests for prescribed burning operations or other hazardous fuel reduction pursuant to this article...
• California Public Resources Code Section 4511
  This chapter shall be known as the Z'berg-Nejedly Forest Practice Act of 1973.
• California Public Resources Code Section 4512
  (a) The Legislature hereby finds and declares that the forest resources and timberlands of the state are among the most valuable of the natural resources...
• California Public Resources Code Section 4512.5
  The Legislature finds and declares all of the following: (a) State forests play a critical and unique role in the state's carbon balance by sequestering...
• California Public Resources Code Section 4513
  It is the intent of the Legislature to create and maintain an effective and comprehensive system of regulation and use of all timberlands so as...
• California Public Resources Code Section 4514
  This chapter or a ruling, requirement, or policy of the board is not a limitation on the following: (a) On the power of a city...
• California Public Resources Code Section 4514.3
  (a) Timber operations conducted pursuant to this chapter are exempt from the waste discharge requirements of Article 4 (commencing with Section 13260) of Chapter 4...
• California Public Resources Code Section 4514.5
  A person may commence an action on his or her own behalf against the board or the department for a writ of mandate pursuant to...
• California Public Resources Code Section 4515
  The board shall submit to the Legislature on December 1st of each year a report on the actions taken pursuant to this chapter during the...
• California Public Resources Code Section 4516
  Notwithstanding any provision of this chapter, the California Tahoe Regional Planning Agency shall have the right, within the reasonable exercise of its powers, to adopt...
• California Public Resources Code Section 4516.5
  (a) Individual counties may recommend that the board adopt additional rules and regulations for the content of timber harvesting plans and the conduct of timber...
• California Public Resources Code Section 4516.6
  (a) To provide for adequate public review and comment, notwithstanding Section 4582.7, the director shall not approve a timber harvesting plan in any county for...
• California Public Resources Code Section 4516.8
  In addition to the authority provided in Section 4516.5, the Counties of Marin, Monterey, San Mateo, Santa Clara, and Santa Cruz may recommend that the...
• California Public Resources Code Section 4517
  If any provision of this chapter or the application thereof to any person or circumstance is held invalid, such invalidity shall not affect other provisions...
• California Public Resources Code Section 4521
  Unless the context otherwise requires, the definitions set forth in this article shall govern the construction of this chapter.
• California Public Resources Code Section 4521.3
  "Board" means the State Board of Forestry and Fire Protection.
• California Public Resources Code Section 4523
  "District" means a forest district.
• California Public Resources Code Section 4524
  "License" means a license to engage in timber operations, issued pursuant to Article 6 (commencing with Section 4571) of this chapter.
• California Public Resources Code Section 4525
  "Person" includes any private individual, organization, partnership, corporation, limited liability company, city, county, district, or the state or any department or agency thereof.
• California Public Resources Code Section 4525.3
  "Resource conservation standards" means the minimum acceptable condition resulting from timber operations.
• California Public Resources Code Section 4525.5
  "Rules" means the district forest practice rules adopted by the board.
• California Public Resources Code Section 4525.7
  "Slash" means branches or limbs less than four inches in diameter, and bark and split products debris left on the ground as a result of...
• California Public Resources Code Section 4526
  "Timberland" means land, other than land owned by the federal government and land designated by the board as experimental forest land, which is available for,...
• California Public Resources Code Section 4526.5
  "Timber operator" means a person who is engaged in timber operations or who contracts with others to conduct the operations on his or her behalf,...
• California Public Resources Code Section 4527
  (a) (1) "Timber operations" means the cutting or removal, or both, of timber or other solid wood forest products, including Christmas trees, from timberlands for...
• California Public Resources Code Section 4527.5
  "Timber owner" means a person who owns commercial timber, timberland, or timber rights, including Christmas tree rights, on lands of another except a federal agency.
• California Public Resources Code Section 4528
  As used in this chapter: (a) "Basal area per acre" means the sum of the cross-sectional areas at breast height of the tree stems of...
• California Public Resources Code Section 4528.5
  This chapter does not apply to a person who engages in activities regulated by this chapter, as an employee, with wages as his or her...
• California Public Resources Code Section 4529
  The penalties and remedies which are prescribed in this chapter are concurrent and alternative to any other civil, criminal, or administrative rights, remedies, or penalties...
• California Public Resources Code Section 4529.5
  Service of documents where required under this chapter may be made by registered or certified mail addressed to the respondent's latest address registered on file...
• California Public Resources Code Section 4531
  The board shall divide the state into not less than three districts. In establishing these districts, the board shall take into account differing physical characteristics,...
• California Public Resources Code Section 4551
  (a) The board shall adopt district forest practice rules and regulations for each district in accordance with the policies set forth in Article 1 (commencing...
• California Public Resources Code Section 4551.3
  (a) A sustained yield plan that is prepared and approved in accordance with rules and regulations adopted by the board pursuant to Section 4551, including...
• California Public Resources Code Section 4551.5
  Rules and regulations shall apply to the conduct of timber operations and shall include, but shall not be limited to, measures for fire prevention and...
• California Public Resources Code Section 4551.7
  The board shall, on or before November 1, 1988, adopt regulations pertaining to site preparation that involves disturbance of soil or burning of vegetation following...
• California Public Resources Code Section 4551.9
  (a) On or before January 1, 2005, the board shall adopt regulations to require that a timber harvesting plan include a map or maps, depicting...
• California Public Resources Code Section 4552
  The rules and regulations adopted by the board shall be based upon a study of the factors that significantly affect the present and future condition...
• California Public Resources Code Section 4553
  The rules and regulations shall be continuously reviewed and may be revised. During the formulation or revision of the rules and regulations, the board shall...
• California Public Resources Code Section 4554
  Except for emergency regulations or orders of repeal adopted pursuant to Article 5 (commencing with Section 11346) of Chapter 3.5 of Part 1 of Division...
• California Public Resources Code Section 4554.5
  (a) Notwithstanding Section 11343.4 of the Government Code, except as specified in subdivision (b), rules and regulations adopted or revised pursuant to this chapter shall...
• California Public Resources Code Section 4555
  If the director determines that a substantial question exists concerning whether the intent of this chapter is currently provided for by the rules and regulations...
• California Public Resources Code Section 4561
  It is the purpose of this section to set forth resource conservation standards for timber operations, and to insure that a cover of trees of...
• California Public Resources Code Section 4561.1
  The resource conservation standards relating to stocking enumerated in Section 4561 shall constitute minimum requirements, and these shall be the standards to which all timber...
• California Public Resources Code Section 4561.5
  The board may from time to time, after a public hearing, amend permanent stocking standards applicable to commercial timberland where the growing timber does not...
• California Public Resources Code Section 4561.7
  (a) The site designated for testing purposes by subdivision (b) is exempt from any stocking requirements. (b) Testing may be permitted only on a 35-acre...
• California Public Resources Code Section 4562
  In order to reduce the incidence and spread of fire on timberlands, the board shall adopt rules in the fire protection zone as such zone...
• California Public Resources Code Section 4562.5
  It is the purpose of this section to insure that soil erosion associated with timber operations is adequately controlled to protect soil resources, forest productivity,...
• California Public Resources Code Section 4562.7
  The purpose of this section is to ensure the protection of beneficial uses that are derived from the physical form, water quality, and biological capability...
• California Public Resources Code Section 4562.9
  The board shall adopt regulations requiring maintenance of installed drainage facilities and soil stabilization treatments on skid trails, roads, and landings for a period of...
• California Public Resources Code Section 4570
  For purposes of this article, "real person in interest" means an individual who is one of the following: (a) The sole proprietor, principal owner, or...
• California Public Resources Code Section 4571
  (a) No person shall engage in timber operations until that person has obtained a license from the board. (b) The board may issue a limited...
• California Public Resources Code Section 4572
  (a) The board shall, by regulation, prescribe the form and content of an application for a timber operator license or license renewal, establish procedures for...
• California Public Resources Code Section 4573
  The board may deny a timber operator license for any of the following reasons: (a) The applicant is not the real person in interest. (b)...
• California Public Resources Code Section 4574
  (a) Timber operator licenses shall be valid for a period not to exceed two calendar years, as prescribed by the board. (b) (1) The board...
• California Public Resources Code Section 4575
  A license is subject to future legislation and is not transferable.
• California Public Resources Code Section 4576
  A license may be suspended or revoked by the director pursuant to Chapter 5 (commencing with Section 11500) of Part 1 of Division 3 of...
• California Public Resources Code Section 4576.1
  During the period for which a timber operator license has been suspended, revoked, or denied pursuant to Section 4573 or 4576, the real person in...
• California Public Resources Code Section 4577
  The board may delegate its authority under this article to the director.
• California Public Resources Code Section 4578
  Timber operations, timber harvesting, and any other activities pursuant to a timber harvest plan or a federal or state timber sales contract are exempt from...
• California Public Resources Code Section 4581
  No person shall conduct timber operations unless a timber harvesting plan prepared by a registered professional forester has been submitted for such operations to the...
• California Public Resources Code Section 4582
  The timber harvesting plan shall be filed with the department in writing by a person who owns, leases, or otherwise controls or operates on all...
• California Public Resources Code Section 4582.3
  The board shall, on or before May 1, 1985, adopt regulations regarding notice of intent to harvest timber, to be given within two working days...
• California Public Resources Code Section 4582.4
  Notice of the filing of timber harvesting plans shall be made by the department to any person who requests, in writing, such notification.
• California Public Resources Code Section 4582.5
  Timber harvesting plans shall be applicable to a specific piece of property or properties and shall be based upon such characteristics of the property as...
• California Public Resources Code Section 4582.6
  (a) Upon receipt of the timber harvesting plan, the department shall place it, or a true copy thereof, in a file available for public inspection...
• California Public Resources Code Section 4582.7
  (a) The director shall have 30 days from the date that the initial inspection is completed (10 of these days shall follow the date of...
• California Public Resources Code Section 4582.71
  (a) A timber harvesting plan may not be approved if the appropriate regional water quality control board finds, based on substantial evidence, that the timber...
• California Public Resources Code Section 4582.75
  The rules adopted by the board and the provisions of this chapter shall be the only criteria employed by the director when reviewing timber harvesting...
• California Public Resources Code Section 4582.8
  Within 10 days from the date that a timber harvesting plan is determined to be in conformance under Section 4582.7, or within 10 days from...
• California Public Resources Code Section 4582.9
  (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, the Director of Fish and Game or the State Water Resources Control Board may, not later than...
• California Public Resources Code Section 4583
  A timber harvesting plan shall conform to all standards and rules which are in effect at the time the plan becomes effective. Except for stocking...
• California Public Resources Code Section 4583.2
  The registered professional forester who prepared the timber harvesting plan and or any other registered professional forester who is employed by the owner or operator,...
• California Public Resources Code Section 4583.5
  If the board finds that the registered professional forester has made a material misstatement in the filing of a timber harvesting plan or report pursuant...
• California Public Resources Code Section 4584
  Upon determining that the exemption is consistent with the purposes of this chapter, the board may exempt from this chapter, or portions of this chapter,...
• California Public Resources Code Section 4584.5
  Nothing in Section 4584 shall exempt the owner of any timber harvested from registering with the State Board of Equalization or from the payment of...
• California Public Resources Code Section 4585
  (a) Within one month after completion of the work described in the timber harvesting plan or nonindustrial timber harvest notice, excluding work for stocking, site...
• California Public Resources Code Section 4586
  Within six months of the receipt of the work completion report specified in Section 4585, the director shall determine, by inspection, whether the work described...
• California Public Resources Code Section 4587
  (a) Within five years after completion of timber operations on an area identified in a report submitted pursuant to Section 4585 or nonindustrial timber harvest...
• California Public Resources Code Section 4588
  Within six months of the receipt of the stocking report, the director shall determine, by inspection, whether the stocking has been properly completed. If so,...
• California Public Resources Code Section 4590
  (a) (1) A timber harvesting plan approved on or after January 1, 2012, is effective for a period of not more than three years, unless...
• California Public Resources Code Section 4591
  Amendments to the original timber harvesting plan may be submitted detailing proposed changes from the original plan. Substantial deviations from the original plan shall not...
• California Public Resources Code Section 4591.1
  The board shall specify by regulation those deviations which may be undertaken by an operator without submission of an amended plan but which must subsequently...
• California Public Resources Code Section 4592
  Notwithstanding any other provisions of this chapter, a registered professional forester may in an emergency, on behalf of a timber owner or operator, file an...
• California Public Resources Code Section 4593
  (a) The Legislature finds and declares that a substantial acreage of timberlands of the state are held by private nonindustrial owners and that it is...
• California Public Resources Code Section 4593.2
  Notwithstanding Section 4521, unless the context otherwise requires, the following definitions govern construction of this article: (a) "Nonindustrial timberlands" means timberland owned by a nonindustrial...
• California Public Resources Code Section 4593.3
  A nonindustrial timber management plan may be filed with the department in writing by a person who intends to become a nonindustrial tree farmer with...
• California Public Resources Code Section 4593.4
  The board shall adopt regulations regarding the notice of receipt of the proposed nonindustrial timber management plan. The notice shall be given within two working...
• California Public Resources Code Section 4593.5
  The department shall provide notice of the filing of nonindustrial timber management plans to any person who requests, in writing, that notification.
• California Public Resources Code Section 4593.6
  Upon receipt of the nonindustrial timber management plan, the department shall place it, or a true copy thereof, in a file available for public inspection...
• California Public Resources Code Section 4593.7
  (a) The director has 45 days from the date the initial inspection is completed as provided in Section 4604, or a longer period mutually agreed...
• California Public Resources Code Section 4593.8
  The nonindustrial tree farmer may submit a proposed amendment to the approved plan and may not take any action which substantially deviates, as defined by...
• California Public Resources Code Section 4593.9
  The nonindustrial tree farmer may take actions which do not substantially deviate from the approved plan without the submittal of an amendment, but those actions...
• California Public Resources Code Section 4593.10
  In the event of a change of ownership of the land described in the nonindustrial timber management plan, the plan shall expire 180 days from...
• California Public Resources Code Section 4593.11
  The nonindustrial tree farmer may cancel the nonindustrial timber management plan by submitting a written notice to the department. Once timber operations have commenced pursuant...
• California Public Resources Code Section 4594
  The nonindustrial tree farmer who owns, leases, or otherwise controls or operates on all or any portion of any timberland within the boundaries of an...
• California Public Resources Code Section 4594.2
  The registered professional forester who prepares the nonindustrial timber management plan or prepares the notice, or any other registered professional forester who is employed by...
• California Public Resources Code Section 4594.4
  If the board finds that a registered professional forester has made any material misstatement in any nonindustrial timber harvesting notice, nonindustrial timber management plan, or...
• California Public Resources Code Section 4594.6
  Notwithstanding any other provisions of this chapter, if a registered professional forester certifies by written declaration, on behalf of the timber owner or operator, that...
• California Public Resources Code Section 4594.7
  If it is determined that the objectives of uneven aged management and sustained yield are not being met by a nonindustrial tree farmer, or there...
• California Public Resources Code Section 4601
  Any person who willfully violates any provision of this chapter or rule or regulation of the board is guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be...
• California Public Resources Code Section 4601.1
  (a) (1) In addition to any other penalty, any person who intentionally, knowingly, or negligently violates this chapter or a rule or regulation adopted by...
• California Public Resources Code Section 4601.2
  (a) The director may issue a complaint and proposed order to any person on whom an administrative penalty may be imposed pursuant to subdivision (b)...
• California Public Resources Code Section 4601.3
  (a) Any party who is aggrieved by a final order issued by the board or an administrative law judge under Section 4601.2 may obtain review...
• California Public Resources Code Section 4601.4
  (a) The violation of any rule or regulation adopted by the board pursuant to this chapter prescribing any procedural requirement that does not result in,...
• California Public Resources Code Section 4601.5
  (a) Any person who violates a rule or regulation of the board, the violation of which is an infraction as described in Section 4601.4, shall,...
• California Public Resources Code Section 4602.5
  (a) This section provides an administrative procedure to suspend timber operations temporarily while judicial remedies are pursued pursuant to this article. (b) An inspecting forest...
• California Public Resources Code Section 4602.6
  (a) If a timber operator believes that a forest officer lacked reasonable cause to issue or extend a stop order pursuant to Section 4602.5, the...
• California Public Resources Code Section 4603
  The Attorney General may, on his or her own motion or at the request of the board, bring an action to enforce compliance with the...
• California Public Resources Code Section 4604
  (a) The department shall provide an initial inspection of the area in which timber operations are to be conducted within 10 days from the date...
• California Public Resources Code Section 4605
  The department may bring an action to enjoin the violation, or threatened violation, of any provision of this chapter or the rules and regulations of...
• California Public Resources Code Section 4606
  If upon a hearing to show cause why a preliminary injunction should not be issued, or upon a hearing of any motion for a preliminary...
• California Public Resources Code Section 4607
  The department may take such appropriate steps as are necessary and incur expenses to correct any violation.
• California Public Resources Code Section 4608
  Prior to taking any corrective action, other than under Section 4605, the department shall serve a written notice upon the person responsible for the violation....
• California Public Resources Code Section 4609
  If the corrective action is not taken on or before the date specified in the notice served pursuant to Section 4608, the department may take,...
• California Public Resources Code Section 4610
  The expenses incurred by the department in taking any corrective action pursuant to this article shall be increased by two hundred fifty dollars ($250) or...
• California Public Resources Code Section 4611
  Neither the board, the department, nor any person authorized by the board or the department to enter upon any lands for the purpose of taking...
• California Public Resources Code Section 4612
  The director shall report to the board and the Legislature by January 15 of each year on the enforcement of, and the amount of penalties...
• California Public Resources Code Section 4621
  (a) Any person who owns timberlands which are to be devoted to uses other than the growing of timber shall file an application for conversion...
• California Public Resources Code Section 4621.2
  (a) If the timberlands which are to be devoted to uses other than the growing of timber are zoned as timberland production zones under Section...
• California Public Resources Code Section 4622
  Approval of an application for conversion shall be conditioned upon the granting of the necessary rezoning or use permit if rezoning or a use permit...
• California Public Resources Code Section 4623
  The application shall be accompanied by an affidavit by the applicant that the applicant has a present bona fide intent to convert the land to...
• California Public Resources Code Section 4624
  The board shall deny a timberland conversion permit for any of the following reasons: (a) The applicant is not the real person in interest. (b)...
• California Public Resources Code Section 4624.5
  A person whose application for a timberland conversion permit has been denied shall be entitled to a hearing before the board pursuant to Chapter 5...
• California Public Resources Code Section 4625
  If the board finds the applicant does have a bona fide intention to convert the land, it shall approve the application, authorizing the applicant to...
• California Public Resources Code Section 4626
  If at any time the board finds that the applicant has failed to conform to the intent to convert, as set forth in the application...
• California Public Resources Code Section 4627
  The board may, by regulation, delegate its authority and responsibilities under this article to the director if it determines that the director can more efficiently...
• California Public Resources Code Section 4628
  (a) Notwithstanding any provision of this article or of Section 4581, no public agency shall be required to submit a timber harvesting plan or file...
• California Public Resources Code Section 4631
  It is hereby declared to be in the interest of the welfare of the people of this state and their industries and other activities involving...
• California Public Resources Code Section 4631.5
  It is further declared to be in the interest of the welfare of the people of this state that the state do all of the...
• California Public Resources Code Section 4635
  Unless the context otherwise requires, the definitions in this article govern the construction of this chapter.
• California Public Resources Code Section 4636
  "Continuous production" means such management as will approach a balance between depletion and growth.
• California Public Resources Code Section 4637
  "Forest land" means lands primarily suited to growing timber and other forest products.
• California Public Resources Code Section 4638
  "Forest products" includes sawlogs, pilings, poles, split products, pulpwood, bolts, bark and other products.
• California Public Resources Code Section 4639
  "Management" means the handling of forest crop and forest soil so as to achieve maximum sustained production of high quality forest products while giving consideration...
• California Public Resources Code Section 4640
  "Protection" means protection of forest trees against damage by fire, insects, disease, and trespass.
• California Public Resources Code Section 4641
  "Purchase area" means an area of forest land within which forest lands of sufficient acreage may be available and can be consolidated to make state...
• California Public Resources Code Section 4642
  "Reforestation" includes reforestation by natural means from seed and artificially by seeding or planting.
• California Public Resources Code Section 4643
  "State forest" means forest land owned or to be owned by the state.
• California Public Resources Code Section 4645
  The department, in accordance with plans approved by the board, may engage in the management, protection, and reforestation of state forests.
• California Public Resources Code Section 4646
  The director, acting in accordance with policies adopted by the board, shall administer this chapter. He may exercise all powers necessary to accomplish its purposes...
• California Public Resources Code Section 4647
  The department shall prepare a map setting forth the boundaries of purchase areas, and it shall prepare data relating to the forest conditions within these...
• California Public Resources Code Section 4648
  Acquisition of forest land pursuant to this chapter shall be made only upon the approval of the director. Approval by the director shall be based...
• California Public Resources Code Section 4649
  Whenever it is deemed advisable and advantageous, the board may enter into an agreement with the Department of Corrections, or the Youth Authority for employment...
• California Public Resources Code Section 4650
  (a) With the approval of the Director of General Services, the director may make sales of forest products from state forests that do not exceed...
• California Public Resources Code Section 4650.1
  (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, timber from state forests shall not be sold to any California division of a primary manufacturer, or to...
• California Public Resources Code Section 4651
  The management of state forests and the cutting and sale of timber and other forest products from state forests shall conform to regulations prepared by...
• California Public Resources Code Section 4652
  (a) The department may collect recreational user fees for overnight camping and reserved group activities in a demonstration state forest. The department shall not charge...
• California Public Resources Code Section 4653
  State-owned lands classified by the department and approved by the board as not suited to the growing of forest products, or necessary to the management...
• California Public Resources Code Section 4654
  There shall be paid to each county in which lands acquired for state forest purposes are situated, out of funds hereafter made available for such...
• California Public Resources Code Section 4655
  Tax-deeded lands classified as forest lands, pursuant to Chapter 4.3 (commencing with Section 3534), Part 6, Division 1 of the Revenue and Taxation Code, may...
• California Public Resources Code Section 4656
  This chapter does not interfere with the reasonable use of state forests for hunting, fishing, recreation and camping, except as otherwise provided by law. The...
• California Public Resources Code Section 4656.1
  The board may establish rules and regulations, in accordance with Chapter 3.5 (commencing with Section 11340) of Part 1 of Division 3 of Title 2...
• California Public Resources Code Section 4656.2
  The department shall protect the state forests from damage and preserve the peace therein.
• California Public Resources Code Section 4656.3
  Any person who violates the rules and regulations pertaining to the state forests established by the board is guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction...
• California Public Resources Code Section 4657
  Insofar as the provisions of this chapter may be in conflict with any other provision of this division, the provision of this chapter shall control.
• California Public Resources Code Section 4658
  The Mountain Home Tract Forest in Tulare County shall be developed and maintained, pursuant to this chapter, as a multiple-use forest, primarily for public hunting,...
• California Public Resources Code Section 4659
  (a) For purpose of this section, the following definitions shall apply: (1) "City" means the City of Fort Bragg. (2) "County" means the County of...
• California Public Resources Code Section 4660
  It is hereby declared to be the policy of the state to establish and preserve an intensively managed, multifaceted research forest which is representative of...
• California Public Resources Code Section 4661
  The department may permit a limited amount of commercial timber operations on the property within the Soquel Demonstration State Forest in order to provide funds...
• California Public Resources Code Section 4662
  The department is responsible for the establishment and development of the Soquel Demonstration State Forest and for ongoing maintenance and operations. The director shall appoint...
• California Public Resources Code Section 4663
  The department, in coordination with the advisory committee, shall adopt a general plan for the state forest which reflects the long-range development and management plans...
• California Public Resources Code Section 4664
  The duties and authority of the department pursuant to this article shall only arise if the state acquires the property comprising the Soquel Demonstration State
• California Public Resources Code Section 4671
  The department may, in accordance with the policy of the board, engage in and demonstrate methods of developing, using, and protecting the forest and wild...
• California Public Resources Code Section 4672
  The department may, in accordance with the policy of the board, engage in surveys of soil, vegetation, and forest products on the forest, range, and...
• California Public Resources Code Section 4673
  The department, with the approval of the Director of General Services, may enter into an agreement with any federal agency for the purpose of investigating...
• California Public Resources Code Section 4674
  The department may, with the approval of the Department of General Services, enter into a cooperative agreement, upon such terms and under such conditions as...
• California Public Resources Code Section 4675
  It is in the public interest and to the benefit of the state that watershed lands are rehabilitated to conserve water and soil and to...
• California Public Resources Code Section 4676
  (a) The director may authorize any work for any purpose authorized by Section 4675 as an exercise of the director's emergency powers and may request...
• California Public Resources Code Section 4681
  State nurseries shall be maintained under the management of the department for all of the following purposes: (a) Operation of a state seed bank to...
• California Public Resources Code Section 4682
  The department shall construct and maintain such buildings, improvements, and equipment, and shall employ and fix the compensation of such employees as may be necessary...
• California Public Resources Code Section 4683
  The department may purchase nursery stock and seed, and may distribute stock or seed for the following purposes: (a) Public planting or reforestation of public...
• California Public Resources Code Section 4684
  Trees, plants, nursery stock, and seeds which are sold pursuant to this article shall be sold at prices that are established by the department and...
• California Public Resources Code Section 4684.5
  Notwithstanding Section 4684, the director may give such forest seedlings or native plants for the purposes of reforestation or soil erosion control at the end...
• California Public Resources Code Section 4685
  The Governor, on behalf of the state, may receive all conveyances or donations of real or personal property necessary to vest in the state the...
• California Public Resources Code Section 4691
  It is hereby declared to be in the interest of the welfare of the people of this state that the need for wood, lumber, poles,...
• California Public Resources Code Section 4692
  The department may make surveys and prepare maps setting forth the areas of nonrestocking forest lands.
• California Public Resources Code Section 4693
  The department may undertake experiments and studies, on lands owned by the state or made available by private owners through cooperative agreements pertinent to determining...
• California Public Resources Code Section 4694
  Experimentation and studies shall be conducted with the advice and cooperation of the University of California School of Forestry.
• California Public Resources Code Section 4695
  The department may collect the additional seed required, increase the capacity of state nurseries, purchase the necessary equipment and employ the necessary personnel to effectuate...
• California Public Resources Code Section 4701
  The director, upon the recommendation of the board, may accept on behalf of the state gifts of land suitable for forestry purposes or suitable for...
• California Public Resources Code Section 4702
  The acceptance of the land or contributions shall be subject to such conditions or restrictions as the board deems advisable. Any conditions or restrictions required...
• California Public Resources Code Section 4703
  Before accepting conveyance of the land, the director shall have the title examined. He shall not accept title unless a good and merchantable title free...
• California Public Resources Code Section 4712
  As used in this article: (a) "Owner" includes any individual, partnership, corporation, or association. (b) "Timberland" means any land which has enough timber, standing or...
• California Public Resources Code Section 4713
  Pine beetles and other insect pests or plant diseases which are harmful, detrimental and injurious to timber and forest growth are a public nuisance.
• California Public Resources Code Section 4714
  Every owner of timber or timberlands shall control or eradicate such insect pests or plant diseases on lands owned by him or under his control....
• California Public Resources Code Section 4714.5
  The movement of eucalyptus wood containing live Eucalyptus Longhorn Borers or their larvae in trucks or trailers is prohibited. A violation of this section is...
• California Public Resources Code Section 4715
  The department, in accordance with policy established by the board, may enter into agreements with any owner and with any agency of government, including the...
• California Public Resources Code Section 4716
  (a) Whenever the director determines that there exists an area that is infested or infected with insect pests or plant diseases injurious to timber or...
• California Public Resources Code Section 4717
  The department may make the necessary surveys and appraisals to obtain pertinent data and information on insect infestations and disease infections. The department may make...
• California Public Resources Code Section 4718
  Whenever the director determines that insect or disease control work within the designated zone of infestation or infection is no longer necessary or feasible he...
• California Public Resources Code Section 4721
  It is the policy of the state to preserve as far as possible the species Sequoia gigantea in the interest of conservation, both of soil...
• California Public Resources Code Section 4722
  Upon the finding of the Department of Parks and Recreation or the director, or both, that any Sequoia gigantea grove is suitably situated and is...
• California Public Resources Code Section 4723
  Pursuant to Sections 4721 and 4722, the Department of Parks and Recreation, or the department, on favorable recommendation of the board, may acquire any forested...
• California Public Resources Code Section 4725
  Nothing in this article shall be construed as establishing a policy to acquire any such Sequoia gigantea groves for preservation and conservation out of any...
• California Public Resources Code Section 4726
  Any person who willfully cuts down, strips of its bark, or destroys by fire, any tree "over 16 feet in diameter," in the groves of...
• California Public Resources Code Section 4727
  Upon the arrest and conviction of any person for violation of Section 4726, the party informing is entitled to one-half of the fines collected.
• California Public Resources Code Section 4731
  Corporations may be formed under the general corporation laws of this state for the protection and development of forest and other renewable natural resources, except...
• California Public Resources Code Section 4732
  All shares of stock issued by the corporation shall have a par value, and, in addition to other requirements prescribed by law, the articles of...
• California Public Resources Code Section 4733
  No shareholder of any corporation formed pursuant to this article shall receive or accept from the corporation in repayment of his investment in its shares...
• California Public Resources Code Section 4734
  Any corporation formed pursuant to this article may, if so authorized by the Commissioner of Corporations, borrow money from or sell, pledge, or discount its...
• California Public Resources Code Section 4735
  Any corporation operating in or upon forests or forest lands of this state which borrows money from any corporation or agency established under the authority...
• California Public Resources Code Section 4736
  No operation of a corporation operating pursuant to this article, involving the cutting of timber or other work upon forest lands shall be commenced without...
• California Public Resources Code Section 4737
  The board shall make regular examination of the properties of such corporations during the operating season at intervals of not more than two months apart....
• California Public Resources Code Section 4738
  The operation of any corporation formed pursuant to this article shall, in addition to the requirements of this article, be subject to any stipulations or...
• California Public Resources Code Section 4740
  The Legislature hereby finds and declares: (a) The department has extensive technical expertise in wildland fire prevention and vegetation management on forest, range, and watershed...
• California Public Resources Code Section 4741
  In accordance with policies established by the board, the department shall assist local governments in preventing future wildland fire and vegetation managment problems by making...
• California Public Resources Code Section 4733
  No shareholder of any corporation formed pursuant to this article shall receive or accept from the corporation in repayment of his investment in its shares...
• California Public Resources Code Section 4734
  Any corporation formed pursuant to this article may, if so authorized by the Commissioner of Corporations, borrow money from or sell, pledge, or discount its...
• California Public Resources Code Section 4735
  Any corporation operating in or upon forests or forest lands of this state which borrows money from any corporation or agency established under the authority...
• California Public Resources Code Section 4736
  No operation of a corporation operating pursuant to this article, involving the cutting of timber or other work upon forest lands shall be commenced without...
• California Public Resources Code Section 4737
  The board shall make regular examination of the properties of such corporations during the operating season at intervals of not more than two months apart....
• California Public Resources Code Section 4738
  The operation of any corporation formed pursuant to this article shall, in addition to the requirements of this article, be subject to any stipulations or...
• California Public Resources Code Section 4750
  This article shall be known and may be cited as the Sudden Oak Death Management Act of 2002.
• California Public Resources Code Section 4750.1
  The Legislature finds and declares all of the following: (a) The need for expanding the current efforts to slow the spread of sudden oak death...
• California Public Resources Code Section 4750.2
  As used in this article, "task force" means the California Oak Mortality Task Force.
• California Public Resources Code Section 4750.3
  It is hereby declared to be the policy of the state, to the extent feasible, to stop the spread of sudden oak death and conserve...
• California Public Resources Code Section 4750.4
  (a) (1) The department shall implement a program to detect, remove, and treat, if possible, trees infected with Phytophthora ramorum. This program shall encourage tree...
• California Public Resources Code Section 4750.5
  (a) The department shall provide information and technical assistance to cities, counties, districts, regional entities, homeowner neighborhood groups, and nonprofit organizations on Phytophthora ramorum. (b)...
• California Public Resources Code Section 4750.6
  The director, with advice from the task force, may enter into contracts to provide assistance for project costs associated with the implementation of this article....
• California Public Resources Code Section 4750.7
  (a) (1) The Department of Forestry and Fire Protection shall expend funds, subject to appropriation in the Budget Act, on sudden oak death management activities...
• California Public Resources Code Section 4781
  The people of the state have a direct interest in the protection and improvement of public and private lands which are principally used or useful...
• California Public Resources Code Section 4782
  This article shall be administered by the department.
• California Public Resources Code Section 4783
  The department may enter into contracts or cooperative agreements with any person, firm, public or private corporation, district, or municipal corporation, or other political subdivision...
• California Public Resources Code Section 4784
  In furtherance of such contracts and agreements, and also independently of them, the department shall engage in experimental land clearance and revegetation of such lands...
• California Public Resources Code Section 4785
  The department shall from time to time prepare reports setting forth data as to the experiments so conducted and its findings and conclusions with reference...
• California Public Resources Code Section 4786
  In making such experiments and in conducting or supervising land clearance pursuant to the agreements or contracts contemplated by this article, the department shall have...
• California Public Resources Code Section 4787
  The department, with the approval of the board, may make such regulations as are necessary to effectuate the purposes of this article.
• California Public Resources Code Section 4788
  The department may accept contributions of money from any private source to carry out the powers and duties imposed upon it by this article.
• California Public Resources Code Section 4789
  This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the Forest and Rangeland Resources Assessment and Policy Act of 1977.
• California Public Resources Code Section 4789.1
  The Legislature finds and declares as follows: (a) The forest resources of California provide vitally important economic and environmental benefits to the people of California....
• California Public Resources Code Section 4789.2
  As used in this chapter: (a) "Board" means the State Board of Forestry and Fire Protection. (b) "Resources Planning Act" means the Forest and Rangelands...
• California Public Resources Code Section 4789.3
  (a) Under policy guidance from the board and in consultation with the Secretary of the Resources Agency, the director shall prepare and submit to the...
• California Public Resources Code Section 4789.4
  (a) Based on a review of the assessment prepared pursuant to Section 4789.3, and consistent with Sections 740 and 4513, the board shall prepare a...
• California Public Resources Code Section 4789.5
  The board shall hold public hearings on the assessment and the proposed policy statement prepared pursuant to Sections 4789.3 and 4789.4.
• California Public Resources Code Section 4789.6
  (a) The board, assisted by the director, shall biennially determine state needs for forest management research and recommend the conduct of needed projects to the...
• California Public Resources Code Section 4789.7
  (a) The director shall convey the assessment and its updates to federal agencies charged with managing public land within the state. (b) To assure the...
• California Public Resources Code Section 4790
  The Legislature finds and declares that: (a) Forest lands, while often managed to produce wood fiber for building materials and paper manufacture, also provide public...
• California Public Resources Code Section 4790.5
  The Legislature further declares that, except as specifically provided in this chapter the state shall not claim any right, title, or interest in the land,...
• California Public Resources Code Section 4791
  The purpose of this chapter is to encourage private and public investments in, and an improved management of, forest lands and resources within the state...
• California Public Resources Code Section 4792
  In furtherance of the purposes of this chapter, the department is authorized to enter into agreements and make loans and otherwise carry out the purposes...
• California Public Resources Code Section 4793
  As used in this chapter: (a) "A county with high unemployment" means a county with an annual unemployment rate, as reported by the Employment Development...
• California Public Resources Code Section 4794
  (a) Agreements may be entered into and loans may be made by the director pursuant to this chapter for all of the following purposes: (1)...
• California Public Resources Code Section 4795
  (a) The director may enter into agreements with eligible landowners pursuant to which the landowner will undertake forest resource improvement work in return for an...
• California Public Resources Code Section 4795.5
  A forest landowner who has entered into an undue hardship agreement with the Controller for the payment of inheritance taxes pursuant to Section 14143.5 of...
• California Public Resources Code Section 4796
  The director may make the following types of loans relating to forest resource improvement projects: (a) The director may make loans for forest resource improvement...
• California Public Resources Code Section 4797
  To be eligible for participation in an agreement pursuant to Section 4795 or loan pursuant to Section 4796, the following conditions must be met: (a)...
• California Public Resources Code Section 4797.5
  (a) Any cost share payments advanced pursuant to Section 4795 shall be refunded to the director in the event of either: (1) The filing of...
• California Public Resources Code Section 4798
  Cost share payments or loans pursuant to this chapter may be made for forest resource improvement work which is also the subject of payments or...
• California Public Resources Code Section 4799
  In addition to the requirements of Section 4797, to be eligible to participate in agreements pursuant to Section 4795, or receive loans pursuant to Section...
• California Public Resources Code Section 4799.01
  (a) When allocating available funds among projects proposed pursuant to this chapter, the director shall select those projects that, in the judgment of the director,...
• California Public Resources Code Section 4799.02
  To carry out the provisions of this chapter and to facilitate participation in the program authorized by this chapter, the director may promulgate such regulations,...
• California Public Resources Code Section 4799.03
  (a) The director shall work cooperatively with other public agencies of local, state, and federal government to encourage such agencies to undertake forest resource improvement...
• California Public Resources Code Section 4799.04
  To effectuate the purposes of this chapter, the department is authorized to: (a) Collect or contract for adequate supplies of high-quality seed and take whatever...
• California Public Resources Code Section 4799.06
  This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the California Urban Forestry Act of 1978.
• California Public Resources Code Section 4799.07
  The Legislature finds and declares that: (a) Trees are a vital resource in the urban environment and as an important psychological link with nature for...
• California Public Resources Code Section 4799.08
  The purpose of this chapter is to: (a) Promote the use of urban forest resources for purposes of increasing integrated projects with multiple benefits in...
• California Public Resources Code Section 4799.09
  As used in this chapter the following terms have the following meanings: (a) "Disadvantaged community" means a community with a median household income less than...
• California Public Resources Code Section 4799.10
  (a) (1) The department may implement a program in urban forestry to encourage better tree management and planting in urban areas to increase integrated, multibenefit...
• California Public Resources Code Section 4799.11
  (a) The department shall provide technical assistance to urban areas with respect to all of the following: (1) Planning for regional, county, and local land...
• California Public Resources Code Section 4799.12
  The director, with advice from other appropriate state agencies and interested parties, may make grants to provide assistance of 25 to 90 percent of costs...
• California Public Resources Code Section 4799.13
  (a) There is hereby created in the State Treasury, the Forest Resources Improvement Fund. The money in the Forest Resources Improvement Fund may only be...
• California Public Resources Code Section 4799.14
  The department is authorized to conduct surveys, studies, and research concerning the economic and environmental costs, benefits, and feasibility of utilizing wood wastes and forest...
• California Public Resources Code Section 4799.15
  The department is further authorized to provide technical and other assistance to public and private agencies and persons with respect to forest management, species selection,...
• California Public Resources Code Section 4799.16
  The department shall coordinate its activities and cooperate with the State Energy Resources Conservation and Development Commission in the development of surveys, studies, and research...
• California Public Resources Code Section 4800
  It is the intent of the Legislature, in enacting this chapter, to do all of the following: (a) To provide coordination on wildlife and timberland...
• California Public Resources Code Section 4805
  (a) The director shall establish a schedule of user fees for persons using the department's data base developed pursuant to Section 4802, which does not...
• California Public Resources Code Section 4851
  As used in this article, "lumber" means all timber, whether in logs, boards, planks, or beams, and whether in rafts or otherwise. It does not...
• California Public Resources Code Section 4852
  Whenever any lumber drifts upon any island in any of the waters of this state, or upon the bank of any such waters, the owner...
• California Public Resources Code Section 4853
  If the owner of the lumber does not, within three months from the time it was so drifted, take the lumber away, the owner or...
• California Public Resources Code Section 4854
  When sold, the proceeds of the lumber shall be applied first to the payment of the charges of sale and in liquidation of the expenses...
• California Public Resources Code Section 4855
  The rejection by the judge of any claimant's right to such proceeds is conclusive, unless within six months thereafter he commences action to obtain such...
• California Public Resources Code Section 4875
  In all cases where two or more persons, firms, or corporations are engaged in or intend to engage in putting or placing logs or timber...
• California Public Resources Code Section 4877
  Any log or timber which has any such recorded mark impressed on it shall be presumed to belong to the person, firm, or corporation in...
• California Public Resources Code Section 4878
  Every person, firm, or corporation that neglects to have his or its mark or marks recorded, as provided by Section 4875, is debarred from all...
• California Public Resources Code Section 4879
  It is unlawful for any person, firm, or corporation, except boom companies which may be required or compelled to catch and hold logs or timber,...
• California Public Resources Code Section 4951
  In enacting this chapter, it is the purpose of the Legislature to declare the existence of a California Conservation Camp program to provide for the...
• California Public Resources Code Section 4952
  As used in this chapter "California Conservation Camps" or "camps" means any camps now or hereafter established, as provided by law, for the purpose of...
• California Public Resources Code Section 4953
  (a) The department shall utilize inmates and wards assigned to conservation camps in performing fire prevention, fire control, and other work of the department. At...
• California Public Resources Code Section 4956
  The conditions of work to be performed under such contracts or agreements shall be consistent with the requirements, as determined by the Director of Corrections...
• California Public Resources Code Section 4957
  Conservation camp inmates and wards may be utilized in the rescue of lost or injured persons, the saving of life, and the protection of property....
• California Public Resources Code Section 4958
  Conservation camp inmates and wards may, upon the request of the appropriate public agency, be utilized in the performance of preventive maintenance or reconstruction of...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5001
  The Department of Parks and Recreation has control of the state park system.
• California Public Resources Code Section 5001.1
  As used in this division, "department" means the Department of Parks and Recreation and "director" means the Director of Parks and Recreation.
• California Public Resources Code Section 5001.4
  The department may manage state marine reserves, state marine parks, state marine conservation areas, state marine cultural preservation areas, state marine recreational management areas and,...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5001.5
  Whenever any reference is made to the state park system with respect to a duty, power, purpose, responsibility, or jurisdiction that can be exercised or...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5001.6
  (a) Notwithstanding Section 5001.95, units of the state park system may be located within, and be a part of, a state seashore. However, the unit...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5001.65
  Commercial exploitation of resources in units of the state park system is prohibited. However, slant or directional drilling for oil or gas with the intent...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5001.7
  The landing of aircraft in units of the state park system is subject to the following limitations: (a) Airport facilities and services may be allowed...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5001.8
  (a) The use of motor vehicles in units of the state park system is subject to the following limitations: (1) In state wildernesses, natural preserves,...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5001.9
  (a) Any improvement existing within the state park system as of January 1, 1979, which fails to comply with the provisions of former Section 5001.5...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5001.95
  No state park system unit, other than a state wilderness, a natural preserve, or a cultural preserve, shall be located within the boundaries of another...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5001.96
  Attendance at state park system units shall be held within limits established by carrying capacity determined in accordance with Section 5019.5.
• California Public Resources Code Section 5002
  All parks, public camp grounds, monument sites, landmark sites, and sites of historical interest established or acquired by the State, or which are under its...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5002.1
  Prior to the classification or reclassification of a unit of the state park system into any of the categories specified in Article 1.7 (commencing with...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5002.2
  (a) Following classification or reclassification of a unit by the State Park and Recreation Commission, and prior to the development of any new facilities in...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5002.3
  A public hearing shall be scheduled by the State Park and Recreation Commission to consider each matter of classification or reclassification of a unit and...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5002.4
  The department shall furnish a copy of the general plan for any unit of the state park system for which a plan has been prepared...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5002.45
  (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this article, upon completion of the land transfer authorized in Section 6 of Chapter 1234 of the Statutes of...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5002.5
  The department may accept a gift of title to the Chinese Taoist Temple in Hanford, Kings County, for the state park system in the event...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5002.6
  (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, and upon the adoption of a resolution of acceptance pursuant to subdivision (h), the director shall grant to...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5002.7
  (a) The beach bicycle path in the County of Los Angeles, which runs 22.3 miles from its northern end at the Will Rogers State Beach...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5003
  The department shall administer, protect, develop, and interpret the property under its jurisdiction for the use and enjoyment of the public. Except as provided in...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5003.01
  The Legislature hereby finds and declares that the East Bay Regional Park District is contemplating the development of extensive new marina facilities at the Robert...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5003.02.1
  (a) The Legislature hereby finds and declares that the department and the City of Grover Beach, in a joint project, are in the process of...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5003.03
  (a) It is the intent of the Legislature, in enacting this section, to provide for the acquisition, planning, and operation of a state park project...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5003.05
  Rules and regulations adopted pursuant to Section 5003 shall also apply on any granted or ungranted tidelands or submerged lands abutting property of the department...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5003.06
  (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the director may grant, in trust, and subject to the conditions set forth in this section, all of...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5003.1
  The Legislature finds and declares that it is in the public interest to permit hunting, fishing, swimming, trails, camping, campsites, and rental vacation cabins in...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5003.2
  Without limiting any statutory powers of the Department of Parks and Recreation, real property which is in the control and possession and under the jurisdiction...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5003.3
  The State Park and Recreation Commission shall allow, in accordance with Section 5003.1, waterfowl hunting annually from the opening day of hunting season for ducks...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5003.35
  Notwithstanding Section 5003.1, waterfowl hunting shall be allowed at the Lake Earl and Lake Talawa project in accordance with the existing interagency agreement with the...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5003.4
  There shall be provided in each state park in which camping is permitted those parking facilities for recreational vehicles, as defined by Section 18010 of...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5003.5
  The department is authorized to provide means of ingress to and egress from all state parks in order to provide ready access thereto by the...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5003.6
  The planning, design, and construction of a boating facility within the state park system shall be the responsibility of the Department of Boating and Waterways...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5003.7
  (a) For due, owing, and unpaid charges or fees for water, sewage, gas, electricity, garbage, or other utility services furnished by the Department of Parks...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5003.8
  Notwithstanding any other provision of this code or of law and except as provided in the State Building Standards Law (Part 2.5 (commencing with Section...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5003.10
  (a) The department may convey, in trust for the development, improvement, operation, and maintenance of trails, to the County of San Mateo, for administration through...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5003.11
  (a) Notwithstanding the provisions of Division 3 (commencing with Section 11000) of Title 2 of the Government Code that relate to the disposition of state-owned...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5003.12
  The department may convey, in trust for the development, improvement, operation, and maintenance of trails, to the Midpeninsula Regional Open Space District all rights, title,...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5003.13
  (a) The director may grant, in trust, an easement, subject to an agreement reached between the department and the County of Santa Cruz, of 420...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5003.14
  (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the director may grant, in trust and subject to the conditions set forth in this section, all of...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5003.15
  The net proceeds of any sale made on behalf of the department pursuant to Section 11011 of the Government Code of any real property originally...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5003.16
  (a) Subject to subdivisions (b) to (f), inclusive, and notwithstanding the provisions of Division 3 (commencing with Section 11000) of Title 2 of the Government...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5003.17
  (a) The department may lease, for any use, all or any portion of any parcel of real property acquired for state park system purposes, if...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5003.18
  (a) The director may lease to the City of Los Angeles a parcel, not to exceed 20 acres of unimproved real property situated in the...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5003.19
  (a) Notwithstanding the provisions of Division 3 (commencing with Section 11000) of Title 2 of the Government Code that relate to the disposition of state-owned...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5004
  The department shall gather, digest, and summarize, in its annual reports to the Governor, information concerning the State Park System and the relation to it...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5004.5
  (a) The California Youth Soccer and Recreation Development Program is hereby created in the department. The department shall administer the program, which is intended to...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5005
  (a) The department may receive and accept in the name of the people of the state any gift, dedication, devise, grant, or other conveyance of...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5005.01
  (a) The Department of Parks and Recreation shall, after consultation with appropriate Native American groups, receive and accept a donation of Indian artifacts found in...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5005.1
  The Department of Parks and Recreation may with approval of the Department of General Services transfer, sell or otherwise dispose of personal property under its...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5005.3
  The department shall identify a site on its lands at the head of Bodega Bay, which shall be mutually agreed upon by the department and...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5005.6
  The department has exclusive jurisdiction with respect to property salvage and recovery operations in and upon the lands of the state park system. The department...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5006
  (a) The department, with the consent of the Department of Finance, and subject to Section 15853 of the Government Code, may acquire title to or...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5006.1
  (a) (1) Prior to submitting a proposal pursuant to subdivision (f) of Section 5006, for an appropriation for the acquisition of real property in excess...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5006.10
  (a) The department shall notify the State Parks and Recreation Commission of any proposed development that may substantially impact the historical, cultural, or recreational significance...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5006.15
  The department may acquire real property by donation or purchase that is subject to a conservation easement, deed restriction, or other limitation, if the director...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5006.2
  The Director of Parks and Recreation with the consent of the Director of Finance may acquire by gift, purchase or condemnation any interest, including options,...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5006.25
  The Director of Parks and Recreation is authorized to convey and grant to the County of Santa Cruz, for a site for a dam and...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5006.3
  The department shall acquire sites for wayside campgrounds adjacent to the Westside Freeway, State Highway Route 5. The following general vicinities shall be given first...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5006.4
  (a) The department may acquire, on behalf of the state, a fee or lesser interest in real and personal property located near Hollister in San...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5006.41
  The department may enter into agreements with the Department of Water Resources and the Department of Fish and Game to plan, develop, and administer real...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5006.42
  (a) On or before February 1, 2002, the director shall establish the Cornfield State Park Advisory Committee, which shall be responsible for assisting the department,...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5006.45
  (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Director of General Services may acquire, on behalf of the state, a fee or lesser interest in...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5006.47
  (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Director of General Services may acquire, on behalf of the state, a fee or lesser right or...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5006.48
  (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Director of General Services may acquire, on behalf of the state, a fee or lesser right or...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5006.49
  Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the California State Mining and Mineral Museum located in the City of Mariposa, including all assets, exhibits, and materials,...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5006.5
  The department, with the consent of the Department of General Services, may lease any interest in real or personal property which the department deems necessary...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5006.6
  The department, with the approval of the Administrator of the Resources Agency and the Department of Finance, is authorized to cooperate and participate with the...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5006.7
  Pursuant to the provisions of Chapter 1.5 (commencing with Section 5094) of this division, the Administrator of the Resources Agency may indicate in writing the...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5007
  (a) The department shall achieve any required budget reductions by closing, partially closing, and reducing services at selected units of the state park system. For...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5007.1
  (a) Lands purchased or otherwise acquired by the department at the Pan Pacific project, which are to be operated and maintained by other public agencies...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5007.2
  Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a contract for services under the amount of fifty thousand dollars ($50,000) to restore artifacts at the Hearst San...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5007.3
  (a) In planning, developing, managing, and operating lands acquired for the Citrus Heritage Park at Mockingbird Canyon, the department and the State Park and Recreation...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5007.4
  Consistent with the general plan for the unit, the department may enter into an operating agreement, at no cost to the state, with a qualified...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5007.5
  Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the department shall have the right to remove and dispose of all floating logs, timber, lumber, and other debris...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5008
  (a) The department shall protect the state park system and the state vehicular recreation area and trail system from damage and preserve the peace therein....
• California Public Resources Code Section 5008.1
  (a) When it is determined by the director to be in the public interest, and subject to the fees, rules, and regulations of the department,...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5008.2
  (a) Peace officers and other designated employees of the department may capture any animal (1) which is not confined or under the immediate control of...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5008.4
  Moneys deposited in the State Parks and Recreation Fund pursuant to Section 1463.02 of the Penal Code are available, when appropriated by the Legislature, only...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5008.5
  In any prosecution charging a violation within any unit of the state park system of the rules and regulations of the department, Section 655.2 or...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5008.6
  Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the judge before whom any person is tried for a violation of any provision of this code within the...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5008.7
  Every person convicted of a violation of any rule or regulation adopted by the department pursuant to this division prohibiting the leaving, depositing, dropping, or...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5008.8
  After January 1, 1989, every peace officer authorized pursuant to Section 5008, shall have satisfactorily completed, prior to the date he or she is first...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5009
  The State park contingent fund is continued in existence. All moneys collected or received from gifts or bequests, or from municipal or county appropriations or...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5009.1
  (a) The department may enter into an agreement to accept funds from any person, corporation or other business entity, or organization for the maintenance or...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5009.2
  (a) The department may enter into an agreement to accept funds from any person, business entity, or organization for the maintenance or operation of a...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5009.3
  Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the department may enter into an agreement or agreements with private, nonprofit public benefit corporations or other private entities,...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5010
  (a) The department may collect fees, rents, and other returns for the use of any state park system area, the amounts to be determined by...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5010.1
  (a) All fees, rents, and other returns for the use of any state park system area are the property of the state or the public...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5010.2
  The department shall not collect from any group of pupils in kindergarten or grades 1 to 12, inclusive, or their escorts, including, but not limited...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5010.5
  The director may authorize the refund of moneys received or collected by himself or by the department illegally, or by mistake, inadvertence, or error. Claims...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5011
  Any person receiving aid to the aged, blind, or disabled under Chapter 3 (commencing with Section 12000) of Part 3 of Division 9 of the...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5011.5
  (a) A veteran of a war in which the United States has been, or may be engaged, who is a resident of this state, upon...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5011.7
  (a) The Legislature finds and declares that the use of conservation easements can assist the department in protecting the natural resources of the state park...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5012
  The department may, upon application by the proper authorities, grant permits and easements for the following purposes and upon such terms as the department may...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5012.1
  In any lease, easement, right-of-way, license, or permit entered into whereby the department leases real property, obtains a license, permit, or a grant of easement...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5012.2
  (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, subsequent to the creation of an easement for a roadway connecting to Mulholland Drive through the Mulholland Scenic...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5013
  The department may acquire, purchase, and obtain objects of historical interest, and it may purchase sites for and establish and maintain museums for such objects.
• California Public Resources Code Section 5014
  The Director of Parks and Recreation shall convey to the Hussey Ranch Corporation, upon such terms and conditions as he determines are in the best...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5015
  (a) In recognition of the late Robert H. Meyer's many contributions to the growth and improvement of the state park system, the El Matador, El...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5015.5
  The Baldwin Hills State Recreation Area is hereby designated and shall be known as the Kenneth Hahn State Recreation Area. The department shall erect appropriate...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5015.6
  In recognition of the late Ed Z'berg's many contributions to the growth and improvement of the state park system, Sugar Pine Point State Park is...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5016
  In order to eliminate or acquire privately owned lands situated within the exterior boundaries of the Anza-Borrego Desert State Park, the department is authorized to...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5016.1
  In order to exchange certain lands patented to the State of California for park purposes situated outside and within 10 miles of the exterior boundaries...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5016.2
  (a) Notwithstanding any other law, the Department of Parks and Recreation may enter into an agreement for the acquisition of the "Freeman Property," as identified...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5018
  Whenever, after the receipt of a report submitted pursuant to Section 5017 with respect to a state beach or park or recreational area, the Legislature...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5018.1
  (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Department of Finance may delegate to the department the right to exercise the same authority granted to...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5019
  When property is deeded to the State for park or beach purposes, oil and mineral rights in such property may be reserved in such deeds...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5019.5
  Before any park or recreational area developmental plan is made, the department shall cause to be made a land carrying capacity survey of the proposed...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5019.10
  (a) The Parks Project Revolving Fund is hereby established in the State Treasury. Except as otherwise specified in this section, upon approval of the Department...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5019.11
  The department shall file against the fund all claims covering expenditures incurred in connection with services, new construction, major construction and equipment, minor construction, maintenance,...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5019.12
  The department shall keep a record of all expenditures chargeable against each specific portion of the fund. Any unencumbered balance in any portion of the...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5019.13
  At any time the department, without furnishing a voucher or itemized statement, may withdraw from the Parks Project Revolving Fund a sum not to exceed...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5019.14
  The department shall annually submit to the Department of Finance a report that reconciles, by project, all of the following: (a) Amounts transferred to the...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5019.15
  This article shall become inoperative on January 1, 2012, and, as of January 1, 2013, is repealed, unless a later enacted statute that is enacted...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5019.50
  All units that are or shall become a part of the state park system, except those units or parts of units designated by the Legislature...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5019.53
  State parks consist of relatively spacious areas of outstanding scenic or natural character, oftentimes also containing significant historical, archaeological, ecological, geological, or other similar values....
• California Public Resources Code Section 5019.56
  State recreation units consist of areas selected, developed, and operated to provide outdoor recreational opportunities. The units shall be designated by the commission by naming,...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5019.59
  Historical units, to be named appropriately and individually, consist of nonmarine areas established primarily to preserve objects of historical, archaeological, and scientific interest, and archaeological...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5019.62
  State seashores consist of relatively spacious coastline areas with frontage on the ocean, or on bays open to the ocean, including water areas landward of...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5019.65
  State reserves consist of areas embracing outstanding natural or scenic characteristics or areas containing outstanding cultural resources of statewide significance. State reserve units may be...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5019.68
  State wildernesses, in contrast with those areas where man and his own works dominate the landscape, are hereby recognized as areas where the earth and...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5019.71
  Natural preserves consist of distinct nonmarine areas of outstanding natural or scientific significance established within the boundaries of other state park system units. The purpose...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5019.74
  Cultural preserves consist of distinct nonmarine areas of outstanding cultural interest established within the boundaries of other state park system units for the purpose of...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5019.80
  (a) The Marine Managed Areas Improvement Act (Chapter 7 (commencing with Section 36600) of Division 27) establishes a uniform classification system for state marine managed...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5020
  The Historical Landmarks Advisory Committee is continued in existence as the State Historical Resources Commission. Any reference in any law to the Historical Landmarks Advisory...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5020.1
  As used in this article: (a) "California Register" means the California Register of Historical Resources. (b) "Certified local government" means a local government that has...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5020.2
  (a) The commission consists of nine members appointed by the Governor. The director, in consultation with the State Historic Preservation Officer, shall submit to the...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5020.3
  (a) The commission shall meet at least four times per year in places it deems necessary to fulfill its responsibilities. Five members of the commission...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5020.4
  (a) The commission shall do all of the following: (1) Receive and evaluate applications for, and make recommendations with respect to entries on, the National...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5020.5
  (a) The commission shall develop criteria and methods for determining the significance of archaeological sites, for selecting the most important archaeological sites, and for determining...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5020.6
  (a) The Governor shall appoint the State Historic Preservation Officer. The director, in consultation with the commission, shall submit to the Governor a list of...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5020.7
  The Legislature recognizes that the long-term preservation and enhancement of historical resources is dependent, to a large extent, on the good will and cooperation of...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5021
  The department shall consider all recommendations for registration made by the commission, and shall register, as state historical landmarks, those buildings, structures, sites, or places...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5022
  The department may contract with or cooperate with public or private agencies for suitable plaques, markers, and directional signs at the site of, or on...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5022.5
  There shall be two categories of places of historical significance: the registered historical landmark and the registered point of historical interest. The location of the...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5022.6
  The department shall adopt standard design and detail for the marker and for the plaque which may be erected or raised at registered historical landmarks....
• California Public Resources Code Section 5023
  (a) It shall be the duty of the Department of Transportation to keep in repair all objects or markers adjacent to a state highway which...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5024
  (a) On or before January 1, 1982, each state agency shall formulate policies to preserve and maintain, when prudent and feasible, all state-owned historical resources...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5024.1
  (a) A California Register of Historical Resources is hereby established. The California Register is an authoritative guide in California to be used by state and...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5024.5
  (a) No state agency shall alter the original or significant historical features or fabric, or transfer, relocate, or demolish historical resources on the master list...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5024.6
  There is in the department the State Office of Historic Preservation, which is under the direction of the officer. The office shall do all of...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5025
  (a) The Legislature hereby finds and declares that there is a need for state repositories dedicated to the preservation and restoration of historic artifacts relating...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5025.11
  The department shall, with the advice of the Historical Landmarks Advisory Committee, or, as to certifications on or after January 1, 1975, with the advice...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5025.12
  The department is authorized to place suitable markers along these certified routes at intervals and at each intersection with a state highway or county road.
• California Public Resources Code Section 5025.2
  It shall be the duty of the department to keep in repair, or cause to be kept in repair, all markers of such historical routes.
• California Public Resources Code Section 5025.3
  The Governor's Mansion, located at 1526 H Street, Sacramento, shall be under the control and management of the department and shall be named the Old...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5026
  Upon receipt of an application for an entry on the National Register of Historic Places and prior to making any evaluation and recommendation with respect...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5027
  Any building or structure that is listed on the National Register of Historic Places and is transferred from state ownership to another public agency shall...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5027.1
  (a) As required by Section 5027, the Legislature hereby approves demolition of the Transbay Terminal building at First and Mission Streets in the City and...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5028
  (a) No structure that is listed on the National Register of Historic Places, on the California Register of Historic Places, or on any local public...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5029
  (a) The commission shall, within 90 days after the approval by the director of the issuance by the commission of an historical resources designation for...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5029.5
  (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, fifty percent (50%) of the revenue collected by the Department of Transportation, in each fiscal year, from rental...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5031
  "Qualified historical property" means privately owned property which is not exempt from property taxation, is visually accessible to the public, and which is: (a) All...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5032
  (a) "Qualified historical property" pursuant to Section 5031 includes: (1) Individual sites having structures. (2) Facades or portions of entire sites. (3) Historic districts. (b)...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5033
  The department shall adopt all rules and regulations relating to standards for qualifying as a historical property. In adopting such rules and regulations, the department...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5038
  (a) It is hereby declared to be the policy of the State of California to establish and preserve, as a unique historical and cultural resource...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5038.1
  The parties to the joint powers agreement of April 1, 1974, and to subsequent amendments to the agreement regarding the El Pueblo de Los Angeles...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5038.2
  (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter or any other provision of law, the length of the term of any concession contract or approval...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5038.3
  "Concession," as used in this article, does not include those premises at El Pueblo de Los Angeles State Historic Park which are primarily rented and...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5040
  It is hereby declared to be the policy of the State of California to establish and preserve as a historical monument representative of the early...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5041
  To assure the accomplishment of this policy it is directed that: (a) The department shall make a survey based on historical research to determine the...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5042
  The Columbia Historic Park Association, a nonprofit corporation, is designated as a committee advisory to the department in the research incident to and adoption of...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5043
  Columbia Historic State Park is a unit of the State Park System and shall be administered in accordance with the laws applying thereto subject to...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5044
  Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter or any other provision of law, the term of any concession contract within Columbia Historic State Park in...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5045
  (a) The tufa and associated sand structures at Mono Lake are a valuable geologic and scientific natural resource and are unique in North America for...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5046
  (a) The reserve shall be managed primarily for the purpose of protecting the tufa and associated sand structures and providing for their interpretation. The department...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5047
  (a) No provision of this article shall be construed to interfere with any reasonable use of land or other activity existing or occurring on or...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5048
  Any disturbance, defacement, displacement, or other interference with any tufa or associated sand structure by any person or instrumentality is a misdemeanor, punishable by a...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5049
  Natural or artificially caused accretion or reliction of the waters of Mono Lake shall not be deemed contrary to the purposes of this article.
• California Public Resources Code Section 5050
  This article shall be known and may be cited as the Collier-Keene State Hostel Facilities Act.
• California Public Resources Code Section 5051
  The Legislature finds that a substantial number of Californians bicycle and walk for recreational enjoyment and that, given safer routes and more suitable accommodations, would...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5052
  As used in this article, unless the context clearly requires a different meaning: (a) "Hostel facility" means a supervised overnight lodging or sleeping accommodation provided...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5053
  (a) The department may provide hostel facilities in any unit of the state park system where consistent with the general development plan for such unit,...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5054
  The department may acquire land for, develop, and maintain recreational trails to and between units of the state park system.
• California Public Resources Code Section 5055
  Except as provided in Section 18930 of the Health and Safety Code, the director shall adopt such rules and regulations as are necessary to administer...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5060
  The department may enter into contracts with individuals or with other governmental agencies or departments for the lease, for park and recreational purposes and for...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5061
  The term of such a lease shall not exceed twenty years nor be less than two years.
• California Public Resources Code Section 5062
  Any such lease contract shall contain an option permitting the State to purchase the lands under lease. The lease contract shall include provisions: (a) That...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5063
  Before entering into any such lease contract, the lands proposed to be leased shall be appraised by the Department of General Services to determine the...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5064
  The department for a consideration may assign such options to other governmental agencies or departments. The department may accept gifts of money or lands from...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5065
  Lands leased shall be administered as a part of the California State park system, subject to existing laws affecting the operation and administration of State
• California Public Resources Code Section 5066
  Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the State Department of Parks and Recreation shall extend until December 31, 1979 the existing concession agreement, dated May...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5067
  The department may enter into, for a period not less than 20 years and not to exceed 25 years, an agreement with the Desert Pacific...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5069
  The Legislature finds and declares that agricultural lands are necessary to the conservation of the state's economic resources and necessary to the maintenance of the...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5069.1
  Any portion of any parcel of real property acquired for state park system purposes, which had been farmed or grazed, or otherwise used for agricultural...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5069.2
  Following approval of the general plan for a unit of the state park system pursuant to Section 5002.2, all real property which has been designated...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5069.3
  (a) The rent for any real property leased for agricultural purposes shall be based upon the fair market value of the real property when used...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5069.4
  For the purposes of this article, "agricultural purposes" means the growing and harvesting of plant or animal products in a manner not inconsistent with the...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5070
  This article shall be known and may be cited as the California Recreational Trails Act.
• California Public Resources Code Section 5070.3
  Unless the context otherwise requires, the following definitions shall govern construction of this article: (a) "Affirmative access area" means an area of already existing disability...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5070.5
  The Legislature hereby declares that it is the policy of the state to: (a) Increase accessibility and enhance the use, enjoyment, and understanding of California's...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5070.7
  The director shall cause to be prepared, and continuously maintained, a comprehensive plan for the development and operation of a statewide system of recreation trails....
• California Public Resources Code Section 5071
  The plan shall contain, but shall not be limited to, the following elements: (a) Pedestrian trails. (b) Bikeways. (c) Equestrian trails. (d) Boating trails. (e)...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5071.3
  For each of the elements specified in Section 5071, the plan shall: (a) Set forth the role of state government in providing increased opportunities associated...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5071.5
  In the preparation of the plan, the director shall actively seek participation of other units of state government and of appropriate federal, regional, and local
• California Public Resources Code Section 5071.7
  (a) (1) In planning the system, the director shall consult with and seek the assistance of the Department of Transportation. The Department of Transportation shall...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5072
  Upon preparation of a proposed plan, the director shall hold at least four public hearings in different geographical regions of the state to solicit views...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5072.5
  The director shall consider any advice offered by the Legislature, and, after considering such advice and making such modifications in the proposed plan as the...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5072.7
  Following completion of the plan as provided in Section 5072.5, all state agencies and departments whose operations are affected by, or related to, the goals,...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5072.8
  (a) The Recreational Trails Fund is hereby created. Moneys in the Recreational Trails Fund shall be available, upon appropriation by the Legislature, to the department...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5073
  The plan shall be continuously reviewed, revised, and updated by the director. Every two years following completion of the plan pursuant to Section 5072.5, the...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5073.5
  (a) The Governor shall establish a California Recreational Trails Committee to advise the director in the development and coordination of the system. The committee shall...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5073.7
  (a) The terms of the members of the committee shall be four years, except that such members first appointed to the committee shall classify themselves...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5074
  The committee shall have the following powers and duties: (a) Coordinate trail planning and development among cities, counties, and districts. In carrying out this responsibility,...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5074.1
  The director shall be responsible for planning and for the orderly development and operation of the system. The director shall encourage other public agencies to...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5074.3
  (a) The right of eminent domain may not be exercised to acquire property, any interest in property, or use of any property for the trails...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5074.5
  The location of a route or complementary facility of the system across lands under the jurisdiction of a federal agency shall be by contractual agreement...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5074.7
  If lands included in the system are outside the boundaries of areas administered by public agencies, the director may enter into agreements with private landowners...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5075
  Following review of the plan by the Legislature as provided in Section 5072.3, the director shall prepare a list of recommended priority system projects for...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5075.3
  In specifying criteria and standards for the design and construction of trail routes and complementary facilities as provided in subdivisions (b) and (c) of Section...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5075.4
  No adjoining property owner is liable for any actions of any type resulting from, or caused by, trail users trespassing on adjoining property, and no...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5075.5
  The director shall prepare a guidebook or guidebooks, including trail maps, describing the system. The guidebook, or guidebooks, shall include information regarding the responsibility of...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5075.7
  Each study of potential trail routes for inclusion in the system shall include an evaluation of the impact of the proposed trail route on adjacent...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5075.8
  (a) The department may convene a planning task force in order to facilitate the development of a comprehensive plan for the San Joaquin River Parkway....
• California Public Resources Code Section 5076
  In developing the open-space element of a general plan as specified in subdivision (e) of Section 65302 of the Government Code, every city and county...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5077.2
  In addition to utilizing criteria and standards for the design, interpretation, and implementation of heritage corridor routes and complementary facilities, as provided in subdivisions (b)...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5077.5
  (a) Because of California's unique potential to encourage initial stages of a nationwide heritage network, the following northern California portions of an eventual nationwide heritage...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5077.6
  Because of its clear function as the interpretive highway of the Gold Rush, and because of outstanding efforts of public agencies and the private sector...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5077.7
  Because of the unique beauty and natural resources of the northern California coast, the desire of many Californians to visit the area, the heavy dependence...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5077.8
  In order to promote disability access along the heritage corridors, the director shall recognize the South Yuba Independence Trail South Yuba Project as one of...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5078
  As used in this chapter: (a) "Department" means the Department of Parks and Recreation. (b) "Fund" means the Heritage Network Decal Fund created pursuant to...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5078.1
  (a) There is in the department the State Heritage Network Plan and Grants Program. (b) The program shall enhance the protection, preservation, and interpretation of,...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5078.2
  The money in the fund shall be available to the department, upon appropriation by the Legislature, solely for purposes of paying administrative costs incurred in...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5078.3
  No single grant under the program shall exceed the sum of fifty thousand dollars ($50,000). Not more than 50 percent of the total money available...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5078.4
  (a) The department shall develop criteria for the evaluation and selection of heritage corridors. (b) The following heritage corridors are given provisional status to allow...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5078.5
  Grant proposals shall be submitted annually to the department for evaluation in accordance with procedures and criteria prescribed by the department. The department shall evaluate...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5078.6
  (a) The department may undertake with cooperating heritage corridor groups the design and distribution of a twenty-dollar ($20) window decal to allow participation in the...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5079
  The Legislature hereby finds and declares all of the following: (a) The preservation of California's historical resources is a responsibility of all citizens, and deserving...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5079.01
  As used in this chapter, the following terms have the following meanings: (a) "California Register" means the California Register of Historic Resources. (b) "Commission" means...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5079.10
  The California Heritage Fund is hereby created in the State Treasury and shall be administered by the office. Money in the fund shall be available,...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5079.11
  Unless otherwise provided by law, all funds received by the office for the purposes of historical resource preservation shall be deposited in the fund. The...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5079.12
  In addition to any public funds appropriated expressly for the purposes of this chapter, the office may apply for and accept grants, and accept gifts,...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5079.13
  The office shall deposit the proceeds from any lease, rental, sale, exchange, or transfer of real property, or any interest therein or option thereon, made...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5079.14
  When a lease of real property is made to a private individual, group, or entity, the office shall annually transfer an amount not to exceed...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5079.15
  The office may apply for and receive emergency financial support for projects and areas identified under federal and state emergency and disaster guidelines. These funds...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5079.20
  (a) Pursuant to the Property Acquisition Law (Part 11 (commencing with Section 15850) of Division 3 of Title 2 of the Government Code), the State...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5079.21
  The office may acquire and hold historical resources, artifacts, or objects, or any interest therein, that are required to provide public access to cultural or...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5079.22
  The office may, in order to carry out historic preservation projects for purposes of Article 2 (commencing with Section 5020) of Chapter 1 and Article...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5079.23
  Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Director of General Services, when so requested by the office, may lease, rent, sell, exchange, or otherwise transfer...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5079.24
  The commission shall adopt, and the office shall implement, appropriate procedures to ensure that real property transactions undertaken pursuant to this chapter are carried out...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5079.25
  Money in the fund shall be available, upon appropriation by the Legislature, for loans and grants to public agencies and nonprofit organizations to carry out...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5079.26
  (a) The office shall encourage and support historical resource preservation through education activities, including publications and training, that further the policies set forth in Section...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5079.27
  The office may select and contract with other state agencies and with private entities and individuals to provide services necessary to carry out the purposes...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5079.28
  Criteria for the selection of projects shall include, but not be limited to, all of the following: (a) The project is representative of the concerns...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5079.35
  (a) The office may acquire any interest in real property pursuant to Section 5079.20, or personal property pursuant to Section 5079.21, with historical, including archaeological,...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5079.40
  The office shall award grants on a competitive basis to public agencies and nonprofit organizations for the preservation of historical resources. A grant made pursuant...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5079.41
  The office shall adopt guidelines, subject to the approval of the commission, for determination of the amount of matching funds required, if any, for a
• California Public Resources Code Section 5079.42
  A public agency may enter into an agreement with a nonprofit organization for the purpose of carrying out a historical resource preservation project funded by...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5079.43
  After completion of the historical resource preservation project, the grant recipient shall return to the office the amount of the grant that exceeds the eligible...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5079.44
  The office shall consult as needed with the appropriate city or county in order to assess the historical significance of historical resources in connection with...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5079.50
  The office shall award grants to public agencies and nonprofit organizations to improve the management of California's historical resources that, because of natural events or...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5079.51
  After the approval of a proposed historical resource management project, the office may expend funds to prepare a plan for the protection and enhancement of...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5079.52
  The office shall consult as needed with the appropriate city or county in order to assess the historical significance of historical resources in connection with...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5079.60
  The Legislature hereby finds and declares that California' s archaeological resources are endangered by urban development and population growth and by natural forces. The Legislature...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5079.61
  The office may award grants to public agencies and nonprofit organizations for historical resource preservation projects that include the acquisition of significant archaeological resource areas...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5079.62
  (a) The amount of the grant shall not exceed the cost of the project. (b) The amount of the grant and the amount of matching...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5079.63
  The office may loan funds to a nonprofit organization for the temporary acquisition of an archaeological resource that will be subsequently acquired by a public
• California Public Resources Code Section 5079.64
  Not more than 25 percent of any grant made pursuant to the article may be expended for archaeological survey and reports, special salvage excavation, and...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5079.65
  The office shall consult as needed with the appropriate city or county in order to assess the historical significance of historical resources in connection with...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5079.70
  There is hereby created within the office the California Main Street Program to provide technical assistance and training for small cities' government, business organizations, merchants,...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5079.72
  There is hereby established in the State Treasury the California Main Street Program Fund. All private contributions, federal funds, and fees for services, if levied,...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5079.74
  The office shall incur costs to implement this article only to the extent that funding adequate to cover those costs has been deposited in, and...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5080.02
  As used in this article, the following terms shall have the following meanings: (a) "Board" means the State Public Works Board. (b) "Commission" means the...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5080.03
  (a) The department may enter into contracts with natural persons, corporations, partnerships, and associations for the construction, maintenance, and operation of concessions within units of...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5080.05
  Except as provided in Section 5080.16, all contracts authorizing occupancy of any portion of the state park system for a period of more than two...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5080.06
  For any contract authorizing occupancy by the concessionaire for a period of more than two years of any portion of the state park system, the...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5080.07
  (a) Notwithstanding the provisions of Sections 11080 and 11081 of the Government Code, public notice to bidders shall be given of all proposed contracts authorizing...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5080.08
  (a) The department shall require from prospective bidders answers to questions contained in a standard form of questionnaire and financial statement, including a complete statement...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5080.09
  All bids shall be presented under sealed cover.
• California Public Resources Code Section 5080.10
  Whether or not bids are opened exactly at the time fixed in the public notice for opening bids, a bid shall not be received after...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5080.11
  Any bid may be withdrawn at any time prior to the time fixed in the public notice for the opening of bids, but only by...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5080.12
  On the day named in the public notice, the department shall publicly open the sealed bids. The department shall carefully study and analyze all bids...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5080.13
  If the successful bidder does not sign and deliver the contract within 30 days of receipt thereof and does not provide the state with a...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5080.14
  If the director deems that the acceptance of any bid is not for the best interests of the state, he or she may reject all
• California Public Resources Code Section 5080.15
  A bidder shall not be relieved of his or her bid and no change shall be made in his or her bid because of mistakes.
• California Public Resources Code Section 5080.16
  If the director determines that it is for the best interests of the state, the director, upon giving notice to the State Park and Recreation...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5080.17
  (a) Every contract awarded pursuant to the bidding requirements of this article, pursuant to the request for proposal process specified in Section 5080.23, or negotiated...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5080.18
  All concession contracts entered into pursuant to this article shall contain, but are not limited to, all of the following provisions: (a) (1) The maximum...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5080.19
  (a) In order to assure the best possible return from concessions, the department shall periodically survey, and obtain advice and information from professional property managers...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5080.20
  A contract, including a contract entered into on lands operated pursuant to an agreement entered into under Article 2 (commencing with Section 5080.30), that is...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5080.21
  The department shall include in its annual statement on the concessions program a section setting forth all new concessions entered into during the preceding fiscal...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5080.23
  (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this article, with respect to concession contracts entered into on and after October 1, 1994, if the director determines...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5080.24
  (a) The department may enter into an interim agreement with the Pacific Grove-Asilomar Operating Corporation on the same basis as the cancelled contract, except that...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5080.25
  (a) The department shall enter into a contract for the construction, maintenance, and operation of concessions at the Asilomar Conference Grounds. The contract shall be...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5080.26
  (a) Notwithstanding Sections 11080 and 11081 of the Government Code, public notice of a request for proposal shall be given to persons or entities for...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5080.28
  Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the department may negotiate an agreement of up to two years duration to extend the hotel concession contract in...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5080.29
  Notwithstanding any other provision of law, including subdivision (a) of Section 5080.18, the department may enter into concession contracts for the development, operation, and maintenance...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5080.30
  Agreements may be entered into between the department and any agency of the United States, any city, county, district, or other public agency, or any...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5080.31
  (a) The general plan for a unit of the state park system that is the subject of an agreement entered into pursuant to this article...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5080.32
  (a) Except as provided in subdivision (b), revenues received from lands subject to an operating agreement entered into pursuant to this article shall be available...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5080.33
  A concession may be authorized on lands subject to an agreement entered into pursuant to this article, so long as the public agency complies with...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5080.34
  Every agreement entered into pursuant to this article and every contract for a concession on lands that are subject to an agreement entered into pursuant...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5080.35
  Whenever the department intends to enter into an operating agreement pursuant to this article with respect to a unit of the state park system, the...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5080.36
  (a) Notwithstanding any provision of this article, the department may enter into an operating agreement with a qualified nonprofit organization for the development, improvement, restoration,...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5080.36.1
  (a) The Legislature hereby finds and declares that the department and the City of Malibu are in the process of entering into an operating agreement...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5080.37
  (a) The Legislature hereby finds and declares that revenues generated at Santa Monica State Beach may be expected to exceed the total costs incurred by...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5080.38
  Notwithstanding any provision of this article, if title in fee, to the so-called Marconi property, near the community of Marshall in the County of Marin,...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5080.39
  The department and other appropriate state and local agencies, and federal agencies to the extent permitted by federal law, with jurisdiction over inland waters are...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5080.40
  (a) No operating lease or agreement shall be entered into, or amended, pursuant to this article unless one of the following has occurred: (1) The...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5080.41
  (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this article, until January 1, 2014, the department may enter into an operating agreement with a qualified nonprofit organization...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5080.42
  (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this article, the department may enter into an operating agreement with a qualified nonprofit organization for the development, improvement,...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5080.50
  Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, the Director of Parks and Recreation may contract for construction for the preservation and restoration of the...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5080.51
  The director is authorized to use the method for selection of the design-build entity set forth in clause (i) of subparagraph (A) of paragraph (3)...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5080.52
  In addition to the requirements set forth in paragraph (1) of subdivision (d) of Section 14661 of the Government Code, the program required by this...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5080.53
  The director may accept donations of services, including architectural, engineering, construction management, or other professional services, construction labor and materials, or any other donations, in...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5080.54
  In addition to the approvals required by Section 13332.19 of the Government Code, prior to advertising for design-build proposals, the director shall submit to the...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5080.56
  Notwithstanding Section 10 of Chapter 66 of the Statutes of 1999, the director shall contract with the Department of General Services or a mutually agreeable...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5090.01
  This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the Off-Highway Motor Vehicle Recreation Act of 2003.
• California Public Resources Code Section 5090.02
  (a) The Legislature finds all of the following: (1) Off-highway motor vehicles are enjoying an ever-increasing popularity in California. (2) Off-highway recreation includes both motorized...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5090.03
  Unless the context otherwise requires, the definitions in this article govern the construction of this chapter.
• California Public Resources Code Section 5090.04
  "Commission" means the Off-Highway Motor Vehicle Recreation Commission.
• California Public Resources Code Section 5090.05
  "Division" means the Division of Off-Highway Motor Vehicle Recreation of the Department of Parks and Recreation.
• California Public Resources Code Section 5090.06
  "Fund" means the Off-Highway Vehicle Trust Fund created by subdivision (c) of Section 38225 of the Vehicle Code.
• California Public Resources Code Section 5090.07
  "Off-highway motor vehicle" means an off-highway motor vehicle as defined in Section 38006 of the Vehicle Code.
• California Public Resources Code Section 5090.08
  "Program" means the Off-Highway Motor Vehicle Recreation Program.
• California Public Resources Code Section 5090.09
  "System" means the state vehicular recreation areas, the California Statewide Motorized Trail, areas and trails within the state park system, and areas supported by the...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5090.10
  "Conservation" means activities, practices, and programs that sustain soils, plants, wildlife, and their habitat in accordance with the standards adopted pursuant to Section 5090.35.
• California Public Resources Code Section 5090.11
  "Restoration" means, upon closure of the unit or any portion thereof, the restoration of land to the contours, the plant communities, and the plant covers...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5090.12
  "Grant program" means the local assistance grant program and the cooperative agreement program.
• California Public Resources Code Section 5090.15
  (a) There is in the department the Off-Highway Motor Vehicle Recreation Commission, consisting of nine members, five of whom shall be appointed by the Governor...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5090.16
  In making appointments to the commission, the Governor, Senate Committee on Rules, and Speaker of the Assembly shall consider the places of residence of the...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5090.17
  (a) The terms of the members of the commission shall be four years. (b) Appointments to the commission shall comply with the qualifications for membership...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5090.18
  In case of any vacancy in the membership of the commission, the appointing authority of the vacating member shall appoint a successor member for the...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5090.19
  The members of the commission shall elect a chairperson from their number who shall serve as chairperson for one year and until his or her...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5090.20
  The director is the secretary of the commission.
• California Public Resources Code Section 5090.21
  Members of the commission may receive a salary for their services in an amount of fifty dollars ($50) for each day, up to a maximum...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5090.22
  The chairperson of the commission may appoint committees composed of members of the commission and prescribe the jurisdiction of each.
• California Public Resources Code Section 5090.24
  The commission has the following particular duties and responsibilities: (a) Be fully informed regarding all governmental activities affecting the program. (b) Meet at least four...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5090.30
  There is in the department the Division of Off-Highway Motor Vehicle Recreation. Whenever any reference is made to the Office of Off-Highway Motor Vehicle Recreation,...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5090.31
  The division shall be under the direction of a deputy director appointed by the director. The deputy director shall have no responsibilities other than directing...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5090.32
  The division has the following duties and responsibilities: (a) Planning, acquisition, development, conservation, and restoration of lands in the state vehicular recreation areas. (b) Direct...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5090.34
  (a) In cooperation with the commission, the division shall make available on the division's Internet Web site information regarding off-highway motor vehicle recreation opportunities, pertinent...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5090.35
  (a) The protection of public safety, the appropriate utilization of lands, and the conservation of land resources are of the highest priority in the management...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5090.36
  The division may enter into contracts with concessionaires and grants or cooperative agreements with other public agencies, pursuant to laws and procedures specified in this...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5090.37
  Eminent domain shall not be exercised to acquire any interest in property for a state vehicular recreation area, the California Statewide Motorized Trail, or any...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5090.38
  No owner or other person having legal control of property in the vicinity of any lands in the system is liable for any actions of...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5090.41
  The following lands within the Hollister Hills State Vehicular Area shall be managed, as follows: (a) The division shall designate and set aside 280 acres...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5090.43
  (a) State vehicular recreation areas shall be established on lands where there are quality recreational opportunities for off-highway motor vehicles and in accordance with the...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5090.44
  The division shall assist in the designation of corridors for a California Statewide Motorized Trail. The California Statewide Motorized Trail shall consist of corridors that...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5090.50
  (a) The division shall develop and implement a grant and cooperative agreement program to support the planning, acquisition, development, maintenance, administration, operation, enforcement, restoration, and...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5090.53
  No funds may be granted or expended pursuant to Section 5090.50, unless all of the following conditions are met: (a) If the project involves a...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5090.60
  The fund consists of deposits from the following sources: (a) Revenues transferred from the Motor Vehicle Fuel Account in the Transportation Tax Fund. (b) Fees...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5090.61
  Moneys in the fund shall be available, upon appropriation by the Legislature, as follows: (a) An amount, not to exceed 50 percent of the annual...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5090.65
  Money in the fund shall be used to pay for the repair of any boundary fence that segregates off-highway vehicle use from adjoining landowners and...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5090.70
  This chapter shall remain in effect only until January 1, 2018, and as of that date is repealed, unless a later enacted statute, that is...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5091.01
  (a) The Legislature finds that as the popularity of winter recreation has steadily grown, so too has the problem of insufficient parking areas for participants....
• California Public Resources Code Section 5091.02
  Unless the context otherwise requires, the definitions in this section govern the construction of this chapter. (a) "Authorized vendor" means a retail commercial enterprise, authorized...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5091.10
  (a) The State Park and Recreation Commission shall hold at least two public hearings, one in the northern portion of the state and one in...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5091.15
  (a) Except as provided in this section, no person shall, from November 1 of any year to May 30 of the next year or for...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5091.20
  (a) The department shall print the permits required by this chapter and shall supervise the sale of the permits throughout the state. (b) The department...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5091.25
  (a) Proceeds from the sale of SNO-PARK parking permits shall be paid to the State Treasury to the credit of the Winter Recreation Fund, which...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5091.26
  Eminent domain shall not be exercised to acquire any interest in property for a designated parking area.
• California Public Resources Code Section 5091.27
  The department may adopt rules and regulations necessary to implement and enforce this chapter.
• California Public Resources Code Section 5093.30
  This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the California Wilderness Act.
• California Public Resources Code Section 5093.31
  In order to assure that an increasing population, accompanied by expanding settlement and growing mechanization, does not occupy and modify all areas on state-owned lands...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5093.32
  As used in this chapter: (a) "Minimum management requirements" means the minimum wilderness management actions that are necessary to administer a wilderness area for the...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5093.33
  (a) There is hereby established a California wilderness preservation system to be composed of state-owned areas designated by the Legislature as "wilderness areas" and units...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5093.34
  (a) The following areas are hereby designated as components of the system: (1) Santa Rosa Mountains State Wilderness, consisting of that portion of Anza-Borrego Desert...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5093.345
  (a) Limekiln State Wilderness, comprised of approximately 413 acres of Limekiln State Park as generally depicted on a map entitled "Limekiln State Park Wilderness" dated...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5093.35
  (a) The secretary, in cooperation with each department within the Resources Agency, shall review state-owned roadless areas under his or her jurisdiction as of January...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5093.36
  (a) Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, a state agency with jurisdiction over an area designated as a wilderness area shall be responsible for...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5093.37
  (a) In any case where privately owned land is completely surrounded by wilderness areas, the private owner may acquire from the state a reasonable means...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5093.38
  Nothing in this chapter shall affect the jurisdiction or responsibility of the state with regard to fish and wildlife. Hunting and fishing may be permitted...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5093.39
  The secretary shall, no later than December 1, 1975, and on or before December 1st of each year thereafter, report to the Governor and to...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5093.40
  If any provision of this chapter or the application thereof to any person or circumstance is held invalid, such invalidity shall not affect other provisions...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5093.50
  It is the policy of the State of California that certain rivers which possess extraordinary scenic, recreational, fishery, or wildlife values shall be preserved in...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5093.51
  This chapter shall be known as the California Wild and Scenic Rivers Act.
• California Public Resources Code Section 5093.52
  As used in this chapter, the following terms have the following meaning: (a) "Secretary" means the Secretary of the Resources Agency. (b) "Resources Agency" means...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5093.53
  Those rivers or segments of rivers included in the system shall be classified as one of the following: (a) Wild rivers, which are those rivers...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5093.54
  The following rivers and segments thereof are designated as components of the system: (a) Klamath River. The main stem from 100 yards below Iron Gate...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5093.541
  (a) Notwithstanding the fact that the tributaries of the Smith River specified in this subdivision are not included in the system, no dam, reservoir, diversion,...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5093.542
  The Legislature finds and declares that the McCloud River possesses extraordinary resources in that it supports one of the finest wild trout fisheries in the...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5093.545
  The classifications heretofore established by the secretary for the rivers or segments of rivers included in the system are revised and adopted as follows: Rivers...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5093.546
  Classification or reclassification of rivers or segments of rivers within the system as wild, scenic, or recreational shall be by statute. The secretary may recommend...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5093.547
  (a) The secretary shall study and submit to the Governor and the Legislature reports on the suitability or nonsuitability for addition to the system of...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5093.55
  Other than temporary flood storage facilities permitted pursuant to Section 5093.57, no dam, reservoir, diversion, or other water impoundment facility may be constructed on any...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5093.56
  No department or agency of the state may assist or cooperate, whether by loan, grant, license, or otherwise, with any department or agency of the...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5093.57
  Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to prohibit any measures for flood protection, structural or nonstructural, necessary for the protection of lives and property...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5093.58
  This chapter neither diminishes the power of the secretary or any other state or local official or agency under any other statute, nor conveys any...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5093.60
  The Resources Agency shall be responsible for coordinating the activities of state agencies whose activities affect the rivers in the system with those of other...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5093.61
  All departments and agencies of the state shall exercise their powers granted under any other provision of law in a manner that protects the free-flowing...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5093.62
  Nothing in this chapter shall affect the jurisdiction or responsibility of the state with regard to fish, wildlife, or their habitat. Hunting and fishing may...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5093.63
  Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to permit or require the reservation, use, or taking of private property for scenic, fishery, wildlife, or recreation...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5093.64
  If any provision of this chapter or the application thereof to any person or circumstances is held invalid, such invalidity shall not affect other provisions...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5093.66
  (a) The Legislature hereby finds and declares that the enactment of this section is necessary in order to allow extraction and refinement of strategic metals...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5093.67
  In order to enhance the recreational qualities of rivers where temporary summer recreational dams have been constructed in the past to improve water oriented recreational...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5093.68
  (a) Within the boundaries of special treatment areas adjacent to wild, scenic, or recreational river segments, all of the following provisions shall apply, in addition...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5093.69
  (a) The Resources Agency shall conduct studies specifically funded by the Legislature relative to the condition of the system and may make recommendations to the...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5093.70
  (a) The Legislature hereby finds and declares all of the following: (1) Mill Creek and Deer Creek possess extraordinary resources in that they support one...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5094
  It is hereby declared to be in the public interest for the state and local public agencies to participate with the federal government with respect...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5094.1
  The Secretary of the Resources Agency, with the approval of the Director of Finance and upon specific authorization by the Legislature, may indicate in writing...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5094.2
  With respect to each project as to which a letter of intent has been given, the Resources Agency through the Department of Parks and Recreation...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5094.3
  Upon specific authorization of state participation by the Legislature: (a) The Department of Parks and Recreation and the Department of Fish and Game may cooperate...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5094.4
  This chapter shall not apply to the cooperation and participation with the federal government pursuant to Public Law 89-161 in the development of recreation facilities...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5094.5
  This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the Porter-Cobey Federal Water Project Recreation Act.
• California Public Resources Code Section 5095
  This chapter shall be known, and may be cited, as the State Urban Parks and Healthy Communities Act.
• California Public Resources Code Section 5095.1
  The Legislature finds and declares all of the following: (a) Parks and recreation provide opportunities for building strong communities and promote ethnic and cultural harmony....
• California Public Resources Code Section 5095.2
  As used in this chapter, the following terms have the following meanings: (a) "Active recreational purpose" means an activity that requires athletic fields, courts, gymnasiums,...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5095.3
  There is hereby created, in the State Treasury, the State Urban Parks and Healthy Communities Fund. The department shall expend moneys from this fund, upon...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5095.4
  (a) The director, in consultation with the State Department of Education, shall develop a competitive grant program to assist state parks, state conservancies in existence...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5095.5
  (a) The department shall allocate two-thirds of any funds appropriated for the purposes of this chapter to provide grants to urbanized or heavily urbanized local...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5095.6
  (a) This chapter shall be implemented only upon appropriation of sufficient funds to the department for that purpose. (b) Notwithstanding any other provision, all funds...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5095.50
  For purposes of this chapter, the following definitions apply: (a) "Central Valley" means the geographic region extending from approximately the City of Redding in the...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5095.51
  The department shall develop a detailed plan of implementation for its Central Valley Vision. The plan shall identify and prioritize specific sites and projects for...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5095.52
  To the extent feasible, the plan shall do all of the following: (a) Identify specific opportunities and priorities for acquisition and development of new and...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5095.53
  The plan shall include a specific timeline for implementation. By January 1, 2009, the department shall report to the Legislature on the plan and timeline...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5095.54
  This chapter shall be implemented to the extent that funds are appropriated pursuant to subdivision (a) of Section 75063 or any other source.
• California Public Resources Code Section 5096.1
  This chapter may be cited as the Cameron-Unruh Beach, Park, Recreational, and Historical Facilities Bond Act of 1964.
• California Public Resources Code Section 5096.2
  The Legislature of the State of California hereby finds and declares that: (a) It is the responsibility of this State to provide and to encourage...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5096.3
  The Legislature further finds and declares that: (a) The present public outdoor recreation areas and facilities in the State are inadequate to accommodate the demands...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5096.4
  Bonds in the total amount of one hundred fifty million dollars ($150,000,000), or so much thereof as is necessary, may be issued and sold to...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5096.5
  There shall be collected each year and in the same manner and at the same time as other state revenue is collected such sum in...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5096.6
  There is hereby appropriated from the General Fund in the State Treasury for the purpose of this act, such an amount as will equal the...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5096.7
  For the purposes of carrying out the provisions of this chapter the Director of Finance may by executive order authorize the withdrawal from the General...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5096.8
  The proceeds of bonds issued and sold pursuant to this chapter shall be deposited in the State Beach, Park, Recreational, and Historical Facilities Fund. The...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5096.9
  All proposed appropriations for the program contemplated by this chapter shall be included in a section in the Budget Bill for each fiscal year for...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5096.10
  The bonds authorized by this act shall be prepared, executed, issued, sold, paid and redeemed as provided in the State General Obligation Bond Law (Chapter...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5096.11
  The State Park and Recreation Finance Committee is hereby created. The committee consists of the Governor, the State Controller, the Director of Finance, the State...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5096.13
  All money deposited in the State Beach, Park, Recreational and Historical Facilities Fund which is derived from premium and accrued interest on bonds sold shall...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5096.14
  As used in this chapter and for the purposes of this chapter as used in the State General Obligation Bond Law, the following words shall...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5096.15
  Except as otherwise provided herein, all money deposited in the State Beach, Park, Recreational, and Historical Facilities Fund shall be available for appropriation as set...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5096.16
  The forty million dollars ($40,000,000) authorized by Section 5096.15 for grants shall be allocated to the counties, such allocation to be based upon the estimated...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5096.17
  On July 1, 1970, the Resources Agency Administrator shall cause to be totaled the unencumbered balances remaining in the State Beach, Park, Recreational and Historical...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5096.18
  Projects involving state funds only, pursuant to subdivisions (a) and (b) of Section 5096.15, shall originate by legislative resolution, resolutions, or resolutions of the State...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5096.20
  An application for a state grant pursuant to subdivision (d) of Section 5096.15 shall be submitted to the Resources Agency Administrator. The application for the...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5096.21
  Projects proposed pursuant to subdivisions (a), (b) and (c) of Section 5096.15 shall be submitted to the office of the Resources Agency Administrator for review....
• California Public Resources Code Section 5096.22
  The administrator, after completing his review, shall forward those projects recommended by the appropriate board or commission together with his comments thereon to the Governor...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5096.23
  Projects authorized for the purposes set forth in subdivisions (a) and (b) of Section 5096.15 shall be subject to augmentation as provided in Section 16352...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5096.24
  The Director of the Department of Parks and Recreation may make agreements with respect to any land acquired pursuant to subdivision (a) of Section 5096.15...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5096.25
  Notwithstanding any other provisions of law, for the purposes of this chapter acquisition may include gifts, purchases, leases, easements, eminent domain, the transfer of property...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5096.26
  All grants, gifts, devises, or bequests to the state, conditional or unconditional, for park, conservation, recreation or other purposes for which land may be acquired...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5096.27
  There shall be an agreement or contract between the State and the applicant in the case of a state grant project which shall contain therein...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5096.28
  Lands acquired by the State shall consist predominantly of open or natural lands, including lands under water capable of being utilized for multiple recreation purposes....
• California Public Resources Code Section 5096.71
  This chapter may be cited as the State Beach, Park, Recreational, and Historical Facilities Bond Act of 1974 or as the Z' berg-Collier Park Bond
• California Public Resources Code Section 5096.72
  The Legislature of the State of California hereby finds and declares that: (a) It is the responsibility of this state to provide and to encourage...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5096.73
  The Legislature further finds and declares that: (a) The present public outdoor recreation areas and facilities in the state are inadequate to accommodate the demands...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5096.74
  Bonds in the total amount of two hundred fifty million dollars ($250,000,000), or so much thereof as is necessary, may be issued and sold to...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5096.75
  There shall be collected each year and in the same manner and at the same time as other state revenue is collected such sum in...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5096.76
  There is hereby appropriated from the General Fund in the State Treasury for the purpose of this act, such an amount as will equal the...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5096.77
  For the purposes of carrying out the provisions of this chapter the Director of Finance may by executive order authorize the withdrawal from the General...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5096.78
  The proceeds of bonds issued and sold pursuant to this chapter shall be deposited in the State Beach, Park, Recreational, and Historical Facilities Fund of...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5096.79
  All proposed appropriations for the program contemplated by this chapter shall be included in a section in the Budget Bill for each fiscal year for...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5096.80
  The bonds authorized by this chapter shall be prepared, executed, issued, sold, paid and redeemed as provided in the State General Obligation Bond Law (Chapter...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5096.81
  The State Park and Recreation Finance Committee is hereby created. The committee consists of the Governor, the State Controller, the Director of Finance, the State...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5096.83
  All money deposited in the State Beach, Park, Recreational, and Historical Facilities Fund of 1974 which is derived from premium and accrued interest on bonds...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5096.84
  As used in this chapter and for the purposes of this chapter as used in the State General Obligation Bond Law, the following words shall...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5096.85
  Except as otherwise provided herein, all money deposited in the State Beach, Park, Recreational, and Historical Facilities Fund of 1974 shall be available for appropriation...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5096.86
  The ninety million dollars ($90,000,000) authorized by Section 5096.85 for grants shall be allocated to the counties, such allocation to be based upon the estimated...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5096.87
  On July 1, 1980, the Secretary of the Resources Agency shall cause to be totaled the unencumbered balances remaining in the State Beach, Park, Recreational,...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5096.88
  Projects involving state funds only, pursuant to subdivisions (b), (c), and (e) of Section 5096.85, shall originate by legislative resolution, resolutions, or resolutions of the...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5096.89
  An application for a state grant pursuant to subdivision (a) of Section 5096.85 shall be submitted to the Secretary of the Resources Agency. The application...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5096.90
  Projects proposed pursuant to subdivisions (b), (c), (d), and (e) of Section 5096.85 shall be submitted to the office of the Secretary of the Resources...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5096.91
  The Secretary of the Resources Agency, after completing his review, shall forward those projects recommended by the appropriate board or commission together with his comments...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5096.92
  Projects authorized for the purposes set forth in subdivisions (b), (c), and (e) of Section 5096.85 shall be subject to augmentation as provided in Section...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5096.93
  The Director of Parks and Recreation may make agreements with respect to any land acquired pursuant to subdivision (e) of Section 5096.85 of this chapter...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5096.94
  Notwithstanding any other provisions of law, for the purposes of this chapter acquisition may include gifts, purchases, leases, easements, eminent domain, the transfer of property...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5096.95
  All grants, gifts, devises or bequests to the state, conditional or unconditional, for park, conservation, recreation or other purposes for which land may be acquired...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5096.96
  There shall be an agreement or contract between the Department of Parks and Recreation and the applicant in the case of a state grant project...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5096.97
  Lands acquired by the state shall consist predominantly of open or natural lands, including lands under water capable of being utilized for multiple recreation purposes,...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5096.98
  (a) The appropriation made by Item 379(c) of the Budget Act of 1973 for the acquisition of Century Ranch for the state park system is...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5096.99
  Moneys deposited in the State Beach, Park, Recreational, and Historical Facilities Fund of 1974 shall be used to reimburse the General Fund for any expenditure...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5096.100
  The appropriation from the State Beach, Park, Recreational, and Historical Facilities Fund of 1974 made by Section 9.3 of Assembly Bill No. 1944 of the...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5096.101
  Notwithstanding Section 5096.87, the first four million four hundred thousand dollars ($4,400,000) that is available in the total unencumbered balance remaining in the State Beach,...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5096.102
  Pursuant to Section 5096.96, the City of Palm Springs may authorize the use, for flood control structures, of the part of Tahquitz Regional Park adjoining...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5096.111
  This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the Nejedly-Hart State, Urban, and Coastal Park Bond Act of 1976.
• California Public Resources Code Section 5096.112
  The Legislature hereby finds and declares that: (a) It is the responsibility of this state to provide and to encourage the provision of recreational opportunities...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5096.113
  The Legislature further finds and declares that: (a) The demand for parks, beaches, recreation areas and recreational facilities, and historical resources preservation projects in California...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5096.114
  Bonds in the total amount of two hundred eighty million dollars ($280,000,000), or so much thereof as is necessary, may be issued and sold to...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5096.115
  There shall be collected each year and in the same manner and at the same time as other state revenue is collected such sum in...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5096.116
  There is hereby appropriated from the General Fund in the State Treasury for the purpose of this act, such an amount as will equal the...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5096.117
  For the purposes of carrying out the provisions of this chapter the Director of Finance may by executive order authorize the withdrawal from the General...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5096.1175
  Notwithstanding any other provision of this bond act, or of the State General Obligation Bond Law (Chapter 4 (commencing with Section 16720) of Part 3...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5096.118
  The proceeds of bonds issued and sold pursuant to this chapter shall be deposited in the State, Urban, and Coastal Park Fund or the State...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5096.119
  All proposed appropriations for the program specified in Section 5096.124 shall be included in a section in the Budget Bill for each fiscal year for...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5096.120
  The bonds authorized by this chapter shall be prepared, executed, issued, sold, paid, and redeemed as provided in the State General Obligation Bond Law (Chapter...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5096.121
  The State Park and Recreation Finance Committee is hereby created. The committee consists of the Governor, the State Controller, the Director of Finance, the State...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5096.122
  All money deposited in the State, Urban, and Coastal Park Fund or the State Coastal Conservancy which is derived from premium and accrued interest on...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5096.123
  As used in this chapter and for the purposes of this chapter as used in the State General Obligation Bond Law, the following words shall...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5096.124
  Except as otherwise provided in this section or elsewhere in this chapter, all money deposited in the State, Urban, and Coastal Park Fund shall be...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5096.125
  Except as otherwise provided in this section and elsewhere in this chapter, all money deposited in the State Coastal Conservancy shall be available for appropriation,...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5096.126
  After the Legislature has authorized the administration of the State Coastal Conservancy by an existing or new state agency, any project involving state funds pursuant...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5096.127
  (a) All of the funds authorized by subdivision (a) of Section 5096.124 for grants, shall be allocated to the counties, such allocation to be based...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5096.128
  On July 1, 1983, the Secretary of the Resources Agency shall cause to be totaled the unencumbered balances remaining in the State, Urban, and Coastal...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5096.129
  Any project involving state funds only, pursuant to subdivisions (b), (c), and (e) of Section 5096.124, shall originate by resolution of the Legislature or of...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5096.130
  (a) An application for a grant pursuant to subdivision (a) of Section 5096.124 shall be submitted to the Director of Parks and Recreation for review....
• California Public Resources Code Section 5096.131
  Projects proposed pursuant to subdivisions (b), (c), (d), and (e) of Section 5096.124 shall be submitted to the office of the Secretary of the Resources...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5096.132
  The Secretary of the Resources Agency, after completing his review, shall forward those projects recommended by the appropriate board or commission together with his comments...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5096.133
  Projects authorized for the purposes set forth in subdivisions (b), (c), and (e) of Section 5096.124 shall be subject to augmentation as provided in Section...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5096.134
  The Director of Parks and Recreation may make agreements with respect to any real property acquired pursuant to subdivisions (b) and (c) of Section 5096.124...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5096.135
  Notwithstanding any other provisions of law, for the purposes of this chapter, acquisition may include gifts, purchases, leases, easements, eminent domain, the transfer or exchange...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5096.136
  All grants, gifts, devises, or bequests to the state, conditional or unconditional, for park, conservation, recreation, or other purposes for which real property may be...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5096.137
  There shall be an agreement or contract between the Department of Parks and Recreation and the applicant in the case of a state grant project...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5096.138
  Real property acquired by the state shall consist predominantly of open or natural lands, including lands under water capable of being utilized for multiple recreational...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5096.139
  (a) The Director of Parks and Recreation may submit to the State Lands Commission any proposal by a state or local public agency for the...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5096.141
  This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the California Parklands Act of 1980.
• California Public Resources Code Section 5096.142
  The Legislature hereby finds and declares that: (a) It is the responsibility of this state to provide and to encourage the provision of recreational opportunities...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5096.143
  The Legislature further finds and declares that: (a) The demand for parks, beaches, recreation areas and recreational facilities, and historical resources preservation projects in California...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5096.144
  As used in this chapter, the following terms shall have the following meanings: (a) "Coastal resources" means those land and water areas within the coastal...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5096.145
  (a) "District," as defined by subdivision (b) of Section 5096.144, includes a district agricultural association or a citrus fruit fair which is authorized to provide...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5096.151
  All money deposited in the Parklands Fund of 1980 shall be available for appropriation in the manner set forth in Section 5096.206 for the purposes...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5096.155
  (a) Funds available for appropriation for local assistance grants pursuant to subdivision (a) of Section 5096.151 may be expended for the acquisition of parks, beaches,...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5096.156
  (a) All of the funds authorized in subdivision (a) of Section 5096.151 for local assistance grants shall be allocated among the counties on the basis...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5096.157
  (a) An application for a local assistance grant pursuant to this article shall be submitted to the Director of Parks and Recreation for review. The...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5096.158
  (a) No state grant funds may be disbursed until the applicant agrees that any property acquired or developed with such funds shall be used by...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5096.159
  Funds appropriated for local assistance grants pursuant to subdivision (a) of Section 5096.151 shall be encumbered by the recipient within three years of the date...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5096.161
  The Legislature recognizes that public financial resources are inadequate to meet all capital outlay needs of the state park system and that the development of...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5096.162
  (a) Any Member of the Legislature, the State Park and Recreation Commission, the California Coastal Commission, or the Secretary of the Resources Agency may nominate...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5096.163
  Acquisition for the state park system by purchase or by eminent domain shall be under the Property Acquisition Law (commencing with Section 15850 of the...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5096.171
  Funds available pursuant to subdivision (c) of Section 5096.151 shall be expended pursuant to this article.
• California Public Resources Code Section 5096.172
  (a) Any Member of the Legislature, the California Coastal Commission, the State Coastal Conservancy, the San Francisco Bay Conservation and Development Commission, the State Park...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5096.173
  (a) The State Coastal Conservancy and the California Coastal Commission shall prepare and adopt priorities, criteria, and procedures for the disbursement and administration of grants...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5096.174
  (a) An application for a grant shall be submitted to the State Coastal Conservancy for preliminary evaluation, review of adequacy, and classification as a park,...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5096.175
  (a) After completing the evaluation, review, and classification of an application, the State Coastal Conservancy shall forward the application to the California Coastal Commission for...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5096.176
  Funds granted pursuant to category (2) of subdivision (c) of Section 5096.151 may be expended for development, rehabilitation, or restoration only on lands owned by,...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5096.177
  No state grant funds may be disbursed until the applicant agrees that any property acquired or developed with such funds shall be used by the...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5096.178
  (a) An amount, not to exceed nine hundred thousand dollars ($900,000) in the aggregate, shall be available for appropriation during the 1980-81, 1981-82, and 1982-83...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5096.191
  Projects authorized for the purposes set forth in subdivision (b), category (1) of subdivision (c), and subdivision (d) of Section 5096.151 shall be subject to...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5096.192
  The Director of Parks and Recreation may make agreements with respect to any real property acquired pursuant to subdivision (b) and category (1) of subdivision...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5096.193
  All real property acquired pursuant to this chapter shall be acquired in compliance with the provisions of Chapter 16 (commencing with Section 7260) of Division...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5096.194
  For the purposes of this chapter, acquisition may include gifts, purchases, leases, easements, the exercise of eminent domain if expressly authorized, the transfer or exchange...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5096.195
  All grants, gifts, devises, or bequests to the state, conditional or unconditional, for park, conservation, recreation, or other purposes for which real property may be...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5096.196
  Real property acquired by the state shall consist predominantly of open or natural lands, including lands under water capable of being utilized for multiple recreational...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5096.197
  (a) Prior to recommending the acquisition of lands that are located on or near tidelands, submerged lands, swamp or overflowed lands, or other wetlands, whether...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5096.201
  Bonds in the total amount of two hundred eighty-five million dollars ($285,000,000), or so much thereof as is necessary, may be issued and sold to...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5096.202
  There shall be collected each year and in the same manner and at the same time as other state revenue is collected such a sum...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5096.203
  There is hereby appropriated from the General Fund in the State Treasury for the purpose of this chapter, such an amount as will equal the...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5096.204
  The proceeds of bonds issued and sold pursuant to this chapter shall be deposited in the Parklands Fund of 1980, which is hereby created. The...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5096.205
  For the purposes of carrying out the provisions of this article, the Director of Finance may by executive order authorize the withdrawal from the General...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5096.2055
  Notwithstanding any other provision of this bond act, or of the State General Obligation Bond Law (Chapter 4 (commencing with Section 16720) of Part 3...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5096.206
  All proposed appropriations for the program shall be included in a section in the Budget Bill for the 1980-81 fiscal year and each succeeding fiscal...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5096.207
  The bonds authorized by this chapter shall be prepared, executed, issued, sold, paid, and redeemed as provided in the State General Obligation Bond Law (Chapter...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5096.208
  For the purpose of authorizing the issuance and sale, pursuant to the State General Obligation Bond Law, of the bonds authorized by this chapter, the...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5096.209
  As used in this chapter, and for the purposes of the State General Obligation Bond Law, "state grant" or "state grant moneys" means moneys received...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5096.210
  All money deposited in the fund which is derived from premium and accrued interest on bonds sold shall be reserved in such depositories and shall...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5096.211
  Commencing with the Budget Bill for the 1990-91 fiscal year, the balance remaining in the fund may be appropriated by the Legislature for expenditure, without...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5096.212
  The Legislature hereby finds and declares that, inasmuch as the proceeds from the sale of bonds authorized by this chapter are not "proceeds of taxes"...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5096.213
  If any provision of this chapter or the application thereof to any person or circumstances is held invalid, such invalidity shall not affect other provisions...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5096.225
  This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the California Park and Recreational Facilities Act of 1984.
• California Public Resources Code Section 5096.226
  The Legislature hereby finds and declares that: (a) It is the responsibility of this state to provide and to encourage the provision of recreational opportunities...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5096.227
  The Legislature further finds and declares that: (a) The demand for parks, beaches, recreation areas and recreational facilities, and historical resources preservation projects in California...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5096.228
  As used in this chapter, the following terms shall have the following meanings: (a) "Coastal resources" means those land and water areas within the coastal...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5096.229
  (a) "District," as defined by subdivision (b) of Section 5096.228, includes a district agricultural association or a citrus fruit fair which is authorized to provide...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5096.231
  All money deposited in the Parklands Fund of 1984 shall be available for appropriation in the manner set forth in Section 5096.260 for the purposes...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5096.232
  All money deposited in the State Coastal Conservancy Fund of 1984, not to exceed fifty million dollars ($50,000,000), shall be available for appropriation in the...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5096.233
  (a) All of the funds authorized in categories (1) and (2) of subdivision (a) of Section 5096.231 shall be available for grants on a competitive...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5096.234
  Funds appropriated for local assistance grants pursuant to subdivision (a) of Section 5096.231 shall be encumbered by the recipient within three years of the date...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5096.235
  (a) Funds available for appropriation for local assistance grants pursuant to category (3) of subdivision (a) of Section 5096.231 may be expended for the acquisition,...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5096.236
  (a) An application for a local assistance grant pursuant to this article shall be submitted to the Director of Parks and Recreation for review. Except...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5096.237
  (a) No state grant funds authorized under Section 5096.231 may be disbursed until the applicant agrees that any property acquired, developed, rehabilitated, or restored with...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5096.241
  The Legislature recognizes that public financial resources are inadequate to meet all capital outlay needs of the state park system and that the development of...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5096.242
  (a) Any Member of the Legislature, the State Park and Recreation Commission, the California Coastal Commission, or the Secretary of the Resources Agency may nominate...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5096.243
  (a) Acquisition for the state park system by purchase or by eminent domain shall be under the Property Acquisition Law (commencing with Section 15850 of...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5096.244
  (a) The State Coastal Conservancy shall prepare and adopt priorities, criteria, and procedures for the making of grants to local public agencies or nonprofit organizations...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5096.245
  Projects authorized for the purposes set forth in subdivisions (b) and (c) of Section 5096.231 shall be subject to augmentation as provided in Section 16352...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5096.246
  The Department of General Services, if the Director of Parks and Recreation finds that the use would be compatible with the ultimate use of the...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5096.247
  All real property acquired pursuant to this chapter shall be acquired in compliance with the provisions of Chapter 16 (commencing with Section 7260) of Division...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5096.248
  For the purposes of this chapter, acquisition may include gifts, purchases, leases, easements, the exercise of eminent domain if expressly authorized, the transfer or exchange...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5096.249
  All grants, gifts, devises, or bequests to the state, conditional or unconditional, for park, conservation, recreation, or other purposes for which real property may be...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5096.250
  Real property acquired by the state shall consist predominantly of open or natural lands, including lands under water capable of being utilized for multiple recreational...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5096.251
  (a) Prior to recommending the acquisition of lands that are located on or near tidelands, submerged lands, swamp or overflowed lands, or other wetlands, whether...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5096.255
  Bonds in the total amount of three hundred seventy million dollars ($370,000,000), or so much thereof as is necessary, may be issued and sold to...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5096.256
  There shall be collected each year and in the same manner and at the same time as other state revenue is collected such a sum...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5096.257
  There is hereby appropriated from the General Fund in the State Treasury for the purpose of this chapter, such an amount as will equal the...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5096.258
  The proceeds of bonds issued and sold pursuant to this chapter shall be deposited in the Parklands Fund of 1984 or the State Coastal Conservancy...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5096.259
  For the purposes of carrying out the provisions of this article, the Director of Finance may by executive order authorize the withdrawal from the General...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5096.2595
  Notwithstanding any other provision of this bond act, or of the State General Obligation Bond Law (Chapter 4 (commencing with Section 16720) of Part 3...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5096.260
  (a) Except for proposed appropriations under Section 5096.232, proposed appropriations for the program shall be included in a section in the Budget Bill for the...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5096.261
  The bonds authorized by this chapter shall be prepared, executed, issued, sold, paid, and redeemed as provided in the State General Obligation Bond Law (Chapter...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5096.262
  For the purpose of authorizing the issuance and sale, pursuant to the State General Obligation Bond Law, of the bonds authorized by this chapter, the...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5096.263
  As used in this chapter, and for the purposes of the State General Obligation Bond Law, "state grant" or "state grant moneys" means moneys received...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5096.264
  All money deposited in the fund or the State Coastal Conservancy Fund of 1984 which is derived from premium and accrued interest on bonds sold...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5096.265
  Commencing with the Budget Bill for the 1993-94 fiscal year, the balances remaining in the fund and the State Coastal Conservancy Fund of 1984 may...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5096.266
  The Legislature hereby finds and declares that, inasmuch as the proceeds from the sale of bonds authorized by this chapter are not "proceeds of taxes"...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5096.267
  If any provision of this chapter or the application thereof to any person or circumstances is held invalid, that invalidity shall not affect other provisions...
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• California Public Resources Code Section 5096.256
  There shall be collected each year and in the same manner and at the same time as other state revenue is collected such a sum...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5096.257
  There is hereby appropriated from the General Fund in the State Treasury for the purpose of this chapter, such an amount as will equal the...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5096.258
  The proceeds of bonds issued and sold pursuant to this chapter shall be deposited in the Parklands Fund of 1984 or the State Coastal Conservancy...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5096.259
  For the purposes of carrying out the provisions of this article, the Director of Finance may by executive order authorize the withdrawal from the General...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5096.2595
  Notwithstanding any other provision of this bond act, or of the State General Obligation Bond Law (Chapter 4 (commencing with Section 16720) of Part 3...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5096.260
  (a) Except for proposed appropriations under Section 5096.232, proposed appropriations for the program shall be included in a section in the Budget Bill for the...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5096.261
  The bonds authorized by this chapter shall be prepared, executed, issued, sold, paid, and redeemed as provided in the State General Obligation Bond Law (Chapter...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5096.262
  For the purpose of authorizing the issuance and sale, pursuant to the State General Obligation Bond Law, of the bonds authorized by this chapter, the...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5096.263
  As used in this chapter, and for the purposes of the State General Obligation Bond Law, "state grant" or "state grant moneys" means moneys received...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5096.264
  All money deposited in the fund or the State Coastal Conservancy Fund of 1984 which is derived from premium and accrued interest on bonds sold...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5096.265
  Commencing with the Budget Bill for the 1993-94 fiscal year, the balances remaining in the fund and the State Coastal Conservancy Fund of 1984 may...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5096.266
  The Legislature hereby finds and declares that, inasmuch as the proceeds from the sale of bonds authorized by this chapter are not "proceeds of taxes"...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5096.267
  If any provision of this chapter or the application thereof to any person or circumstances is held invalid, that invalidity shall not affect other provisions...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5096.300
  This chapter shall be known, and may be cited, as the Safe Neighborhood Parks, Clean Water, Clean Air, and Coastal Protection Bond Act of 2000...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5096.301
  Responding to the recreational and open-space needs of a growing population and expanding urban communities, this act will revive state stewardship of natural resources by...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5096.302
  The Legislature finds and declares all of the following: (a) Historically, California's local and neighborhood parks often serve as the recreational, social, and cultural centers...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5096.303
  The Legislature further finds and declares all of the following: (a) Air pollution continues to be a major problem in California which harms the health...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5096.306
  It is the intent of the Legislature to strongly encourage every state or local government agency receiving the bond funds allocated pursuant to this chapter...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5096.307
  (a) Every proposed activity to be funded pursuant to this chapter shall be in compliance with the California Environmental Quality Act (Division 13 (commencing with...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5096.3075
  Upon a finding by the administering entity that a particular project for which funds have been allocated cannot be completed, or that the funds are...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5096.308
  As used in this chapter, the following terms have the following meanings: (a) "Acquisition" means the acquisition from a willing seller of a fee interest...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5096.309
  Pursuant to guidelines issued by the secretary, all recipients of funding pursuant to this chapter shall post signs acknowledging the source of the funds.
• California Public Resources Code Section 5096.310
  The proceeds of bonds issued and sold pursuant to this chapter shall be deposited in the Safe Neighborhood Parks, Clean Water, Clean Air, and Coastal...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5096.320
  The Legislature hereby recognizes that public financial resources are inadequate to meet all capital outlay needs of the state park system and that the need...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5096.322
  (a) No later than November 1, 2001, the director shall determine the amount of funding that is necessary to complete all deferred maintenance projects within...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5096.323
  Fifty million dollars ($50,000,000) of the funds allocated pursuant to subdivision (a) of Section 5096.310 shall be expended for the acquisition of land from willing...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5096.324
  Funds appropriated to the department pursuant to subdivision (a) of Section 5096.310 shall be made available for the following purposes: (a) The sum of fifteen...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5096.331
  The Legislature hereby recognizes that public financial resources are inadequate to meet all of the funding needs of local public park and recreation providers and...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5096.332
  (a) Sixty percent of the total funds available for grants pursuant to subdivision (f) of Section 5096.310 shall be allocated to cities and to districts...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5096.333
  (a) Forty percent of the total funds available for grants pursuant to subdivision (f) of Section 5096.310 shall be allocated to counties and regional park...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5096.334
  Notwithstanding Section 5096.331, of the funds allocated on the basis of population pursuant to subdivision (f) of Section 5096.310 within counties with a population of...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5096.335
  Funds authorized pursuant to subdivision (e) of Section 5096.310 shall be administered by the State Office of Historic Preservation and shall be available as grants,...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5096.336
  (a) Of the funds authorized pursuant to subdivision (f) of Section 5096.310, three hundred thirty-eight million dollars ($338,000,000) shall be available for grants to cities,...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5096.337
  (a) Funds authorized pursuant to subdivisions (h), (i), and (z) of Section 5096.310 shall be available as grants, on a competitive basis, to cities, counties,...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5096.338
  The funds allocated pursuant to subdivision (j) of Section 5096.310 shall, upon appropriation in the annual Budget Act, be available for existing or new entities...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5096.339
  (a) Not less than 11 percent of the funds authorized in paragraph (1) of subdivision (l) of Section 5096.310 shall be available as grants administered...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5096.340
  (a) Not less than 11 percent of the funds authorized in paragraph (1) of subdivision (l) of Section 5096.310 shall be available as grants on...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5096.341
  (a) The director shall prepare and adopt criteria and procedures for evaluating applications for grants allocated pursuant to subdivisions (f), (g), (h), (i), and (l)...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5096.342
  (a) Grant funds appropriated pursuant to subdivisions (f), (g), (h), (i), and (l) of Section 5096.310 may be expended by the grantee only for projects...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5096.343
  (a) Except as provided in subdivision (c), no grant funds authorized pursuant to subdivisions (f), (g), (h), (i), and (l) of Section 5096.310 may be...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5096.344
  All grants, gifts, devises, or bequests to the state, that are conditioned upon being used for park, conservation, recreational, agricultural, or other such purposes, may...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5096.345
  Except for funds continuously appropriated by this chapter, all appropriations of funds pursuant to Section 5096.310 for purposes of the program shall be included in...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5096.346
  (a) In allocating funds pursuant to subdivision (u) of Section 5096.310, the Department of Forestry and Fire Protection shall give preference to the planting of...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5096.347
  (a) The Legislature hereby finds and declares that the Sierra Nevada and Cascade Mountain Region constitutes a unique and important environmental, anthropological, cultural, scientific, educational,...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5096.348
  (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, funds allocated pursuant to subdivision (j) of Section 5096.310 shall be allocated, upon appropriation by the Legislature,...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5096.350
  (a) Funds appropriated pursuant to subdivision (m) of Section 5096.310 shall be available for expenditure by the Wildlife Conservation Board for the acquisition, development, rehabilitation,...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5096.351
  (a) The Legislature has recognized the need to protect and restore the fragile environment at Lake Tahoe; and the Tahoe Regional Planning Agency has prepared...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5096.352
  Funds allocated pursuant to subdivision (o) of Section 5096.310 shall be available for expenditure by the State Coastal Conservancy pursuant to Division 21 (commencing with...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5096.353
  Funds allocated pursuant to subdivision (p) of Section 5096.310 shall be available to the Santa Monica Mountains Conservancy for capital outlay and grants for the...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5096.354
  Funds allocated pursuant to subdivision (q) of Section 5096.310 shall be available to the Coachella Valley Mountains Conservancy for expenditure for the acquisition, development, enhancement,...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5096.355
  Funds allocated pursuant to subdivision (r) of Section 5096.310 shall be available to the San Joaquin River Conservancy for expenditure of the acquisition, development, enhancement,...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5096.356
  (a) Funds allocated pursuant to subdivision (t) of Section 5096.310 shall be available to the Department of Conservation for grants, on a competitive basis, to...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5096.357
  (a) Funds allocated pursuant to paragraph (1) of subdivision (v) of Section 5096.310 shall be available to the Department of Fish and Game for the...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5096.358
  To the extent funds authorized pursuant to this chapter are available for competitive grants to local government entities, federally recognized California Indian tribes may apply...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5096.360
  Bonds in the total amount of two billion one hundred million dollars ($2,100,000,000), not including the amount of any refunding bonds issued in accordance with...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5096.361
  The bonds authorized by this chapter shall be prepared, executed, issued, sold, paid, and redeemed as provided in the State General Obligation Bond Law (Chapter...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5096.362
  (a) Solely for the purpose of authorizing the issuance and sale, pursuant to the State General Obligation Bond Law, of the bonds authorized by this...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5096.363
  The committee shall determine whether or not it is necessary or desirable to issue bonds authorized pursuant to this chapter to carry out Section 5096.310...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5096.364
  There shall be collected each year and in the same manner and at the same time as other state revenue is collected, in addition to...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5096.365
  Notwithstanding Section 13340 of the Government Code, there is hereby appropriated from the General Fund in the State Treasury, for the purposes of this chapter,...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5096.366
  For purposes of carrying out this chapter, the Director of Finance may authorize the withdrawal from the General Fund of an amount or amounts not...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5096.367
  Pursuant to Chapter 4 (commencing with Section 16720) of Part 3 of Division 4 of Title 2 of the Government Code, the cost of bond...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5096.367.5
  Actual costs incurred in connection with administering programs authorized under the categories specified in Section 5096.310 shall be paid from the funds authorized by this
• California Public Resources Code Section 5096.368
  The secretary may request the Pooled Money Investment Board to make a loan from the Pooled Money Investment Account, including other authorized forms of interim...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5096.369
  All money deposited in the fund that is derived from premium and accrued interest on bonds sold shall be reserved in the fund and shall...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5096.370
  The bonds may be refunded in accordance with Article 6 (commencing with Section 16780) of Chapter 4 of Part 3 of Division 4 of Title...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5096.371
  Notwithstanding any provision of this chapter or the State General Obligation Bond Law, if the Treasurer sells bonds pursuant to this chapter that include a...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5096.372
  (a) The Legislature hereby finds and declares that, inasmuch as the proceeds from the sale of bonds authorized by this chapter are not "proceeds of...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5096.400
  To the extent permitted by federal law, if the Camp Pendleton Marine Base in the County of San Diego ceases to be used as a...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5096.500
  The Legislature finds and declares as follows: (a) It is vital to ensure public confidence in amounts paid, and procedures used, for the acquisition of...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5096.501
  For purposes of this chapter, the following terms have the following meanings: (a) "Acquisition agency" means the Wildlife Conservation Board, the Department of Parks and...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5096.511
  Prior to any action by an acquisition agency to approve a major acquisition of conservation lands, the acquisition agency shall contract for at least one...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5096.512
  (a) In addition to the review by the Department of General Services pursuant to Section 1348.2 of the Fish and Game Code, the appraisal prepared...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5096.513
  Not less than 30 calendar days prior to holding a public hearing for the purpose of authorizing a major acquisition of conservation lands, an acquisition...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5096.514
  Not more than 10 working days after the close of escrow for a major acquisition of conservation land by an acquisition agency, the acquisition agency...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5096.515
  The procedures and requirements established pursuant to this chapter are in addition to, and do not amend, modify, or supplant, any procedures or requirements established...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5096.516
  (a) Except as provided in subdivision (c), conservation lands may not be sold to another owner, or have possession and control transferred to another agency,...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5096.517
  (a) The Department of General Services shall convene a workgroup to develop and adopt standards, subject to the approval of the Resources Agency, with respect...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5096.518
  For a charitable contribution claimed by a seller that is over five thousand dollars ($5,000) on conservation lands acquired using state funds, in order to...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5096.520
  (a) The Secretary of the Resources Agency shall establish a central public registry of all conservation easements held or required by the state, or purchased...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5096.600
  This chapter shall be known, and may be cited, as the California Clean Water, Clean Air, Safe Neighborhood Parks, and Coastal Protection Act of 2002.
• California Public Resources Code Section 5096.601
  The Legislature finds and declares all of the following: (a) To maintain a high quality of life for California's growing population requires a continuing investment...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5096.605
  As used in this chapter, the following terms have the following meanings: (a) "Acquisition" means obtaining the fee title or a lesser interest in real...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5096.606
  Lands or interests in land acquired with funds allocated pursuant to this chapter shall be acquired from a willing seller.
• California Public Resources Code Section 5096.610
  The proceeds of bonds issued and sold pursuant to this chapter shall be deposited in the California Clean Water, Clean Air, Safe Neighborhood Parks, and...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5096.615
  The two hundred twenty-five million dollars ($225,000,000) allocated pursuant to subdivision (a) of Section 5096.610 shall be available for appropriation by the Legislature to the...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5096.620
  The eight hundred thirty-two million five hundred thousand dollars ($832,500,000) allocated pursuant to subdivision (b) of Section 5096.610 shall be available for appropriation by the...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5096.621
  (a) Sixty percent of the total funds available for grants pursuant to subdivision (a) of Section 5096.620 shall be allocated to cities and to districts...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5096.624
  (a) The director shall prepare and adopt criteria and procedures for evaluating applications for grants allocated pursuant to subdivisions (a) to (c), inclusive, of Section...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5096.625
  The funds provided in subdivision (d) of Section 5096.620 shall be available as grants for public agencies and nonprofit organizations for the acquisition and development...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5096.629
  In making grants of funds allocated pursuant to subdivision (d) of Section 5096.620, priority shall be assigned to projects that include a commitment for a...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5096.633
  Any grant funds appropriated pursuant to this article that have not been expended by the grant recipient prior to July 1, 2011, shall revert to...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5096.650
  The one billion two hundred seventy-five million dollars ($1,275,000,000) allocated pursuant to subdivision (c) of Section 5096.610 shall be available for the acquisition and development...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5096.651
  In making grants pursuant to subdivisions (a) and (b) of Section 5096.650, priority shall be given to projects that include a commitment for a matching...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5096.652
  (a) The two hundred sixty-seven million five hundred thousand dollars ($267,500,000) allocated pursuant to subdivision (d) of Section 5096.610 shall be available for appropriation by...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5096.665
  Bonds in the total amount of two billion six hundred million dollars ($2,600,000,000), not including the amount of any refunding bonds issued in accordance with...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5096.666
  The bonds authorized by this chapter shall be prepared, executed, issued, sold, paid, and redeemed as provided in the State General Obligation Bond Law (Chapter...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5096.667
  (a) Solely for the purpose of authorizing the issuance and sale, pursuant to the State General Obligation Bond Law, of the bonds authorized by this...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5096.668
  The committee shall determine whether or not it is necessary or desirable to issue bonds authorized pursuant to this chapter to carry out Section 5096.610...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5096.670
  There shall be collected each year and in the same manner and at the same time as other state revenue is collected, in addition to...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5096.671
  Notwithstanding Section 13340 of the Government Code, there is hereby appropriated from the General Fund in the State Treasury, for the purposes of this chapter,...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5096.672
  For purposes of carrying out this chapter, the Director of Finance may authorize the withdrawal from the General Fund of an amount or amounts not...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5096.673
  Pursuant to Chapter 4 (commencing with Section 16720) of Part 3 of Division 4 of Title 2 of the Government Code, the cost of bond...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5096.674
  Actual costs incurred in connection with administering programs authorized under the categories specified in Section 5096.610 shall be paid from the funds authorized by this
• California Public Resources Code Section 5096.675
  The secretary may request the Pooled Money Investment Board to make a loan from the Pooled Money Investment Account, including other authorized forms of interim...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5096.676
  All money deposited in the fund that is derived from premium and accrued interest on bonds sold shall be reserved in the fund and shall...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5096.677
  The bonds may be refunded in accordance with Article 6 (commencing with Section 16780) of Chapter 4 of Part 3 of Division 4 of Title...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5096.678
  Notwithstanding any provision of this chapter or the State General Obligation Bond Law, if the Treasurer sells bonds pursuant to this chapter that include a...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5096.679
  (a) The Legislature hereby finds and declares that, inasmuch as the proceeds from the sale of bonds authorized by this chapter are not "proceeds of...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5096.681
  Except for funds continuously appropriated by this chapter, all appropriations of funds pursuant to Section 5096.610 for purposes of the program shall be included in...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5096.683
  The Secretary shall provide for an annual audit of expenditures from this chapter.
• California Public Resources Code Section 5096.687
  This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the Efficient Water Use in Parks and Recreation Areas Act.
• California Public Resources Code Section 5096.688
  It is the intent of the Legislature to promote the conservation and efficient use of water in California's parks and recreational areas.
• California Public Resources Code Section 5096.689
  Criteria and procedures adopted by the department for evaluating applications for grants made available pursuant to subdivisions (a), (b), and (c) of Section 5096.620 for...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5096.800
  This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the Disaster Preparedness and Flood Prevention Bond Act of 2006.
• California Public Resources Code Section 5096.805
  Unless the context otherwise requires, the definitions set forth in this article govern the construction of this chapter. (a) "Board" means the Reclamation Board or...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5096.806
  The proceeds of bonds issued and sold pursuant to this chapter shall be deposited in the Disaster Preparedness and Flood Prevention Bond Fund of 2006,...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5096.820
  (a) The sum of four billion ninety million dollars ($4,090,000,000) shall be available, upon appropriation therefor, for disaster preparedness and flood prevention projects pursuant to...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5096.821
  Three billion dollars ($3,000,000,000) shall be available, upon appropriation to the department, for the following purposes: (a) The evaluation, repair, rehabilitation, reconstruction, or replacement of...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5096.824
  (a) Five hundred million dollars ($500,000,000) shall be available, upon appropriation to the department, for payment for the state's share of the nonfederal costs, and...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5096.825
  Two hundred ninety million dollars ($290,000,000) shall be available, upon appropriation, for the protection, creation, and enhancement of flood protection corridors and bypasses through any...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5096.827
  Three hundred million dollars ($300,000,000) shall be available, upon appropriation to the department, for grants for stormwater flood management projects that meet all of the...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5096.827.2
  (a) The department shall develop project selection and evaluation guidelines to implement Section 5096.827. The State Water Resources Control Board shall advise the department on...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5096.827.3
  Consistent with the requirements of Sections 5096.827 and 5096.827.2, the design and construction of projects for combined municipal sewer and stormwater systems are eligible for...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5096.828
  Funds provided by this article are only available for appropriation until July 1, 2016, and at that time the amount of indebtedness authorized by this...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5096.829
  (a) The department shall, beginning November 1, 2007, and quarterly thereafter until funds authorized by this chapter are liquidated, prepare and submit to the Joint...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5096.830
  The development or adoption of program guidelines and selection criteria for the purposes of this chapter is not subject to the review or approval of...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5096.953
  The Secretary of the Resources Agency shall provide for an independent audit of expenditures pursuant to this chapter to ensure that all moneys are expended...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5096.954
  On or before January 1, 2008, the department shall adopt emergency regulations to implement Section 12585.7 of the Water Code.
• California Public Resources Code Section 5096.955
  (a) For the purposes of any levee evaluation activities funded by the department, the department shall not require a local cost-share for the following levee...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5096.955
  (a) Bonds in the total amount of four billion ninety million dollars ($4,090,000,000), not including the amount of any refunding bonds issued in accordance with...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5096.956
  The bonds authorized by this chapter shall be prepared, executed, issued, sold, paid, and redeemed as provided in the State General Obligation Bond Law, and...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5096.957
  (a) Solely for the purpose of authorizing the issuance and sale, pursuant to the State General Obligation Bond Law, of the bonds authorized by this...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5096.958
  The committee shall determine whether or not it is necessary or desirable to issue bonds authorized pursuant to this chapter to carry out this chapter...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5096.959
  There shall be collected each year and in the same manner and at the same time as other state revenue is collected, in addition to...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5096.960
  Notwithstanding Section 13340 of the Government Code, there is hereby appropriated from the General Fund in the State Treasury, for the purposes of this chapter,...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5096.961
  The department may request the Pooled Money Investment Board to make a loan from the Pooled Money Investment Account, in accordance with Section 16312 of...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5096.962
  Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, or of the State General Obligation Bond Law, if the Treasurer sells bonds that include a bond counsel...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5096.963
  For the purposes of carrying out this chapter, the Director of Finance may authorize the withdrawal from the General Fund of an amount or amounts...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5096.964
  All money deposited in the fund that is derived from premium and accrued interest on bonds sold pursuant to this chapter shall be reserved in...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5096.965
  Pursuant to Chapter 4 (commencing with Section 16720) of Part 3 of Division 4 of Title 2 of the Government Code, the cost of bond...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5096.966
  The bonds issued and sold pursuant to this chapter may be refunded in accordance with Article 6 (commencing with Section 16780) of Chapter 4 of...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5096.967
  The Legislature hereby finds and declares that, inasmuch as the proceeds from the sale of bonds authorized by this chapter are not "proceeds of taxes"...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5097
  As used in this chapter, "state lands" means lands owned by, or under the jurisdiction of, the state or any state agency. It does not...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5097.1
  Prior to the commencement of construction of any major public works project on any state lands, the state agency proposing to construct the project, or...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5097.2
  Upon receipt of plans for a proposed construction project upon state lands, the department may conduct an archaeological site survey on the affected state lands...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5097.3
  The state agency, by or on whose behalf public works are to be constructed on state lands, may undertake such surveys, excavations, or other operations...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5097.4
  No archaelogical program conducted by the Department of Parks and Recreation shall impair, impede or delay any state construction project.
• California Public Resources Code Section 5097.5
  (a) A person shall not knowingly and willfully excavate upon, or remove, destroy, injure, or deface, any historic or prehistoric ruins, burial grounds, archaeological or...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5097.6
  Expenditures to carry out the purposes of this chapter shall be made only pursuant to legislative appropriation for these purposes or by contract with other...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5097.7
  Upon a conviction pursuant to Section 5097.5, the following items are subject to forfeiture in accordance with the following conditions: (a) The archaeological resource that...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5097.9
  No public agency, and no private party using or occupying public property, or operating on public property, under a public license, permit, grant, lease, or...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5097.91
  There is in state government a Native American Heritage Commission, consisting of nine members appointed by the Governor with the advice and consent of the...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5097.92
  At least five of the nine members shall be elders, traditional people, or spiritual leaders of California Native American tribes, nominated by Native American organizations,...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5097.93
  The members of the commission shall serve without compensation but shall be reimbursed their actual and necessary expenses.
• California Public Resources Code Section 5097.94
  The commission shall have the following powers and duties: (a) To identify and catalog places of special religious or social significance to Native Americans, and...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5097.95
  Each state and local agency shall cooperate with the commission in carrying out its duties under this chapter. Such cooperation shall include, but is not...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5097.96
  The commission may prepare an inventory of Native American sacred places that are located on public lands and shall review the current administrative and statutory...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5097.97
  In the event that any Native American organization, tribe, group, or individual advises the commission that a proposed action by a public agency may cause...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5097.98
  (a) Whenever the commission receives notification of a discovery of Native American human remains from a county coroner pursuant to subdivision (c) of Section 7050.5...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5097.99
  (a) No person shall obtain or possess any Native American artifacts or human remains which are taken from a Native American grave or cairn on...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5097.991
  It is the policy of the state that Native American remains and associated grave artifacts shall be repatriated.
• California Public Resources Code Section 5097.993
  (a) (1) A person who unlawfully and maliciously excavates upon, removes, destroys, injures, or defaces a Native American historic, cultural, or sacred site, that is...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5097.994
  (a) A person who violates subdivision (a) of Section 5097.993 is subject to a civil penalty not to exceed fifty thousand dollars ($50,000) per violation....
• California Public Resources Code Section 5097.997
  For the purposes of this chapter, the following terms have the following meanings: (a) " Heritage center" means the California Indian Heritage Center. (b) "Task...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5097.998
  (a) The California Indian Heritage Center Task Force is hereby created within the department. The task force shall be convened by the department on or...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5098
  As used in this chapter, "fund" means the State Parks and Recreation Fund. Any reference to the Park and Recreation Revolving Account in the General...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5098.1
  All federal grants which result from the expenditure of state funds for Department of Parks and Recreation acquisition and development projects shall be deposited in...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5098.3
  Except as provided in Section 5098.1, the management and disbursement of moneys in the fund received pursuant to the "Land and Water Conservation Fund Act...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5099
  It is the purpose of this chapter to provide authority to enable the state and its local governmental agencies and subdivisions to participate in the...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5099.2
  The director shall maintain and keep up to date a comprehensive plan for the development of the outdoor recreation resources of the state. Such plan...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5099.3
  The director shall apply to the Department of the Interior of the United States for participation in or the receipt of aid under the Land...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5099.35
  The Legislature recognizes that it is the intended purpose of the Land and Water Conservation Fund Act of 1965, as expressed in such act, that...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5099.4
  The director may receive, on behalf of state and local agencies and subdivisions of the state, and disburse any federal funds for outdoor recreation purposes...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5099.5
  The director shall make no commitment or enter into any agreement pursuant to an exercise of authority under this chapter until he has determined that...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5099.7
  The director, after receiving a report from the health officer pursuant to subdivision (c) of Section 115885 of the Health and Safety Code, shall withhold...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5099.10
  The director shall propose rules and regulations which establish standards governing the disbursement of funds received by him pursuant to this chapter. The director shall...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5099.11
  The director shall transmit a copy of rules and regulations which have been adopted, and shall annually transmit any adopted revisions thereof, to each Member...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5099.12
  Of the annual apportionment of funds received by the director pursuant to this chapter, 60 percent shall be allocated for local governmental agency projects and...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5101
  The board of supervisors of any county or the governing body of any city, may receive devises, bequests, donations, and gifts, for the purpose of...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5102
  When, in the opinion of the board of supervisors or other governing body, the devises, bequests, donations, and gifts received are sufficient for the purpose,...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5103
  The board of supervisors or other governing body may submit to the qualified electors of the county, or the city, the question whether taxes for...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5104
  Twenty days' notice of the election shall be given by posting in at least three public places in the county, or the city. The notices...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5105
  There shall be placed on the ballots for such election the words "Tax for pioneer monument--Yes" and "Tax for pioneer monument--No."
• California Public Resources Code Section 5106
  When the tax has been voted in a county, the board of supervisors, in the next annual levy of taxes, shall levy a tax on...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5107
  When the tax has been voted in a city, its governing body, in the next annual levy of taxes, shall levy a tax on the...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5108
  When the taxes so raised and collected are available, the board of supervisors, in case of monuments for a county, and the governing body of...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5109
  The boards of supervisors in the several counties may appropriate money from the general fund of the county to erect monuments or to place tablets...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5120
  The board of supervisors of any county may by ordinance declare its intention to establish and maintain a museum of history, science, art, or similar...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5121
  The board may acquire and manage real and personal property necessary properly to house and care for the exhibits and materials placed in the museum.
• California Public Resources Code Section 5122
  The board may acquire and maintain a library in furtherance of the objects of the museum.
• California Public Resources Code Section 5123
  The board may purchase, collect, trade, exchange, or otherwise acquire exhibition or study material proper or necessary for the use of the museum, and may...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5124
  The board may conduct lectures, entertainments and receptions, and hold meetings in furtherance of the interests of the museum for the purpose of acquainting the...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5125
  The board may conduct or assist study, investigation, or research in any department established in the museum.
• California Public Resources Code Section 5126
  The board may conduct special or technical schools or institutes for instruction in any of the matters pertaining to or connected with the museum, may...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5127
  The board may cooperate with other governmental agencies, with universities, colleges, technical schools, societies, or individuals in the advancement of learning in the arts and
• California Public Resources Code Section 5128
  The board may publish documents pertaining to the work of the museum and may sell, exchange, or distribute them without charge.
• California Public Resources Code Section 5129
  The board may employ curators, attendants, or other persons necessary to conduct the museum and to carry out the powers granted by this article.
• California Public Resources Code Section 5130
  Any county in which a museum has been established and is being maintained under this article may become associated with other governmental agencies, associations, societies,...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5131
  Under such limitations and restrictions as are prescribed by law, boards of supervisors may permit nonprofit incorporated historical societies to withdraw from the county records...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5132
  Under such limitations and restrictions as are prescribed by law, boards of supervisors may place in the custody and control of the county historical society,...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5135
  Every city and every county may accept title to real property for museum or art gallery purposes, or permit the erection of buildings and improvements...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5136
  Whenever any donation of real property has been made to a city or county for museum or art gallery purposes, or any building or improvements...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5137
  In every instance of such delegation of power the governing body of the city or county shall require: (a) That all members of the public...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5138
  The governing body of the city or county may appropriate and expend funds for the improvement, operation, expansion and support of any such art gallery...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5140
  In addition to its other powers the board of supervisors of any county with a population of four million or more may: (a) Acquire land...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5141.1
  A lease or sublease entered into pursuant to subdivision (c) of Section 5140 shall provide that the net revenue, if any, from the operation and...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5150
  Any county or city may assist the State in acquiring any park, playground, recreational center, or beach to be used for recreational purposes.
• California Public Resources Code Section 5151
  Any county or city may donate, convey, and grant to the State any real property owned by it, or which it may acquire, for a...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5152
  The board of supervisors or governing body of any county or city within which any park forming a part of the State park system is...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5153
  Relinquishment to the park authority of any road, highway, trail, or right of way shall be by resolution of the board or governing body having...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5155
  The board of supervisors of any county may, by a unanimous vote, expend any portion of the moneys in any of the funds named in...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5156
  Expenditures authorized by Section 5155, may be made from any one of the following funds: (a) The general fund of the county. (b) The proceeds...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5157
  Any county may purchase or lease, or obtain by gift, lands located in the county, or in other counties and may hold, improve, and maintain...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5157.5
  Under such limitations and restrictions as are prescribed by law, and in addition to jurisdiction and powers otherwise conferred, boards of supervisors in their respective...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5158
  The commissioners of any public park in this State may accept and receive donations and aid from individuals and corporations, and may receive legacies and...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5159
  If these funds at any time exceed the sums necessary for immediate expenditure on the park grounds, or if it is advisable to invest them...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5160
  The board of supervisors of any county may by a four-fifths vote of the members use or dedicate for county highway purposes any portion of...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5161
  Whenever any county, city and county, city or the state owns land within the limits of any area designated as a state historical monument, it...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5162
  Any beach or seashore recreation area owned, leased, operated, controlled, maintained or managed by a city or county which is open to the use of...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5163
  (a) No person shall initially be employed in connection with a park, playground, recreational center, or beach used for recreational purposes by a city or...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5163.1
  The examination shall consist of an approved intradermal tuberculosis test, which, if positive, shall be followed by an X-ray of the lungs. Nothing in Sections...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5163.2
  The X-ray film may be taken by a competent and qualified X-ray technician if the X-ray film is subsequently interpreted by a licensed physician and
• California Public Resources Code Section 5163.3
  The city or county shall maintain a file containing an up-to-date certificate for each person covered by Section 5163.
• California Public Resources Code Section 5163.4
  Nothing in Sections 5163 to 5163.3, inclusive, shall prevent the city or county from requiring more extensive or more frequent examinations.
• California Public Resources Code Section 5164
  (a) (1) A county, city, city and county, or special district shall not hire a person for employment, or hire a volunteer to perform services,...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5181
  All lands, parks, highways, and avenues in any city or city and county, which prior to March 14, 1889, were set apart by law for...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5182
  Each board of park commissioners shall consist of three persons, who shall be appointed by the Governor. They shall hold their offices for four years,...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5183
  In case of a vacancy in the membership of the board, it shall be filled by an appointee of the remaining members of the board,...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5184
  The Governor shall issue a commission to each commissioner appointed by him or her, and each commissioner shall, within 20 days after the receipt thereof,...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5185
  Two members of the board constitute a quorum for the transaction of business; and the concurrent action of two members is sufficient to enable the...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5186
  Each board shall govern, manage, and direct the parks, avenues, and grounds which are placed under its care and charge.
• California Public Resources Code Section 5187
  It may employ and appoint superintendents, laborers, clerks or secretaries, attorneys, surveyors, and engineers, and it may engage and employ musicians for service in the...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5188
  It may prescribe and fix the duties, authority, and compensation of its appointees and employees. It shall manage and disburse funds appropriated or provided for...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5189
  Moneys shall not be paid out of the treasury of any city, or city and county, except upon warrants duly signed by a majority of...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5190
  Every park commissioner who is interested, directly or indirectly, in any contract or work of any kind connected with the park or grounds under the...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5191
  Each board shall on the first Monday of July of each year make to the Legislature of the State, and to the legislative body of...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5192
  Each board of park commissioners may let or lease any portion of the parks or grounds under its control, not exceeding one acre in extent,...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5193
  Each board may pass and adopt ordinances which are necessary for the regulation, use, and government of the parks and grounds under its supervision, not...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5194
  Prisoners over the age of 18 years, who have been sentenced to hard labor in any penal establishment of any city or city and county...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5195
  Each board may accept donations and aid from any person or corporation, and legacies and bequests by the last wills of deceased persons, for the...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5196
  If the money derived from gifts, bequests, or legacies at any time exceeds the sum necessary for immediate expenditure on the parks and grounds, or...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5199
  A board of park commissioners shall not in any year incur any debt or liability or expend any money beyond the amount legally applicable to...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5301
  Any city or city and county may acquire and hold land for public parks, or public boulevards, or both, by purchase, or by condemnation.
• California Public Resources Code Section 5302
  The land may be within the corporate limits of the city or city and county or conveniently adjacent. In either case it shall be subject...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5303
  The legislative body of any city or city and county may, by ordinance, or in such manner as other municipal legislative acts are enacted by...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5305
  The legislative body of the city or city and county may, by ordinance or in such manner as other municipal legislative acts are enacted by...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5306
  If at the election two-thirds of the qualified electors who vote assent to the issuance of the bonds, the city or city and county may,...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5307
  The bonds shall be numbered consecutively from one upwards, and shall be issued in the order of their respective numbers, commencing with number one. There...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5308
  The bonds or any number issued shall be sold to the highest bidder, after advertised notice for sealed proposals. No bid of less than par...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5309
  The money obtained from the sale of the bonds shall be kept in a separate fund, and shall be used exclusively for the acquisition, or...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5310
  Whenever there is in the sinking fund an amount sufficient for the purpose, the legislative body of the municipality issuing the bonds, may, by ordinance...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5311
  If sufficient bids are not received to consume the money in the sinking fund, and a sum sufficient for the purpose still remains in the...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5312
  Any city or city and county availing itself of the provisions of this article, may, by ordinance or in such manner as other municipal legislative...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5313
  All notices and advertisements provided for in this article shall be given by publication in a newspaper, if there is one published within the municipality;...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5350
  Any portion of a municipality incorporated under the laws of this State may be formed into a municipal park improvement district for the purpose of...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5351
  Whenever a petition, verified by one or more persons and signed by not less than 10 percent of the qualified electors residing in the territory...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5352
  The ordinance of intention shall contain: (a) An accurate description of the exterior boundaries of the proposed municipal park district; (b) A general description of...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5353
  The ordinance of intention shall be published in the city pursuant to Section 6062 of the Government Code. The ordinance, unless otherwise provided by charter...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5354
  Any person interested, objecting to the formation of the district, or to the extent of the district, or to the proposed improvement or work, may...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5355
  If the protest is against the proposed work or improvement and the legislative body finds that the protest is made by the owners of more...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5356
  If any protests are against the extent of the district or against the inclusion of property in the district, then the legislative body shall have...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5357
  If the legislative body has denied all protests, it may call an election to be held within the district described in the ordinance or resolution...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5358
  For the purposes of the bond election the legislative body shall establish in the ordinance, or resolution, one or more precincts within the boundaries of...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5359
  If at such election two-thirds of all the voters voting, vote in favor of incurring the bonded indebtedness, then the legislative body shall thereupon be...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5359.1
  The legislative body may divide the principal amount of any issue into two or more series and fix different dates for the bonds of each...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5360
  The legislative body shall, subject to the provisions of this article, prescribe the form of the bonds, and of the interest coupons.
• California Public Resources Code Section 5361
  The legislative body may fix a date, not more than two years from the date of issuance, for the earliest maturity of each issue or...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5362
  The bonds shall be issued in such denomination as the legislative body may determine, except that no bonds shall be of a less denomination than...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5363
  The legislative body may issue and sell the bonds at not less than par value, and the proceeds of the sale of the bonds shall...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5363.1
  An action to determine the validity of bonds may be brought pursuant to Chapter 9 (commencing with Section 860) of Title 10 of Part 2...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5364
  The legislative body of the city shall, at the time of fixing the general tax levy, and in the manner for the general tax levy,...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5365
  All contracts for the construction or completion of any work or improvement, or for furnishing labor, materials or supplies shall be let to the lowest...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5366
  The State Contract Act (Part 2 (commencing with Section 10100) of Division 2 of the Public Contract Code) and Part 7 (commencing with Section 1720)...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5367
  The municipality shall have full power and authority to expend the proceeds acquired from the sale of bonds for the acquisition or construction of the...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5368
  Any district formed under the provisions of this article shall be known as Municipal Park Improvement District No. ____ (insert number) of the City of...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5368.5
  Any property in the municipality within which the municipal park improvement district is formed may be annexed to such district in the manner provided in...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5369
  This article shall not affect any other act or acts relating to the same, or a similar subject, but it is intended to provide an...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5370
  The provisions of this article shall be liberally construed to effect the purpose thereof and no provision shall be deemed or construed to prohibit the...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5380
  The board of supervisors, in order to protect county parks from damage and preserve the peace therein, may confer on the county officer in charge...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5400
  This chapter shall be known as the Public Park Preservation Act of 1971.
• California Public Resources Code Section 5400.5
  As used in this chapter "public park" includes only a park operated by a public agency.
• California Public Resources Code Section 5400.6
  As used in this chapter "operating entity" means the entity owning the park land and the facilities thereon.
• California Public Resources Code Section 5401
  (a) No city, city and county, county, public district, or agency of the state, including any division, department or agency of the state government, or...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5402
  The provisions of this chapter shall not apply to the acquisition of real property or any interest in real property for the construction or maintenance...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5403
  The provisions of this chapter shall not apply to a public utility, whether privately or publicly owned, acquiring real property or an interest in real...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5403.5
  The provisions of this chapter shall not apply to a public utility, whether privately or publicly owned, acquiring real property or any interest in real...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5404
  In the event that the park land and facilities are acquired, the operating entity shall acquire substitute park land and facilities. If, however, less than...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5405
  Unless the provisions of Section 5407.2 are applicable, the amount of compensation or land, or both, required by this chapter for the taking of the...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5406
  Upon receiving an offer of compensation or land, or both, from the acquiring entity for the acquisition of the park, the legislative body of the...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5407
  Unless improvement of an unacquired portion of the park land and facilities is undertaken pursuant to Section 5404, all funds, or land and funds received...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5407.1
  Such substitute park land and facilities shall be of comparable characteristics and of substantially equal size located in an area which would allow for use...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5407.2
  The operating entity, after holding a public hearing, with due notice posted at the park being acquired, and after finding on the basis of evidence...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5408
  Failure of any public entity or public utility to comply with any provision of this chapter shall not affect the validity of an acquisition by...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5409
  Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to authorize the acquisition of public park property by purchase, exchange, condemnation, or otherwise.
• California Public Resources Code Section 5410
  The Legislature hereby finds and declares that playground equipment accessible to and usable by all persons regardless of physical condition is becoming increasingly available. The...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5411
  All public agencies operating playgrounds, including state agencies, cities, counties, a city and county, school districts and other districts, shall, with respect to new playground...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5500
  "District," as used in this article, means any regional park district, regional park and open-space district, or regional open-space district formed pursuant to this article.
• California Public Resources Code Section 5501
  A district may be created pursuant to, and it may exercise the powers granted by, this article.
• California Public Resources Code Section 5502
  (a) Three or more cities, together with any parcel or parcels of city or county territory, whether in the same or different counties, may organize...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5503
  Whenever it is desired to form a district, a petition requesting the creation and maintenance of a district, and describing the exterior boundaries of the...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5504
  A petition may consist of any number of separate instruments, all of which together shall constitute one petition. Each instrument shall contain the affidavit of...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5505
  If the petition contains names of electors residing in a county other than the one having the largest area within the proposed district, and does...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5506
  If the petition contains sufficient signatures of electors residing in the county having the largest area within the proposed district, but the petition includes land...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5506.3
  (a) (1) The Legislature hereby finds and declares that the population of San Diego County continues to grow at an increasing rate, and already the...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5506.4
  (a) Proceedings for the formation of a district with boundaries coterminous with those of Napa County may be initiated by resolution of the Board of...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5506.5
  (a) If the exterior boundaries of a proposed district are coterminous with the exterior boundaries of the County of Marin or the County of Sonoma,...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5506.6
  The governing body of a district formed pursuant to Section 5506.5 may, by resolution, change the legal name of the district to the "Marin County...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5506.7
  (a) Proceedings for the formation of a district in Riverside County may be initiated by resolution of the Board of Supervisors of the County of...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5506.8
  (a) Proceedings for the formation of a regional park and open-space or regional open-space district in San Bernardino County may be initiated by resolution of...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5506.9
  (a) Proceedings for the formation of a regional park and open-space or regional open-space district with boundaries coterminous with those of Los Angeles County may...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5506.10
  (a) (1) The Legislature hereby finds and declares that the population of Sacramento County continues to grow at an increasing rate, and already the county...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5506.11
  (a) A proceeding for the formation of a regional district in Santa Barbara County may be initiated by resolution of the Board of Supervisors of...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5506.12
  (a) A proceeding for the formation of a regional district in Ventura County may be initiated by resolution of the Board of Supervisors of the...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5507
  If the clerk's certificate or certificates indicate that the petition has been properly signed, the board of supervisors of the county or counties not having...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5508
  Notice of the hearing, specifying the time and place, shall be published twice in a newspaper of general circulation in the county conducting the hearing....
• California Public Resources Code Section 5509
  The hearing may be continued from time to time, not exceeding four weeks in all. At the conclusion of the hearing the board of supervisors...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5510
  The board of supervisors of the county having the largest area within the proposed district shall then, by resolution, fix a time and place for...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5511
  Notice of the hearing, specifying the time and place, shall be published twice in a newspaper of general circulation in the county conducting the hearing....
• California Public Resources Code Section 5512
  The hearing may be continued from time to time, not exceeding four weeks in all. At the conclusion of the hearing, the board of supervisors...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5512.5
  (a) Except as provided in Section 5506.6, the question whether the district shall be named a regional park district, regional park and open-space district, or...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5513
  Where all the territory described in the petition is located entirely within one county, the board of supervisors of that county shall, after the petition...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5514
  (a) The board of supervisors of the county having the largest area within the proposed district shall, if the petition, after the hearing, has been...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5515
  Before calling the election the board of supervisors shall divide the proposed district into five or seven wards or subdistricts, the boundaries of which shall...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5516
  Upon establishing the wards the board of supervisors of the county shall give notice of an election to be held within the proposed district for...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5517
  The notice shall be published once a week for at least three weeks before the day of the election in each municipality in the proposed...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5517.1
  Within five days after the district formation election has been called, the legislative body which has called the election shall transmit, by registered mail, a...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5517.2
  The board of supervisors or any member or members of the board authorized by the board, or any individual voter or bona fide association of...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5517.3
  If more than one argument for or more than one argument against the proposed district formation is filed with the election officials within the time...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5517.4
  The elections officials in charge of conducting the election shall cause a ballot pamphlet concerning the district formation proposition to be voted on to be...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5518
  The ballots for the election shall contain such instructions as are required by law, and in addition the following: --------------------------------------+------+---- | YES | Shall the...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5519
  The election, including the nomination and election of directors and all matters not otherwise provided for by this article, shall be held and conducted and...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5520
  The election returns shall be forwarded to the board of supervisors of the county having the largest area within the proposed district at the conclusion...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5521
  The board of supervisors shall also canvass the returns of the election with respect to the persons voted for as directors, and shall declare the...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5522
  A person is not entitled to serve as a director unless he is a resident and elector of the district as finally determined, and any...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5523
  The directors shall hold their respective offices only until the first Monday after the first day of January next following the first general election held...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5524
  The board of supervisors of the county having the largest area within the district shall cause a certified copy of the order declaring the district...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5525
  The board of supervisors calling the election shall make all provisions for holding the election throughout the entire proposed district. The district shall pay the...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5526
  No informality in any proceeding or in the conduct of the election, not substantially affecting adversely the legal rights of any person, shall be held...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5526.1
  Any action or proceeding in a district formed pursuant to Section 5506.5, in Sonoma County, in which the validity of the imposition of any tax...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5527
  The government of each district shall be vested in a board of five or seven directors, one from each of the wards or subdistricts, together...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5527.1
  (a) Notwithstanding Section 5527, the local agency formation commission, in approving either a consolidation of districts or the reorganization of two or more districts into...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5528
  All elections and nominations of candidates for directors subsequent to the first shall be held and conducted in accordance with the general election laws of...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5529
  At least 10 days before the date fixed for the district election, notice of the election shall be given by publication once in one or...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5530
  The board of directors shall, in the notice, ordinance, or resolution calling an election, consolidate the district election with the election to be held at...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5531
  The election shall be held in all respects as if there were only one election, and only one ticket or ballot shall be used. Nomination...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5532
  (a) Except as otherwise provided in this section and Section 5531, Chapter 1 (commencing with Section 8000) of Part 1 of Division 8 of the...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5533
  Of the directors elected at the next general state election following the election at which the district is created, those three elected by the highest...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5533.5
  Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 5533, with respect to any district formed after December 31, 1974, the board of directors shall at its first meeting...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5533.7
  (a) Notwithstanding Sections 5533 and 5533.5, with respect to a district formed pursuant to Section 5506.12 where the board of directors of the district is...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5534
  The board of directors may by resolution or ordinance fix the boundaries of the wards or subdistricts for the purpose of electing directors, after the...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5534.5
  Notwithstanding any provision in this article to the contrary, the board may at any time by ordinance alter the existing boundaries of the wards or...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5535
  The board of directors shall choose one of its members president, and another vice president, who shall act for the president during his absence or...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5536
  (a) The board shall establish rules for its proceedings. (b) The board may provide, by ordinance or resolution, that each of its members may receive...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5536.5
  Members of the board of directors may be allowed actual necessary traveling and incidental expenses incurred in the performance of official business of the district...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5537
  The board of directors is the legislative body of the district and shall determine all questions of policy.
• California Public Resources Code Section 5538
  The board shall appoint a general manager, who shall be the chief administrative officer of the district, and a controller, and may appoint other subordinate...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5538.3
  The officers and employees of the County of San Diego may act, ex officio, as officers and employees of the regional district formed pursuant to...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5538.4
  If a district is created and established in Napa County, the district may contract with Napa County to furnish the services of the officers and...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5538.5
  If the Board of Supervisors of the County of Marin acts as the governing body of a district pursuant to Section 5506.5, the respective officers...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5538.7
  If a district is created and established in Riverside County, officers and employees of the County of Riverside may act, ex officio, as officers and...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5538.8
  If a regional district is created and established in San Bernardino County, the regional district may contract with the County of San Bernardino to furnish...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5538.9
  If the regional district is created and established in Los Angeles County, officers and employees of the County of Los Angeles may act, ex officio,...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5538.10
  The officers and employees of the County of Sacramento may act, ex officio, as officers and employees of the regional district formed pursuant to Section...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5539
  A district: (a) Has perpetual succession. (b) May sue and be sued, except as otherwise provided by law, in all actions and proceedings in all...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5539.3
  (a) (1) The Legislature hereby finds and declares that the land acquisition, improvements, and services provided by the regional district formed pursuant to Section 5506.3...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5539.4
  The formation of a district with boundaries coterminous with those of Napa County is not subject to the Cortese-Knox-Hertzberg Local Government Reorganization Act of 2000...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5539.5
  For purposes of open space, parkland acquisition, and development, all provisions of the Improvement Act of 1911 (Division 7 (commencing with Section 5000), Streets and...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5539.7
  (a) In addition to the authority conferred in Section 5539.5, all provisions of the Landscaping and Lighting Act of 1972 (Division 15 (commencing with Section...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5539.8
  (a) In addition to the authority conferred in Section 5539.5, all provisions of the Landscaping and Lighting Act of 1972 (Division 15 (commencing with Section...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5539.9
  (a) In addition to the authority conferred in Section 5539.5, the Landscaping and Lighting Act of 1972 (Part 2 (commencing with Section 22500) of Division...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5539.10
  (a)(1) The Legislature hereby finds and declares that the land acquisition, improvements, and services provided by the regional district formed pursuant to Section 5506.10 will...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5540
  A district may take by grant, appropriation, purchase, gift, devise, condemnation, or lease, and may hold, use, enjoy, and lease or dispose of real and...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5540.1
  Notwithstanding Section 5540, the Midpeninsula Regional Open Space District shall not exercise the power of eminent domain to acquire any real property or any interest...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5540.5
  (a) Notwithstanding Section 5540, a district, with the approval by a unanimous vote of the members of its board of directors, may exchange real property,...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5540.6
  Notwithstanding Section 5540, a district may, with the approval by a four-fifths vote of the board of directors, convey to another public agency any real...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5541
  A district may plan, adopt, lay out, plant, develop, and otherwise improve, extend, control, operate, and maintain a system of public parks, playgrounds, golf courses,...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5541.1
  The East Bay Regional Park District may plan, adopt, lay out, plant, develop, and otherwise improve, extend, control, operate, and maintain vehicular recreational areas and...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5541.2
  The Riverside County Regional Park and Open-Space District may plan, acquire, preserve, protect, and otherwise improve, extend, control, operate, and maintain open-space areas, greenbelt areas,...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5541.3
  The district may develop, improve, operate, and maintain the real property conveyed pursuant to Section 5003.12 as a part of the Midpeninsula Regional Open Space...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5542
  A district may exercise the right of eminent domain to take any property necessary or convenient to accomplish the purposes of this article. A district...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5542.5
  (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, and except as provided in subdivision (b), when property, whether owned in fee or lesser...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5543
  A district may make contracts, employ labor, and do all acts necessary for the full exercise of its powers.
• California Public Resources Code Section 5544
  A district may borrow money, incur indebtedness, and issue bonds or other evidences of such indebtedness, but it shall not incur any funded indebtedness except...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5544.1
  Notwithstanding any other provisions of this article, the board may borrow money by the issuance of promissory notes or other evidences of indebtedness in an...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5544.2
  (a) A district may acquire all necessary and proper lands and facilities, or any portion thereof, by means of a plan to borrow money or...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5544.3
  The district may, pursuant to Section 5544, borrow not to exceed one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000) to cover operating expenses between the time of formation...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5545
  It may levy and collect, or cause to be levied and collected, taxes to carry out any of its objects or purposes and to pay...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5545.1
  The board may submit a proposition to the electors of the district for an increase in the maximum rate of tax specified by Section 5545....
• California Public Resources Code Section 5545.3
  In the event the board of directors proposes to submit a special tax, as provided in Section 50077 of the Government Code, and a bond...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5545.5
  (a) In addition to the tax authorized by Section 5545, the East Bay Regional Park District may, beginning with the fiscal year 1972-1973, levy and...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5545.6
  Any tax imposed under Section 5545 by a district formed pursuant to Section 5506.5 shall be used exclusively for the acquisition of open-space, park, or...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5546
  A district may contribute money, in those amounts the board of directors, by resolution, finds to be proper, to the State Park and Recreation Commission...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5547
  The board of directors shall act only by ordinance, resolution, or a motion duly recorded in the minutes of the meeting. The ayes and noes...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5548
  The president shall preside over all meetings of the board. He shall sign all contracts and conveyances on behalf of the district after they have...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5549
  (a) The general manager has the following administrative and executive functions, powers, and duties. The general manager shall do all of the following: (1) Enforce...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5550
  (a) The Meyers-Milias-Brown Act, Chapter 10 (commencing with Section 3500) of Division 4 of Title 1 of the Government Code, applies to all districts. (b)...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5551
  The secretary of the board, the administrative secretary, or the clerk, as the case may be, shall countersign and affix the seal to all contracts...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5552
  The controller is the custodian of the funds of the district and shall make payments by check or by warrant drawn upon the district's depositories...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5552.1
  Notwithstanding Section 5552, the boards of directors of the Riverside County Regional Park and Open-Space District and the Sonoma County Agricultural Preservation and Open Space...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5553
  The controller shall install and maintain a system of auditing and accounting, which will at all times show the financial condition of the district, and...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5553.5
  All claims for money or damages against the district are governed by Part 3 (commencing with Section 900) and Part 4 (commencing with Section 940)...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5555
  The directors of the district, before assuming the duties of their office, shall take and subscribe an official oath, and file it in the office...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5556
  The board may appoint, employ, or contract for the services of attorneys, consultants, advisers, and such other experts as they deem necessary, and shall authorize...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5557
  The board shall have a suitable office in the district where its maps, plans, documents, records, and accounts shall be kept, subject at all reasonable...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5557.1
  The board may authorize at any time the destruction or disposition of any duplicate record, paper, or document, the original or a permanent photographic reproduction...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5557.2
  A district may destroy a record pursuant to Chapter 7 (commencing with Section 60200) of Division 1 of Title 6 of the Government Code.
• California Public Resources Code Section 5558
  (a) The board shall superintend, control, and make available to all of the inhabitants of the district, subject to its ordinances, rules, and regulations, all...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5558.1
  The Board of Directors of the East Bay Regional Park District shall superintend, control, and make available to all of the inhabitants of the district,...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5559
  The board may adopt regulations, and it shall cause the regulations made by it to be posted upon park or other property of the district...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5560
  (a) Violation of an ordinance, rule, or regulation adopted pursuant to this article is a misdemeanor punishable by a fine not to exceed one thousand...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5560.1
  In order to protect property, improvements, and facilities of parks under its management or belonging to the district and to preserve the peace within such...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5560.5
  (a) A district may enact in its ordinances clauses which provide that if any person is arrested for a violation of the ordinance, and such...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5560.6
  A district may enact in its ordinances clauses which prohibit any person from willfully violating his written promise to appear in court regardless of the...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5560.7
  A district may further provide in its ordinance that when a person signs a written promise to appear at the time and place specified in...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5560.8
  A district may enact the foregoing as a separate and distinct ordinance which shall apply to all or one or more of its ordinances.
• California Public Resources Code Section 5561
  The police appointed or employed by the board shall have, within the district for which they are appointed or employed, all the powers of police...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5561.5
  The board may provide by resolution or regulation for the care, restitution, sale, or destruction of unclaimed property in the possession of the district. Any...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5561.6
  The district shall be primarily responsible for the prevention and suppression of all fires on any lands in its possession or control, excluding all lands...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5562
  The board may acquire, construct, improve, maintain, and operate golf courses, bathhouses, boathouses, tennis courts, gymnasiums, and other special amusements and forms of recreation, and...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5563
  If, in the opinion of the board, any land or property owned by the district, or any interest therein, becomes unnecessary for the purposes of...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5563.5
  Notwithstanding Sections 5540 and 5563, the Board of Directors of the Midpeninsula Regional Open Space District may, and the Board of Directors of the East...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5563.7
  Notwithstanding Sections 5540 and 5563, the Board of Directors of the East Bay Regional Park District may, without obtaining the consent of the voters, lease...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5564
  Whenever it is necessary or advisable to acquire or construct any works, structures, or embankments, in order to protect the property of the district from...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5565
  The legal title to all property acquired by the district under the provisions of this article shall immediately and by operation of law vest in...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5565.5
  (a) With the consent of the board of directors of a district, an irrevocable offer of dedication of real property or any interest in real...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5566
  It is the intent of the Legislature to provide a district with authority to impose special taxes. A district may impose special taxes pursuant to...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5567
  Every director and every other officer named in this article who is, in any manner interested, directly or indirectly, in any contract awarded, or to...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5568
  For the purpose of acquiring, constructing, or completing any improvement or improvements authorized by this article, or for the purpose of acquiring any land or...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5569
  For the purpose of paying all sums coming due for principal and interest on all bonds of the district, there shall be levied and collected...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5570
  On or before the second Monday in August of each year, the county auditor of each county in which any portion of a district is...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5571
  The board of supervisors of each county in which any part of the district is located, shall, at the time of making the general tax...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5572
  The boundaries of any district may be altered and new contiguous territory annexed, incorporated, and included and made a part of the district.
• California Public Resources Code Section 5572.1
  Where the annexation of territory to a district would otherwise be valid, except that such annexed territory was not within the boundaries of a municipal...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5590
  The bonds of any district issued pursuant to this article, are legal investments for all trust funds, and for the funds of all insurance companies,...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5591
  All bonds issued under the provisions of this article shall have the same force, value, and use as bonds issued by any municipality in this...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5593
  All matters and things necessary for the proper administration of the affairs of districts which are not provided for in this article shall be provided...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5594
  All contracts for furnishing supplies, materials, labor, or other valuable consideration furnished the district, for maintenance projects involving contractor services to preserve, maintain, or repair...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5595
  This article shall be liberally construed to promote its objects and to carry out its intents and purposes.
• California Public Resources Code Section 5600
  (a) The owner of the disposal site known as the Puente Hills Landfill, located in an unincorporated portion of the County of Los Angeles, shall...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5620
  This chapter shall be known, and may be cited as, the Roberti-Z'berg-Harris Urban Open-Space and Recreation Program Act.
• California Public Resources Code Section 5621
  As used in this chapter: (a) "City" and "county" both include the City and County of San Francisco; "county" does not include a county service...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5622
  The Legislature hereby finds and declares: (a) The demand for recreation areas, facilities, and programs in California is far greater than the present supply, with...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5623
  Grants to cities, counties, and districts pursuant to this chapter are intended to supplement and not to supplant local expenditures for park and recreation areas...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5624
  (a) The program established by this chapter shall be administered by the Department of Parks and Recreation. (b) The Roberti-Z'berg-Harris Urban Open-Space and Recreation Program...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5624.5
  An amount equal to one dollar and fifty cents ($1.50) per capita of the state on the January 1 of the fiscal year immediately preceding...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5624.6
  Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, grants from moneys appropriated from the Parklands Fund of 1984 shall be made according to, and are governed...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5625
  (a) Annual grants shall be made to cities, counties, and districts for recreational purposes, open-space purposes, or both, on the basis of population and need,...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5625.2
  Block grants may be made pursuant to this chapter for the rehabilitation of historical structures so long as the structure is located within a park...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5625.3
  In addition to the application procedures specified pursuant to subdivision (a) of Section 5625, prior to submitting an application for a grant for a project...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5625.5
  Grants made to cities, counties, and districts for each fiscal year pursuant to subdivision (a) of Section 5625 shall be based on the jurisdictional boundaries...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5626
  (a) The property acquired or developed pursuant to this chapter shall be used by the grant recipient only for the purpose for which the grant...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5626.1
  (a) Notwithstanding Sections 5625 and 5626, the Olivehurst Public Utility District may use the Youth Center Building in Olivehurst, which was developed pursuant to a...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5626.3
  Notwithstanding Sections 5625 and 5626, the County of Los Angeles may convert to a use not authorized under those provisions not more than 9.67 acres...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5627
  (a) Grant moneys received pursuant to this chapter shall be expended for high priority projects that satisfy the most urgent park and recreation needs, with...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5628
  Sixty-nine percent of the moneys available for grant purposes in any one fiscal year shall be available only for block grants to cities, counties, and...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5629
  Fourteen percent of the moneys available for grant purposes in any one fiscal year shall be available only for block grants to cities, counties, and...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5630
  Seventeen percent of the moneys available for grant purposes in any one fiscal year shall be available only for need basis grants to cities, counties,...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5630.5
  Grants may be made to memorial districts only for indoor and outdoor park and recreation facilities that meet the requirements of this chapter and the...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5631
  The department, in cooperation with the federal government, local public agencies, and appropriate representatives of industry, shall, from time to time as needed but no...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5632
  The director shall, on or before January 1, 1978, and January 1 of each year thereafter, submit a report to the Legislature on all grants...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5640
  This chapter shall be known, and may be cited, as the Statewide Park Development and Community Revitalization Act of 2008.
• California Public Resources Code Section 5641
  The Legislature hereby finds and declares as follows: (a) The program created by this chapter will finance the acquisition and development of parks and recreation...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5642
  As used in this chapter, the following terms shall have the following meanings: (a) "City" means a city or the City and County of San...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5643
  (a) The Department of Parks and Recreation shall establish a local assistance program to distribute grants to the most critically underserved communities across the state,...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5643.6
  It is the intent of the Legislature that the local assistance program created by this chapter fund both neighborhood parks and regional parks and trails.
• California Public Resources Code Section 5644
  Eligible applicants for grants pursuant to this chapter are cities, counties, regional park districts, districts, joint powers authorities, and nonprofit organizations.
• California Public Resources Code Section 5645
  The department may award a grant pursuant to this chapter only for a project that meets all of the following criteria: (a) The proposed project...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5646
  In evaluating applications for grants that meet the requirements of Section 5645, the department shall assign higher priority to applications, for each of the following...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5647
  (a) The department shall adopt guidelines to amplify or clarify the criteria specified in this chapter, and may adopt additional criteria, to supplement those criteria,...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5648
  (a) The local assistance program created by this chapter is intended to include grants for the acquisition or development, or both, of parcels of property...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5649
  (a) An eligible nonprofit organization may apply for a grant on its own behalf or on behalf of an eligible city, county, or district pursuant...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5650
  (a) Every applicant for a grant pursuant to this chapter and the entity that will operate and maintain the property, if that entity is different...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5652
  A grant recipient shall encumber grant moneys within three years of the date of the approval of the grant.
• California Public Resources Code Section 5652.5
  A grant recipient shall encumber grant moneys within three years of the date of the approval of the grant and grant moneys shall be liquidated...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5653
  Five business days after awarding a grant pursuant to this chapter, the department shall make information available on the department's Internet Web site regarding the...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5654
  The provisions of this chapter shall be implemented only in a fiscal year for which funding is provided for that purpose in the annual Budget
• California Public Resources Code Section 5670
  This chapter shall be known, and may be cited, as the Presley Urban Fishing Program Act.
• California Public Resources Code Section 5671
  The Legislature hereby finds and declares as follows: (a) There is a great, measurable demand for the provision of increased fishing opportunities in the major...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5675
  The program established by this chapter shall be administered jointly by the Department of Parks and Recreation and the Department of Fish and Game and...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5676
  The Department of Parks and Recreation shall have principal responsibility for the review and approval of proposals for rehabilitating urban lakes in accordance with the...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5677
  To be eligible for funding pursuant to this chapter, a project shall satisfy all of the following conditions: (a) The lake is situated in an...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5678
  With respect to any project proposal that has satisfied all the conditions of Section 5677, the departments shall use all of the following criteria to...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5679
  Grants may be made to a city, county, or district that provides park, recreation, or open-space facilities and services and will operate and maintain the...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5680
  Disbursement of a grant for an approved proposal shall be contingent on the recipient's completion of both of the following conditions: (a) The grant recipient...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5681
  Consistent with the provisions of this chapter, the Department of Parks and Recreation shall specify the procedures to be followed in applying for grants, establish...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5682
  Grant funds shall be encumbered by the recipient within two years of disbursement. Any grant funds not encumbered within this period shall revert to the...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5683
  The grant recipient or any instrumentality of the recipient shall not charge any fee for fishing at any lake the rehabilitation of which is financed,...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5684
  This chapter is not intended, nor shall it be construed, to authorize either the Department of Parks and Recreation or the Department of Fish and...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5685
  In order to facilitate the earliest possible start of the urban fishing program and to gain familiarity with the types of lakes that are most...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5686
  No grant shall be made under this chapter on or after the date on which the Energy and Resources Fund is abolished, unless a later...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5700
  This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the Community Parklands Act of 1986.
• California Public Resources Code Section 5701
  The Legislature hereby finds and declares as follows: (a) It is the responsibility of the state to encourage, and assist in the provision of, better...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5702
  As used in this chapter, the following terms have the following meanings: (a) "District" means any regional park district formed pursuant to Article 3 (commencing...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5710
  (a) The proceeds of bonds issued and sold pursuant to this chapter shall be deposited in the Community Parklands Fund, which is hereby created. (b)...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5711
  (a) The total amount proposed to be appropriated for the program shall be included in a section in the Budget Bill for the 1987-88 fiscal...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5712
  The grant funds authorized for the program may be expended by the recipient for any of the following purposes or any combination thereof: (a) The...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5720
  (a) The grant funds authorized for the program shall be allocated to counties, cities, and districts on the basis of their populations, as determined by...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5721
  (a) Individual applications for grants shall be submitted to the department for approval as to conformity with the requirements of this chapter. The application shall...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5722
  Grant funds may be expended for development, rehabilitation, or restoration only on lands owned by, or subject to a lease or other long-term interest held...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5723
  (a) No grant funds authorized by this chapter shall be disbursed until the applicant agrees that any property acquired or developed with those funds shall...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5724
  Any grant made pursuant to this chapter, and the performance of the applicant in expending the grant, may be audited at any time by the
• California Public Resources Code Section 5725
  Of the total funds available for appropriation pursuant to this chapter, an amount, not to exceed four hundred thousand dollars ($400,000), may be appropriated for...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5730
  Bonds in the total amount of one hundred million dollars ($100,000,000), or so much thereof as is necessary, may be issued and sold to provide...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5731
  There shall be collected each year and in the same manner and at the same time as other state revenue is collected, in addition to...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5732
  There is hereby appropriated from the General Fund, for the purpose of this chapter, an amount that will equal the total of the following: (a)...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5733
  For the purposes of carrying out this article, the Director of Finance may, pursuant to appropriate authority in each annual Budget Act, authorize the withdrawal...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5733.5
  Notwithstanding any other provision of this bond act, or of the State General Obligation Bond Law (Chapter 4 (commencing with Section 16720) of Part 3...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5734
  The bonds authorized by this chapter shall be prepared, executed, issued, sold, paid, and redeemed as provided in the State General Obligation Bond Law (Chapter...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5735
  Solely for the purpose of authorizing the issuance and sale, pursuant to the State General Obligation Bond Law, of the bonds authorized by this chapter,...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5736
  All money deposited in the fund which is derived from premium and accrued interest on bonds sold shall be reserved in the fund and shall...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5737
  The Legislature hereby finds and declares that, inasmuch as the proceeds from the sale of bonds authorized by this chapter are not "proceeds of taxes"...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5738
  If any provision of this chapter or the application thereof to any person or circumstance is held invalid, that invalidity shall not affect other provisions...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5750
  This chapter shall be known, and may be cited, as the California River Parkways Act of 2004.
• California Public Resources Code Section 5751
  The Legislature finds and declares all of the following: (a) River parkways directly improve the quality of life in California by providing important recreational, open...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5752
  For purposes of this chapter, the following terms have the following meanings: (a) "Acquisition" means obtaining fee title or a lesser interest in real property,...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5753
  (a) The California River Parkways Program is hereby established in the office of the Secretary of the Resources Agency, to be administered by the secretary....
• California Public Resources Code Section 5754
  To the extent funds are available, the secretary shall develop guidelines for the preparation and consideration of river parkway plans for the purpose of Section...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5755
  The secretary shall report annually to the Legislature regarding the geographic distribution, types, and benefits of projects funded pursuant to this chapter.
• California Public Resources Code Section 5756
  The secretary shall develop regulations, criteria, or procedural guidelines for the implementation of this chapter that shall be consistent with, but not limited to, Section...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5780
  (a) This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the Recreation and Park District Law. (b) The Legislature finds and declares that recreation,...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5780.1
  As used in this chapter: (a) "Board of directors" means the board of directors of a district. (b) "City" means any city whether general law...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5780.3
  (a) This chapter provides the authority for the organization and powers of recreation and park districts. This chapter succeeds the former Chapter 4 (commencing with...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5780.5
  This chapter is necessary for the public health, safety, and welfare, and shall be liberally construed to effectuate its purposes.
• California Public Resources Code Section 5780.7
  If any provision of this chapter or the application of any provision of this chapter in any circumstance or to any person, city, county, special...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5780.9
  Any action to determine the validity of the organization of or of any action of a district shall be brought pursuant to Chapter 9 (commencing...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5781
  Except as provided in this section, territory, whether incorporated or unincorporated, whether contiguous or noncontiguous, may be included in a district. Territory that is already...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5781.1
  The Cortese-Knox-Hertzberg Local Government Reorganization Act of 2000, Division 3 (commencing with Section 56000) of Title 5 of the Government Code, shall govern any change...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5782
  A new district may be formed pursuant to this article.
• California Public Resources Code Section 5782.1
  (a) A proposal to form a new district may be made by petition. The petition shall do all of the things required by Section 56700...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5782.3
  (a) Before circulating any petition, the proponents shall publish a notice of intention that shall include a written statement not to exceed 500 words in...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5782.5
  (a) A proposal to form a new district may also be made by the adoption of a resolution of application by the legislative body of...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5782.7
  (a) Once the proponents have filed a sufficient petition or a legislative body has filed a resolution of application, the local agency formation commission shall...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5783
  The initial board of directors of a district formed on or after January 1, 2002, shall be determined pursuant to this article.
• California Public Resources Code Section 5783.1
  In the case of a district that contains only unincorporated territory in a single county, the board of directors may be elected or may be...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5783.3
  In the case of a district that contains only unincorporated territory in more than one county, the board of directors may be elected or may...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5783.5
  In the case of a district that contains unincorporated territory and the territory of one or more cities: (a) The board of directors may be...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5783.7
  In the case of a district that includes only incorporated territory within a single city, the board of directors may be elected or appointed by...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5783.9
  In the case of a district that includes only incorporated territory in more than one city, the board of directors may be elected or appointed...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5783.11
  (a) In the case of a district where the initial board of directors is to be elected, the elections and the terms of office shall...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5783.13
  In the case of a district where the initial board of directors is to be appointed, the county board of supervisors or the city council...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5784
  (a) A legislative body known as the board of directors shall govern every district. The board of directors shall establish policies for the operation of...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5784.1
  Notwithstanding any other provision of law, if on December 31, 2001, a member of the board of directors was elected or appointed as a voter...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5784.2
  (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a local agency formation commission, in approving either a consolidation of districts or the reorganization of two or...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5784.3
  (a) The term of office of each member of a board of directors who has been elected or appointed to a fixed term is four...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5784.5
  If a county board of supervisors or a city council has appointed itself as the board of directors, the board of supervisors or city council...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5784.7
  (a) Within 45 days after their first election and after each general district election or unopposed election, or at the beginning of each new term...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5784.9
  (a) Notwithstanding Section 5784.7, a district may establish an alternative depositary pursuant to this section. (b) The board of directors may adopt a resolution to...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5784.11
  A board of directors shall meet at least once every three months. Meetings of the board of directors are subject to the provisions of the...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5784.13
  (a) A majority of the board of directors shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business. (b) The board of directors shall act only...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5784.15
  (a) The board of directors may provide, by ordinance or resolution, that each of its members may receive compensation in an amount not to exceed...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5785
  (a) In the case of a district with an elected board of directors, the directors may be elected: (1) At large. (2) By divisions. (3)...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5785.1
  (a) In the case of a board of directors elected by divisions or from divisions, the board of directors shall adjust the boundaries of the...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5785.3
  (a) If a majority of the voters voting on the question at a general district or special district election are in favor, a district that...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5785.5
  (a) Before circulating any petition pursuant to Section 5785 or Section 5785.3, the proponents shall publish a notice of intention that shall include a written...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5786
  A district may: (a) Organize, promote, conduct, and advertise programs of community recreation, including, but not limited to, parks and open space, parking, transportation, and...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5786.1
  A district shall have and may exercise all rights and powers, expressed or implied, necessary to carry out the purposes and intent of this chapter,...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5786.3
  When acquiring, improving, or using any real property, a district shall comply with Article 5 (commencing with Section 53090) of Chapter 1 of Part 1...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5786.5
  (a) If a district was formed without the power of eminent domain, the district shall not exercise eminent domain to acquire any real or personal...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5786.7
  Notwithstanding any other provision of law: (a) If a majority of the voters voting on the question at a general district or special district election...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5786.9
  (a) A district shall have perpetual succession. (b) A board of directors may, by a four-fifths vote of its total membership, adopt a resolution to...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5786.11
  (a) A district may cooperate with any city, county, special district, school district, state agency, or federal agency to carry out the purposes and intent...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5786.13
  A district may contract with other public agencies to provide recreation facilities and programs of community recreation within the district's boundaries. A district may contract...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5786.15
  (a) Each district shall adopt policies and procedures, including bidding regulations, governing the purchase of supplies and equipment. Each district shall adopt these policies and...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5786.17
  (a) Violation of any rule, regulation, or ordinance adopted by a board of directors is a misdemeanor punishable pursuant to Section 19 of the Penal...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5786.19
  (a) The Meyers-Milias-Brown Act, Chapter 10 (commencing with Section 3500) of Division 4 of Title 1 of the Government Code applies to all districts. (b)...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5786.21
  If a county board of supervisors has appointed itself as the board of directors and the county has by ordinance provided a civil service system:...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5786.23
  (a) This section shall apply only to a district where all of the following apply: (1) The county board of supervisors has appointed itself as...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5786.25
  A board of directors may require any employee or officer to be bonded. The district shall pay the cost of the bonds.
• California Public Resources Code Section 5786.27
  A board of directors may provide for any programs for the benefit of its employees and members of the board of directors pursuant to Chapter...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5786.29
  A district may authorize the members of its board of directors and its employees to attend professional or vocational meetings and pay their actual and...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5786.31
  Whenever the boundaries of a district or a zone change, the district shall comply with Chapter 8 (commencing with Section 54900) of Part 1 of...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5787
  Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, districts are subject to the Uniform District Election Law, Part 4 (commencing with Section 10500) of Division 10...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5787.1
  A board of directors may require that the election of members to the board of directors shall be held on the same day as the...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5787.3
  If the proposition on the question of formation fails, the county or counties shall pay the expenses of the election. If the proposition on the...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5788
  On or before July 1 of each year, the board of directors shall adopt a preliminary budget that shall conform to the accounting and budgeting...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5788.1
  (a) On or before July 1 of each year, the board of directors shall publish a notice stating all of the following: (1) That it...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5788.3
  At the time and place specified for the meeting, any person may appear and be heard regarding any item in the budget or regarding the...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5788.5
  On or before August 30 of each year, after making any changes in the preliminary budget, the board of directors shall adopt a final budget....
• California Public Resources Code Section 5788.7
  At any regular meeting or properly noticed special meeting after the adoption of its final budget, the board of directors may adopt a resolution amending...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5788.9
  (a) In its annual budget, the board of directors may establish a restricted reserve for capital outlay and a restricted reserve for contingencies. When the...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5788.11
  On or before July 1 of each year, the board of directors shall adopt a resolution establishing its appropriations limit and make other necessary determinations...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5788.13
  The auditor of each county in which a district is located shall allocate to the district its share of property tax revenue pursuant to Chapter...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5788.15
  On or before July 1 of any year, the city council of a city which is located wholly or partially within a district may adopt...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5788.17
  (a) A district may accept any revenue, money, grants, goods, or services from any federal, state, regional, or local agency or from any person for...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5788.19
  A local agency may loan any of its available funds to a district.
• California Public Resources Code Section 5788.21
  (a) A district may acquire any necessary real property by borrowing money or purchasing on contract pursuant to this section. That indebtedness shall be in...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5788.23
  (a) All claims for money or damages against a district are governed by Part 3 (commencing with Section 900) and Part 4 (commencing with Section...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5788.25
  (a) The board of directors shall provide for regular audits of the district's accounts and records pursuant to Section 26909 of the Government Code. (b)...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5789
  Whenever a board of directors determines that the amount of revenue available to the district or any of its zones is inadequate to meet the...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5789.1
  A district may levy special taxes pursuant to: (a) Article 3.5 (commencing with Section 50075) of Chapter 1 of Part 1 of Division 1 of...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5789.3
  A district may levy special benefit assessments consistent with the requirements of Article XIII D of the California Constitution to finance capital improvements, including, but...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5789.5
  (a) A board of directors may charge a fee to cover the cost of any service which the district provides or the cost of enforcing...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5790
  (a) Whenever a board of directors determines that it is necessary to incur a general obligation bonded indebtedness for the acquisition or improvement of real...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5790.1
  The resolution shall state: (a) The purpose for which the proposed debt is to be incurred, which may include expenses for the authorization, issuance, and...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5790.3
  (a) The election shall be conducted pursuant to the Uniform District Election Law, Part 4 (commencing with Section 10500) of Division 10 of the Elections...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5790.5
  (a) The board of directors may provide for the issuance of bonds in any amounts, in any series, and on any terms, provided that they...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5790.7
  (a) Before selling the bonds, the board of directors shall give notice inviting sealed bids. At a minimum, the board of directors shall publish notice...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5790.9
  Any general obligation bonds issued by a district shall have the same force, value, and use as bonds issued by a city and the bonds...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5790.11
  (a) All premiums and accrued interest received from the sale of the bonds shall be deposited with the treasurer in a special bond service fund...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5790.13
  For any bond approved by the voters on or after January 1, 2001, the treasurer shall file the annual report required pursuant to Article 1.5...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5790.15
  (a) After incurring a general obligation indebtedness, and annually thereafter until the indebtedness is paid or until there is a sum in the district treasury...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5790.17
  If a district dissolves after incurring a general obligation indebtedness, the property in the territory that constituted the district at the time of its dissolution...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5791
  (a) Whenever a board of directors determines that it is in the public interest to provide different services, to provide different levels of service, or...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5791.1
  (a) At the hearing, the board of directors shall hear and consider any protests to the formation of the zone. If, at the conclusion of...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5791.3
  A board of directors may change the boundaries of a zone or dissolve a zone by following the procedures in Sections 5791 and 5791.1.
• California Public Resources Code Section 5791.5
  A local agency formation commission shall have no power or duty to review and approve or disapprove a proposal to form a zone, a proposal...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5791.7
  (a) As determined by the board of directors, a zone may provide any service at any level within its boundaries that the district may provide....
• California Public Resources Code Section 5800
  As used in this chapter "public entity" means any county, city, or public district.
• California Public Resources Code Section 5801
  Whenever any public entity acquires, or has acquired, land for the purpose of watershed protection, it shall not sell such land without complying with the...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5802
  Except as provided in Section 5803, all sales by a public entity of land described in Section 5801 shall first be approved by ordinance which...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5803
  This chapter shall not apply to sales or exchanges to adjacent landowners, sales incident to land acquisitions, sales or transfers to other public entities, or...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5804
  If a public entity does not have statutory power to enact ordinances, the governing body of such public entity is hereby empowered to introduce and...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5808
  This chapter shall be known, and may be cited, as the California Watershed Protection and Restoration Act.
• California Public Resources Code Section 5808.1
  The Legislature finds and declares the following: (a) In addition to the statutory and regulatory policies and programs established pursuant to the federal Clean Water...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5808.2
  (a) In addition to the statutory and regulatory policies and programs established pursuant to the federal Clean Water Act (33 U.S.C. Sec. 1251 et seq.),...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5810
  This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the Keene-Nejedly California Wetlands Preservation Act.
• California Public Resources Code Section 5811
  The Legislature hereby finds and declares all of the following: (a) The remaining wetlands of this state are of increasingly critical economic, aesthetic, and scientific...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5812
  As used in this chapter, unless the context clearly requires a different meaning, the following terms mean: (a) "Agency" means the Resources Agency. (b) "Departments"...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5813
  (a) Nothing in this chapter abrogates or supersedes any existing local, state, or federal law or policy pertaining to wetlands, or establishes maximum or minimum...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5814
  (a) The agency shall update all of the state's existing wetlands inventory resources in order to prepare a study to accomplish the following goals: (1)...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5815
  The agency, in preparing the wetlands priority plan and program pursuant to Section 5814, shall give particular recognition to the conservation, recreation, and open-space plans...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5815.5
  In compiling data for the wetlands inventory required by Section 5814, the agency and the departments shall, as a first priority, rely on existing sources...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5816
  The agency shall give particular recognition to opportunities for protecting and preserving wetlands lying within, or adjacent to, existing units of the state park system...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5817
  Any of the departments may enter into operating agreements with cities, counties, and districts for the management and control of wetlands, or interests in wetlands,...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5818
  All acquisitions made pursuant to this chapter shall be subject to the Property Acquisition Law (Part 11 (commencing with Section 15850), Division 3, Title 2...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5818.1
  The Coastal Wetlands Fund is hereby established in the State Treasury and shall be an interest-bearing fund administered by the Department of Fish and Game.
• California Public Resources Code Section 5818.2
  (a) (1) The funds in the Coastal Wetlands Fund may be expended by the Department of Fish and Game and the State Coastal Conservancy, upon...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5819
  Unless the context requires otherwise, the following definitions govern this chapter: (a) "Acquisition" means obtaining fee title or a lesser interest in real property, including...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5819.1
  (a) This chapter establishes the Sierra Nevada-Cascade Conservation Grant Program in the Resources Agency. (b) The secretary shall administer the program. (c) The program applies...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5819.2
  (a) The secretary shall administer the program consistent with authorized funding, and collaborate and cooperate with local governments and interested parties. (b) The purposes of...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5819.3
  (a) The secretary may undertake projects and activities to further the purposes identified in Section 5819.2. Those projects and activities may include providing grants and...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5819.4
  To implement Section 79544 of the Water Code, the secretary may provide grants to local public agencies, local water districts, and nonprofit organizations, for acquisition...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5819.5
  The secretary shall require an applicant for a grant for land or water resource acquisition to include in the grant application a proposal for the...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5819.6
  An acquisition made pursuant to this chapter shall be from a willing seller.
• California Public Resources Code Section 5819.7
  All regulations, criteria, and procedural guides that the secretary adopts to implement this chapter are exempt from Chapter 3.5 (commencing with Section 11340) of Part...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5819.8
  It is the intent of the Legislature to provide in any legislation that establishes a Sierra Nevada Conservancy an appropriate transition from the program established...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5818
  All acquisitions made pursuant to this chapter shall be subject to the Property Acquisition Law (Part 11 (commencing with Section 15850), Division 3, Title 2...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5818.1
  The Coastal Wetlands Fund is hereby established in the State Treasury and shall be an interest-bearing fund administered by the Department of Fish and Game.
• California Public Resources Code Section 5818.2
  (a) (1) The funds in the Coastal Wetlands Fund may be expended by the Department of Fish and Game and the State Coastal Conservancy, upon...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5820
  This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the Mendocino Woodlands Outdoor Center Act.
• California Public Resources Code Section 5821
  The Legislature finds that there is need for a program to enable the children of the state to better comprehend the outdoors, particularly the social...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5822
  The Legislature hereby declares its intent that the Mendocino Woodlands Outdoor Center, consisting of land and facilities deeded to the State of California by the...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5823
  As used in this chapter, unless the context clearly requires a different meaning: (a) "Department" means the Department of Parks and Recreation. (b) "Center" means...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5824
  Jurisdiction and control of the center, consisting of 720 acres, more or less, and all the improvements thereon as described in subdivision (b) of Section...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5826
  The department shall consult with the Department of Education, and may cooperate with individuals and agencies having jurisdiction or expertise in matters pertaining to the...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5827
  The department may enter into operating agreements with any qualified, nonprofit entity for the provision of any program or service contemplated in this chapter. Prior...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5828
  The department is encouraged to establish an advisory committee of persons interested and knowledgeable in the operation and nature of the center, and in the...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5829
  Prior to authorizing the sale and cutting of timber from the area described in subdivision (c) of Section 5823, the State Forester shall solicit and...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5830
  This chapter may be cited as the Bushy Lake Preservation Act.
• California Public Resources Code Section 5831
  As used in this chapter, unless the context clearly requires a different meaning: (a) "California Exposition flood plain" means that portion of state-owned California Exposition...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5832
  The Legislature finds and declares that: (a) The lower American River is in the California Wild and Scenic Rivers System as designated in subdivision (e)...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5833
  (a) The California Exposition and State Fair Board of Directors shall preserve, for public day use and enjoyment, the California Exposition flood plain in a...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5834
  The California Exposition and State Fair Board of Directors shall preserve and manage, or provide, pursuant to an agreement with the American River Parkway Manager,...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5835
  In enacting this chapter, it is not the intent of the Legislature to require removal, or preclude use, repair, or additional construction of, highways, electric...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5840
  This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the Urban American River Parkway Preservation Act.
• California Public Resources Code Section 5841
  (a) "American River Parkway Plan" means the revised, updated management plans for the lower American River adopted by the County of Sacramento on September 10,...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5841.5
  (a) The American River Parkway and its environs contribute to the quality of life within the City of Sacramento, the City of Rancho Cordova, and...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5842
  (a) The Legislature hereby adopts the American River Parkway Plan so as to provide coordination with local agencies in the protection and management of the...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5843
  It is the intent of the Legislature that the duties and responsibilities provided for in this chapter be accomplished by utilizing existing staff resources and...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5850
  The Association of Bay Area Governments shall develop and adopt a plan and implementation program, including a financing plan, for a continuous recreational corridor which...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5851
  The Association of Bay Area Governments shall establish a policy committee, which includes members of appropriate environmental organizations, to oversee development and implementation of the...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5852
  "Delta" means the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta, as defined in Section 12220 of the Water Code minus the area contained in Alameda County.
• California Public Resources Code Section 5853
  "Commission" means Delta Protection Commission as defined in Section 29721.
• California Public Resources Code Section 5854
  (a) In accordance with the requirements of subdivision (c), the commission shall develop and adopt a plan and implementation program, including a finance and maintenance...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5855
  (a) The commission shall establish a technical advisory committee that shall review the trail's planning, implementation, and funding proposals. The committee shall include members and...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5860
  The Legislature finds and declares all of the following: (a) The procedures in this chapter set forth the processes and criteria for identifying, evaluating, designating,...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5861
  As used in this chapter, the following terms have the following meanings, unless the context clearly requires otherwise: (a) "California natural landmark" means property designated...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5862
  (a) Designation of property by the director as a California natural landmark does not change the property's ownership and does not dictate activity. (b) Designation...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5863
  (a) Except as provided in Section 5872, a potential California natural landmark shall be identified only in the following manner: (1) An owner may request...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5864
  (a) The department shall use the state significance criteria in Section 5868 to evaluate the potential California natural landmark. The department shall evaluate the potential...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5865
  (a) On the basis of the evaluation and the findings of the peer reviewers, made pursuant to Section 5864, the department shall determine either that...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5866
  (a) The department shall review all documentation related to designation of the property as a California natural landmark, including, but not limited to, the evaluation...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5867
  (a) If the director determines that the requirements of this chapter are met for California natural landmark designation, including the consent of the owner to...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5868
  Property may be considered for designation if its significant features are either of natural origin and remain largely wild and undisturbed, or have the salient...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5869
  (a) (1) The department may modify California natural landmark boundaries, or revise information about a California natural landmark, if it determines that modification or revision...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5870
  (a) The department shall rescind a California natural landmark designation if one or more of the following circumstances apply: (1) The owner of a California...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5871
  (a) The department may enter into a contract or other type of agreement with another state agency, federal agency, local agency, private organization, owner, Native...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5872
  Notwithstanding any other provision of law, in order to facilitate the cost-effective use of the program with respect to interpretive activities for its own lands,...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5873
  (a) Designation of an area as a California natural landmark shall not constitute a change in the environment, as defined by Section 21060.5, and designation...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5900
  This division shall be known and may be cited as the California Wildlife, Coastal, and Park Land Conservation Act.
• California Public Resources Code Section 5901
  The people of California find and declare all of the following: (a) Parks, wildlife habitat, beaches, and open-space lands are vital to maintaining the quality...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5902
  As used in this division, the following terms have the following meanings: (a) "Conservation easement" means an interest in real property as defined in Section...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5903
  For the purposes of the State General Obligation Bond Law, "state grant" or "state grant moneys" means moneys received by the state from the sale...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5905
  Wildlife, coastal, and park land conservation is in the public interest and is necessary to keep these lands in open-space, natural, and recreational uses, to...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5906
  The California Wildlife, Coastal, and Park Land Conservation Fund of 1988 is hereby created.
• California Public Resources Code Section 5907
  All money deposited in the fund shall be available for expenditure, in accordance with Section 5921, for the purposes set forth below, in amounts not...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5910
  (a) The grant funds authorized pursuant to paragraph (1) of subdivision (a) of Section 5907 shall be allocated to counties, cities, cities and counties, and...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5911
  Funds authorized in paragraph (3) of subdivision (a) of Section 5907 may be expended for the acquisition, development, rehabilitation, or restoration of parks, beaches, open-space...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5912
  The funds authorized in paragraph (4) of subdivision (a) of Section 5907 shall be available as grants on a competitive basis to cities, counties, cities...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5913
  The funds authorized in paragraph (5) of subdivision (a) of Section 5907 shall be available as grants on a competitive basis to local units of...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5914
  An application for a grant pursuant to subdivision (a) or (b) of Section 5907 shall be submitted to the Director of Parks and Recreation for...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5915
  (a) Any member of the Legislature, the State Park and Recreation Commission, the California Coastal Commission, or the Secretary of the Resources Agency may nominate...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5916
  (a) Acquisition of real property for the state park system by purchase or by eminent domain shall be under the Property Acquisition Law (Part 11...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5917
  Funds granted pursuant to Section 5907 may be expended for development, rehabilitation, or restoration only on lands owned by, or subject to a lease or...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5918
  Every expenditure pursuant to this division shall comply with the California Environmental Quality Act (Division 13 (commencing with Section 21000)).
• California Public Resources Code Section 5919
  (a) No state funds authorized under Section 5907 may be disbursed unless the applicant agrees: (1) To maintain and operate the property acquired, developed, rehabilitated,...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5920
  (a) All real property acquired pursuant to this division shall be acquired in compliance with Chapter 16 (commencing with Section 7260) of Division 7 of...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5921
  (a) With respect to Section 5907, all appropriations for the purposes of subdivision (a), paragraph (2) of subdivision (b), paragraph (1) of subdivision (d), and...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5922
  With respect to Section 5907, if money allocated pursuant to paragraphs (1) and (3) of subdivision (b) Uexcept for subparagraph (A) of paragraph (1) of...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5923
  If some or all of the funds allocated pursuant to subparagraph (E) of paragraph (1) of subdivision (b) of Section 5907 are not expended by...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5924
  (a) Any lands acquired pursuant to subparagraph (C) of paragraph (1) of subdivision (b) of Section 5907 or pursuant to other sections of this act...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5924.5
  In addition to the purposes specified in Section 5924, funds appropriated in subparagraph (C) of paragraph (1) of subdivision (b) of Section 5907 for Palm...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5925
  With respect to funds allocated pursuant to subparagraph (L) of paragraph (3) of subdivision (b) of Section 5907, if it is not possible to acquire...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5926
  None of the funds allocated pursuant to subparagraph (G) of paragraph (3) of subdivision (b) of Section 5907 for acquisition of land for the Baldwin...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5927
  The qualification for or allocation of a grant or grants to a local agency under one subdivision, paragraph, or subparagraph of Section 5907 shall not...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5928
  (a) Funds available pursuant to paragraph (5) of subdivision (e) of Section 5907 shall be used solely for Monterey County's acquisition, as specified in subdivision...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5929
  (a) Prior to recommending the acquisition of lands that are located on or near tidelands, submerged lands, swamp or overflowed lands, or other wetlands, whether...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5930
  (a) (1) Bonds in the total amount of seven hundred seventy-six million dollars ($776,000,000), or so much thereof as is necessary, may be issued and...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5931
  The bonds authorized by this division shall be prepared, executed, issued, sold, paid, and redeemed as provided in the State General Obligation Bond Law (Chapter...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5932
  (a) Solely for the purpose of authorizing the issuance and sale, pursuant to the State General Obligation Bond Law, of the bonds authorized by this...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5933
  The committee shall determine whether or not it is necessary or desirable to issue bonds authorized pursuant to this division in order to carry out...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5934
  There shall be collected annually in the same manner and at the same time as other state revenue is collected, in addition to the ordinary...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5935
  Notwithstanding Section 13340 of the Government Code, there is hereby appropriated from the General Fund, for the purposes of this division, an amount that will...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5936
  For the purposes of carrying out this division and Chapter 7.5 (commencing with Section 2700) of Division 3 of the Fish and Game Code, the...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5936.5
  Notwithstanding any other provision of this bond act, or of the State General Obligation Bond Law (Chapter 4 (commencing with Section 16720) of Part 3...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5937
  All money derived from premium and accrued interest on bonds sold shall be reserved and shall be available for transfer to the General Fund as...
• California Public Resources Code Section 5938
  The people of California hereby find and declare that, inasmuch as the proceeds from the sale of bonds authorized by this division are not "proceeds...
• California Public Resources Code Section 6001
  Unless the context otherwise requires, the general provisions and definitions set forth in this chapter shall govern the construction of this division.
• California Public Resources Code Section 6002
  "Commission" means the State Lands Commission.
• California Public Resources Code Section 6003
  "City" includes "city and county."
• California Public Resources Code Section 6004
  "Oil and gas" includes oil, gas and all other hydrocarbon substances.
• California Public Resources Code Section 6005
  Whenever permissive authority or discretion is vested in any public officer or body under this division, such authority or discretion is subject to the condition...
• California Public Resources Code Section 6006
  The repeal of Chapter 303 of the Statutes of 1921 and of Chapter 227 of the Statutes of 1923 effected by the State Lands Act...
• California Public Resources Code Section 6007
  The repeal by this code of any provision of law codified herein shall not affect any existing vested rights thereunder or any contract, permit, lease,...
• California Public Resources Code Section 6008
  In order to protect the public's access to, and use of, all state-owned lands in Humboldt Bay, no right to the use of any state...
• California Public Resources Code Section 6009
  The Legislature finds and declares all of the following: (a) Upon admission to the United States, and as incident of its sovereignty, California received title...
• California Public Resources Code Section 6101
  There is a State Lands Commission in the Resources Agency, consisting of the Controller, the Lieutenant Governor, and the Director of Finance.
• California Public Resources Code Section 6102
  The commission is the successor to, and is vested with all the powers, duties, purposes, responsibilities and jurisdiction formerly vested in the Department of Finance...
• California Public Resources Code Section 6103
  The commission shall administer all laws and statutes committed to it through the Division of State Lands in the Resources Agency, which division is continued...
• California Public Resources Code Section 6103.2
  (a) The State Lands Commission and the Division of State Lands are hereby transferred from the Department of Conservation to the Resources Agency, and, as...
• California Public Resources Code Section 6103.4
  The State Lands Commission and the Division of State Lands may, as agencies of the Resources Agency, use the unexpended balances of funds available for...
• California Public Resources Code Section 6103.6
  All officers and employees of the State Lands Commission and the Division of State Lands who, on the operative date of this section, are serving...
• California Public Resources Code Section 6103.8
  The State Lands Commission and the Division of State Lands, as agencies of the Resources Agency, shall have the possession and control of all records,...
• California Public Resources Code Section 6104
  The commission shall meet, upon due notice to all members thereof, at such times and places within the State as are deemed necessary by it...
• California Public Resources Code Section 6105
  The commission shall adopt rules governing the conduct of the business of the commission. No action of the commission shall be valid unless authorized by...
• California Public Resources Code Section 6106
  The commission may, by resolution, authorize any of its employees or officers to execute any instrument in the name of the State.
• California Public Resources Code Section 6107
  Whenever the commission, pursuant to authority granted to it by law, enters into any agreement for the compromise or settlement of claims, the agreement shall...
• California Public Resources Code Section 6108
  The commission may make and enforce all reasonable and proper rules and regulations consistent with law for the purpose of carrying out the provisions of...
• California Public Resources Code Section 6110
  The State Lands Commission may, by resolution, designate an officer or employee of the commission to conduct the public hearings which the commission is required...
• California Public Resources Code Section 6111
  Notwithstanding any other provision of this code or of law and except as provided in the State Building Standards Law, Part 2.5 (commencing with Section...
• California Public Resources Code Section 6201
  The commission may from time-to-time classify any or all state land for its different possible uses, and, when it is deemed advisable, may require the...
• California Public Resources Code Section 6201.5
  The commission shall prepare a master plan for all school and lieu lands under its jurisdiction. Such plan shall include a recreational element which requires,...
• California Public Resources Code Section 6202
  The commission may make surveys and subdivisions of lands belonging to the state to be sold, leased, or to have the boundary established, and the...
• California Public Resources Code Section 6203
  On or before the first Monday in March in each year, the commission shall make out and transmit to the assessor of each county where...
• California Public Resources Code Section 6204
  The commission shall, when required, survey and mark the boundary lines of counties and cities.
• California Public Resources Code Section 6205
  The commission shall, after the survey of any township by the United States, obtain from the United States Land Office a statement, showing whether or...
• California Public Resources Code Section 6206
  The commission shall provide the necessary record books and cause all lists or patents for lands from the United States to be recorded therein.
• California Public Resources Code Section 6206.5
  The commission is hereby empowered to apply to the United States Department of the Interior for patents to the numbered school sections in place and...
• California Public Resources Code Section 6207
  The commission shall keep separate accounts and records in relation to each class of lands to which the State is entitled, which shall show: (a)...
• California Public Resources Code Section 6208
  The commission shall also keep plats of such lands, upon which all approved locations and surveys shall be designated by their numbers.
• California Public Resources Code Section 6209
  When certificates of purchase or patents are issued, the fact shall be noted on the plats.
• California Public Resources Code Section 6210
  The commission shall represent the State in all contests between it and the United States in relation to public lands.
• California Public Resources Code Section 6210.1
  When the commission desires to take testimony under the provisions of the act of Congress to quiet land titles in California, passed July 23, 1866,...
• California Public Resources Code Section 6210.2
  The commission may withdraw from sale any of the public lands belonging to the State and may restore any or all public lands so withdrawn,...
• California Public Resources Code Section 6210.3
  The commission may grant easements and rights-of-way to the Department of Transportation to or over any of the public lands of the state for the...
• California Public Resources Code Section 6210.4
  No lands owned by the State which lands front upon or are near to any lake, navigable stream or other body of navigable water, convenient...
• California Public Resources Code Section 6210.4a
  All conveyances by the State of the sixteenth and thirty-sixth sections, or lands acquired in lieu thereof, or of swamp and overflowed lands shall be...
• California Public Resources Code Section 6210.5
  No lands owned by the State, which lands provide the only convenient means of access to other lands owned by the State, shall ever be...
• California Public Resources Code Section 6210.7
  The commission may amend or terminate any lease, easement, or contract under its jurisdiction, with the consent of the other party thereto.
• California Public Resources Code Section 6210.8
  Whenever a navigable river or slough becomes abandoned and is no longer useful for navigation, the commission may sell, for cash, or exchange for lands...
• California Public Resources Code Section 6210.9
  If the commission has public land, including school land, tide or submerged lands, and lands subject to the public trust for commerce, navigation, and fisheries,...
• California Public Resources Code Section 6211
  (a) Whenever a parcel of timbered land under the jurisdiction of the commission is totally surrounded by, or is contiguous to, a national forest or...
• California Public Resources Code Section 6212.2
  The commission may, under such rules and regulations as it may prescribe, issue permits for the taking of cores or other samples by means of...
• California Public Resources Code Section 6213
  Whenever it appears by final decree of any court of competent jurisdiction that title to any land subject to sale by the State was obtained,...
• California Public Resources Code Section 6214
  Fees shall be charged and collected by the commission pursuant to its rules and regulations for the following: (a) Certificates of purchase or duplicates thereof,...
• California Public Resources Code Section 6215
  As to lands heretofore sold by this State with a reservation to the State of a one-sixteenth interest in the oil and gas or other...
• California Public Resources Code Section 6216
  This section is enacted for the purpose of declaring the scope and extent of the powers, duties, purposes, responsibilities and jurisdiction of the State Lands...
• California Public Resources Code Section 6216.1
  The commission may remove or cause to be removed any manmade structures or obstructions from ungranted lands under its jurisdiction if the commission determines that...
• California Public Resources Code Section 6216.5
  The commission may prescribe such rules and regulations for the noncommercial hobby collection of minerals from state lands as are in the best interests of...
• California Public Resources Code Section 6217
  (a) With the exception of revenue derived from state school lands and from sources described in Sections 6217.6, 6301.5, 6301.6, 6855, and Sections 8551 to...
• California Public Resources Code Section 6217.1
  (a) This section and the process described in this section governs the expenditure of any funds received by the State of California from the federal...
• California Public Resources Code Section 6217.2
  Moneys in the Marine Life and Marine Reserve Management Account created in the Resources Trust Fund pursuant to paragraph (2) of subdivision (c) of Section...
• California Public Resources Code Section 6217.2
  Notwithstanding Section 16304.1 of the Government Code, a disbursement in liquidation of an encumbrance for a project funded pursuant to the Coastal Watershed Salmon Habitat...
• California Public Resources Code Section 6217.3
  (a) The Legislature finds and declares all of the following: (1) The Safe Drinking Water, Water Quality and Supply, Flood Control, River and Coastal Protection...
• California Public Resources Code Section 6217.5
  Except for the revenues distributed pursuant to Section 3826, all net revenues, moneys, and remittances from the use of school lands and lieu lands shall...
• California Public Resources Code Section 6217.6
  All rental income received for surface uses including, but not limited to, surface drilling rights, upon lands under the jurisdiction of the State Lands Commission...
• California Public Resources Code Section 6217.7
  All net revenues, moneys, and remittances from the sale of school lands and lieu lands shall be deposited in the State Treasury to the credit...
• California Public Resources Code Section 6217.8
  (a) For purposes of this section, "fund" means the Oil Trust Fund established pursuant to subdivision (b). (b) The Oil Trust Fund is hereby established...
• California Public Resources Code Section 6218
  The commission may charge and collect reasonable fees for services performed by it, not exceeding the actual cost to the state of such services. In...
• California Public Resources Code Section 6219
  The commission may, if it determines it is in the best interests of the state, accept on behalf of the state any gift, devise, grant,...
• California Public Resources Code Section 6220
  Whenever authority is not vested in another officer, agency or commission to accept quitclaim deeds on behalf of the State, the authority is vested in...
• California Public Resources Code Section 6221
  Any instrumentality, district, agency, or political subdivision of the state occupying or using, pursuant to law, lands owned by the state and under the jurisdiction...
• California Public Resources Code Section 6222
  No county, city, district, political subdivision, agency or officer of the State shall request or make application to have any lands owned or controlled by...
• California Public Resources Code Section 6223
  Applications for purchase, or lease of state lands shall be given the priority of time of filing; except that applications filed by any county, city,...
• California Public Resources Code Section 6224
  The commission may adopt rules and regulations which provide for the payment of either a penalty or interest, or both, by any person who fails...
• California Public Resources Code Section 6224.1
  Any person who trespasses upon any lands owned or controlled by the state and under the jurisdiction of the commission, including, but not limited to,...
• California Public Resources Code Section 6224.2
  (a) Except as otherwise provided in subdivision (b), any person who appropriates or converts any mineral deposits reserved to, or owned by, the state and...
• California Public Resources Code Section 6225
  (a) The commission shall conduct research, investigations, and title searches on the real property in this state of the beaches of Lake Tahoe which is...
• California Public Resources Code Section 6226
  (a) On or before March 1, 2012, the commission, in consultation with the Department of Conservation, shall report to the Legislature on regulatory action, pending...
• California Public Resources Code Section 6230
  An amount specified in the annual Budget Act shall be available for distribution for public and private higher education for use as up to two-thirds...
• California Public Resources Code Section 6231
  There shall be a Sea Grant Advisory Panel consisting of 17 members as provided in Sections 6232, 6233, and 6234. The advisory panel shall do...
• California Public Resources Code Section 6232
  The Secretary of the Resources Agency shall appoint the following members of the advisory panel, who shall serve at the pleasure of the secretary: (a)...
• California Public Resources Code Section 6233
  (a) The Senate Committee on Rules shall appoint one Member of the Senate to the advisory panel, who shall serve at the pleasure of the...
• California Public Resources Code Section 6234
  The Secretary of the Resources Agency, or the secretary's designee shall be a member of the advisory panel and shall serve as chairperson of the...
• California Public Resources Code Section 6235
  All advisory panel members shall serve without compensation.
• California Public Resources Code Section 6236
  The Sea Grant research projects selected for the state support under this chapter shall have a clearly defined benefit to the people of the State...
• California Public Resources Code Section 6237
  (a) The Legislature hereby finds and declares that the funding provided by this chapter is needed to stimulate the development and utilization of ocean and...
• California Public Resources Code Section 6238
  Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to preclude the application for funding of any project that would be eligible for funding under the terms...
• California Public Resources Code Section 6240
  This chapter shall be known, and may be cited, as the California Coastal Sanctuary Act of 1994.
• California Public Resources Code Section 6241
  The Legislature hereby finds and declares that offshore oil and gas production in certain areas of state waters poses an unacceptably high risk of damage...
• California Public Resources Code Section 6242
  (a) A California Coastal Sanctuary is hereby created which includes all state waters subject to tidal influence, except as provided in subdivisions (b) and (c)....
• California Public Resources Code Section 6243
  Notwithstanding any provision of Article 4 (commencing with Section 6870) of Chapter 3 of Part 2 or any other provision of law, no state agency...
• California Public Resources Code Section 6244
  The commission may enter into any lease for the extraction of oil or gas from state-owned tide and submerged lands in the California Coastal Sanctuary...
• California Public Resources Code Section 6301
  The commission has exclusive jurisdiction over all ungranted tidelands and submerged lands owned by the State, and of the beds of navigable rivers, streams, lakes,...
• California Public Resources Code Section 6301.2
  Notwithstanding any of the provisions of the Governor's Reorganization Plan No. 2 of 1969 for the Reorganization of the Executive Branch of California State Government,...
• California Public Resources Code Section 6301.5
  The commission may act in behalf of the State of California pursuant to Section 7 of the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act, an Act of...
• California Public Resources Code Section 6301.6
  If any funds are impounded pursuant to Section 6301.5 under the custody and control of the State of California, such impounded funds may be invested...
• California Public Resources Code Section 6301.7
  The commission may negotiate with, and with the approval of the Governor may enter into agreements with, the United States, or any official, agency, licensee,...
• California Public Resources Code Section 6302
  The commission may eject from any tide and submerged lands, beds of navigable channels, streams, rivers, creeks, lakes, bays, and inlets under its jurisdiction, any...
• California Public Resources Code Section 6302.1
  (a) (1) The commission may take immediate action, without notice, to remove from areas under its jurisdiction a vessel that is left unattended and is...
• California Public Resources Code Section 6302.3
  (a) The commission, at a properly noticed commission hearing, may take title to an abandoned vessel subject to disposal pursuant to Section 6302.1 for the...
• California Public Resources Code Section 6302.4
  (a) At the request of the commission, an employee or agent of the commission or a peace officer of the federal or state government or...
• California Public Resources Code Section 6303
  The commission may grant the privilege of depositing material upon or removing or extracting material from swamp, overflowed, marsh, tide or submerged lands, beds of...
• California Public Resources Code Section 6303.1
  Any person who knowingly and willfully fills, dredges, or reclaims any state-owned land under the jurisdiction of the commission underlying any navigable waters, or who...
• California Public Resources Code Section 6304
  The commission may cooperate with the Coastal Engineering Research Board of the United States Army Corps of Engineers, and may expend such moneys as are...
• California Public Resources Code Section 6305
  The powers granted by this chapter to the commission as to leasing or granting of rights or privileges with relation to such lands owned by...
• California Public Resources Code Section 6306
  (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, every county, city, district, or other political subdivision or agency of the state to which sovereign trust lands,...
• California Public Resources Code Section 6306.1
  Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the State Lands Commission and the City of Los Angeles, acting by and through its Board of Harbor Commissioners,...
• California Public Resources Code Section 6306.2
  (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, in order to mitigate the effects of the project which is the subject of the Department of the...
• California Public Resources Code Section 6307
  (a) The commission may enter into an exchange, with any person or any private or public entity, of filled or reclaimed tide and submerged lands...
• California Public Resources Code Section 6307.1
  (a) This section applies only to land in which California has a sovereign interest that lies within the boundaries of the State of Arizona and...
• California Public Resources Code Section 6308
  If an action or proceeding is commenced by or against a county, city, or other political subdivision or agency of the state involving the title...
• California Public Resources Code Section 6309
  (a) The commission shall administer the Shipwreck and Historic Maritime Resources Program, which consists of the activities of the commission pursuant to this section and...
• California Public Resources Code Section 6310
  Whenever tide and submerged lands granted in trust to a county by the Legislature are included within a city's boundaries as the result of that...
• California Public Resources Code Section 6311
  It is hereby declared to be the policy of this state that any grant of tidelands or submerged lands made after January 1, 1971, within...
• California Public Resources Code Section 6312
  Neither the state, nor any political subdivision thereof, shall take possession of lawful improvements on validly granted or patented tidelands or submerged lands without the...
• California Public Resources Code Section 6313
  (a) The title to all abandoned shipwrecks and all archaeological sites and historic resources on or in the tide and submerged lands of California is...
• California Public Resources Code Section 6314
  (a) A person who removes, without authorization from the commission, or a person who destroys or damages an archaeological site or a historic resource, that...
• California Public Resources Code Section 6321
  The commission may, upon written application of the littoral owner, grant authority to any such owner to construct, alter or maintain, groins, jetties, sea walls,...
• California Public Resources Code Section 6321.2
  In addition to the fees provided in Section 6321, the commission may fix and collect reasonable charges or rentals for the use of lands upon...
• California Public Resources Code Section 6322
  The commission may also remove or require to be removed, repaired or altered, and may regulate the type, character, design, size, and maintenance of, such...
• California Public Resources Code Section 6323
  If accretions are caused or occasioned by any such structure authorized hereunder, no fence, building or other structure of any kind, other than the structure...
• California Public Resources Code Section 6324
  If by reason of any grant to any municipality, political subdivision, or district, or by reason of any charter of any city or county, any...
• California Public Resources Code Section 6325
  The authority granted under this chapter does not obviate the necessity for the applicant to obtain permisssion from the proper federal agencies to construct, alter,...
• California Public Resources Code Section 6326
  Nothing in this chapter abridges any right of the State to erect, maintain, or remove the protective structures herein mentioned, upon, across, or over any...
• California Public Resources Code Section 6327
  The commission may, upon written application, grant a permit for the use and occupancy of state lands under the jurisdiction of the commission for the...
• California Public Resources Code Section 6331
  As used in this article: (a) "Ungranted tidelands" means the tide and submerged lands owned by the State of California which have not been granted...
• California Public Resources Code Section 6331.5
  The commission shall make an inventory to ascertain and describe by metes and bounds the location and extent of all ungranted tidelands. The commission shall,...
• California Public Resources Code Section 6332
  The commission shall: (a) Adopt and enforce such rules and regulations as may be necessary or convenient to carry out the purposes of this article...
• California Public Resources Code Section 6333
  The commission shall prepare and adopt, on or before March 31, 1989, a "Preliminary Map of Ungranted Tideland Boundaries in California" based on the inventory...
• California Public Resources Code Section 6334
  After completing the "Preliminary Map of Ungranted Tideland Boundaries in California," the commission shall adopt and prepare a "Preliminary Description of Ungranted Tideland Boundaries" for...
• California Public Resources Code Section 6335
  On or before December 31, 1989, any local agency or other interested person affected by boundaries described by the "Preliminary Description of Ungranted Tideland Boundaries"...
• California Public Resources Code Section 6336
  The commission may negotiate with any person or local agency having or claiming an interest in any land affected by boundaries described by the "Preliminary...
• California Public Resources Code Section 6337
  Before adopting the Master Map of Ungranted Tideland Boundaries in California and a Description of Ungranted Tideland Boundaries pursuant to Section 6338, the commission shall...
• California Public Resources Code Section 6338
  On or before December 31, 1992, the commission shall prepare, certify, adopt, and publish in final form a "Master Map of Ungranted Tideland Boundaries in...
• California Public Resources Code Section 6339
  (a) Boundaries established by boundary agreements entered into and recorded pursuant to Section 6336, as to all parties thereto, shall be fixed and permanent without...
• California Public Resources Code Section 6340
  The inventory required by this article shall not extend to, or have any bearing upon, the determination of the seaward boundary separating lands belonging to...
• California Public Resources Code Section 6341
  Any boundary line agreement entered into pursuant to Section 6336 or 6357, or any consent recorded pursuant to subdivision (b) of Section 6339, or any...
• California Public Resources Code Section 6342
  The commission may enter into boundary line agreements with any person or public entity, describing and defining the boundary line between ungranted tidelands and adjacent...
• California Public Resources Code Section 6357
  The commission may establish the ordinary high-water mark or the ordinary low-water mark of any of the swamp, overflowed, marsh, tide, or submerged lands of...
• California Public Resources Code Section 6358
  On receipt of a request from the legislative body of a county, city, or other political subdivision or agency of the State, to which a...
• California Public Resources Code Section 6359
  Whenever by legislative enactment tide or submerged lands of the State are granted or conveyed or authorized to be granted or conveyed or whenever a...
• California Public Resources Code Section 6360
  Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the boundary line of land lying within the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta (as defined in Section 12220 of the Water...
• California Public Resources Code Section 6370
  The commission, acting in concert with the Resources Agency and the Office of Planning and Research, and in cooperation with other appropriate state, federal, and...
• California Public Resources Code Section 6370.1
  The Office of Planning and Research shall, for purposes of Section 6370, define "significant environmental values", which definition shall include, but not be limited to,...
• California Public Resources Code Section 6370.2
  The commission shall submit a final report to the Legislature by January 15, 1975, which identifies those lands determined by the commission to possess significant...
• California Public Resources Code Section 6371
  Until submission of the report required in Section 6370.2 the State Lands Commission shall not sell any of the lands under its jurisdiction unless it...
• California Public Resources Code Section 6373
  Before any disposition of state lands to a private party or other governmental agency, the intended recipient of such lands shall submit to the commission...
• California Public Resources Code Section 6376
  It is the intent of the Legislature that any inventory prepared pursuant to this chapter shall be solely for informational purposes and not to establish...
• California Public Resources Code Section 6377
  The provisions of this chapter shall not apply to tidelands transferred pursuant to Chapter 1333 of the Statutes of 1968, to tidelands and submerged lands...
• California Public Resources Code Section 6378
  The commission shall determine the ownership of all salmon and steelhead spawning areas as designated by Section 1505 of the Fish and Game Code. All...
• California Public Resources Code Section 6401
  (a) All oil, gas, oil shale, coal, phosphate, sodium, gold, silver, and all other mineral deposits in public lands belonging to the state, or which...
• California Public Resources Code Section 6401.5
  (a) Notwithstanding Section 6401, the commission may sell to a surface property owner, for not less than fair market value, the state's reserved mineral interest...
• California Public Resources Code Section 6402
  All applications to purchase state public lands and all sales pursuant thereto shall be subject to and contain a reservation to the State of all...
• California Public Resources Code Section 6403
  This chapter shall not be construed as applicable to the sale or exchange by the State of the following lands: (a) Lands acquired by the...
• California Public Resources Code Section 6404
  Any state agency that sells any of the lands listed in Section 6403, other than tax-deeded lands, may, with the approval of the commission, dispose...
• California Public Resources Code Section 6405
  The commission shall have the sole responsibility for and jurisdiction over the administration, management and disposal of all mineral reservations heretofore and hereafter made under...
• California Public Resources Code Section 6406
  The commission is hereby authorized to sell, exchange, rent, lease, or otherwise manage the property represented by all mineral reservations to the State made prior...
• California Public Resources Code Section 6407
  This section is enacted for the purpose of declaring the scope and extent of the powers, duties, purposes, responsibilities and jurisdiction of the commission and...
• California Public Resources Code Section 6441
  Public lands of the State, situated within the exterior boundaries of a National forest, which in the judgment of the commission are more valuable for...
• California Public Resources Code Section 6442
  Public lands of the State, situated within the exterior boundaries of a National park, which in the judgment of the commission are more valuable for...
• California Public Resources Code Section 6443
  The commission may cooperate with the Secretary of the Interior, may select the lands of this State to be exchanged with the United States under...
• California Public Resources Code Section 6444
  Whenever in the judgment of the commission it is to the advantage of the State to exchange any of its public lands, as provided in...
• California Public Resources Code Section 6445
  No lands shall be accepted in exchange under this article without the approval of the commission. All lands so acquired shall be subject to the...
• California Public Resources Code Section 6461
  Any person or persons claiming any interest in or to real property which is alleged to be claimed by the State of California to be...
• California Public Resources Code Section 6462
  Service of summons in a suit shall be upon the chair of the State Lands Commission and the Attorney General and it shall be the...
• California Public Resources Code Section 6463
  Any person or persons claiming title under a patent of tideland, issued by the State of California, may bring suit against the State, or against...
• California Public Resources Code Section 6464
  Any person or persons claiming title to land adjoining tide or submerged land, herein called "adjoining land," under a patent issued by the United States...
• California Public Resources Code Section 6465
  The complaint in any action pursuant to this chapter shall, on request, contain a plat of the property to which the action relates which shows...
• California Public Resources Code Section 6475
  This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the "State Teachers' Retirement Lands Act."
• California Public Resources Code Section 6477
  The State Lands Commission shall report quarterly to the Teachers' Retirement Board and annually to the Legislature and the Governor on the following: (a) The...
• California Public Resources Code Section 6501
  As used in this chapter, "lease" includes a permit, easement, or license.
• California Public Resources Code Section 6501.1
  Lands owned by the state and which are under the jurisdiction of the commission may be leased for such purpose or purposes as the commission...
• California Public Resources Code Section 6501.2
  The commission shall prepare forms of leases for use under this chapter for such purposes as the commission deems advisable, including grazing leases and leases...
• California Public Resources Code Section 6501.3
  Any interests in lands, or lands in fee simple, acquired by the commission or by any department, board, or other commission, of the State by...
• California Public Resources Code Section 6502
  Any person, firm, or corporation desiring to lease any of the lands owned by the state, or in which the state may have an interest,...
• California Public Resources Code Section 6503
  Upon receipt of an application to lease lands under this chapter, the commission shall appraise the lands and fix the annual rent or other consideration
• California Public Resources Code Section 6503.5
  (a) Consistent with Section 6503, the commission shall charge rent for a private recreational pier constructed on state lands. Rent shall be based on local...
• California Public Resources Code Section 6505.5
  No grazing or recreational lease shall be for a period longer than 10 years except that when the recreational use is combined and is incidental...
• California Public Resources Code Section 6506
  Possession under any lease authorized by this chapter shall not be held to be adverse to that of any person who becomes an actual settler...
• California Public Resources Code Section 6507
  Any error in the description of any lease may, with the consent of the holder thereof, be corrected or any description amended by the commission...
• California Public Resources Code Section 6508
  Any lease for sixteenth and thirty-sixth sections or any portion thereof which are now or may hereafter be included within the exterior boundaries of a...
• California Public Resources Code Section 6509
  If a lease is terminated by reason of the sale of the land, or by the designation of land as a base for indemnity selections,...
• California Public Resources Code Section 6701
  Subject to the provisions of Section 6702, no amendment, modification, or revocation, in whole or in part, of any grant of tide or submerged lands...
• California Public Resources Code Section 6702
  (a) The provisions of Section 6701 shall not apply to any of the following unless the provisions of subdivision (b) are first complied with: (1)...
• California Public Resources Code Section 6703
  Whenever a lease, contract, or other instrument is submitted to the State Lands Commission pursuant to Section 6702, the costs of any study or investigation,...
• California Public Resources Code Section 6704
  Failure of the State Lands Commission to issue to the legislative grantee a written report making, or declining to make with reasons for so declining,...
• California Public Resources Code Section 6705
  This chapter shall not be construed to affect the validity of leases, contracts, or other instruments affecting tide or submerged lands, and there shall be...
• California Public Resources Code Section 6706
  If on the effective date of any revocation of a grant of tide or submerged lands, there are in effect any leases, contracts, or other...
• California Public Resources Code Section 6801
  A lease or prospecting permit under this chapter shall be issued only to and held by: (a) Persons or associations of persons who are citizens...
• California Public Resources Code Section 6802
  Any interest held in violation of this chapter shall be forfeited to the State by appropriate proceedings for that purpose brought by the State in...
• California Public Resources Code Section 6803
  The commission, in issuing any lease under this chapter, may reserve to the State the right to lease, sell, or otherwise dispose of the surface...
• California Public Resources Code Section 6804
  A lease or permit issued under this chapter may be assigned, transferred or sublet as to all or any part of the leased or permitted...
• California Public Resources Code Section 6804.1
  Notwithstanding any provisions of this code to the contrary, a lessee may at any time make and file with the commission a written quitclaim or...
• California Public Resources Code Section 6805
  The commission shall reserve and may exercise the authority to cancel any prospecting permit or lease upon which a commercially valuable deposit of minerals or...
• California Public Resources Code Section 6806
  Any permit or lease under this chapter shall reserve to the commission the right to allow, upon such terms as the commission may determine to...
• California Public Resources Code Section 6807
  The commission, in the name of the State, may purchase or receive by donation or lease any right of way or easement in real property,...
• California Public Resources Code Section 6808
  The commission, if it deems such action for the best interests of the state, may condemn, acquire, and possess in the name of the state...
• California Public Resources Code Section 6809
  Any interests in lands, or lands in fee simple, acquired by the commission by purchase, donation, lease, condemnation, or otherwise, may be made available to...
• California Public Resources Code Section 6810
  The provisions of this chapter authorizing the commission to acquire interests in real property include the acquisition of structures and improvements situated on lands sold...
• California Public Resources Code Section 6811
  The commission may, prior to the receipt of any bid for a lease under this chapter, withdraw any offer to receive bids therefor, and it...
• California Public Resources Code Section 6812
  Whenever by the terms of this chapter the commission may grant a lease of State lands, the commission may make and execute an easement of...
• California Public Resources Code Section 6813
  For the purpose of this chapter, the commission may enter into agreements with any person, association of persons, corporation, city, or county, the United States...
• California Public Resources Code Section 6814
  The commission, in the name of the people of the State, may bring action to determine the title to oil and gas in land against...
• California Public Resources Code Section 6815
  (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, the commission may negotiate and enter into agreements for compensation for drainage or oil and...
• California Public Resources Code Section 6815.1
  Whenever the commission exercises a right to take oil, gas, or other hydrocarbons in kind pursuant to any lease the commission shall make and enter...
• California Public Resources Code Section 6815.2
  (a) Notwithstanding Section 6815.1, the commission may take any oil, gas, or other hydrocarbons taken in kind by it, pursuant to any lease or agreement,...
• California Public Resources Code Section 6817
  (a) The Controller shall annually as of June 30 apportion, for the fiscal year ending on that date, to each city or county having within...
• California Public Resources Code Section 6818
  All applications made to the commission pursuant to this chapter for erection of any permanent structure on tidelands or submerged lands or for depositing thereon...
• California Public Resources Code Section 6819
  The commission shall promulgate rules and regulations to require any person extracting oil or gas or other minerals from lands under the jurisdiction of the...
• California Public Resources Code Section 6826
  (a) The commission may permit geological or geophysical surveys on state lands and may grant permits therefor, but the permit shall not give the permittee...
• California Public Resources Code Section 6826.1
  The State Lands Commission shall not permit the taking of cores or other samples by means of drilling operations on or under the tide and...
• California Public Resources Code Section 6827
  Leases for the extraction and removal of oil and gas deposits may be made by the commission to the highest qualified bidder, or joint bidders,...
• California Public Resources Code Section 6827.1
  Nothing contained in this chapter or any other law shall prevent or prohibit two or more persons who are individually eligible to hold a lease...
• California Public Resources Code Section 6827.2
  In order to prevent the premature abandonment of a lease, notwithstanding any other provision in this chapter, if, after the holding of a public hearing,...
• California Public Resources Code Section 6828
  All leases of lands containing oil or gas made or issued under this chapter shall be subject to the condition that the lessee will use...
• California Public Resources Code Section 6829
  Every oil and gas lease executed under this chapter shall include the following: (a) Such terms, conditions, and provisions as will protect the interests of...
• California Public Resources Code Section 6829.1
  Every oil and gas lease, including leases of tide and submerged lands, executed under this chapter, shall specify a period of not to exceed three...
• California Public Resources Code Section 6829.2
  The commission, in the interest of increasing the ultimate recovery of oil or gas, the protection of oil or gas from unreasonable waste, the possible...
• California Public Resources Code Section 6830
  All oil and gas leases issued by the commission for lands under its jurisdiction as set forth in Chapters 3 and 4 of Part 1...
• California Public Resources Code Section 6830.1
  It is hereby found and determined by the Legislature of the State of California as follows: (a) That the people of the State of California...
• California Public Resources Code Section 6830.2
  Whenever the holder of an oil and gas lease of state-owned lands proposes to engage in secondary recovery operations within such lease, the commission and...
• California Public Resources Code Section 6830.3
  In satisfaction of the requirements of subdivisions (a) and (b) of Section 6830.2, the commission may consider, use, apply or adopt any means, methods, formulas...
• California Public Resources Code Section 6831
  Rights of way through all State lands may be granted to any lessee by the commission under such regulations as to survey, location, application, and...
• California Public Resources Code Section 6832
  For the purpose of more properly conserving the natural resources of any oil or gas pool or field, or any part thereof, lessees hereunder and...
• California Public Resources Code Section 6833
  The commission, upon such conditions as the commission shall prescribe, may approve operating, drilling or development contracts made by one or more lessees holding oil...
• California Public Resources Code Section 6834
  Whenever the commission determines that lands shall be leased for oil and gas as provided in this chapter and when the form of lease therefor...
• California Public Resources Code Section 6835
  Each bid (which shall be in the form of a lease prepared in accordance with this chapter) for an oil and gas lease shall be...
• California Public Resources Code Section 6836
  At the time and place specified in the notice, the commission shall publicly open the sealed bids and shall award the lease for each parcel...
• California Public Resources Code Section 6818
  All applications made to the commission pursuant to this chapter for erection of any permanent structure on tidelands or submerged lands or for depositing thereon...
• California Public Resources Code Section 6819
  The commission shall promulgate rules and regulations to require any person extracting oil or gas or other minerals from lands under the jurisdiction of the...
• California Public Resources Code Section 6851
  Lands owned by the State, or lands in which the oil and gas deposits are reserved to the State, other than tide and submerged lands,...
• California Public Resources Code Section 6852
  Whenever it appears to the commission that it is for the best interests of the State to lease any such lands for the production of...
• California Public Resources Code Section 6853
  The commission may divide the lands within the tract proposed to be leased into parcels of convenient size and shape and shall prepare a form...
• California Public Resources Code Section 6854
  Lands, including the Tule Elk State Reserve located in Township 30 South, Range 24 East, MDB&M in Kern County, other than tide or submerged lands,...
• California Public Resources Code Section 6855
  The proceeds of any lease for the extraction of any oil and gas from lands owned by the State, other than public lands or tide...
• California Public Resources Code Section 6870
  (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, no leases shall be let for the extraction of oil and gas from coastal tidelands...
• California Public Resources Code Section 6871
  Tide and submerged lands and beds of navigable rivers and lakes may be leased by the commission for the extraction of oil and gas in...
• California Public Resources Code Section 6871.3
  Whenever it appears to the commission that it is for the best interests of the State to lease lands subject to the provisions of Section...
• California Public Resources Code Section 6871.4
  The commission may divide the lands within the area proposed to be leased into parcels of convenient size and shape and shall prepare a form...
• California Public Resources Code Section 6872
  (a) If an application for oil and gas development in state waters that is determined to be incomplete by the commission continues to remain incomplete...
• California Public Resources Code Section 6872.1
  Whenever it appears to the commission that oil and gas deposits are known or believed to be contained in any such lands as are described...
• California Public Resources Code Section 6872.2
  If the commission determines that any tide and submerged lands belonging to the state in the area hereinafter referred to should be drilled pursuant to...
• California Public Resources Code Section 6872.5
  The commission may adjust the boundaries of existing leases to encompass all of a field partially contained within the existing lease subject to both of...
• California Public Resources Code Section 6873
  When leasing tide or submerged lands or beds of navigable rivers or lakes, the commission shall prepare a form of lease which shall contain, in...
• California Public Resources Code Section 6873.1
  Filled lands shall include, but not be limited to, tide or submerged lands or beds of navigable rivers or lakes, reclaimed artificially through raising such...
• California Public Resources Code Section 6873.2
  In carrying out the requirements of subdivision (b) of Section 6873 and the California Environmental Quality Act (Division 13 (commencing with Section 21000)), the commission...
• California Public Resources Code Section 6873.5
  (a) In carrying out the requirements of subdivision (b) of Section 6873 and the California Environmental Quality Act, the commission shall, prior to the adoption...
• California Public Resources Code Section 6874
  Each bid shall be accompanied by information giving a description of the location or locations, structure or structures, from which the bidder proposes to drill....
• California Public Resources Code Section 6875
  If the Legislature has transferred to any city or county the administration of the trust, whether or not limited, under which tide or submerged lands...
• California Public Resources Code Section 6876
  Should it appear to the commission that any person, association of persons, or corporation, has drilled, or is making preparation to drill, wells upon or...
• California Public Resources Code Section 6877
  All the beds of navigable rivers and lakes belonging to the State may be leased pursuant to Section 6871.3 of this code for the production...
• California Public Resources Code Section 6878
  Nothing in this chapter limits the effect of any grant of tide or submerged lands made prior to June 11, 1938, to any city, county...
• California Public Resources Code Section 6879
  Whenever tide and submerged lands of the State have been granted to a city, county or city and county by a grant which does not...
• California Public Resources Code Section 6890
  (a) Prospecting permits and leases for the extraction and removal of minerals, other than oil and gas or other hydrocarbon substances, from lands, including tide...
• California Public Resources Code Section 6890.5
  Notwithstanding any other law, when lands, other than tide and submerged lands, are owned by another state agency, the commission, when issuing permits and leases...
• California Public Resources Code Section 6891
  The commission may issue a prospecting permit, under such rules and regulations as it may prescribe, for lands which are not known mineral lands, to...
• California Public Resources Code Section 6892
  If the applicant erects upon the land for which a permit is sought a monument not less than four feet high, at some conspicuous place...
• California Public Resources Code Section 6894
  The applicant shall, within 90 days after receiving a permit, mark each of the corners of the tract described in the permit upon the ground...
• California Public Resources Code Section 6895
  Upon establishing to the satisfaction of the commission that commercially valuable deposits of minerals have been discovered within the limits of any permit, the permittee...
• California Public Resources Code Section 6896
  Until the permittee applies for a lease as to that portion of the area described in the permit herein provided, he shall pay to the...
• California Public Resources Code Section 6897
  (a) All deposits of minerals, other than oil, gas, and geothermal resources in lands belonging to the state, which have been classified by the commission...
• California Public Resources Code Section 6898
  Leases under this article shall be for terms not to exceed 20 years with the preferential right in the lessee to renew the lease for...
• California Public Resources Code Section 6898.5
  Notwithstanding Section 6898, any lease in effect on July 1, 1991, of lands, within the bed of Owens Lake for the development of minerals other...
• California Public Resources Code Section 6899
  The commission shall prescribe such additional terms, covenants and conditions, consistent with the provisions of this chapter, of permits and leases issued under this article...
• California Public Resources Code Section 6900
  Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 6890, the commission may, when it appears to be in the public interest, grant leases for the extraction of minerals...
• California Public Resources Code Section 6901
  This article shall be known and may be cited as the Geothermal Resources Act.
• California Public Resources Code Section 6902
  The Legislature hereby finds and declares that development of geothermal resources beneath state lands is an essential element in the development of additional energy sources...
• California Public Resources Code Section 6903
  For the purposes of this chapter, "geothermal resources" shall mean the natural heat of the earth, the energy, in whatever form, below the surface of...
• California Public Resources Code Section 6904
  Permits and leases for exploration and development of geothermal resources on lands belonging to the state and leases for the development of geothermal resources reserved...
• California Public Resources Code Section 6905
  Permits and leases may be issued pursuant to this article only to those who qualify for permits and leases under Section 6801.
• California Public Resources Code Section 6906
  Administration of this article shall be under the principle of multiple use of public lands and resources, and shall allow coexistence of other permits or...
• California Public Resources Code Section 6907
  Where it is determined by the commission that the production or use of geothermal resources is also susceptible of economically producing other of the geothermal...
• California Public Resources Code Section 6909
  The commission may grant nonexclusive geological or geophysical exploration permits for geothermal resources upon such terms and conditions as the commission may prescribe, but any...
• California Public Resources Code Section 6910
  (a) Subject to the provisions of Section 6906, the commission may issue a prospecting permit to the first qualified applicant therefor under such rules and...
• California Public Resources Code Section 6911
  (a) Lands may be selected for lease by the commission and shall be leased by competitive bid on the basis of a cash bonus, net...
• California Public Resources Code Section 6912
  (a) In case of an application for a permit or lease covering lands which have been sold by the state, subject to a reservation by...
• California Public Resources Code Section 6913
  Each prospecting permit and lease issued under this article shall provide for the following rentals and royalties with respect to geothermal resources produced, saved and...
• California Public Resources Code Section 6914
  The holder of any geothermal resources permit or lease may quitclaim or relinquish his rights under such permit or lease pursuant to the provisions of...
• California Public Resources Code Section 6915
  Subject to the other provisions of this article, the permittee or lessee shall be entitled to use so much of the surface as is reasonably...
• California Public Resources Code Section 6916
  (a) The commission may issue leases for direct heat application of geothermal resources for nonelectrical purposes for a royalty of less than 10 percent of...
• California Public Resources Code Section 6917
  A permit or lease may be terminated by the commission only pursuant to the provisions of Section 6805 of this code.
• California Public Resources Code Section 6918
  Leases under this article shall be for a primary term not to exceed 10 years and so long thereafter as geothermal resources are being or...
• California Public Resources Code Section 6919
  Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, the commission may negotiate and enter into agreements for compensation for drainage or geothermal leases of...
• California Public Resources Code Section 6920
  Any person engaged in the production of geothermal resources under a lease issued by the commission may commingle geothermal resources from any two or more...
• California Public Resources Code Section 6921
  A permittee or lessee may, upon the approval of the commission and pursuant to the provisions of Chapter 4 (commencing with Section 3700) of Division...
• California Public Resources Code Section 6922
  No prospecting permit or lease shall be made for less than 640 acres nor more than 5,760 acres and the permit or lease shall embrace...
• California Public Resources Code Section 6923
  For the purpose of more properly conserving the natural resources of any geothermal resources areas, or any part thereof, the lessees thereof may unite with...
• California Public Resources Code Section 6924
  Where the surface of state-owned lands sought for use or development of geothermal resources or the waters thereon are under the jurisdiction of a state...
• California Public Resources Code Section 6925
  A permit or lease under this article may be assigned, transferred, or sublet as provided for in Section 6804 of this code.
• California Public Resources Code Section 6925.1
  Whenever, as determined by the commission, any operation conducted under a geothermal exploration permit, prospecting permit, or lease pursuant to this article constitutes an unreasonable...
• California Public Resources Code Section 6925.2
  Notwithstanding any other provision of this article, the commission may, at its discretion, issue a lease to the first qualified applicant for a parcel of...
• California Public Resources Code Section 6926
  Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, the right to extract sodium chloride, contained in any lands belonging to the State, or which may become...
• California Public Resources Code Section 6927
  The terms so fixed shall be operative for 20 years from the date of the grant. Upon the expiration of such 20-year period and each...
• California Public Resources Code Section 6928
  The purchaser shall acquire no right to sell any such sodium chloride, but may extract it solely for public use in carrying out the public...
• California Public Resources Code Section 6929
  Any metropolitan water district may apply to the commission to purchase the right to extract sodium chloride from any such State lands. The application shall...
• California Public Resources Code Section 6930
  If the sale is made, the right to extract from the lands, such sodium chloride as is found by the commission to be necessary or...
• California Public Resources Code Section 6931
  The provisions of this article shall apply only to lands belonging to the State, or which may become the property of the State, situate in...
• California Public Resources Code Section 6932
  Any right granted under this article to extract sodium chloride from State lands shall terminate upon the expiration of 99 years from the date of...
• California Public Resources Code Section 6909
  The commission may grant nonexclusive geological or geophysical exploration permits for geothermal resources upon such terms and conditions as the commission may prescribe, but any...
• California Public Resources Code Section 6910
  (a) Subject to the provisions of Section 6906, the commission may issue a prospecting permit to the first qualified applicant therefor under such rules and...
• California Public Resources Code Section 6911
  (a) Lands may be selected for lease by the commission and shall be leased by competitive bid on the basis of a cash bonus, net...
• California Public Resources Code Section 6912
  (a) In case of an application for a permit or lease covering lands which have been sold by the state, subject to a reservation by...
• California Public Resources Code Section 6913
  Each prospecting permit and lease issued under this article shall provide for the following rentals and royalties with respect to geothermal resources produced, saved and...
• California Public Resources Code Section 6914
  The holder of any geothermal resources permit or lease may quitclaim or relinquish his rights under such permit or lease pursuant to the provisions of...
• California Public Resources Code Section 6915
  Subject to the other provisions of this article, the permittee or lessee shall be entitled to use so much of the surface as is reasonably...
• California Public Resources Code Section 6916
  (a) The commission may issue leases for direct heat application of geothermal resources for nonelectrical purposes for a royalty of less than 10 percent of...
• California Public Resources Code Section 6917
  A permit or lease may be terminated by the commission only pursuant to the provisions of Section 6805 of this code.
• California Public Resources Code Section 6918
  Leases under this article shall be for a primary term not to exceed 10 years and so long thereafter as geothermal resources are being or...
• California Public Resources Code Section 6919
  Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, the commission may negotiate and enter into agreements for compensation for drainage or geothermal leases of...
• California Public Resources Code Section 6920
  Any person engaged in the production of geothermal resources under a lease issued by the commission may commingle geothermal resources from any two or more...
• California Public Resources Code Section 6921
  A permittee or lessee may, upon the approval of the commission and pursuant to the provisions of Chapter 4 (commencing with Section 3700) of Division...
• California Public Resources Code Section 6922
  No prospecting permit or lease shall be made for less than 640 acres nor more than 5,760 acres and the permit or lease shall embrace...
• California Public Resources Code Section 6923
  For the purpose of more properly conserving the natural resources of any geothermal resources areas, or any part thereof, the lessees thereof may unite with...
• California Public Resources Code Section 6924
  Where the surface of state-owned lands sought for use or development of geothermal resources or the waters thereon are under the jurisdiction of a state...
• California Public Resources Code Section 6925
  A permit or lease under this article may be assigned, transferred, or sublet as provided for in Section 6804 of this code.
• California Public Resources Code Section 6925.1
  Whenever, as determined by the commission, any operation conducted under a geothermal exploration permit, prospecting permit, or lease pursuant to this article constitutes an unreasonable...
• California Public Resources Code Section 6925.2
  Notwithstanding any other provision of this article, the commission may, at its discretion, issue a lease to the first qualified applicant for a parcel of...
• California Public Resources Code Section 6991
  Leases for taking minerals from the waters of any stream or lake or from any lands withdrawn from sale by Section 6996 shall be issued...
• California Public Resources Code Section 6992
  Leases for any such lands and for the privilege of taking minerals from the waters of streams and lakes may be issued by the commission...
• California Public Resources Code Section 6993
  The commission may, prior to the receipt of any bid for a lease under this chapter, withdraw any offer to receive bids therefor, and it...
• California Public Resources Code Section 6994
  Leases under this article shall be for terms not to exceed 20 years with the preferential right in the lessee to renew the lease for...
• California Public Resources Code Section 6995
  The commission shall prescribe such additional terms, covenants and conditions, consistent with the provisions of this chapter, of permits and leases issued under this article...
• California Public Resources Code Section 6996
  All of the lands embraced within the original meander lines of streams and lakes belonging to the State, the waters of which contain minerals in...
• California Public Resources Code Section 7051
  (a) The board of supervisors, boards of trustees, directors or other governing body of any county or other public or quasi-public corporation, body or agency...
• California Public Resources Code Section 7052
  Lands may be leased in tracts of such size and shape as the governing body may determine. Before executing a lease of any such property,...
• California Public Resources Code Section 7053
  At the time and place fixed in the resolution for the meeting, all sealed proposals which have been received shall in public session be opened,...
• California Public Resources Code Section 7054
  An order to lease made by the governing body shall authorize and direct the execution and delivery by the chair or other presiding officer of...
• California Public Resources Code Section 7054.5
  No lease or modification thereof or amendment thereto for the production, extraction, or removal of minerals, oil, gas, or other hydrocarbons from tide or submerged...
• California Public Resources Code Section 7055
  Any money accruing from leases under this chapter shall be paid into the general fund of the county or other public or quasi public corporation,...
• California Public Resources Code Section 7056
  The provisions of this chapter shall apply to all counties and to such public or quasi-public corporations, bodies and agencies as are not otherwise authorized...
• California Public Resources Code Section 7056.5
  The provisions of Sections 7051 to 7056, inclusive, shall apply to operating agreements and all other types of agreements entered into by the agencies mentioned...
• California Public Resources Code Section 7057
  The property of any city may be leased for the purpose of producing or effecting the production of minerals, oil, gas or other hydrocarbon substances...
• California Public Resources Code Section 7058
  Any city, county, city and county, or district, in the interest of increasing the ultimate recovery of oil or gas, or of the protection of...
• California Public Resources Code Section 7058.5
  Before a lease or any operating agreement or other type of agreement for the production of oil, gas, or other hydrocarbons is entered into after...
• California Public Resources Code Section 7059
  At the time and place fixed in the resolution for the meeting, all sealed proposals which have been received shall in public session be opened,...
• California Public Resources Code Section 7060
  (a) No such lease or agreement shall be effective unless prior to adopting the resolution provided for by Section 7058.5 the city shall have petitioned...
• California Public Resources Code Section 7061
  The provisions of Sections 7058.5 to 7059, inclusive, shall be applicable to all general-law cities and shall be applicable to general-law and chartered cities with...
• California Public Resources Code Section 7061.1
  Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 7058, no city, county, city and county, or district may enter into a unit or cooperative agreement pursuant to that...
• California Public Resources Code Section 7062
  (a) On or before October 1st of each year, each city shall cause to be made and filed with the State Lands Commission a detailed...
• California Public Resources Code Section 7301
  The unsold portions of the 16th and 36th sections of school lands, the unsold portions of the 500,000 acres granted to the state for school...
• California Public Resources Code Section 7303
  The commission may, in the best interest of the state, exchange any public lands for lands of the United States of equal area or equal...
• California Public Resources Code Section 7303.5
  Whenever the commission finds that it is in the best interests of the state for the acquisition of open space or for the purposes of...
• California Public Resources Code Section 7304
  Nothing in this article affects the right of the commission to use as bases for indemnity scrip any lands embraced within the exterior boundaries of...
• California Public Resources Code Section 7305
  When payment has been made for land sold under this article, the purchaser shall be entitled to a patent.
• California Public Resources Code Section 7306
  The commission may sell timber separately from the land. Timber sold separately shall be removed in accordance with the Z' Berg-Nejedly Forest Practice Act of...
• California Public Resources Code Section 7401
  As used in this article, "permanent reservation" applies only to a National reservation established by proclamation of the President of the United States. "Temporary reservation"...
• California Public Resources Code Section 7402
  All sixteenth and thirty-sixth sections, both surveyed and unsurveyed, which are now or hereafter included within the exterior boundaries of a military, Indian, forest, or...
• California Public Resources Code Section 7403
  No person shall have the right to apply for or be entitled to designate or have selected or located for him by the commission in...
• California Public Resources Code Section 7404
  All sixteenth and thirty-sixth sections situated within the exterior boundaries of a permanent reservation, and also all losses sustained by the State to its school...
• California Public Resources Code Section 7405
  Whenever the State has the right to select lands from the United States, for any of the causes or reasons for which it may be...
• California Public Resources Code Section 7405.1
  Whenever the commission determines it to the advantage of the State so to do, it may pursuant to law select lands of the United States...
• California Public Resources Code Section 7406
  The commission is the general agent of the State for the location in the United States land offices of the lands desired to be selected...
• California Public Resources Code Section 7407
  No selection of any land for which a certificate of purchase is outstanding shall be made until the certificate of purchase issued therefor has been
• California Public Resources Code Section 7408
  The commission may accept the benefits of the act of Congress approved July 17, 1914, entitled: "An act to provide for agricultural entry of lands...
• California Public Resources Code Section 7409
  Whenever the State is entitled to make indemnity selections for any reason, the commission may, on behalf of the State, issue and sell indemnity certificates...
• California Public Resources Code Section 7410
  No person may purchase an indemnity certificate of location or scrip unless he is qualified to purchase state lands as provided by law. As the...
• California Public Resources Code Section 7411
  No person shall purchase indemnity certificates or scrip for or on behalf of any other person without an authorization in writing so to do, executed...
• California Public Resources Code Section 7412
  When certificates of indemnity or scrip are sold, the commission shall issue to the purchaser an indemnity certificate of location or scrip, in such form...
• California Public Resources Code Section 7413
  At the time of surrendering a certificate the person surrendering it shall make and file the same affidavit and application, as is required for the...
• California Public Resources Code Section 7414
  A certificate of indemnity is not subject to sale or assignment; but if the purchaser dies without having selected lands in accordance therewith, his successors...
• California Public Resources Code Section 7415
  If it appears, when any certificate of indemnity or scrip is surrendered that the owner of the certificate was not qualified to purchase State lands...
• California Public Resources Code Section 7416
  If any applicant desires to purchase any of the lands mentioned in Section 7406, he shall, before filing his application with the commission, properly prepare...
• California Public Resources Code Section 7417
  When the commission receives from the register or receiver of the United States Land Office, or both, a notice to the effect that any indemnity...
• California Public Resources Code Section 7418
  All the provisions of the laws of this State governing the sale and disposition of State school land, where not in conflict with the provisions...
• California Public Resources Code Section 7419
  No person shall be considered as having made an entry of State lands under this article until the lands have been listed to the State.
• California Public Resources Code Section 7420
  All moneys received by the commission under this article shall be disposed of in the same manner as other moneys received from the sale of...
• California Public Resources Code Section 7421
  Whenever it appears to the satisfaction of the commission that the base named in any certificate of indemnity or scrip is invalid, or has been...
• California Public Resources Code Section 7422
  If a certificate of indemnity or scrip is lost or destroyed, the owner, upon filing an affidavit with the commission showing the facts constituting the...
• California Public Resources Code Section 7423
  Whenever any person has the right to recover from the State, or desires to receive from the State, any sum of money paid by him...
• California Public Resources Code Section 7424
  The commission may relinquish to the United States any unlisted lieu land for which there is no pending application to purchase from the State. The...
• California Public Resources Code Section 7501
  Swamp and overflowed lands belonging to the state may be sold by the commission under rules and regulations prescribed by it and at a price...
• California Public Resources Code Section 7521
  The swamp and overflowed lands belonging to the State were sold prior to September 19, 1939, at the rate of one dollar ($1) an acre....
• California Public Resources Code Section 7522
  The commission shall not approve any application nor issue evidence of title for swamp and overflowed land, until six months after the land has been...
• California Public Resources Code Section 7523
  No claim shall be made by the State to any land as swamp or overflowed, which has not been returned as such by the United...
• California Public Resources Code Section 7524
  Any person desiring to purchase swamp and overflowed lands shall make an affidavit and file it in the office of the commission, that he is...
• California Public Resources Code Section 7525
  Any false statement contained in the affidavit defeats the right of the applicant to purchase the land, or to receive any evidence of title thereto,...
• California Public Resources Code Section 7526
  If at any time after such affidavit is filed in the office of the commission, and prior to the issuance of a patent for the...
• California Public Resources Code Section 7527
  Within 30 days from the date of such order of reference, the party filing the affidavit raising such questions shall commence, in such court, an...
• California Public Resources Code Section 7528
  If upon the trial of such action it appears that any of the statements made in the affidavit filed by the person desiring to purchase...
• California Public Resources Code Section 7529
  Upon the filing with the commission of a copy of the final judgment of the court, the commission shall, if the judgment of the court...
• California Public Resources Code Section 7530
  Any person desiring to purchase lands, as provided in this article, which have been segregated by authority of the United States, but which have not...
• California Public Resources Code Section 7531
  All payments shall be made by the purchaser to the county treasurer of the county in which the land is situated. The treasurer shall receive...
• California Public Resources Code Section 7532
  Upon the first day of July of each year the county treasurer shall prepare a report showing all moneys received for swamp and overflowed and...
• California Public Resources Code Section 7533
  These reports shall be forwarded to the commission, and upon receipt thereof the commission shall enter the payment so reported to the credit of the...
• California Public Resources Code Section 7534
  The county treasurer shall retain all money arising from the sale of swamp and overflowed lands and place it to the credit of a separate...
• California Public Resources Code Section 7535
  If a reclamation district is organized in any county, the board of supervisors of each county in which any portion of the lands of the...
• California Public Resources Code Section 7536
  If any expenses pertaining to land in a reclamation district have been paid from the county swamp-land fund including expenses for attorney's fees in the...
• California Public Resources Code Section 7537
  Sections 7535 and 7536 do not apply to districts upon which controller's warrants are outstanding, until after all of the warrants are paid.
• California Public Resources Code Section 7551
  Settlers upon swamp and overflowed lands belonging to the State who occupy such lands for farming or grazing purposes, and whose occupation is evidenced by...
• California Public Resources Code Section 7552
  Lands within this State which are returned by the United States as swamp and overflowed lands, and shown as such on approved township plats, shall,...
• California Public Resources Code Section 7552.5
  Where lands above the ordinary high-water mark, granted to the state by the Arkansas Swamp Lands Act, Act of September 28, 1850, have been conveyed...
• California Public Resources Code Section 7553
  When the original patent to swamp and overflowed land of the State has been lost or destroyed, and is not of record in the county...
• California Public Resources Code Section 7554
  Any person having a vested interest in any swamp and overflowed land, covered by a patent lost or destroyed, and not of record in the...
• California Public Resources Code Section 7555
  (a) In a case in which the state has sold lands acquired by it as swamp and overflowed lands, the person claiming or deraigning title...
• California Public Resources Code Section 7556
  All swamp and overflowed lands within one mile of the State Prison at San Quentin, within the City and County of San Francisco, City of...
• California Public Resources Code Section 7601
  Any person desiring to purchase any of the lands uncovered by the recession or drainage of the waters of inland lakes, and inuring to the...
• California Public Resources Code Section 7602
  Upon the filing of such application, if the land has not been sectionized, the commission shall authorize the county surveyor of the county where the...
• California Public Resources Code Section 7603
  No application to purchase land under this chapter shall be approved until the expiration of 90 days from the filing thereof, and meanwhile the land...
• California Public Resources Code Section 7604
  The lands designated in this chapter shall be sold at the price fixed by the commission.
• California Public Resources Code Section 7605
  If any of the lands described in this chapter are suitable for cultivation without reclamation, they shall be sold only to actual settlers in tracts...
• California Public Resources Code Section 7606
  Any of the lands designated in this chapter which, by reason of periodical overflow, need, and are susceptible of, reclamation, may be reclaimed by the...
• California Public Resources Code Section 7607
  When land has been sold under this chapter, no contest can be maintained against the purchaser on the ground that the land is not of...
• California Public Resources Code Section 7608
  All uncanceled certificates of purchase and patents issued prior to May 20, 1907, and payments made prior to May 20, 1907, for any lands as...
• California Public Resources Code Section 7609
  All plats of any of the lands described in Section 7601, which were made prior to May 20, 1907, under authority of the United States...
• California Public Resources Code Section 7705
  No application for the purchase of state lands shall be accepted for filing for land situated in more than one county, or land situated in...
• California Public Resources Code Section 7706
  Each application for lands shall be accompanied by a reasonable filing fee, not in excess of one hundred dollars ($100), as prescribed by the commission...
• California Public Resources Code Section 7723
  Certificates of purchase, and all rights acquired thereunder, are subject to sale, by deed or assignment, executed and acknowledged before any officer authorized by law...
• California Public Resources Code Section 7724
  All such sales shall, when the deed or assignment is recorded by the county recorder, be reported by him to the commission, to be entered...
• California Public Resources Code Section 7725
  The recorder is entitled to receive from the purchaser, for making such report, a fee of fifty cents ($0.50).
• California Public Resources Code Section 7729
  Whenever a person becomes entitled to a patent, the commission, upon the surrender of the full-paid certificate of purchase or the submission of an affidavit...
• California Public Resources Code Section 7730
  The patent shall then be signed by the Governor, attested by the Secretary of State, sealed with the Great Seal of the State, and countersigned...
• California Public Resources Code Section 7731
  No patent shall issue until the lands are relinquished to the State by authority of the General Land Office at Washington. Such relinquishment is not...
• California Public Resources Code Section 7732
  The commission shall record all patents in books to be kept in its office for that purpose, and then deliver them to persons entitled thereto.
• California Public Resources Code Section 7733
  Where a patent for lands is issued in the name of a deceased person, the title is vested in the heirs, devisees, or assignees of...
• California Public Resources Code Section 7921
  When a contest arises before the commission concerning the approval of a survey or location, or concerning a certificate of purchase or other evidence of...
• California Public Resources Code Section 7922
  After such order is made, either party may bring an action in the superior court of the county in which the land in question is...
• California Public Resources Code Section 7923
  Any person, legally qualified to purchase from the State public lands of the same character as the land involved in the action, may, after such...
• California Public Resources Code Section 7924
  When any contest arises as provided for in this article there shall be filed with the commission a statement by the contestant of the grounds...
• California Public Resources Code Section 7925
  When a copy of the final judgment of the court is filed with the commission, it shall approve the survey or location, or issue the...
• California Public Resources Code Section 7926
  Unless the party contestant commences his action within 60 days after the order of reference is made, his rights in the premises and under his...
• California Public Resources Code Section 7927
  Whenever the commission receives a plat of a survey pursuant to the provisions of Section 27564 of the Government Code, any action by the commission...
• California Public Resources Code Section 7951
  When payment has been made in full for any lands which were public lands of the State and a patent has been issued therefor, and...
• California Public Resources Code Section 7952
  After the map or plat and field-notes constituting the survey have been made, the field-notes and the map or plat shall be submitted to the...
• California Public Resources Code Section 7953
  After the filing and recording of the map or plat and field-notes, the purchaser or his successors in interest holding lands under such patent may...
• California Public Resources Code Section 7954
  Upon the filing of the petition, the court shall set a day for the hearing thereof not less than 20 days from the date of...
• California Public Resources Code Section 7955
  If, after the hearing, the court is satisfied that the descriptions as corrected are the true descriptions, it shall render a decree confirming the descriptions,...
• California Public Resources Code Section 7956
  The cost of making the survey, map or plat and field-notes and all other necessary costs incurred in a suit brought under this article shall...
• California Public Resources Code Section 7957
  Certified copies of the decree entered in the suit shall be filed in the office of the county recorder and in the office of the
• California Public Resources Code Section 7958
  Any number of land owners whose lands are contiguous or would be affected by the decree may unite in one petition under this article.
• California Public Resources Code Section 7971
  If any land was not the property of the State, at the date application was filed therefor, or if the land applied for was swamp...
• California Public Resources Code Section 7972
  In all cases where money has been paid since the passage of the act of March 20, 1889, on account of the purchase price of...
• California Public Resources Code Section 7973
  The authority of the commission to issue such certificate and likewise the authority of the auditor and Controller to issue their warrants, as provided in...
• California Public Resources Code Section 7974
  If the land sold was swamp and overflowed, the county auditor of the county in which the land is situated shall, upon the surrender to...
• California Public Resources Code Section 7975
  Whenever a purchaser of land upon credit desires to abandon the location or entry made by him, he may do so by conveyance of his...
• California Public Resources Code Section 7976
  Whenever any person has, in conformity with law, conveyed any land to the State by quitclaim deed, duly executed, delivered, and accepted by the commission,...
• California Public Resources Code Section 7977
  Upon the issuance of such patent, the commission shall make and issue to the patentee therein named, his heirs, assigns, and successors in interest, a...
• California Public Resources Code Section 7991
  The shore and the bed of the ocean or of any navigable channel or stream or bay or inlet within the State, between ordinary high...
• California Public Resources Code Section 7992
  If any person, under any pretense of any claim inconsistent with the sovereignty and jurisdiction of the State, intrudes upon any of the waste or...
• California Public Resources Code Section 7993
  When State lands, upon which the full purchase price has not been paid, have been sold to the State for delinquent taxes and the deed...
• California Public Resources Code Section 8001
  As used in this article, "department" means the Department of Water Resources.
• California Public Resources Code Section 8002
  The state base map shall consist of complementary planimetric, mosaic, and topographic maps prepared in units of convenient size and scale.
• California Public Resources Code Section 8003
  The state base maps shall have delineated thereon plane rectangular coordinates which shall conform to the provisions of Division 8 (commencing at Section 8801) of...
• California Public Resources Code Section 8011
  The department shall investigate mapping; shall prepare a complete report thereon including plans and recommendations for an adequate mapping program for California; and shall adopt...
• California Public Resources Code Section 8012
  The technical methods used in preparation of the state base map, the terms of the contract, the specifications, and acceptance of the base maps or...
• California Public Resources Code Section 8013
  The department may enter into cooperative agreements with any department of the State qualified in the making and using of surveys and maps for the...
• California Public Resources Code Section 8014
  The department may enter into contracts with public and private agencies for mapping and surveys not now the direct responsibility of existing state agencies with...
• California Public Resources Code Section 8014.5
  With the approval of the Director of General Services the department may enter into cooperative agreements with the federal government or any agency or agencies...
• California Public Resources Code Section 8015
  The department is authorized to accept grants from the Federal Government or any of its agencies, or from any county, city and county, or city...
• California Public Resources Code Section 8016
  To enable the coordination of the programs of the several map-making agencies, the department shall cause data to be assembled covering the various types of...
• California Public Resources Code Section 8017
  The department shall collect information relative to maps and surveys of the State of California or parts thereof and provide a public information service for...
• California Public Resources Code Section 8018
  The Department of Water Resources may reproduce copies of maps and survey data of the state which are not otherwise available to the general public....
• California Public Resources Code Section 8019
  The department shall prepare and distribute to public officials, uniform specifications and regulations for aerial photographic mapping procedure and for the preparation of planimetric or...
• California Public Resources Code Section 8020
  On the requests of the state departments the Department of Water Resources shall prepare specifications for the making of maps of the various types suited...
• California Public Resources Code Section 8022
  No part of any money appropriated or otherwise made available to carry out the provisions of this article shall be expended for the original production...
• California Public Resources Code Section 8023
  All money received for matching purposes shall be deposited in the Water Resources Revolving Fund and shall be expendable for paying expenses incurred pursuant to...
• California Public Resources Code Section 8024
  All money received from the sale of maps or reports and data related thereto shall be deposited in the General Fund.
• California Public Resources Code Section 8025
  The Department of Water Resources shall keep a record of all expenditures chargeable against each portion of the Water Resources Revolving Fund derived from matching...
• California Public Resources Code Section 8030
  Notwithstanding any other provision of law, all 16th and 36th sections, both surveyed and unsurveyed, owned by the state or the United States, which are...
• California Public Resources Code Section 8101
  The Regents of the University of California may order the selection of the 150,000 acres of land granted to the State for the use of...
• California Public Resources Code Section 8102
  The land agent of the university, as the agent of the State, shall select the lands according to the instructions of the board, and issue...
• California Public Resources Code Section 8103
  All moneys, securities, or other properties arising from the sale of the 72 sections granted to the State for a seminary of learning, and from...
• California Public Resources Code Section 8104
  All persons who have purchased any portion of either of the grants mentioned in Section 8103, and who have not paid in full therefor, shall...
• California Public Resources Code Section 8105
  Whenever any resident of this State desires to purchase any part of the 150,000 acres of land granted to the State for the use of...
• California Public Resources Code Section 8106
  When a contest arises between two or more persons concerning the right of such persons to purchase any portion of the land granted to the...
• California Public Resources Code Section 8301
  The Governor, on application therefor by a duly authorized agent, may convey to the United States any tract of land not exceeding 10 acres, belonging...
• California Public Resources Code Section 8401
  The boards of supervisors of the several counties may grant, transfer and convey, without consideration, any real property or interest therein now owned or hereafter...
• California Public Resources Code Section 8402
  Any county may exercise the right of eminent domain to acquire any property necessary or convenient for carrying out the provisions of this chapter.
• California Public Resources Code Section 8403
  The boards of supervisors of the several counties may do and perform all acts that may be necessary to carry out the provisions of this
• California Public Resources Code Section 8501
  As used in this article, "person" includes individuals, companies, partnerships and associations.
• California Public Resources Code Section 8502
  It is unlawful to graze livestock on any part of the unreserved and unappropriated public lands of the United States in this State when such...
• California Public Resources Code Section 8503
  Customary or established use as graziers, otherwise than under operation of law, as used in this article, includes the continuously open, notorious, peaceable and public...
• California Public Resources Code Section 8504
  This article shall not be construed to prohibit any such established user from continuing his grazing use, as established in accordance with such customs.
• California Public Resources Code Section 8505
  Any person who violates any of the provisions of this article is guilty of a misdemeanor, and independently of the penalty therefor, is liable to...
• California Public Resources Code Section 8506
  The violation of any provision of this article may be restrained by injunction, issued by a court of competent jurisdiction, pursuant to the provisions of...
• California Public Resources Code Section 8507
  Nothing in this article shall be construed to prohibit free transit over and rights in the public domain where such are provided by the acts...
• California Public Resources Code Section 8508
  This article is an exercise of the police power of the State, for the protection of the economic welfare and peace of the people of...
• California Public Resources Code Section 8551
  An act of Congress entitled "An act to stop injury to the public grazing lands by preventing overgrazing and soil deterioration, to provide for their...
• California Public Resources Code Section 8552
  The State Lands Commission may cooperate with the Secretary of the Interior, and may, in the name of the State, exchange lands in the manner...
• California Public Resources Code Section 8553
  The State Lands Commission is hereby designated the "State land officials" referred to in Section 9 of the Act of Congress cited in Section 8551...
• California Public Resources Code Section 8554
  The Department of Fish and Game is hereby designated the "official state agency engaged in the conservation or propagation of wild life" referred to in...
• California Public Resources Code Section 8555
  All moneys received by the State of California from the government of the United States pursuant to the act referred to in Section 8551, or...
• California Public Resources Code Section 8556
  The State Controller shall keep a record of the receipts from the Government of the United States on account of Federal grazing lands or districts...
• California Public Resources Code Section 8557
  Any State or county offices or agency, or any stockmen's association, whether incorporated or unincorporated, or any person, firm, corporation, or association may enter into...
• California Public Resources Code Section 8557.5
  Any money deposited in the State Treasury pursuant to Section 10 of the act of Congress referred to in Section 8551 of this code and...
• California Public Resources Code Section 8558
  Any money deposited in the State Treasury pursuant to Section 11 of the act of Congress referred to in Section 8551 of this code and...
• California Public Resources Code Section 8600
  This division shall be known and may be cited as the Kapiloff Land Bank Act.
• California Public Resources Code Section 8601
  Unless the context otherwise requires, the definitions in this section govern the construction of this division. (a) "Commission" means the State Lands Commission. (b) "Fund"...
• California Public Resources Code Section 8602
  The Legislature finds and declares as follows: (a) Wetlands are essential to the environmental, economic, and social well-being of the people of the State of...
• California Public Resources Code Section 8610
  There is in the State Treasury the Land Bank Fund, which fund is hereby created. All moneys in the fund are appropriated to the commission...
• California Public Resources Code Section 8611
  The commission shall be responsible for carrying out the provisions of this division.
• California Public Resources Code Section 8612
  The trustee is authorized to acquire real property or any interest in real property for the purposes of facilitating title settlements and, with respect to...
• California Public Resources Code Section 8612.5
  The trustee is authorized to manage and improve real property for purposes of providing open space, habitat for plants and animals, and public access.
• California Public Resources Code Section 8613
  (a) Moneys in the fund shall be available for expenditure by the trustee to purchase outstanding interests in tide and submerged lands whether or not...
• California Public Resources Code Section 8614
  The acquisition and subsequent management of the real property shall be consistent with the San Francisco Bay Plan specified in Section 66603 of the Government...
• California Public Resources Code Section 8615
  The trustee shall act only at an open, scheduled public meeting, subject to all provisions of Division 6 (commencing with Section 6000) relating to meetings...
• California Public Resources Code Section 8616
  The provisions of this division are not intended as exclusive, and shall not restrict the commission in otherwise meeting its responsibilities for resolving title disputes...
• California Public Resources Code Section 8617
  The trustee is authorized to accept gifts of real property or money for the purposes of this division.
• California Public Resources Code Section 8618
  On or before January 2 of each year, the trustee shall prepare and submit to the Governor and the Legislature a report describing its progress...
• California Public Resources Code Section 8620
  Acquisitions may be made by negotiated agreement with the owners of the outstanding interests. No provision of this division is intended to confer any authority...
• California Public Resources Code Section 8621
  The purchase price shall not exceed the fair market value of the outstanding interests to be acquired. Prior to any such acquisition the trustee shall...
• California Public Resources Code Section 8622
  As soon as practicable after initiating a title and parcel acceptability study for possible acquisition pursuant to this division, the trustee shall mail a "Notice...
• California Public Resources Code Section 8623
  The trustee shall make all reasonable attempts to acquire the mineral and other subsurface rights in any acquisition pursuant to this division. In the event...
• California Public Resources Code Section 8624
  The trustee shall have the exclusive jurisdiction and authority to administer the fund and the interests in real property acquired pursuant to this division, including...
• California Public Resources Code Section 8625
  (a) The consideration passing to the state in title settlements may consist, in whole or in part, of monetary payments to the trustee for deposit...
• California Public Resources Code Section 8626
  Upon acceptance of a conveyance pursuant to Section 8627 the trustee shall thereafter convey to the state a parcel or other interest therein, whose economic...
• California Public Resources Code Section 8627
  The state, in its sovereign capacity, shall accept any such conveyance, and the land shall thereafter be held by the state as land of the...
• California Public Resources Code Section 8628
  The commission shall accept the conveyances on the part of the state and shall authorize their acknowledgment and recordation.
• California Public Resources Code Section 8629
  Until expended for acquisitions in accordance with the provisions of this division, moneys in the fund shall be deposited in the Pooled Money Investment Fund...
• California Public Resources Code Section 8630
  In addition to the purchase price to be paid, the costs and expenses attributable to the acquisition may be payable from the fund, provided that...
• California Public Resources Code Section 8631
  The provisions of this division shall not be subject to the provisions of the California Environmental Quality Act (commencing with Section 21000 of the Public...
• California Public Resources Code Section 8632
  Nothing in this division shall be construed to impair the ability of any other state agency from acquiring lands for wetlands restoration and enhancement.
• California Public Resources Code Section 8633
  Nothing in this division relieves the trustee or its successors in interest from any requirement to obtain state permits, licenses, or approvals otherwise required for...
• California Public Resources Code Section 8650
  This division shall be known and may be cited as the Arroyo Seco Parklands Preservation Law of 1975.
• California Public Resources Code Section 8651
  "Arroyo Seco" means that streambed, ranging from 200 to 2,000 feet in width, from the Los Angeles River in the City of Los Angeles to...
• California Public Resources Code Section 8652
  "Parklands" means the acreage designated as parklands by the Cities of Los Angeles, South Pasadena, and Pasadena prior to January 1, 1975, and includes wilderness...
• California Public Resources Code Section 8653
  "Construction already underway" means all projects of the California Highway Commission for which agreements exist as of May 1, 1974.
• California Public Resources Code Section 8654
  "Three acres for the Pasadena Freeway (State Highway Route 11) ramps" means the three acres to be taken for the proposed ramp improvement project on...
• California Public Resources Code Section 8655
  With the exception of the construction already underway and the three acres for the Pasadena Freeway ramps, no portion of the parklands in, and adjacent...
• California Public Resources Code Section 8700
  This division shall be known and may be cited as the School Land Bank Act.
• California Public Resources Code Section 8701
  The Legislature finds and declares as follows: (a) Past policies of the state have resulted in significant depletion of the inventory of lands granted by...
• California Public Resources Code Section 8702
  Unless the context otherwise requires, the definitions in this section govern the construction of this division. (a) "Commission" means the State Lands Commission. (b) "Fund"...
• California Public Resources Code Section 8703
  Acquisitions may be made by negotiated agreement with, or purchase from, the owners of the outstanding interests. Nothing in this division confers any authority to...
• California Public Resources Code Section 8704
  The trustee shall make all reasonable attempts to acquire the mineral and other subsurface rights in any acquisition pursuant to this division. If the trustee...
• California Public Resources Code Section 8705
  The trustee has the exclusive jurisdiction and authority to administer the fund and the interest in real property acquired pursuant to this division, including the...
• California Public Resources Code Section 8706
  The state, in its sovereign capacity, shall accept any conveyance, and the land shall thereafter be held by the state as land of the legal...
• California Public Resources Code Section 8707
  The commission shall accept the conveyances on the part of the state and shall authorize their acknowledgment and recordation.
• California Public Resources Code Section 8708
  Until expended for acquisitions in accordance with this division, moneys in the fund shall be deposited in the Pooled Money Investment Fund and the interest...
• California Public Resources Code Section 8709
  In addition to the purchase price to be paid, the costs and expenses attributable to the acquisition may be payable from the fund, provided that...
• California Public Resources Code Section 8709.5
  Expenses attributable to management and remediation efforts on state school lands are payable from the fund.
• California Public Resources Code Section 8710
  An action under this chapter is not subject to the California Environmental Quality Act (Division 13 (commencing with Section 21000)), the Subdivision Map Act (Division...
• California Public Resources Code Section 8711
  There is in the State Treasury the School Land Bank Fund, which is hereby created. Notwithstanding Section 13340 of the Government Code, all moneys in...
• California Public Resources Code Section 8712
  The trustee may acquire real property or any interest in real property with the objective of facilitating management of school lands for the purpose of...
• California Public Resources Code Section 8713
  The trustee shall act only at an open, scheduled public meeting, subject to all provisions of Division 6 (commencing with Section 6001) relating to meetings...
• California Public Resources Code Section 8715
  The provisions of this division are not intended as exclusive, and shall not restrict the commission in otherwise meeting any other responsibilities and jurisdiction the...
• California Public Resources Code Section 8716
  The trustee may accept gifts of real property or money for the purposes of this division.
• California Public Resources Code Section 8720
  The Legislature finds and declares all of the following: (a) The high cost of energy is taking a financial toll on California's residents and economy,...
• California Public Resources Code Section 8721
  For the purposes of this chapter, "California desert" means the California Desert Conservation Area as described in Section 1781 of Title 43 of the United...
• California Public Resources Code Section 8722
  (a) The commission shall enter into a memorandum of agreement by April 1, 2012, with the United States Secretary of the Interior to facilitate land...
• California Public Resources Code Section 8723
  (a) Within 240 days of the execution of a memorandum of agreement pursuant to Section 8722, the commission shall prepare and submit to the United...
• California Public Resources Code Section 8704
  The trustee shall make all reasonable attempts to acquire the mineral and other subsurface rights in any acquisition pursuant to this division. If the trustee...
• California Public Resources Code Section 8705
  The trustee has the exclusive jurisdiction and authority to administer the fund and the interest in real property acquired pursuant to this division, including the...
• California Public Resources Code Section 8706
  The state, in its sovereign capacity, shall accept any conveyance, and the land shall thereafter be held by the state as land of the legal...
• California Public Resources Code Section 8707
  The commission shall accept the conveyances on the part of the state and shall authorize their acknowledgment and recordation.
• California Public Resources Code Section 8708
  Until expended for acquisitions in accordance with this division, moneys in the fund shall be deposited in the Pooled Money Investment Fund and the interest...
• California Public Resources Code Section 8709
  In addition to the purchase price to be paid, the costs and expenses attributable to the acquisition may be payable from the fund, provided that...
• California Public Resources Code Section 8709.5
  Expenses attributable to management and remediation efforts on state school lands are payable from the fund.
• California Public Resources Code Section 8710
  An action under this chapter is not subject to the California Environmental Quality Act (Division 13 (commencing with Section 21000)), the Subdivision Map Act (Division...
• California Public Resources Code Section 8711
  There is in the State Treasury the School Land Bank Fund, which is hereby created. Notwithstanding Section 13340 of the Government Code, all moneys in...
• California Public Resources Code Section 8712
  The trustee may acquire real property or any interest in real property with the objective of facilitating management of school lands for the purpose of...
• California Public Resources Code Section 8713
  The trustee shall act only at an open, scheduled public meeting, subject to all provisions of Division 6 (commencing with Section 6001) relating to meetings...
• California Public Resources Code Section 8715
  The provisions of this division are not intended as exclusive, and shall not restrict the commission in otherwise meeting any other responsibilities and jurisdiction the...
• California Public Resources Code Section 8716
  The trustee may accept gifts of real property or money for the purposes of this division.
• California Public Resources Code Section 8750
  Unless the context requires otherwise, the following definitions govern the construction of this division: (a) "Administrator" means the administrator for oil spill response appointed by...
• California Public Resources Code Section 8751
  Notwithstanding any other provision of law, this division shall be applicable to all terminals, pipelines, facilities, vessels, and activities in the state, whether on lands...
• California Public Resources Code Section 8752
  No tanker or barge may use any marine facility in the state unless the tanker or barge is in compliance with all applicable federal and...
• California Public Resources Code Section 8753
  All rules, regulations, and guidelines required pursuant to this chapter shall be adopted by January 1, 1992.
• California Public Resources Code Section 8754
  (a) The administrator may prohibit an owner or operator of a marine terminal from delivering or accepting oil to or from any tanker or barge...
• California Public Resources Code Section 8755
  (a) The administrator and the executive officer of the commission shall confer and propose, and the commission shall adopt, rules, regulations, guidelines, and commission leasing...
• California Public Resources Code Section 8756
  The commission shall periodically review and accordingly modify its rules, regulations, guidelines, and commission leasing policies to ensure that all operators of marine terminals within...
• California Public Resources Code Section 8757
  (a) The commission shall inspect or cause to be inspected, on a regular basis, all marine facilities, along with associated equipment and shall monitor their...
• California Public Resources Code Section 8758
  (a) Each operator of a marine facility shall prepare an operations manual describing equipment and procedures which the operator employs or will employ to protect...
• California Public Resources Code Section 8759
  The commission shall be reimbursed from the Oil Spill Prevention and Administration Fund for reasonable expenses undertaken under this division.
• California Public Resources Code Section 8760
  The commission shall consult with the administrator, other state agencies, and agencies of the federal government, such as the United States Coast Guard and the...
• California Public Resources Code Section 8801
  (a) The system of plane coordinates that has been established by the United States Coast and Geodetic Survey for defining and stating the positions or...
• California Public Resources Code Section 8802
  For CCS27, the state is divided into seven zones. For CCS83, the state is divided into six zones. Zone 7 of CCS27, which encompasses Los...
• California Public Resources Code Section 8803
  Zone 1 coordinates shall be named, and, on any map on which they are used, they shall be designated as "CCS27, Zone 1 or CCS83,...
• California Public Resources Code Section 8804
  Zone 2 coordinates shall be named, and, on any map on which they are used, they shall be designated as "CCS27, Zone 2 or CCS83,...
• California Public Resources Code Section 8805
  Zone 3 coordinates shall be named, and, on any map on which they are used, they shall be designated as "CCS27, Zone 3 or CCS83,...
• California Public Resources Code Section 8806
  Zone 4 coordinates shall be named, and, on any map on which they are used, they shall be designated as "CCS27, Zone 4 or CCS83,...
• California Public Resources Code Section 8807
  Zone 5 coordinates shall be named, and, on any map on which they are used, they shall be designated as "CCS27, Zone 5 or CCS83,...
• California Public Resources Code Section 8808
  Zone 6 coordinates shall be named, and, on any map on which they are used, they shall be designated as "CCS27, Zone 6 or CCS83,...
• California Public Resources Code Section 8809
  Zone 7 coordinates shall be named, and, on any map on which they are used, they shall be designated as "CCS27, Zone 7." On its...
• California Public Resources Code Section 8810
  The plane coordinates of a point on the earth's surface, to be used in expressing the position or location of the point in the appropriate...
• California Public Resources Code Section 8811
  If the survey of any parcel of land extends from one coordinate zone into another, the positions of all points delineated upon the map thereof...
• California Public Resources Code Section 8812
  Prior to January 1, 2000, state plane coordinates shall be based on, or derived from, the plane coordinates of monumented second order or better horizontal...
• California Public Resources Code Section 8813
  After December 31, 1999, and prior to January 1, 2006, any survey or map that uses state plane coordinates shall be based on, and show,...
• California Public Resources Code Section 8813.1
  After December 31, 2005, any survey that uses or establishes a CCS83 value or values shall meet all of the following requirements: (a) The survey...
• California Public Resources Code Section 8813.2
  After December 31, 2005, if an accuracy is claimed for a CCS83 value or values, the survey that established the value or values shall be...
• California Public Resources Code Section 8813.3
  (a) After December 31, 2005, when a survey that uses or establishes a CCS83 value or values is shown on any document, the station or...
• California Public Resources Code Section 8814
  State plane coordinates may be used for property identification on any map, survey, conveyance, or other instrument which delineates or affects the title to real...
• California Public Resources Code Section 8815
  The use of the term "California Coordinate System" on any map or document or in any field notes shall be suffixed either with "27" (shown...
• California Public Resources Code Section 8815.1
  When CCS83 coordinates are shown on any map, corner record, or other document, the map, corner record, or document shall state the epoch (date), in...
• California Public Resources Code Section 8815.2
  The epoch for a survey using CCS83 coordinate shall be the published NGS or CSRC epoch of a published coordinate for a controlling station used...
• California Public Resources Code Section 8815.3
  When the published epochs of the controlling stations for a survey using CCS83 coordinates are not the same, appropriate adjustments shall be made to the...
• California Public Resources Code Section 8815.4
  When a purported order of accuracy of second order or better is shown for CCS83 coordinate values on any map, corner record, or other document...
• California Public Resources Code Section 8815.5
  When CCS83 coordinates are shown on any map, corner record, or record of survey, a mapping angle, combined grid factor, and the elevation used to...
• California Public Resources Code Section 8816
  The use of the State Plane Coordinates by any person, corporation, or governmental agency engaged in land surveying or mapping is optional.
• California Public Resources Code Section 8817
  Prior to January 1, 1995, use of State Plane Coordinates for new projects may be based either on CCS27 or CCS83. On or after January...
• California Public Resources Code Section 8818
  This chapter does not impair or invalidate land titles, legal descriptions, or jurisdictional or land boundaries and, further, this chapter does not impair or invalidate...
• California Public Resources Code Section 8819
  This chapter does not prohibit the use of new surveying technologies or techniques for which FGCS specifications or other accepted specifications have not yet been
• California Public Resources Code Section 8831
  It is the policy of the State of California to provide for basic topographic map coverage in aid of development and conservation of the natural...
• California Public Resources Code Section 8832
  As used in this chapter, "department" means the Department of Water Resources.
• California Public Resources Code Section 8833
  The department shall investigate and prepare a complete report on mapping, including plans and recommendations for an adequate mapping program for California, and shall adopt...
• California Public Resources Code Section 8834
  All map production work to be undertaken pursuant to this chapter shall be in cooperation with the federal government. With the approval of the Department...
• California Public Resources Code Section 8850
  The official geodetic datums and spatial reference network for use within the State of California shall be as defined by this chapter.
• California Public Resources Code Section 8851
  As used in this chapter: (a) "NGS" means National Geodetic Survey or its successor. (b) "CSRC" means California Spatial Reference Center or its successor. (c)...
• California Public Resources Code Section 8852
  The official geodetic datum to which horizontal positions and ellipsoid heights are referenced within the State of California shall be NAD83.
• California Public Resources Code Section 8853
  The official geodetic datum to which orthometric heights are referenced within the State of California shall be NAVD88.
• California Public Resources Code Section 8854
  When horizontal positions, ellipsoid heights, or orthometric heights are shown on a document, the document shall show the geodetic datum to which the values are...
• California Public Resources Code Section 8855
  The official geodetic reference network for use within the State of California shall be the CSRN as defined by this chapter.
• California Public Resources Code Section 8856
  The geodetic control stations within the State of California having horizontal positions conforming to all of the following requirements shall be part of the CSRN....
• California Public Resources Code Section 8857
  The geodetic control stations within the State of California having ellipsoid heights conforming to all of the following requirements shall be part of the CSRN....
• California Public Resources Code Section 8858
  The geodetic control stations within the State of California having orthometric heights determined by GPS survey methods and conforming to all of the following requirements...
• California Public Resources Code Section 8859
  The geodetic control stations within the State of California having orthometric heights determined by differential leveling survey methods and conforming to all of the following...
• California Public Resources Code Section 8860
  The use of the NAD83, NAVD88, and CSRN by any person, firm, or governmental agency is optional.
• California Public Resources Code Section 8861
  The provisions of this chapter shall not be construed to prohibit the appropriate use of other datums, including ITRF, and other geodetic reference networks.
• California Public Resources Code Section 8870
  Geodetic coordinates within the State of California that are based on the North American Datum of 1983 and conforming to the provisions of this chapter...
• California Public Resources Code Section 8871
  As used in this chapter: (a) "NGS" means National Geodetic Survey or its successor. (b) "CSRC" means California Spatial Reference Center or its successor. (c)...
• California Public Resources Code Section 8872
  The phrase "California Geodetic Coordinates of 1983" or any abbreviation thereof, such as "CGC83," shall be used only in reference to geodetic coordinates based on...
• California Public Resources Code Section 8873
  CGC83 values shall be expressed as latitude, longitude, or ellipsoid height values or as Cartesian coordinates (x, y, z). When Cartesian coordinates are used, the...
• California Public Resources Code Section 8874
  CGC83 latitude and longitude values shall be expressed in degrees, minutes, seconds, and decimals of a second, or degrees and decimals of a degree. CGC83...
• California Public Resources Code Section 8875
  The survey that establishes a CGC83 value or values shall meet all of the following requirements: (a) The survey shall be referenced to and shall...
• California Public Resources Code Section 8876
  If an accuracy is claimed for a CGC83 value or values, the survey that established the value or values shall be documented on a map,...
• California Public Resources Code Section 8877
  When a CGC83 value or values are shown on any document, the document shall include the following: (a) A statement that the geodetic coordinate value...
• California Public Resources Code Section 8878
  The use of CGC83 by any person, firm, or governmental agency is optional.
• California Public Resources Code Section 8879
  This chapter does not impair or invalidate land titles, legal descriptions, or jurisdictional or land boundaries and, further, this chapter does not impair or invalidate...
• California Public Resources Code Section 8880
  This chapter does not prohibit the use of new surveying technologies or techniques for which FGCS specifications or other accepted specifications have not yet been
• California Public Resources Code Section 8890
  Orthometric heights within the State of California that are based on the North America Vertical Datum of 1988 and conforming to the provisions of this...
• California Public Resources Code Section 8891
  As used in this chapter: (a) "NGS" means National Geodetic Survey or its successor. (b) "CSRC" means California Spatial Reference Center or its successor. (c)...
• California Public Resources Code Section 8892
  The phrase "California Orthometric Heights of 1988" or any abbreviation, such as "COH88," thereof shall be used only in reference to orthometric heights based on...
• California Public Resources Code Section 8893
  COH88 values shall be expressed in meters and decimals of a meter or in feet and decimals of a foot. When COH88 values are expressed...
• California Public Resources Code Section 8894
  COH88 values that are determined from differential leveling surveys shall be known as "leveled COH88" values. COH88 values that are determined from GPS surveys and...
• California Public Resources Code Section 8895
  When a geoid model is used to determine derived COH88 values, it shall be the latest geoid model published by NGS.
• California Public Resources Code Section 8896
  The accuracy of derived COH88 values may be improved by applying a "local orthometric height correction" to the geoid height determined from the latest, applicable...
• California Public Resources Code Section 8897
  The survey that establishes a COH88 value or values shall meet all of the following requirements: (a) The survey shall be referenced to and shall...
• California Public Resources Code Section 8898
  If an accuracy is claimed for a COH88 value or values, the survey that established the value or values shall be documented on a map,...
• California Public Resources Code Section 8899
  When a COH88 value or values are shown on any document, the document shall include the following: (a) A statement that the orthometric height or...
• California Public Resources Code Section 8900
  The use of COH88 by any person, firm, or governmental agency is optional.
• California Public Resources Code Section 8901
  This chapter does not impair or invalidate land titles, legal descriptions, or jurisdictional or land boundaries and, further, this chapter does not impair or invalidate...
• California Public Resources Code Section 8902
  This chapter does not prohibit the use of new surveying technologies or techniques for which FGCS specifications or other accepted specifications have not yet been
• California Public Resources Code Section 9001
  (a) The Legislature hereby declares that resource conservation is of fundamental importance to the prosperity and welfare of the people of this state. The Legislature...
• California Public Resources Code Section 9002
  It is hereby declared as a matter of legislative determination: (a) That the construction and maintenance on privately or publicly owned land of works for...
• California Public Resources Code Section 9003
  The Legislature hereby finds and declares that resource conservation districts are legal subdivisions of the state and, as such, are not-for-profit entities. For the purpose...
• California Public Resources Code Section 9015
  As used in this division the following terms have the meanings attributed to them in this article, unless the context otherwise requires.
• California Public Resources Code Section 9016
  "Commission" means the State Resource Conservation Commission.
• California Public Resources Code Section 9017
  "Department" means the Department of Conservation.
• California Public Resources Code Section 9018
  "Director" means the Director of Conservation.
• California Public Resources Code Section 9019
  "Division" means the Division of Resource Conservation of the department.
• California Public Resources Code Section 9020
  "Chief" means the Chief of the Division of Resource Conservation.
• California Public Resources Code Section 9021
  "District" or "soil conservation district" means a resource conservation district.
• California Public Resources Code Section 9022
  "Public district" means a district established under the law of this state, other than a resource conservation district.
• California Public Resources Code Section 9023
  "Directors" means the board of directors of a district, and when powers are conferred or duties are imposed upon directors in this division the powers...
• California Public Resources Code Section 9024
  "Board" means the county board of supervisors.
• California Public Resources Code Section 9025
  "Principal county" means the county in which all or the greatest portion of privately owned land of a district is situated. The principal county remains...
• California Public Resources Code Section 9026
  "Principal district" means the district which has the greater land area of two districts proposed to be consolidated.
• California Public Resources Code Section 9027
  "Landowner" or "owner of land" includes a holder of evidence of title and, also, a holder of land under a possessory right acquired by entry...
• California Public Resources Code Section 9028
  "Land occupant" or "occupant of land" means a person in possession of land within a district whether as owner, lessee, tenant, or otherwise. A person...
• California Public Resources Code Section 9029
  "Voter" means an elector who is registered to vote pursuant to Chapter 2 (commencing with Section 2100) of Division 2 of the Elections Code, and...
• California Public Resources Code Section 9030
  "Proxy" means a written authorization to sign a petition. Landowners may sign petitions under this division by proxy. The proxy of an individual landowner shall...
• California Public Resources Code Section 9031
  "Person" includes person, association, or corporation.
• California Public Resources Code Section 9032
  "Assessment roll" means the entire assessment roll upon the basis of which real property is taxed for county purposes.
• California Public Resources Code Section 9033
  "Assessment records" includes the assessment roll and all maps and other records relating to the assessment, levy, and collection of taxes, whether in the custody...
• California Public Resources Code Section 9034
  "Assessor" means the assessing officer of a county by whatever title he may be known.
• California Public Resources Code Section 9041
  This Division 9 of the Public Resources Code, insofar as it is substantially the same as the Division 9 of that code repealed upon the...
• California Public Resources Code Section 9042
  No action or proceeding relating to or arising out of the Division 9 of the Public Resources Code repealed upon the enactment of this Division...
• California Public Resources Code Section 9043
  All persons who, at the time this Division 9 (commencing with Section 9001) goes into effect, are officers or employees of a soil conservation district...
• California Public Resources Code Section 9044
  The Imperial Irrigation District may exercise the powers of a resource conservation district under this division in any area within its boundaries in which there...
• California Public Resources Code Section 9051
  There is in the Department of Conservation the Division of Resource Conservation.
• California Public Resources Code Section 9052
  The Division of Resource Conservation is in charge of a chief, designated as Chief of the Division of Resource Conservation, who is appointed by the...
• California Public Resources Code Section 9061
  The chief shall be responsible to the director for properly carrying out his functions under this division.
• California Public Resources Code Section 9062
  The chief shall assist in the formation, organization and operation of resource conservation districts.
• California Public Resources Code Section 9063
  He may advise with organized resource conservation districts as to plans and proposals relating to resource conservation activities, and, when such plans or proposals are...
• California Public Resources Code Section 9064
  He may, with the approval of the State Resource Conservation Commission, provide technical assistance to resource conservation districts to aid cooperators in carrying out conservation...
• California Public Resources Code Section 9065
  He may cooperate with the United States, any resource conservation district, county, public district, or person in the furtherance of the purposes of this division,...
• California Public Resources Code Section 9066
  Insofar as consistent with the duties, obligations and responsibilities of other public agencies, the chief may promote coordination of the activities of such agencies in...
• California Public Resources Code Section 9067
  The chief may employ such clerical, technical, or other assistants as he deems necessary.
• California Public Resources Code Section 9068
  The official headquarters of the chief shall be at Sacramento, California.
• California Public Resources Code Section 9069
  All persons, other than temporary employees, serving in the state civil service and engaged in the performance of a function transferred to the Division of...
• California Public Resources Code Section 9070
  All money available, including money which becomes available after the effective date of this Division 9, for expenditure by any department, division, board, authority, commission,...
• California Public Resources Code Section 9071
  The Division of Resource Conservation shall succeed to and is hereby vested with all of the powers, duties, purposes, responsibilities, and jurisdiction in matters pertaining...
• California Public Resources Code Section 9081
  The commission may receive contributions from the United States, public districts, resource conservation districts, public agencies, or persons and may use such contributions for the...
• California Public Resources Code Section 9082
  The commission is authorized on behalf of the state to accept grants from the United States for the control of runoff and floods, the prevention...
• California Public Resources Code Section 9083
  All equipment and machinery made available to any resource conservation district pursuant to this Division 9 is subject to call for emergency use in fire,...
• California Public Resources Code Section 9084
  (a) Subject to the availability of funds and any limitations imposed by this division, the department may provide grants to resource conservation districts for the...
• California Public Resources Code Section 9101
  There is in the Department of Conservation the State Resource Conservation Commission. It shall consist of nine members who shall be appointed by the Governor,...
• California Public Resources Code Section 9102
  The members of the commission to be appointed shall consist of the following: (a) Five persons who are directors of resource conservation districts. In making...
• California Public Resources Code Section 9103
  Within 30 days after his appointment the appointed member shall take and file his oath of office as member of the commission.
• California Public Resources Code Section 9104
  The members of the commission shall receive no compensation for their services as members, but each shall be allowed reasonable and necessary expenses incurred in...
• California Public Resources Code Section 9105
  Five members of the commission shall constitute a quorum for any purpose, including organization.
• California Public Resources Code Section 9106
  The commission shall elect a chair from its number who shall serve as chair for one year and until the chair's successor is elected.
• California Public Resources Code Section 9107
  The commission shall appoint a secretary. The secretary shall be a paid employee of the commission. The secretary shall be allowed his reasonable and necessary...
• California Public Resources Code Section 9108
  The commission shall cause to be studied and shall consider the whole problem of soil conservation within the state, and it may formulate, in cooperation...
• California Public Resources Code Section 9109
  The commission shall determine and advise policies for the guidance of the chief of the division in the performance and exercise of his duties and
• California Public Resources Code Section 9110
  The commission shall aid and encourage, but not conduct, resource conservation activities.
• California Public Resources Code Section 9112
  The commission shall be responsible to the director for properly carrying out its functions under this division.
• California Public Resources Code Section 9113
  The commission shall report annually to the Governor on the resource conservation projects and improvements accomplished by or with the aid of the state, and...
• California Public Resources Code Section 9151
  A resource conservation district may be formed pursuant to this division for the control of runoff, the prevention or control of soil erosion, the development...
• California Public Resources Code Section 9152
  The lands included in a district shall be those generally of value for agricultural purposes, including farm and range land useful for the production of...
• California Public Resources Code Section 9153
  The lands included in any one district need not be contiguous but they shall be susceptible of the same general plan or system for the...
• California Public Resources Code Section 9154
  The lands included in any one district may be situated in one or more counties.
• California Public Resources Code Section 9155
  The lands included in a district may be publicly owned or privately owned.
• California Public Resources Code Section 9161
  (a) A new district may be formed pursuant to this chapter. (b) A proposal to form a district may be made by a petition of...
• California Public Resources Code Section 9162
  A proposal to form a new district may be made by petition which shall do all of the following: (a) State that the proposal is...
• California Public Resources Code Section 9163
  (a) Before circulating any petition, the chief petitioners shall publish a notice of intention which shall include a written statement not to exceed 500 words...
• California Public Resources Code Section 9164
  The petition shall be signed by not less than 10 percent of the registered voters residing in the area to be included in the district,...
• California Public Resources Code Section 9165
  A petition may consist of a single instrument or separate counterparts. The chief petitioner or petitioners shall file the petition, including all counterparts, with the...
• California Public Resources Code Section 9166
  (a) Within 30 days after the date of filing a petition, the executive officer of the local agency formation commission shall cause the petition to...
• California Public Resources Code Section 9167
  (a) A proposal to form a new district may also be made by the adoption of a resolution of application by the legislative body of...
• California Public Resources Code Section 9168
  Once the chief petitioners have filed a sufficient petition or a legislative body has filed a resolution of application, the local agency formation commission shall...
• California Public Resources Code Section 9181
  (a) If the local agency formation commission approves the formation of a district, with or without amendment, wholly, partially, or conditionally, the executive officer shall...
• California Public Resources Code Section 9182
  (a) Notwithstanding Section 9181, if the board of supervisors of the principal county finds that the petition filed with the executive officer of the local...
• California Public Resources Code Section 9183
  (a) Within five days after the district formation election has been called, the board of supervisors of each county within which territory of the proposed...
• California Public Resources Code Section 9184
  (a) (1) The chief petitioners, the agency filing the resolution, or any member or members of the board of supervisors authorized by the board, any...
• California Public Resources Code Section 9185
  (a) The elections officials in charge of conducting the election shall cause a ballot pamphlet concerning the district formation proposition to be voted on to...
• California Public Resources Code Section 9186
  The notice of the election published pursuant to subdivision (c) of Section 9181 shall contain all of the following: (a) The date of the election....
• California Public Resources Code Section 9187
  (a) Except as otherwise provided in this division, the formation election and the election of members of the district board shall be held and conducted...
• California Public Resources Code Section 9188
  If the majority of the votes cast at the election is in favor of forming the district, the board or boards of supervisors shall by...
• California Public Resources Code Section 9189
  Immediately after adoption of a resolution pursuant to Section 9188, the clerk of the board of supervisors of the principal county shall transmit a certified...
• California Public Resources Code Section 9190
  (a) No informality in any proceeding, including informality in the conduct of any election not substantially affecting adversely the legal rights of any person, shall...
• California Public Resources Code Section 9201
  The initial board of directors of a district formed on or after January 1, 1992, shall be determined pursuant to this article.
• California Public Resources Code Section 9202
  In the case of a district which contains only unincorporated territory in a single county, the district board may be elected or may be appointed...
• California Public Resources Code Section 9203
  In the case of a district which contains only unincorporated territory in more than one county, the district board may be elected or may be...
• California Public Resources Code Section 9204
  In the case of a district which contains unincorporated territory and the territory of one or more cities, the district board may be elected or...
• California Public Resources Code Section 9205
  In the case of a district which includes only incorporated territory within a single city, the district board may be elected or appointed by the...
• California Public Resources Code Section 9206
  In the case of a district which includes only incorporated territory in more than one city, the district board may be elected or appointed by...
• California Public Resources Code Section 9301
  (a) The board of directors shall consist of five, seven, or nine directors. The number of directors may be changed by resolution adopted by a...
• California Public Resources Code Section 9301.1
  (a) Notwithstanding Section 9301, the local agency formation commission, in approving either a consolidation of districts or the reorganization of two or more districts into...
• California Public Resources Code Section 9302
  Each director shall take the oath of office.
• California Public Resources Code Section 9303
  The directors shall receive no compensation for their services as such, but each shall be allowed reasonable and necessary expenses incurred in attendance at meetings...
• California Public Resources Code Section 9304
  No director or other officer of the district shall be interested directly or indirectly in the sale of equipment, materials, or services to the district.
• California Public Resources Code Section 9305
  After all have qualified the directors first elected shall meet and classify themselves by lot into two classes as nearly equal in number as possible....
• California Public Resources Code Section 9306
  After such classification the directors shall organize and elect a president from their number who shall serve as such at the pleasure of the directors.
• California Public Resources Code Section 9307
  The directors shall appoint a secretary who shall serve at the pleasure of, and whose compensation shall be fixed by, the directors.
• California Public Resources Code Section 9308
  The directors shall select a date, time, and place at which regular monthly meetings of the directors shall be held. Upon the completion of all...
• California Public Resources Code Section 9309
  The directors may, by resolution, change the time or place of regular meeting but no such change shall be effective until after a notice of...
• California Public Resources Code Section 9310
  Special meetings of the directors may be held as required when ordered by a majority of the directors. The order shall be entered in the...
• California Public Resources Code Section 9311
  The order for a special meeting shall specify the business to be transacted. No other business shall be transacted at a special meeting unless all...
• California Public Resources Code Section 9312
  A majority of the directors shall constitute a quorum but on all questions requiring a vote there shall be a concurrence of at least the...
• California Public Resources Code Section 9313
  (a) All meetings of the directors shall be open to the public. All records of the district shall be open to public inspection during business...
• California Public Resources Code Section 9314
  (a) The term of office of the directors, except those first elected, shall be four years. The expiration of the term of any director does...
• California Public Resources Code Section 9315
  Resignations of directors shall be made in writing to the board of supervisors of the principal county.
• California Public Resources Code Section 9316
  In case of a vacancy in the office of director appointed pursuant to Section 9314, the vacancy shall be filled, as provided in Section 9314,...
• California Public Resources Code Section 9317
  Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a vacancy in the office of a director who has been elected shall be filled pursuant to Section 1780...
• California Public Resources Code Section 9351
  "General district election" is the district election required to be held on the first Tuesday after the first Monday in November in each even-numbered year,...
• California Public Resources Code Section 9352
  (a) Directors shall be registered voters in the state. (b) Except as provided in subdivision (d), directors shall (1) reside within the district and either...
• California Public Resources Code Section 9353
  Except as otherwise provided in the chapter, districts governed by this chapter are subject to the provisions of the Uniform District Election Law.
• California Public Resources Code Section 9354
  Elected directors shall qualify within 20 days from the date of receipt of their certificates of election by taking the oath.
• California Public Resources Code Section 9355
  The directors so elected and qualified shall take office at noon on the last Friday in November following their election.
• California Public Resources Code Section 9356
  (a) Except as provided in subdivision (b), directors shall be elected at large. (b) A district may, by ordinance, provide for the election of directors...
• California Public Resources Code Section 9357
  Members of county boards of supervisors shall not be eligible to simultaneously hold office as a district director.
• California Public Resources Code Section 9358
  Nomination of candidates shall be in writing and signed by at least five landowners of the district. Nominations shall be filed with the county elections...
• California Public Resources Code Section 9359
  Except as election of directors by division may be provided pursuant to Section 9356, all registered voters in a district shall be qualified electors and...
• California Public Resources Code Section 9401
  The board of directors of a district shall manage and conduct the business and affairs of the district.
• California Public Resources Code Section 9402
  The directors shall be empowered to conduct surveys, investigations, and research relating to the conservation of resources and the preventive and control measures and works...
• California Public Resources Code Section 9403
  The directors may accept gifts and grants of money from any source whatsoever to carry out the purposes of the district.
• California Public Resources Code Section 9403.5
  The directors may establish and charge fees for services provided by the district to, and upon the request of, persons or governmental entities. No fee...
• California Public Resources Code Section 9404
  The directors may execute all necessary contracts. They may employ such agents, officers, and employees as may be necessary, prescribe their duties, and fix their
• California Public Resources Code Section 9405
  The directors may acquire by purchase, lease, contract, or gift all lands and property necessary to carry out the plans and works of the district....
• California Public Resources Code Section 9406
  The directors may take conveyances, leases, contracts, or other assurances for all property acquired by the district, in the name, and for the uses and...
• California Public Resources Code Section 9407
  The directors may sue and be sued in the name of the district and may appear in person or by counsel.
• California Public Resources Code Section 9408
  (a) The directors may cooperate and enter into contracts or agreements with the state, the United States, any county, any city, any other resource conservation...
• California Public Resources Code Section 9409
  The directors may make improvements or conduct operations on public lands, with the cooperation of the agency administering and having jurisdiction thereof, and on private...
• California Public Resources Code Section 9410
  The directors may operate and maintain, independently or in cooperation with the United States or this state or any state agency or political subdivision or...
• California Public Resources Code Section 9411
  The directors may disseminate information relating to soil and water conservation and erosion stabilization, and may conduct demonstrational projects within, or adjacent to, the district...
• California Public Resources Code Section 9412
  Each district may provide technical assistance to private landowners or land occupants within the district to support practices that minimize soil and related resource degradation....
• California Public Resources Code Section 9413
  (a) Each district may develop districtwide comprehensive annual and long-range work plans as provided in this section. These plans shall address the full range of...
• California Public Resources Code Section 9414
  Directors may accept, by purchase, lease, or gift, and administer any soil conservation, water conservation, water distribution, erosion control, or erosion prevention project located within...
• California Public Resources Code Section 9415
  The directors may manage, as agents of the United States or any of its agencies, or of this state or any of its agencies, any...
• California Public Resources Code Section 9416
  The directors may establish standards of cropping and tillage operations and range practices on private land as a condition to expenditure by the district of...
• California Public Resources Code Section 9417
  (a) The directors of any district may cooperate with the directors of any other district in respect to matters of common interest or benefit to...
• California Public Resources Code Section 9417.5
  It is the intent of the Legislature that concerned state agencies, in cooperation with resource conservation districts and other appropriate local entities, work with the...
• California Public Resources Code Section 9418
  The directors of any district may call upon the district attorney of the principal county for legal advice and assistance in all matters concerning the...
• California Public Resources Code Section 9419
  (a) The directors may engage in activities designed to promote a knowledge of the principles of resource conservation throughout the district and for that purpose...
• California Public Resources Code Section 9420
  The board of directors of a district may appoint advisory committees to provide technical assistance in addressing soil and related resource problems, to assist in...
• California Public Resources Code Section 9451
  The legal title to all property acquired by a district under the provisions of this division shall immediately and by operation of law vest in...
• California Public Resources Code Section 9452
  The directors are hereby authorized and empowered to hold, use, acquire, manage, occupy and possess property of any kind, and may lease or sell it...
• California Public Resources Code Section 9453
  The directors may determine by resolution entered upon their minutes that any property, real or personal, held by such district is no longer necessary to...
• California Public Resources Code Section 9454
  Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in Section 9453, the directors may lease district equipment to any other public district for use by such public district...
• California Public Resources Code Section 9455
  A sale or conveyance of any property held by a resource conservation district, executed by the president and secretary thereof, in accordance with a resolution...
• California Public Resources Code Section 9456
  The proceeds of any such sale shall be paid into the county treasury of the principal county for the use of the district.
• California Public Resources Code Section 9457
  The board of directors shall adopt purchasing policies and procedures governing the purchase of supplies and equipment as required by Sections 54201 through 54204, inclusive,...
• California Public Resources Code Section 9481
  The inclusion of additional lands in a district shall be made in accordance with the provisions of the District Reorganization Act of 1965, Division 1...
• California Public Resources Code Section 9491
  A district may be dissolved in accordance with the provisions of the District Reorganization Act of 1965, Division 1 (commencing with Section 56000) of Title...
• California Public Resources Code Section 9501
  The directors shall, on or before January 1 of the calendar year during which an assessment is to be levied for the first time, notify...
• California Public Resources Code Section 9502
  If the district lies in more than one county the directors shall divide the amount of the estimate in the proportion to the value of...
• California Public Resources Code Section 9503
  The total amount of the estimate shall be sufficient to raise the amount of money necessary during the ensuing year to pay the incidental expenses...
• California Public Resources Code Section 9504
  Assessments levied pursuant to this article shall be known as regular assessments.
• California Public Resources Code Section 9505
  The regular assessment in any one year shall not exceed two cents ($0.02) on each one hundred dollars ($100) of assessed valuation of the land,...
• California Public Resources Code Section 9506
  The board of supervisors of each county in which there lies any portion of the district shall, annually, at the time of levying county taxes,...
• California Public Resources Code Section 9507
  The rate, as determined by the board, shall be such as will produce, after due allowance for delinquency, the amount determined as necessary to be...
• California Public Resources Code Section 9508
  If the board fails to levy the assessment the auditor of the county shall do so, providing the directors have requested the assessment.
• California Public Resources Code Section 9509
  The assessment shall be computed and entered on the assessment roll by the auditor.
• California Public Resources Code Section 9510
  The provisions of law relating to the levy and collection of county taxes and the duties of county officers with respect thereto, insofar as they...
• California Public Resources Code Section 9511
  The treasurers of each of the counties, other than the principal county, shall, not less than twice a year or upon order of the directors,...
• California Public Resources Code Section 9512
  If during the current fiscal year the directors are not, by reason of the fact that no assessment has been levied, collecting a regular assessment...
• California Public Resources Code Section 9513
  A district may impose a special tax pursuant to Article 3.5 (commencing with Section 50075) of Chapter 1 of Part 1 of Division 1 of...
• California Public Resources Code Section 9521
  (a) Except as provided in subdivision (b), the treasury of the principal county is the depository of all of the funds of the district. (b)...
• California Public Resources Code Section 9522
  The treasurer of the principal county shall receive and receipt for all money of the district and place the same to the credit of the...
• California Public Resources Code Section 9523
  The treasurer shall pay out money of the district only upon warrants approved by the county auditor, drawn upon order of the board of directors...
• California Public Resources Code Section 9524
  The treasurer shall report in writing at each regular meeting of the directors and as often at other times as the directors may request the...
• California Public Resources Code Section 9525
  The directors or other officers or employees of a district shall have no power to incur any indebtedness or liability in excess of the amount...
• California Public Resources Code Section 9526
  The directors at their regular monthly meeting in July of each year shall make and file with the secretary a verified statement of the financial...
• California Public Resources Code Section 9527
  The annual financial statement shall be posted or published as the directors may determine. Such posting or publication shall be commenced within 10 days after...
• California Public Resources Code Section 9528
  An annual audit of the books, accounts, records, papers, money, and securities shall be made as required by Section 26909 of the Government Code.
• California Public Resources Code Section 9529
  The directors of the district may, at such times as they deem necessary, determine whether any portion of the money on deposit in the treasury...
• California Public Resources Code Section 9530
  (a) "Surplus moneys," as determined pursuant to Section 9529, shall be invested exclusively in bonds or interest-bearing notes or obligations of the United States, or...
• California Public Resources Code Section 9541
  All claims for money or damages against the district are governed by Part 3 (commencing with Section 900) and Part 4 (commencing with Section 940)...
• California Public Resources Code Section 9545
  Except as provided in Section 9546, the county shall pay any and all costs attributable to the conduct of district elections and shall be reimbursed...
• California Public Resources Code Section 9546
  The county shall bill any candidate for district office for the actual prorated costs of printing, handling, and translating his statement of qualifications contained in...
• California Public Resources Code Section 9601
  Any two or more contiguous districts, or districts situated within the same geophysical area, organized under this division may consolidate in accordance with the provisions...
• California Public Resources Code Section 9611
  A partition of a district shall be made in accordance with the District Reorganization Act of 1965, Division 1 (commencing with Section 56000) of Title...
• California Public Resources Code Section 9621
  A district may change its name by action of the board of supervisors of the principal county as provided by this article.
• California Public Resources Code Section 9622
  Whenever in the judgment of the board of directors it is for the best interest of a district that its name be changed to a...
• California Public Resources Code Section 9623
  A copy of the resolution shall be forwarded to the board of supervisors of the principal county with the request that the name of the...
• California Public Resources Code Section 9624
  The board of supervisors of the principal county shall consider this request at their next regular meeting and may grant or deny the request. Their...
• California Public Resources Code Section 9625
  If the action of the board of supervisors on this request is negative, they shall forward a copy of the resolution to the board of...
• California Public Resources Code Section 9626
  If the action of the board of supervisors on this request is favorable, it shall cause certified copies of the resolution to be forwarded to...
• California Public Resources Code Section 9627
  On acknowledgment of the change of name by the Secretary of State, the name of the district shall be considered changed.
• California Public Resources Code Section 9635
  One district may transfer land within its boundaries to a district contiguous thereto in accordance with the provisions of the District Reorganization Act of 1965,...
• California Public Resources Code Section 9751
  In order to carry out the purposes of the Soil Conservation and Domestic Allotment Act enacted by the Congress of the United States, the State...
• California Public Resources Code Section 9752
  The commission is hereby authorized, empowered and directed to formulate and submit to the Secretary of Agriculture, in conformity with the provisions of the Soil...
• California Public Resources Code Section 9753
  Upon the acceptance of each such plan by the Secretary of Agriculture, the commission is authorized and empowered to accept and receive all grants of...
• California Public Resources Code Section 9754
  In carrying out the provisions of each such plan, the commission shall have power: to employ such agents or agencies, and to establish such agencies,...
• California Public Resources Code Section 9755
  For the purpose of carrying out each such plan according to its terms, the commission is hereby authorized to delegate any of the powers herein...
• California Public Resources Code Section 9757
  Nothing herein shall be construed or operate to impose any obligation or liability upon the commission or other than as herein specified.
• California Public Resources Code Section 9801
  For purposes of cooperating with landowners or any other agency or for purposes of cooperating with the United States under provisions of the Watershed Protection...
• California Public Resources Code Section 9802
  As used in connection with improvement districts: (a) "Improvement" includes operation, maintenance, change, and acquisition of existing works, and the construction, operation, and maintenance of...
• California Public Resources Code Section 9803
  The formation of an improvement district shall be proposed and the petition therefor shall be signed by two-thirds or more in number of the owners...
• California Public Resources Code Section 9804
  A petition for the formation of an improvement district shall contain all of the following: (a) Statement of the plans of the proposed improvement. (b)...
• California Public Resources Code Section 9805
  The petition, all proceedings in reference to it, the improvement district, and the real property in it shall be designated by a number.
• California Public Resources Code Section 9806
  The petition may consist of any number of separate instruments, which shall be duplicates except as to signatures.
• California Public Resources Code Section 9807
  A petition to form an improvement district shall be filed with the secretary of the district and may be inspected by all persons interested.
• California Public Resources Code Section 9808
  Upon receipt of a petition to form an improvement district the directors shall cause a survey to be made of the proposed improvements, if any.
• California Public Resources Code Section 9809
  If the survey shows that the improvements are feasible, the directors shall cause to be prepared the following: (a) Plans and specifications of the improvements...
• California Public Resources Code Section 9810
  If there are any, the plans and specifications, estimate of cost, and the statement of the proposed assessment shall be filed with the secretary of...
• California Public Resources Code Section 9811
  After the filing of the formation petition, and if any, the plans and specifications, the estimate of cost, and statement of the proposed assessment, the...
• California Public Resources Code Section 9812
  Notice of the hearing shall be given by all of the following: (a) Posting a notice in three public places within the proposed improvement district....
• California Public Resources Code Section 9813
  At the hearing the directors shall hear any objections coming before it to any of the following: (a) The petition. (b) The formation of the...
• California Public Resources Code Section 9814
  At the hearing the directors shall make any changes in reference to the matters set forth in Section 9813 as they consider proper. The directors...
• California Public Resources Code Section 9815
  If any additional real property is included in the proposed improvement district, the hearing shall be continued and the owners of the added real property...
• California Public Resources Code Section 9816
  The directors may include in the plans and specifications such terms and conditions as to the respective parcels of real property in the improvement district...
• California Public Resources Code Section 9817
  Regardless of any findings made by the directors if more than one-third in number of the holders of title to the real property within a...
• California Public Resources Code Section 9818
  If at the hearing the directors find that it would not be for the best interests of the district and the proposed improvement district to...
• California Public Resources Code Section 9819
  If the directors find that it would be for the best interests of the district and the proposed improvement district to form the improvement district,...
• California Public Resources Code Section 9820
  The order shall contain a description of the lands within the improvement district.
• California Public Resources Code Section 9821
  The secretary shall cause a certified copy of the order creating the improvement district to be recorded in the office of the county recorder in...
• California Public Resources Code Section 9831
  Any assessment levied pursuant to Section 9819 shall include both of the following sums: (a) An amount equal to interest on any deferred payments at...
• California Public Resources Code Section 9832
  The assessment may be made payable in not more than 10 annual installments.
• California Public Resources Code Section 9833
  The directors, on or before the 15th day of August of each year, shall furnish the auditor and board of supervisors of each county in...
• California Public Resources Code Section 9834
  Each annual installment of the improvement district assessments shall be collected by county officers in the same manner and at the same times as county
• California Public Resources Code Section 9835
  The provision of law relating to the collection of county taxes and the duties of county officers with respect thereto, insofar as they are applicable...
• California Public Resources Code Section 9836
  The treasurers of each of the counties, other than the principal county, shall, not less than twice a year or upon order of the directors,...
• California Public Resources Code Section 9837
  The assessment and each installment of it shall be and remain a lien on the real property in the improvement district in the same manner...
• California Public Resources Code Section 9838
  Upon a change or resubdivision of any parcel of real property in an improvement district, the directors upon their own initiative or upon a petition...
• California Public Resources Code Section 9839
  If the actual cost of the improvements is substantially less than the estimated cost the assessment may be reduced proportionately on each parcel by recomputing...
• California Public Resources Code Section 9840
  If the assessments levied upon real property in an improvement district are insufficient to pay the cost of improvements or the warrants issued for the...
• California Public Resources Code Section 9841
  The procedure followed in making the supplemental levy shall be substantially the same as for making the original levy, except that no petition is required.
• California Public Resources Code Section 9842
  Whenever it is desired to do additional work or acquire additional property in or for an improvement district, upon the petition of two-thirds in number...
• California Public Resources Code Section 9851
  If at any time it is desired to include additional real property within an improvement district, a petition for inclusion signed by the owners of...
• California Public Resources Code Section 9852
  The inclusion petition shall describe the boundaries of the improvement district as enlarged by the proposed inclusions and give the names and addresses of the...
• California Public Resources Code Section 9853
  The same proceedings shall be had on the improvement district inclusion petition as upon the original petition for the formation of an improvement district.
• California Public Resources Code Section 9854
  The directors may prescribe any conditions upon the inclusion of the real property that they deem just.
• California Public Resources Code Section 9855
  If any conditions not contained in the petition for inclusion are prescribed by the directors the real property shall not be included until two-thirds in...
• California Public Resources Code Section 9861
  In a district containing an improvement district the directors and all of the officers of the district each respectively has all the rights, powers, and...
• California Public Resources Code Section 9862
  The directors may also hold property used or acquired in connection with the improvement in the name of the directors and their successors in office...
• California Public Resources Code Section 9863
  The directors of a district in which an improvement district exists may allow on terms that may be agreed upon any person to carry water...
• California Public Resources Code Section 9864
  The work of improvement provided for in this chapter and the purchase of all supplies, material, and equipment therefor shall be performed by the district,...
• California Public Resources Code Section 9865
  The directors may, in lieu in whole or in part of levying assessments for the operation of improvement district works, fix and collect reasonable charges...
• California Public Resources Code Section 9866
  All such tolls, connections charges, and additional assessments shall be held and applied upon and reduce the last installment or installments of the improvement district
• California Public Resources Code Section 9867
  The directors may provide for the maintenance and operation of the works of an improvement district from the funds of the resource conservation district in...
• California Public Resources Code Section 9868
  Notwithstanding any other provision of this code, the directors of a district in which an improvement district exists may establish facilities use charges for the...
• California Public Resources Code Section 9869
  On behalf of an improvement district the directors may do any or all acts necessary or desirable to carry out the purposes of the improvement...
• California Public Resources Code Section 9870
  On behalf of an improvement district, the directors may cooperate and contract with the United States, or with any officer, department, bureau, or agency thereof,...
• California Public Resources Code Section 9881
  A district may issue improvement district warrants signed by its president and secretary in face amount not exceeding in the aggregate the cost of the...
• California Public Resources Code Section 9882
  Improvement district warrants shall be made payable in amounts and at the times corresponding substantially to the amounts and times of payment of the installments...
• California Public Resources Code Section 9883
  Improvement district warrants shall bear interest at the rate fixed at the time of the levy of the improvement district assessment, and the interest may...
• California Public Resources Code Section 9884
  Coupons for the interest on these warrants may be attached to them.
• California Public Resources Code Section 9885
  Improvement district warrants may be made payable to any of the following: (a) Bearer. (b) Persons furnishing work, labor, or material. (c) The contractor if...
• California Public Resources Code Section 9886
  Improvement district warrants may be sold by the district for not less than par at either public or private sale.
• California Public Resources Code Section 9887
  Any surplus funds and any money held by a district in a sinking or depreciation fund may in the discretion of its directors be invested...
• California Public Resources Code Section 9888
  Except as otherwise provided by law, the cost of constructing, acquiring, or improving works of an improvement district shall be paid only out of the...
• California Public Resources Code Section 9889
  Improvement district warrants shall be paid only out of the proceeds of an improvement district assessment levied upon and collected from the real property within...
• California Public Resources Code Section 9890
  Improvement district warrants or their proceeds shall be used solely for making the improvements for which the improvement district was formed and the necessary incidental
• California Public Resources Code Section 9901
  At any time before improvement district warrants are issued, the amount of any improvement district assessment on any real property, exclusive of interest and the...
• California Public Resources Code Section 9902
  Real property on which the amount of the improvement district assessment has been paid pursuant to Section 9901 shall not be subject to the annual...
• California Public Resources Code Section 9903
  Any owner of real property of an improvement district who desires at any time to lessen or remove the lien upon his real property of...
• California Public Resources Code Section 9904
  The directors may require warrants delivered to lessen or remove an improvement district assessment lien to be substantially of the average maturities of the issue...
• California Public Resources Code Section 9905
  The treasurer of the principal county shall notify the directors of the amount of the principal and interest due and to become due on the...
• California Public Resources Code Section 9911
  All acts, proceedings, conclusions, and findings of fact, including the levy of an assessment, by the directors of a district concerning an improvement district therein...
• California Public Resources Code Section 9912
  An action to determine the validity of an assessment or of any warrants may be brought pursuant to Chapter 9 (commencing with Section 860) of...
• California Public Resources Code Section 9921
  At any time prior to the incurring of any indebtedness or upon the full payment of all indebtedness of an improvement district, a petition, signed...
• California Public Resources Code Section 9922
  A hearing on dissolution shall be had in the same manner and after the same notice as is required for the formation of an improvement
• California Public Resources Code Section 9923
  The directors may, after the hearing, order the improvement district dissolved.
• California Public Resources Code Section 9924
  The order of dissolution shall be recorded in the same manner as the order forming the improvement district.
• California Public Resources Code Section 9951
  The Tahoe Resource Conservation District is hereby created to consist of those parts of the Counties of Placer and El Dorado lying within the Tahoe...
• California Public Resources Code Section 9952
  (a) Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, the organization and functions of the Tahoe Resource Conservation District shall be governed by the provisions of...
• California Public Resources Code Section 9953
  It is not the intent of the Legislature that the Tahoe Resource Conservation District shall in any way affect the responsibilities, authority, and jurisdiction of...
• California Public Resources Code Section 9960
  The following definitions shall govern the interpretation of this chapter: (a) "Suisun Marsh" means the Suisun Marsh as defined in Section 29101. (b) "Primary management...
• California Public Resources Code Section 9961
  Except as otherwise expressly provided in this chapter, the organization, powers, and functions of the district shall be governed by the provisions of this division.
• California Public Resources Code Section 9962
  (a) The district shall have primary local responsibility for regulating and improving water management practices on privately owned lands within the primary management area of...
• California Public Resources Code Section 9963
  Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 9803, the formation of an improvement district within the primary management area may be proposed and the petition therefor may...
• California Public Resources Code Section 9964
  The district may, with the consent of the owner, levy special assessments on the lands of the consenting owner within the district pursuant to the...
• California Public Resources Code Section 9965
  (a) The Legislature finds that compliance with the mandated regulations of the district will produce public benefits by improving wildlife habitat in the primary management...
• California Public Resources Code Section 9970
  The provisions of this chapter apply only to the Ventura County Resource Conservation District. For the purposes of this chapter, "district" means the Ventura County...
• California Public Resources Code Section 9971
  Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, the organization and functions of the district shall be governed by the provisions of this division.
• California Public Resources Code Section 9972
  Whenever any territory in the district is included in a city by reason of incorporation or annexation, that territory may be excluded from the district...
• California Public Resources Code Section 9973
  The district shall consist of three divisions, conforming generally to the major natural resource areas of the county, as follows: (a) Division 1 (Northern): the...
• California Public Resources Code Section 9974
  (a) Within 60 days after the initial organization meeting of the board of directors of the district, a description and map of the district showing...
• California Public Resources Code Section 9975
  (a) Notwithstanding subdivision (b) of Section 9183 or Sections 9241 and 9242, the board of directors of the district shall be composed of nine persons...
• California Public Resources Code Section 9976
  Upon the expiration of the terms of office of directors pursuant to Section 9975, their successors shall be elected in the manner provided in Article...
• California Public Resources Code Section 9977
  At least 125 days prior to the day fixed for the general district election, the secretary of the district shall deliver to the county elections...
• California Public Resources Code Section 9978
  Five directors shall constitute a quorum for the conduct of the business of the board of directors of the district.
• California Public Resources Code Section 10000
  The Legislature finds and declares as follows: (a) A substantial increase has occurred in the number of requests to appropriate water from the various streams...
• California Public Resources Code Section 10001
  The Director of Fish and Game shall identify and list those streams and watercourses throughout the state for which minimum flow levels need to be...
• California Public Resources Code Section 10002
  The Director of Fish and Game shall prepare proposed streamflow requirements, which shall be specified in terms of cubic feet of water per second, for...
• California Public Resources Code Section 10003
  The Director of Fish and Game, on his or her own motion or at the request of the State Water Resources Control Board, may review...
• California Public Resources Code Section 10004
  The Department of Fish and Game shall initiate studies to develop proposed streamflow requirements for those streams or watercourses in each fiscal year for which...
• California Public Resources Code Section 10005
  (a) The Department of Fish and Game shall impose and collect a filing fee of eight hundred fifty dollars ($850) to defray the costs of...
• California Public Resources Code Section 10200
  This division shall be known, and may be cited, as the California Farmland Conservancy Program Act. Any other references in this division to the Agricultural...
• California Public Resources Code Section 10201
  The Legislature hereby finds and declares all of the following: (a) The agricultural lands of the state contribute substantially to the state, national, and world...
• California Public Resources Code Section 10202
  It is the intent of the Legislature, in enacting this division, to do all of the following: (a) Encourage voluntary, long-term private stewardship of agricultural...
• California Public Resources Code Section 10210
  Unless the context otherwise requires, the definitions in this article govern the construction of this division.
• California Public Resources Code Section 10211
  "Agricultural conservation easement" or "easement" means an interest in land, less than fee simple, which represents the right to prevent the development or improvement of...
• California Public Resources Code Section 10212
  "Applicant" means a city, county, nonprofit organization, resource conservation district, or a regional park or open-space district or regional park or open-space authority that has...
• California Public Resources Code Section 10213
  (a) "Agricultural land" means prime farmland, farmland of statewide importance, unique farmland, farmland of local importance, and commercial grazing land as defined in the Guidelines...
• California Public Resources Code Section 10214
  "Department" means the Department of Conservation.
• California Public Resources Code Section 10215
  "Director" means the Director of Conservation.
• California Public Resources Code Section 10216
  "Fund" means the California Farmland Conservancy Program Fund created pursuant to Section 10230.
• California Public Resources Code Section 10218
  "Husbandry practices" means agricultural activities, such as those specified in subdivision (e) of Section 3482.5 of the Civil Code, conducted or maintained for commercial purposes...
• California Public Resources Code Section 10219
  "Local government" means a city or county.
• California Public Resources Code Section 10220
  "Local government program" means the policies and implementation measures of a local government to conserve agricultural land.
• California Public Resources Code Section 10221
  "Nonprofit organization" means any private nonprofit organization which has among its purposes the conservation of agricultural lands, and holds a tax exemption as defined under...
• California Public Resources Code Section 10222
  "Program" means the California Farmland Conservancy Program established under this division.
• California Public Resources Code Section 10223
  "Secretary" means the Secretary of the Resources Agency.
• California Public Resources Code Section 10224
  "Resource conservation district" means a resource conservation district established pursuant to Division 9 (commencing with Section 9000).
• California Public Resources Code Section 10225
  The Legislature hereby finds and declares that, pursuant to Chapter 4 (commencing with Section 31150) of Division 21, the State Coastal Conservancy has responsibility for...
• California Public Resources Code Section 10226
  Nothing in this division shall be construed to overrule, rescind, or amend any of the requirements prescribed in Chapter 7 (commencing with Section 51200) of...
• California Public Resources Code Section 10227
  No local government shall, in any way, limit development on any land solely because of the land's proximity to property that is protected by an...
• California Public Resources Code Section 10230
  (a) (1) The California Farmland Conservancy Program Fund is hereby created. Except as provided in paragraph (2), the moneys in the fund shall, upon appropriation...
• California Public Resources Code Section 10230.5
  Policy planning grants may be awarded pursuant to criteria established by the department for purposes including, but not limited to, the development and evaluation of...
• California Public Resources Code Section 10231
  Money available from the fund shall be utilized in accordance with the expenditures and distribution authorized, required, or otherwise provided in the program for grants...
• California Public Resources Code Section 10231.5
  The department may accept donations of funds if the department is the designated beneficiary of the donation and it agrees to use the funds for...
• California Public Resources Code Section 10232
  The director shall not approve a grant if the local government requesting a grant has acquired, or proposes to acquire, the agricultural conservation easement through...
• California Public Resources Code Section 10233
  Each application for a grant pursuant to this division shall contain a matching funding component, as specified in this section, and may be provided in...
• California Public Resources Code Section 10234
  Every applicant for a grant for the acquisition of fee title or an agricultural conservation easement shall provide by a resolution from the governing body...
• California Public Resources Code Section 10235
  (a) The director shall not disburse any grant funds until the applicant agrees that any agricultural conservation easement acquired shall be used by the applicant...
• California Public Resources Code Section 10235.5
  The department may establish a payment system for the purchase of an agricultural conservation easement that is mutually satisfactory to the department and the seller...
• California Public Resources Code Section 10236
  If the funds are used for the acquisition of an agricultural conservation easement pursuant to a local transfer of development rights program, upon the sale...
• California Public Resources Code Section 10237
  The director shall not disburse any grant funds for easement or fee title acquisitions unless the applicant, and in the case of an easement acquisition...
• California Public Resources Code Section 10238
  The director shall not disburse any grant funds to acquire agricultural conservation easements which restrict husbandry practices.
• California Public Resources Code Section 10239
  The director shall disburse funds to an applicant for a grant for the acquisition of fee title to agricultural land only if the applicant agrees...
• California Public Resources Code Section 10240
  (a) The department shall adopt rules and regulations for the implementation of this division. (b) Rules or regulations adopted by the department pursuant to this...
• California Public Resources Code Section 10241
  The department shall adopt the criteria necessary for its approval of grant applications.
• California Public Resources Code Section 10242
  The director shall review, and approve or disapprove, grant applications from applicants for the acquisition of agricultural conservation easements on agricultural land or the acquisition...
• California Public Resources Code Section 10243
  The department shall allocate available state funds to applicants for the acquisition of agricultural conservation easements. However, no governmental agency shall condition the issuance of...
• California Public Resources Code Section 10244
  To be eligible to receive funds pursuant to this division for the acquisition of either agricultural conservation easements or fee title interests, qualified applicants shall...
• California Public Resources Code Section 10245
  The program shall reimburse any school district which requests reimbursement for any net loss of property tax revenues occurring as a result of the program.
• California Public Resources Code Section 10246
  Grants may be made for land improvements. Use of these grants shall be limited to the improvement of lands protected by agricultural conservation easements under...
• California Public Resources Code Section 10250
  In reviewing applications pursuant to this division, the department shall determine whether the proposed project meets the applicable requirements set forth in this division and...
• California Public Resources Code Section 10251
  Applicants for an agricultural conservation easement or fee acquisition grant shall meet all of the following eligibility criteria: (a) The parcel proposed for conservation is...
• California Public Resources Code Section 10252
  The director shall evaluate a proposal for a fee title or agricultural conservation easement acquisition grant based upon the overall value of the project, taking...
• California Public Resources Code Section 10252.5
  (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this division and subject to subdivision (b), the director may make a grant, and disburse moneys for that grant...
• California Public Resources Code Section 10253
  Nothing in this chapter shall grant any new authority to the department to affect local policy or land use decisionmaking.
• California Public Resources Code Section 10254
  Before an application for an agricultural conservation easement or fee title acquisition grant is approved by the department pursuant to the program, the entity that...
• California Public Resources Code Section 10255
  Prior to the disbursement of grant funds for easements or fee title acquisitions under this division, all of the following conditions shall be met: (a)...
• California Public Resources Code Section 10260
  (a) In determining the amount of funding to be provided for an agricultural conservation easement or fee acquisition grant, the department shall take reasonable steps...
• California Public Resources Code Section 10260.5
  For purposes of this division, an agricultural conservation easement shall be recorded in the county recorder's office in each county in which the real property...
• California Public Resources Code Section 10261
  (a) Whenever any entity exercises the power of eminent domain to acquire land subject to an agricultural conservation easement under this program, the condemnor shall...
• California Public Resources Code Section 10262
  An agricultural conservation easement shall not prevent any of the following: (a) The granting of leases, assignments, or other conveyances, or the issuing of permits,...
• California Public Resources Code Section 10262.1
  Except as provided in Section 10238, an easement may, at the request of the landowner, establish provisions that are more restrictive than those restrictions prescribed...
• California Public Resources Code Section 10262.2
  An agricultural conservation easement may provide for either or both of the following: (a) Construction and use of additional residences for the immediate family members,...
• California Public Resources Code Section 10262.5
  The granting of an agricultural conservation easement under this division shall not be interpreted to convey any rights of public access to the subject property.
• California Public Resources Code Section 10263
  (a) The department shall act on an application for a grant within 180 days after the department determines that it is complete. (b) If the...
• California Public Resources Code Section 10264
  The director shall disapprove the application for a grant for the acquisition of an agricultural conservation easement or fee title in any of the following...
• California Public Resources Code Section 10270
  Twenty-five or more years from the date of sale of the agricultural conservation easement, the landowner may make a request to the department that the...
• California Public Resources Code Section 10271
  (a) To terminate the agricultural conservation easement, the local government in which the subject land is located shall undertake an inquiry to determine the feasibility...
• California Public Resources Code Section 10272
  An agricultural conservation easement may be terminated only with the approval of the city council of the city in which the subject land is located,...
• California Public Resources Code Section 10273
  (a) For the department to approve the termination of the agricultural conservation easement, all of the following findings shall be made: (1) The termination is...
• California Public Resources Code Section 10274
  The uneconomic character of existing agricultural use shall not by itself be sufficient reason for termination of the agricultural conservation easement, unless the director determines...
• California Public Resources Code Section 10275
  (a) The landowner's request for termination shall be accompanied by a proposal for a specified alternative use of the land. The proposal for the alternative...
• California Public Resources Code Section 10276
  (a) If the termination of the agricultural conservation easement is approved pursuant to this division or pursuant to a judicial proceeding in a court of...
• California Public Resources Code Section 10277
  If the termination of the agricultural conservation easement is not approved, the landowner may reapply for termination not sooner than one year after the submittal...
• California Public Resources Code Section 10264
  The director shall disapprove the application for a grant for the acquisition of an agricultural conservation easement or fee title in any of the following...
• California Public Resources Code Section 10280
  The Agricultural Protection Planning Grant Program is hereby established within the Department of Conservation, to provide planning grants to improve the protection of agricultural lands...
• California Public Resources Code Section 10280.5
  The following terms have the following meanings as used in this division, unless the context clearly requires otherwise: (a) "Authority" means an entity established by...
• California Public Resources Code Section 10281
  The purpose of the grant program is to assist any local government entity, nonprofit organization, authority, or joint powers authority to apply for, and cost-effectively...
• California Public Resources Code Section 10281.5
  (a) In addition to the requirements established by the department, the applicant shall demonstrate that the changes to the existing goals, objectives, policies, or programs...
• California Public Resources Code Section 10282
  (a) Under the grant program, a local government entity, nonprofit organization, authority, or joint powers authority may apply to the department for a planning grant...
• California Public Resources Code Section 10283
  Eligible projects funded under this division with the proceeds from the sale of any bonds shall be consistent with the requirements of Section 16727 of...
• California Public Resources Code Section 10276
  (a) If the termination of the agricultural conservation easement is approved pursuant to this division or pursuant to a judicial proceeding in a court of...
• California Public Resources Code Section 10277
  If the termination of the agricultural conservation easement is not approved, the landowner may reapply for termination not sooner than one year after the submittal...
• California Public Resources Code Section 10264
  The director shall disapprove the application for a grant for the acquisition of an agricultural conservation easement or fee title in any of the following...
• California Public Resources Code Section 10330
  The Wildlife Conservation Board is hereby designated as the lead agency of the state for carrying out the program of rangeland, grazing land, and grassland...
• California Public Resources Code Section 10331
  The California Rangeland, Grazing Land, and Grassland Protection Program is hereby established to protect California's rangeland, grazing land, and grasslands through the use of conservation...
• California Public Resources Code Section 10332
  As used in this division, the following terms have the following meanings: (a) "Board" means the Wildlife Conservation Board created pursuant to Article 2 (commencing...
• California Public Resources Code Section 10334
  Funds may be expended by the board for the acquisition of conservation easements over qualified property pursuant to the authority granted to the board under...
• California Public Resources Code Section 10335
  Funds expended pursuant to this division may be used only to acquire conservation easements to protect rangeland, grazing lands, and grasslands, consistent with the purposes...
• California Public Resources Code Section 10335.5
  (a) Any eligible projects funded under this division with the proceeds from the sale of any bonds shall be consistent with the requirements of Section...
• California Public Resources Code Section 10336
  The board may adopt guidelines to implement the program, including the establishment of procedures and a schedule for submittal of applications for grants and a...
• California Public Resources Code Section 10337
  A conservation easement may be acquired pursuant to this division only if its acquisition will protect, restore, or enhance rangeland, grazing land, or grassland and...
• California Public Resources Code Section 10338
  At a minimum, each application for a grant shall contain all of the following: (a) A legal description of the property and a description of...
• California Public Resources Code Section 10339
  The board may require further information as is reasonably necessary to allow the board to evaluate the proposed acquisition.
• California Public Resources Code Section 10340
  The board, or the recipient of a grant, may accept contributions of money from a prospective seller to pay or reimburse the costs of appraisal,...
• California Public Resources Code Section 10341
  The board may request staff services from any state agency that submits an application for a grant.
• California Public Resources Code Section 10342
  Any conservation easement, money, or other asset acquired pursuant to this division shall not be deemed a transfer pursuant to Article 1 (commencing with Section...
• California Public Resources Code Section 10343
  (a) Nothing in this division authorizes or increases the authority of any public agency to use eminent domain to acquire private property. (b) Nothing in...
• California Public Resources Code Section 10344
  The board may coordinate this program with the Oak Woodlands Conservation Act established pursuant to Article 3.5 (commencing with Section 1360) of Chapter 4 of...
• California Public Resources Code Section 12200
  This division shall be known and may be cited as the California Forest Legacy Program Act of 2007.
• California Public Resources Code Section 12210
  The Legislature hereby finds and declares all of the following: (a) Privately owned forest lands comprise nearly half of California's 32.6 million acres of forest...
• California Public Resources Code Section 12211
  It is the intent of the Legislature, in enacting this division and the California Forest Legacy Program, to protect forest lands and aquatic resources in...
• California Public Resources Code Section 12220
  Unless the context otherwise requires, the definitions in this article govern the construction of this division. (a) "Applicant" means a landowner who is eligible for...
• California Public Resources Code Section 12230
  The department shall carry out the California Forest Legacy Program. Nothing in this division alters the department's responsibility for the administration of state, federal, or...
• California Public Resources Code Section 12231
  Nothing in this chapter grants any new authority to the department to affect local policy or land use decisionmaking.
• California Public Resources Code Section 12240
  The California Forest Legacy Program is hereby established. The department may acquire conservation easements by entering into a contract with the Wildlife Conservation Board to...
• California Public Resources Code Section 12241
  Money to fund the California Forest Legacy Program shall be obtained from gifts, donations, federal grants and loans, other appropriate funding sources, and through the...
• California Public Resources Code Section 12242
  The implementation of the program includes the costs associated with the purchase or facilitated donation of conservation easements, technical assistance provided by the department, technology...
• California Public Resources Code Section 12244
  Easements acquired under this program may be held by federal, state, or local government entities or by nonprofit land trust organizations. The director shall find...
• California Public Resources Code Section 12245
  The director shall not disburse any funds until the applicant agrees to both of the following: (a) That any conservation easement acquired shall be used...
• California Public Resources Code Section 12246
  If a local, state, or national government agency or nonprofit land trust organization holding the easement is dissolved, the easement shall be transferred to an...
• California Public Resources Code Section 12247
  The easement, or any of its terms, may only be amended with the consent of all of the necessary parties to the easement. The department...
• California Public Resources Code Section 12248
  The director shall not disburse any funds unless the applicant agrees to restrict the use of the land in perpetuity.
• California Public Resources Code Section 12249
  The board shall adopt rules and regulations for the implementation of this division, including the standards, criteria, and requirements necessary for acquiring conservation easements.
• California Public Resources Code Section 12249.5
  Rules or regulations adopted by the board pursuant to Section 12249 shall be adopted in accordance with the Administrative Procedure Act (Chapter 3.5 (commencing with...
• California Public Resources Code Section 12249.6
  The department shall review, and approve or disapprove, applications from landowners for the acquisition of conservation easements on forest lands or woodlands.
• California Public Resources Code Section 12250
  Every application for the acquisition of a conservation easement shall provide sufficient information to enable the department to verify the parcel's eligibility for the program...
• California Public Resources Code Section 12250.5
  In reviewing applications pursuant to this division, the department shall determine whether the proposed conservation easement meets the eligibility and selection criteria set forth in...
• California Public Resources Code Section 12251
  Proposed conservation easements shall meet the eligibility criteria set forth in this section prior to review pursuant to the selection criteria set forth in Section...
• California Public Resources Code Section 12252
  The easement shall not be required as a condition of any lease, permit, license, certificate, or other entitlement for use issued by one or more...
• California Public Resources Code Section 12260
  If the department determines that the proposed conservation easement meets the eligibility criteria set forth in Section 12251, the application shall be reviewed based upon...
• California Public Resources Code Section 12262
  An applicant shall select and retain an independent real estate appraiser to determine the value of the conservation easement, which shall be calculated by determining...
• California Public Resources Code Section 12263
  The department shall act on an application for the acquisition of a conservation easement within 180 days of its receipt, and shall notify the applicant...
• California Public Resources Code Section 12264
  The department may disapprove the application for the acquisition of a conservation easement in any of the following circumstances: (a) The application does not satisfy...
• California Public Resources Code Section 12275
  The department, local government entity, or nonprofit land trust organization acquiring an easement pursuant to this division shall monitor that easement in order to assess...
• California Public Resources Code Section 12276
  The department shall ensure that any entity acquiring a conservation easement acquired pursuant to this division has adequate funding for, or otherwise adequately provides for,...
• California Public Resources Code Section 12290
  Commencing on January 1, 2009, and each January 1 thereafter, the department shall report to the Governor and the Legislature on its implementation of this...
• California Public Resources Code Section 12291
  The department shall make available to the public on its Internet Web site a list of conservation easements acquired through the program. The list shall...
• California Public Resources Code Section 12292
  This division shall remain in effect only until January 1, 2015, and as of that date is repealed, unless a later enacted statute, that is...
• California Public Resources Code Section 13000
  The Legislature hereby finds and declares that there exists throughout the State large unincorporated areas which are particularly suited to and used for recreation resort...
• California Public Resources Code Section 13001
  This division shall be known and may be cited as the "Resort Improvement District Law."
• California Public Resources Code Section 13002
  A resort improvement district consisting of unincorporated territory in one county may be established pursuant to this division, provided that 80 percent or more of...
• California Public Resources Code Section 13003
  No additional districts shall be created or organized under this division after September 17, 1965, except in the Fallen Leaf Lake watershed within the Lake...
• California Public Resources Code Section 13010
  The terms defined in this chapter have the meaning set forth unless the context requires a different meaning.
• California Public Resources Code Section 13011
  "District" means a district created pursuant to this division.
• California Public Resources Code Section 13012
  "District board" means the board of directors of the district.
• California Public Resources Code Section 13013
  "County" means the county in which the district in located.
• California Public Resources Code Section 13014
  "Board of supervisors" and "board" means the board of supervisors of the county.
• California Public Resources Code Section 13015
  "Charges" includes fees, tolls, rates, and rentals.
• California Public Resources Code Section 13016
  "Land" means land in the district and does not include improvements or personal or utility property.
• California Public Resources Code Section 13017
  "Legal representative" means an officer or other person or persons appointed to serve as such by the board of directors of a corporation owner.
• California Public Resources Code Section 13018
  "Owner" means the owner of land as shown on the last equalized county assessment roll.
• California Public Resources Code Section 13019
  "Voter" means a voter, as defined in Section 359 of the Elections Code, who resides within the boundaries of the district.
• California Public Resources Code Section 13020
  "Nonresident landowner" means a person or persons, association, corporation, or partnership owning land within the district but having his actual residence elsewhere.
• California Public Resources Code Section 13031
  The board of supervisors is the governing body of the district, and, unless otherwise provided in this division, the provisions of the County Service Area...
• California Public Resources Code Section 13032
  If deemed advisable by the board of supervisors a board of directors for the district may be formed.
• California Public Resources Code Section 13033
  The board of directors of any district formed pursuant to this division shall have such powers as the board of supervisors may from time to...
• California Public Resources Code Section 13034
  The district board shall consist either of five members, four of which shall be elected from the district and the fifth which shall be the...
• California Public Resources Code Section 13034.5
  If a district elects pursuant to Section 13034 to have the district board consist of five members elected from the district, the district board may...
• California Public Resources Code Section 13035
  Exclusive of the supervisorial member, the directors shall be voters in the district.
• California Public Resources Code Section 13035.1
  The number of directors elected by voters in the district at the first general district election held after January 1, 1998, shall be equal to...
• California Public Resources Code Section 13036
  All vacancies in the office of director shall be filled by appointment by the board of supervisors.
• California Public Resources Code Section 13037
  An appointment to fill a vacancy in the office of director shall be for the unexpired term of the office in which the vacancy exists,...
• California Public Resources Code Section 13038
  Once each year, the district board shall elect one of its members to serve as president and shall appoint a secretary, who may be a...
• California Public Resources Code Section 13039
  All sessions of the district board shall be public.
• California Public Resources Code Section 13040
  The district board by resolution, shall provide for the time and place of its meetings, the manner of calling special meetings and shall establish rules...
• California Public Resources Code Section 13041
  (a) Any compensation provided pursuant to this section shall comply with Articles 2.3 (commencing with Section 53232) and 2.4 (commencing with Section 53234) of Chapter...
• California Public Resources Code Section 13050
  After the authorization of a district board by the board of supervisors, a general district election shall be held on the first Tuesday after the...
• California Public Resources Code Section 13050.5
  Except as otherwise provided in this division, districts governed by this division are subject to the provisions of the Uniform District Election Law.
• California Public Resources Code Section 13051
  A special election may be called by the board to be held at any time.
• California Public Resources Code Section 13052
  The hours during which the polls shall be opened at any special district election shall be as established by the board.
• California Public Resources Code Section 13053
  Notices of elections shall be given as nearly as practicable in accordance with the general laws regarding notices of county election.
• California Public Resources Code Section 13058
  Each voter, as defined in Section 13019, shall have one vote.
• California Public Resources Code Section 13060
  In the first district board election the two candidates receiving the highest number of votes shall be elected for four years, the candidates which are...
• California Public Resources Code Section 13062
  A majority of the votes cast shall be required to approve a proposition.
• California Public Resources Code Section 13070
  The district may acquire, construct, maintain, and operate property, works, and facilities for any one or more of the following purposes: (a) To supply the...
• California Public Resources Code Section 13070.1
  As used in this chapter, "acquire" includes, but is not restricted to, taking by condemnation, purchase, or lease and receiving by donation or dedication.
• California Public Resources Code Section 13071
  The district may hold, use, enjoy, lease or dispose of any of its property.
• California Public Resources Code Section 13072
  Whenever the board determines by resolution that it is feasible, economically sound, and in the public interest, for the district to exercise its powers for...
• California Public Resources Code Section 13073
  Bonded indebtedness may be incurred within the district in the manner herein provided.
• California Public Resources Code Section 13074
  The board may compel all residents and property owners in the district to connect their houses, habitations and structures requiring sewage or drainage disposal service...
• California Public Resources Code Section 13075
  (a) No district shall engage in any activity or provide any service not already engaged in or provided, or budgeted for, as of July 1,...
• California Public Resources Code Section 13076
  (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, and in addition to any other powers conferred thereby, Resort Improvement District Number 1, in the County...
• California Public Resources Code Section 13100
  Whenever the board deems it necessary for the district to incur a bonded indebtedness, it shall by resolution set forth all of the following: (a)...
• California Public Resources Code Section 13101
  Notice of the hearing shall be given by publication of a copy of the resolution pursuant to Section 6066 of the Government Code in a...
• California Public Resources Code Section 13102
  The copy of the resolution published shall be accompanied by a notice subscribed by the clerk that: (a) The hearing referred to in the resolution...
• California Public Resources Code Section 13103
  At the time and place fixed for the hearing on the resolution declaring the necessity for incurring the bonded indebtedness or at any time and...
• California Public Resources Code Section 13104
  At the hearing any person interested, including persons owning property within the district, may appear and present any matters material to the questions set forth...
• California Public Resources Code Section 13105
  At the conclusion of the hearing, the board shall by resolution determine whether the whole or part of the district will be benefited by the...
• California Public Resources Code Section 13106
  If the board determines that the whole of the district will not be benefited, the resolution shall also describe the portion of the district which...
• California Public Resources Code Section 13107
  After the formation of an improvement area within the district pursuant to this chapter, all proceedings for the purpose of a bond election within the...
• California Public Resources Code Section 13108
  The determination of the board that the whole of the district will be benefited by the bond issue or only that a described portion of...
• California Public Resources Code Section 13109
  After the board has made its determination pursuant to Section 13105, if it deems it necessary to incur the bonded indebtedness, it shall by resolution...
• California Public Resources Code Section 13110
  The resolution provided for in Section 13109 shall constitute the notice of such special bond election and such resolution shall be published pursuant to Section...
• California Public Resources Code Section 13111
  The provisions of the Elections Code relating to the qualifications of electors, the manner of voting, the duties of election officers, the canvassing of returns,...
• California Public Resources Code Section 13112
  Every voter within the area designated in the resolution adopted pursuant to Section 13109, but no others, may vote on the proposition to authorize the...
• California Public Resources Code Section 13113
  A two-thirds vote shall be required for the issuance of general obligation bonds.
• California Public Resources Code Section 13114
  If two-thirds of the vote cast at the election are in favor of incurring the indebtedness, the board may by resolution, at the time or...
• California Public Resources Code Section 13115
  The bonds shall be signed by the chair of the board and countersigned by the clerk of the board or the clerk's deputy and the...
• California Public Resources Code Section 13116.5
  An action to determine the validity of bonds may be brought pursuant to Chapter 9 (commencing with Section 860) of Title 10 of Part 2...
• California Public Resources Code Section 13117
  The district may sell the bonds so issued at the times or in the manner the board deems to be to the public interest, provided,...
• California Public Resources Code Section 13118
  Any bonds issued by any area organized under this division are hereby given the same force, value, and use as bonds issued by any municipality...
• California Public Resources Code Section 13119
  The board may, by resolution, do the following: (a) Submit to voters a measure to issue new bonds to refund any or all of the...
• California Public Resources Code Section 13120
  The measure may be voted on at any district election or an election may be called for the purpose.
• California Public Resources Code Section 13121
  The procedure upon the election shall be in accordance, so far as applicable, with the procedure upon an original issue of bonds, except that: (a)...
• California Public Resources Code Section 13122
  The refunding bonds may, if the holders of the bonds of an original issue and the board so agree, be exchanged for original bonds.
• California Public Resources Code Section 13123
  The face value of refunding bonds exchanged for original bonds shall not exceed the face value of the original bonds.
• California Public Resources Code Section 13124
  The board may raise money by rates or taxes to pay principal and interest of the refunding bonds in the same manner as prescribed for...
• California Public Resources Code Section 13125
  Any bonds issued by the district may be made callable by resolution of the board adopted at or prior to the time of issuing the
• California Public Resources Code Section 13126
  When bonds are made callable a statement to that effect shall be set forth on the face of the bond.
• California Public Resources Code Section 13127
  Callable bonds may be redeemed on any interest payment date prior to their fixed maturity in such amounts and manner and at such prices as...
• California Public Resources Code Section 13128
  Notice designating the bonds called for redemption shall be published in a newspaper determined by the board to be the one most likely to reach...
• California Public Resources Code Section 13129
  If on the date fixed for redemption the district has provided funds available for payment of the principal and interest of the bonds called, interest...
• California Public Resources Code Section 13140
  Revenue bonds may be issued by the district for the acquisition and construction, or acquisition or construction of any improvements or property or facilities contained...
• California Public Resources Code Section 13141
  Proceedings for the authorization, issuance, sale, security, and payment of revenue bonds shall be had, the board shall have the powers and duties, and the...
• California Public Resources Code Section 13150
  The Municipal Improvement Act of 1913 (Division 12 (commencing with Section 10000)) of the Streets and Highways Code, the Improvement Act of 1911 (Division 7...
• California Public Resources Code Section 13160
  The lien for taxes for the first fiscal year after the district is formed shall attach on the first Monday in March or on the...
• California Public Resources Code Section 13161
  The board of supervisors shall at the time and in the manner of levying other county taxes, levy and cause to be collected a tax...
• California Public Resources Code Section 13161.5
  A district may impose a special tax pursuant to Article 3.5 (commencing with Section 50075) of Chapter 1 of Part 1 of Division 1 of...
• California Public Resources Code Section 13162
  The tax shall be collected at the same time and in the same manner as the general tax levy for county purposes, and when collected,...
• California Public Resources Code Section 13163
  The principal and interest on district bonds shall be paid by the county treasurer, if payable at his office, in the manner now or hereafter...
• California Public Resources Code Section 13170
  In a fund called the "Resort Improvement District General Fund," the treasurer shall place and keep the money levied by the board for that fund.
• California Public Resources Code Section 13171
  The proceeds of the sale of revenue bonds or general obligation bonds or proceeds of special assessments levied by the board shall be deposited with...
• California Public Resources Code Section 13172
  The money in any construction fund shall be used for the purpose indicated in the resolution calling the election upon the question of the issuance...
• California Public Resources Code Section 13173
  The bond moneys may also be used for interest and working capital for the period of construction and for twelve (12) months thereafter, and also...
• California Public Resources Code Section 13174
  Any money in the construction fund determined by resolution of the board to be in excess of the amounts required for completion of the improvement...
• California Public Resources Code Section 13175
  In a fund called the "Resort Improvement District Bond Fund ____" (inserting series number), the treasurer shall keep money levied or collected for that fund.
• California Public Resources Code Section 13176
  No part of the money belonging in the bond fund may be transferred to any other fund or be used for any purpose other than...
• California Public Resources Code Section 13190
  The provisions of this chapter are alternative or supplemental to those providing for the use of the county treasury.
• California Public Resources Code Section 13191
  The board may by resolution designate a bank as depositary of any or all of its funds. No question of interest shall affect such appointment....
• California Public Resources Code Section 13192
  The charges of any depositary selected shall be a proper expense of the district.
• California Public Resources Code Section 13193
  If the board appoints a depositary, it shall appoint a person who shall be known as finance officer, who shall serve at its pleasure. It...
• California Public Resources Code Section 13194
  Bond principal and interest and salaries shall be paid when due. All other claims and demands shall be approved in writing or in open meeting...
• California Public Resources Code Section 13195
  Warrants shall be drawn by the finance officer and signed by the president and secretary, or one of them and one member of the board.
• California Public Resources Code Section 13196
  The finance officer shall install and maintain a system of auditing and accounting that shall completely and at all times show the financial condition of...
• California Public Resources Code Section 13197
  The finance officer shall make annual or earlier written reports to the board, as it shall determine, as to the receipts and disbursements and balances...
• California Public Resources Code Section 13215
  The district may, pursuant to the notice, protest, and hearing procedures in Section 53753 of the Government Code, fix by ordinance or resolution, on or...
• California Public Resources Code Section 13216
  If the procedures set forth in this section as it read at the time a standby or immediate availability charge was established were followed, the...
• California Public Resources Code Section 13217
  If any water or sewer standby or immediate availability charge remains unpaid on the first day of the month in which the board of supervisors...
• California Public Resources Code Section 13230
  Nothing in this division shall be construed to authorize or permit a district to operate any facilities for furnishing any water services in any portion...
• California Public Resources Code Section 13231
  The county water district may elect to install the facilities for furnishing water services within any area that is included within both districts. In such...
• California Public Resources Code Section 13232
  The county water district may elect to have the facilities installed by the district for providing water services within any area that is included within...
• California Public Resources Code Section 13232.3
  The Grizzly Lake Resort Improvement District, the Napa-Berryessa Resort Improvement District, and the Lake Berryessa Resort Improvement District may contract with any state agency to...
• California Public Resources Code Section 13233
  Nothing in this division shall be construed to repeal or limit any power possessed by a county water district within which there is any part...
• California Public Resources Code Section 14000
  (a) The Legislature hereby finds and declares that every California youth should be encouraged to reach his or her full potential, but that many youths...
• California Public Resources Code Section 14001
  There is in the Resources Agency the California Conservation Corps, which shall be responsible for carrying out the purposes of, and implementing the findings and...
• California Public Resources Code Section 14002
  The Legislature finds and declares that the California Conservation Corps provides an invaluable service. The Legislature supports the corps' mission to enhance the educational opportunities...
• California Public Resources Code Section 14003
  (a) The Legislature finds and declares that the State of California has already established a model conservation corps program and that redundant federal and state...
• California Public Resources Code Section 14004
  In memory of Brien Thomas "B.T." Collins, and on behalf of his passion, support, and commitment to the mission of the corps, the California Conservation...
• California Public Resources Code Section 14100
  Unless context otherwise requires, the definitions set forth in this chapter govern the construction of this division.
• California Public Resources Code Section 14101
  "Corps" means the California Conservation Corps.
• California Public Resources Code Section 14102
  "Director" means the Director of the California Conservation Corps.
• California Public Resources Code Section 14300
  Young women and men participating in the corps program shall generally be engaged in projects which do the following: (a) Preserve, maintain, and enhance environmentally...
• California Public Resources Code Section 14301
  The Governor shall appoint a director, who shall act as the administrative officer of the corps, and a deputy director. The appointment of the director...
• California Public Resources Code Section 14302
  Young women and men shall be selected for participation in the corps program on the basis of motivation for hard work, personal development, and public...
• California Public Resources Code Section 14303
  The director may employ special corpsmembers without regard to their age so that the corps may draw upon their special skills which may contribute to...
• California Public Resources Code Section 14304
  Projects shall be directed toward providing opportunities to the public for their education or the use of these natural resources and environmentally important public lands...
• California Public Resources Code Section 14305
  In order to protect the rights of corpsmembers individually and the corps as a community, the director shall adopt a corpsmember bill of rights, corpsmember...
• California Public Resources Code Section 14306
  To implement the provisions of this division, the director may do all of the following: (a) Recruit and employ corpsmembers and special corpsmembers. (b) Adopt...
• California Public Resources Code Section 14307
  Fire prevention, fire suppression, and disaster relief including, but not limited to, flood, earthquake, pest infestation assistance measures, and search and rescue efforts shall be...
• California Public Resources Code Section 14308
  In carrying out this division, the director may utilize any services, materials, or property of any agency of the state and may make any agreements...
• California Public Resources Code Section 14309
  In order to provide the best and most cost-effective training possible for corps members and other state employees, state agencies shall seek to combine or...
• California Public Resources Code Section 14310
  Notwithstanding any other provision of law, corpsmembers and special corpsmembers, other than staff officers and employees, shall not receive state retirement benefits.
• California Public Resources Code Section 14311
  In keeping with the corps' entrepreneurial nature and to expand the corpsmember population, the corps shall actively seek reimbursable work projects from state and nonstate...
• California Public Resources Code Section 14312
  (a) The Collins-Dugan California Conservation Corps Reimbursement Account is hereby created in the General Fund in the State Treasury, for support of the corps. (b)...
• California Public Resources Code Section 14313
  To assist the corps' operation as an entrepreneurial and incentive-based program, the director may seek and accept donations from private entities, foundations, or other sources...
• California Public Resources Code Section 14315
  (a) Subject to the availability of assistance from the corps, a state agency that is considering the use of contracted labor shall give priority to...
• California Public Resources Code Section 14316
  The Department of Finance may make a loan from the General Fund to the Collins-Dugan California Conservation Corps Reimbursement Account, in an amount not to...
• California Public Resources Code Section 14317
  (a) The Legislature finds and declares all of the following: (1) By authorizing the Sacramento Local Conservation Corps to sell one of its existing buildings...
• California Public Resources Code Section 14350
  The director may establish a training program for members of county or city conservation corps. The program may be designed to provide the same training...
• California Public Resources Code Section 14351
  If the corps establishes a training program as described in Section 14350, the corps may contract with the county or city requesting the training, and...
• California Public Resources Code Section 14400
  The corps shall develop nonresidential programs in urban communities, and may develop those programs in other than urban communities, which have high concentrations of ethnic-minority...
• California Public Resources Code Section 14401
  The corps shall develop procedures for recruiting high school dropouts from the neighborhoods in which these programs are located.
• California Public Resources Code Section 14402
  The corps shall give priority to providing an educational component for corpsmembers who have not completed high school. The component shall be equal in content...
• California Public Resources Code Section 14403
  (a) The corps shall cooperate with, and seek the cooperation of state and local workforce investment boards and youth councils, designated pursuant to the federal...
• California Public Resources Code Section 14404
  The corps shall assist corpsmembers who desire to return to school to develop plans to accomplish this goal.
• California Public Resources Code Section 14405
  Implementation of the educational component of the nonresidental program established pursuant to this chapter shall be contingent on the California Conservation Corps receiving sufficient funding...
• California Public Resources Code Section 14406
  The corps may contract with public or private nonprofit agencies to provide services for a nonresidential program. The public or private nonprofit agency shall meet...
• California Public Resources Code Section 14500
  This division shall be known and may be cited as the California Beverage Container Recycling and Litter Reduction Act.
• California Public Resources Code Section 14501
  The Legislature finds and declares as follows: (a) Experience in this state and others demonstrates that financial incentives and convenient return systems ensure the efficient...
• California Public Resources Code Section 14501.5
  This division does not apply to any beverage container which is sold and delivered to a railroad, sleeping car, or steamship company, or common carrier...
• California Public Resources Code Section 14502
  Unless the context otherwise requires, the definitions in this chapter govern the construction of this division.
• California Public Resources Code Section 14503
  "Aluminum beverage container" means a beverage container which consists primarily of aluminum.
• California Public Resources Code Section 14503.5
  "Average monthly volume" means the average number of empty beverage containers per month received by a certified recycling center.
• California Public Resources Code Section 14503.6
  "Beneficiating processor" means any person certified by the department as a processor who also beneficiates purchased cullet so that it is furnace ready for glass...
• California Public Resources Code Section 14504
  (a) Except as provided in subdivision (b), "beverage" means any of the following products if those products are in liquid, ready-to-drink form, and are intended...
• California Public Resources Code Section 14505
  "Beverage container" means the individual, separate bottle, can, jar, carton, or other receptacle, however denominated, in which a beverage is sold, and which is constructed...
• California Public Resources Code Section 14506
  "Beverage manufacturer" means any person who bottles, cans, or otherwise fills beverage containers, or imports filled beverage containers, for sale to distributors, dealers, or consumers.
• California Public Resources Code Section 14506.3
  "Bimetal container" means a beverage container which consists of one or more metals and which is composed primarily of steel.
• California Public Resources Code Section 14506.5
  "Commingled" means a mix of empty beverage containers, as defined in Section 14512, and all other containers of the same material type.
• California Public Resources Code Section 14506.7
  "Commingled rate" means the ratio of empty beverage containers, as defined in Section 14512, to all other containers of the same material type, as determined...
• California Public Resources Code Section 14507.5
  (a) "Community Conservation Corps" means a nonprofit public benefit corporation formed or operating pursuant to Part 2 (commencing with Section 5110) of Division 2 of...
• California Public Resources Code Section 14508
  "Consumer" means every person who, for his or her use or consumption, purchases a beverage in a beverage container from a dealer. "Consumer" includes, but...
• California Public Resources Code Section 14509
  "Container manufacturer" means any person who produces beverage containers for filling by beverage manufacturers, including any person who imports these beverage containers from outside of...
• California Public Resources Code Section 14509.3
  "Cullet" means scrap glass that is derived from postfilled food, drink, or beverage container glass produced or imported for sale in the state.
• California Public Resources Code Section 14509.4
  "Convenience zone" means either of the following: (a) The area within a one-half mile radius of a supermarket. (b) The area designated by the department...
• California Public Resources Code Section 14509.5
  "Curbside program" means a recycling program which meets all of the following criteria: (a) The program picks up empty beverage containers from individual or multiple...
• California Public Resources Code Section 14510
  "Dealer" means a retail establishment which offers the sale of beverages in beverage containers to consumers. However, any lodging, eating, or drinking establishment, or soft...
• California Public Resources Code Section 14510.5
  "Department" means the Division of Recycling in the Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery.
• California Public Resources Code Section 14510.6
  "Director" means the Director of Resources Recycling and Recovery.
• California Public Resources Code Section 14511
  "Distributor" means every person who engages in the sale of beverages in beverage containers to a dealer in this state, including any manufacturer who engages...
• California Public Resources Code Section 14511.5
  "Drink" means fruit juice or any other noncarbonated drink.
• California Public Resources Code Section 14511.7
  "Dropoff or collection program" means any person, association, nonprofit corporation, church, club, or other organization certified by the department, and that accepts or collects empty...
• California Public Resources Code Section 14512
  "Empty beverage container" means a beverage container which meets all of the following requirements: (a) Has the seal or closure installed by the manufacturer broken...
• California Public Resources Code Section 14512.5
  "Food or drink packaging material" means any material which is not a beverage container in which a food or drink is sold in a retail...
• California Public Resources Code Section 14512.6
  "For recycling" means that an empty beverage container has been received by a processor who has an arrangement whereby that container will actually be recycled.
• California Public Resources Code Section 14512.7
  "Fund" means the California Beverage Container Recycling Fund established pursuant to subdivision (a) of Section 14580.
• California Public Resources Code Section 14513
  "Glass beverage container" means a beverage container which has a body consisting primarily of glass.
• California Public Resources Code Section 14513.2
  (a) Except as provided under Section 14549, "glass container manufacturer" means a person who manufactures commercial containers, whose principal component part or parts consist of...
• California Public Resources Code Section 14513.3
  "Glass food or drink container" means any nonbeverage container, whose principal component part or parts consist of virgin glass, postfilled glass, or any combination of...
• California Public Resources Code Section 14513.4
  "Handling fee" means an amount paid to an operator of a supermarket site, a rural region recycler, as defined in Section 14525.5.1, or a nonprofit...
• California Public Resources Code Section 14513.5
  "HDPE" means a plastic beverage container labeled with a "2" for high-density-polyethylene resin pursuant to Section 18015 and subject to this division.
• California Public Resources Code Section 14514
  "Managing employee" includes, but is not limited to, any person who manages the operation of a facility or is authorized by the certified operator to...
• California Public Resources Code Section 14514.4.1
  "Neighborhood dropoff program" means a recycling program which meets all of the following criteria: (a) The program is certified by the department as a dropoff...
• California Public Resources Code Section 14514.6
  "Not for recycling" means that an empty beverage container has been received by a processor who does not have an arrangement whereby that container will...
• California Public Resources Code Section 14514.7
  "Nonprofit convenience zone recycler" means a recycling center that meets the criteria described in subdivision (a) or (b): (a) The recycling center is all of...
• California Public Resources Code Section 14515
  "Other beverage container" means a beverage container which has a body consisting of metal, glass, plastic, other materials, or a combination of these, but which...
• California Public Resources Code Section 14515.1
  "Out-of-state container" means a used beverage container or used beverage container component that is not subject to Section 14560, and that is brought into this
• California Public Resources Code Section 14515.5
  "PET container" means a plastic beverage container labeled with a "1" pursuant to Section 18015 and subject to this division.
• California Public Resources Code Section 14515.6
  "Physical recycling location" means the area in a convenience zone served by one or more reverse vending machines which accept all empty aluminum, glass, and...
• California Public Resources Code Section 14516
  "Place of business of the dealer" means the location at which a dealer sells, or offers for sale, beverages in beverage containers to consumers.
• California Public Resources Code Section 14517
  "Plastic beverage container" means a beverage container which has a body consisting primarily of plastic.
• California Public Resources Code Section 14517.5
  "Postfilled container" means any container which had been previously filled with a beverage or food.
• California Public Resources Code Section 14518
  "Processor" means any person, including a scrap dealer, certified by the department who purchases empty aluminum beverage containers, bimetal beverage containers, glass beverage containers, plastic...
• California Public Resources Code Section 14518.4
  "Processing fee" means the amount paid by beverage manufacturers to the department pursuant to Section 14575.
• California Public Resources Code Section 14518.5
  "Processing payment" means an amount paid to processors, dropoff or collection programs, curbside programs, and recycling centers by the department pursuant to subdivision (a) of...
• California Public Resources Code Section 14519
  "Recycle," "recycled," "recycling," or "recyclable" means the reuse or refilling of empty beverage containers, or the process of sorting, cleansing, treating, and reconstituting empty postfilled...
• California Public Resources Code Section 14519.5
  "Recycler" means a recycling center, dropoff or collection program, or curbside program.
• California Public Resources Code Section 14520
  "Recycling center" means an operation which is certified by the department and which accepts from consumers, and pays or provides the refund value pursuant to...
• California Public Resources Code Section 14520.5
  "Recycling location" means a place, mobile unit, reverse vending machine, or other device where a certified recycling center accepts one or more types of empty...
• California Public Resources Code Section 14520.6
  "Noncertified recycler" means a person, entity, or operation which is not certified by the department and which purchases empty beverage containers from consumers, or from...
• California Public Resources Code Section 14521
  "Recycling rate" means the proportion of empty beverage containers by type returned to processors for recycling, measured in the manner prescribed in Section 14551.
• California Public Resources Code Section 14522.5
  "Redemption" and "redeem" means the return to a recycling center or location of an empty beverage container for a refund of at least the refund
• California Public Resources Code Section 14523
  "Redemption payment" means the minimum amount paid by a distributor to the department for every beverage container sold or transferred to a dealer.
• California Public Resources Code Section 14523.5
  "Redemption rate" means the proportion of empty beverage containers returned to processors measured in the manner prescribed in Section 14551.
• California Public Resources Code Section 14524
  "Refund value" means the amount established for each type of beverage container pursuant to Section 14560 that is paid by the following: (a) A certified...
• California Public Resources Code Section 14525
  "Refillable beverage container" means any aluminum beverage container, bimetal beverage container, glass beverage container, plastic beverage container, or other beverage container, holding 150 fluid ounces...
• California Public Resources Code Section 14525.5
  "Reverse vending machine" means a mechanical device which accepts one or more types of empty beverage containers and issues a cash refund or a redeemable...
• California Public Resources Code Section 14525.5.1
  "Rural region recycler" means an operator that is certified pursuant to subparagraph (A) of paragraph (2) of subdivision (b) of Section 14571, and who accepts...
• California Public Resources Code Section 14526
  "Scrap value" means the price paid for container material types subject to this division, after shipping and handling costs are deducted.
• California Public Resources Code Section 14526.5
  "Supermarket" means a full-line, self-service retail store with gross annual sales of two million dollars ($2,000,000), or more, and which sells a line of dry...
• California Public Resources Code Section 14526.6
  "Supermarket site" means any certified recycling center which redeems all types of empty beverage containers in accordance with Section 14572, and which is located within,...
• California Public Resources Code Section 14527
  "Use or consumption" includes the exercise of any right or power over a beverage incidental to the beverage's ownership, including, but not limited to, drinking...
• California Public Resources Code Section 14528
  "Universal product code" is an 11-digit, all-numeric code that represents a beverage container or other consumer package of a particular brand, size, type, and manufacturer...
• California Public Resources Code Section 14528.1
  "Voluntary artificial scrap value" means a price paid by a willing purchaser of empty PET containers, that reflects the payment of the scrap value for...
• California Public Resources Code Section 14528.5
  "Wine and distilled spirit cooler" means a beverage containing wine or distilled spirits to which is added concentrated or unconcentrated juice or flavoring material and...
• California Public Resources Code Section 14529
  This division is a matter of statewide interest and concern and is applicable uniformly throughout the state. Accordingly, this division occupies the whole field of...
• California Public Resources Code Section 14529.5
  Any action to increase recycling taken by the department, or by any person or entity, affecting scrap values, the quantities of materials being recycled, or...
• California Public Resources Code Section 14529.7
  (a) Except as provided in subdivision (b), this division does not apply to any program involving the collection and payment of deposits for beverage containers...
• California Public Resources Code Section 14530
  This division shall be administered by the department. Notwithstanding Section 607, the department may, for organizational purposes, create a new division, bureau, or office to...
• California Public Resources Code Section 14530.1
  There is hereby created within the department a recycling financial analysis and policy development unit, to develop, analyze, consolidate, and evaluate economic and policy proposals...
• California Public Resources Code Section 14530.2
  The Division of Recycling shall be administered by an assistant director who is appointed by the Governor. The appointment shall be exempt from civil service.
• California Public Resources Code Section 14530.5
  (a) For purposes of entering into contracts for consulting, promotional, or advisory services necessary to implement this division, the requirements of Sections 11042 and 14615...
• California Public Resources Code Section 14530.6
  Upon the request of the department, the Attorney General shall represent the department and the state in litigation concerning affairs of the department.
• California Public Resources Code Section 14536
  (a) Except as provided in subdivision (b), the director shall adopt, amend, or repeal all rules and regulations in accordance with Chapter 3.5 (commencing with...
• California Public Resources Code Section 14536.1
  Notwithstanding Section 14536, if the department determines that it is necessary to adopt or amend regulations to implement Section 14575, the department may adopt or...
• California Public Resources Code Section 14536.5
  (a) In carrying out the division, the department may solicit and use all expertise available in other state agencies and where an existing state agency...
• California Public Resources Code Section 14537
  The department shall keep accurate books, records, and accounts of all of its dealings, and these books, records, and accounts are subject to an annual...
• California Public Resources Code Section 14538
  (a) The department shall certify the operators of recycling centers pursuant to this section. The director shall adopt, by regulation, a procedure for the certification...
• California Public Resources Code Section 14539
  (a) The department shall certify processors pursuant to this section. The director shall adopt, by regulation, requirements and standards for certification. The regulations shall require,...
• California Public Resources Code Section 14539.5
  (a) The department shall certify dropoff and collection programs pursuant to this section. The director shall adopt, by regulation, requirements and standards for certification and...
• California Public Resources Code Section 14540
  The department may review and verify all applications for certification of recycling centers and processors, and may conduct a comprehensive field investigation of any applicant...
• California Public Resources Code Section 14541
  (a) The department may issue a certificate pursuant to an initial or renewal application for certification as probationary, and the department may issue any other...
• California Public Resources Code Section 14541.5
  Any certification or registration granted by the department is a privilege and not a vested right or interest.
• California Public Resources Code Section 14549
  (a) Every glass container manufacturer shall report to the department each month, by a method as determined by the department, the amount of total tons...
• California Public Resources Code Section 14549.1
  (a) In order to improve the quality and marketability of empty beverage containers collected for recycling in the state by curbside recycling programs or dropoff...
• California Public Resources Code Section 14549.2
  (a) For purposes of this section, the following definitions shall apply: (1) "Certified entity" means a recycling center, processor, or dropoff or collection program certified...
• California Public Resources Code Section 14549.5
  On or before the 90th day after the effective date of the act amending this section, and annually thereafter, or more frequently as determined to...
• California Public Resources Code Section 14549.6
  (a) The department, consistent with Section 14581 and subject to the availability of funds, shall annually pay a total of fifteen million dollars ($15,000,000) per...
• California Public Resources Code Section 14550
  (a) (1) Every processor shall report to the department for each month the amount of empty beverage containers, by material type and weight of container...
• California Public Resources Code Section 14551
  (a) The department shall establish reporting periods for the reporting of redemption rates and recycling rates. Each reporting period shall be six months. The department...
• California Public Resources Code Section 14551.4
  The department shall make available the information collected pursuant to subdivision (a) of Section 14551, concerning the volumes of materials collected from certified recycling centers,...
• California Public Resources Code Section 14551.5
  (a) The department shall register the operators of curbside programs pursuant to this section. (b) Each curbside program that receives refund values and administrative fees...
• California Public Resources Code Section 14552
  (a) The department shall establish and implement an auditing system to ensure that the information collected, and refund values and redemption payments paid pursuant to...
• California Public Resources Code Section 14552.5
  (a) The department shall supply all certified processors with a standardized rejection form that shall include, but not be limited to, the names of the...
• California Public Resources Code Section 14552.51
  (a) A certified processor seeking to dispose of rejected postfilled containers may not dispose of rejected postfilled containers unless the certified processor first submits to...
• California Public Resources Code Section 14553
  (a) All reports, claims, and other information required pursuant to this division and submitted to the department shall be complete, legible, and accurate, as determined...
• California Public Resources Code Section 14554
  The department shall establish procedures to protect any privileged, confidential, commercial, or financial information obtained while collecting information for carrying out the requirements of this...
• California Public Resources Code Section 14556
  (a) Not less than once every three months, the department shall provide to the Legislature pursuant to subdivision (b), at a minimum, all of the...
• California Public Resources Code Section 14560
  (a) (1) Except as provided in paragraph (3), a beverage distributor shall pay the department, for deposit into the fund, a redemption payment of four...
• California Public Resources Code Section 14560.5
  (a) (1) Except as provided in paragraph (2), the invoice or other form of accounting of the transaction submitted by a beverage distributor of beverages...
• California Public Resources Code Section 14561
  (a) A beverage manufacturer shall clearly indicate on all beverage containers sold or offered for sale by that beverage manufacturer in this state the message...
• California Public Resources Code Section 14562
  The Legislature hereby finds and declares that the minimum redemption payment established by this article is a regulatory fee collected for the purpose of assuring...
• California Public Resources Code Section 14570
  Every dealer shall post a clear and conspicuous sign of at least 10 inches by 15 inches at each public entrance to the dealer's place...
• California Public Resources Code Section 14571
  (a) Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, there shall be at least one certified recycling center or location within every convenience zone that accepts...
• California Public Resources Code Section 14571.1
  On or before January 1 of each year, the department shall, on a statewide basis, designate all convenience zones as of that date, including convenience...
• California Public Resources Code Section 14571.2
  The department shall continuously assist dealers and recyclers to establish certified recycling locations within each convenience zone. This assistance includes, but is not limited to,...
• California Public Resources Code Section 14571.3
  (a) The department shall continuously assist any certified recycler to achieve greater service to the public in an economical and cost-effective manner. This assistance shall...
• California Public Resources Code Section 14571.4
  (a) (1) The department shall certify one operator to establish the Pacific Beach Mobile Recycling Program that incorporates all convenience zones in the Pacific Beach...
• California Public Resources Code Section 14571.5
  The department may, in a rural region, as identified pursuant to subparagraph (A) of paragraph (2) of subdivision (b) of Section 14571, upon petition by...
• California Public Resources Code Section 14571.6
  In any convenience zone where no recycling location has been established which satisfies the requirements of Section 14571, and in any convenience zone which has...
• California Public Resources Code Section 14571.7
  (a) Except as provided in subdivision (b), in any convenience zone where a recycling location or locations were initially established, but where the location or...
• California Public Resources Code Section 14571.8
  (a) No lease entered into by a dealer after January 1, 1987, may contain a leasehold restriction that prohibits or results in the prohibition of...
• California Public Resources Code Section 14572
  (a) Except as provided in subdivision (b), a certified recycling center shall accept from any consumer or dropoff or collection program any empty beverage container,...
• California Public Resources Code Section 14572.5
  A certified recycling center, other than a reverse vending machine, shall accept from any consumer or any dropoff or collection program and pay the applicable...
• California Public Resources Code Section 14573
  (a) The department shall pay to a processor, for every empty beverage container received by the processor from a certified recycling center, curbside program, or...
• California Public Resources Code Section 14573.5
  (a) Except as provided in Section 14573.6, a processor shall pay to a certified recycling center, dropoff or collection program, or curbside program, for all...
• California Public Resources Code Section 14573.51
  (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this division, recycling centers and processors shall not pay curbside programs more than the applicable statewide average curbside commingled...
• California Public Resources Code Section 14573.6
  No dropoff or collection program shall pay any refund value to the consumer, and a dropoff or collection program is not eligible to receive any...
• California Public Resources Code Section 14573.7
  Notwithstanding Sections 14573 and 14573.5, the department may require a recycling center, pursuant to a prepayment review taken pursuant to subdivision (a) of Section 14552,...
• California Public Resources Code Section 14574
  (a) (1) A distributor of beverage containers shall pay to the department the redemption payment for every beverage container, other than a refillable beverage container,...
• California Public Resources Code Section 14574
  (a) (1) A distributor of beverage containers shall pay to the department the redemption payment for every beverage container, other than a refillable beverage container,...
• California Public Resources Code Section 14575
  (a) If any type of empty beverage container with a refund value established pursuant to Section 14560 has a scrap value less than the cost...
• California Public Resources Code Section 14575.1
  (a) Notwithstanding subdivision (b) of Section 14575, if a willing purchaser offers to purchase empty PET containers at a voluntary artificial scrap value that is...
• California Public Resources Code Section 14580
  (a) Except as provided in subdivision (d), the department shall deposit all amounts paid as redemption payments by distributors pursuant to Section 14574 and all...
• California Public Resources Code Section 14581
  (a) Subject to the availability of funds and in accordance with subdivision (c), the department shall expend the moneys set aside in the fund, pursuant...
• California Public Resources Code Section 14582
  The Recycling Infrastructure Loan Guarantee Account is hereby created as a revolving account in the California Beverage Container Recycling Fund, and the funds in that...
• California Public Resources Code Section 14583
  Notwithstanding Section 14581, on and after July 1, 2012, the department shall not make any payments, grants, or loans, as provided in that section, to...
• California Public Resources Code Section 14584
  (a) Operators of reverse vending machines or processors may apply to the California Pollution Control Financing Authority for financing pursuant to Section 44526 of the...
• California Public Resources Code Section 14585
  (a) The department shall adopt guidelines and methods for paying handling fees to supermarket sites, nonprofit convenience zone recyclers, or rural region recyclers to provide...
• California Public Resources Code Section 14585.5
  (a) The department shall not make handling fee payments to a supermarket site if the department determines that all empty beverage container types are not...
• California Public Resources Code Section 14586
  This division does not create any guarantee of a continuing level of support, or other obligation on the part of the State of California, the...
• California Public Resources Code Section 14587
  This division does not require or create any obligation that payments made pursuant to this division to any local conservation organization, community conservation corps, or...
• California Public Resources Code Section 14588
  It is the intent of the Legislature that handling fees paid to supermarket site recycling centers pursuant to Section 14585 shall only be used to...
• California Public Resources Code Section 14588.1
  (a) As used in this chapter, "unfair and predatory pricing" means the payment to consumers by a supermarket site, that receives handling fees for the...
• California Public Resources Code Section 14588.2
  (a) To ensure that handling fees paid to a supermarket site are not used for the purpose of engaging in unfair and predatory pricing, and...
• California Public Resources Code Section 14590
  If any provision of this division or the application thereof to any person or circumstances is held invalid, that invalidity shall not affect other provisions...
• California Public Resources Code Section 14591
  (a) Except as provided in subdivision (b), in addition to any other applicable civil or criminal penalties, any person convicted of a violation of this...
• California Public Resources Code Section 14591.1
  (a) (1) The department may assess a civil penalty upon a person who violates this division in an amount greater than one thousand dollars ($1,000)...
• California Public Resources Code Section 14591.2
  (a) The department may take disciplinary action against any party responsible for directing, contributing to, participating in, or otherwise influencing the operations of, a certified...
• California Public Resources Code Section 14591.3
  In any civil or administrative action brought pursuant to this division in which the department prevails, the department may assess against the defendant or respondent...
• California Public Resources Code Section 14591.4
  (a) In addition to any other remedies, penalties, and disciplinary actions provided by this division or otherwise, the department may seek restitution of any money...
• California Public Resources Code Section 14591.5
  After the time for judicial review under Section 11523 of the Government Code has expired, the department may apply to the small claims court or...
• California Public Resources Code Section 14591.6
  (a) When a person is engaged in recycling activity that violates this division, any regulation adopted pursuant to this division, or an order issued under...
• California Public Resources Code Section 14593
  Notwithstanding subdivisions (b) and (c) of Section 14591.1, the department may assess a civil penalty of up to 15 percent of the amount due for...
• California Public Resources Code Section 14594
  (a) Notwithstanding subdivisions (b) and (c) of Section 14591.1, the department may assess a civil penalty of up to 15 percent of the amount due...
• California Public Resources Code Section 14594.5
  The department may assess upon any person, entity, or operation which redeems, attempts to redeem, or aids in the redemption of, empty beverage containers that...
• California Public Resources Code Section 14595
  The Legislature finds and declares that the redemption of beverage container material imported from out of state, previously redeemed containers, rejected containers, and line breakage...
• California Public Resources Code Section 14595.4
  For purposes of this chapter, the following definitions shall apply: (a) "Person" means any individual, corporation, operation, or entity, whether or not certified or registered...
• California Public Resources Code Section 14595.5
  (a) (1) No person shall pay, claim, or receive any refund value, processing payment, handling fee, or administrative fee for any of the following: (A)...
• California Public Resources Code Section 14596
  (a) Any person importing more than 100 pounds of aluminum, bimetal, or plastic beverage container material, or more than 1,000 pounds of glass beverage container...
• California Public Resources Code Section 14597
  (a) No person shall falsify documents required pursuant to this division or pursuant to regulations adopted by the department. The falsification of these documents is...
• California Public Resources Code Section 14599
  The department may adopt emergency regulations to implement this chapter. Any emergency regulations, if adopted, shall be adopted in accordance with Chapter 3.5 (commencing with...
• California Public Resources Code Section 15000
  This division shall be known, and may be cited, as the Dry Cell Battery Management Act.
• California Public Resources Code Section 15001
  The Legislature hereby finds and declares as follows: (a) On the basis of available scientific and medical evidence, exposure to toxic materials, including mercury, cadmium,...
• California Public Resources Code Section 15002
  The definitions in this chapter govern the construction of this division.
• California Public Resources Code Section 15003
  "Battery pack" means any combination of dry cell batteries containing one or more rechargeable batteries that is usually assembled for a particular application and commonly...
• California Public Resources Code Section 15004
  "Board" means the California Integrated Waste Management Board.
• California Public Resources Code Section 15005
  "Dry cell battery" means any type of enclosed device or sealed container consisting of one or more voltaic or galvanic cells, electrically connected to produce...
• California Public Resources Code Section 15006
  "Easily removable," with respect to a rechargeable battery or battery pack, means that the rechargeable battery or battery pack is either detachable or readily removable...
• California Public Resources Code Section 15007
  "Manufacturer" means any person who manufactures dry cell batteries, rechargeable batteries or battery packs, or rechargeable consumer products.
• California Public Resources Code Section 15008
  "Mercuric oxide button cell battery" means a battery which contains mercuric oxide electrodes, resembles buttons in size and shape, and is used in consumer products...
• California Public Resources Code Section 15009
  "Mercuric oxide battery" means a battery containing mercuric oxide electrodes, except that mercuric oxide button cells are excluded from this definition.
• California Public Resources Code Section 15010
  (a) "Rechargeable battery" means any dry cell battery containing an electrode composed of cadmium or lead, or any combination thereof, of any shape that is...
• California Public Resources Code Section 15011
  "Rechargeable consumer product" means any product, including any laptop computer or cordless electric tool or appliance, which, when sold at retail, contains, or is sold...
• California Public Resources Code Section 15012
  "Remanufactured product" means a rechargeable consumer product manufactured prior to July 1, 1994, which has been returned to the manufacturer for refurbishment and either returned...
• California Public Resources Code Section 15013
  (a) On and after January 1, 1995, no person shall sell or offer for sale in this state any rechargeable consumer product unless the product...
• California Public Resources Code Section 15014
  (a) Any manufacturer of, or any manufacturer trade organization with respect to, any rechargeable battery or rechargeable consumer product may submit an application to the...
• California Public Resources Code Section 15016
  Any action solely to increase the recycling of rechargeable batteries or battery packs by any person or entity that affects the types or quantities being...
• California Public Resources Code Section 15018
  For purposes of carrying out the collection, storage, transportation, and recycling of used rechargeable batteries or consumer products containing used rechargeable batteries, persons involved in...
• California Public Resources Code Section 15020
  No person shall sell any dry cell battery manufactured on and after January 1, 1994, for household use in which the mercury content, by weight,...
• California Public Resources Code Section 15021
  On and after January 1, 1994, no person shall manufacture or sell any mercuric oxide button cell battery of any type or for any use.
• California Public Resources Code Section 15022
  No person shall sell any alkaline manganese battery manufactured on or after January 1, 1996, if the battery contains any intentionally introduced mercury, as distinguished...
• California Public Resources Code Section 15023
  No person shall sell any zinc-carbon battery manufactured on or after January 1, 1994, if the battery contains any intentionally introduced mercury, as distinguished from...
• California Public Resources Code Section 15024
  Any violation of this chapter is a misdemeanor.
• California Public Resources Code Section 15025
  For purposes of this article, the following terms have the following meanings: (a) "Mercury-added novelty" means a mercury-added product intended mainly for personal or household...
• California Public Resources Code Section 15026
  (a) On and after July 1, 2002, no person, other than a person licensed pursuant to Article 9 (commencing with Section 4140) of Chapter 9...
• California Public Resources Code Section 15027
  (a) On and after January 1, 2003, no person shall manufacture, offer for final sale or use, or distribute for promotional purposes in this state,...
• California Public Resources Code Section 15028
  No school in this state shall purchase, for use in the classroom, elemental mercury, mercury compounds, or mercury-added laboratory measurement devices, chemicals, and related materials,...
• California Public Resources Code Section 15029
  No person may sell or offer for sale in this state a vehicle manufactured on or after January 1, 2005, that contains a mercury-containing motor...
• California Public Resources Code Section 16000
  The Legislature finds and declares all of the following: (a) Facilitating the recycling of natural resources is in the best interest of the state. (b)...
• California Public Resources Code Section 16001
  For the purposes of this division, "recycled concrete" means reclaimed concrete material used in concrete mixtures in accordance with the "Greenbook Standard Specifications for Public...
• California Public Resources Code Section 16002
  (a) Recycled concrete materials may be used if a user has been fully informed that the concrete may contain recycled concrete materials. (b) For the...
• California Public Resources Code Section 16003
  No recycled concrete shall be offered, provided, or sold to the Department of Transportation or the Department of General Services for any use, including, but...
• California Public Resources Code Section 16004
  Nothing in this division shall supersede the requirements of the Uniform Building Code or other provisions of law.
• California Public Resources Code Section 16050
  For purposes of this division, "grease waste hauler" means a transporter of inedible kitchen grease subject to the registration requirements in Section 19310 of the...
• California Public Resources Code Section 16051
  (a) A grease waste hauler shall not remove grease from a grease trap or grease interceptor unless the hauler removes all grease, greasy liquid, water,...
• California Public Resources Code Section 16052
  A violation of this division may only be enforced against a grease waste hauling company and shall not be enforced against an employee of the...
• California Public Resources Code Section 16053
  (a) A grease waste hauler who violates this division shall be subject to a civil penalty, for the first violation, in an amount that does...
• California Public Resources Code Section 18000
  The Legislature finds and declares the following: (a) Facilitating the recycling of plastics is in the best interests of the state. (b) This division is...
• California Public Resources Code Section 18010
  "Rigid plastic container" means any formed or molded article comprised predominantly of plastic resin and having a relatively inflexible finite shape or form intended primarily...
• California Public Resources Code Section 18011
  "Rigid plastic bottle" means any rigid plastic container with a neck that is smaller than the container body with a capacity of 16 ounces or...
• California Public Resources Code Section 18012
  "Label" means a code label described in Section 18015 molded into the bottom of the plastic product.
• California Public Resources Code Section 18015
  (a) All rigid plastic bottles and rigid plastic containers sold in California on and after January 1, 1992, shall be labeled with a code which...
• California Public Resources Code Section 18016
  On and after January 1, 1992, it is unlawful to manufacture for use in this state any rigid plastic container which is not labeled in...
• California Public Resources Code Section 19500
  The Legislature finds and declares all of the following: (a) Recycling of glass sold in the state benefits the state through reduction in the need...
• California Public Resources Code Section 19501
  This division shall be known and may be cited as the Fiberglass Recycled Content Act of 1991.
• California Public Resources Code Section 19502
  For purposes of this division, the following definitions shall apply: (a) "Cullet" means postconsumer glass from food, drink, or beverage containers, or any other glass...
• California Public Resources Code Section 19510
  Except as provided in Section 19511, every manufacturer shall ensure that the annual tonnage of fiberglass manufactured or sold in the state by that manufacturer...
• California Public Resources Code Section 19511
  The percentage of fiberglass sold which is made of cullet shall be calculated in tons used on an annual basis. Unless the department determines that...
• California Public Resources Code Section 19512
  On or before January 1, 1994, the department shall request comments from at least two fiberglass manufacturers, two cullet processors, and any other interested parties...
• California Public Resources Code Section 19515
  The quality specifications provided in this chapter are the minimum quality specifications which cullet is required to meet for purposes of the exemption specified in...
• California Public Resources Code Section 19515.5
  Chemical Composition Tolerance (+ or - Percentage Percentage Oxides Weight Range) Silicon Dioxide 66-75 1.00 Aluminum Oxide 0-7 0.50 Calcium Oxide 5-15 0.50 Magnesium Oxide...
• California Public Resources Code Section 19516
  Contaminants Other Inorganic Percentage Weight Material + 12 Mesh None + 20 Mesh less than 0.1 - 20 Mesh less than 0.2 Magnetic Materials less...
• California Public Resources Code Section 19517
  Physical Composition Particle Size: Cullet shall be one of two types below depending upon the requirements of the fiberglass manufacturer. Screen Size Coarse Cullet Fine...
• California Public Resources Code Section 19518
  The department may change minimum quality specifications based upon the fiberglass industries' ability to use cullet with higher levels of contamination.
• California Public Resources Code Section 19519
  A fiberglass manufacturer shall comply with all applicable state and federal laws, regulations, and permits concerning the environment, health, or safety when using cullet in...
• California Public Resources Code Section 19520
  Each fiberglass manufacturer shall, on or before March 1 of each year, submit a report to the department certifying the number of tons of cullet...
• California Public Resources Code Section 19521
  Every fiberglass manufacturer who submits glass cullet content usage certification pursuant to Section 19520 may be subject to an audit by the department to ensure...
• California Public Resources Code Section 19522
  If a manufacturer of fiberglass is unable to obtain sufficient amounts of cullet within any certification period, the manufacturer shall certify this fact to the...
• California Public Resources Code Section 19523
  For the purposes of implementing and enforcing these provisions, the department shall develop and maintain a list which identifies all fiberglass manufacturers. The department shall...
• California Public Resources Code Section 19530
  If any person provides a fiberglass manufacturer with false or misleading information concerning the recycled content of glass cullet, the department, within 30 days of...
• California Public Resources Code Section 19531
  If any fiberglass manufacturer provides the department with a false or misleading certificate concerning the percentage of glass cullet used pursuant to this division pursuant...
• California Public Resources Code Section 19532
  If any fiberglass manufacturer provides the department with a false or misleading certificate concerning why the fiberglass manufacturer was unable to meet the content requirements...
• California Public Resources Code Section 19533
  Information on glass cullet prices or other prices obtained by the department in the course of an audit is proprietary information and the department shall...
• California Public Resources Code Section 19534
  This division does not prevent a person from selling or using fiberglass made of 100 percent virgin content, as long as the fiberglass manufacturer meets...
• California Public Resources Code Section 19535
  (a) Any person who violates Chapter 2 (commencing with Section 19510) or this section is guilty of an infraction punishable by a fine of not...
• California Public Resources Code Section 21000
  The Legislature finds and declares as follows: (a) The maintenance of a quality environment for the people of this state now and in the future...
• California Public Resources Code Section 21001
  The Legislature further finds and declares that it is the policy of the state to: (a) Develop and maintain a high-quality environment now and in...
• California Public Resources Code Section 21001.1
  The Legislature further finds and declares that it is the policy of the state that projects to be carried out by public agencies be subject...
• California Public Resources Code Section 21002
  The Legislature finds and declares that it is the policy of the state that public agencies should not approve projects as proposed if there are...
• California Public Resources Code Section 21002.1
  In order to achieve the objectives set forth in Section 21002, the Legislature hereby finds and declares that the following policy shall apply to the...
• California Public Resources Code Section 21003
  The Legislature further finds and declares that it is the policy of the state that: (a) Local agencies integrate the requirements of this division with...
• California Public Resources Code Section 21003.1
  The Legislature further finds and declares it is the policy of the state that: (a) Comments from the public and public agencies on the environmental...
• California Public Resources Code Section 21004
  In mitigating or avoiding a significant effect of a project on the environment, a public agency may exercise only those express or implied powers provided...
• California Public Resources Code Section 21005
  (a) The Legislature finds and declares that it is the policy of the state that noncompliance with the information disclosure provisions of this division which...
• California Public Resources Code Section 21006
  The Legislature finds and declares that this division is an integral part of any public agency's decisionmaking process, including, but not limited to, the issuance...
• California Public Resources Code Section 21050
  This division shall be known and may be cited as the California Environmental Quality Act.
• California Public Resources Code Section 21060
  Unless the context otherwise requires, the definitions in this chapter govern the construction of this division.
• California Public Resources Code Section 21060.1
  (a) "Agricultural land" means prime farmland, farmland of statewide importance, or unique farmland, as defined by the United States Department of Agriculture land inventory and...
• California Public Resources Code Section 21060.3
  "Emergency" means a sudden, unexpected occurrence, involving a clear and imminent danger, demanding immediate action to prevent or mitigate loss of, or damage to, life,...
• California Public Resources Code Section 21060.5
  "Environment" means the physical conditions which exist within the area which will be affected by a proposed project, including land, air, water, minerals, flora, fauna,...
• California Public Resources Code Section 21061
  "Environmental impact report" means a detailed statement setting forth the matters specified in Sections 21100 and 21100.1; provided that information or data which is relevant...
• California Public Resources Code Section 21061.1
  "Feasible" means capable of being accomplished in a successful manner within a reasonable period of time, taking into account economic, environmental, social, and technological factors.
• California Public Resources Code Section 21061.2
  "Land evaluation and site assessment" means a decisionmaking methodology for assessing the potential environmental impact of state and local projects on agricultural land.
• California Public Resources Code Section 21061.3
  "Infill site" means a site in an urbanized area that meets either of the following criteria: (a) The site has not been previously developed for...
• California Public Resources Code Section 21062
  "Local agency" means any public agency other than a state agency, board, or commission. For purposes of this division a redevelopment agency and a local...
• California Public Resources Code Section 21063
  "Public agency" includes any state agency, board, or commission, any county, city and county, city, regional agency, public district, redevelopment agency, or other political subdivision.
• California Public Resources Code Section 21064
  "Negative declaration" means a written statement briefly describing the reasons that a proposed project will not have a significant effect on the environment and does...
• California Public Resources Code Section 21064.3
  "Major transit stop" means a site containing an existing rail transit station, a ferry terminal served by either a bus or rail transit service, or...
• California Public Resources Code Section 21064.5
  "Mitigated negative declaration" means a negative declaration prepared for a project when the initial study has identified potentially significant effects on the environment, but (1)...
• California Public Resources Code Section 21065
  "Project" means an activity which may cause either a direct physical change in the environment, or a reasonably foreseeable indirect physical change in the environment,...
• California Public Resources Code Section 21065.3
  "Project-specific effect" means all the direct or indirect environmental effects of a project other than cumulative effects and growth-inducing effects.
• California Public Resources Code Section 21065.5
  "Geothermal exploratory project" means a project as defined in Section 21065 composed of not more than six wells and associated drilling and testing equipment, whose...
• California Public Resources Code Section 21066
  "Person" includes any person, firm, association, organization, partnership, business, trust, corporation, limited liability company, company, district, county, city and county, city, town, the state, and...
• California Public Resources Code Section 21067
  "Lead agency" means the public agency which has the principal responsibility for carrying out or approving a project which may have a significant effect upon...
• California Public Resources Code Section 21068
  "Significant effect on the environment" means a substantial, or potentially substantial, adverse change in the environment.
• California Public Resources Code Section 21068.5
  "Tiering" or "tier" means the coverage of general matters and environmental effects in an environmental impact report prepared for a policy, plan, program or ordinance...
• California Public Resources Code Section 21069
  "Responsible agency" means a public agency, other than the lead agency, which has responsibility for carrying out or approving a project.
• California Public Resources Code Section 21070
  "Trustee agency" means a state agency that has jurisdiction by law over natural resources affected by a project, that are held in trust for the...
• California Public Resources Code Section 21071
  "Urbanized area" means either of the following: (a) An incorporated city that meets either of the following criteria: (1) Has a population of at least...
• California Public Resources Code Section 21072
  "Qualified urban use" means any residential, commercial, public institutional, transit or transportation passenger facility, or retail use, or any combination of those uses.
• California Public Resources Code Section 21080
  (a) Except as otherwise provided in this division, this division shall apply to discretionary projects proposed to be carried out or approved by public agencies,...
• California Public Resources Code Section 21080.01
  This division shall not apply to any activity or approval necessary for the reopening and operation of the California Men's Colony West Facility in San...
• California Public Resources Code Section 21080.02
  This division shall not apply to any activity or approval necessary for or incidental to planning, design, site acquisition, construction, operation, or maintenance of the...
• California Public Resources Code Section 21080.03
  This division shall not apply to any activity or approval necessary for or incidental to the location, development, construction, operation, or maintenance of the prison...
• California Public Resources Code Section 21080.04
  (a) Notwithstanding paragraph (10) of subdivision (b) of Section 21080, this division applies to a project for the institution of passenger rail service on a...
• California Public Resources Code Section 21080.05
  This division does not apply to a project by a public agency to lease or purchase the rail right-of-way used for the San Francisco Peninsula...
• California Public Resources Code Section 21080.07
  This division shall not apply to any activity or approval necessary for or incidental to planning, design, site acquisition, construction, operation, or maintenance of the...
• California Public Resources Code Section 21080.09
  (a) For purposes of this section, the following definitions apply: (1) "Public higher education" has the same meaning as specified in Section 66010 of the...
• California Public Resources Code Section 21080.1
  (a) The lead agency shall be responsible for determining whether an environmental impact report, a negative declaration, or a mitigated negative declaration shall be required...
• California Public Resources Code Section 21080.2
  In the case of a project described in subdivision (c) of Section 21065, the determination required by Section 21080.1 shall be made within 30 days...
• California Public Resources Code Section 21080.3
  (a) Prior to determining whether a negative declaration or environmental impact report is required for a project, the lead agency shall consult with all responsible...
• California Public Resources Code Section 21080.4
  (a) If a lead agency determines that an environmental impact report is required for a project, the lead agency shall immediately send notice of that...
• California Public Resources Code Section 21080.5
  (a) Except as provided in Section 21158.1, when the regulatory program of a state agency requires a plan or other written documentation containing environmental information...
• California Public Resources Code Section 21080.8
  This division does not apply to the conversion of an existing rental mobilehome park to a resident initiated subdivision, cooperative, or condominium for mobilehomes if...
• California Public Resources Code Section 21080.9
  This division shall not apply to activities and approvals by any local government, as defined in Section 30109, or any state university or college, as...
• California Public Resources Code Section 21080.10
  This division does not apply to any of the following: (a) An extension of time, granted pursuant to Section 65361 of the Government Code, for...
• California Public Resources Code Section 21080.11
  This division shall not apply to settlements of title and boundary problems by the State Lands Commission and to exchanges or leases in connection with...
• California Public Resources Code Section 21080.12
  (a) This division does not apply to the repair of critical levees of the State Plan for Flood Control specified pursuant to Section 8361 of...
• California Public Resources Code Section 21080.13
  This division shall not apply to any railroad grade separation project which eliminates an existing grade crossing or which reconstructs an existing grade separation.
• California Public Resources Code Section 21080.17
  This division does not apply to the adoption of an ordinance by a city or county to implement the provisions of Section 65852.1 or Section...
• California Public Resources Code Section 21080.18
  This division does not apply to the closing of any public school in which kindergarten or any of grades 1 through 12 is maintained or...
• California Public Resources Code Section 21080.19
  This division does not apply to a project for restriping of streets or highways to relieve traffic congestion.
• California Public Resources Code Section 21080.21
  This division does not apply to any project of less than one mile in length within a public street or highway or any other public...
• California Public Resources Code Section 21080.22
  (a) This division does not apply to activities and approvals by a local government necessary for the preparation of general plan amendments pursuant to Section...
• California Public Resources Code Section 21080.23
  (a) This division does not apply to any project which consists of the inspection, maintenance, repair, restoration, reconditioning, relocation, replacement, or removal of an existing...
• California Public Resources Code Section 21080.23.5
  (a) For purposes of Section 21080.23, "pipeline" also means a pipeline located in Fresno, Kern, Kings, or Tulare County, that is used to transport biogas,...
• California Public Resources Code Section 21080.24
  (a) This division does not apply to the issuance, modification, amendment, or renewal of a permit by an air pollution control district or air quality...
• California Public Resources Code Section 21080.26
  This division does not apply to minor alterations to utilities made for the purposes of complying with Sections 4026.7 and 4026.8 of the Health and...
• California Public Resources Code Section 21080.29
  (a) A project located in Los Angeles County that is approved by a public agency before the effective date of the act adding this section...
• California Public Resources Code Section 21080.32
  (a) This section shall only apply to publicly owned transit agencies, but shall not apply to any publicly owned transit agency created pursuant to Section...
• California Public Resources Code Section 21080.33
  This division does not apply to any emergency project undertaken, carried out, or approved by a public agency to maintain, repair, or restore an existing...
• California Public Resources Code Section 21080.35
  For the purposes of Section 21069, the phrase "carrying out or approving a project" shall include the carrying out or approval of a plan for...
• California Public Resources Code Section 21080.35
  (a) Except as provided in subdivision (d), this division does not apply to the installation of a solar energy system on the roof of an...
• California Public Resources Code Section 21080.42
  (a) The following transportation projects are exempt from this division: (1) U.S. Highway 101 interchange modification, adding southbound auxiliary lane and southbound mixed flow lane,...
• California Public Resources Code Section 21081
  Pursuant to the policy stated in Sections 21002 and 21002.1, no public agency shall approve or carry out a project for which an environmental impact...
• California Public Resources Code Section 21081.2
  (a) Except as provided in subdivision (c), if a residential project, not exceeding 100 units, with a minimum residential density of 20 units per acre...
• California Public Resources Code Section 21081.5
  In making the findings required by paragraph (3) of subdivision (a) of Section 21081, the public agency shall base its findings on substantial evidence in...
• California Public Resources Code Section 21081.6
  (a) When making the findings required by paragraph (1) of subdivision (a) of Section 21081 or when adopting a mitigated negative declaration pursuant to paragraph...
• California Public Resources Code Section 21081.7
  Transportation information resulting from the reporting or monitoring program required to be adopted by a public agency pursuant to Section 21081.6 shall be submitted to...
• California Public Resources Code Section 21082
  All public agencies shall adopt by ordinance, resolution, rule, or regulation, objectives, criteria, and procedures for the evaluation of projects and the preparation of environmental...
• California Public Resources Code Section 21082.1
  (a) Any draft environmental impact report, environmental impact report, negative declaration, or mitigated negative declaration prepared pursuant to the requirements of this division shall be...
• California Public Resources Code Section 21082.2
  (a) The lead agency shall determine whether a project may have a significant effect on the environment based on substantial evidence in light of the...
• California Public Resources Code Section 21083
  (a) The Office of Planning and Research shall prepare and develop proposed guidelines for the implementation of this division by public agencies. The guidelines shall...
• California Public Resources Code Section 21083.05
  (a) On or before July 1, 2009, the Office of Planning and Research shall prepare, develop, and transmit to the Resources Agency guidelines for the...
• California Public Resources Code Section 21083.1
  It is the intent of the Legislature that courts, consistent with generally accepted rules of statutory interpretation, shall not interpret this division or the state...
• California Public Resources Code Section 21083.2
  (a) As part of the determination made pursuant to Section 21080.1, the lead agency shall determine whether the project may have a significant effect on...
• California Public Resources Code Section 21083.3
  (a) If a parcel has been zoned to accommodate a particular density of development or has been designated in a community plan to accommodate a...
• California Public Resources Code Section 21083.4
  (a) For purposes of this section, "oak" means a native tree species in the genus Quercus, not designated as Group A or Group B commercial...
• California Public Resources Code Section 21083.5
  (a) The guidelines prepared and adopted pursuant to Section 21083 shall provide that, when an environmental impact statement has been, or will be, prepared for...
• California Public Resources Code Section 21083.6
  In the event that a project requires both an environmental impact report prepared pursuant to the requirements of this division and an environmental impact statement...
• California Public Resources Code Section 21083.7
  (a) In the event that a project requires both an environmental impact report prepared pursuant to the requirements of this division and an environmental impact...
• California Public Resources Code Section 21083.8.1
  (a) (1) For purposes of this section, "reuse plan" for a military base means an initial plan for the reuse of a military base adopted...
• California Public Resources Code Section 21083.9
  (a) Notwithstanding Section 21080.4, 21104, or 21153, a lead agency shall call at least one scoping meeting for either of the following: (1) A proposed...
• California Public Resources Code Section 21084
  (a) The guidelines prepared and adopted pursuant to Section 21083 shall include a list of classes of projects that have been determined not to have...
• California Public Resources Code Section 21084.1
  A project that may cause a substantial adverse change in the significance of an historical resource is a project that may have a significant effect...
• California Public Resources Code Section 21086
  (a) A public agency may, at any time, request the addition or deletion of a class of projects, to the list designated pursuant to Section...
• California Public Resources Code Section 21088
  The Secretary of the Resources Agency shall provide for the timely distribution to all public agencies of the guidelines and any amendments or changes thereto....
• California Public Resources Code Section 21089
  (a) A lead agency may charge and collect a reasonable fee from a person proposing a project subject to this division in order to recover...
• California Public Resources Code Section 21090
  (a) An environmental impact report for a redevelopment plan may be a master environmental impact report, program environmental impact report, or a project environmental impact...
• California Public Resources Code Section 21090.1
  For all purposes of this division, a geothermal exploratory project shall be deemed to be separate and distinct from any subsequent geothermal field development project...
• California Public Resources Code Section 21091
  (a) The public review period for a draft environmental impact report may not be less than 30 days. If the draft environmental impact report is...
• California Public Resources Code Section 21091.5
  Notwithstanding subdivision (a) of Section 21091, or any other provision of this division, the public review period for a draft environmental impact report prepared for...
• California Public Resources Code Section 21092
  (a) A lead agency that is preparing an environmental impact report or a negative declaration or making a determination pursuant to subdivision (c) of Section...
• California Public Resources Code Section 21092.1
  When significant new information is added to an environmental impact report after notice has been given pursuant to Section 21092 and consultation has occurred pursuant...
• California Public Resources Code Section 21092.2
  The notices required pursuant to Sections 21080.4, 21083.9, 21092, 21108, and 21152 shall be mailed to every person who has filed a written request for...
• California Public Resources Code Section 21092.3
  The notices required pursuant to Sections 21080.4 and 21092 for an environmental impact report shall be posted in the office of the county clerk of...
• California Public Resources Code Section 21092.4
  (a) For a project of statewide, regional, or areawide significance, the lead agency shall consult with transportation planning agencies and public agencies that have transportation...
• California Public Resources Code Section 21092.5
  (a) At least 10 days prior to certifying an environmental impact report, the lead agency shall provide a written proposed response to a public agency...
• California Public Resources Code Section 21092.6
  (a) The lead agency shall consult the lists compiled pursuant to Section 65962.5 of the Government Code to determine whether the project and any alternatives...
• California Public Resources Code Section 21093
  (a) The Legislature finds and declares that tiering of environmental impact reports will promote construction of needed housing and other development projects by (1) streamlining...
• California Public Resources Code Section 21094
  (a) (1) If a prior environmental impact report has been prepared and certified for a program, plan, policy, or ordinance, the lead agency for a...
• California Public Resources Code Section 21094
  (a) Where a prior environmental impact report has been prepared and certified for a program, plan, policy, or ordinance, the lead agency for a later...
• California Public Resources Code Section 21094.5
  (a) (1) If an environmental impact report was certified for a planning level decision of a city or county, the application of this division to...
• California Public Resources Code Section 21094.5.5
  (a) On or before July 1, 2012, the Office of Planning and Research shall prepare, develop, and transmit to the Natural Resources Agency for certification...
• California Public Resources Code Section 21095
  (a) The Resources Agency, in consultation with the Office of Planning and Research, shall develop an amendment to Appendix G of the state guidelines, for...
• California Public Resources Code Section 21096
  (a) If a lead agency prepares an environmental impact report for a project situated within airport land use compatibility plan boundaries, or, if an airport...
• California Public Resources Code Section 21098
  (a) For the purposes of this section, the following terms have the following meanings: (1) "Low-level flight path" includes any flight path for any aircraft...
• California Public Resources Code Section 21100
  (a) All lead agencies shall prepare, or cause to be prepared by contract, and certify the completion of, an environmental impact report on any project...
• California Public Resources Code Section 21100.1
  The information described in subparagraph (B) of paragraph (2) of subdivision (b) of Section 21100 shall be required only in environmental impact reports prepared in...
• California Public Resources Code Section 21100.2
  (a) (1) For projects described in subdivision (c) of Section 21065, each state agency shall establish, by resolution or order, time limits that do not...
• California Public Resources Code Section 21101
  In regard to any proposed federal project in this state which may have a significant effect on the environment and on which the state officially...
• California Public Resources Code Section 21102
  No state agency, board, or commission shall request funds, nor shall any state agency, board, or commission which authorizes expenditures of funds, other than funds...
• California Public Resources Code Section 21104
  (a) Prior to completing an environmental impact report, the state lead agency shall consult with, and obtain comments from, each responsible agency, trustee agency, any...
• California Public Resources Code Section 21104.2
  The state lead agency shall consult with, and obtain written findings from, the Department of Fish and Game in preparing an environmental impact report on...
• California Public Resources Code Section 21105
  The state lead agency shall include the environmental impact report as a part of the regular project report used in the existing review and budgetary...
• California Public Resources Code Section 21106
  All state agencies, boards, and commissions shall request in their budgets the funds necessary to protect the environment in relation to problems caused by their
• California Public Resources Code Section 21108
  (a) Whenever a state agency approves or determines to carry out a project that is subject to this division, the state agency shall file notice...
• California Public Resources Code Section 21150
  State agencies, boards, and commissions, responsible for allocating state or federal funds on a project-by-project basis to local agencies for any project which may have...
• California Public Resources Code Section 21151
  (a) All local agencies shall prepare, or cause to be prepared by contract, and certify the completion of, an environmental impact report on any project...
• California Public Resources Code Section 21151.1
  (a) Notwithstanding paragraph (6) of subdivision (b) of Section 21080, or Section 21080.5 or 21084, or any other provision of law, except as provided in...
• California Public Resources Code Section 21151.2
  To promote the safety of pupils and comprehensive community planning the governing board of each school district before acquiring title to property for a new...
• California Public Resources Code Section 21151.4
  (a) An environmental impact report shall not be certified or a negative declaration shall not be approved for any project involving the construction or alteration...
• California Public Resources Code Section 21151.5
  (a) (1) For projects described in subdivision (c) of Section 21065, each local agency shall establish, by ordinance or resolution, time limits that do not...
• California Public Resources Code Section 21151.7
  Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a lead agency shall prepare or cause to be prepared by contract, and certify the completion of, an environmental...
• California Public Resources Code Section 21151.8
  (a) An environmental impact report shall not be certified or a negative declaration shall not be approved for a project involving the purchase of a...
• California Public Resources Code Section 21151.9
  Whenever a city or county determines that a project, as defined in Section 10912 of the Water Code, is subject to this division, it shall...
• California Public Resources Code Section 21152
  (a) Whenever a local agency approves or determines to carry out a project that is subject to this division, the local agency shall file notice...
• California Public Resources Code Section 21152.1
  (a) When a local agency determines that a project is not subject to this division pursuant to Section 21159.22, 21159.23, or 21159.24, and it approves...
• California Public Resources Code Section 21153
  (a) Prior to completing an environmental impact report, every local lead agency shall consult with, and obtain comments from, each responsible agency, trustee agency, any...
• California Public Resources Code Section 21154
  Whenever any state agency, board, or commission issues an order which requires a local agency to carry out a project which may have a significant...
• California Public Resources Code Section 21155
  (a) This chapter applies only to a transit priority project that is consistent with the general use designation, density, building intensity, and applicable policies specified...
• California Public Resources Code Section 21155.1
  If the legislative body finds, after conducting a public hearing, that a transit priority project meets all of the requirements of subdivisions (a) and (b)...
• California Public Resources Code Section 21155.2
  (a) A transit priority project that has incorporated all feasible mitigation measures, performance standards, or criteria set forth in the prior applicable environmental impact reports...
• California Public Resources Code Section 21155.3
  (a) The legislative body of a local jurisdiction may adopt traffic mitigation measures that would apply to transit priority projects. These measures shall be adopted...
• California Public Resources Code Section 21156
  It is the intent of the Legislature in enacting this chapter that a master environmental impact report shall evaluate the cumulative impacts, growth inducing impacts,...
• California Public Resources Code Section 21157
  (a) A master environmental impact report may be prepared for any one of the following projects: (1) A general plan, element, general plan amendment, or...
• California Public Resources Code Section 21157.1
  The preparation and certification of a master environmental impact report, if prepared and certified consistent with this division, may allow for the limited review of...
• California Public Resources Code Section 21157.5
  (a) A proposed mitigated negative declaration shall be prepared for any proposed subsequent project if both of the following occur: (1) An initial study has...
• California Public Resources Code Section 21157.6
  (a) The master environmental impact report shall not be used for the purposes of this chapter if either of the following has occurred: (1) The...
• California Public Resources Code Section 21157.7
  (a) For purposes of this section, a master environmental impact report is a document prepared in accordance with subdivision (c) for the projects described in...
• California Public Resources Code Section 21158
  (a) A focused environmental impact report is an environmental impact report on a subsequent project identified in a master environmental impact report. A focused environmental...
• California Public Resources Code Section 21158.1
  When a lead agency is required to prepare an environmental impact report pursuant to subdivision (d) of Section 21157.1 or is authorized to prepare a...
• California Public Resources Code Section 21158.5
  (a) Where a project consists of multiple-family residential development of not more than 100 units or a residential and commercial or retail mixed-use development of...
• California Public Resources Code Section 21159
  (a) An agency listed in Section 21159.4 shall perform, at the time of the adoption of a rule or regulation requiring the installation of pollution...
• California Public Resources Code Section 21159.1
  (a) A focused environmental impact report may be utilized if a project meets all of the following requirements: (1) The project consists solely of the...
• California Public Resources Code Section 21159.2
  (a) If a project consists solely of compliance with a performance standard or treatment requirement imposed by an agency listed in Section 21159.4, the lead...
• California Public Resources Code Section 21159.3
  In the preparation of any environmental impact report pursuant to Section 21159.1 or 21159.2, the following deadlines shall apply: (a) A lead agency shall determine...
• California Public Resources Code Section 21159.4
  (a) This article shall apply to all of the following agencies: (1) The State Air Resources Board. (2) A district as defined in Section 39025...
• California Public Resources Code Section 21159.9
  The Office of Planning and Research shall implement, utilizing existing resources, a public assistance and information program, to ensure efficient and effective implementation of this...
• California Public Resources Code Section 21159.20
  For the purposes of this article, the following terms have the following meanings: (a) "Census-defined place" means a specific unincorporated land area within boundaries determined...
• California Public Resources Code Section 21159.21
  A housing project qualifies for an exemption from this division pursuant to Section 21159.22, 21159.23, or 21159.24 if it meets the criteria in the applicable...
• California Public Resources Code Section 21159.22
  (a) This division does not apply to any development project that meets the requirements of subdivision (b), and meets either of the following criteria: (1)...
• California Public Resources Code Section 21159.23
  (a) This division does not apply to any development project that consists of the construction, conversion, or use of residential housing consisting of 100 or...
• California Public Resources Code Section 21159.24
  (a) Except as provided in subdivision (b), this division does not apply to a project if all of the following criteria are met: (1) The...
• California Public Resources Code Section 21159.26
  With respect to a project that includes a housing development, a public agency may not reduce the proposed number of housing units as a mitigation...
• California Public Resources Code Section 21159.27
  A project may not be divided into smaller projects to qualify for one or more exemptions pursuant to this article.
• California Public Resources Code Section 21159.28
  (a) If a residential or mixed-use residential project is consistent with the use designation, density, building intensity, and applicable policies specified for the project area...
• California Public Resources Code Section 21160
  Whenever any person applies to any public agency for a lease, permit, license, certificate, or other entitlement for use, the public agency may require that...
• California Public Resources Code Section 21161
  Whenever a public agency has completed an environmental impact report, it shall cause a notice of completion of that report to be filed with the...
• California Public Resources Code Section 21162
  A copy of the notice of completion of an environmental impact report on a project shall be provided, by the State Clearinghouse, to any legislator...
• California Public Resources Code Section 21165
  (a) When a project is to be carried out or approved by two or more public agencies, the determination of whether the project may have...
• California Public Resources Code Section 21166
  When an environmental impact report has been prepared for a project pursuant to this division, no subsequent or supplemental environmental impact report shall be required...
• California Public Resources Code Section 21166.1
  The decision of a lead agency to prepare an environmental impact report with respect to environmental impacts within a geographic area or for a group...
• California Public Resources Code Section 21167
  An action or proceeding to attack, review, set aside, void, or annul the following acts or decisions of a public agency on the grounds of...
• California Public Resources Code Section 21167.1
  (a) In all actions or proceedings brought pursuant to Sections 21167, 21168, and 21168.5, including the hearing of an action or proceeding on appeal from...
• California Public Resources Code Section 21167.2
  If no action or proceeding alleging that an environmental impact report does not comply with the provisions of this division is commenced during the period...
• California Public Resources Code Section 21167.3
  (a) If an action or proceeding alleging that an environmental impact report or a negative declaration does not comply with the provisions of this division...
• California Public Resources Code Section 21167.4
  (a) In any action or proceeding alleging noncompliance with this division, the petitioner shall request a hearing within 90 days from the date of filing...
• California Public Resources Code Section 21167.4
  (a) In any action or proceeding alleging noncompliance with this division, the petitioner shall request a hearing within 90 days from the date of filing...
• California Public Resources Code Section 21167.5
  Proof of prior service by mail upon the public agency carrying out or approving the project of a written notice of the commencement of any...
• California Public Resources Code Section 21167.6
  Notwithstanding any other provision of law, in all actions or proceedings brought pursuant to Section 21167, except those involving the Public Utilities Commission, all of...
• California Public Resources Code Section 21167.6.5
  (a) The petitioner or plaintiff shall name, as a real party in interest, the person or persons identified by the public agency in its notice...
• California Public Resources Code Section 21167.7
  Every person who brings an action pursuant to Section 21167 shall comply with the requirements of Section 388 of the Code of Civil Procedure. Every...
• California Public Resources Code Section 21167.8
  (a) Not later than 20 days from the date of service upon a public agency of a petition or complaint brought pursuant to Section 21167,...
• California Public Resources Code Section 21167.8
  (a) Not later than 20 days from the date of service upon a public agency of a petition or complaint brought pursuant to Section 21167,...
• California Public Resources Code Section 21167.9
  Any action brought in the superior court relating to this division may be subject to a mediation proceeding conducted pursuant to Chapter 9.3 (commencing with...
• California Public Resources Code Section 21167.10
  (a) Within five business days of the filing of a notice required by subdivision (a) or (b) of Section 21108, or subdivision (a) or (b)...
• California Public Resources Code Section 21168
  Any action or proceeding to attack, review, set aside, void or annul a determination, finding, or decision of a public agency, made as a result...
• California Public Resources Code Section 21168.5
  In any action or proceeding, other than an action or proceeding under Section 21168, to attack, review, set aside, void or annul a determination, finding,...
• California Public Resources Code Section 21168.6
  In any action or proceeding under Sections 21168 or 21168.5 against the Public Utilities Commission the writ of mandate shall lie only from the Supreme...
• California Public Resources Code Section 21168.6.5
  (a) For the purposes of this section, the following definitions shall apply: (1) "Applicant" means a private entity or its affiliates that proposes the project...
• California Public Resources Code Section 21168.7
  Sections 21168 and 21168.5 are declaratory of existing law with respect to the judicial review of determinations or decisions of public agencies made pursuant to...
• California Public Resources Code Section 21168.9
  (a) If a court finds, as a result of a trial, hearing, or remand from an appellate court, that any determination, finding, or decision of...
• California Public Resources Code Section 21169
  Any project defined in subdivision (c) of Section 21065 undertaken, carried out or approved on or before the effective date of this section and the...
• California Public Resources Code Section 21169.11
  (a) At any time after a petition has been filed pursuant to this division, but at least 30 days before the hearing on the merits,...
• California Public Resources Code Section 21170
  (a) Section 21169 shall not operate to confirm, validate or give legal effect to any project the legality of which was being contested in a...
• California Public Resources Code Section 21171
  This division, except for Section 21169, shall not apply to the issuance of any lease, permit, license, certificate or other entitlement for use for any...
• California Public Resources Code Section 21172
  This division shall not apply to any project undertaken, carried out, or approved by a public agency to maintain, repair, restore, demolish or replace property...
• California Public Resources Code Section 21172.5
  Until the 121st day after the effective date of this section, any objectives, criteria and procedures adopted by public agencies in compliance with this division...
• California Public Resources Code Section 21173
  If any provision of this division or the application thereof to any person or circumstances is held invalid, such invalidity shall not affect other provisions...
• California Public Resources Code Section 21174
  No provision of this division is a limitation or restriction on the power or authority of any public agency in the enforcement or administration of...
• California Public Resources Code Section 21175
  In the event that a local agency formation commission, acting pursuant to the provisions of Chapter 6.6 (commencing with Section 54773) of Part 1 of...
• California Public Resources Code Section 21176
  (a) Section 21175 shall not operate to confirm, validate, or give legal effect to any project, the legality of which was being contested in a...
• California Public Resources Code Section 21177
  (a) An action or proceeding shall not be brought pursuant to Section 21167 unless the alleged grounds for noncompliance with this division were presented to...
• California Public Resources Code Section 21177
  (a) An action or proceeding shall not be brought pursuant to Section 21167 unless the alleged grounds for noncompliance with this division were presented to...
• California Public Resources Code Section 21178
  The Legislature finds and declares all of the following: (a) The overall unemployment rate in California is 12 percent, and in certain regions of the...
• California Public Resources Code Section 21180
  For the purposes of this chapter, the following terms shall have the following meanings: (a) "Applicant" means a public or private entity or its affiliates,...
• California Public Resources Code Section 21181
  This chapter does not apply to a project if the applicant fails to notify a lead agency prior to the release of the draft environmental...
• California Public Resources Code Section 21182
  A person proposing to construct a leadership project may apply to the Governor for certification that the leadership project is eligible for streamlining provided by...
• California Public Resources Code Section 21183
  The Governor may certify a leadership project for streamlining pursuant to this chapter if all the following conditions are met: (a) The project will result...
• California Public Resources Code Section 21184
  (a) The Governor may certify a project for streamlining pursuant to this chapter if it complies with the conditions specified in Section 21183. (b) (1)...
• California Public Resources Code Section 21185
  (a) Notwithstanding any other law, any action or proceeding alleging that a public agency or has approved or is undertaking a leadership project certified by...
• California Public Resources Code Section 21186
  Notwithstanding any other law, the preparation and certification of the administrative record for a leadership project certified by the Governor shall be performed in the...
• California Public Resources Code Section 21187
  The draft and final environmental impact report shall include a notice in no less than 12-point type stating the following: "THIS EIR IS SUBJECT TO...
• California Public Resources Code Section 21188
  The provisions of this chapter are severable. If any provision of this chapter or its application is held to be invalid, that invalidity shall not...
• California Public Resources Code Section 21189
  Except as otherwise provided expressly in this chapter, nothing in this chapter affects the duty of any party to comply with this division.
• California Public Resources Code Section 21189.1
  (a) If a lead agency fails to certify an environmental impact report for a leadership project subject to this chapter on or before June 1,...
• California Public Resources Code Section 21189.2
  The Judicial Council shall report to the Legislature on or before January 1, 2015, on the effects of this chapter, which shall include, but not...
• California Public Resources Code Section 21189.3
  This chapter shall remain in effect until January 1, 2015, and as of that date is repealed unless a later enacted statute extends or repeals...
• California Public Resources Code Section 21190
  There is in this state the California Environmental Protection Program, which shall be concerned with the preservation and protection of California's environment. In this connection,...
• California Public Resources Code Section 21190.5
  (a) In addition to, and in furtherance of, the purposes specified in subdivisions (a), (b), (d), and (e) of Section 21190, money in the California...
• California Public Resources Code Section 21191
  (a) The California Environmental License Plate Fund, which supersedes the California Environmental Protection Program Fund, is continued in existence in the State Treasury, and consists...
• California Public Resources Code Section 21192
  The funds provided for in subdivision (c) of Section 21191 may be used in a manner which will allow the state to qualify for any...
• California Public Resources Code Section 21193
  (a) The program established by this division shall be administered by the Secretary of the Resources Agency. (b) On or before November 1 of each...
• California Public Resources Code Section 21193.5
  Concurrently with the submittal of the Governor's Budget for the 2006-07 fiscal year and every third fiscal year thereafter, the Secretary of the Resources Agency...
• California Public Resources Code Section 21194
  Notwithstanding any other provision of law, any funds appropriated from the California Environmental License Plate Fund for the construction of a visitor center at Buena...
• California Public Resources Code Section 22000
  The Legislature hereby finds and declares that the Ventura-Los Angeles Mountain and Coastal Zone, defined in Section 22012, as the last large undeveloped area contiguous...
• California Public Resources Code Section 22001
  The Legislature further finds and declares that current conservation and development practices may conflict with the public interest of present and future generations due to:...
• California Public Resources Code Section 22002
  The Legislature further finds and declares that in order to protect and advance the interests of the present and future generations in the zone and...
• California Public Resources Code Section 22010
  Unless context otherwise requires, the definitions set forth in this chapter govern the construction of this division.
• California Public Resources Code Section 22011
  "Commission" means the Ventura-Los Angeles Mountain and Coastal Study Commission.
• California Public Resources Code Section 22012
  "Zone" means: (1) the Ventura-Los Angeles Mountain and Coastal Zone which includes the land and water area of the Greater Los Angeles Metropolitan Region, comprised...
• California Public Resources Code Section 22013
  "Region" means the Greater Los Angeles Metropolitan Region, comprised of Los Angeles and Ventura Counties.
• California Public Resources Code Section 22014
  "Irreversible modification" means any modification that affects the physical shape, function, or environment of any estuary, watershed, flood plain, or park and recreation area.
• California Public Resources Code Section 22020
  There is in the state government a Ventura-Los Angeles Mountain and Coastal Study Commission, consisting of 15 members: (a) The Secretary of the Resources Agency...
• California Public Resources Code Section 22021
  The members of the commission shall serve at the pleasure of their respective appointing powers. The members shall serve without compensation, but each of the...
• California Public Resources Code Section 22022
  (a) The commission shall meet twice a month, and may meet in subcommittee with authority to conduct hearings within special areas of interest. The public...
• California Public Resources Code Section 22023
  The time and place of the first meeting of the commission shall be prescribed by the Secretary of the Resources Agency, but in no event...
• California Public Resources Code Section 22024
  The commission shall select from among its members a chair and a vice chair.
• California Public Resources Code Section 22025
  All vacancies in the commission membership shall be filled in the same manner in which original appointments were made.
• California Public Resources Code Section 22026
  The commission shall appoint a director who shall have charge of coordinating and administering the affairs of the commission, subject to the direction and policies...
• California Public Resources Code Section 22050
  The commission may: (a) For purposes of this division, accept any gifts, donations, or bequests from individuals or organizations, or accept grants of funds from...
• California Public Resources Code Section 22051
  Within nine months of the first meeting of the commission, the commission shall make a detailed study of all factors that may significantly affect or...
• California Public Resources Code Section 22053
  The commission shall analyze the interrelations of the studies prepared pursuant to Section 22051 in order to ascertain what is needed for balanced conservation and...
• California Public Resources Code Section 22055
  The existence of the commission shall terminate on the 61st day after the final adjournment of the 1972 Regular Session of the Legislature.
• California Public Resources Code Section 22056
  In the preparation of its studies, the commission may ask for current land use information, studies, and plans of cities and counties. Federal governmental agencies...
• California Public Resources Code Section 22057
  The commission may appoint technical advisory committees, whose members shall serve without compensation, and prescribe their membership, powers, and duties.
• California Public Resources Code Section 22080
  Acquisition of land for, or construction of, all public works projects, by the State of California and state agencies, with a total budget in excess...
• California Public Resources Code Section 25000
  This division shall be known and may be cited as the Warren-Alquist State Energy Resources Conservation and Development Act.
• California Public Resources Code Section 25000.1
  (a) The Legislature further finds and declares that, in addition to their other ratepayer protection objectives, a principal goal of electric and natural gas utilities'...
• California Public Resources Code Section 25000.5
  (a) The Legislature finds and declares that overdependence on the production, marketing, and consumption of petroleum based fuels as an energy resource in the transportation...
• California Public Resources Code Section 25001
  The Legislature hereby finds and declares that electrical energy is essential to the health, safety and welfare of the people of this state and to...
• California Public Resources Code Section 25002
  The Legislature further finds and declares that the present rapid rate of growth in demand for electric energy is in part due to wasteful, uneconomic,...
• California Public Resources Code Section 25003
  The Legislature further finds and declares that in planning for future electrical generating and related transmission facilities state, regional, and local plans for land use,...
• California Public Resources Code Section 25004
  The Legislature further finds and declares that there is a pressing need to accelerate research and development into alternative sources of energy and into improved...
• California Public Resources Code Section 25004.2
  The Legislature further finds that cogeneration technology is a potential energy resource and should be an important element of the state's energy supply mix. The...
• California Public Resources Code Section 25004.3
  The Legislature further finds and declares all of the following: (a) Advanced transportation technologies hold the promise of conserving energy, reducing pollution, lowering traffic congestion,...
• California Public Resources Code Section 25005
  The Legislature further finds and declares that prevention of delays and interruptions in the orderly provision of electrical energy, protection of environmental values, and conservation...
• California Public Resources Code Section 25005.5
  The Legislature further finds and declares that information should be acquired and analyzed by the State Energy Resources Conservation and Development Commission in order to...
• California Public Resources Code Section 25006
  It is the policy of the state and the intent of the Legislature to establish and consolidate the state's responsibility for energy resources, for encouraging,...
• California Public Resources Code Section 25007
  It is further the policy of the state and the intent of the Legislature to employ a range of measures to reduce wasteful, uneconomical, and...
• California Public Resources Code Section 25008
  It is further the policy of the state and the intent of the Legislature to promote all feasible means of energy and water conservation and...
• California Public Resources Code Section 25009
  The Legislature finds and declares that Chapter 854 of the Statutes of 1996 restructured the California electricity industry and created a competitive electricity generation market....
• California Public Resources Code Section 25100
  Unless the context otherwise requires, the definitions in this chapter govern the construction of this division.
• California Public Resources Code Section 25101
  "Applicant" means any person who submits an application for certification pursuant to the provisions of this division, including, but not limited to, any person who...
• California Public Resources Code Section 25102
  "Application" means any request for certification of any site and related facility filed in accordance with the procedures established pursuant to this division. An applicant...
• California Public Resources Code Section 25103
  "Coastal zone" means the "coastal zone" as defined in Section 30103.
• California Public Resources Code Section 25103.3
  "Suisun Marsh" means the Suisun Marsh, as defined in Section 29101.
• California Public Resources Code Section 25103.7
  "Jurisdiction of the San Francisco Bay Conservation and Development Commission" means the area defined in Section 66610 of the Government Code.
• California Public Resources Code Section 25104
  "Commission" means the State Energy Resources Conservation and Development Commission.
• California Public Resources Code Section 25105
  "Construction" means onsite work to install permanent equipment or structure for any facility. "Construction" does not include any of the following: (a) The installation of...
• California Public Resources Code Section 25106
  "Adviser" means the administrative adviser employed by the commission pursuant to Section 25217.
• California Public Resources Code Section 25107
  "Electric transmission line" means any electric powerline carrying electric power from a thermal powerplant located within the state to a point of junction with any...
• California Public Resources Code Section 25108
  "Electric utility" means any person engaged in, or authorized to engage in, generating, transmitting, or distributing electric power by any facilities, including, but not limited...
• California Public Resources Code Section 25109
  "Energy" means work or heat that is, or may be, produced from any fuel or source whatsoever.
• California Public Resources Code Section 25110
  "Facility" means any electric transmission line or thermal powerplant, or both electric transmission line and thermal powerplant, regulated according to the provisions of this division.
• California Public Resources Code Section 25111
  "Account" means the Energy Resources Programs Account.
• California Public Resources Code Section 25112
  "Member" or "member of the commission" means a member of the State Energy Resources Conservation and Development Commission appointed pursuant to Section 25200.
• California Public Resources Code Section 25113
  "Notice" means the notice of intent, as further defined in Chapter 6 (commencing with Section 25500), which shall state the intention of an applicant to...
• California Public Resources Code Section 25114
  "Interested party" means any person whom the commission finds and acknowledges as having a real and direct interest in any proceeding or action carried on,...
• California Public Resources Code Section 25115
  "Equivalent certification program" means a program, as further defined in Section 25540.5, administered by a county and approved by the commission, which may substitute for...
• California Public Resources Code Section 25116
  "Person" means any person, firm, association, organization, partnership, business trust, corporation, limited liability company, or company. "Person" also includes any city, county, public district or...
• California Public Resources Code Section 25117
  "Plan" means the Emergency Load Curtailment and Energy Distribution Plan.
• California Public Resources Code Section 25118
  "Service area" means any contiguous geographic area serviced by the same electric utility.
• California Public Resources Code Section 25119
  "Site" means any location on which a facility is constructed or is proposed to be constructed.
• California Public Resources Code Section 25120
  "Thermal powerplant" means any stationary or floating electrical generating facility using any source of thermal energy, with a generating capacity of 50 megawatts or more,...
• California Public Resources Code Section 25121
  "Fuel" means petroleum, crude oil, petroleum product, coal, natural gas, or any other substance used primarily for its energy content.
• California Public Resources Code Section 25122
  "Gas utility" means any person engaged in, or authorized to engage in, distributing or transporting natural gas, including, but not limited to, any such person...
• California Public Resources Code Section 25123
  "Modification of an existing facility" means any alteration, replacement, or improvement of equipment that results in a 50-megawatt or more increase in the electric generating...
• California Public Resources Code Section 25124
  "Major oil producer" means any person who produces oil in amount determined by the commission as having a major effect on energy supplies.
• California Public Resources Code Section 25125
  "Major natural gas producer" means any person who produces natural gas in amounts determined by the commission as having a major effect on energy supplies.
• California Public Resources Code Section 25126
  "Major marketer" means any person who sells natural gas or oil in amounts determined by the commission as having a major effect on energy supplies.
• California Public Resources Code Section 25127
  "Refiner" means any person who owns, operates, or controls the operations of one or more refineries.
• California Public Resources Code Section 25128
  "Refinery" means any industrial plant, regardless of capacity, processing crude oil feedstock and manufacturing oil products.
• California Public Resources Code Section 25129
  "Foreign" means any area exclusive of the 50 states and the District of Columbia.
• California Public Resources Code Section 25130
  "Nonresidential" building means any building which is heated or cooled in its interior, and is of an occupancy type other than Type H, I, or...
• California Public Resources Code Section 25131
  "Residential building" means any hotel, motel, apartment house, lodginghouse, single- and dwelling, or other residential building which is heated or mechanically cooled.
• California Public Resources Code Section 25132
  "Load management" means any utility program or activity that is intended to reshape deliberately a utility's load duration curve.
• California Public Resources Code Section 25133
  "Geothermal element" means an element of a county general plan consisting of a statement of geothermal development policies, including a diagram or diagrams and text...
• California Public Resources Code Section 25134
  "Cogeneration" means the sequential use of energy for the production of electrical and useful thermal energy. The sequence can be thermal use followed by power...
• California Public Resources Code Section 25135
  "Conversion" means the processes by which residue is converted to a more usable energy form, including, but not limited to, combustion, anaerobic digestion, and pyrolysis,...
• California Public Resources Code Section 25136
  "Residue" means any organic matter left as residue, such as agricultural and forestry residue, including, but not limited to, conifer thinnings, dead and dying trees,...
• California Public Resources Code Section 25140
  "Solar thermal powerplant" means a thermal powerplant in which 75 percent or more of the total energy output is from solar energy and the use...
• California Public Resources Code Section 25141
  "Unbranded," as applied to fuel, means gasoline and diesel fuel sold for wholesale or retail distribution to consumers without proprietary additives or marketing under a...
• California Public Resources Code Section 25200
  There is in the Resources Agency the State Energy Resources Conservation and Development Commission, consisting of five members appointed by the Governor subject to Section
• California Public Resources Code Section 25201
  One member of the commission shall have a background in the field of engineering or physical science and have knowledge of energy supply or conversion...
• California Public Resources Code Section 25202
  The Secretary of the Resources Agency and the President of the Public Utilities Commission shall be ex officio, nonvoting members of the commission, whose presence...
• California Public Resources Code Section 25203
  Each member of the commission shall represent the state at large and not any particular area thereof, and shall serve on a full-time basis.
• California Public Resources Code Section 25204
  The Governor shall appoint the members of the commission within 30 days after the effective date of this division. Every appointment made by the Governor...
• California Public Resources Code Section 25205
  (a) No person shall be a member of the commission who, during the two years prior to appointment on the commission, received any substantial portion...
• California Public Resources Code Section 25206
  The terms of office of the members of the commission shall be for five years, except that the members first appointed to the commission shall...
• California Public Resources Code Section 25207
  The members of the commission shall receive the salary provided for by Chapter 6 (commencing with Section 11550) of Part 1 of Division 3 of...
• California Public Resources Code Section 25209
  Each member of the commission shall have one vote. Except as provided in Section 25211, the affirmative votes of at least three members shall be...
• California Public Resources Code Section 25210
  The commission may hold any hearings and conduct any investigations in any part of the state necessary to carry out its powers and duties prescribed...
• California Public Resources Code Section 25211
  The commission may appoint a committee of not less than two members of the commission to carry on investigations, inquiries, or hearings which the commission...
• California Public Resources Code Section 25212
  Every two years the Governor shall designate a chair and vice chair of the commission from among its members.
• California Public Resources Code Section 25213
  (a) The commission shall adopt rules and regulations, as necessary, to carry out the provisions of this division in conformity with the provisions of Chapter...
• California Public Resources Code Section 25214
  The commission shall maintain its headquarters in the County of Sacramento and may establish branch offices in such parts of the state as the commission...
• California Public Resources Code Section 25215
  Any member of the commission may be removed from office by the Legislature, by concurrent resolution adopted by a majority vote of all members elected...
• California Public Resources Code Section 25216
  In addition to other duties specified in this division, the commission shall do all of the following: (a) Undertake a continuing assessment of trends in...
• California Public Resources Code Section 25216.3
  (a) The commission shall compile relevant local, regional, state, and federal land use, public safety, environmental, and other standards to be met in designing, siting,...
• California Public Resources Code Section 25216.5
  The commission shall do all of the following: (a) Prescribe the form and content of applications for facilities; conduct public hearings and take other actions...
• California Public Resources Code Section 25217
  The commission shall do all of the following: (a) Appoint an executive director with administration and fiscal experience, who shall serve at its pleasure and...
• California Public Resources Code Section 25217.1
  The commission shall nominate and the Governor shall appoint for a term of three years a public adviser to the commission who shall be an...
• California Public Resources Code Section 25217.5
  The chair of the commission shall direct the adviser, the executive director, and other staff in the performance of their duties in conformance with the...
• California Public Resources Code Section 25218
  In addition to other powers specified in this division, the commission may do any of the following: (a) Apply for and accept grants, contributions, and...
• California Public Resources Code Section 25218.5
  The provisions specifying any power or duty of the commission shall be liberally construed, in order to carry out the objectives of this division.
• California Public Resources Code Section 25219
  As to any matter involving the federal government, its departments or agencies, which is within the scope of the power and duties of the commission,...
• California Public Resources Code Section 25220
  The commission may participate as a party, to the extent that it shall determine, in any proceeding before any federal or state agency having authority...
• California Public Resources Code Section 25221
  Upon request of the commission, the Attorney General shall represent the commission and the state in litigation concerning affairs of the commission, unless the Attorney...
• California Public Resources Code Section 25222
  The adviser shall insure that full and adequate participation by all interested groups and the public at large is secured in the planning, site and...
• California Public Resources Code Section 25223
  The commission shall make available any information filed or submitted pursuant to this division under the provisions of the California Public Records Act, Chapter 3.5...
• California Public Resources Code Section 25224
  The commission and other state agencies shall, to the fullest extent possible, exchange records, reports, material, and other information relating to energy resources and conservation...
• California Public Resources Code Section 25225
  (a) Prior to expending any funds for any research, development, or demonstration program or project relating to vehicles or vehicle fuels, the commission shall do...
• California Public Resources Code Section 25226
  (a) The Energy Technologies Research, Development, and Demonstration Account established under former Section 25683 is hereby continued in existence, in the General Fund, to be...
• California Public Resources Code Section 25227
  By July 1, 2011, the commission, in consultation with the Public Utilities Commission, shall develop and maintain an Internet Web site containing specific links to...
• California Public Resources Code Section 25300
  (a) The Legislature finds and declares that clean and reliable energy is essential to the health of the California economy and of vital importance to...
• California Public Resources Code Section 25301
  (a) At least every two years, the commission shall conduct assessments and forecasts of all aspects of energy industry supply, production, transportation, delivery and distribution,...
• California Public Resources Code Section 25302
  (a) Beginning November 1, 2003, and every two years thereafter, the commission shall adopt an integrated energy policy report. This integrated report shall contain an...
• California Public Resources Code Section 25302.5
  (a) As part of each integrated energy policy report required pursuant to Section 25302, each entity that serves or plans to serve electricity to retail...
• California Public Resources Code Section 25303
  (a) The commission shall conduct electricity and natural gas forecasting and assessment activities to meet the requirements of paragraph (1) of subdivision (a) of Section...
• California Public Resources Code Section 25304
  The commission shall conduct transportation forecasting and assessment activities to meet the requirements of paragraph (2) of subdivision (a) of Section 25302 including, but not...
• California Public Resources Code Section 25305
  The commission shall rely upon forecasting and assessments performed in accordance with Sections 25301 to 25304, inclusive, as the basis for analyzing the success of...
• California Public Resources Code Section 25305.5
  The commission shall include in its report prepared pursuant to Sections 25301 to 25304, inclusive, a description of international energy market prospects and an evaluation...
• California Public Resources Code Section 25306
  The commission shall conduct workshops, hearings, and other forums to gain the perspectives of the public and market participants for purposes of the integrated energy...
• California Public Resources Code Section 25307
  (a) The Governor shall review the integrated energy policy report prepared pursuant to Section 25302 and shall, on or before 90 days after receipt of...
• California Public Resources Code Section 25310
  On or before November 1, 2007, and by November 1 of every third year thereafter, the commission in consultation with the Public Utilities Commission and...
• California Public Resources Code Section 25320
  (a) The commission shall manage a data collection system for obtaining information necessary to develop the policy reports and analyses required by Sections 25301 to...
• California Public Resources Code Section 25321
  In order to ensure timely and accurate compliance with the data collection system adopted under Section 25320, the commission may use any of the following...
• California Public Resources Code Section 25322
  (a) The data collection system managed pursuant to Section 25320 shall include the following requirements regarding the confidentiality of the information collected by the commission:...
• California Public Resources Code Section 25323
  Nothing in this division shall authorize the commission in the performance of its analytical, planning, siting, or certification responsibilities to mandate a specified supply plan...
• California Public Resources Code Section 25324
  The commission, in consultation with the Public Utilities Commission, the California Independent System Operator, transmission owners, users, and consumers, shall adopt a strategic plan for...
• California Public Resources Code Section 25330
  For purposes of this chapter, the following terms have the following meanings: (a) "Feasible" has the same meaning as in Section 21061.1. (b) "High-voltage electric...
• California Public Resources Code Section 25331
  (a) The commission may designate a transmission corridor zone on its own motion or by application of a person who plans to construct a high-voltage...
• California Public Resources Code Section 25332
  The designation of a transmission corridor zone is subject to the California Environmental Quality Act (Division 13 (commencing with Section 21000)). The commission shall be...
• California Public Resources Code Section 25333
  (a) In developing a strategic plan pursuant to Section 25324 or considering an application for designation pursuant to this chapter, the commission shall confer with...
• California Public Resources Code Section 25334
  (a) Upon receipt of an application or upon its own motion for designation of a transmission corridor zone, the commission shall arrange for the publication...
• California Public Resources Code Section 25335
  (a) Within 45 days of receipt of the application or motion for designation, the commission shall commence public informational hearings in the county or counties...
• California Public Resources Code Section 25336
  (a) Within 155 days of the final informational hearing, the commission shall conduct a prehearing conference to determine the issues to be considered in hearings...
• California Public Resources Code Section 25337
  After the conclusion of hearings conducted pursuant to Section 25336, and no later than 180 days after the date of certification of the environmental impact...
• California Public Resources Code Section 25338
  As soon as practicable after the commission designates a transmission corridor zone, it shall post a copy of its decision on its Internet Web site,...
• California Public Resources Code Section 25339
  After the commission designates a transmission corridor zone, it shall identify that transmission corridor zone in its subsequent strategic plans adopted pursuant to Section 25324....
• California Public Resources Code Section 25340
  After receiving notice from the commission regarding the designation or revision of a transmission corridor zone within its jurisdiction, each city or county shall consider...
• California Public Resources Code Section 25341
  (a) Within a designated transmission corridor zone, within 10 days of accepting as complete an application pursuant to Section 65943 of the Government Code for...
• California Public Resources Code Section 25350
  (a) The Legislature finds and declares that the petroleum industry is an essential element of the California economy and is therefore of vital importance to...
• California Public Resources Code Section 25352
  This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the Petroleum Industry Information Reporting Act of 1980.
• California Public Resources Code Section 25354
  (a) Each refiner and major marketer shall submit information each month to the commission in such form and extent as the commission prescribes pursuant to...
• California Public Resources Code Section 25356
  (a) The commission, utilizing its own staff and other support staff having expertise and experience in, or with, the petroleum industry, shall gather, analyze, and...
• California Public Resources Code Section 25357
  The commission shall obtain and analyze monthly production reports prepared by the State Oil and Gas Supervisor pursuant to Section 3227.
• California Public Resources Code Section 25358
  (a) Within 70 days after the end of each preceding quarter of each calendar year, the commission shall publish and submit to the Governor and...
• California Public Resources Code Section 25362
  (a) The commission shall notify those persons who have failed to timely provide the information specified in Section 25354. If, within five days after being...
• California Public Resources Code Section 25364
  (a) Any person required to present information to the commission pursuant to Section 25354 may request that specific information be held in confidence. Information requested...
• California Public Resources Code Section 25366
  Any confidential information pertinent to the responsibilities of the commission specified in this division which is obtained by another state agency shall be available to...
• California Public Resources Code Section 25400
  The commission shall conduct an ongoing assessment of the opportunities and constraints presented by all forms of energy. The commission shall encourage the balanced use...
• California Public Resources Code Section 25401
  The commission shall continuously carry out studies, research projects, data collection, and other activities required to assess the nature, extent, and distribution of energy resources...
• California Public Resources Code Section 25401.2
  (a) As part of the report required by Section 25302, the commission shall develop and update an inventory of current and potential cost-effective opportunities in...
• California Public Resources Code Section 25401.5
  For the purpose of reducing electrical and natural gas energy consumption, the commission may develop and disseminate measures that would enhance energy efficiency for single-family...
• California Public Resources Code Section 25401.6
  (a) In its administration of Section 25744, the commission shall establish a separate rebate for eligible distributed emerging technologies for affordable housing projects including, but...
• California Public Resources Code Section 25401.7
  At the time a single-family residential dwelling is sold, a buyer or seller may request a home inspection, as defined in subdivision (a) of Section...
• California Public Resources Code Section 25401.9
  (a) To the extent that funds are available, the commission, in consultation with the Department of Water Resources, shall adopt by regulation, after holding one...
• California Public Resources Code Section 25402
  The commission shall, after one or more public hearings, do all of the following, in order to reduce the wasteful, uneconomic, inefficient, or unnecessary consumption...
• California Public Resources Code Section 25402.1
  In order to implement the requirements of subdivisions (a) and (b) of Section 25402, the commission shall do all of the following: (a) Develop a...
• California Public Resources Code Section 25402.2
  Any standard adopted by the commission pursuant to Sections 25402 and 25402.1, which is a building standard as defined in Section 25488.5, shall be submitted...
• California Public Resources Code Section 25402.3
  For purposes of subdivision (e) of Section 25402.1, the commission shall contract with California building officials to establish two regional training centers to provide continuing...
• California Public Resources Code Section 25402.4
  The standards for nonresidential buildings prescribed by the commission pursuant to subdivisions (a) and (b) of Section 25402 shall provide at least one option which...
• California Public Resources Code Section 25402.5
  (a) As used in this section, "lighting device" includes, but is not limited to, a lamp, luminaire, light fixture, lighting control, ballast, or any component...
• California Public Resources Code Section 25402.5.4
  (a) On or before December 31, 2008, the commission shall adopt minimum energy efficiency standards for all general purpose lights on a schedule specified in...
• California Public Resources Code Section 25402.6
  The commission shall investigate options and develop a plan to decrease wasteful peakload energy consumption in existing residential and nonresidential buildings. On or before January...
• California Public Resources Code Section 25402.7
  (a) In consultation with the commission, electric and gas utilities shall provide support for building standards and other regulations pursuant to Section 25402 and subdivision...
• California Public Resources Code Section 25402.8
  When assessing new building standards for residential and nonresidential buildings relating to the conservation of energy, the commission shall include in its deliberations the impact...
• California Public Resources Code Section 25402.9
  (a) On or before July 1, 1996, the commission shall develop, adopt, and publish an informational booklet to educate and inform homeowners, rental property owners,...
• California Public Resources Code Section 25402.10
  (a) On and after January 1, 2009, electric and gas utilities shall maintain records of the energy consumption data of all nonresidential buildings to which...
• California Public Resources Code Section 25402.11
  (a) (1) The commission may adopt regulations establishing an administrative enforcement process for a violation of a regulation adopted pursuant to subdivision (c) of Section...
• California Public Resources Code Section 25403
  The commission shall submit to the Public Utilities Commission and to any publicly owned electric utility, recommendations designed to reduce wasteful, unnecessary, or uneconomic energy...
• California Public Resources Code Section 25403.5
  (a) The commission shall, by July 1, 1978, adopt standards by regulation for a program of electrical load management for each utility service area. In...
• California Public Resources Code Section 25403.8
  (a) The commission shall develop and implement a program to provide battery backup power for those official traffic control signals, operated by a city, county,...
• California Public Resources Code Section 25404
  The commission shall cooperate with the Office of Planning and Research, the Resources Agency and other interested parties in developing procedures to ensure that mitigation...
• California Public Resources Code Section 25405
  A city, county, or city and county may by ordinance or resolution prescribe a schedule of fees sufficient to pay the costs incurred in the...
• California Public Resources Code Section 25405.5
  (a) As used in this section, the following terms have the following meanings: (1) "kW" means kilowatts or 1,000 watts, as measured from the alternating...
• California Public Resources Code Section 25405.6
  Not later than July 1, 2007, the commission shall initiate a public proceeding to study and make findings whether, and under what conditions, solar energy...
• California Public Resources Code Section 25406
  A local government may develop and administer a program to encourage the construction of buildings that use solar thermal and photovoltaic systems that meet applicable...
• California Public Resources Code Section 25410
  This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the Energy Conservation Assistance Act of 1979.
• California Public Resources Code Section 25410.5
  The Legislature finds and declares all of the following: (a) Energy costs are frequently the second largest discretionary expense in a local government's budget. According...
• California Public Resources Code Section 25410.6
  (a) It is the intent of the Legislature that the commission shall administer the State Energy Conservation Assistance Account to provide grants and loans to...
• California Public Resources Code Section 25411
  As used in this chapter: (a) "Allocation" means a loan of funds by the commission pursuant to the procedures specified in this chapter. (b) "Building"...
• California Public Resources Code Section 25412
  Any eligible institution may submit an application to the commission for an allocation for the purpose of financing all or a portion of the costs...
• California Public Resources Code Section 25413
  Applications may be approved by the commission only in those instances where the eligible institution has furnished information satisfactory to the commission that the costs...
• California Public Resources Code Section 25414
  Annually at the conclusion of each fiscal year, but not later than October 31, each eligible institution that has received an allocation pursuant to this...
• California Public Resources Code Section 25415
  (a) Each eligible institution to which an allocation has been made under this chapter shall repay the principal amount of the allocation, plus interest, in...
• California Public Resources Code Section 25416
  (a) The State Energy Conservation Assistance Account is hereby created in the General Fund. Notwithstanding Section 13340 of the Government Code, the account is continuously...
• California Public Resources Code Section 25417
  (a) An allocation made pursuant to this chapter shall be used for the purposes specified in an approved application. (b) In the event that the...
• California Public Resources Code Section 25417.5
  (a) In furtherance of the purposes of the commission as set forth in this chapter, the commission has the power and authority to do all...
• California Public Resources Code Section 25418
  The Department of Finance, at its discretion, may audit the expenditure of any allocation made pursuant to this chapter or the computation of any payment...
• California Public Resources Code Section 25419
  In addition to the powers specifically granted to the commission by the other provisions of this chapter, the commission shall have the following powers: (a)...
• California Public Resources Code Section 25420
  The commission may expend from the State Energy Conservation Assistance Account an amount to pay for the actual administrative costs incurred by the commission pursuant...
• California Public Resources Code Section 25421
  (a) Except as provided in subdivision (b), this chapter shall remain in effect only until January 1, 2013, and as of that date is repealed,...
• California Public Resources Code Section 25422
  (a) Federal funds available to the commission pursuant to Chapter 5.6 (commencing with Section 25460) may be used by the commission to augment funding for...
• California Public Resources Code Section 25425
  This chapter shall be known, and may be cited, as the Energy Conservation Act of 2001.
• California Public Resources Code Section 25426
  As used in this article, the following terms have the following meanings: (a) "Commercial refrigeration" means a refrigerator that is not a federally regulated consumer...
• California Public Resources Code Section 25433
  It is the intent of the Legislature to establish incentives in the form of grants and loans to low-income residents, small businesses, and residential property...
• California Public Resources Code Section 25433.5
  (a) In consultation with the Public Utilities Commission, the commission shall do both of the following for the purpose of full or partial funding of...
• California Public Resources Code Section 25434
  The commission may contract with one or more business entities capable of supplying or providing goods or services necessary for the commission to carry out...
• California Public Resources Code Section 25434.5
  As used in this article, the following terms have the following meanings: (a) "Eligible construction or retrofit project" means a project for making improvements to...
• California Public Resources Code Section 25435
  The commission shall administer the Small Business Energy Efficient Refrigeration Loan Program, as provided for in Section 25436.
• California Public Resources Code Section 25436
  (a) Within 45 days of the effective date of this chapter, the commission shall implement a Small Business Energy Efficient Refrigeration Loan Program for qualifying...
• California Public Resources Code Section 25440
  The Legislature finds and declares all of the following: (a) Energy costs account for a growing and substantial portion of the operating expenses for local...
• California Public Resources Code Section 25440.5
  "Local jurisdiction" means any city, county, or regional planning agency, or any combination thereof formed for the joint exercise of any power.
• California Public Resources Code Section 25441
  The commission shall provide financial assistance to local jurisdictions for the purpose of providing staff training and support services, including, but not limited to, planning...
• California Public Resources Code Section 25442
  The commission shall provide loans to local jurisdictions for all of the following purposes: (a) Purchase, maintenance, and evaluation of energy efficient equipment for existing...
• California Public Resources Code Section 25442.5
  The commission may award financial assistance for project audits, feasibility studies, engineering and design, and legal and financial analysis related to the purposes of Section
• California Public Resources Code Section 25442.7
  (a) Loans under this article may not exceed five million dollars ($5,000,000) for any one local jurisdiction unless the commission determines, by unanimous vote, that...
• California Public Resources Code Section 25443
  (a) Principal and interest payments on loans under this article shall be returned to the commission and shall be used to make additional loans to...
• California Public Resources Code Section 25443.5
  (a) In furtherance of the purposes of the commission as set forth in this chapter, the commission has the power and authority to do all...
• California Public Resources Code Section 25445
  The commission shall design a local jurisdiction energy assistance program for the purpose of providing financial assistance under Article 2 (commencing with Section 25441) and...
• California Public Resources Code Section 25446
  Loans made pursuant to this program shall, at a minimum, be evaluated on both of the following factors: (a) Project feasibility. (b) Energy savings or...
• California Public Resources Code Section 25448
  The Department of Transportation shall award financial assistance to local jurisdictions for the purposes of providing technical assistance and equipment to improve traffic flow efficiency...
• California Public Resources Code Section 25448.1
  Financial assistance provided under this article may not exceed 75 percent of the cost of carrying out the activity, unless the department determines that the...
• California Public Resources Code Section 25449
  The commission shall enter into an agreement with the Regents of the University of California, the Trustees of the California State University, and the Board...
• California Public Resources Code Section 25449.1
  The commission shall enter into an agreement with the State Department of Education to expend petroleum violation escrow funds to supplement, and not supplant, other...
• California Public Resources Code Section 25449.2
  Not later than three years after the imposition of any fees pursuant to this chapter, the commission shall report to the Legislature in the biennial...
• California Public Resources Code Section 25449.3
  (a) The Local Jurisdiction Energy Assistance Account is hereby created in the General Fund. All money appropriated for purposes of this chapter and all money...
• California Public Resources Code Section 25449.4
  (a) Except as provided in subdivision (b), this chapter shall remain in effect until January 1, 2016, and as of that date is repealed, unless...
• California Public Resources Code Section 25450
  (a) The Legislature finds and declares all of the following: (1) The cost of energy in California is increasing and creating greater demands on local...
• California Public Resources Code Section 25450.1
  The commission shall administer the funds allocated to and received by the state pursuant to the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007 (42 U.S.C....
• California Public Resources Code Section 25450.2
  (a) Not less than 60 percent of the funds received pursuant to Section 25450.1 shall be used to provide cost-effective energy efficiency, climate change planning,...
• California Public Resources Code Section 25450.3
  The commission shall not exceed the amount specified in Section 545(c)(4) of the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007 (42 U.S.C. Sec. 17155(c)(4)) for...
• California Public Resources Code Section 25450.4
  The commission may award contracts, grants, and loans pursuant to this chapter, unless otherwise prohibited by the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007 (42...
• California Public Resources Code Section 25450.5
  (a) The commission may adopt guidelines governing the award, eligibility, and administration of funding pursuant to the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (Public...
• California Public Resources Code Section 25460
  (a) The Legislature finds and declares that the 111th Congress enacted the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (Public Law 111-5) that appropriates funds...
• California Public Resources Code Section 25461
  (a) Except as provided in Chapter 5.5 (commencing with Section 25450), the commission shall administer federal funds allocated to, and received by, the state for...
• California Public Resources Code Section 25462
  (a) The commission may adopt guidelines governing the award, eligibility, and administration of funding pursuant to this chapter at a publicly noticed meeting offering all...
• California Public Resources Code Section 25463
  (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this division, federal funds available to the commission pursuant to this chapter may be used by the commission to...
• California Public Resources Code Section 25464
  (a) For purposes of this section, the following definitions apply: (1) "Fund" means the Clean and Renewable Energy Business Financing Revolving Loan Fund. (2) "Program"...
• California Public Resources Code Section 25470
  As used in this chapter: (a) "Act" means the federal American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (Public Law 111-5). (b) "Allocation" means a loan...
• California Public Resources Code Section 25471
  (a) There is hereby created in the State Treasury the Energy Efficient State Property Revolving Fund for the purpose of implementing this chapter. Notwithstanding Section...
• California Public Resources Code Section 25472
  (a) The department, in consultation with the commission, shall establish a process by which projects are identified and funding is allocated. (b) Beginning July 1,...
• California Public Resources Code Section 25473
  (a) On or before January 1, 2010, and annually thereafter, the department, in collaboration with the commission, shall submit to the Legislature's fiscal and appropriate...
• California Public Resources Code Section 25474
  (a) Any repayment of loans made pursuant to this chapter, including interest payments, and all interest earnings on or accruing to, any money resulting from...
• California Public Resources Code Section 25480
  As used in this chapter, "department" means the Department of Transportation.
• California Public Resources Code Section 25481
  The Legislature hereby finds and declares that: (a) Due to the projected rapid growth in demand for energy, coupled with the mounting difficulties in providing...
• California Public Resources Code Section 25482
  All state agencies shall provide assistance to their employees living in metropolitan areas in establishing carpools and locating potential carpool participants. The department shall be...
• California Public Resources Code Section 25483
  In order to perform its new function of promoting and assisting ridesharing, the department is authorized to establish ridesharing programs in metropolitan areas for public...
• California Public Resources Code Section 25484
  The ridesharing programs established by the department may include, but are not limited to, computer or manual matching systems, promotional efforts to encourage carpooling, vanpooling,...
• California Public Resources Code Section 25485
  The department shall develop programs and undertake any necessary construction to establish, for the use of carpool vehicles carrying at least three persons, preferential lanes...
• California Public Resources Code Section 25486
  The department is encouraged to establish as soon as possible preferential lanes for the use of buses and three-passenger carpool vehicles in both directions on...
• California Public Resources Code Section 25487
  Unless the context otherwise requires, the definitions in this article govern the construction of this chapter.
• California Public Resources Code Section 25488
  "Title 24 Standards" refers to the nonresidential building standards developed by the commission.
• California Public Resources Code Section 25488.5
  "Building standard" means a building standard as defined in Section 18909 of the Health and Safety Code which is adopted by the commission.
• California Public Resources Code Section 25489
  "Lifecycle cost" means an estimate of the total cost of acquisition, operation, maintenance, and construction of any energy system within or related to a structure...
• California Public Resources Code Section 25491
  "Governmental agency" means any public agency, including any agency of the state, each county, city, district, association of governments, and joint power agency.
• California Public Resources Code Section 25492
  "Structure" means any building which has more than 10,000 square feet of floor area and which has a heating, cooling, water heating, or lighting system...
• California Public Resources Code Section 25493
  On or after January 1, 1979, no governmental agency shall commence construction on any new structure unless the new structure complies with Title 24 Standards.
• California Public Resources Code Section 25493.5
  On and after January 1, 1980, no governmental agency shall commence construction on any new structure unless the new structure complies with all applicable building...
• California Public Resources Code Section 25494
  Not later than July 31, 1978, the commission shall prepare a manual outlining a methodology by which governmental agencies and the general public may at...
• California Public Resources Code Section 25495
  No later than July 31, 1978, the commission shall develop design guidelines for new construction which include energy conserving options, including, but not limited to,...
• California Public Resources Code Section 25496
  No later than July 1, 1978, the commission shall develop and make available to government agencies and the general public to be utilized at their...
• California Public Resources Code Section 25498
  In addition to any other requirements applicable to such structure, no new state-owned structure shall be constructed which is not equipped with a supplementary solar...
• California Public Resources Code Section 25500
  In accordance with the provisions of this division, the commission shall have the exclusive power to certify all sites and related facilities in the state,...
• California Public Resources Code Section 25500.1
  (a) The owner of a proposed solar thermal powerplants, for which an application for certification was filed with the commission after August 15, 2007, and...
• California Public Resources Code Section 25500.5
  The commission shall certify sufficient sites and related facilities which are required to provide a supply of electric power sufficient to accomodate the demand projected...
• California Public Resources Code Section 25501
  This chapter does not apply to any site or related facility for which the Public Utilities Commission has issued a certificate of public convenience and...
• California Public Resources Code Section 25501.7
  Any person proposing to construct a facility or a site to which Section 25501 applies may waive the exclusion of such site and related facility...
• California Public Resources Code Section 25502
  Each person proposing to construct a thermal powerplant or electric transmission line on a site shall submit to the commission a notice of intention to...
• California Public Resources Code Section 25502.3
  Except as provided in Section 25501.7, any person proposing to construct a facility excluded from the provisions of this chapter may waive such exclusion by...
• California Public Resources Code Section 25503
  Each notice of intention to file an application shall contain at least three alternative sites and related facilities, at least one of which shall not...
• California Public Resources Code Section 25504
  The notice of intention shall include a statement by the applicant describing the location of the proposed sites by section or sections, range and township,...
• California Public Resources Code Section 25504.5
  An applicant may, in the notice, propose a site to be approved which will accomodate a potential maximum electric generating capacity in excess of the...
• California Public Resources Code Section 25505
  Upon receipt of a notice, the commission shall cause a summary of the notice to be published in a newspaper of general circulation in each...
• California Public Resources Code Section 25506
  The commission shall request the appropriate local, regional, state, and federal agencies to make comments and recommendations regarding the design, operation, and location of the...
• California Public Resources Code Section 25506.5
  The commission shall request the Public Utilities Commission, for sites and related facilities requiring a certificate of public convenience and necessity, to make comments and...
• California Public Resources Code Section 25507
  (a) If any alternative site and related facility proposed in the notice is proposed to be located, in whole or in part, within the coastal...
• California Public Resources Code Section 25508
  The commission shall cooperate with, and render advice to, the California Coastal Commission and the San Francisco Bay Conservation and Development Commission in studying applications...
• California Public Resources Code Section 25509
  Within 45 days of the filing of the notice, the commission shall conduct public informational presentations in the county or counties in which the proposed...
• California Public Resources Code Section 25509.5
  No sooner than 15 days after the conclusion of the presentations pursuant to Section 25509, the commission shall commence nonadjudicatory hearings. Such hearings shall identify...
• California Public Resources Code Section 25510
  After the conclusion of such hearings, and no later than 150 days after filing of the notice, the commission shall prepare and make public a...
• California Public Resources Code Section 25511
  The commission shall review the factors related to safety and reliability of the facilities at each of the alternative sites designated in the notice. In...
• California Public Resources Code Section 25512
  The summary and hearing order shall be based upon the record of the proceeding including statements or documents presented during any hearing or informational presentation...
• California Public Resources Code Section 25512.5
  Within 15 days of the publication of the summary and hearing order, a copy will be distributed to any person who requests such copy.
• California Public Resources Code Section 25513
  No earlier than 30 days after distribution of the summary and hearing order, the commission shall commence adjudicatory hearings pursuant to the hearing order.
• California Public Resources Code Section 25513.3
  Notwithstanding Sections 11425.30 and 11430.10 of the Government Code, unless a party demonstrates other statutory grounds for disqualification, a person who has served as investigator...
• California Public Resources Code Section 25514
  After conclusion of the hearings held pursuant to Section 25513 and no later than 300 days after the filing of the notice, a final report...
• California Public Resources Code Section 25514.3
  In specifying any modifications, conditions, or criteria pursuant to Section 25514, for sites and related facilities requiring a certificate of public convenience and necessity, the...
• California Public Resources Code Section 25514.5
  In considering the acceptability of a site proposed to accommodate ultimately additional power-generating capacity, the commission, in determining, pursuant to Sections 25514 and 25512, the...
• California Public Resources Code Section 25515
  No later than 30 days after the final report is distributed, a hearing or hearings on the final report shall be commenced. Such hearings shall...
• California Public Resources Code Section 25516
  The approval of the notice by the commission shall be based upon findings pursuant to Section 25514. The notice shall not be approved unless the...
• California Public Resources Code Section 25516.1
  If a site and related facility found to be acceptable by the commission pursuant to Section 25516 is located in the coastal zone, the Suisun...
• California Public Resources Code Section 25516.5
  On a notice which proposes an expanded ultimate electric generating capacity for a site, the commission may, based upon findings pursuant to Section 25514, either...
• California Public Resources Code Section 25516.6
  (a) Except as otherwise expressly provided in this division, the commission shall issue its written decision on the notice not later than 12 months after...
• California Public Resources Code Section 25517
  Except as provided in Section 25501, no construction of any thermal powerplant or electric transmission line shall be commenced by any electric utility without first...
• California Public Resources Code Section 25518
  The Public Utilities Commission shall issue no certificate of public convenience and necessity for a site or related electrical facilities unless the utility has obtained...
• California Public Resources Code Section 25518.5
  Nothing in this division shall preclude the concurrent initiation of an application for a certificate of public convenience and necessity from the Public Utilities Commission...
• California Public Resources Code Section 25519
  (a) In order to obtain certification for a site and related facility, an application for certification of the site and related facility shall be filed...
• California Public Resources Code Section 25519.5
  (a) If the site and related facilities specified in the application are proposed to be located within 1,000 feet of a military installation, or lie...
• California Public Resources Code Section 25520
  The application shall contain all of the following information and any other information that the commission by regulation may require: (a) A detailed description of...
• California Public Resources Code Section 25520.5
  (a) In reviewing an application for an additional facility at a potential multiple-facility site, the commission shall undertake a reconsideration of its prior determinations in...
• California Public Resources Code Section 25521
  No earlier than 90 nor later than 240 days after the date of the filing of an application, the commission shall commence a public hearing...
• California Public Resources Code Section 25522
  (a) Except as provided in subdivision (c) of Section 25520.5, within 18 months of the filing of an application for certification, or within 12 months...
• California Public Resources Code Section 25523
  The commission shall prepare a written decision after the public hearing on an application, which includes all of the following: (a) Specific provisions relating to...
• California Public Resources Code Section 25524
  (a) "Qualified applicant" for purposes of this section means an applicant for certification of an eligible renewable energy resource, as defined in the California Renewables...
• California Public Resources Code Section 25524.1
  (a) Except for the existing Diablo Canyon Units 1 and 2 owned by Pacific Gas and Electric Company and San Onofre Units 2 and 3...
• California Public Resources Code Section 25524.2
  Except for the existing Diablo Canyon Units 1 and 2 owned by Pacific Gas and Electric Company and San Onofre Units 2 and 3 owned...
• California Public Resources Code Section 25524.5
  The commission shall not certify any facility which adds generating capacity to a potential multiple-facility site in excess of the maximum allowable capacity established by...
• California Public Resources Code Section 25525
  The commission may not certify a facility contained in the application when it finds, pursuant to subdivision (d) of Section 25523, that the facility does...
• California Public Resources Code Section 25526
  (a) The commission shall not approve as a site for a facility any location designated by the California Coastal Commission pursuant to subdivision (b) of...
• California Public Resources Code Section 25527
  The following areas of the state shall not be approved as a site for a facility, unless the commission finds that such use is not...
• California Public Resources Code Section 25528
  (a) The commission shall require, as a condition of certification of any site and related facility, that the applicant acquire, by grant or contract, the...
• California Public Resources Code Section 25529
  When a facility is proposed to be located in the coastal zone or any other area with recreational, scenic, or historic value, the commission shall...
• California Public Resources Code Section 25530
  The commission may order a reconsideration of all or part of a decision or order on its own motion or on petition of any party....
• California Public Resources Code Section 25531
  (a) The decisions of the commission on any application for certification of a site and related facility are subject to judicial review by the Supreme...
• California Public Resources Code Section 25532
  The commission shall establish a monitoring system to assure that any facility certified under this division is constructed and is operating in compliance with air...
• California Public Resources Code Section 25534
  (a) The commission may, after one or more hearings, amend the conditions of, or revoke the certification for, any facility for any of the following...
• California Public Resources Code Section 25534.1
  (a) The executive director of the commission may issue a complaint to any person or entity on whom an administrative civil penalty may be imposed...
• California Public Resources Code Section 25534.2
  (a) Within 30 days after service of an order issued under Section 25534.1, any aggrieved party may file with the superior court a petition for...
• California Public Resources Code Section 25535
  Such reasonable and direct costs as the applicant incurs to comply with the provisions of this chapter shall be allowed for ratemaking purposes.
• California Public Resources Code Section 25537
  Upon approval of an application, the commission shall forward to the United States Nuclear Regulatory Commission, the Environmental Protection Agency, and to other appropriate federal...
• California Public Resources Code Section 25538
  Upon receiving the commission's request for review under subdivision (f) of Section 25519 and Section 25506, the local agency may request a fee from the...
• California Public Resources Code Section 25539
  In reviewing notices and applications for certification of modifications of existing facilities, the commission shall adopt rules and regulations as necessary to insure that relevant...
• California Public Resources Code Section 25540
  If a person proposes to construct a geothermal powerplant and related facility or facilities on a site, the commission shall not require three alternative sites...
• California Public Resources Code Section 25540.1
  The commission shall determine, within 30 days after the receipt of a notice or application for a geothermal powerplant, whether the notice or application is...
• California Public Resources Code Section 25540.2
  Notwithstanding any other provision of law: (a) If an applicant proposes to construct a geothermal powerplant at a site which, at the outset of the...
• California Public Resources Code Section 25540.3
  (a) An applicant for a geothermal powerplant may propose a site to be approved that will accommodate a potential maximum electric generating capacity in excess...
• California Public Resources Code Section 25540.4
  Notwithstanding any other provision of law: (a) The decision of the commission on an application for an additional facility at a potential multiple facility site...
• California Public Resources Code Section 25540.5
  The commission may, at the petition of a county which has adopted a geothermal element for its general plan, approve an equivalent certification program which...
• California Public Resources Code Section 25540.6
  (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no notice of intention is required, and the commission shall issue its final decision on the application, as...
• California Public Resources Code Section 25541
  The commission may exempt from this chapter thermal powerplants with a generating capacity of up to 100 megawatts and modifications to existing generating facilities that...
• California Public Resources Code Section 25541.1
  It is the intent of the Legislature to encourage the development of thermal powerplants using resource recovery (waste-to-energy) technology. Previously enacted incentives for the production...
• California Public Resources Code Section 25541.5
  (a) On or before January 1, 2001, the Secretary of the Resources Agency shall review the regulatory program conducted pursuant to this chapter that was...
• California Public Resources Code Section 25542
  In the case of any site and related facility or facilities for which the provisions of this division do not apply, the exclusive power given...
• California Public Resources Code Section 25543
  (a) It is the intent of the Legislature to improve the process of siting and licensing new thermal electric powerplants to ensure that these facilities...
• California Public Resources Code Section 25600
  As used in this chapter: (a) "Passive thermal system" means a system which utilizes the structural elements of a building and is not augmented by...
• California Public Resources Code Section 25601
  The commission shall develop and coordinate a program of research and development in energy supply, consumption, and conservation and the technology of siting facilities and...
• California Public Resources Code Section 25602
  The commission shall carry out technical assessment studies on all forms of energy and energy-related problems, in order to influence federal research and development priorities...
• California Public Resources Code Section 25603
  For research purposes, the commission shall, in cooperation with other state agencies, participate in the design, construction, and operation of energy-conserving buildings using data developed...
• California Public Resources Code Section 25603.5
  (a) Pursuant to the duties of the commission described in subdivision (a) of Section 25401 and Section 25603, the commission shall conduct a statewide architectural...
• California Public Resources Code Section 25605
  On or before November 1, 1978, the commission shall develop and adopt, in cooperation with affected industry and consumer representatives, and after one or more...
• California Public Resources Code Section 25605.5
  Standards adopted by the commission pursuant to Section 25605, which are building standards as defined in Section 25488.5, shall be submitted to the State Building...
• California Public Resources Code Section 25608
  The commission shall confer with officials of federal agencies, including the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, the National Institute of Standards and Technology, the Department...
• California Public Resources Code Section 25609
  The commission may, in adopting regulations pursuant to this chapter, specify the date when the regulations shall take effect. The commission may specify different dates...
• California Public Resources Code Section 25609.5
  The effective dates of building standards adopted by the commission pursuant to Section 25609 are subject to approval pursuant to the provisions of the State...
• California Public Resources Code Section 25610
  For purposes of carrying out the provisions of this chapter, the commission may contract with any person for materials and services that cannot be performed...
• California Public Resources Code Section 25616
  (a) It is the intent of the Legislature to encourage local agencies to expeditiously review permit applications to site energy projects, and to encourage energy...
• California Public Resources Code Section 25617
  (a) It is the intent of the Legislature to preserve diversity of energy resources, including diversity of resources used in electric generation facilities, industrial and...
• California Public Resources Code Section 25618
  (a) The commission shall facilitate development and commercialization of ultra low- and zero-emission electric vehicles and advanced battery technologies, as well as development of an...
• California Public Resources Code Section 25619
  (a) For purposes of this section, "qualified counties" means the Counties of Fresno, Imperial, Inyo, Kern, Kings, Los Angeles, Madera, Merced, Riverside, San Bernardino, San...
• California Public Resources Code Section 25620
  The Legislature hereby finds and declares all of the following: (a) It is in the best interests of the people of this state that the...
• California Public Resources Code Section 25620.1
  (a) The commission shall develop, implement, and administer the Public Interest Research, Development, and Demonstration Program that is hereby created. The program shall include a...
• California Public Resources Code Section 25620.2
  (a) To ensure the efficient implementation and administration of the Public Interest Research, Development, and Demonstration Program, the commission shall do both of the following:...
• California Public Resources Code Section 25620.3
  (a) The commission may, consistent with the requirements of this chapter, provide awards to any individual or entity for planning, implementation, and administration of projects...
• California Public Resources Code Section 25620.4
  (a) To the extent that intellectual property is developed under this chapter, an equitable share of rights in the intellectual property or in the benefits...
• California Public Resources Code Section 25620.5
  (a) The commission may solicit applications for awards, using a sealed competitive bid, competitive negotiation process, commission-issued intradepartmental master agreement, the methods for selection of...
• California Public Resources Code Section 25620.6
  The commission, in consultation with the Department of General Services, may purchase insurance coverage necessary to implement an award. Funding for the purchase of insurance...
• California Public Resources Code Section 25620.7
  (a) The commission may contract for, or through interagency agreement obtain, technical, scientific, or administrative services or expertise from one or more entities, to support...
• California Public Resources Code Section 25620.8
  The commission shall prepare and submit to the Legislature an annual report, not later than March 31 of each year, on awards made pursuant to...
• California Public Resources Code Section 25620.11
  (a) The commission shall regularly convene an advisory board that shall make recommendations to guide the commission's selection of programs and projects to be funded...
• California Public Resources Code Section 25620.15
  (a) In order to ensure that prudent investments in research, development, and demonstration of energy efficient technologies continue to produce substantial economic, environmental, public health,...
• California Public Resources Code Section 25630
  (a) The commission shall establish a small business energy assistance low-interest revolving loan program to fund the purchase of equipment for alternative technology energy projects...
• California Public Resources Code Section 25650
  (a) All funds from loan repayments and interest that become due and payable for loans made by the commission pursuant to an agriculture energy assistance...
• California Public Resources Code Section 25678
  The commission shall establish a grant program which provides a forty cent ($0.40) per gallon production incentive for liquid fuels fermented in this state from...
• California Public Resources Code Section 25679
  Applicants for a grant under this chapter shall submit an application on a form prescribed by the commission which is responsible for administration of the
• California Public Resources Code Section 25695
  In enacting this chapter, the Legislature hereby finds and declares all of the following: (a) The development and commercialization of energy technologies and energy conservation...
• California Public Resources Code Section 25696
  The commission may assist California-based energy technology and energy conservation firms to export their technologies, products, and services to international markets. The commission may do...
• California Public Resources Code Section 25696.5
  (a) Every California-based energy technology and energy conservation firm awarded direct financial assistance pursuant to Section 25696 shall reimburse the commission for that assistance, when...
• California Public Resources Code Section 25697
  The commission shall consult with the California State World Trade Commission with respect to conducting overseas trade missions, trade shows, and trade exhibits. Consultation may...
• California Public Resources Code Section 25700
  The commission shall, in accordance with the provisions of this chapter, develop contingency plans to deal with possible shortages of electrical energy or fuel supplies...
• California Public Resources Code Section 25701
  (a) Within six months after the effective date of this division, each electric utility, gas utility, and fuel wholesaler or manufacturer in the state shall...
• California Public Resources Code Section 25702
  The commission shall, after one or more public hearings, review the emergency load curtailment program plans or emergency energy supply distribution plans submitted pursuant to...
• California Public Resources Code Section 25703
  Within four months after the date of certification of any new facility, the commission shall review and revise the recommended plans based on additional new...
• California Public Resources Code Section 25704
  The commission shall carry out studies to determine if potential serious shortages of electrical, natural gas, or other sources of energy are likely to occur...
• California Public Resources Code Section 25705
  If the commission determines that all reasonable conservation, allocation, and service restriction measures may not alleviate an energy supply emergency, and upon a declaration by...
• California Public Resources Code Section 25720
  (a) By January 31, 2002, the commission shall examine the feasibility, including possible costs and benefits to consumers and impacts on fuel prices for the...
• California Public Resources Code Section 25721
  The commission shall report its findings and recommendations to the Governor, the Legislature, and the Attorney General by January 31, 2002. If the commission finds...
• California Public Resources Code Section 25722
  (a) On or before January 31, 2003, the commission, the Department of General Services, and the State Air Resources Board, in consultation with any other...
• California Public Resources Code Section 25722.5
  (a) In order to achieve the policy objectives set forth in Sections 25000.5 and 25722, the Department of General Services, in consultation with the commission...
• California Public Resources Code Section 25722.6
  (a) On or before December 31, 2008, the Department of General Services, in conjunction with the State Air Resources Board and the commission, shall amend...
• California Public Resources Code Section 25722.7
  (a) In order to further achieve the policy objectives set forth in Sections 25000.5, 25722, and 25722.5, on or before June 1, 2007, the Department...
• California Public Resources Code Section 25722.8
  (a) On or before July 1, 2009, the Secretary of State and Consumer Services, in consultation with the Department of General Services and other appropriate...
• California Public Resources Code Section 25723
  On or before January 31, 2003, the commission, in consultation with any other state agency that the commission deems necessary, shall develop and adopt recommendations...
• California Public Resources Code Section 25725
  When awarding a vehicle procurement contract, every city, county, city and county, and special district, including a school district and a community college district may...
• California Public Resources Code Section 25726
  (a) When awarding a vehicle procurement contract, every city, county, city and county, and special district, including a school district and a community college district...
• California Public Resources Code Section 25740
  It is the intent of the Legislature in establishing this program, to increase the amount of electricity generated from eligible renewable energy resources per year,...
• California Public Resources Code Section 25740.5
  (a) The commission shall optimize public investment and ensure that the most cost-effective and efficient investments in renewable energy resources are vigorously pursued. (b) The...
• California Public Resources Code Section 25741
  As used in this chapter, the following terms have the following meaning: (a) "Renewable electrical generation facility" means a facility that meets all of the...
• California Public Resources Code Section 25741.5
  (a) By June 30, 2011, after providing public notice and an opportunity for public comment, including holding at least one public workshop, and following consultation...
• California Public Resources Code Section 25742
  (a) Twenty percent of the funds collected pursuant to the renewable energy public goods charge shall be used for programs that are designed to achieve...
• California Public Resources Code Section 25743
  (a) The commission shall terminate all production incentives awarded from the New Renewable Resources Account prior to January 1, 2002, unless the project began generating...
• California Public Resources Code Section 25744
  (a) Seventy-nine percent of the money collected pursuant to the renewable energy public goods charge shall be used for a multiyear, consumer-based program to foster...
• California Public Resources Code Section 25744.5
  The commission shall allocate and use funding available for emerging renewable technologies pursuant to Section 25744 and Section 25751 to fund photovoltaic and solar thermal...
• California Public Resources Code Section 25746
  (a) One percent of the money collected pursuant to the renewable energy public goods charge shall be used in accordance with this chapter to promote...
• California Public Resources Code Section 25747
  (a) The commission shall adopt guidelines governing the funding programs authorized under this chapter, at a publicly noticed meeting offering all interested parties an opportunity...
• California Public Resources Code Section 25748
  (a) The commission shall report to the Legislature on or before November 1, 2007, and annually thereafter, regarding the results of the mechanisms funded pursuant...
• California Public Resources Code Section 25751
  (a) The Renewable Resource Trust Fund is hereby created in the State Treasury. (b) The following accounts are hereby established within the Renewable Resource Trust...
• California Public Resources Code Section 25770
  For the purposes of this chapter, the following terms have the following meanings: (a) "Board" means the California Integrated Waste Management Board established pursuant to...
• California Public Resources Code Section 25771
  On or before July 1, 2006, the commission shall develop and adopt all of the following: (a) A database of the energy efficiency of a...
• California Public Resources Code Section 25772
  On or before July 1, 2007, the commission, in consultation with the board, shall, after appropriate notice and workshops, adopt and, on or before July...
• California Public Resources Code Section 25773
  (a) The program described in Section 25772 shall include all of the following: (1) The development and adoption of minimum energy efficiency standards for replacement...
• California Public Resources Code Section 25780
  The Legislature finds and declares both of the following: (a) It is the goal of the state to install solar energy systems with a generation...
• California Public Resources Code Section 25781
  As used in this chapter, the following terms have the following meanings: (a) "California Solar Initiative" means the program providing ratepayer funded incentives for eligible...
• California Public Resources Code Section 25782
  (a) The commission shall, by January 1, 2008, in consultation with the Public Utilities Commission, local publicly owned electric utilities, and interested members of the...
• California Public Resources Code Section 25783
  The commission shall do all the following: (a) Publish educational materials designed to demonstrate how builders may incorporate solar energy systems during construction as well...
• California Public Resources Code Section 25784
  The commission shall adopt guidelines for solar energy systems receiving ratepayer funded incentives at a publicly noticed meeting offering all interested parties an opportunity to...
• California Public Resources Code Section 25801
  There is in the General Fund in the State Treasury the Energy Resources Programs Account.
• California Public Resources Code Section 25802
  Each person who submits to the commission a notice of intent for any proposed generating facility shall accompany the notice with a fee of one...
• California Public Resources Code Section 25803
  All funds received by the commission pursuant to Section 25802, shall be remitted to the State Treasurer for deposit in the account. All funds in...
• California Public Resources Code Section 25804
  All references in this division or any other provision of law to the State Energy Resources Conservation and Development Special Account shall be deemed references...
• California Public Resources Code Section 25805
  On July 1, 1983, all funds in the State Energy Resources Conservation and Development Reserve Account shall be transferred to the Energy Resources Programs Account.
• California Public Resources Code Section 25806
  (a) A person who submits to the commission an application for certification for a proposed generating facility shall submit with the application a fee of...
• California Public Resources Code Section 25900
  Except as provided in Sections 25402.11 and 25531, if the commission finds that any provision of this division is violated, or a violation is threatening...
• California Public Resources Code Section 25901
  (a) Within 30 days after the commission issues its determination on any matter specified in this division, except as provided in Section 25531, any aggrieved...
• California Public Resources Code Section 25902
  Any evaluations in the reports required by Section 25309 and any findings and determinations on the notice of intent pursuant to Chapter 6 (commencing with...
• California Public Resources Code Section 25903
  If any provision of subdivision (a) of Section 25531, with respect to judicial review of the decision on certification of a site and related facility,...
• California Public Resources Code Section 25910
  The commission shall, by regulation adopted no later than July 1, 1978, establish minimum standards for the amount of additional insulation (expressed in terms of...
• California Public Resources Code Section 25911
  The State Energy Resources Conservation and Development Commission may adopt regulations pertaining to urea formaldehyde foam insulation materials as are reasonably necessary to protect the...
• California Public Resources Code Section 25912
  Prior to adopting any regulation which causes a prohibition on the sale and installation of urea formaldehyde foam insulation, the commission shall consult with, and...
• California Public Resources Code Section 25942
  (a) On or before July 1, 1995, the commission shall establish criteria for adopting a statewide home energy rating program for residential dwellings. The program...
• California Public Resources Code Section 25943
  (a) (1) By March 1, 2010, the commission shall establish a regulatory proceeding to develop and implement a comprehensive program to achieve greater energy savings...
• California Public Resources Code Section 25950
  "Gas appliance" means any new residential-type furnace, air conditioner, heater, refrigerator, stove, range, dishwasher, dryer, decorative fireplace log, or other similar device, except a water...
• California Public Resources Code Section 25951
  "Pilot light" means any gas operated device that remains continually operated or lighted in order to ignite a gas appliance to begin normal operation.
• California Public Resources Code Section 25952
  "Intermittent ignition device" means an ignition device which is actuated only when the gas appliance is in operation.
• California Public Resources Code Section 25953
  As used in this chapter, the following terms have the following meanings: (a) "Person" means any individual, partnership, corporation, limited liability company, association, manufacturer, distributor,...
• California Public Resources Code Section 25960
  No new residential-type gas appliance that is equipped with a pilot light shall be sold in the state after an alternate means has been certified...
• California Public Resources Code Section 25960.5
  Notwithstanding the prohibition contained in Section 25960, any swimming pool heater with a pilot light which was manufactured prior to February 24, 1984, and in...
• California Public Resources Code Section 25961
  The commission shall, on or before January 1, 1976, develop in cooperation with affected industry and consumer representatives, who will be designated as such representatives...
• California Public Resources Code Section 25962
  Within 90 days after an intermittent ignition device has been certified by the commission, the commission shall notify all gas appliance manufacturers doing business in...
• California Public Resources Code Section 25963
  The commission shall create a seal of certification and shall distribute the seal to every manufacturer that complies with this article. The seal shall be...
• California Public Resources Code Section 25964
  After 24 months after an intermittent ignition device has been certified by the commission, no person shall sell or offer for sale in this state...
• California Public Resources Code Section 25965
  After 24 months after an intermittent ignition device has been certified by the commission, the commission shall make periodic inspections of manufacturers and distributors of...
• California Public Resources Code Section 25966
  Any person who violates or proposes to violate this chapter may be enjoined by any court of competent jurisdiction. The court may make such orders...
• California Public Resources Code Section 25967
  (a) Any person who violates any provision of this chapter shall be liable for a civil penalty not to exceed two thousand five hundred dollars...
• California Public Resources Code Section 25968
  Any inspector appointed or authorized by the commission shall have access to the premises, equipment, materials, partly finished and finished articles, and records of any...
• California Public Resources Code Section 25980
  This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the Solar Shade Control Act. It is the policy of the state to promote all...
• California Public Resources Code Section 25981
  (a) As used in this chapter, "solar collector" means a fixed device, structure, or part of a device or structure, on the roof of a...
• California Public Resources Code Section 25982
  After the installation of a solar collector, a person owning or in control of another property shall not allow a tree or shrub to be...
• California Public Resources Code Section 25982.1
  (a) An owner of a building where a solar collector is proposed to be installed may provide written notice by certified mail to a person...
• California Public Resources Code Section 25983
  A tree or shrub that is maintained in violation of Section 25982 is a private nuisance, as defined in Section 3481 of the Civil Code,...
• California Public Resources Code Section 25984
  This chapter does not apply to any of the following: (a) A tree or shrub planted prior to the installation of a solar collector. (b)...
• California Public Resources Code Section 25985
  (a) A city, or for unincorporated areas, a county, may adopt, by majority vote of the governing body, an ordinance exempting their jurisdiction from the...
• California Public Resources Code Section 25986
  Any person who plans a passive or natural solar heating system or cooling system or heating and cooling system which would impact on an adjacent...
• California Public Resources Code Section 26000
  This division shall be known, and may be cited, as the California Alternative Energy and Advanced Transportation Financing Authority Act.
• California Public Resources Code Section 26001
  The Legislature hereby finds and declares all of the following: (a) It is essential that the state, in cooperation with the federal government, use all...
• California Public Resources Code Section 26001.5
  (a) It is the intent of the Legislature, in enacting Senate Bill 1754 of the 2008-09 Regular Session, to only provide authority for the California...
• California Public Resources Code Section 26002
  (a) It is the purpose of this division to carry out and make effective the findings of the Legislature pursuant to Sections 25004, 25004.2, 25004.3,...
• California Public Resources Code Section 26002.5
  This division is necessary for the welfare of the state and its inhabitants, and shall be liberally construed to effect its purposes.
• California Public Resources Code Section 26003
  As used in this division, unless the context otherwise requires: (a) "Authority" means the California Alternative Energy and Advanced Transportation Financing Authority established pursuant to...
• California Public Resources Code Section 26004
  (a) There is in the state government the California Alternative Energy and Advanced Transportation Financing Authority. The authority constitutes a public instrumentality and the exercise...
• California Public Resources Code Section 26005
  All members of the authority shall serve thereon without compensation as members of the authority.
• California Public Resources Code Section 26006
  The provisions of this division shall be administered by the authority which shall have and is hereby vested with all powers reasonably necessary to carry...
• California Public Resources Code Section 26007
  The authority shall maintain an office in the City of Sacramento.
• California Public Resources Code Section 26008
  The authority may employ an executive director and any other persons as are necessary to enable it properly to perform the duties imposed upon it...
• California Public Resources Code Section 26009
  (a) The authority shall, in accordance with Chapter 3.5 (commencing with Section 11340) of Part 1 of Division 3 of Title 2 of the Government...
• California Public Resources Code Section 26010
  (a) The Attorney General shall be the legal counsel for the authority, but with the approval of the Attorney General, the authority may employ such...
• California Public Resources Code Section 26011
  The authority is authorized and empowered: (a) To adopt an official seal. (b) To sue and be sued in its own name. (c) To issue...
• California Public Resources Code Section 26011.5
  The authority, in consultation with the State Energy Resources Conservation and Development Commission, shall establish criteria for the selection of projects to receive financing assistance...
• California Public Resources Code Section 26011.6
  (a) The authority shall establish a renewable energy program to provide financial assistance to public power entities, independent generators, utilities, or businesses manufacturing components or...
• California Public Resources Code Section 26011.8
  (a) The purpose of this section is to promote the creation of California-based manufacturing, California-based jobs, the reduction of greenhouse gases, or reductions in air...
• California Public Resources Code Section 26012
  All expenses incurred in carrying out the provisions of this division shall be payable solely from funds provided under the authority of this division and...
• California Public Resources Code Section 26013
  (a) All projects shall be constructed or completed subject to the rules and regulations of the authority. (b) In addition to the requirements of subdivision...
• California Public Resources Code Section 26014
  When the principal of and interest on bonds of the authority issued to finance the cost of a particular project for a participating party, including...
• California Public Resources Code Section 26015
  (a) The authority, or the executive secretary of the authority, if authorized to do so by resolution of the authority, shall take official action towards...
• California Public Resources Code Section 26016
  The authority shall provide maximum opportunity for use of its financing by individuals and small businesses or corporations by providing information, assistance, and coordination to...
• California Public Resources Code Section 26016.5
  (a) The Legislature finds and declares that small businesses have had difficulty establishing adequate security for bonds issued by the authority in their behalf, and...
• California Public Resources Code Section 26017
  The authority, no later than March 1 of each year, shall submit to the Legislature a report of its activities for the preceding calendar year...
• California Public Resources Code Section 26020
  (a) The authority may incur indebtedness and issue and renew negotiable bonds, notes, debentures, or other securities of any kind or class. All indebtedness, however...
• California Public Resources Code Section 26021
  The Legislature may, by statute, authorize the authority to issue bonds, as defined in Section 26022, in excess of the amount provided in Section 26020.
• California Public Resources Code Section 26022
  (a) The authority is authorized from time to time to issue its negotiable bonds, notes, debentures, or other securities (hereinafter collectively called "bonds") for any...
• California Public Resources Code Section 26023
  In the discretion of the authority, any bonds issued under the provisions of this division may be secured by a trust agreement by and between...
• California Public Resources Code Section 26024
  Bonds issued under the provisions of this division shall not be deemed to constitute a debt or liability of the state or of any political...
• California Public Resources Code Section 26025
  (a) The authority is hereby authorized to provide for the issuance of bonds of the authority for the purpose of refunding any bonds, notes, or...
• California Public Resources Code Section 26026
  Bonds issued by the authority are legal investments for all trust funds, the funds of all insurance companies, banks, both commercial and savings, trust companies,...
• California Public Resources Code Section 26027
  No liability shall be incurred by the authority beyond the extent to which moneys have been provided under this division; except that for the purposes...
• California Public Resources Code Section 26029
  The authority shall not be required to pay any property taxes or assessments upon, or in respect to, a project or any property acquired by...
• California Public Resources Code Section 26029.4
  Subject to Section 26029.6, the existence of the authority may be terminated at any time by the Legislature. Upon dissolution of the authority, the title...
• California Public Resources Code Section 26029.5
  This division shall be deemed to provide a complete, additional, and alternative method for the doing of the things authorized thereby, and shall be regarded...
• California Public Resources Code Section 26029.6
  The State of California does hereby pledge to and agree with the holders of any obligations issued under this division, and with those parties who...
• California Public Resources Code Section 26029.8
  The powers granted to the authority by this division may be exercised without regard or reference to any department or agency of the state. All...
• California Public Resources Code Section 26030
  The authority may contract with any participating party for the construction of a project by such participating party. All such contracts for the construction of...
• California Public Resources Code Section 26031
  (a) The authority may, as lessor or lessee, enter into leases and agreements with any participating party relating to the acquisition, construction, and installation of...
• California Public Resources Code Section 26032
  The authority may enter into contracts of sale with any participating party covering any project financed by the authority. The purchase price pursuant to the...
• California Public Resources Code Section 26032.5
  As an alternative to leasing or selling a project to a participating party, the authority may finance the acquisition, construction, or installation of a project...
• California Public Resources Code Section 26033
  All moneys received pursuant to the provisions of this division, whether as proceeds from the sale of bonds, notes, or other evidences of indebtedness or...
• California Public Resources Code Section 26034
  Any holder of bonds, notes, or other obligations issued under the provisions of this division or any of the coupons appertaining thereto, and the trustee...
• California Public Resources Code Section 26035
  The exercise of the powers granted by this division shall be in all respects for the benefit of the people of this state, for their...
• California Public Resources Code Section 26036
  If the jurisdiction of the authority to order a proposed act is not affected, an omission of any officer or the authority in the proceedings...
• California Public Resources Code Section 26037
  An action may be brought pursuant to Chapter 9 (commencing with Section 860) of Title 10 of Part 2 of the Code of Civil Procedure...
• California Public Resources Code Section 26040
  (a) The authority may receive and utilize grants or loans from the federal government, a public agency, or any other source for carrying out the...
• California Public Resources Code Section 26042
  It is the intent of the Legislature that any loss of revenue to the General Fund occasioned by the purchase of bonds issued by the...
• California Public Resources Code Section 26042.2
  On May 10, 1982, and on each May 10 thereafter, the authority shall make a determination of an amount equal to one-half of 1 percent...
• California Public Resources Code Section 26042.4
  On May 15, 1982, and on each May 15 thereafter, the Controller shall transfer to the General Fund the amount determined by the authority pursuant...
• California Public Resources Code Section 26100
  (a) The Legislature finds and declares all of the following: (1) Property Assessed Clean Energy (PACE) financing has been pioneered by municipalities and counties in...
• California Public Resources Code Section 26100.5
  The Legislature further finds and declares both of the following: (a) Actions by federally chartered home loan entities have frustrated efforts to accelerate the implementation...
• California Public Resources Code Section 26101
  Unless the context otherwise requires, the definitions in this chapter govern the construction of this division.
• California Public Resources Code Section 26102
  "Applicant" means, for the purposes of Chapter 2 (commencing with Section 26120), a public agency as defined in paragraph (3) of subdivision (c) of Section...
• California Public Resources Code Section 26103
  "Authority" means the California Alternative Energy and Advanced Transportation Financing Authority established pursuant to Section 26004.
• California Public Resources Code Section 26103.5
  "Clean Energy Upgrade Program" means a statewide energy and water efficiency and renewable energy generation building retrofit financing program developed by the State Energy Resources...
• California Public Resources Code Section 26104
  "Property Assessed Clean Energy bond" or "PACE bond" means a bond that is secured by any of the following: (a) A voluntary contractual assessment on...
• California Public Resources Code Section 26105
  "PACE program" means a program established by an applicant that is financed by the PACE bond.
• California Public Resources Code Section 26106
  This division does not create any liability or obligation upon the State of California and none shall be incurred by the authority beyond the extent...
• California Public Resources Code Section 26120
  The authority shall develop and administer a PACE Reserve program to reduce overall costs to the property owners of PACE bonds issued by an applicant...
• California Public Resources Code Section 26121
  To qualify for assistance pursuant to this division, the PACE program shall require all of the following: (a) The interest rate on the PACE bond...
• California Public Resources Code Section 26122
  An applicant shall submit to the authority an application providing a detailed description of the PACE program, a detailed description of the transactional activities associated...
• California Public Resources Code Section 26123
  (a) In evaluating eligibility, the authority shall consider whether the applicant's PACE program includes the following conditions: (1) Loan recipients are legal owners of underlying...
• California Public Resources Code Section 26124
  The authority shall review the applicant's PACE bond issuance, including, but not limited to, indenture, trust agreement, and fiscal agent agreement ("the bond documents") and,...
• California Public Resources Code Section 26130
  The authority shall administer a Clean Energy Upgrade Program to reduce overall costs to the property owners of a loan provided by an applicant to...
• California Public Resources Code Section 26131
  (a) The authority shall adopt regulations governing the implementation of this chapter, including quality assurance pursuant to subdivision (b) of Section 26132, at a publicly...
• California Public Resources Code Section 26132
  (a) An applicant shall submit to the authority an application providing a detailed description of the loan program to finance the installation of distributed generation...
• California Public Resources Code Section 26133
  (a) In evaluating eligibility, the authority shall consider whether the applicant's loan program includes the following conditions: (1) Loan recipients are legal owners of underlying...
• California Public Resources Code Section 26134
  (a) The authority shall require certification from a loan applicant that each loan offered pursuant to the applicant's loan program is consistent with the requirements...
• California Public Resources Code Section 26140
  (a) Until January 1, 2015, an amount of up to fifty million dollars ($50,000,000) from the Renewable Resource Trust Fund, established pursuant to Section 25751,...
• California Public Resources Code Section 26141
  (a) On March 31, 2011, and annually thereafter, the authority shall submit to the Legislature a report pursuant to Section 9795 of the Government Code...
• California Public Resources Code Section 26142
  (a) Notwithstanding Section 26140, twenty-five million dollars ($25,000,000) of the unencumbered balance of the fifty million dollars ($50,000,000) that was appropriated to the authority pursuant...
• California Public Resources Code Section 26400
  There is in the State Treasury the Energy and Resources Fund, which fund is hereby created.
• California Public Resources Code Section 26401
  (a) Within the Energy and Resources Fund there is hereby created the Energy Account and the Resources Account. The annual budget document shall propose and...
• California Public Resources Code Section 26403
  Programs and projects eligible for funding from the Resources Account shall be limited to any of the following: (1) Appropriations to the State Coastal Conservancy...
• California Public Resources Code Section 26404
  The provisions of Sections 26401 to 26403, inclusive, shall not apply to appropriations and expenditures from the Energy and Resources Fund for fiscal year 1980-81....
• California Public Resources Code Section 26406
  The Director of Finance shall cause all moneys in the Energy and Resources Fund which are in excess of current requirements to be invested and...
• California Public Resources Code Section 26500
  Unless the context otherwise requires, the definitions set forth in this chapter govern the construction of this division.
• California Public Resources Code Section 26501
  "Board of directors" means the governing body of the district.
• California Public Resources Code Section 26502
  "Bonds" means bonds, notes, or other evidence of indebtedness issued by a district pursuant to this division.
• California Public Resources Code Section 26503
  "Local agency" means a city, a city and county, or a county.
• California Public Resources Code Section 26504
  "Clerk", where not otherwise modified, means the clerk of the district.
• California Public Resources Code Section 26505
  "Improvement" means any activity that is necessary or incidental to the prevention, mitigation, abatement, or control of a geologic hazard, including, but not limited to,...
• California Public Resources Code Section 26506
  "District" means a geologic hazard abatement district created pursuant to this division.
• California Public Resources Code Section 26507
  "Geologic hazard" means an actual or threatened landslide, land subsidence, soil erosion, earthquake, fault movement, or any other natural or unnatural movement of land or
• California Public Resources Code Section 26508
  "Legislative body" means the legislative body of a local agency.
• California Public Resources Code Section 26509
  "Plan of control" means a report prepared by an engineering geologist certificated pursuant to Section 7822 of the Business and Professions Code or a firm...
• California Public Resources Code Section 26510
  "Section", unless otherwise modified, refers to a section of the Public Resources Code.
• California Public Resources Code Section 26511
  "State" means the State of California and, where the context requires, any agency or instrumentality thereof.
• California Public Resources Code Section 26512
  "Treasurer" means the treasurer of the district.
• California Public Resources Code Section 26525
  A geologic hazard abatement district may be formed pursuant to this division for the following purposes: (a) Prevention, mitigation, abatement, or control of a geologic...
• California Public Resources Code Section 26530
  The lands included within a district may be contiguous or noncontiguous.
• California Public Resources Code Section 26531
  The lands included within a district may be situated in more than one local agency.
• California Public Resources Code Section 26532
  The lands included within a district may be publicly or privately owned.
• California Public Resources Code Section 26533
  No parcel of real property shall be divided by the boundaries of the proposed district.
• California Public Resources Code Section 26534
  All lands included within a district shall be specially benefitted by construction proposed in a plan of control approved by the legislative body.
• California Public Resources Code Section 26550
  The provisions of this chapter shall be inoperative as to a legislative body unless and until the legislative body adopts a resolution declaring that it...
• California Public Resources Code Section 26550.5
  Proceedings for the formation of a district may be initiated by either of the following methods: (a) A petition signed by owners of not less...
• California Public Resources Code Section 26551
  If the territory proposed to be included within a district is located in more than one local agency, the legislative body of the local agency...
• California Public Resources Code Section 26552
  A petition initiating proceedings for formation of a district may be presented to the clerk of the legislative body, and shall contain substantially all of...
• California Public Resources Code Section 26553
  A plan of control shall be attached to the petition.
• California Public Resources Code Section 26554
  Upon receipt of a petition in the form described in Sections 26550.5, 26551, and 26553, the clerk of the legislative body shall place such petition...
• California Public Resources Code Section 26555
  No petition shall be accepted by the clerk of the legislative body unless the signatures thereon shall have been secured within 120 days of the...
• California Public Resources Code Section 26556
  The clerk of the legislative body shall notify the person whose signature first appears on the petition of any irregularity in the petition. Such notification...
• California Public Resources Code Section 26557
  Upon presentation to the legislative body of a petition in the form prescribed by Sections 26551 and 26552, the legislative body shall adopt a resolution...
• California Public Resources Code Section 26558
  A resolution of the legislative body intiating proceedings for the formation of a district shall contain substantially the following: (a) A statement that the resolution...
• California Public Resources Code Section 26559
  All activities of a local agency taken pursuant to this division for the formation of a district or the annexation of territory thereto are specific...
• California Public Resources Code Section 26560
  Notwithstanding any other provision of law, proceedings for the formation of a district pursuant to this division are exclusive.
• California Public Resources Code Section 26561
  Notice of the hearing set pursuant to Section 26557 or subdivision (c) of Section 26558 shall be mailed first-class, postage prepaid, in the United States...
• California Public Resources Code Section 26562
  A copy of the petition described in Section 26552 or the resolution described in Section 26558 shall be attached to the notice.
• California Public Resources Code Section 26563
  The notice shall set forth the time, date, and place of the hearing, briefly describe the purpose thereof, and indicate where the plan of control...
• California Public Resources Code Section 26564
  At any time not later than the time set for hearing objections to the proposed formation, any owner of real property within the proposed district...
• California Public Resources Code Section 26565
  At the time set for hearing objections, the legislative body shall be presented with all objections made pursuant to Section 26564. The legislative body may...
• California Public Resources Code Section 26566
  If it appears at the hearing that owners of more than 50 percent of the assessed valuation of the proposed district object to the formation...
• California Public Resources Code Section 26567
  At the close of the hearing or within 60 days thereafter, the legislative body may proceed by resolution to order the formation of the proposed...
• California Public Resources Code Section 26567.1
  (a) The legislative body may, by resolution, order the dissolution of a district formed under this division. Any resolution ordering a dissolution is valid only...
• California Public Resources Code Section 26567.2
  In dissolution proceedings, the legislative body may dispense with the resolution and plan of control required by Sections 26553, 26558, and 26562. After the dissolution...
• California Public Resources Code Section 26567.3
  Within 90 days after a dissolution, the board of directors shall return any liquid assets of the district to the landowners and local agencies in...
• California Public Resources Code Section 26568
  The procedures for initiation of proceedings, notice, and hearing and formation of a district under this chapter shall be alternative to the procedures in Articles...
• California Public Resources Code Section 26568.1
  Proceedings for the formation of a district for any of the work specified in Section 26525 may be initiated by a petition signed by two-thirds...
• California Public Resources Code Section 26568.2
  A petition initiating proceedings for the formation of a district under this chapter shall contain substantially all of the following: (a) A statement that the...
• California Public Resources Code Section 26568.3
  (a) Upon presentation to the legislative body of a petition in the form prescribed by Section 26568.2, the legislative body shall adopt a resolution setting...
• California Public Resources Code Section 26569
  Notice of the hearing on short notice set pursuant to Section 26568.3 shall be as follows: (a) Published notice shall be made pursuant to Section...
• California Public Resources Code Section 26569.1
  At any time no later than the time set for hearing, any owner of real property within the proposed district may file with the clerk,...
• California Public Resources Code Section 26569.2
  At the time set for hearing objections, the legislative body shall be presented with all objections made pursuant to Section 26568.1.
• California Public Resources Code Section 26569.3
  If it appears at the hearing that the owners of more than one-third of the real property to be included within the proposed district object...
• California Public Resources Code Section 26569.4
  If a protest by the owners of more than one-third of the real property to be included in the district has not been filed, the...
• California Public Resources Code Section 26569.5
  A district formed under this chapter shall be comprised of an area within a local agency that is specially benefited by, and is subject to...
• California Public Resources Code Section 26569.6
  The legislative body shall appoint itself to act as board of directors of the district.
• California Public Resources Code Section 26569.7
  This chapter is applicable only in a city or county which has adopted an ordinance providing that the chapter is applicable in its jurisdiction.
• California Public Resources Code Section 26570
  A district is a political subdivision of the state. A district is not an agency or instrumentality of a local agency.
• California Public Resources Code Section 26571
  A district is comprised of an area specially benefited by and subject to special assessment to pay the cost of an improvement. While a district...
• California Public Resources Code Section 26573
  The powers of a district are vested in the board of directors.
• California Public Resources Code Section 26574
  A district may do all of the following: (a) Sue and be sued. (b) Make, amend, and repeal bylaws. (c) Have a seal. (d) Exercise...
• California Public Resources Code Section 26575
  A district may obtain, hire, purchase, or rent office space and equipment.
• California Public Resources Code Section 26576
  Within the territorial limits of the district, or for the purposes set forth in this division, a district may acquire real property or any interest...
• California Public Resources Code Section 26577
  A district may purchase, lease, obtain an option upon, acquire by gift, grant, bequest, or devise, or otherwise acquire any property or any interest in
• California Public Resources Code Section 26578
  A district may sell, lease, exchange, assign, encumber, or otherwise dispose of property or any interest in property.
• California Public Resources Code Section 26579
  The district may enter into contracts and agreements with the United States, any state or local unit of government, public agency, including any other geologic...
• California Public Resources Code Section 26580
  The district may: (a) Acquire, construct, operate, manage, or maintain improvements on public or private lands. Such improvements shall be with the consent of the...
• California Public Resources Code Section 26580.1
  The district may make improvements to existing public or private structures where the board of directors determines that it is in the public interest to...
• California Public Resources Code Section 26581
  At any time following the adoption of the resolution pursuant to Section 26567, the board of directors may proceed to annex territory to the district....
• California Public Resources Code Section 26582
  (a) A district shall keep a record of the proceedings of its meetings. A district is subject to the provisions of the Ralph M. Brown...
• California Public Resources Code Section 26583
  Following the four-year term of the initially appointed board of directors formed pursuant to Section 26567 and composed of owners of real property within the...
• California Public Resources Code Section 26584
  The board of directors shall appoint a clerk of the district.
• California Public Resources Code Section 26585
  The board of directors shall appoint a treasurer of the district.
• California Public Resources Code Section 26586
  The board of directors may appoint other officers of the district and delegate thereto such powers of the district as may be appropriate in the
• California Public Resources Code Section 26587
  A district may use the Improvement Act of 1911 (commencing with Section 5000 of the Streets and Highways Code) or the Municipal Improvement Act of...
• California Public Resources Code Section 26588
  The powers and duties conferred by the Improvement Act of 1911 or the Municipal Improvement Act of 1913 or the Improvement Bond Act of 1915...
• California Public Resources Code Section 26589
  In the application of the Improvement Act of 1911 or the Municipal Improvement Act of 1913 or the Improvement Bond Act of 1915 to proceedings...
• California Public Resources Code Section 26590
  Any certificates or documents required by the Improvement Act of 1911 or the Municipal Improvement Act of 1913 or the Improvement Bond Act of 1915...
• California Public Resources Code Section 26591
  A district may accept financial or other assistance from any public or private source and may expend any funds so accepted for any of the...
• California Public Resources Code Section 26592
  Contributions by a local agency, the state, or any instrumentality or political subdivision thereof, are hereby declared to be for a public purpose.
• California Public Resources Code Section 26593
  A district may borrow money from or otherwise incur an indebtedness to a local agency, the state, any instrumentality or political subdivision thereof, the federal...
• California Public Resources Code Section 26594
  A district may repay any financial assistance accepted pursuant to Section 26591.
• California Public Resources Code Section 26595
  A district may reimburse the local agency for all or any part of the cost and expenses incurred by the local agency in formation of...
• California Public Resources Code Section 26600
  The board of directors may negotiate improvement contracts or may award such contracts by competitive bidding pursuant to procedures approved by the board of directors.
• California Public Resources Code Section 26601
  Improvement caused to be undertaken pursuant to this division, and all activities in furtherance thereof or in connection therewith, shall be deemed to be specific...
• California Public Resources Code Section 26650
  A district may levy and collect assessments pursuant to this chapter to pay for the cost and expenses of the maintenance and operation of any...
• California Public Resources Code Section 26651
  The board of directors shall adopt a resolution declaring its intention to order that the cost and expenses of maintaining and operating an improvement acquired...
• California Public Resources Code Section 26652
  The board of directors shall cause a notice of the adoption of the resolution described in Section 26651 to be mailed by first class mail...
• California Public Resources Code Section 26653
  At the hearing, the board of directors shall hear and consider all protests. At the conclusion of the hearing, the board of directors may adopt,...
• California Public Resources Code Section 26653.5
  If assessments are proposed to increase from the maximum amount levied in any previous year, the board of directors shall comply with the notice, protest,...
• California Public Resources Code Section 26654
  Following the order by resolution of the levy and collection of assessments by the board of directors, the clerk shall cause to be recorded a...
• California Public Resources Code Section 28000
  The Legislature hereby finds and declares all of the following: (a) There has long been a public concern for protecting and preserving the natural resources,...
• California Public Resources Code Section 28001
  It is the intent of the Legislature in enacting this division to do all of the following: (a) Recognize the importance of preserving and enhancing...
• California Public Resources Code Section 28002
  For purposes of this division, the following terms have the following meanings: (a) "Agency" means the California Environmental Protection Agency. (b) "Bay" means Morro Bay...
• California Public Resources Code Section 28003
  Morro Bay and San Diego Bay are each hereby designated a State Estuary. Morro Bay and its watershed are hereby designated a State Estuary planning
• California Public Resources Code Section 28004
  (a) (1) The agency shall convene the Morro Bay Management Plan Task Force to develop the plan. The Central Coast Regional Water Quality Control Board...
• California Public Resources Code Section 28005
  The plan shall include provisions for the protection and enhancement of every aspect of the health of the bay. Proposed actions and projects for those...
• California Public Resources Code Section 28006
  This division does not provide any funds to carry out the plan. However, state, local, and federal agencies are hereby encouraged to allocate funds to...
• California Public Resources Code Section 28007
  At two-year intervals after the plan is submitted to the Legislature, the agency shall call a task force meeting to evaluate the effectiveness of the...
• California Public Resources Code Section 29000
  This division shall be known and may be cited as the Suisun Marsh Preservation Act of 1977.
• California Public Resources Code Section 29002
  The Legislature hereby finds and declares that the Suisun Marsh, consisting of approximately 55,000 acres of marshland and 30,000 acres of bays and sloughs, and...
• California Public Resources Code Section 29003
  The Legislature further finds and declares that, in order to preserve the integrity and assure continued wildlife use of the Suisun Marsh, including the preservation...
• California Public Resources Code Section 29004
  The Legislature further finds and declares as follows: (a) That the San Francisco Bay Conservation and Development Commission and the Department of Fish and Game,...
• California Public Resources Code Section 29005
  The Legislature further finds and declares as follows: (a) That, to achieve maximum responsiveness to local conditions, public accountability, and public accessibility, it is necessary...
• California Public Resources Code Section 29006
  No provision of this division is a limitation on any of the following: (a) On the power of a city, county, or district, except as...
• California Public Resources Code Section 29007
  The Legislature further finds and declares that the public has a right to participate fully in governmental decisions affecting planning, conservation, and development of the...
• California Public Resources Code Section 29008
  The Legislature further finds and declares that the Suisun Marsh Protection Plan is a more specific application of the general, regional policies of the San...
• California Public Resources Code Section 29009
  The Legislature further finds and declares that land within or adjacent to the Suisun Marsh should be acquired for public use or resource management, or...
• California Public Resources Code Section 29010
  (a) The Legislature further finds that: (1) The Suisun Marsh is located where the saltwater of the Pacific Ocean and the freshwater of the Sacramento...
• California Public Resources Code Section 29011
  The Legislature further finds and declares that the Suisun Marsh is a fragile ecological system and that, in order to protect wildlife, many areas of...
• California Public Resources Code Section 29012
  This division shall be liberally construed to accomplish its purposes and objectives.
• California Public Resources Code Section 29013
  The Legislature hereby finds and declares that this division is not intended to authorize, and shall not be construed as authorizing, the commission or local...
• California Public Resources Code Section 29014
  The Legislature finds and declares it is not its intent in enacting this division to grant the commission any authority over any development outside the...
• California Public Resources Code Section 29100
  Unless the context requires otherwise, the definitions set forth in this chapter govern the interpretation of this division.
• California Public Resources Code Section 29101
  "Suisun Marsh" or "marsh" means water-covered areas, tidal marsh, diked-off wetlands, seasonal marshes, lowland grasslands, upland grasslands, and cultivated lands specified on the map identified...
• California Public Resources Code Section 29101.5
  Notwithstanding Section 29101, "Suisun Marsh" does not include the real property described as follows: Beginning at a point in the easterly line of Section 32,...
• California Public Resources Code Section 29102
  "Primary management area" means water-covered areas, tidal marsh, diked-off wetlands, seasonal marsh, and lowland grassland specified on the map identified in Section 16 of that...
• California Public Resources Code Section 29103
  "Secondary management area" means the upland grasslands, cultivated lands, and low-lying areas adjacent to the primary management area specified on the map identified in Section...
• California Public Resources Code Section 29104
  "Watershed" means the immediate watershed of the marsh upland from the secondary management area and located in the County of Solano, including those creeks, streams,...
• California Public Resources Code Section 29105
  "Managed wetland" means those diked areas in the marsh in which water inflow and outflow is artificially controlled or in which waterfowl food plants are...
• California Public Resources Code Section 29106
  "Commission" means the San Francisco Bay Conservation and Development Commission created by Title 7.2 (commencing with Section 66600) of the Government Code.
• California Public Resources Code Section 29107
  "Department" means the Department of Fish and Game.
• California Public Resources Code Section 29108
  "County" means the County of Solano.
• California Public Resources Code Section 29109
  "Local government" means the County of Solano and the Cities of Suisun City, Fairfield, and Benicia.
• California Public Resources Code Section 29110
  "District" means any public agency, other than a local government, formed pursuant to general law or special act for the local performance of governmental or...
• California Public Resources Code Section 29111
  "Local protection program" means those provisions of general or specific plans; ordinances; zoning district maps; land use regulations, procedures, or controls; or any other programs,...
• California Public Resources Code Section 29112
  "Local protection program component" or "component" means a part of the local protection program that is prepared by or submitted to the county pursuant to...
• California Public Resources Code Section 29113
  (a) "Suisun Marsh Protection Plan" or "protection plan" means the Suisun Marsh Protection Plan prepared and adopted by the commission and submitted to the Governor...
• California Public Resources Code Section 29114
  (a) "Development" means on land, or in or under water, the placement or erection of any solid material or structure; discharge or disposal of any...
• California Public Resources Code Section 29115
  "Feasible" means capable of being accomplished in a successful manner within a reasonable period of time, taking into account economic, environmental, social, and technological factors.
• California Public Resources Code Section 29116
  "Permit" means any license, certificate, approval, or other entitlement for use granted or denied by any public agency which is subject to the provisions of...
• California Public Resources Code Section 29117
  (a) "Person" means any individual, organization, partnership, limited liability company, or other business association or corporation, including any utility; and the federal government, the state,...
• California Public Resources Code Section 29200
  Unless expressly provided otherwise in this division, the commission shall have the primary state responsibility for the implementation of the provisions of this division and...
• California Public Resources Code Section 29201
  In carrying out its responsibilities under this division, and in addition to the specific powers and duties of the commission under Chapters 5 (commencing with...
• California Public Resources Code Section 29202
  (a) Consistent with this division, the commission may amend the protection plan. Such amendments shall be made by resolution of the commission adopted after a...
• California Public Resources Code Section 29203
  Not later than March 1, 1978, the commission shall prepare and adopt a detailed map for the marsh, on a scale of one inch equals...
• California Public Resources Code Section 29204
  Not later than July 1, 1978, the commission shall make any necessary changes in the San Francisco Bay Plan and in existing priority use area...
• California Public Resources Code Section 29205
  (a) The marsh shall be considered part of the commission's segment of the California coastal zone, and this division shall be part of the commission's...
• California Public Resources Code Section 29300
  It is the intent of the Legislature to minimize duplication and conflicts among existing state agencies carrying out their regulatory duties and responsibilities in connection...
• California Public Resources Code Section 29301
  Except as otherwise expressly provided in this division, enactment of this division does not increase, decrease, duplicate, or supersede the authority of any existing state...
• California Public Resources Code Section 29302
  (a) This division imposes a judicially enforceable duty on state agencies to comply with, and to carry out their duties and responsibilities in conformity with,...
• California Public Resources Code Section 29303
  It is the intent of the Legislature that the provisions of this division, the protection plan, and the local protection program, or any component thereof,...
• California Public Resources Code Section 29304
  (a) The commission may periodically submit to any state agency recommendations designed to encourage such agency to carry out its functions in a manner consistent...
• California Public Resources Code Section 29305
  The Wildlife Conservation Board shall acquire title to, or a lesser right or interest in, land or water that the board determines is appropriate for...
• California Public Resources Code Section 29306
  (a) The department and the Fish and Game Commission are the state agencies that are primarily responsible for the establishment and control of wildlife and...
• California Public Resources Code Section 29307
  (a) The State Lands Commission shall have the primary responsibility, in accordance with the provisions of Division 6 (commencing with Section 6001), for carrying out...
• California Public Resources Code Section 29308
  All federal agencies, to the extent permitted under federal law or regulations or the United States Constitution, shall comply with this division and the policies...
• California Public Resources Code Section 29400
  The county shall prepare the local protection program for the marsh. The local protection program shall be consistent with the provisions of this division and...
• California Public Resources Code Section 29401
  Within the marsh the local protection program shall include, but not be limited to, the following: (a) Any amendments to general or specific plans applicable...
• California Public Resources Code Section 29402
  Outside the marsh, but within the watershed, the local protection program shall include only ordinances controlling grading, erosion, sedimentation, runoff, and creekside development that meet...
• California Public Resources Code Section 29403
  Within the marsh, in addition to the requirements of Sections 29400 and 29401, the component of the local protection program prepared by the county shall...
• California Public Resources Code Section 29404
  Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 29403, the local protection program may not include any provision requiring particular crops to be planted and harvested on agricultural...
• California Public Resources Code Section 29405
  Notwithstanding the provisions of Sections 29400, 29401, 29402, and 29403, the local protection program for that portion of the secondary management area west of State...
• California Public Resources Code Section 29406
  Notwithstanding the provisions of Sections 29400, 29402, and 29403, the local protection program for the area that is located east of State Highway Route 680,...
• California Public Resources Code Section 29407
  Notwithstanding the provisions of Sections 29400, 29401, and 29403, the local protection program for that portion of the secondary management area west of Shiloh Road...
• California Public Resources Code Section 29408
  The local protection program shall not preclude the continuation and expansion of existing nonagricultural uses on sites in Section 11 or 12 of Township 4...
• California Public Resources Code Section 29409
  Notwithstanding the policies of the protection plan, the local protection program may not preclude the future development of a new solid waste disposal site in...
• California Public Resources Code Section 29409.5
  The component of the local protection program prepared by the Solano County Local Agency Formation Commission shall conform to this division and the policies of...
• California Public Resources Code Section 29410
  The local protection program, if it is otherwise consistent with the requirements of this division, may be submitted to the commission if both of the...
• California Public Resources Code Section 29412.5
  Notwithstanding Sections 29411 and 29412, the component of the local protection program prepared by the Suisun Resource Conservation District shall be submitted directly to the...
• California Public Resources Code Section 29413
  (a) Not less than 15 days after submission of the local protection program, or any component thereof, pursuant to Section 29412, the commission shall request...
• California Public Resources Code Section 29414
  After receipt of the comments requested under Section 29413, or the expiration of the 60-day time limit established in Section 29413, but in no event...
• California Public Resources Code Section 29415
  (a) After the public hearing, the commission shall determine whether the proposed local protection program is in conformity with this division and the policies of...
• California Public Resources Code Section 29416
  If the commission fails to certify the proposed local protection program, the commission shall give written notice of its action, specifying the portions of the...
• California Public Resources Code Section 29417
  The county may revise and resubmit the local protection program to the commission in accordance with the provisions of this division. In the event the...
• California Public Resources Code Section 29418
  (a) After certification by the commission, the local protection program, or any component thereof, may be amended by the appropriate local government or district, or...
• California Public Resources Code Section 29419
  (a) The local protection program, any component thereof, or any amendment, shall not take effect until it has been formally adopted by the responsible local...
• California Public Resources Code Section 29420
  (a) Upon request to the commission, the commission shall grant to the county an extension of the time limit provided in Section 29412 for submission...
• California Public Resources Code Section 29421
  If on or before January 1, 1981, the local protection program is not certified, or if the local protection program as certified lacks a component...
• California Public Resources Code Section 29422
  (a) The commission shall, from time to time, but at least once every five years after certification, review the certified local protection program, and each...
• California Public Resources Code Section 29423
  If the application of the certified local protection program, or any component or part thereof, is prohibited or enjoined by any court, any development that...
• California Public Resources Code Section 29424
  Nothing in this chapter shall permit the commission to certify a local protection program, or any component thereof, which provides for a lesser degree of...
• California Public Resources Code Section 29427
  (a) Prior to certification of the county's component of the local protection program, the county shall designate the area of the county adjacent to the...
• California Public Resources Code Section 29430
  (a) Any person who owns land within the marsh that is being used for the purpose of agriculture or wildlife habitat on January 1, 1978,...
• California Public Resources Code Section 29431
  Neither the acreage limitations contained in Section 51230 of the Government Code and subdivision (f) of Section 421 of the Revenue and Taxation Code, nor...
• California Public Resources Code Section 29432
  Notwithstanding the provisions of subdivision (b) of Section 51243 of the Government Code, upon the annexation by a city of any land within the marsh...
• California Public Resources Code Section 29433
  (a) Notwithstanding Sections 51282, 51283, 51283.3, and 51285 of the Government Code, no contract with any person concerning land within the marsh and entered into...
• California Public Resources Code Section 29500
  In addition to obtaining any other permit required by law from any local government or from a state, regional, or local agency, on and after...
• California Public Resources Code Section 29501
  (a) Within the primary management area, a marsh development permit required under Section 29500 shall be obtained from the commission and shall be in lieu...
• California Public Resources Code Section 29501.5
  Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 29500, within the primary management area no marsh development permit shall be required for any development specified in the component...
• California Public Resources Code Section 29502
  (a) Except as provided in Section 29505, within the secondary management area, a marsh development permit required under Section 29500 shall be obtained from the...
• California Public Resources Code Section 29503
  (a) Prior to certification of the local protection program, a local government may issue a marsh development permit pursuant to Section 29502 only if it...
• California Public Resources Code Section 29504
  (a) Any action taken by a local government on an application for a marsh development permit pursuant to subdivision (a) of Section 29503, except an...
• California Public Resources Code Section 29505
  No person shall be required to obtain a marsh development permit from local government for any development on tidelands, submerged lands, or other public trust...
• California Public Resources Code Section 29506
  Any permit that is issued or any development or action that is approved on appeal pursuant to this division shall be subject to such reasonable...
• California Public Resources Code Section 29507
  (a) No person who has obtained a vested right in a development prior to January 1, 1978, or who has obtained a valid permit for...
• California Public Resources Code Section 29508
  Notwithstanding any provision of this division to the contrary, no marsh development permit shall be required pursuant to this chapter for the following types of...
• California Public Resources Code Section 29509
  (a) When immediate action by a person performing a public service is required to protect life and public property from imminent danger, or to restore,...
• California Public Resources Code Section 29510
  Not later than two years following certification of the local protection program, the commission shall report to the Legislature regarding the operation of the appellate...
• California Public Resources Code Section 29520
  (a) Except as expressly provided in this division, the commission shall use the procedures set forth in Title 7.2 (commencing with Section 66600) of the...
• California Public Resources Code Section 29521
  Not later than March 1, 1978, the commission shall adopt procedures for the submission, review, and appeal of applications for marsh development permits to be...
• California Public Resources Code Section 29522
  (a) Any appealable action on a marsh development permit for any development by a local government may be appealed to the commission by any aggrieved...
• California Public Resources Code Section 29523
  The commission shall hear an appeal unless it determines that the appeal raises no substantial issue as to the conformity of the proposed development with...
• California Public Resources Code Section 29524
  (a) The commission shall provide for a public hearing de novo on any appeal brought pursuant to this division and shall give to any affected...
• California Public Resources Code Section 29600
  The provisions of this chapter shall be in addition to any other remedies available pursuant to law.
• California Public Resources Code Section 29601
  The provisions of Chapter 4 (commencing with Section 66630) of Title 7. 2 of the Government Code relating to cease and desist orders and penalties...
• California Public Resources Code Section 29602
  Any aggrieved person may seek judicial review of any decision or action of the commission by filing a petition for a writ of mandate in...
• California Public Resources Code Section 29603
  Any aggrieved person, including an applicant for a marsh development permit, or the commission, may seek judicial review of any decision made or any action...
• California Public Resources Code Section 29604
  Any person may maintain an action to enforce the duties specifically imposed upon the commission, any governmental agency, any district, or any local government by...
• California Public Resources Code Section 29605
  Any person may maintain an action for the recovery of civil penalties provided in Section 29610 or 29611. Any penalties so recovered shall inure to...
• California Public Resources Code Section 29606
  Any civil action under this division by or against a city or county, the commission, a district, or any other public agency shall, upon motion...
• California Public Resources Code Section 29610
  (a) Any person who intentionally or negligently violates any provision of this division shall be subject to a civil fine of not to exceed five...
• California Public Resources Code Section 29611
  Except as provided in Section 818 of the Government Code, whenever a person has intentionally and knowingly violated any provision of this division, the commission...
• California Public Resources Code Section 29612
  Any moneys recovered by the commission under this article shall be deposited in the Bay Fill Clean-up and Abatement Fund established pursuant to Section 66647...
• California Public Resources Code Section 29700
  This division shall be known, and may be cited, as the Johnston-Baker-Andal-Boatwright Delta Protection Act of 1992.
• California Public Resources Code Section 29701
  The Legislature finds and declares that the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta is a natural resource of statewide, national, and international significance, containing irreplaceable resources, and it...
• California Public Resources Code Section 29702
  The Legislature further finds and declares that the basic goals of the state for the Delta are the following: (a) Achieve the two coequal goals...
• California Public Resources Code Section 29703
  The Legislature further finds and declares as follows: (a) The delta is an agricultural region of great value to the state and nation and the...
• California Public Resources Code Section 29703.5
  The Legislature further finds and declares both of the following: (a) The Delta Protection Commission created pursuant to Section 29735 provides an existing forum for...
• California Public Resources Code Section 29704
  The Legislature further finds and declares that the leveed islands and tracts of the delta and portions of its uplands are floodprone areas of critical...
• California Public Resources Code Section 29705
  The Legislature further finds and declares that the delta's wildlife and wildlife habitats, including waterways, vegetated unleveed channel islands, wetlands, and riparian forests and vegetation...
• California Public Resources Code Section 29706
  The Legislature further finds and declares that the resource values of the delta have deteriorated, and that further deterioration threatens the maintenance and sustainability of...
• California Public Resources Code Section 29707
  The Legislature further finds and declares that there is no process by which state and national interests and values can be protected and enhanced for...
• California Public Resources Code Section 29708
  The Legislature further finds and declares that the cities, towns, and settlements within the delta are of significant historical, cultural, and economic value and that...
• California Public Resources Code Section 29709
  The Legislature further finds and declares as follows: (a) Regulation of land use and related activities that threaten the integrity of the delta's resources can...
• California Public Resources Code Section 29710
  The Legislature further finds and declares that agricultural, recreational, and other uses of the delta can best be protected by implementing projects that protect wildlife...
• California Public Resources Code Section 29711
  The Legislature further finds and declares that the inland ports of Sacramento and Stockton constitute economic and water dependent resources of statewide significance, fulfill essential...
• California Public Resources Code Section 29712
  The Legislature further finds and declares as follows: (a) The delta's waterways and marinas offer recreational opportunities of statewide and local significance and are a...
• California Public Resources Code Section 29713
  The Legislature further finds and declares that the voluntary acquisition of wildlife and agricultural conservation easements in the delta promotes and enhances the traditional delta...
• California Public Resources Code Section 29714
  The Legislature further finds and declares that, in enacting this division, it is not the intent of the Legislature to authorize any governmental agency acting...
• California Public Resources Code Section 29715
  To the extent of any conflict or inconsistency between this division and any provision of the Water Code, the provisions of the Water Code shall
• California Public Resources Code Section 29716
  Nothing in this division authorizes the commission to exercise any jurisdiction over matters within the jurisdiction of, or to carry out its powers and duties...
• California Public Resources Code Section 29720
  Unless the context otherwise requires, the definitions set forth in this chapter govern the construction of this division.
• California Public Resources Code Section 29720.5
  "Aggrieved person" has the same meaning as defined in Section 29117.
• California Public Resources Code Section 29721
  "Commission" means the Delta Protection Commission created by Section 29735.
• California Public Resources Code Section 29722
  "Delta" means the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta, as defined in Section 12220 of the Water Code, for all provisions of this division, other than Chapter 3...
• California Public Resources Code Section 29722.5
  "Delta Plan" means the plan adopted by the Delta Stewardship Council pursuant to Section 85300 of the Water Code.
• California Public Resources Code Section 29722.7
  "Economic sustainability plan" means the plan adopted by the commission pursuant to Section 29759.
• California Public Resources Code Section 29723
  (a) "Development" means on, in, over, or under land or water, the placement or erection of any solid material or structure; discharge of any dredged...
• California Public Resources Code Section 29724
  "Local agency" means any local agency, other than a local government, formed pursuant to general law or special act for the local performance of governmental...
• California Public Resources Code Section 29725
  "Local government" means the Counties of Contra Costa, Sacramento, San Joaquin, Solano, and Yolo, and the Cities of Sacramento, Stockton, Tracy, Antioch, Pittsburg, Isleton, Lathrop,...
• California Public Resources Code Section 29726
  "Pacific Flyway" means the identified migratory bird flight path, including feeding and nesting habitat, as described in the Central Valley Habitat Joint Venture component of...
• California Public Resources Code Section 29727
  "Port" means the Port of Sacramento and the Port of Stockton, including all the land owned or leased by those ports, or potential sites identified...
• California Public Resources Code Section 29728
  "Primary zone" means the delta land and water area of primary state concern and statewide significance which is situated within the boundaries of the delta,...
• California Public Resources Code Section 29728.5
  "Resources management plan" means the plan adopted by the commission pursuant to Section 29760.
• California Public Resources Code Section 29730
  "Restoration" means actions which return a degraded or deteriorated area to a level of increased productivity, environmental quality, or beneficial values.
• California Public Resources Code Section 29731
  "Secondary zone" means all the delta land and water area within the boundaries of the delta not included within the primary zone, subject to the...
• California Public Resources Code Section 29732
  "Sphere of influence line" refers to those boundaries of local governments as defined in Sections 56425 and 56426 of the Government Code.
• California Public Resources Code Section 29733
  "Unincorporated towns" means the communities of Walnut Grove, Clarksburg, Courtland, Hood, Locke, Knightsen, Collinsville, and Ryde.
• California Public Resources Code Section 29734
  "Urban limit line" means that general plan line established and approved by any local government within the delta which delineates boundaries beyond which urban development...
• California Public Resources Code Section 29735
  There is hereby created the Delta Protection Commission consisting of 15 members as follows: (a) One member of the board of supervisors, or his or...
• California Public Resources Code Section 29735.1
  (a) A member of the commission described in subdivision (a) of Section 29735 may, subject to the confirmation of his or her appointing power, appoint...
• California Public Resources Code Section 29736
  The appointed members of the commission shall serve at the pleasure of their appointing entities.
• California Public Resources Code Section 29737
  Members shall serve without compensation, but the expenses of each member incurred in connection with official duties shall be paid by the commission.
• California Public Resources Code Section 29738
  The office of an appointed member of the commission is vacated upon the loss of any qualification required for appointment, and in that event the...
• California Public Resources Code Section 29739
  (a) The commission, during the first meeting of the commission after January 1, 2010, shall elect from among the members identified in subdivision (a) of...
• California Public Resources Code Section 29740
  One nonvoting member who shall be a Member of the Senate, appointed by the Senate Committee on Rules, and one nonvoting member who shall be...
• California Public Resources Code Section 29741
  The time and place of the first meeting of the commission, on and after January 1, 2010, shall be prescribed by the Governor, but in...
• California Public Resources Code Section 29750
  The commission shall meet at least bimonthly. All meetings shall be open to the public as required by law. Notice of the time and place...
• California Public Resources Code Section 29751
  A majority of the voting members of the commission shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of the business of the commission. A majority vote...
• California Public Resources Code Section 29752
  The commission shall adopt its own rules, regulations, and procedures necessary for its organization and operation, and shall conduct its meetings in compliance with the...
• California Public Resources Code Section 29753
  (a) The commission shall appoint at least one advisory committee to provide recommendations regarding the diverse interests within the Delta. At a minimum, the advisory...
• California Public Resources Code Section 29754
  The commission shall establish and maintain an office within the Delta or the City of Rio Vista, and for this purpose the commission may rent...
• California Public Resources Code Section 29755
  The commission shall appoint, and fix the salary of, an executive director who shall have charge of administering the affairs of the commission, including entering...
• California Public Resources Code Section 29756
  The commission may promote, facilitate, and administer the acquisition of voluntary private and public wildlife and agricultural conservation easements in the delta.
• California Public Resources Code Section 29756.5
  The commission may act as the facilitating agency for the implementation of any joint habitat restoration or enhancement programs located within the primary zone of...
• California Public Resources Code Section 29757
  The commission may apply for and accept federal grants or other federal funds and receive gifts, donations, rents, royalties, state funds derived from bond sales,...
• California Public Resources Code Section 29758
  All members of the commission are subject to Title 9 (commencing with Section 85100) of the Government Code.
• California Public Resources Code Section 29759
  (a) Not later than July 1, 2011, the commission shall prepare and adopt, by a majority vote of the membership of the commission, an economic...
• California Public Resources Code Section 29760
  (a) Not later than October 1, 1994, the commission shall prepare and adopt, by a majority vote of the membership of the commission, and thereafter...
• California Public Resources Code Section 29761
  The commission shall adopt, by a majority vote, the economic sustainability plan and each plan update after at least three public hearings, with at least...
• California Public Resources Code Section 29761.5
  (a) The commission shall review, and, as determined to be necessary, amend the economic sustainability plan every five years on or before December 31 in...
• California Public Resources Code Section 29763
  Within 180 days from the date of the adoption of the resources management plan or any amendments, changes, or updates, to the resources management plan...
• California Public Resources Code Section 29763.5
  The commission shall act on proposed local government general plan amendments within 60 days from the date of submittal of the proposed amendments. The commission...
• California Public Resources Code Section 29763.8
  A local government shall adopt its proposed general plan amendments within 120 days after their approval by the commission.
• California Public Resources Code Section 29764
  Land use authority granted to the commission by this division is limited to the primary zone, and shall not preempt local government general plans for...
• California Public Resources Code Section 29765
  Prior to the commission approving the general plan amendments of the local government, the local government may approve development within the primary zone only after...
• California Public Resources Code Section 29766
  Nothing in this division shall deny the right of private or public property owners and local governments to establish agriculture preserves and enter into contracts...
• California Public Resources Code Section 29767
  The commission may not exercise the power of eminent domain in implementing the resource management plan, unless requested by the landowner.
• California Public Resources Code Section 29770
  (a) Any person who is aggrieved by any action taken by a local government or other local agency in implementing the resource management plan, or...
• California Public Resources Code Section 29771
  After a hearing on an appealed action pursuant to Section 29770, the commission shall either deny the appeal or remand the matter to the local...
• California Public Resources Code Section 29772
  An aggrieved person may seek judicial review of any action taken by the commission in adopting the resource management plan or any action taken by...
• California Public Resources Code Section 29773
  (a) The commission may review and provide comments and recommendations to the Delta Stewardship Council on any significant project or proposed project within the scope...
• California Public Resources Code Section 29773.5
  On or before July 1, 2010, the commission shall prepare and submit to the Legislature recommendations regarding the potential expansion of or change to the...
• California Public Resources Code Section 29776
  The Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta Protection Fund is hereby created in the State Treasury. Any money in the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta Protection Fund is available, upon...
• California Public Resources Code Section 29777
  The commission shall not incur costs in excess of the amount of funds available for expenditure by the commission in any fiscal year.
• California Public Resources Code Section 29778.5
  The Delta Investment Fund is hereby created in the State Treasury. Any funds within the Delta Investment Fund shall be available, upon appropriation by the...
• California Public Resources Code Section 29780
  On January 1 of each year, the commission shall submit to the Governor and the Legislature a report describing the progress that has been made...
• California Public Resources Code Section 30000
  This division shall be known and may be cited as the California Coastal Act of 1976.
• California Public Resources Code Section 30001
  The Legislature hereby finds and declares: (a) That the California coastal zone is a distinct and valuable natural resource of vital and enduring interest to...
• California Public Resources Code Section 30001.2
  The Legislature further finds and declares that, notwithstanding the fact electrical generating facilities, refineries, and coastal-dependent developments, including ports and commercial fishing facilities, offshore petroleum...
• California Public Resources Code Section 30001.5
  The Legislature further finds and declares that the basic goals of the state for the coastal zone are to: (a) Protect, maintain, and, where feasible,...
• California Public Resources Code Section 30002
  The Legislature further finds and declares that: (a) The California Coastal Zone Conservation Commission, pursuant to the California Coastal Zone Conservation Act of 1972 (commencing...
• California Public Resources Code Section 30003
  All public agencies and all federal agencies, to the extent possible under federal law or regulations or the United States Constitution, shall comply with the...
• California Public Resources Code Section 30004
  The Legislature further finds and declares that: (a) To achieve maximum responsiveness to local conditions, accountability, and public accessibility, it is necessary to rely heavily...
• California Public Resources Code Section 30005
  No provision of this division is a limitation on any of the following: (a) Except as otherwise limited by state law, on the power of...
• California Public Resources Code Section 30005.5
  Nothing in this division shall be construed to authorize any local government, or to authorize the commission to require any local government, to exercise any...
• California Public Resources Code Section 30006
  The Legislature further finds and declares that the public has a right to fully participate in decisions affecting coastal planning, conservation, and development; that achievement...
• California Public Resources Code Section 30006.5
  The Legislature further finds and declares that sound and timely scientific recommendations are necessary for many coastal planning, conservation, and development decisions and that the...
• California Public Resources Code Section 30007
  Nothing in this division shall exempt local governments from meeting the requirements of state and federal law with respect to providing low- and moderate-income housing,...
• California Public Resources Code Section 30007.5
  The Legislature further finds and recognizes that conflicts may occur between one or more policies of the division. The Legislature therefore declares that in carrying...
• California Public Resources Code Section 30008
  This division shall constitute California's coastal zone management program within the coastal zone for purposes of the Federal Coastal Zone Management Act of 1972 (16...
• California Public Resources Code Section 30009
  This division shall be liberally construed to accomplish its purposes and objectives.
• California Public Resources Code Section 30010
  The Legislature hereby finds and declares that this division is not intended, and shall not be construed as authorizing the commission, port governing body, or...
• California Public Resources Code Section 30011
  Nothing in this division shall authorize the commission to review a local government's application of the requirements of Section 65590 of the Government Code to...
• California Public Resources Code Section 30012
  (a) The Legislature finds that an educated and informed citizenry is essential to the well-being of a participatory democracy and is necessary to protect California's...
• California Public Resources Code Section 30100
  Unless the context otherwise requires, the definitions in this chapter govern the interpretation of this division.
• California Public Resources Code Section 30100.2
  "Aquaculture" means a form of agriculture as defined in Section 17 of the Fish and Game Code. Aquaculture products are agricultural products, and aquaculture facilities...
• California Public Resources Code Section 30100.5
  "Coastal county" means a county or city and county which lies, in whole or in part, within the coastal zone.
• California Public Resources Code Section 30101
  "Coastal-dependent development or use" means any development or use which requires a site on, or adjacent to, the sea to be able to function at
• California Public Resources Code Section 30101.3
  "Coastal-related development" means any use that is dependent on a coastal-dependent development or use.
• California Public Resources Code Section 30101.5
  "Coastal development permit" means a permit for any development within the coastal zone that is required pursuant to subdivision (a) of Section 30600.
• California Public Resources Code Section 30102
  "Coastal plan" means the California Coastal Zone Conservation Plan prepared and adopted by the California Coastal Zone Conservation Commission and submitted to the Governor and...
• California Public Resources Code Section 30103
  (a) "Coastal zone" means that land and water area of the State of California from the Oregon border to the border of the Republic of...
• California Public Resources Code Section 30103.5
  (a) Notwithstanding map number 138 adopted pursuant to Section 17 of Chapter 1330 of the Statutes of 1976, as amended by Section 29 of Chapter...
• California Public Resources Code Section 30105
  (a) "Commission" means the California Coastal Commission. Whenever the term California Coastal Zone Conservation Commission appears in any law, it means the California Coastal Commission....
• California Public Resources Code Section 30105.5
  "Cumulatively" or "cumulative effect" means the incremental effects of an individual project shall be reviewed in connection with the effects of past projects, the effects...
• California Public Resources Code Section 30106
  "Development" means, on land, in or under water, the placement or erection of any solid material or structure; discharge or disposal of any dredged material...
• California Public Resources Code Section 30107
  "Energy facility" means any public or private processing, producing, generating, storing, transmitting, or recovering facility for electricity, natural gas, petroleum, coal, or other source of
• California Public Resources Code Section 30107.5
  "Environmentally sensitive area" means any area in which plant or animal life or their habitats are either rare or especially valuable because of their special...
• California Public Resources Code Section 30108
  "Feasible" means capable of being accomplished in a successful manner within a reasonable period of time, taking into account economic, environmental, social, and technological factors.
• California Public Resources Code Section 30108.1
  "Federal coastal act" means the Federal Coastal Zone Management Act of 1972 (16 U.S.C. 1451, et seq.), as amended.
• California Public Resources Code Section 30108.2
  "Fill" means earth or any other substance or material, including pilings placed for the purposes of erecting structures thereon, placed in a submerged area.
• California Public Resources Code Section 30108.4
  "Implementing actions" means the ordinances, regulations, or programs which implement either the provisions of the certified local coastal program or the policies of this division...
• California Public Resources Code Section 30108.5
  "Land use plan" means the relevant portions of a local government's general plan, or local coastal element which are sufficiently detailed to indicate the kinds,...
• California Public Resources Code Section 30108.55
  "Local coastal element" is that portion of a general plan applicable to the coastal zone which may be prepared by local government pursuant to this...
• California Public Resources Code Section 30108.6
  "Local coastal program" means a local government's (a) land use plans, (b) zoning ordinances, (c) zoning district maps, and (d) within sensitive coastal resources areas,...
• California Public Resources Code Section 30109
  "Local government" means any chartered or general law city, chartered or general law county, or any city and county.
• California Public Resources Code Section 30110
  "Permit" means any license, certificate, approval, or other entitlement for use granted or denied by any public agency which is subject to the provisions of...
• California Public Resources Code Section 30111
  "Person" means any individual, organization, partnership, limited liability company, or other business association or corporation, including any utility, and any federal, state, local government, or...
• California Public Resources Code Section 30112
  "Port governing body" means the Board of Harbor Commissioners or Board of Port Commissioners which has authority over the Ports of Hueneme, Long Beach, Los...
• California Public Resources Code Section 30113
  "Prime agricultural land" means those lands defined in paragraph (1), (2), (3), or (4) of subdivision (c) of Section 51201 of the Government Code.
• California Public Resources Code Section 30114
  "Public works" means the following: (a) All production, storage, transmission, and recovery facilities for water, sewerage, telephone, and other similar utilities owned or operated by...
• California Public Resources Code Section 30115
  "Sea" means the Pacific Ocean and all harbors, bays, channels, estuaries, salt marshes, sloughs, and other areas subject to tidal action through any connection with...
• California Public Resources Code Section 30116
  "Sensitive coastal resource areas" means those identifiable and geographically bounded land and water areas within the coastal zone of vital interest and sensitivity. "Sensitive coastal...
• California Public Resources Code Section 30118
  "Special district" means any public agency, other than a local government as defined in this chapter, formed pursuant to general law or special act for...
• California Public Resources Code Section 30118.5
  "Special treatment area" means an identifiable and geographically bounded forested area within the coastal zone that constitutes a significant habitat area, area of special scenic...
• California Public Resources Code Section 30119
  "State university" means the University of California and the California State University.
• California Public Resources Code Section 30120
  "Treatment works" shall have the same meaning as set forth in the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C. 1251, et seq.) and any other...
• California Public Resources Code Section 30121
  "Wetland" means lands within the coastal zone which may be covered periodically or permanently with shallow water and include saltwater marshes, freshwater marshes, open or...
• California Public Resources Code Section 30122
  "Zoning ordinance" means an ordinance authorized by Section 65850 of the Government Code or, in the case of a charter city, a similar ordinance enacted...
• California Public Resources Code Section 30150
  Notwithstanding the maps adopted pursuant to Section 17 of Chapter 1330 of the Statutes of 1976, as amended by Section 29 of Chapter 1331 of...
• California Public Resources Code Section 30152
  In Del Norte County: (a) Near the community of Smith River, approximately 255 acres are excluded as specifically shown on map 1. (b) The Fort...
• California Public Resources Code Section 30154
  In Humboldt County: (a) In and near the City of Fortuna, approximately 265 acres seaward of State Highway Route 101 are excluded as specifically shown...
• California Public Resources Code Section 30156
  In San Mateo County, within the Butano Creek watershed, the boundary is moved seaward to the five-mile limit described in Section 30103 and as specifically...
• California Public Resources Code Section 30156.1
  In San Mateo County, in the City of Pacifica, approximately 11 acres situated east of State Highway Route 1 and described in Director's Deed DD-028764-01-01...
• California Public Resources Code Section 30158
  In Santa Cruz County: (a) Near the community of Bonny Doon, the boundary is moved seaward to the five-mile limit described in Section 30103 and...
• California Public Resources Code Section 30160
  In Monterey County: (a) In the City of Marina, approximately 400 acres between Del Monte Boulevard and the new alignment of State Highway Route 1...
• California Public Resources Code Section 30162
  In Santa Barbara County: (a) In Rancho San Julian and generally within the watershed of Jalama Creek, the boundary is moved seaward to the five-mile...
• California Public Resources Code Section 30164
  In Ventura County: (a) Near the mouth of the Ventura River, approximately 190 acres are added as specifically shown on map 19. (b) In the...
• California Public Resources Code Section 30166
  In Los Angeles County: (a) In three locations within the Santa Monica Mountains, the boundary is moved seaward to the five-mile limit described in Section...
• California Public Resources Code Section 30166.5
  (a) On or before January 15, 2002, the commission shall submit to the City of Malibu an initial draft of the land use portion of...
• California Public Resources Code Section 30168
  In Orange County: (a) In the City of Huntington Beach, approximately 9.5 acres are added as specifically shown on map 28. (b) In the City...
• California Public Resources Code Section 30169
  (a) The Legislature hereby finds and declares that a dispute exists as to the proper location of the inland boundary of the coastal zone in...
• California Public Resources Code Section 30170
  In San Diego County: (a) In the City of Oceanside, approximately 500 acres are excluded as specifically shown on maps 30A and 31. (b) In...
• California Public Resources Code Section 30170.6
  Notwithstanding Section 17 of Chapter 1330 of the Statutes of 1976, as amended by Section 29 of Chapter 1331 of the Statutes of 1976, any...
• California Public Resources Code Section 30171
  (a) On or before October 1, 1980, the commission shall submit to the City of Carlsbad an initial draft of the land use portion of...
• California Public Resources Code Section 30171.2
  (a) Except as provided in subdivision (b), on and after January 1, 1985, no agricultural conversion fees may be levied or collected under the agricultural...
• California Public Resources Code Section 30171.5
  (a) The amount of the mitigation fee for development on nonprime agricultural lands in the coastal zone in the City of Carlsbad that lie outside...
• California Public Resources Code Section 30172
  In the San Diego County, an area consisting of approximately 180 acres lying west and south of Palomar Airport as shown on Map 155, which...
• California Public Resources Code Section 30174
  Notwithstanding the maps adopted pursuant to Section 17 of Chapter 1330 of the Statutes of 1976, as amended by Section 29 of Chapter 1331 of...
• California Public Resources Code Section 30200
  (a) Consistent with the coastal zone values cited in Section 30001 and the basic goals set forth in Section 30001.5, and except as may be...
• California Public Resources Code Section 30210
  In carrying out the requirement of Section 4 of Article X of the California Constitution, maximum access, which shall be conspicuously posted, and recreational opportunities...
• California Public Resources Code Section 30211
  Development shall not interfere with the public's right of access to the sea where acquired through use or legislative authorization, including, but not limited to,...
• California Public Resources Code Section 30212
  (a) Public access from the nearest public roadway to the shoreline and along the coast shall be provided in new development projects except where (1)...
• California Public Resources Code Section 30212.5
  Wherever appropriate and feasible, public facilities, including parking areas or facilities, shall be distributed throughout an area so as to mitigate against the impacts, social...
• California Public Resources Code Section 30213
  Lower cost visitor and recreational facilities shall be protected, encouraged, and, where feasible, provided. Developments providing public recreational opportunities are preferred. The commission shall not:...
• California Public Resources Code Section 30214
  (a) The public access policies of this article shall be implemented in a manner that takes into account the need to regulate the time, place,...
• California Public Resources Code Section 30220
  Coastal areas suited for water-oriented recreational activities that cannot readily be provided at inland water areas shall be protected for such uses.
• California Public Resources Code Section 30221
  Oceanfront land suitable for recreational use shall be protected for recreational use and development unless present and foreseeable future demand for public or commercial recreational...
• California Public Resources Code Section 30222
  The use of private lands suitable for visitor-serving commercial recreational facilities designed to enhance public opportunities for coastal recreation shall have priority over private residential,...
• California Public Resources Code Section 30222.5
  Oceanfront land that is suitable for coastal dependent aquaculture shall be protected for that use, and proposals for aquaculture facilities located on those sites shall...
• California Public Resources Code Section 30223
  Upland areas necessary to support coastal recreational uses shall be reserved for such uses, where feasible.
• California Public Resources Code Section 30224
  Increased recreational boating use of coastal waters shall be encouraged, in accordance with this division, by developing dry storage areas, increasing public launching facilities, providing...
• California Public Resources Code Section 30230
  Marine resources shall be maintained, enhanced, and, where feasible, restored. Special protection shall be given to areas and species of special biological or economic significance....
• California Public Resources Code Section 30231
  The biological productivity and the quality of coastal waters, streams, wetlands, estuaries, and lakes appropriate to maintain optimum populations of marine organisms and for the...
• California Public Resources Code Section 30232
  Protection against the spillage of crude oil, gas, petroleum products, or hazardous substances shall be provided in relation to any development or transportation of such...
• California Public Resources Code Section 30233
  (a) The diking, filling, or dredging of open coastal waters, wetlands, estuaries, and lakes shall be permitted in accordance with other applicable provisions of this...
• California Public Resources Code Section 30234
  Facilities serving the commercial fishing and recreational boating industries shall be protected and, where feasible, upgraded. Existing commercial fishing and recreational boating harbor space shall...
• California Public Resources Code Section 30234.5
  The economic, commercial, and recreational importance of fishing activities shall be recognized and protected.
• California Public Resources Code Section 30235
  Revetments, breakwaters, groins, harbor channels, seawalls, cliff retaining walls, and other such construction that alters natural shoreline processes shall be permitted when required to serve...
• California Public Resources Code Section 30236
  Channelizations, dams, or other substantial alterations of rivers and streams shall incorporate the best mitigation measures feasible, and be limited to (1) necessary water supply...
• California Public Resources Code Section 30240
  (a) Environmentally sensitive habitat areas shall be protected against any significant disruption of habitat values, and only uses dependent on those resources shall be allowed...
• California Public Resources Code Section 30241
  The maximum amount of prime agricultural land shall be maintained in agricultural production to assure the protection of the areas' agricultural economy, and conflicts shall...
• California Public Resources Code Section 30241.5
  (a) If the viability of existing agricultural uses is an issue pursuant to subdivision (b) of Section 30241 as to any local coastal program or...
• California Public Resources Code Section 30242
  All other lands suitable for agricultural use shall not be converted to nonagricultural uses unless (1) continued or renewed agricultural use is not feasible, or...
• California Public Resources Code Section 30243
  The long-term productivity of soils and timberlands shall be protected, and conversions of coastal commercial timberlands in units of commercial size to other uses or...
• California Public Resources Code Section 30244
  Where development would adversely impact archaeological or paleontological resources as identified by the State Historic Preservation Officer, reasonable mitigation measures shall be required.
• California Public Resources Code Section 30250
  (a) New residential, commercial, or industrial development, except as otherwise provided in this division, shall be located within, contiguous with, or in close proximity to,...
• California Public Resources Code Section 30251
  The scenic and visual qualities of coastal areas shall be considered and protected as a resource of public importance. Permitted development shall be sited and...
• California Public Resources Code Section 30252
  The location and amount of new development should maintain and enhance public access to the coast by (1) facilitating the provision or extension of transit...
• California Public Resources Code Section 30253
  New development shall do all of the following: (a) Minimize risks to life and property in areas of high geologic, flood, and fire hazard. (b)...
• California Public Resources Code Section 30254
  New or expanded public works facilities shall be designed and limited to accommodate needs generated by development or uses permitted consistent with the provisions of...
• California Public Resources Code Section 30254.5
  Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the commission may not impose any term or condition on the development of any sewage treatment plant which is...
• California Public Resources Code Section 30255
  Coastal-dependent developments shall have priority over other developments on or near the shoreline. Except as provided elsewhere in this division, coastal-dependent developments shall not be...
• California Public Resources Code Section 30260
  Coastal-dependent industrial facilities shall be encouraged to locate or expand within existing sites and shall be permitted reasonable long-term growth where consistent with this division....
• California Public Resources Code Section 30261
  Multicompany use of existing and new tanker facilities shall be encouraged to the maximum extent feasible and legally permissible, except where to do so would...
• California Public Resources Code Section 30262
  (a) Oil and gas development shall be permitted in accordance with Section 30260, if the following conditions are met: (1) The development is performed safely...
• California Public Resources Code Section 30263
  (a) New or expanded refineries or petrochemical facilities not otherwise consistent with the provisions of this division shall be permitted if (1) alternative locations are...
• California Public Resources Code Section 30264
  Notwithstanding any other provision of this division except subdivisions (b) and (c) of Section 30413, new or expanded thermal electric generating plants may be constructed...
• California Public Resources Code Section 30265
  The Legislature finds and declares all of the following: (a) Transportation studies have concluded that pipeline transport of oil is generally both economically feasible and...
• California Public Resources Code Section 30265.5
  (a) The Governor, or the Governor's designee, shall coordinate activities concerning the transport and refining of offshore oil. Coordination efforts shall consider public health risks,...
• California Public Resources Code Section 30300
  There is in the Resources Agency the California Coastal Commission.
• California Public Resources Code Section 30301
  The commission shall consist of the following 15 members: (a) The Secretary of the Resources Agency. (b) The Secretary of Business, Transportation and Housing. (c)...
• California Public Resources Code Section 30301.2
  (a) The appointments of the Governor, the Senate Committee on Rules, and the Speaker of the Assembly, pursuant to subdivision (e) of Section 30301, shall...
• California Public Resources Code Section 30301.5
  A member of the commission serving pursuant to subdivision (a), (b), or (c) of Section 30301 shall be a nonvoting member and may appoint a...
• California Public Resources Code Section 30304
  Any member of the commission may, subject to the confirmation of his or her appointing power, appoint an alternate member to represent him or her...
• California Public Resources Code Section 30305
  Except as otherwise provided in this division, the commission shall succeed to any and all obligations, powers, duties, responsibilities, benefits, or legal interests of regional...
• California Public Resources Code Section 30310
  In making their appointments pursuant to this division, the Governor, the Senate Committee on Rules, and the Speaker of the Assembly shall make good faith...
• California Public Resources Code Section 30310.5
  No provision of this division or any other law, including any doctrine of common law, shall preclude or prevent the appointment, as a public member,...
• California Public Resources Code Section 30312
  The term of office of commission members shall be as follows: (a) (1) A person appointed by the Governor and qualified for membership because he...
• California Public Resources Code Section 30313
  (a) Vacancies that occur shall be filled within 30 days after the occurrence of the vacancy, and shall be filled in the same manner in...
• California Public Resources Code Section 30314
  Except as provided in this section, members or alternates of the commission shall serve without compensation but shall be reimbursed for actual and necessary expenses...
• California Public Resources Code Section 30315
  The commission shall meet at least once a month at a place convenient to the public. All meetings of the commission shall be open to...
• California Public Resources Code Section 30315.1
  Adoption of findings for any action taken by the commission requires a majority vote of the members from the prevailing side present at the meeting...
• California Public Resources Code Section 30316
  The commission shall elect a chairperson and vice chairperson from among its members.
• California Public Resources Code Section 30317
  The headquarters of the commission shall be in a coastal county, but it may meet and may exercise any or all of its powers in...
• California Public Resources Code Section 30318
  Nothing in this division shall preclude or prevent any member or employee of the commission who is also an employee of another public agency, a...
• California Public Resources Code Section 30319
  Any person who applies to the commission for approval of a development permit shall provide the commission with the names and addresses of all persons...
• California Public Resources Code Section 30319.5
  An applicant whose permit is denied due to his or her failure to comply with Section 30319 may not apply to the commission for approval...
• California Public Resources Code Section 30320
  (a) The people of California find and declare that the duties, responsibilities, and quasi-judicial actions of the commission are sensitive and extremely important for the...
• California Public Resources Code Section 30321
  For purposes of this article, "a matter within the commission's jurisdiction" means any permit action, federal consistency review, appeal, local coastal program, port master plan,...
• California Public Resources Code Section 30322
  (a) For purposes of this article, except as provided in subdivision (b), an "ex parte communication" is any oral or written communication between a member...
• California Public Resources Code Section 30323
  For purposes of this article, an "interested person" is any of the following: (a) Any applicant, an agent or an employee of the applicant, or...
• California Public Resources Code Section 30324
  (a) No commission member, nor any interested person, shall conduct an ex parte communication unless the commission member fully discloses and makes public the ex...
• California Public Resources Code Section 30325
  Nothing in this article prohibits any person or any interested person from testifying at a commission hearing, workshop, or other official proceeding, or from submitting...
• California Public Resources Code Section 30326
  Any person, including a commission member, may request the commission staff to conduct a workshop on any matter before the commission or on any subject...
• California Public Resources Code Section 30327
  (a) No commission member or alternate shall make, participate in making, or any other way attempt to use his or her official position to influence...
• California Public Resources Code Section 30327.5
  (a) An interested person shall not give, convey, or make available gifts aggregating more than ten dollars ($10) in a calendar month to a commissioner...
• California Public Resources Code Section 30327.6
  (a) (1) Except as provided in paragraph (2), a person who for compensation attempts to influence or affect the outcome of a commission decision or...
• California Public Resources Code Section 30328
  If a violation of this article occurs and a commission decision may have been affected by the violation, an aggrieved person, as described in Section...
• California Public Resources Code Section 30329
  Notwithstanding Section 11425.10 of the Government Code, the ex parte communications provisions of the Administrative Procedure Act (Article 7 (commencing with Section 11430.10) of Chapter...
• California Public Resources Code Section 30330
  The commission, unless specifically otherwise provided, shall have the primary responsibility for the implementation of the provisions of this division and is designated as the...
• California Public Resources Code Section 30331
  The commission is designated the successor in interest to all remaining obligations, powers, duties, responsibilities, benefits, and interests of any sort of the California Coastal...
• California Public Resources Code Section 30333
  Except as provided in Section 18930 of the Health and Safety Code, the commission may adopt or amend, by vote of a majority of the...
• California Public Resources Code Section 30333.1
  The commission shall periodically review its regulations and procedures and determine what revisions, if any, are necessary and appropriate to simplify and expedite the review...
• California Public Resources Code Section 30333.2
  Notwithstanding any other provision of law and except as provided in the State Building Standards Law, Part 2.5 (commencing with Section 18900) of Division 13...
• California Public Resources Code Section 30334
  The commission may do the following: (a) Contract for any private professional or governmental services, if the work or services cannot be satisfactorily performed by...
• California Public Resources Code Section 30334.5
  In addition to the authority granted by Section 30334, the commission may apply for and accept grants, appropriations, and contributions in any form.
• California Public Resources Code Section 30335
  The commission shall appoint an executive director who shall be exempt from civil service and shall serve at the pleasure of his or her appointing...
• California Public Resources Code Section 30335.1
  The commission shall provide for appropriate employees on the staff of the commission to assist applicants and other interested parties in connection with matters which...
• California Public Resources Code Section 30335.5
  (a) The commission shall, if it determines that it has sufficient resources, establish one or more scientific panels to review technical documents and reports and...
• California Public Resources Code Section 30336
  The commission shall, to the maximum extent feasible, assist local governments in exercising the planning and regulatory powers and responsibilities provided for by this division...
• California Public Resources Code Section 30337
  The commission shall, where feasible, and in cooperation with the affected agency, establish a joint development permit application system and public hearing procedures with permit...
• California Public Resources Code Section 30338
  By May 1, 1977, the commission, after full consultation with the State Water Resources Control Board, shall adopt regulations for the timing of its review...
• California Public Resources Code Section 30339
  The commission shall: (a) Ensure full and adequate participation by all interested groups and the public at large in the commission's work program. (b) Ensure...
• California Public Resources Code Section 30340
  The commission shall manage and budget any funds that may be appropriated, allocated, granted, or in any other way made available to the commission for
• California Public Resources Code Section 30340.5
  (a) It is the policy of the state that no less than 50 percent of funds received by the state from the federal government pursuant...
• California Public Resources Code Section 30340.6
  (a) It is the intent of the Legislature that all costs mandated by the operation of this division be paid either with state or federal...
• California Public Resources Code Section 30341
  The commission may prepare and adopt any additional plans and maps and undertake any studies it determines to be necessary and appropriate to better accomplish...
• California Public Resources Code Section 30344
  (a) The Legislature hereby finds and declares that the coastal zone is one of its most precious natural resources, rich in diversity of living and...
• California Public Resources Code Section 30350
  (a) It is the policy of the state that local governments be paid their legitimate costs, from either state or federal funds, for the implementation...
• California Public Resources Code Section 30351
  The commission shall, not later than July 1, 1980, prepare and adopt procedures for the issuance and management of local coastal program implementation grants. The...
• California Public Resources Code Section 30352
  (a) Any local government carrying out its certified local coastal programs may, upon the delegation of the development review authority pursuant to Section 30519, claim...
• California Public Resources Code Section 30353
  Payment for costs claimed pursuant to this article shall be made only for costs which, but for the operation of a certified local coastal program,...
• California Public Resources Code Section 30354
  (a) The executive director of the commission shall review and evaluate each claim submitted pursuant to this article and shall determine whether: (1) The costs...
• California Public Resources Code Section 30355
  As used in this article, "certified local coastal program" means any portion of a local coastal program that has been certified.
• California Public Resources Code Section 30400
  It is the intent of the Legislature to minimize duplication and conflicts among existing state agencies carrying out their regulatory duties and responsibilities. In the...
• California Public Resources Code Section 30401
  Except as otherwise specifically provided in this division, enactment of this division does not increase, decrease, duplicate or supersede the authority of any existing state...
• California Public Resources Code Section 30402
  All state agencies shall carry out their duties and responsibilities in conformity with this division.
• California Public Resources Code Section 30403
  It is the intent of the Legislature that the policies of this division and all local coastal programs prepared pursuant to Chapter 6 (commencing with...
• California Public Resources Code Section 30404
  (a) The commission shall periodically, in the case of the State Energy Resources Conservation and Development Commission, the State Board of Forestry and Fire Protection,...
• California Public Resources Code Section 30410
  (a) The commission and the San Francisco Bay Conservation and Development Commission shall conduct a joint review of this division and Title 7.2 (commencing with...
• California Public Resources Code Section 30411
  (a) The Department of Fish and Game and the Fish and Game Commission are the principal state agencies responsible for the establishment and control of...
• California Public Resources Code Section 30412
  (a) In addition to Section 13142.5 of the Water Code, this section shall apply to the commission and the State Water Resources Control Board and...
• California Public Resources Code Section 30413
  (a) In addition to the provisions set forth in subdivision (f) of Section 30241, and in Sections 25302, 25500, 25507, 25508, 25510, 25514, 25516.1, 25523,...
• California Public Resources Code Section 30414
  (a) The State Air Resources Board and air pollution control districts established pursuant to state law and consistent with requirements of federal law are the...
• California Public Resources Code Section 30415
  The Director of the Office of Planning and Research shall, in cooperation with the commission and other appropriate state agencies, review the policies of this...
• California Public Resources Code Section 30416
  (a) The State Lands Commission, in carrying out its duties and responsibilities as the state agency responsible for the management of all state lands, including...
• California Public Resources Code Section 30417
  (a) In addition to the provisions set forth in Section 4551.5, this section shall apply to the State Board of Forestry and Fire Protection. (b)...
• California Public Resources Code Section 30418
  (a) Pursuant to Division 3 (commencing with Section 3000), the Division of Oil and Gas of the Department of Conservation is the principal state agency...
• California Public Resources Code Section 30419
  The Department of Boating and Waterways is the principal state agency for evaluating the economic feasibility of any boating facility to be developed within the...
• California Public Resources Code Section 30420
  Prior to taking any action on (1) a local coastal program or any amendment thereto, (2) any coastal development permit, or (3) any consistency determination...
• California Public Resources Code Section 30500
  (a) Each local government lying, in whole or in part, within the coastal zone shall prepare a local coastal program for that portion of the...
• California Public Resources Code Section 30500.1
  No local coastal program shall be required to include housing policies and programs.
• California Public Resources Code Section 30501
  The commission shall, within 90 days after January 1, 1977, adopt, after public hearing, procedures for the preparation, submission, approval, appeal, certification, and amendment of...
• California Public Resources Code Section 30502
  (a) The commission, in consultation with affected local governments and the appropriate regional commissions, shall, not later than September 1, 1977, after public hearing, designate...
• California Public Resources Code Section 30502.5
  The commission shall recommend to the Legislature for designation by statute those sensitive coastal resource areas designated by the commission pursuant to Section 30502. Recommendation...
• California Public Resources Code Section 30503
  During the preparation, approval, certification, and amendment of any local coastal program, the public, as well as all affected governmental agencies, including special districts, shall...
• California Public Resources Code Section 30504
  Special districts, which issue permits or otherwise grant approval for development or which conduct development activities that may affect coastal resources, shall submit their development...
• California Public Resources Code Section 30510
  Consistent with this chapter, a proposed local coastal program may be submitted to the commission, if both of the following are met: (a) It is...
• California Public Resources Code Section 30511
  Local coastal programs shall be submitted in accordance with the schedule established pursuant to Section 30517.5. At the option of the local government, this program...
• California Public Resources Code Section 30512
  (a) The land use plan of a proposed local coastal program shall be submitted to the commission. The commission shall, within 90 days after the...
• California Public Resources Code Section 30512.2
  The following provisions shall apply to the commission's decision to certify or refuse certification of a land use plan pursuant to Section 30512: (a) The...
• California Public Resources Code Section 30513
  The local government shall submit to the commission the zoning ordinances, zoning district maps, and, where necessary, other implementing actions which are required pursuant to...
• California Public Resources Code Section 30514
  (a) A certified local coastal program and all local implementing ordinances, regulations, and other actions may be amended by the appropriate local government, but no...
• California Public Resources Code Section 30514.1
  The commission shall adopt the findings or provide a written explanation or written notice, as appropriate, required by Sections 30512, 30512.2, and 30513 to support...
• California Public Resources Code Section 30515
  Any person authorized to undertake a public works project or proposing an energy facility development may request any local government to amend its certified local...
• California Public Resources Code Section 30516
  (a) Approval of a local coastal program shall not be withheld because of the inability of the local government to financially support or implement any...
• California Public Resources Code Section 30517
  The commission may extend, for a period of not to exceed one year, except as provided for in Section 30518, any time limitation established by...
• California Public Resources Code Section 30517.5
  (a) Within 60 days from the effective date of this section, the commission shall establish a schedule for the submittal of all land use plans...
• California Public Resources Code Section 30517.6
  (a) Within 30 days after the certification of a land use plan, or any portion thereof, the commission shall, after consultation with the appropriate local...
• California Public Resources Code Section 30519
  (a) Except for appeals to the commission, as provided in Section 30603, after a local coastal program, or any portion thereof, has been certified and...
• California Public Resources Code Section 30519.1
  (a) This section shall apply only to those parcels and areas within the City of Carlsbad for which a local coastal program has been prepared...
• California Public Resources Code Section 30519.2
  (a) (1) This subdivision shall only apply to territory described in paragraph (2) and defined as the "Annexed Area." (2) For purposes of this section,...
• California Public Resources Code Section 30519.5
  (a) The commission shall, from time to time, but at least once every five years after certification, review every certified local coastal program to determine...
• California Public Resources Code Section 30520
  (a) If the application of any certified local coastal program, or any portion thereof, is prohibited or stayed by any court, the permit authority provided...
• California Public Resources Code Section 30522
  Nothing in this chapter shall permit the commission to certify a local coastal program which provides for a lesser degree of environmental protection than that...
• California Public Resources Code Section 30523
  It is the intent of the Legislature that local coastal programs certified by the commission should be sufficiently specific to meet the requirements of Section...
• California Public Resources Code Section 30525
  (a) Every state agency that owns or manages land or water areas within the coastal zone, including public beaches, parks, natural areas, and fish and...
• California Public Resources Code Section 30526
  (a) Because of the intensity of development contemplated, the area's steep topography and highly erodible soils, and the demonstrated impacts from development despite the utilization...
• California Public Resources Code Section 30530
  It is the intent of the Legislature, consistent with the provisions of Chapter 9 (commencing with Section 31400) of Division 21, that a program to...
• California Public Resources Code Section 30531
  The commission shall be responsible for the preparation of a public coastal access program which includes the elements set forth in this section and which,...
• California Public Resources Code Section 30532
  The commission may enter into agreements with or issue grants to any public agency for the purpose of assisting the commission in meeting the requirements...
• California Public Resources Code Section 30533
  (a) On or before January 1 of each year, the commission and the State Coastal Conservancy shall report to the Governor and the Legislature the...
• California Public Resources Code Section 30534
  The commission shall, within 10 days after receiving evidence of recordation of any offer to dedicate real property for access to or along the coast,...
• California Public Resources Code Section 30600
  (a) Except as provided in subdivision (e), and in addition to obtaining any other permit required by law from any local government or from any...
• California Public Resources Code Section 30600.1
  (a) In the event that an applicant for a coastal development permit had, prior to January 1, 1982, received from the appropriate local government final...
• California Public Resources Code Section 30600.5
  (a) Prior to the certification of a local coastal program and notwithstanding the provisions of subdivision (a) of Section 30519, after the effective date of...
• California Public Resources Code Section 30600.6
  (a) The Legislature finds that some new cost may be incurred by local governments when the authority to issue coastal development permits is delegated to...
• California Public Resources Code Section 30600.7
  Where, prior to delegation of coastal permit authority pursuant to Section 30519, a modification of a refinery facility or petrochemical facility is necessary to comply...
• California Public Resources Code Section 30601
  Prior to certification of the local coastal program and, where applicable, in addition to a permit from local government pursuant to subdivision (b) or (d)...
• California Public Resources Code Section 30601.3
  (a) Notwithstanding Section 30519, the commission may process and act upon a consolidated coastal development permit application if both of the following criteria are satisfied:...
• California Public Resources Code Section 30601.5
  Where the applicant for a coastal development permit is not the owner of a fee interest in the property on which a proposed development is...
• California Public Resources Code Section 30602
  Prior to certification of its local coastal program, any action taken by a local government on a coastal development permit application may be appealed by...
• California Public Resources Code Section 30603
  (a) After certification of its local coastal program, an action taken by a local government on a coastal development permit application may be appealed to...
• California Public Resources Code Section 30603.1
  (a) In any city and county which so requests, the commission may adjust the inland boundary of the area within which the issuance of coastal...
• California Public Resources Code Section 30604
  (a) Prior to certification of the local coastal program, a coastal development permit shall be issued if the issuing agency, or the commission on appeal,...
• California Public Resources Code Section 30605
  To promote greater efficiency for the planning of any public works or state university or college or private university development projects and as an alternative...
• California Public Resources Code Section 30606
  Prior to the commencement of any development pursuant to Section 30605, the public agency proposing the public works project, or state university or college or...
• California Public Resources Code Section 30607
  Any permit that is issued or any development or action approved on appeal, pursuant to this chapter, shall be subject to reasonable terms and conditions...
• California Public Resources Code Section 30607.1
  Where any dike and fill development is permitted in wetlands in conformity with Section 30233 or other applicable policies set forth in this division, mitigation...
• California Public Resources Code Section 30607.2
  (a) Conditions requiring housing for persons and families of low or moderate income, as defined in Section 50093 of the Health and Safety Code, which...
• California Public Resources Code Section 30607.5
  Within the City of San Diego, the commission shall not impose or adopt any requirements in conflict with the provisions of the plan for the...
• California Public Resources Code Section 30607.7
  (a) A coastal development permit for sand replenishment requires the project applicant to provide onsite monitoring and supervision during the implementation of the permit. (b)...
• California Public Resources Code Section 30608
  No person who has obtained a vested right in a development prior to the effective date of this division or who has obtained a permit...
• California Public Resources Code Section 30609
  Where, prior to January 1, 1977, a permit was issued and expressly made subject to recorded terms and conditions that are not dedications of land...
• California Public Resources Code Section 30609.5
  (a) Except as provided in subdivisions (b) and (c), no state land that is located between the first public road and the sea, with an...
• California Public Resources Code Section 30610
  Notwithstanding any other provision of this division, no coastal development permit shall be required pursuant to this chapter for the following types of development and...
• California Public Resources Code Section 30610.1
  (a) Prior to certification of the applicable local coastal program, no coastal development permit shall be required for the construction of a single-family residence on...
• California Public Resources Code Section 30610.2
  (a) Any person wishing to construct a single-family residence on a vacant lot within an area designated by the commission pursuant to subdivision (b) of...
• California Public Resources Code Section 30610.3
  (a) Whenever the commission determines (1) that public access opportunities through an existing subdivided area, which has less than 75 percent of the subdivided lots...
• California Public Resources Code Section 30610.4
  (a) Upon establishment of an acquisition cost pursuant to subdivision (f) of Section 30610.3, the commission shall review the area in question to determine if...
• California Public Resources Code Section 30610.5
  Urban land areas shall, pursuant to the provisions of this section, be excluded from the permit provisions of this chapter. (a) Upon the request of...
• California Public Resources Code Section 30610.6
  (a) The Legislature hereby finds and declares that it is in the public interest to provide by statute for the resolution of the lengthy and...
• California Public Resources Code Section 30610.8
  (a) The Legislature hereby finds and declares that a dispute exists at the Hollister Ranch in Santa Barbara County with respect to the implementation of...
• California Public Resources Code Section 30610.9
  (a) This section applies only if the governing body of a local government elects to designate the commission as the processing and permitting authority for...
• California Public Resources Code Section 30611
  When immediate action by a person or public agency performing a public service is required to protect life and public property from imminent danger, or...
• California Public Resources Code Section 30612
  An application for a coastal development permit to demolish a structure shall not be denied unless the agency authorized to issue that permit, or the...
• California Public Resources Code Section 30613
  (a) The provisions of subdivision (b) of Section 30519, subdivision (b) of Section 30600, and subdivision (b) of Section 30610.5, which apply to lands subject...
• California Public Resources Code Section 30614
  (a) The commission shall take appropriate steps to ensure that coastal development permit conditions existing as of January 1, 2002, relating to affordable housing are...
• California Public Resources Code Section 30620
  (a) By January 30, 1977, the commission shall, consistent with this chapter, prepare interim procedures for the submission, review, and appeal of coastal development permit...
• California Public Resources Code Section 30620.1
  (a) The Coastal Act Services Fund is hereby created in the State Treasury, to be administered by the commission. The moneys in the fund, upon...
• California Public Resources Code Section 30620.2
  The Coastal Access Account is hereby created in the State Coastal Conservancy Fund. The money in the account shall be available, upon appropriation by the...
• California Public Resources Code Section 30620.5
  (a) A local government may exercise the option provided in subdivision (b) of Section 30600, if it does so for the entire area of its...
• California Public Resources Code Section 30620.6
  The commission shall, not later than August 1, 1978, and after public hearing, adopt public notice and appeal procedures for the review of development projects...
• California Public Resources Code Section 30621
  (a) The commission shall provide for a de novo public hearing on applications for coastal development permits and any appeals brought pursuant to this division...
• California Public Resources Code Section 30622
  The commission shall act upon the coastal development permit application or an appeal within 21 days after the conclusion of the hearing pursuant to Section
• California Public Resources Code Section 30623
  If an appeal of any action on any development by any local government or port governing body is filed with the commission, the operation and...
• California Public Resources Code Section 30624
  (a) The commission shall provide, by regulation, for the issuance of coastal development permits by the executive director of the commission or, where the coastal...
• California Public Resources Code Section 30624.7
  The commission may, after a public hearing, by regulation, adopt procedures for the issuance by the executive director of waivers from coastal development permit requirements...
• California Public Resources Code Section 30624.9
  (a) For purposes of this section, "minor development" means a development which a local government determines satisfies all of the following requirements: (1) Is consistent...
• California Public Resources Code Section 30625
  (a) Except as otherwise specifically provided in subdivision (a) of Section 30602, any appealable action on a coastal development permit or claim of exemption for...
• California Public Resources Code Section 30626
  The commission may, by regulation, provide for the reconsideration of the terms and conditions of any coastal development permit granted by the commission solely for...
• California Public Resources Code Section 30627
  (a) The commission shall, by regulation, provide procedures which the commission shall use in deciding whether to grant reconsideration of any of the following: (1)...
• California Public Resources Code Section 30700
  For purposes of this division, notwithstanding any other provisions of this division except as specifically stated in this chapter, this chapter shall govern those portions...
• California Public Resources Code Section 30700.5
  The definitions of Chapter 2 (commencing with Section 30100) and the provisions of Chapter 9 (commencing with Section 30800) and Section 30900 shall apply to...
• California Public Resources Code Section 30701
  The Legislature finds and declares that: (a) The ports of the State of California, including the Humboldt Bay Harbor, Recreation, and Conservation District, constitute one...
• California Public Resources Code Section 30702
  For purposes of this division, the policies of the state with respect to providing for port-related developments consistent with coastal protection in the port areas...
• California Public Resources Code Section 30703
  The California commercial fishing industry is important to the State of California; therefore, ports shall not eliminate or reduce existing commercial fishing harbor space, unless...
• California Public Resources Code Section 30705
  (a) Water areas may be diked, filled, or dredged when consistent with a certified port master plan only for the following: (1) Construction, deepening, widening,...
• California Public Resources Code Section 30706
  In addition to the other provisions of this chapter, the policies contained in this section shall govern filling seaward of the mean high tide line...
• California Public Resources Code Section 30707
  New or expanded tanker terminals shall be designed and constructed to do all of the following: (a) Minimize the total volume of oil spilled. (b)...
• California Public Resources Code Section 30708
  All port-related developments shall be located, designed, and constructed so as to: (a) Minimize substantial adverse environmental impacts. (b) Minimize potential traffic conflicts between vessels....
• California Public Resources Code Section 30710
  Within 90 days after January 1, 1977, the commission shall, after public hearing, adopt, certify, and file with each port governing body a map delineating...
• California Public Resources Code Section 30711
  (a) A port master plan that carries out the provisions of this chapter shall be prepared and adopted by each port governing body, and for...
• California Public Resources Code Section 30712
  In the consideration and approval of a proposed port master plan, the public, interested organizations, and governmental agencies shall be encouraged to submit relevant testimony,...
• California Public Resources Code Section 30714
  After public notice, hearing, and consideration of comments and testimony received pursuant to Sections 30712 and 30713, the port governing body shall adopt its master...
• California Public Resources Code Section 30715
  (a) Until such time as a port master plan or any portion thereof has been certified, the commission shall permit developments within ports as provided...
• California Public Resources Code Section 30715.5
  No development within the area covered by the certified port master plan shall be approved by the port governing body unless it finds that the...
• California Public Resources Code Section 30716
  (a) A certified port master plan may be amended by the port governing body, but an amendment shall not take effect until it has been...
• California Public Resources Code Section 30717
  The governing bodies of ports shall inform and advise the commission in the planning and design of appealable developments authorized under this chapter, and prior...
• California Public Resources Code Section 30718
  For developments approved by the commission in a certified master plan, but not appealable under the provisions of this chapter, the port governing body shall...
• California Public Resources Code Section 30719
  Any development project or activity authorized or approved pursuant to the provisions of this chapter shall be deemed certified by the commission as being in...
• California Public Resources Code Section 30720
  If the application of any port master plan or part thereof is prohibited or stayed by any court, the permit authority provided for in Chapter...
• California Public Resources Code Section 30721
  (a) The Legislature recognizes that Port Hueneme is unique in its relationship to the coast in that it is the only deep water port operated...
• California Public Resources Code Section 30800
  The provisions of this chapter shall be in addition to any other remedies available at law.
• California Public Resources Code Section 30801
  Any aggrieved person shall have a right to judicial review of any decision or action of the commission by filing a petition for a writ...
• California Public Resources Code Section 30802
  Any person, including an applicant for a permit or the commission, aggrieved by the decision or action of a local government that is implementing a...
• California Public Resources Code Section 30803
  (a) Any person may maintain an action for declaratory and equitable relief to restrain any violation of this division, of a cease and desist order...
• California Public Resources Code Section 30804
  Any person may maintain an action to enforce the duties specifically imposed upon the commission, any governmental agency, any special district, or any local government...
• California Public Resources Code Section 30805
  Any person may maintain an action for the recovery of civil penalties provided for in Section 30820 or 30821.6.
• California Public Resources Code Section 30805.5
  Any action pursuant to Sections 30805 or 30822 to recover civil fines or penalties under this chapter shall be commenced not later than three years...
• California Public Resources Code Section 30806
  (a) Any civil action under this division by, or against, a city, county, or city and county, the commission, special district, or any other public...
• California Public Resources Code Section 30808
  In addition to any other remedy provided by this article, any person, including the commission may bring an action to restrain a violation of the...
• California Public Resources Code Section 30809
  (a) If the executive director determines that any person or governmental agency has undertaken, or is threatening to undertake, any activity that (1) may require...
• California Public Resources Code Section 30810
  (a) If the commission, after public hearing, determines that any person or governmental agency has undertaken, or is threatening to undertake, any activity that (1)...
• California Public Resources Code Section 30811
  In addition to any other authority to order restoration, the commission, a local government that is implementing a certified local coastal program, or a port...
• California Public Resources Code Section 30812
  (a) Whenever the executive director of the commission has determined, based on substantial evidence, that real property has been developed in violation of this division,...
• California Public Resources Code Section 30820
  (a) Any person who violates any provision of this division may be civilly liable in accordance with this subdivision as follows: (1) Civil liability may...
• California Public Resources Code Section 30821.6
  (a) Any person or governmental agency who intentionally or negligently violates any cease and desist order issued, reissued, or amended by the executive director or...
• California Public Resources Code Section 30822
  Where a person has intentionally and knowingly violated any provision of this division or any order issued pursuant to this division, the commission may maintain...
• California Public Resources Code Section 30823
  Any funds derived under this article shall be expended for carrying out the provisions of this division, when appropriated by the Legislature. Funds so derived...
• California Public Resources Code Section 30824
  In addition to any other applicable penalty, any commission member who knowingly violates Section 30324 is subject to a civil fine, not to exceed seven...
• California Public Resources Code Section 30900
  If any provision of this division or the application thereof to any person or circumstances is held invalid, such invalidity shall not affect other provisions...
• California Public Resources Code Section 30901
  This act shall be known, and may be cited, as the Watershed, Clean Beaches, and Water Quality Act.
• California Public Resources Code Section 30902
  The purpose of this division is to establish a statutory framework for funding water quality, clean beaches, and watershed protection projects from the proceeds derived...
• California Public Resources Code Section 30903
  The Legislature hereby finds and declares all of the following: (a) Clean beaches, clean water, and healthy watersheds are necessary to support both human communities...
• California Public Resources Code Section 30904
  It is the intent of the Legislature that the purpose of maintaining clean beaches, clean water, and an integrated and coordinated watershed program is to...
• California Public Resources Code Section 30905
  It is the intent of the Legislature to invest in projects that will reduce beach contamination and increase visitor days, including, but not limited to,...
• California Public Resources Code Section 30906
  It is the intent of the Legislature to invest in clean water projects that will do all of the following: (a) Assist small local communities...
• California Public Resources Code Section 30907
  It is the intent of the Legislature to require state agencies to encourage and support both of the following: (a) The development of coordinated and...
• California Public Resources Code Section 30908
  It is the intent of the Legislature that the state should coordinate and integrate its watershed programs and implement those programs by working with diverse...
• California Public Resources Code Section 30909
  It is the intent of the Legislature to invest in watershed management partnerships that use a community-based collaborative approach to meeting the state's watershed management...
• California Public Resources Code Section 30910
  Unless the context otherwise requires, the following definitions govern the construction of this chapter: (a) "Board" means the State Water Resources Control Board. (b) "Local...
• California Public Resources Code Section 30915
  The purpose of this chapter is to provide authorization for projects that restore and protect the water quality and environment of coastal waters, estuaries, bays,...
• California Public Resources Code Section 30916
  (a) Upon appropriation by the Legislature, funds provided under this chapter may be used by the board, in consultation with the State Coastal Conservancy, to...
• California Public Resources Code Section 30917
  The board shall provide opportunity for public review and comment in awarding funds pursuant to this chapter, and may, in consultation with the State Coastal...
• California Public Resources Code Section 30920
  (a) The purpose of this chapter is to provide authorization for projects that restore and protect the water quality and environment of marine managed areas,...
• California Public Resources Code Section 30921
  (a) Upon appropriation by the Legislature for that purpose, funds may be expended by the board, in consultation with the State Coastal Conservancy, the California...
• California Public Resources Code Section 30925
  (a) For the purposes of this article, "small community" means a municipality with a population of 20,000 persons or less, a rural county, or a...
• California Public Resources Code Section 30930
  The board may award grants under this article to local public agencies for projects designed to implement stormwater runoff pollution reduction and prevention programs, including,...
• California Public Resources Code Section 30935
  (a) The board may award grants under this article to local public agencies and nonprofit organizations for projects that protect the beneficial uses of water...
• California Public Resources Code Section 30940
  (a) The board may award grants to public agencies or nonprofit organizations for the purposes of improving agricultural water quality through monitoring, demonstration projects, research,...
• California Public Resources Code Section 30945
  The purpose of this article is to establish a program for integrated watershed management to improve water quality, protect and restore habitat and fisheries, reduce...
• California Public Resources Code Section 30946
  The California Environmental Protection Agency shall enter into a memorandum of understanding with the Resources Agency to ensure that the program established under this chapter...
• California Public Resources Code Section 30947
  (a) The Integrated Watershed Management Program is hereby established. Upon appropriation by the Legislature, funds allocated to the program may be used by the board,...
• California Public Resources Code Section 30948
  Consistent with Section 30947, the board shall establish an accelerated selection and contracting procedure for projects that meet all of the following criteria: (a) The...
• California Public Resources Code Section 30949
  No more than 50 percent of the funds made available to the board for the purposes of this article shall be used for the purposes...
• California Public Resources Code Section 30950
  (a) For the purposes of this article, "small community" means a municipality with a population of 20,000 persons or less, a rural county, or a...
• California Public Resources Code Section 30960
  The Secretary of the Resources Agency shall initiate a comprehensive, long-range planning process for the use of ocean waters offshore of California, may use the...
• California Public Resources Code Section 30988
  (a) The Legislature finds and declares that Santa Monica Bay is a public trust for present and future generations of Californians, and an invaluable element...
• California Public Resources Code Section 30988.2
  (a) The Santa Monica Bay Restoration Project is hereby renamed the Santa Monica Bay Restoration Commission. The commission shall independently execute the duties described in...
• California Public Resources Code Section 30988.3
  The Santa Monica Bay Restoration Commission shall prioritize in its educational, monitoring, and bond proceeds expenditure decisions, proposals, or projects designed to achieve bay restoration...
• California Public Resources Code Section 31000
  Unless the context otherwise requires, the definitions in this chapter govern the construction of this division.
• California Public Resources Code Section 31001
  "Certified local coastal plan or program" means any plan or program or land use plan of a local program adopted by the commission pursuant to...
• California Public Resources Code Section 31002
  "Conservancy" means the State Coastal Conservancy.
• California Public Resources Code Section 31004
  "Commission" means the California Coastal Commission established under Chapter 4 (commencing with Section 30300) of Division 20.
• California Public Resources Code Section 31005
  "Bay commission" means the San Francisco Bay Conservation and Development Commission, established under Title 7.2 (commencing with Section 66600) of the Government Code.
• California Public Resources Code Section 31006
  (a) "Coastal zone" means that area of the state as defined in Section 30103. Only for purposes of conservancy action in San Francisco Bay, the...
• California Public Resources Code Section 31007
  "Coastal restoration project" means an action taken by a public agency, including the conservancy, or a nonprofit organization, to correct undesirable development patterns in the...
• California Public Resources Code Section 31008
  "Coastal resource enhancement project" means an action taken by a public agency, including the conservancy, or a nonprofit organization, to restore, as nearly as possible,...
• California Public Resources Code Section 31009
  "Department" means the Department of Parks and Recreation.
• California Public Resources Code Section 31010
  "Local public agency" includes, but is not limited to, a city, county, city and county, district, association of governments, or joint powers agency.
• California Public Resources Code Section 31011
  Any funds received by the department pursuant to this division shall be deposited in the State Parks and Recreation Fund. Unless otherwise provided in this...
• California Public Resources Code Section 31012
  (a) The Coastal Trust Fund is hereby established in the State Treasury, to receive and disburse funds paid to the conservancy in trust, subject to...
• California Public Resources Code Section 31013
  "Nonprofit organization" means any private, nonprofit organization, that qualifies under Section 501(c)(3) of the United States Internal Revenue Code, and whose purposes are consistent with...
• California Public Resources Code Section 31014
  "Bay plan" means the San Francisco Bay Plan as adopted by the bay commission.
• California Public Resources Code Section 31015
  "Suisun Marsh Protection Plan" means the plan approved as provided in Division 19 (commencing with Section 29000).
• California Public Resources Code Section 31016
  "Local plan" means any land use plan of a local public agency, port district, regional park or open-space district, or recreation and park district whose...
• California Public Resources Code Section 31017
  "Public agency" includes, but is not limited to, local public agencies, state agencies, federal agencies, colleges and universities, intergovernmental bodies, and federally recognized Indian tribes.
• California Public Resources Code Section 31050
  The Legislature finds and declares that the agricultural lands located within the coastal zone contribute substantially to the state and national food supply and are...
• California Public Resources Code Section 31051
  The Legislature further finds and declares that agricultural lands located within the coastal zone should be protected from intrusion of nonagricultural uses, except where conversion...
• California Public Resources Code Section 31052
  The Legislature further finds and declares that lands within the coastal zone, principally in rural areas, are vacant or improperly utilized because of inadequate circulation...
• California Public Resources Code Section 31053
  The Legislature further finds and declares that important fish and wildlife habitat, natural areas, and scenic and environmental resources within the coastal zone have been...
• California Public Resources Code Section 31054
  It is the policy of the state and the intent of the Legislature to provide for the State Coastal Conservancy, which should report to the...
• California Public Resources Code Section 31055
  No funds may be expended or granted under this division, unless and until such funds are appropriated by the Legislature.
• California Public Resources Code Section 31056
  (a) The conservancy is not required to provide funding for projects within the San Francisco Bay in the areas described in Section 31006, until the...
• California Public Resources Code Section 31008
  "Coastal resource enhancement project" means an action taken by a public agency, including the conservancy, or a nonprofit organization, to restore, as nearly as possible,...
• California Public Resources Code Section 31009
  "Department" means the Department of Parks and Recreation.
• California Public Resources Code Section 31010
  "Local public agency" includes, but is not limited to, a city, county, city and county, district, association of governments, or joint powers agency.
• California Public Resources Code Section 31011
  Any funds received by the department pursuant to this division shall be deposited in the State Parks and Recreation Fund. Unless otherwise provided in this...
• California Public Resources Code Section 31012
  (a) The Coastal Trust Fund is hereby established in the State Treasury, to receive and disburse funds paid to the conservancy in trust, subject to...
• California Public Resources Code Section 31013
  "Nonprofit organization" means any private, nonprofit organization, that qualifies under Section 501(c)(3) of the United States Internal Revenue Code, and whose purposes are consistent with...
• California Public Resources Code Section 31014
  "Bay plan" means the San Francisco Bay Plan as adopted by the bay commission.
• California Public Resources Code Section 31015
  "Suisun Marsh Protection Plan" means the plan approved as provided in Division 19 (commencing with Section 29000).
• California Public Resources Code Section 31016
  "Local plan" means any land use plan of a local public agency, port district, regional park or open-space district, or recreation and park district whose...
• California Public Resources Code Section 31017
  "Public agency" includes, but is not limited to, local public agencies, state agencies, federal agencies, colleges and universities, intergovernmental bodies, and federally recognized Indian tribes.
• California Public Resources Code Section 31100
  There is in the Resources Agency the State Coastal Conservancy, consisting of the following seven members: (a) The chairperson of the commission. (b) The Secretary...
• California Public Resources Code Section 31100.5
  Three Members of the Senate, appointed by the Senate Rules Committee, and three Members of the Assembly, appointed by the Speaker of the Assembly, shall...
• California Public Resources Code Section 31101
  (a) The members appointed under subdivisions (a) and (d) of Section 31100 shall serve for a term of four years. However, if a member is...
• California Public Resources Code Section 31102
  The Secretary of the Natural Resources Agency shall select one of the public members to serve as the chair of the conservancy. The public member...
• California Public Resources Code Section 31103
  The conservancy shall determine the qualifications of, and it shall appoint and fix the salary of, the executive officer of the conservancy, who shall be...
• California Public Resources Code Section 31104
  The conservancy may apply for and accept federal grants and receive gifts, donations, subventions, rents, royalties, and other financial support from public and private sources.
• California Public Resources Code Section 31104.1
  The conservancy shall serve as a repository for lands whose reservation is required to meet the policies and objectives of the California Coastal Act of...
• California Public Resources Code Section 31104.2
  The conservancy is the designated agency in the state for planning and coordinating federal surplus land sales in the coastal zone.
• California Public Resources Code Section 31104.3
  On an annual basis or as may be required, the executive officer of the conservancy shall report to the Director of General Services regarding privately...
• California Public Resources Code Section 31105
  The conservancy is authorized to acquire, pursuant to the Property Acquisition Law (Part 11 (commencing with Section 15850), Division 3, Title 2 of the Government...
• California Public Resources Code Section 31106
  The State Public Works Board may, pursuant to Section 31105, use the power of eminent domain for the purposes specified in this division.
• California Public Resources Code Section 31107
  Notwithstanding other provisions of law, the Director of General Services, when so requested by the conservancy, shall lease, rent, sell, exchange, or otherwise transfer any...
• California Public Resources Code Section 31107.1
  The Department of General Services and the conservancy shall jointly develop and implement appropriate procedures to ensure that land acquisition, leasing, options to purchase, land...
• California Public Resources Code Section 31108
  Commencing on January 2, 1980, and every third year thereafter, the conservancy shall prepare and submit to the Governor and to the Legislature a report...
• California Public Resources Code Section 31108.5
  The conservancy shall not expend any fees received pursuant to Section 30526, except to restore, replace, or improve resources or ecological systems in a manner...
• California Public Resources Code Section 31109
  Where certification of a local coastal plan or program is required under this division as a condition of action by the conservancy, the conservancy may...
• California Public Resources Code Section 31111
  In implementing this division, the conservancy may fund and undertake plans and feasibility studies, and may award grants to public agencies and nonprofit organizations for...
• California Public Resources Code Section 31111.5
  (a) In implementing this division, the conservancy may award a grant to a for-profit entity to accomplish removal or alteration of the San Clemente Dam...
• California Public Resources Code Section 31112
  With respect to its publications, the conservancy may accept subscriptions and nonpolitical advertising, and proceeds from them. All proceeds shall be deposited into the State...
• California Public Resources Code Section 31115
  When a state agency that owns or manages land or water areas within the coastal zone has identified sensitive resource values and locations and types...
• California Public Resources Code Section 31115.5
  Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the conservancy may undertake projects in the City of San Juan Capistrano pursuant to Chapter 4 (commencing with Section...
• California Public Resources Code Section 31116
  (a) Funds may be granted to a nonprofit organization under this division if the nonprofit organization enters into an agreement with the conservancy, on such...
• California Public Resources Code Section 31117
  Notwithstanding any provision of this division, the executive officer shall submit any plan or project proposed to be carried out pursuant to this division within...
• California Public Resources Code Section 31118
  The conservancy may seek repayments of funds granted pursuant to this division on terms and conditions as it deems appropriate to carry out the provisions...
• California Public Resources Code Section 31119
  (a) (1) The conservancy may undertake educational projects and programs for pupils in kindergarten to grade 12, inclusive, relating to the preservation, protection, enhancement, and...
• California Public Resources Code Section 31120
  In awarding grants to, or entering into agreements with, a federally recognized Indian tribe, the conservancy shall recognize and respect the limited sovereignty of the
• California Public Resources Code Section 31150
  The conservancy may acquire fee title, development rights, easements, or other interests in land located in the coastal zone in order to prevent loss of...
• California Public Resources Code Section 31150.1
  Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the conservancy may enter into an option to acquire an interest in real property for an agricultural preservation project,...
• California Public Resources Code Section 31151
  In acquiring interest in agricultural lands, as provided in this division, the conservancy shall give the highest priority to urban fringe areas where the impact...
• California Public Resources Code Section 31152
  Notwithstanding any other provisions of this division to the contrary, the conservancy shall not act to acquire any interests in lands in the coastal zone...
• California Public Resources Code Section 31153
  If the conservancy is unable to purchase an interest in agricultural land which meets the provisions of Section 31152, the conservancy may request the State...
• California Public Resources Code Section 31154
  The conservancy is authorized to lease lands acquired in accordance with the provisions of Section 31150. When such leases are made to private individuals or...
• California Public Resources Code Section 31155
  Proceeds from the sale or lease of lands acquired under the provisions of Section 31150 shall be deposited with the conservancy and, after transmission of...
• California Public Resources Code Section 31156
  The conservancy may award grants to public agencies and nonprofit organizations for the purpose of acquiring fee title, development rights, easements, or other interests in...
• California Public Resources Code Section 31160
  The San Francisco Bay Area Conservancy Program is established pursuant to this chapter, to be administered by the conservancy, to address the resource and recreational...
• California Public Resources Code Section 31161
  The Legislature hereby finds and declares that the nine counties that bound San Francisco Bay constitute a region with unique natural resource and outdoor recreational...
• California Public Resources Code Section 31162
  The conservancy may undertake projects and award grants in the nine-county San Francisco Bay Area that will help achieve the following goals of the San...
• California Public Resources Code Section 31163
  (a) The conservancy shall cooperate with cities, counties, and districts, the bay commission, other regional governmental bodies, nonprofit land trusts, nonprofit landowner organizations, and other...
• California Public Resources Code Section 31164
  (a) The San Francisco Bay Area Conservancy Program Account is hereby created in the State Coastal Conservancy Fund, for the purpose of depositing and disbursing...
• California Public Resources Code Section 31165
  In order to benefit the San Francisco Bay region, the conservancy may undertake projects and award grants for activities that are compatible with the preservation,...
• California Public Resources Code Section 31200
  The conservancy may award grants to public agencies and nonprofit organizations for the purpose of restoration of areas of the coastal zone that, because of...
• California Public Resources Code Section 31201
  All areas proposed for restoration by the conservancy, a local public agency, or a nonprofit organization shall be identified in a certified local coastal plan...
• California Public Resources Code Section 31203
  In reviewing grant applications and restoration plans, the conservancy shall seek to promote excellence of design and shall stimulate projects which exhibit innovation in sensitively...
• California Public Resources Code Section 31204
  The conservancy may provide up to the total cost of any coastal restoration project, including the local share of federally supported projects. The conservancy may...
• California Public Resources Code Section 31205
  The conservancy shall request the commission, local public agencies, nonprofit organizations, and other public and private groups to assist in the development of criteria and...
• California Public Resources Code Section 31206
  In accordance with procedures adopted by the conservancy, public agencies and nonprofit organizations may submit proposed coastal restoration projects for consideration by the conservancy.
• California Public Resources Code Section 31207
  In connection with proposed coastal restoration projects, the conservancy may fund up to three hundred thousand dollars ($300,000) of the cost of preparing coastal restoration
• California Public Resources Code Section 31207.1
  Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the conservancy may enter into an option to acquire an interest in real property in connection with a restoration...
• California Public Resources Code Section 31208
  (a) Following completion of a coastal restoration plan, the conservancy shall forward the proposed plan to the commission for determination of conformity of the plan...
• California Public Resources Code Section 31208.5
  In the case of San Francisco Bay projects, the conservancy shall forward a proposed coastal restoration plan to the bay commission for determination of conformity...
• California Public Resources Code Section 31209
  Following approval of a restoration plan as provided in Section 31208, the conservancy shall so notify the local public agency and shall authorize the agency...
• California Public Resources Code Section 31210
  Costs of providing parks, open space, or other public areas and facilities may be included as project costs within coastal restoration areas, if they are...
• California Public Resources Code Section 31211
  The conservancy, local public agencies, and nonprofit organizations, in undertaking coastal restoration projects as provided in this chapter, shall be subject to the provisions of...
• California Public Resources Code Section 31212
  Any funds over and above eligible project costs which remain after completion of a coastal restoration project as provided in this chapter shall be transmitted...
• California Public Resources Code Section 31213
  Where a local public agency is unable or unwilling to undertake restoration of any area, the conservancy may undertake the restoration or authorize a nonprofit...
• California Public Resources Code Section 31213.5
  In the case of San Francisco Bay, the conservancy may undertake restoration of an area only upon formal request by resolution of a local public...
• California Public Resources Code Section 31214
  A restoration plan prepared for a project to be carried out by the conservancy as provided in Section 31213, shall, before any lands are acquired...
• California Public Resources Code Section 31215
  Prior to undertaking any restoration project under the provisions of Section 31213, the project shall be included within, and funded under, the Budget Act.
• California Public Resources Code Section 31220
  (a) In order to improve and protect coastal and marine water quality and habitats, the conservancy may undertake coastal watershed and coastal and marine habitat...
• California Public Resources Code Section 31251
  The conservancy may award grants to public agencies and nonprofit organizations for the purpose of enhancement of coastal resources that, because of indiscriminate dredging or...
• California Public Resources Code Section 31251.2
  (a) In order to enhance the natural or scenic character of coastal resources within the coastal zone, the conservancy may undertake a project or award...
• California Public Resources Code Section 31252
  All areas proposed for resource enhancement by a state agency, local public agency, or nonprofit organization shall be identified in a certified local coastal plan...
• California Public Resources Code Section 31253
  The conservancy may provide up to the total of the cost of any coastal resource enhancement project, including the state or local share of federally...
• California Public Resources Code Section 31254
  The conservancy shall request the commission, local public agencies, nonprofit organizations, and other public and private groups to assist in the development of criteria and...
• California Public Resources Code Section 31255
  In accordance with procedures adopted by the conservancy, state agencies, local public agencies, and nonprofit organizations may submit proposed coastal resource enhancement projects for consideration...
• California Public Resources Code Section 31255.1
  Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the conservancy may enter into an option to acquire an interest in real property in connection with an enhancement...
• California Public Resources Code Section 31257
  In connection with proposed coastal resource enhancement projects, the conservancy may fund up to three hundred thousand dollars ($300,000) of the cost of preparing coastal...
• California Public Resources Code Section 31258
  (a) Following the completion of a coastal resource enhancement plan, the conservancy shall forward the plan to the commission for determination of conformity of the...
• California Public Resources Code Section 31258.5
  In the case of San Francisco Bay projects, the conservancy shall forward a coastal resource enhancement plan to the bay commission for determination of conformity...
• California Public Resources Code Section 31259
  Following review and approval of a resource enhancement plan as provided in Section 31258, the conservancy shall so notify the agency and shall authorize the...
• California Public Resources Code Section 31260
  As part of an approved coastal resource enhancement project, the conservancy may fund the costs of land acquisition.
• California Public Resources Code Section 31261
  Private development may be permitted within the area of the coastal resource enhancement projects, where such development is compatible with the primary objectives of resource...
• California Public Resources Code Section 31262
  Any funds over and above eligible project costs which remain after completion of a resource enhancement project as provided in this chapter shall be transmitted...
• California Public Resources Code Section 31263
  If a local public agency or state agency is unable or unwilling to undertake improvement of a deteriorating area, the conservancy may undertake the coastal...
• California Public Resources Code Section 31263.5
  In the case of San Francisco Bay, the conservancy may undertake resource enhancement of an area only upon formal request by resolution of a local...
• California Public Resources Code Section 31264
  A resource enhancement plan prepared for a project to be carried out directly by the conservancy as provided in Section 31263, shall, before any lands...
• California Public Resources Code Section 31265
  Prior to undertaking any resource enhancement project under the provisions of Section 31263, the project shall be included within, and funded under, the Budget Act.
• California Public Resources Code Section 31270
  Notwithstanding the geographic limitations of this division or Division 20 (commencing with Section 30000), the conservancy may undertake a coastal resource enhancement project in the...
• California Public Resources Code Section 31300
  This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the "Urban Waterfront Restoration Act of 1981".
• California Public Resources Code Section 31301
  The Legislature finds and declares that California's urban waterfronts, being often the first part of an urban area to develop and, thus, the first to...
• California Public Resources Code Section 31302
  The conservancy shall administer the provisions of this chapter. The conservancy shall coordinate the activities of all other state agencies and all federal agencies that...
• California Public Resources Code Section 31303
  The conservancy shall request the commission, public agencies, nonprofit organizations, and other public and private groups to assist in the development of criteria and guidelines...
• California Public Resources Code Section 31305
  In reviewing grant applications and urban waterfront restoration plans, the conservancy shall seek to promote excellence of design and shall stimulate projects which exhibit innovation...
• California Public Resources Code Section 31306
  (a) The conservancy shall propose capital projects and capital programs, generated by the conservancy, local public agencies, or state agencies for grants available under Section...
• California Public Resources Code Section 31307
  The conservancy may award grants to public agencies and nonprofit organizations for the restoration of urban coastal waterfront areas.
• California Public Resources Code Section 31308
  The conservancy may provide up to the total cost of any urban waterfront project, including the local share of federally supported projects. The conservancy may...
• California Public Resources Code Section 31309
  (a) Following approval of a proposed urban waterfront project by the conservancy, the conservancy may provide up to one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000) of the...
• California Public Resources Code Section 31310
  Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the conservancy may enter into an option to acquire an interest in real property in connection with an urban...
• California Public Resources Code Section 31311
  Costs of providing parks, open space, or other public areas and facilities may be included as project costs within urban waterfront restoration areas, if they...
• California Public Resources Code Section 31311.5
  Where the conservancy awards any grant for the purpose of providing new or expanded facilities to serve the commercial fishing industry, the financial terms and...
• California Public Resources Code Section 31312
  Local public agencies and nonprofit organizations, in undertaking urban waterfront restoration projects as provided in this chapter, shall be subject to the provisions of Division...
• California Public Resources Code Section 31313
  Any funds over and above eligible project costs which remain after completion of an urban waterfront project as provided in this chapter shall be transmitted...
• California Public Resources Code Section 31314
  Plans prepared pursuant to this chapter for the Port of San Francisco may seek to expedite the implementation of visitor serving commercial uses of port...
• California Public Resources Code Section 31315
  The conservancy, under its mandate for urban waterfront restoration, shall administer the distribution of state funds, when appropriated to the conservancy, for the improvement of...
• California Public Resources Code Section 31316
  Within the conservancy's jurisdiction pursuant to this chapter and within urban coastal watershed areas, the conservancy may undertake projects and award grants for activities that...
• California Public Resources Code Section 31350
  It is the policy of the Legislature to assure that significant coastal resource sites shall be reserved for public use and enjoyment. To achieve this...
• California Public Resources Code Section 31351
  (a) The conservancy shall cooperate with the commission, bay commission, and other public agencies and with nonprofit organizations in ensuring the reservation of interests in...
• California Public Resources Code Section 31352
  (a) If a public agency or nonprofit organization is unable, due to limited financial resources or other circumstances, to acquire, hold, protect, or use an...
• California Public Resources Code Section 31352.5
  Where a nonprofit organization is better situated than the conservancy to acquire temporarily an interest in real property for later acquisition by a public agency...
• California Public Resources Code Section 31353
  Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the conservancy may enter into an option to acquire an interest in real property in connection with a site-reservation...
• California Public Resources Code Section 31354
  The conservancy may not hold fee interests acquired in accordance with this chapter for more than 10 years from the time of acquisition. A public...
• California Public Resources Code Section 31355
  The conservancy is authorized to lease interest in real property acquired in accordance with this chapter. When the leases are made to private individuals or...
• California Public Resources Code Section 31356
  All remaining revenue derived from leases, after allocation to counties as specified in Section 31355, shall be deposited annually with the conservancy and shall be...
• California Public Resources Code Section 31309
  (a) Following approval of a proposed urban waterfront project by the conservancy, the conservancy may provide up to one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000) of the...
• California Public Resources Code Section 31310
  Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the conservancy may enter into an option to acquire an interest in real property in connection with an urban...
• California Public Resources Code Section 31311
  Costs of providing parks, open space, or other public areas and facilities may be included as project costs within urban waterfront restoration areas, if they...
• California Public Resources Code Section 31311.5
  Where the conservancy awards any grant for the purpose of providing new or expanded facilities to serve the commercial fishing industry, the financial terms and...
• California Public Resources Code Section 31312
  Local public agencies and nonprofit organizations, in undertaking urban waterfront restoration projects as provided in this chapter, shall be subject to the provisions of Division...
• California Public Resources Code Section 31313
  Any funds over and above eligible project costs which remain after completion of an urban waterfront project as provided in this chapter shall be transmitted...
• California Public Resources Code Section 31314
  Plans prepared pursuant to this chapter for the Port of San Francisco may seek to expedite the implementation of visitor serving commercial uses of port...
• California Public Resources Code Section 31315
  The conservancy, under its mandate for urban waterfront restoration, shall administer the distribution of state funds, when appropriated to the conservancy, for the improvement of...
• California Public Resources Code Section 31316
  Within the conservancy's jurisdiction pursuant to this chapter and within urban coastal watershed areas, the conservancy may undertake projects and award grants for activities that...
• California Public Resources Code Section 31400
  The Legislature finds and declares that it is the policy of the state that the right of the public to access and enjoyment of the...
• California Public Resources Code Section 31400.1
  The conservancy may award grants to any public agency or nonprofit organization to acquire land, or any interest therein, or to develop, operate, or manage...
• California Public Resources Code Section 31400.2
  The conservancy may provide up to the total cost of the acquisition of interests in lands and the initial development of public accessways by any...
• California Public Resources Code Section 31400.3
  The conservancy may provide such assistance as is required to aid public agencies and nonprofit organizations in establishing a system of public coastal accessways, and...
• California Public Resources Code Section 31401
  The conservancy shall develop and adopt standards to guide state and local public agencies and federal agencies to the extent permitted by federal law or...
• California Public Resources Code Section 31402
  In order to assure that an adequate system of public accessways is provided along the entire coastline, the department or the conservancy may acquire fee...
• California Public Resources Code Section 31402.1
  (a) It is the intent of the Legislature to provide for timely acceptance of offers to dedicate interests in property, recorded pursuant to Division 20...
• California Public Resources Code Section 31402.2
  The conservancy shall accept any outstanding offer to dedicate a public accessway, described in Section 31402.1, that has not been accepted by another public agency...
• California Public Resources Code Section 31402.3
  (a) To the extent that funds are available in the Coastal Access Account in the State Coastal Conservancy Fund, the conservancy shall open at least...
• California Public Resources Code Section 31403
  The department or the conservancy may not acquire any public access site under the power of eminent domain unless such acquisition is approved by the...
• California Public Resources Code Section 31404
  When another local public agency is unable or unwilling to take title to an area required for public access to and along the coastline, the...
• California Public Resources Code Section 31405
  The department or the conservancy may accept, from any public agency or nonprofit organization, fees collected for purposes of providing public access to coastal resources....
• California Public Resources Code Section 31406
  Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the conservancy may enter into an option to acquire an interest in real property in connection with a public...
• California Public Resources Code Section 31408
  (a) The conservancy shall, in consultation with the Department of Parks and Recreation, the California Coastal Commission, and the Department of Transportation, coordinate the development...
• California Public Resources Code Section 31409
  Consistent with the conservancy's authority under this chapter to develop a system of public accessways to, and along, the state's coastline, the conservancy may award...
• California Public Resources Code Section 31410
  (a) That portion of the Ma-le'l Dunes in Humboldt County that is part of the California Coastal Trail and is under the jurisdiction of the...
• California Public Resources Code Section 32000
  This division shall be known and may be cited as the California Urban Waterfront Area Restoration Financing Authority Act.
• California Public Resources Code Section 32001
  The Legislature finds and declares that it is essential that the state, in cooperation with local governments, use all practical means and measures to restore,...
• California Public Resources Code Section 32002
  As to urban waterfront areas in the coastal zone, the purpose of this division is to carry out and make effective Chapter 7 (commencing with...
• California Public Resources Code Section 32003
  This division is necessary for the welfare of the state and its inhabitants and shall be liberally construed to implement its purposes.
• California Public Resources Code Section 32020
  Unless the context otherwise requires, the definitions in this article govern the interpretation of this division.
• California Public Resources Code Section 32021
  "Authority" means the California Urban Waterfront Area Restoration Financing Authority established pursuant to Section 32050, and any board, commission, department, or officer succeeding to the...
• California Public Resources Code Section 32022
  "Bonds" means bonds, notes, bond anticipation notes, commercial paper, and any other evidences of indebtedness.
• California Public Resources Code Section 32023
  "Coastal zone" means that area of the state defined in subdivision (a) of Section 31006, except that it includes lands in Contra Costa County from...
• California Public Resources Code Section 32024
  "Conservancy" means the State Coastal Conservancy established pursuant to Section 31100.
• California Public Resources Code Section 32025
  "Cost," as applied to a project, or portion thereof, financed under this division, means all, or any part of, the costs of construction and acquisition...
• California Public Resources Code Section 32025.5
  "Metropolitan statistical area" means any area so defined by the federal Office of Management and Budget.
• California Public Resources Code Section 32026
  "Participating party" means any public or private entity, profit or nonprofit, including, but not limited to, any municipality, county, district, joint powers agency, person, company,...
• California Public Resources Code Section 32027
  "Project" means an urban waterfront restoration activity located wholly or partly within the coastal zone for which a plan of urban waterfront restoration has been...
• California Public Resources Code Section 32028
  "Revenue" means all rents, receipts, purchase payments, loan repayments, proceeds of bonds, and all other income or receipts derived by the authority from the sale,...
• California Public Resources Code Section 32050
  (a) There is in state government the California Urban Waterfront Area Restoration Financing Authority. The authority constitutes a public instrumentality and a political subdivision of...
• California Public Resources Code Section 32051
  All members shall serve thereon without compensation as members of the authority.
• California Public Resources Code Section 32052
  This division shall be administered by the authority which shall have, and is hereby vested with, all powers reasonably necessary to carry out its powers...
• California Public Resources Code Section 32053
  The authority shall maintain an office in the City of Sacramento.
• California Public Resources Code Section 32054
  The chair shall appoint an executive director who shall not be a member of the authority and who shall serve at the pleasure of the...
• California Public Resources Code Section 32055
  The authority may, in accordance with Chapter 3.5 (commencing with Section 11340) of Part 1 of Division 3 of Title 2 of the Government Code,...
• California Public Resources Code Section 32056
  (a) The Attorney General shall be the legal counsel for the authority, but, upon approval of the Attorney General, which approval shall not be unreasonably...
• California Public Resources Code Section 32057
  Subject to the conditions, restrictions, and limitations of Section 32059, the authority shall have the power to do all the following: (a) Adopt bylaws for...
• California Public Resources Code Section 32058
  The authority shall establish criteria for the selection of projects to receive financial assistance from the authority. The project selection criteria shall be based upon...
• California Public Resources Code Section 32059
  (a) No project located wholly or partially within the coastal zone shall be eligible for approval unless it has been approved by the conservancy and...
• California Public Resources Code Section 32059.5
  (a) No project located within the territory of the Sacramento-Yolo Port District, the Stockton Port District, or on a river, lake, or reservoir within a...
• California Public Resources Code Section 32060
  (a) The California Urban Waterfront Area Restoration Financing Authority Fund is hereby created in the State Treasury. Notwithstanding Section 13340 of the Government Code, all...
• California Public Resources Code Section 32061
  All expenses incurred in carrying out this division shall be payable solely from funds provided under the authority of this division, and no liability or...
• California Public Resources Code Section 32061.5
  The activities of the conservancy in carrying out its responsibilities under this division shall be deemed to be consistent with and in furtherance of Chapter...
• California Public Resources Code Section 32062
  All projects financed by the authority shall be constructed or completed subject to the rules and regulations of the authority.
• California Public Resources Code Section 32063
  When the principal of, and interest on, bonds of the authority issued to finance the cost of a particular project for a participating party, including...
• California Public Resources Code Section 32064
  (a) The authority, or its executive director if authorized by resolution of the authority, shall take official action towards the issuance of bonds with respect...
• California Public Resources Code Section 32065
  The authority, not later than March 31 of each year, shall submit to the Legislature a report of its activities for the preceding calendar year...
• California Public Resources Code Section 32066
  The Treasurer is the elected representative of the state to approve the issuance of bonds issued by or on behalf of the state pursuant to...
• California Public Resources Code Section 32100
  The total amount of bonds which may be outstanding at any one time under this division shall not exceed six hundred fifty million dollars ($650,000,000)....
• California Public Resources Code Section 32101
  The Legislature may, by statute, authorize the authority to issue bonds in excess of the amount specified in Section 32100.
• California Public Resources Code Section 32102
  (a) The authority is authorized from time to time to issue its negotiable bonds to provide funds to achieve its purposes. (b) Bonds may be...
• California Public Resources Code Section 32103
  Except as otherwise expressly provided by the authority, every issue of its bonds shall be general obligations of the authority payable from any revenues or...
• California Public Resources Code Section 32104
  Subject to the limitations in Sections 32100 and 32101, the bonds may be issued as serial bonds or as term bonds, or the authority may,...
• California Public Resources Code Section 32105
  The bonds or notes shall be sold by the Treasurer within 60 days after receipt of a certified copy of the authority's resolution authorizing the...
• California Public Resources Code Section 32106
  Any resolution or resolutions authorizing any bonds or any issue of bonds may contain the following provisions, which shall be a part of the contract...
• California Public Resources Code Section 32107
  Neither the members of the authority nor any person executing the bonds or notes shall be liable personally on the bonds or notes or be...
• California Public Resources Code Section 32108
  The authority may, out of any funds available therefor, purchase its bonds or notes. The authority may hold, pledge, cancel, or resell the bonds, subject...
• California Public Resources Code Section 32109
  In the discretion of the authority, any bonds issued under this division may be secured by a trust agreement by and between the authority and...
• California Public Resources Code Section 32110
  (a) The trust agreement or the resolution providing for the issuance of the bonds may pledge or assign the revenues to be received or proceeds...
• California Public Resources Code Section 32111
  Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Treasurer shall not be deemed to have a conflict of interest by reason of acting as trustee pursuant...
• California Public Resources Code Section 32112
  All expenses incurred in carrying out the provisions of this trust agreement or resolution may be treated as a part of the cost of the...
• California Public Resources Code Section 32113
  Bonds issued under this division do not constitute a debt or liability of the state or of any political subdivision thereof, other than the authority,...
• California Public Resources Code Section 32114
  (a) The authority may provide for the issuance of bonds of the authority for the purpose of refunding any bonds, notes, or other securities of...
• California Public Resources Code Section 32115
  Bonds issued by the authority are legal investments for all trust funds, the funds of all insurance companies, banks, both commercial and savings, trust companies,...
• California Public Resources Code Section 32116
  No liability shall be incurred by the authority beyond the extent to which moneys have been provided under this division, except that, for the purposes...
• California Public Resources Code Section 32150
  The authority is not required to pay any property taxes or assessments upon, or with respect to, an urban waterfront restoration project or any property...
• California Public Resources Code Section 32151
  Subject to Section 32153, the existence of the authority may be terminated by statute at any time by the Legislature. Upon dissolution of the authority,...
• California Public Resources Code Section 32152
  This division provides a complete, additional, and alternative method for the doing of the things authorized thereby, and shall be regarded as supplemental and additional...
• California Public Resources Code Section 32153
  The State of California does hereby pledge to, and agree with, the holders of any obligations issued under this division, and with those parties who...
• California Public Resources Code Section 32154
  The powers granted to the authority by this division may be exercised without regard or reference to any department or agency of the state. All...
• California Public Resources Code Section 32200
  The authority may contract with any participating party for the construction of an urban waterfront restoration project by the participating party. All contracts for the...
• California Public Resources Code Section 32201
  The authority may, as lessor or lessee, enter into leases and agreements with any participating party relating to the acquisition, construction, and installation of any...
• California Public Resources Code Section 32202
  The authority may enter into contracts of sale with any participating party covering any urban waterfront restoration project financed by the authority. The purchase price...
• California Public Resources Code Section 32203
  As an alternative to leasing or selling an urban waterfront restoration project to a participating party, the authority may finance the acquisition, construction, or installation...
• California Public Resources Code Section 32204
  All moneys received pursuant to this division, whether as proceeds from the sale of bonds, notes, or other evidence of indebtedness or as revenues, are...
• California Public Resources Code Section 32205
  Any holder of bonds, notes, or other obligations issued under this division or any of the coupons appertaining thereto, and the trustee or trustees under...
• California Public Resources Code Section 32206
  The exercise of the powers granted by this division shall be in all respects for the benefit of the people of this state, for their...
• California Public Resources Code Section 32207
  If the jurisdiction of the authority to order a proposed act is not affected, an omission of any officer or of the authority in the...
• California Public Resources Code Section 32208
  An action may be brought pursuant to Chapter 9 (commencing with Section 860) of Title 10 of Part 2 of the Code of Civil Procedure...
• California Public Resources Code Section 32300
  This division shall be known, and may be cited, as the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta Conservancy Act.
• California Public Resources Code Section 32301
  The Legislature finds and declares all of the following: (a) The Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta is a unique natural resource of local, state, and national significance....
• California Public Resources Code Section 32310
  For the purposes of this division, the following terms have the following meanings: (a) "Board" means the governing board of the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta Conservancy....
• California Public Resources Code Section 32320
  There is in the Natural Resources Agency the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta Conservancy, which is created as a state agency to work in collaboration and cooperation...
• California Public Resources Code Section 32322
  (a) The conservancy shall act as a primary state agency to implement ecosystem restoration in the Delta. (b) The conservancy shall support efforts that advance...
• California Public Resources Code Section 32330
  The board shall consist of 11 voting members and two nonvoting members, appointed or designated as follows: (a) The 11 voting members of the board...
• California Public Resources Code Section 32332
  Annually, the voting members of the board shall elect from among the voting members a chairperson and vice chairperson, and other officers as necessary. If...
• California Public Resources Code Section 32334
  A majority of the voting members shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of the business of the conservancy. The board shall not transact the...
• California Public Resources Code Section 32336
  The board shall adopt rules and procedures for the conduct of business by the conservancy.
• California Public Resources Code Section 32338
  The board may establish advisory boards or committees, hold community meetings, and engage in public outreach.
• California Public Resources Code Section 32340
  The board shall establish and maintain a headquarters office within the Delta. The conservancy may rent or own real and personal property and equipment pursuant...
• California Public Resources Code Section 32342
  The board shall determine the qualifications of, and shall appoint, an executive officer of the conservancy, who shall be exempt from civil service. The board...
• California Public Resources Code Section 32344
  The board may enter into contracts with private entities and public agencies to procure consulting and other services necessary to achieve the purposes of this
• California Public Resources Code Section 32346
  The conservancy's expenses for support and administration may be paid from the conservancy's operating budget and any other funding sources available to the conservancy.
• California Public Resources Code Section 32348
  The board shall conduct business in accordance with the Bagley-Keene Open Meeting Act (Article 9 (commencing with Section 11120) of Chapter 1 of Part 1...
• California Public Resources Code Section 32350
  The board shall hold its regular meetings within the Delta or the City of Rio Vista.
• California Public Resources Code Section 32360
  (a) Except as specified in Section 32360.5, the jurisdiction and activities of the conservancy are limited to the Delta and Suisun Marsh. (b) (1) The...
• California Public Resources Code Section 32360.5
  In furtherance of the conservancy's role in implementing the Delta Plan, the conservancy may take or fund an action outside the Delta and Suisun Marsh...
• California Public Resources Code Section 32362
  The conservancy may engage in partnerships with nonprofit organizations, local public agencies, and landowners.
• California Public Resources Code Section 32363
  In implementing this division, the conservancy shall cooperate and consult with the city or county in which a grant is proposed to be expended or...
• California Public Resources Code Section 32364
  (a) The conservancy may require a grantee to enter into an agreement with the conservancy on terms and conditions specified by the conservancy. (b) The...
• California Public Resources Code Section 32364.5
  (a) The conservancy may provide grants and loans to state agencies, local public agencies, and nonprofit organizations to further the goals of the conservancy. (b)...
• California Public Resources Code Section 32365
  The conservancy may sue and be sued.
• California Public Resources Code Section 32366
  (a) The conservancy may acquire from willing sellers or transferors interests in real property and improve, lease, or transfer interests in real property, in order...
• California Public Resources Code Section 32368
  The conservancy may enter into an agreement with a public agency, nonprofit organization, or private entity for the construction, management, or maintenance of facilities authorized...
• California Public Resources Code Section 32370
  The conservancy shall not exercise the power of eminent domain.
• California Public Resources Code Section 32372
  (a) The conservancy may pursue and accept funds from various sources, including, but not limited to, federal, state, and local funds or grants, gifts, donations,...
• California Public Resources Code Section 32376
  Within two years of hiring an executive officer, the board shall prepare and adopt a strategic plan to achieve the goals of the conservancy. The...
• California Public Resources Code Section 32378
  (a) The conservancy may expend funds and award grants and loans to facilitate collaborative planning efforts and to develop projects and programs that are designed...
• California Public Resources Code Section 32380
  The conservancy may acquire water or water rights to support the goals of the conservancy.
• California Public Resources Code Section 32381
  This division does not grant to the conservancy any of the following: (a) The power of a city or county to regulate land use. (b)...
• California Public Resources Code Section 32500
  This division shall be known, and may be cited, as the San Joaquin River Conservancy Act.
• California Public Resources Code Section 32501
  The Legislature hereby finds and declares that the San Joaquin River, its broad corridors, and its prominent bluffs constitute a unique and important environmental, cultural,...
• California Public Resources Code Section 32502
  The Legislature further finds and declares that the San Joaquin River Parkway Task Force, representing diverse state and local interests, has developed a San Joaquin...
• California Public Resources Code Section 32503
  The Legislature further finds and declares that local jurisdiction is divided among the County of Fresno, the County of Madera, and the City of Fresno....
• California Public Resources Code Section 32504
  As used in this division: (a) "Board" means the governing board of the San Joaquin River Conservancy. (b) "Conservancy" means the San Joaquin River Conservancy....
• California Public Resources Code Section 32505
  The conservancy shall commence to function upon the occurrence of either of the following events: (a) Approval by a four-fifths vote of the governing bodies...
• California Public Resources Code Section 32506
  If the governing body of any member agency approves formation of the conservancy by a four-fifths vote, the election may be held only within the...
• California Public Resources Code Section 32510
  The San Joaquin River Conservancy is hereby established in the Resources Agency to acquire and manage public lands within the San Joaquin River Parkway, which...
• California Public Resources Code Section 32511
  The conservancy shall be responsible for operation and maintenance of the parkway. The conservancy shall close to the public any lands or facilities which it...
• California Public Resources Code Section 32512
  The area under the jurisdiction of the conservancy includes that area of the parkway which is acquired by the conservancy.
• California Public Resources Code Section 32513
  The jurisdiction of the conservancy consists of land and water areas acquired for parkway use within the parkway whether by purchase or lease; other public...
• California Public Resources Code Section 32514
  The conservancy shall coordinate the activities of state and local agencies and private entities interested in the San Joaquin River and its resources. State and...
• California Public Resources Code Section 32515
  (a) The governing board of the conservancy shall consist of 15 voting members. (b) The 15 voting members of the board shall consist of the...
• California Public Resources Code Section 32516
  A quorum shall constitute a majority of the voting members of the board. Meetings of the governing board shall be subject to the Ralph M....
• California Public Resources Code Section 32517
  The voting members of the board shall serve for four-year terms. Any member who is an elected or appointed official who ceases to hold that...
• California Public Resources Code Section 32518
  Members who are not elected or appointed officials shall receive compensation in an amount set by the board, not to exceed seventy-five dollars ($75) for...
• California Public Resources Code Section 32519
  The office of chairperson of the board shall rotate every two years among the Mayor or designated council member of the City of Fresno, the...
• California Public Resources Code Section 32520
  The conservancy shall obtain and maintain adequate liability insurance or its equivalent, and defend and indemnify the member agencies for acts or omissions of the...
• California Public Resources Code Section 32525
  The conservancy shall have, and may exercise, all rights and powers, expressed or implied, necessary to carry out the purposes of this division, except as...
• California Public Resources Code Section 32526
  The conservancy shall facilitate and coordinate the activities of its employees with personnel of the Department of Parks and Recreation, the Department of Fish and...
• California Public Resources Code Section 32527
  The conservancy may adopt and enforce regulations governing the use of parkway lands and activities within the parkway; the protection and management of native riparian...
• California Public Resources Code Section 32528
  The conservancy may implement the San Joaquin River Parkway Task Force Plan and may adopt and carry out management plans for the protection of the...
• California Public Resources Code Section 32529
  The conservancy may manage, operate, administer, and maintain the parkway and its facilities. Land acquired by the conservancy shall not be open to public use...
• California Public Resources Code Section 32530
  The conservancy may employ an executive officer and other staff to perform those functions that cannot be provided by the existing personnel of member agencies...
• California Public Resources Code Section 32531
  The conservancy may recruit and coordinate volunteers and experts to conduct interpretive and recreational programs and to assist with construction projects and the maintenance of...
• California Public Resources Code Section 32532
  The conservancy may determine acquisition priorities and may acquire real property or any interest in real property within the parkway from willing sellers and at...
• California Public Resources Code Section 32533
  The conservancy may undertake site improvement projects; regulate public access; revegetate and otherwise rehabilitate degraded areas, in consultation with other public agencies with appropriate jurisdiction...
• California Public Resources Code Section 32534
  The conservancy shall administer any funds appropriated to it and any revenue generated by member agencies for the parkway and contributed to the conservancy, and...
• California Public Resources Code Section 32535
  The conservancy may sue and be sued. The conservancy may enter into contracts and joint powers agreements with public agencies, private entities, and persons necessary...
• California Public Resources Code Section 32536
  The conservancy shall be deemed a local agency for the purposes of any provision of law authorizing local agencies to borrow money and incur indebtedness....
• California Public Resources Code Section 32537
  (a) The conservancy may award grants to local public agencies, state agencies, federal agencies, and nonprofit organizations for the purposes of this division. (b) Grants...
• California Public Resources Code Section 32538
  (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the conservancy may lease, rent, sell, exchange, or otherwise transfer any real property or interest therein or option...
• California Public Resources Code Section 32550
  This division shall be known, and may be cited, as the Baldwin Hills Conservancy Act.
• California Public Resources Code Section 32551
  The Legislature hereby finds and declares all of the following: (a) The Baldwin Hills area within the County of Los Angeles and the cities of...
• California Public Resources Code Section 32553
  As used in this division, the following terms have the following meaning: (a) "Baldwin Hills area" means the land area currently within the Kenneth Hahn...
• California Public Resources Code Section 32555
  There is in the Resources Agency, the Baldwin Hills Conservancy, which is created for the following purposes: (a) To acquire and manage public lands within...
• California Public Resources Code Section 32556
  (a) The board shall consist of 13 voting members and seven nonvoting members. (b) The 13 voting members of the board shall consist of the...
• California Public Resources Code Section 32556.2
  Notwithstanding paragraph (3) of subdivision (e) of Section 32556, as amended by Section 3 of Chapter 3 of the Statutes of 2002, the report required...
• California Public Resources Code Section 32557
  (a) The voting members of the board shall serve for two-year terms. Any vacancy on the board shall be filled within 60 days from its...
• California Public Resources Code Section 32558
  The chairperson and vice-chairperson of the board shall be selected by a majority of the voting members of the board for one-year terms.
• California Public Resources Code Section 32559
  The conservancy may employ an executive officer and other staff to perform those functions that cannot be provided by volunteers.
• California Public Resources Code Section 32560
  All meetings of the board shall be subject to the requirements of the Bagley-Keene Open Meeting Act (Article 9 (commencing with Section 11120) of Chapter...
• California Public Resources Code Section 32561
  All members shall receive reimbursement for actual, necessary, and reasonable expenses. Any member of the board who is not a full-time public employee shall be...
• California Public Resources Code Section 32565
  The jurisdiction of the conservancy shall include only those lands or other areas that are donated to, or otherwise acquired by, or are operated by...
• California Public Resources Code Section 32565.5
  The conservancy shall do all of the following: (a) Develop and coordinate an integrated program of resource stewardship so that the entire Baldwin Hills area...
• California Public Resources Code Section 32566
  The conservancy may direct the management, operation, administration, and maintenance of the lands and facilities it acquires in accordance with the purposes set forth in...
• California Public Resources Code Section 32567
  The conservancy shall determine acquisition priorities and may acquire real property or any interest in real property within the Baldwin Hills area from willing sellers...
• California Public Resources Code Section 32568
  (a) The conservancy may, within the Baldwin Hills area, undertake site improvement projects; regulate public access; revegetate and otherwise rehabilitate degraded areas, in consultation with...
• California Public Resources Code Section 32569
  (a) The conservancy may award grants to local public agencies, state agencies, federal agencies, and nonprofit organizations for the purposes of this division. (b) Grants...
• California Public Resources Code Section 32570
  (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the conservancy may lease, rent, sell, exchange, or otherwise transfer any real property or interest therein or option...
• California Public Resources Code Section 32571
  (a) Local public agencies may enter into an agreement to transfer responsibility for the management of the land located within the Baldwin Hills area to...
• California Public Resources Code Section 32572
  The conservancy shall restrict access on acquired lands that are unsuitable for parks and open-space use by entering into temporary agreements with other state or...
• California Public Resources Code Section 32573
  The conservancy shall do all of the following: (a) Establish policies and priorities regarding the territory within the Baldwin Hills area, and conduct any necessary...
• California Public Resources Code Section 32574
  (a) The conservancy may fix and collect fees for the use of any land owned or controlled, or for any service provided, by the conservancy....
• California Public Resources Code Section 32575
  The conservancy shall administer any funds appropriated to it and any revenue generated by public agencies for the Baldwin Hills area and contributed to the...
• California Public Resources Code Section 32576
  The conservancy may recruit and coordinate volunteers and experts to assist with conservancy projects and the maintenance of conservancy lands.
• California Public Resources Code Section 32577
  The conservancy shall coordinate its actions with state and local public safety agencies.
• California Public Resources Code Section 32578
  The conservancy shall have, and may exercise, all rights and powers, expressed or implied, necessary to carry out the purposes of this division, except as...
• California Public Resources Code Section 32579
  The conservancy may sue and be sued.
• California Public Resources Code Section 32580
  This division shall remain in effect only until January 1, 2018, and as of that date is repealed, unless a later enacted statute, that is...
• California Public Resources Code Section 32600
  This division shall be known, and may be cited, as the San Gabriel and Lower Los Angeles Rivers and Mountains Conservancy Act.
• California Public Resources Code Section 32601
  The Legislature hereby finds and declares that the San Gabriel River and its tributaries, the Lower Los Angeles River and its tributaries, and the San...
• California Public Resources Code Section 32602
  There is in the Resources Agency, the San Gabriel and Lower Los Angeles Rivers and Mountains Conservancy, which is created as a state agency for...
• California Public Resources Code Section 32600
  This division shall be known, and may be cited, as the San Gabriel and Lower Los Angeles Rivers and Mountains Conservancy Act.
• California Public Resources Code Section 32601
  The Legislature hereby finds and declares that the San Gabriel River and its tributaries, the Lower Los Angeles River and its tributaries, and the San...
• California Public Resources Code Section 32602
  There is in the Resources Agency, the San Gabriel and Lower Los Angeles Rivers and Mountains Conservancy, which is created as a state agency for...
• California Public Resources Code Section 32603
  As used in this division, the following terms have the following meaning: (a) "Board" means the governing board of the San Gabriel and Lower Los...
• California Public Resources Code Section 32604
  The conservancy shall do all of the following: (a) Establish policies and priorities for the conservancy regarding the San Gabriel River and the Lower Los...
• California Public Resources Code Section 32605
  The board shall consist of 13 voting members and seven nonvoting members, as follows: (a) The 13 voting members of the board shall consist of...
• California Public Resources Code Section 32606
  (a) Except as provided in subdivision (c), the term of each voting member of the board shall be two years. Any vacancy shall be filled...
• California Public Resources Code Section 32607
  (a) The voting members of the board shall elect a chairperson, vice chairperson, and other officers, as determined to be necessary, from among the board...
• California Public Resources Code Section 32608
  Members of the board who are not full-time public employees shall be compensated at a rate not to exceed seventy-five dollars ($75) per regular meeting,...
• California Public Resources Code Section 32609
  (a) A quorum shall consist of a majority of the voting members of the board. All meetings of the board shall be held in accordance...
• California Public Resources Code Section 32611
  The conservancy may manage, operate, administer, and maintain the lands and facilities it acquires, in accordance with the purposes set forth in Section 32602. The...
• California Public Resources Code Section 32612
  (a) The conservancy may acquire real property or any interest in real property pursuant to the Property Acquisition Law (Part 11 (commencing with Section 15850)...
• California Public Resources Code Section 32613
  (a) The conservancy shall have, and may exercise, all rights and powers, expressed or implied, necessary to carry out the purposes of this division, except...
• California Public Resources Code Section 32614
  The conservancy may do all of the following: (a) Sue and be sued. (b) Enter into contracts with any public agency, private entity, or person...
• California Public Resources Code Section 32614.5
  (a) The conservancy may award grants to local public agencies, state agencies, federal agencies, and nonprofit organizations for the purposes of this division. (b) Grants...
• California Public Resources Code Section 32615
  The conservancy shall administer any funds appropriated to it, and may expend those funds for capital improvements, land acquisition, or support of the conservancy's operations,...
• California Public Resources Code Section 32616
  (a) The conservancy may fix and collect fees for the use of any land owned or controlled, or for any service provided, by the conservancy....
• California Public Resources Code Section 32620
  Nothing in this division shall be interpreted to grant the board any regulatory or governing authority over any ordinance or regulatory measure adopted by a...
• California Public Resources Code Section 32621
  (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this division, the conservancy shall not take any action that does any of the following: (1) Interferes or conflicts...
• California Public Resources Code Section 32630
  This division shall be known, and may be cited, as the San Diego River Conservancy Act.
• California Public Resources Code Section 32631
  (a) The San Diego River is a natural, historic, and recreational resource in the heart of San Diego. From its headwaters near the town of...
• California Public Resources Code Section 32632
  For the purposes of this division, the following terms have the following meanings: (a) "Conservancy" means the San Diego River Conservancy established by this division....
• California Public Resources Code Section 32633
  There is in the Resources Agency, the San Diego River Conservancy, which is created for the following purposes: (a) To acquire and manage public lands...
• California Public Resources Code Section 32634
  (a) The governing board of the conservancy shall consist of 11 voting members and two nonvoting members. (b) The voting members of the board shall...
• California Public Resources Code Section 32635
  The members of the conservancy that are not full-time public employees may be compensated for attendance at regular meetings of the conservancy at the rate...
• California Public Resources Code Section 32636
  The governing board shall elect from its own members a chairperson and vice chairperson, whose terms of office shall be two years, and who may...
• California Public Resources Code Section 32637
  (a) A majority of the total voting membership of the governing body shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of the business of the conservancy....
• California Public Resources Code Section 32638
  The governing board shall adopt its own rules and procedures necessary to conduct its business.
• California Public Resources Code Section 32639
  The conservancy shall establish and maintain an office within the area. The conservancy may rent or own real and personal property and equipment pursuant to...
• California Public Resources Code Section 32640
  All meetings of the governing board are subject to the Bagley-Keene Open Meeting Act (Chapter 9 (commencing with Section 54950) of Part 1 of Division...
• California Public Resources Code Section 32641
  The governing body shall determine the qualification of, and shall appoint, the executive officer of the conservancy and shall employ other necessary staff persons to...
• California Public Resources Code Section 32642
  The conservancy may do any of the following to assist in the decisionmaking process for the purposes of this division: (a) Establish advisory boards or...
• California Public Resources Code Section 32643
  The conservancy may do both of the following to provide necessary services: (a) Select and hire private consultants or contractors. (b) Enter into memorandums of...
• California Public Resources Code Section 32644
  The jurisdiction of the conservancy is limited to the San Diego River Area.
• California Public Resources Code Section 32645
  The conservancy may take any of the following actions for the purposes of this division: (a) Select and acquire real property or interests in real...
• California Public Resources Code Section 32646
  Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the conservancy has the first right of refusal to acquire any public lands that are suitable for park and...
• California Public Resources Code Section 32647
  The conservancy may designate or enter into an agreement with any public agency to provide real estate services, and may assign authority to execute agreements...
• California Public Resources Code Section 32648
  Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the conservancy may not enter into an option to purchase land in fee simple or a lesser interest for...
• California Public Resources Code Section 32649
  (a) The conservancy may award grants to any local public agency, state agency, and nonprofit organization consistent with the purposes of this division. (b) A...
• California Public Resources Code Section 32650
  Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the conservancy may lease, rent, sell, exchange, or otherwise transfer any real property or interest in real property that...
• California Public Resources Code Section 32651
  The conservancy may take any of the following actions for the purposes of this division: (a) Initiate, negotiate, and participate in agreements for the management...
• California Public Resources Code Section 32652
  The conservancy may receive any gift, donation, subvention, grant, rent, royalty, and other financial aid and funds from any private or public source, or both.
• California Public Resources Code Section 32653
  (a) The conservancy may develop and coordinate an integrated program of resource stewardship to manage the entire San Diego River Area in a manner that...
• California Public Resources Code Section 32654
  (a) The conservancy, in consultation with other public agencies with appropriate jurisdiction and expertise, may do all of the following for any degraded area: (1)...
• California Public Resources Code Section 32655
  The conservancy has, and may exercise, all rights and powers, expressed or implied, necessary to carry out the purposes of this division, except as otherwise
• California Public Resources Code Section 32656
  The conservancy may sue and be sued.
• California Public Resources Code Section 32657
  The San Diego River Conservancy Fund is hereby created. Moneys in the fund shall be available, upon appropriation, for the purposes of this division.
• California Public Resources Code Section 32658
  Proceeds or income from any lease, rental, sale, exchange, transfer of land, or interest in real property shall be deposited in the fund and shall...
• California Public Resources Code Section 32661
  This division shall remain in effect only until January 1, 2020, and as of that date is repealed, unless a later enacted statute, that is...
• California Public Resources Code Section 33000
  This division shall be known as and may be cited as the Santa Monica Mountains Conservancy Act.
• California Public Resources Code Section 33001
  The Legislature hereby finds and declares that the Santa Monica Mountains Zone, as defined in Section 33105, is a unique and valuable economic, environmental, agricultural,...
• California Public Resources Code Section 33002
  The Legislature further finds and declares that prior to the preparation of the plan by the Santa Monica Mountains Comprehensive Planning Commission, planning for the...
• California Public Resources Code Section 33003
  The Legislature further finds and declares that the coastal zone portion of the Santa Monica Mountains Zone has been evaluated as part of the California...
• California Public Resources Code Section 33004
  The Legislature further finds and declares that the Santa Monica Mountains Comprehensive Planning Commission, composed of representatives of the state government, cities, and counties in...
• California Public Resources Code Section 33005
  Federal grant funds shall be used to accomplish the purposes of this division to the maximum extent possible.
• California Public Resources Code Section 33006
  It is further declared to be the intent of the Legislature that, in making grants for park, recreation, or conservation purposes from funds received pursuant...
• California Public Resources Code Section 33007
  In accomplishing the objectives of this division, private landowners, local governments, and all other public agencies shall be encouraged to participate in the programs authorized...
• California Public Resources Code Section 33008
  (a) The Legislature finds and declares that there are existing problems of substandard lots, incompatible land uses, conflicts with recreational use, and inadequate resource protection...
• California Public Resources Code Section 33009
  In order to avoid the continuing problems identified in Section 33008, each local government's implementation of the plan shall be a necessary condition of that...
• California Public Resources Code Section 33010
  For purposes of compliance with federal law, the references to the Santa Monica Mountains Comprehensive Planning Commission shall be deemed to mean the conservancy.
• California Public Resources Code Section 33100
  Unless the context requires otherwise, the definitions set forth in this chapter shall govern the interpretation of this division.
• California Public Resources Code Section 33101
  "Coastal zone" means that area described in Section 30103.
• California Public Resources Code Section 33102
  "Conservancy" means the Santa Monica Mountains Conservancy.
• California Public Resources Code Section 33103
  "Fund" means the Santa Monica Mountains Conservancy Fund.
• California Public Resources Code Section 33104
  "Plan" means the plan approved by the Secretary of the Interior pursuant to Section 507(n) of the National Parks and Recreation Act of 1978 (16...
• California Public Resources Code Section 33105
  "Zone" means the Santa Monica Mountains Zone, which includes that part of the land area of the greater Los Angeles metropolitan region, landward of the...
• California Public Resources Code Section 33105.5
  (a) For purposes of providing a recreational trail corridor, the zone shall also include hiking and equestrian trail connections and accessways generally following the Rim...
• California Public Resources Code Section 33105.6
  The recreational trail corridor for the Rim of the Valley Trail shall include the Santa Clarita Woodlands portion of the Santa Susana Mountains. The executive...
• California Public Resources Code Section 33200
  (a) The Santa Monica Mountains Conservancy is hereby established within the Resources Agency. The conservancy is composed of nine voting members and three ex officio...
• California Public Resources Code Section 33200.1
  Three Members of the Senate, appointed by the Senate Committee on Rules, and three Members of the Assembly, appointed by the Speaker of the Assembly,...
• California Public Resources Code Section 33200.5
  Notwithstanding any other provision of law, placement of the conservancy within the Resources Agency shall not confer upon the Secretary of the Resources Agency any...
• California Public Resources Code Section 33201
  (a) The State Coastal Conservancy, pursuant to Division 21 (commencing with Section 31000), has the prime responsibility for carrying out projects identified in certified local...
• California Public Resources Code Section 33202
  The conservancy may apply for grants from any source to be used for the purposes of this division, and shall apply for all grants authorized...
• California Public Resources Code Section 33203
  The conservancy may acquire, pursuant to subdivision (e) of Section 33207.5 and the Property Acquisition Law (Part 11 (commencing with Section 15850) of Division 3...
• California Public Resources Code Section 33203.1
  Notwithstanding Section 33203 or any other provision of this division, the executive director of the conservancy shall give notice of any proposed acquisition of real...
• California Public Resources Code Section 33203.5
  Notwithstanding any other provision of this division, the conservancy may acquire and improve real property, or any interests therein, anywhere within the zone upon a...
• California Public Resources Code Section 33204
  The conservancy may, in accordance with the priorities of the plan, do the following: (a) Award grants or make interest-free loans to cities, counties, resource...
• California Public Resources Code Section 33204.2
  (a) The conservancy may award grants to nonprofit organizations qualified as exempt organizations under Section 501(c) (3) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 (26...
• California Public Resources Code Section 33204.27
  (a) The conservancy may award grants to school districts and other local agencies for any of the purposes for which it may award grants to...
• California Public Resources Code Section 33204.3
  (a) The Legislature finds and declares all of the following: (1) The existing parks and open space owned by federal, state, and local agencies within...
• California Public Resources Code Section 33204.4
  (a) The Legislature finds and declares all of the following: (1) The boundary of the Rim of the Valley Trail Corridor should be determined exclusively...
• California Public Resources Code Section 33204.5
  (a) The conservancy shall conduct a study and implement a program to provide recreational access from downtown Los Angeles and the inner city to the...
• California Public Resources Code Section 33204.7
  On January 1, 1984, the Department of Parks and Recreation shall transfer Fryman Canyon, which was acquired pursuant to Section 4 of Chapter 809 of...
• California Public Resources Code Section 33205
  The conservancy shall not hold lands acquired in accordance with subdivision (d) of Section 33204 more than 10 years from the time of acquisition. A...
• California Public Resources Code Section 33205.5
  (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, concurrent with the transfers described in subdivision (b), the Department of Parks and Recreation shall transfer Stunt Ranch,...
• California Public Resources Code Section 33206
  The conservancy may lease lands acquired in accordance and for purposes consistent with this division. Revenue from leases of land acquired with funds granted pursuant...
• California Public Resources Code Section 33207
  (a) Areas offered for open-space dedication or trail easement by any person, and lands offered for sale because of tax delinquency, shall not be lost...
• California Public Resources Code Section 33207.1
  (a) The conservancy shall, upon the request of a city or county, waive subdivision (b) of Section 33207 if it finds any of the following:...
• California Public Resources Code Section 33207.5
  (a) The executive director, on behalf of the conservancy, shall, contemporaneously with the Los Angeles Unified School District completing all procedures and transfers in accordance...
• California Public Resources Code Section 33207.6
  Notwithstanding any other provision of law, upon receipt of a resolution of the Board of Education of the Las Virgenes Unified School District, the conservancy...
• California Public Resources Code Section 33207.7
  Notwithstanding any other provision of the law, upon mutual agreement of the conservancy and the governing body of each local government or special district, conservancy...
• California Public Resources Code Section 33208
  The conservancy shall annually, beginning on January 1, 1981, transmit to the Governor and the Legislature a two-part report as follows: (a) The first part...
• California Public Resources Code Section 33209
  Every project submitted for funding pursuant to Section 33208 shall have an adopted project plan developed by, or in coordination with, the applicable local government...
• California Public Resources Code Section 33210
  Upon the request of a city, county, or recreation and park district within the zone, upon the request of the National Park Service, or on...
• California Public Resources Code Section 33211
  The conservancy may: (a) Accept any gifts, donations, or bequests from individuals, corporations, or organizations, or accept grants of funds from private or public agencies....
• California Public Resources Code Section 33211.5
  (a) The following conditions of use apply to property owned or subject to the management of the conservancy: (1) Opening and closing hours shall be...
• California Public Resources Code Section 33211.6
  (a) Dumping any refuse matter, except by permit signed by the executive director or the executive director's authorized representative, on property owned or managed by...
• California Public Resources Code Section 33212
  (a) The executive director of the conservancy shall be exempt from civil service and shall be appointed by, and serve at the pleasure of, the...
• California Public Resources Code Section 33213
  (a) The Santa Monica Mountains Conservancy Advisory Committee is hereby created. The advisory committee consists of 26 members, as follows: (1) Fifteen representatives of local...
• California Public Resources Code Section 33214
  The conservancy and any city, county, or recreation and park district, in undertaking any project pursuant to subdivision (a) of Section 33204, shall be subject...
• California Public Resources Code Section 33215
  The Santa Monica Mountains Conservancy Fund is hereby established. Money deposited in the fund pursuant to Sections 33202, 33203, 33204, 33205, and 33206 shall be...
• California Public Resources Code Section 33300
  This division shall be known, and may be cited, as the Laird-Leslie Sierra Nevada Conservancy Act.
• California Public Resources Code Section 33301
  The Legislature finds and declares all of the following: (a) The Sierra Nevada Region is a globally significant area, including many national and state parks,...
• California Public Resources Code Section 33302
  For the purposes of this division, the following terms have the following meanings: (a) "Board" means the Governing Board of the Sierra Nevada Conservancy. (b)...
• California Public Resources Code Section 33320
  There is in the Resources Agency the Sierra Nevada Conservancy, which is created as a state agency to do all of the following, working in...
• California Public Resources Code Section 33321
  (a) The board shall consist of 13 voting members and three nonvoting liaison advisers, appointed or designated as follows: (1) The 13 voting members of...
• California Public Resources Code Section 33322
  Members and alternates, if any, shall serve terms as follows: (a) The members appointed pursuant to subparagraphs (C) to (E), inclusive, of paragraph (1) of...
• California Public Resources Code Section 33323
  (a) The voting members appointed or designated under paragraph (1) of subdivision (a) of Section 33321 who are not state employees shall be compensated for...
• California Public Resources Code Section 33324
  Annually, the voting members of the board shall elect from among the voting members a chairperson and vice-chairperson, and other officers as necessary. If the...
• California Public Resources Code Section 33325
  (a) Seven members of the voting members shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of the business of the conservancy. The board shall not transact...
• California Public Resources Code Section 33326
  The board may establish advisory boards or committees, hold community meetings, and engage in public outreach using advanced forms of technology, in order to facilitate...
• California Public Resources Code Section 33327
  The board shall establish and maintain a headquarters office within the region. The conservancy may rent or own real and personal property and equipment pursuant...
• California Public Resources Code Section 33328
  The board shall determine the qualifications of, and shall appoint, an executive officer of the conservancy, who shall be exempt from civil service. The board...
• California Public Resources Code Section 33329
  The board may enter into contracts with private entities and public agencies to procure consulting and other services necessary to achieve the purposes of this
• California Public Resources Code Section 33330
  The conservancy's expenses for support and administration may be paid from the conservancy's operating budget and any other funding sources available to the conservancy.
• California Public Resources Code Section 33331
  The board shall conduct business in accordance with the requirements of the Bagley-Keene Open Meeting Act (Article 9 (commencing with Section 11120) of Chapter 1...
• California Public Resources Code Section 33332
  The board shall hold its regular meetings within, or near, the region.
• California Public Resources Code Section 33333
  On or after January 1, 2006, the board shall post agendas for each board meeting on the Internet.
• California Public Resources Code Section 33340
  The conservancy's jurisdiction is limited to the Sierra Nevada Region.
• California Public Resources Code Section 33341
  The conservancy shall carry out projects and activities to further the purposes of this division throughout the region. The board shall make every effort to...
• California Public Resources Code Section 33342
  In carrying out this division, the conservancy shall cooperate with and consult with the city or county where a grant is proposed or an interest...
• California Public Resources Code Section 33343
  (a) The conservancy may make grants or loans to public agencies, nonprofit organizations, and tribal organizations in order to carry out the purposes of this...
• California Public Resources Code Section 33344
  In the case of a grant of funds to a nonprofit organization or tribal organization to acquire an interest in real property, including, but not...
• California Public Resources Code Section 33345
  The conservancy shall adopt guidelines setting priorities and criteria for projects and programs, based upon its assessment of program requirements, institutional capabilities, and funding needs...
• California Public Resources Code Section 33346
  (a) The conservancy may expend funds and award grants and loans to facilitate collaborative planning efforts and to develop projects and programs that are designed...
• California Public Resources Code Section 33346.5
  The conservancy may apply for and receive grants to carry out the purposes of this division.
• California Public Resources Code Section 33347
  (a) The conservancy may acquire from willing sellers or transferors, an interest in any real property, in order to carry out the purposes of this...
• California Public Resources Code Section 33348
  Notwithstanding Section 11005.2 of the Government Code or any other provision of law, the conservancy may lease, rent, sell, exchange, or otherwise transfer, an interest,...
• California Public Resources Code Section 33349
  (a) The conservancy shall take whatever actions are reasonably necessary and incidental to the management of lands or interests in lands under its ownership or...
• California Public Resources Code Section 33350
  The conservancy shall make an annual report to the Legislature and to the Secretary of the Resources Agency regarding expenditures, land management costs, and administrative
• California Public Resources Code Section 33351
  The conservancy may expend funds under this division to conduct research and monitoring in connection with development and implementation of the program administered under this
• California Public Resources Code Section 33352
  (a) The conservancy may receive gifts, donations, bequests, devises, subventions, grants, rents, royalties, and other assistance and funds from public and private sources. (b) Except...
• California Public Resources Code Section 33353
  The conservancy may fix and collect a fee for a direct service it renders, provided the service is rendered at the request of the individual...
• California Public Resources Code Section 33354
  Proceeds from a lease, rental, sale, exchange, or transfer of an interest or option in real property, and all other income, shall be deposited in...
• California Public Resources Code Section 33355
  The Sierra Nevada Conservancy Fund is hereby created in the State Treasury. Moneys in the fund shall be available, upon appropriation by the Legislature, only...
• California Public Resources Code Section 33356
  Nothing in this division grants to the conservancy: (a) Any of the powers of a city or county to regulate land use. (b) Any powers...
• California Public Resources Code Section 33500
  The Legislature hereby finds and declares that the mountains and natural community conservation lands of the Coachella Valley in Riverside County contain unique and important...
• California Public Resources Code Section 33501
  The Coachella Valley Mountains Conservancy is hereby created as a state agency within the Resources Agency to acquire and hold, in perpetual open space, mountainous...
• California Public Resources Code Section 33502
  (a) The territory of the conservancy consists of that portion of Riverside County bounded by a line commencing at the intersection of the highest elevation...
• California Public Resources Code Section 33502.5
  Notwithstanding Section 33502, the incorporated areas of the Cities of Coachella and Indio, as they exist on January 1, 1994, are excluded from the territory...
• California Public Resources Code Section 33503
  (a) The governing board of the conservancy consists of the following 21 voting members: (1) The mayor or a member of the city council of...
• California Public Resources Code Section 33505
  (a) The term of each voting member of the governing board shall be two years and until his or her successor is appointed. Any vacancy...
• California Public Resources Code Section 33506
  The voting members of the conservancy's governing board shall elect a chairperson, vice chairperson, and other officers as determined to be necessary, from among the...
• California Public Resources Code Section 33507
  A majority of the members appointed to the governing board of the conservancy shall constitute a quorum, and, except as provided in subdivision (b) of...
• California Public Resources Code Section 33508
  Each voting member of the governing board designated in paragraphs (1), (2), (3), and (4) of subdivision (a) of Section 33503 shall receive compensation in...
• California Public Resources Code Section 33509
  (a) Meetings of the governing board are subject to the Bagley-Keene Open Meeting Act (Article 9 (commencing with Section 11120) of Chapter 1 of Part...
• California Public Resources Code Section 33600
  The conservancy shall have and may exercise all rights and powers, expressed or implied, necessary to carry out the purposes and intent of this division,...
• California Public Resources Code Section 33601
  The conservancy may do all of the following: (a) Sue and be sued. (b) Determine the qualifications of, recommend the salary of, and appoint, an...
• California Public Resources Code Section 33602
  The conservancy may adopt regulations governing the use by the public of conservancy lands and provide for their enforcement. Any regulation shall authorize only those...
• California Public Resources Code Section 33603
  The conservancy may provide interpretive services and facilities and make the minimal improvements necessary to negate the deleterious influence of man on, and to facilitate...
• California Public Resources Code Section 33604
  Any expenditure by the conservancy that exceeds the amount specified in Section 20162 of the Public Contract Code, except expenditures for the acquisition of land...
• California Public Resources Code Section 33605
  The conservancy may accept any revenue, money, grants, fees, rents, royalties, goods, services, donations, bequests, or gifts of any interest in real property from any...
• California Public Resources Code Section 33700
  (a) As used in this chapter, "mountainous lands" means all lands, irrespective of their angle of slope or other natural or manmade terrain features, within...
• California Public Resources Code Section 33701
  The conservancy may not exercise the power of eminent domain. The conservancy may request the State Public Works Board to exercise the power of eminent...
• California Public Resources Code Section 33702
  (a) Except as provided in subdivisions (b) and (c), the acquisition of real property or interests in real property under this division is subject to...
• California Public Resources Code Section 33702.5
  The conservancy may enter into an option to purchase real property in fee or any lesser interest and may transfer an option subject to the...
• California Public Resources Code Section 33703
  This division is not intended to infringe on the existing authority of the County of Riverside or the cities lying within the conservancy's territory to...
• California Public Resources Code Section 33704
  The Legislature hereby acknowledges the role of the former Coachella Valley Mountains Conservancy, a California nonprofit corporation, and its successor, the Coachella Valley Mountains Trust,...
• California Public Resources Code Section 33800
  (a) The conservancy may incur debt only for the purpose of acquiring real property. To acquire that property, the conservancy may only borrow money from,...
• California Public Resources Code Section 33802
  The conservancy may fix and collect fees for the use by the public of any lands owned or otherwise controlled by the conservancy. No fee...
• California Public Resources Code Section 33803
  (a) The conservancy may raise revenues for any lawful purpose of the conservancy pursuant to this chapter. (b) If the conservancy proposes to raise revenue...
• California Public Resources Code Section 33804
  The conservancy is expressly authorized to raise revenues by any, or a combination, of the following: (a) An assessment to finance capital improvements and land...
• California Public Resources Code Section 33805
  Upon making the determination that immediate revenues are insufficient for the acquisition of property, other capital expenses, or the funding or refunding of any outstanding...
• California Public Resources Code Section 33806
  The Coachella Valley Mountains Conservancy Fund is hereby created in the State Treasury. The money in the fund shall be made available for expenditure by...
• California Public Resources Code Section 33910
  As used in this division, "department" means the Department of Transportation.
• California Public Resources Code Section 33911
  The department may receive donations of land and funds for the acquisition of land from local agencies, including special districts, and private entities. Land acquired...
• California Public Resources Code Section 33912
  (a) Of the funds appropriated to the Department of Transportation by Section 161030 of the Public Utilities Code, all money remaining on July 1, 1993,...
• California Public Resources Code Section 33913
  Land may be acquired by the department if the land is located in a designated corridor of statewide or regional priority as determined pursuant to...
• California Public Resources Code Section 33914
  The determinations made pursuant to this division shall not constitute the basis for a determination of compliance with the California Environmental Quality Act for purposes...
• California Public Resources Code Section 33915
  The acquisition and holding of land under this division constitutes a public purpose, notwithstanding Section 1240.220 of the Code of Civil Procedure.
• California Public Resources Code Section 33916
  Nothing in this division limits the authority conferred on the department by Section 104.6 of the Streets and Highways Code.
• California Public Resources Code Section 33917
  (a) A transportation planning agency, a county transportation commission, or a county transportation authority may create a transportation corridor preservation entity within the area of...
• California Public Resources Code Section 34000
  Money deposited in the Bosco-Keene Renewable Resources Investment Fund created by former Section 7150.6 of the Fish and Game Code may be encumbered, pursuant to...
• California Public Resources Code Section 34001
  The Department of Fish and Game may make grants to nonprofit organizations, political subdivisions of the state, and Indian tribes to cooperate with the department...
• California Public Resources Code Section 34002
  The Department of Fish and Game may provide nonprofit organizations and Indian tribes partial funding of grants provided under Section 34001 or Section 3 of...
• California Public Resources Code Section 35000
  This division shall be known and may be cited as the Coastal Resources and Energy Assistance Act.
• California Public Resources Code Section 35001
  The Legislature finds and declares that it is essential that the state, in cooperation with local governments, invest a portion of federal revenues derived from...
• California Public Resources Code Section 35002
  The Legislature further finds and declares that the federal government's accelerated and expanded federal offshore leasing program, in conjunction with the State Lands Commission's submerged...
• California Public Resources Code Section 35003
  The Legislature further finds and declares, therefor, that a portion of federal revenues derived from the extraction of offshore energy resources should be expended by...
• California Public Resources Code Section 35020
  "Coastal city" means a city or port district which lies, in whole or in part, within the coastal zone.
• California Public Resources Code Section 35021
  "Coastal county" means a county or city and county which lies, in whole or in part, within the coastal zone.
• California Public Resources Code Section 35022
  "Coastal zone" means the coastal zone as defined in Section 30103.
• California Public Resources Code Section 35023
  "Local coastal program" means a local coastal program as defined in Section 30108.6.
• California Public Resources Code Section 35024
  "Secretary" means the Secretary of the Resources Agency.
• California Public Resources Code Section 35030
  (a) The secretary, after consulting with the California Coastal Commission and the State Lands Commission concerning offshore energy activities, shall award grants to coastal counties...
• California Public Resources Code Section 35031
  Any funds appropriated in accordance with this chapter and not expended as described in Section 35030, may be awarded by the secretary for technical and...
• California Public Resources Code Section 35032
  On or before April 15, 1997, the secretary, in cooperation with the California Coastal Commission, shall develop and implement a competitive application process to award...
• California Public Resources Code Section 35033
  Any financial assistance provided to local governments under this chapter may not exceed 90 percent of the cost of carrying out the project. Commencing in...
• California Public Resources Code Section 35034
  On an annual basis, the secretary shall review and assess county and city expenditures under this program. Not more than one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000)...
• California Public Resources Code Section 35100
  This division shall be known and may be cited as the Santa Clara County Open-Space Authority Act.
• California Public Resources Code Section 35101
  The Legislature hereby finds and declares all of the following: (a) In Santa Clara County, open-space preservation and creation of a greenbelt are immediate high...
• California Public Resources Code Section 35102
  "Agricultural activity" has the same meaning as "agricultural activity, operation, or facility, or appurtenances thereof" as defined in subdivision (e) of Section 3482.5 of the...
• California Public Resources Code Section 35103
  "Authority" means the Santa Clara County Open-Space Authority created pursuant to this division in the County of Santa Clara.
• California Public Resources Code Section 35105
  "County" means the County of Santa Clara.
• California Public Resources Code Section 35106
  "Governing board" means the governing body of the authority.
• California Public Resources Code Section 35120
  The Santa Clara County Open-Space Authority is hereby created on February 1, 1993. The maximum jurisdiction of the authority shall include all areas within the...
• California Public Resources Code Section 35121
  (a) If, after the establishment of the authority's boundaries pursuant to Section 35120, territory within the authority is annexed to a city which is outside...
• California Public Resources Code Section 35123
  (a) Commencing in 2008, the elections of members of the governing board shall be held during the statewide election in November of the year that...
• California Public Resources Code Section 35124
  Each member of the governing board may receive compensation in the amount of seventy-five dollars ($75) for attending each meeting of the governing board, not...
• California Public Resources Code Section 35130
  At the first governing board meeting in January of each year, the governing board shall select a chairperson who shall preside at all meetings, and...
• California Public Resources Code Section 35131
  The governing board shall adopt rules for its proceedings consistent with state law.
• California Public Resources Code Section 35132
  A majority of the members of the governing board constitute a quorum for the transaction of business. All official acts of the authority require the...
• California Public Resources Code Section 35133
  The acts of the authority shall be expressed by motion, resolution, or ordinance of its governing board.
• California Public Resources Code Section 35134
  All meetings of the governing board shall be conducted pursuant to Chapter 9 (commencing with Section 54950) of Part 1 of Division 2 of Title...
• California Public Resources Code Section 35135
  The governing board shall do all of the following: (a) Adopt an annual budget following the public hearing required under Section 35136, hire an independent...
• California Public Resources Code Section 35136
  (a) Notice of the time and place of the public hearing for the adoption of the annual budget shall be published pursuant to Section 6061...
• California Public Resources Code Section 35137
  The authority may enter into a contract with the Board of Administration of the Public Employees' Retirement System to include the employees of the authority...
• California Public Resources Code Section 35150
  The authority may adopt a seal and alter it at its pleasure.
• California Public Resources Code Section 35151
  The authority may sue and be sued, except as otherwise provided by law, in all actions and proceedings, in all courts and tribunals of competent
• California Public Resources Code Section 35152
  The authority may take by grant, appropriation, purchase, gift, devise, condemnation, or lease, and may hold, use, enjoy, and lease or dispose of real and...
• California Public Resources Code Section 35153
  The authority may exercise the right of eminent domain to take any property necessary or convenient to accomplish the purposes of this division, except that...
• California Public Resources Code Section 35154
  The authority may, upon a four-fifths vote of the governing board and after holding a public hearing pursuant to Section 6061 of the Government Code,...
• California Public Resources Code Section 35155
  All property acquired by the authority shall be properly maintained in a reasonable fashion consistent with the natural conditions existing upon the properties, and those...
• California Public Resources Code Section 35156
  The authority may plan, adopt, lay out, plant, develop, and otherwise improve, extend, control, operate, and maintain lands, trails, natural areas, and other facilities for...
• California Public Resources Code Section 35157
  All claims for money or damages against the authority are governed by Division 3.6 (commencing with Section 810) of Title 1 of the Government Code,...
• California Public Resources Code Section 35158
  The authority may accept funds or donations from any public or private source for the purposes of acquisition of open-space lands or for projects which...
• California Public Resources Code Section 35159
  (a) The authority may contract with any person or public agency for any services, supplies, equipment, or materials, or for the construction or completion of...
• California Public Resources Code Section 35170
  The Legislature, by the enactment of this chapter, intends that the authority use any funds provided by this chapter to supplement existing local revenues being...
• California Public Resources Code Section 35171
  (a) The authority shall review and assess the needs for acquisition, preservation, or maintenance of open-space lands. As part of this review and assessment, the...
• California Public Resources Code Section 35172
  The authority may impose a special tax pursuant to Article 3.5 (commencing with Section 50075) of Chapter 12 of Part 1 of Division 1 of...
• California Public Resources Code Section 35173
  The authority may levy assessments pursuant to the Improvement Act of 1911, Division 7 (commencing with Section 5000), the Improvement Bond Act of 1915, Division...
• California Public Resources Code Section 35174
  The authority may incur indebtedness to finance capital improvements pursuant to Chapter 4 (commencing with Section 43600) of Division 4 of Title 4 of the...
• California Public Resources Code Section 35500
  This division shall be known, and may be cited, as the California Ocean Protection Act.
• California Public Resources Code Section 35505
  The Legislature finds and declares all of the following: (a) California's coastal and ocean resources are critical to the state's environmental and economic security, and...
• California Public Resources Code Section 35510
  The Legislature finds and declares all of the following: (a) The coastal waters offshore of the state and the ocean ecosystems associated with those waters...
• California Public Resources Code Section 35515
  The Legislature finds and declares that the purpose of this division is to integrate and coordinate the state's laws and institutions responsible for protecting and...
• California Public Resources Code Section 35550
  Unless the context requires otherwise, the following definitions govern this division: (a) "Council" means the Ocean Protection Council established pursuant to Section 35600. (b) "Fund"...
• California Public Resources Code Section 35600
  (a) The Ocean Protection Council is established in state government. The council consists of the Secretary of the Resources Agency, the Secretary for Environmental Protection,...
• California Public Resources Code Section 35605
  At the council's first meeting in a calendar year, the council shall elect a chair from among its voting members.
• California Public Resources Code Section 35610
  One Member of the Senate, appointed by the Senate Committee on Rules, and one Member of the Assembly, appointed by the Speaker of the Assembly,...
• California Public Resources Code Section 35612
  (a) The council's meetings shall be open to the public. (b) The council may sponsor conferences, symposia, and other public forums, to seek a broad...
• California Public Resources Code Section 35615
  The council shall do all of the following: (a) (1) Coordinate activities of state agencies that are related to the protection and conservation of coastal...
• California Public Resources Code Section 35617
  (a) The Ocean Protection Council shall develop and implement a voluntary sustainable seafood promotion program for the state. (b) The program shall consist of all...
• California Public Resources Code Section 35620
  (a) Consistent with this chapter, and subject to the availability of funding, the council shall support state agencies' use and sharing of scientific and geospatial...
• California Public Resources Code Section 35621
  Consistent with the council's authority and responsibility under this chapter to coordinate activities of state agencies with ocean or coastal management interests or regulatory authority,...
• California Public Resources Code Section 35625
  (a) Under the direction of the Secretary of the Resources Agency, the executive officer of the State Coastal Conservancy shall act as secretary to the...
• California Public Resources Code Section 35650
  (a) The California Ocean Protection Trust Fund is established in the State Treasury. (b) Moneys deposited in the fund may be expended, upon appropriation by...
• California Public Resources Code Section 36000
  This division shall be known and may be cited as the California Ocean Resources Management Act of 1990 (CORMA).
• California Public Resources Code Section 36001
  The Legislature hereby finds and declares all of the following: (a) The Pacific Ocean and its many renewable and nonrenewable resources are of economic, environmental,...
• California Public Resources Code Section 36002
  The Legislature further finds and declares all of the following: (a) It is the policy of the State of California to do the following: (1)...
• California Public Resources Code Section 36003
  (a) No authority is created under this division, nor shall any of its purposes or provisions be used by any public or private agency or...
• California Public Resources Code Section 36100
  Unless the context otherwise requires, the definitions in this chapter govern the interpretation of this division.
• California Public Resources Code Section 36101
  "Advisory committee" means the California Ocean Resources Advisory Committee established pursuant to Section 36302.
• California Public Resources Code Section 36102
  "Exclusive economic zone (EEZ)" means the zone as measured from the mean high tide line seaward to 200 nautical miles as set forth in the...
• California Public Resources Code Section 36103
  "High Seas" means offshore waters beyond 200 nautical miles from the coastline.
• California Public Resources Code Section 36104
  "Program" means the California Ocean Resources Management Program established by Section 36200.
• California Public Resources Code Section 36105
  "Ocean" and "marine" mean those waters from the coastline into the high seas.
• California Public Resources Code Section 36106
  "Ocean resources" means all living and nonliving resources found in the Pacific Ocean and its contiguous saline or brackish bays and estuaries.
• California Public Resources Code Section 36107
  "Report and plan" means the report and plan prepared by the task force.
• California Public Resources Code Section 36108
  "State waters" means the zone as measured from the mean high tide line to three nautical miles offshore, as set forth by the Submerged Lands...
• California Public Resources Code Section 36109
  "Task force" means the Ocean Resources Task Force created by Section 36300.
• California Public Resources Code Section 36110
  "Territorial sea" means the zone as measured from mean high tide line to 12 nautical miles offshore as set forth in the Presidential Proclamation on...
• California Public Resources Code Section 36200
  To ensure the conservation and development of ocean resources consistent with purposes of this division, a coordinated program of ocean resources planning and management is
• California Public Resources Code Section 36201
  The California Ocean Resources Management Program consists of all of the following: (a) The Ocean Resources Task Force. (b) The California Ocean Resources Advisory Committee....
• California Public Resources Code Section 36202
  (a) The State of California is hereby authorized to participate with the States of Alaska, Hawaii, Oregon, and Washington in a joint liaison program with...
• California Public Resources Code Section 36300
  The Ocean Resources Task Force is hereby created in state government. The task force is composed of the following or their designee: the Secretary of...
• California Public Resources Code Section 36301
  The chairperson of the task force shall be the Secretary of the Resources Agency, who shall provide all staff support required by the task force....
• California Public Resources Code Section 36302
  The chairperson of the task force, with advice from the task force, shall appoint the California Ocean Resources Advisory Committee, which, at a minimum, shall...
• California Public Resources Code Section 36400
  The task force shall prepare a report and plan as required by Section 36500.
• California Public Resources Code Section 36401
  The chairperson of the task force shall submit the report and plan to the Governor and the Legislature as specified in Section 36500.
• California Public Resources Code Section 36402
  The task force shall provide opportunity for public review and comment following release of a draft scoping document and also following release of a draft...
• California Public Resources Code Section 36500
  The task force shall prepare a report regarding existing ocean resources management activities and impacts, including a plan to increase coordination and consolidation of these...
• California Public Resources Code Section 36600
  This chapter shall be known, and may be cited, as the Marine Managed Areas Improvement Act.
• California Public Resources Code Section 36601
  (a) The Legislature finds and declares all of the following: (1) California's extraordinary ocean and coastal resources provide a vital asset to the state and...
• California Public Resources Code Section 36602
  The following definitions govern the construction of this chapter: (a) "Committee" is the State Interagency Coordinating Committee established pursuant to Section 36800. (b) "Designating entity"...
• California Public Resources Code Section 36620
  The mission of the state MMA system is to ensure the long-term ecological viability and biological productivity of marine and estuarine ecosystems and to preserve...
• California Public Resources Code Section 36700
  Six classifications for designating managed areas in the marine and estuarine environments are hereby established as described in this section, to become effective January 1,...
• California Public Resources Code Section 36710
  (a) In a state marine reserve, it is unlawful to injure, damage, take, or possess any living geological, or cultural marine resource, except under a...
• California Public Resources Code Section 36711
  The classifications contained in Section 36710 may not be inconsistent with United States military activities deemed mission critical by the United States military.
• California Public Resources Code Section 36725
  (a) The Fish and Game Commission may designate, delete, or modify state marine recreational management areas established by the commission for hunting purposes, state marine...
• California Public Resources Code Section 36750
  Any MMA in existence on January 1, 2002, that has not been reclassified in accordance with the Marine Life Protection Act (Chapter 10.5 (commencing with...
• California Public Resources Code Section 36800
  The Secretary of the Resources Agency shall establish and chair the State Interagency Coordinating Committee, whose members are representatives from those state agencies, departments, boards,...
• California Public Resources Code Section 36850
  Designation guidelines based on the classification goals adopted for the state system of MMAs shall be developed jointly by the appropriate managing agencies in cooperation...
• California Public Resources Code Section 36870
  On or before January 1, 2002, the committee shall establish a standard set of instructions for each classification to guide organizations and individuals in submitting...
• California Public Resources Code Section 36900
  Individuals or organizations may submit a proposal to designate an MMA directly through the committee or an appropriate designating entity. Proposals submitted to a designating...
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• California Public Resources Code Section 36710
  (a) In a state marine reserve, it is unlawful to injure, damage, take, or possess any living geological, or cultural marine resource, except under a...
• California Public Resources Code Section 36711
  The classifications contained in Section 36710 may not be inconsistent with United States military activities deemed mission critical by the United States military.
• California Public Resources Code Section 36725
  (a) The Fish and Game Commission may designate, delete, or modify state marine recreational management areas established by the commission for hunting purposes, state marine...
• California Public Resources Code Section 36750
  Any MMA in existence on January 1, 2002, that has not been reclassified in accordance with the Marine Life Protection Act (Chapter 10.5 (commencing with...
• California Public Resources Code Section 36800
  The Secretary of the Resources Agency shall establish and chair the State Interagency Coordinating Committee, whose members are representatives from those state agencies, departments, boards,...
• California Public Resources Code Section 36850
  Designation guidelines based on the classification goals adopted for the state system of MMAs shall be developed jointly by the appropriate managing agencies in cooperation...
• California Public Resources Code Section 36870
  On or before January 1, 2002, the committee shall establish a standard set of instructions for each classification to guide organizations and individuals in submitting...
• California Public Resources Code Section 36900
  Individuals or organizations may submit a proposal to designate an MMA directly through the committee or an appropriate designating entity. Proposals submitted to a designating...
• California Public Resources Code Section 36970
  This chapter shall be known, and may be cited, as the California Ocean Resources Stewardship Act of 2000 (CORSA).
• California Public Resources Code Section 36971
  The Legislature finds and declares all of the following: (a) The Pacific Ocean and its rich and varied resources provide great environmental, economic, aesthetic, recreational,...
• California Public Resources Code Section 36972
  The Legislature further finds that it is the policy of the state to do all of the following: (a) Ensure adequate coordination of ocean resources...
• California Public Resources Code Section 36973
  (a) No authority is established by this chapter, nor shall any of its purposes or provisions be used by any public or private agency or...
• California Public Resources Code Section 36979
  For purposes of this chapter, the following terms shall have the following meanings: (a) "Ocean resources" means all living and nonliving resources found in the...
• California Public Resources Code Section 36980
  The Secretary of the Resources Agency shall report to the Legislature on or before September 1, 2002, on the steps taken to ensure adequate coordination...
• California Public Resources Code Section 36990
  (a) The Secretary of the Resources Agency may enter into an agreement with an existing nonprofit corporation with broad experience as the trustee of public...
• California Public Resources Code Section 36991
  The trust shall be subject to the Nonprofit Public Benefit Corporation Law, Part 2 (commencing with Section 5110) of Division 2 of Title 1 of...
• California Public Resources Code Section 36992
  The trust shall have 10 trustees, who shall be appointed as follows: (a) The Secretary of the Resources Agency shall appoint the following trustees, who...
• California Public Resources Code Section 36993
  (a) Any person who might reasonably be expected at some time to derive a direct financial benefit from the activities of the trust shall be...
• California Public Resources Code Section 36994
  (a) The trust shall do all of the following: (1) Expend funds only for the purposes of the trust enumerated in Section 36990 and as...
• California Public Resources Code Section 36995
  (a) The trust may seek the assistance of advisers, form advisory committees, or otherwise consult with knowledgeable individuals in regard to the business of the...
• California Public Resources Code Section section=prc&group=01001-02000&
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• California Public Resources Code Section 36991
  The trust shall be subject to the Nonprofit Public Benefit Corporation Law, Part 2 (commencing with Section 5110) of Division 2 of Title 1 of...
• California Public Resources Code Section 36992
  The trust shall have 10 trustees, who shall be appointed as follows: (a) The Secretary of the Resources Agency shall appoint the following trustees, who...
• California Public Resources Code Section 36993
  (a) Any person who might reasonably be expected at some time to derive a direct financial benefit from the activities of the trust shall be...
• California Public Resources Code Section 36994
  (a) The trust shall do all of the following: (1) Expend funds only for the purposes of the trust enumerated in Section 36990 and as...
• California Public Resources Code Section 36995
  (a) The trust may seek the assistance of advisers, form advisory committees, or otherwise consult with knowledgeable individuals in regard to the business of the...
• California Public Resources Code Section 37000
  This division shall be known and may be cited as the "Natural Heritage Preservation Tax Credit Act of 2000."
• California Public Resources Code Section 37001
  The Legislature finds and declares all of the following: (a) The continued economic development of California will be fostered and improved if conflicts over the...
• California Public Resources Code Section 37002
  As used in this division, the following terms have the following meanings: (a) "Approval" or "approval for acceptance" means the board's approval of the granting...
• California Public Resources Code Section 37005
  The Wildlife Conservation Board shall implement the program. The board may request staff services from any department that submits an application and a proposal for...
• California Public Resources Code Section 37006
  (a) Under the program, upon approval by the board, a donor may contribute qualified property to a donee and receive a tax credit for a...
• California Public Resources Code Section 37010
  Applications shall be submitted to the donee to which the donor proposes to contribute the property.
• California Public Resources Code Section 37011
  At a minimum, each application shall contain all of the following: (a) The identification of the donor and donee. (b) A description of the property,...
• California Public Resources Code Section 37012
  (a) Each donee shall evaluate applications submitted to it and prepare a plan for the board that sets forth the donee's priorities for acquisition of...
• California Public Resources Code Section 37013
  The board shall provide a list to the Joint Legislative Budget Committee and the Franchise Tax Board, in the form and manner determined by the...
• California Public Resources Code Section 37014
  Assets received by a donee pursuant to this division shall not be deemed transfers pursuant to Chapter 9 (commencing with Section 2780) of Division 3...
• California Public Resources Code Section 37015
  The board shall approve only contributions of properties that meet one or more of the following criteria: (a) The property will help meet the goals...
• California Public Resources Code Section 37016
  (a) The board shall grant approval of a proposed contribution of property under the program only upon a determination that: (1) (A) The donation of...
• California Public Resources Code Section 37020
  (a) Nothing in this division authorizes or increases the authority of any state or local public agency to use eminent domain to acquire private property....
• California Public Resources Code Section 37021
  (a) If any property approved for acceptance pursuant to this division is later transferred by the donee, the use of the property shall be restricted...
• California Public Resources Code Section 37022
  (a) Tax credits may be awarded pursuant to this division only if the amount of all lost revenue resulting from the award of tax credits...
• California Public Resources Code Section 37023
  The donee shall allow public access to the property to the extent that public access is consistent with the purposes for which the property is...
• California Public Resources Code Section 37024
  If the city, county, or city and county in which the property is located objects to acceptance of the property, the city, county, or city...
• California Public Resources Code Section 37025
  Any donee accepting property pursuant to the program shall own and maintain any setback or buffer area that may be necessary for the use of...
• California Public Resources Code Section 37030
  The Legislature finds and declares all of the following: (a) Current justifiable needs for the acquisition of property for environmental purposes substantially exceed state-approved bond...
• California Public Resources Code Section 37031
  (a) For bond provisions listed in paragraphs (1) to (3), inclusive, of subdivision (c) of Section 37032, "purpose" means scheme and design. (b) For bond...
• California Public Resources Code Section 37032
  (a) If a department or local government identifies property that may be acquired pursuant to this division and determines that the acquisition would comply with...
• California Public Resources Code Section 37034
  (a) (1) If a department determines that property is available for acquisition by donation, and that the acquisition of the property would comply with the...
• California Public Resources Code Section 37035
  (a) (1) If a department determines that a designated nonprofit organization, in lieu of the department, should accept property that the department applies to acquire...
• California Public Resources Code Section 37036
  (a) The Natural Heritage Preservation Tax Credit Reimbursement Account is established in the General Fund to receive moneys paid pursuant to this chapter. (b) Moneys...
• California Public Resources Code Section 37038
  If the board is the department that receives moneys pursuant to any of the bond provisions listed in subdivision (c) of Section 37032 and the...
• California Public Resources Code Section 37040
  (a) The board shall notify the Controller, the Treasurer, and the relevant department of the information listed in subdivision (b) after the board receives notification...
• California Public Resources Code Section 37042
  The Legislature finds and declares that the expenditure of bond funds pursuant to this chapter does not constitute the use of bond proceeds or other...
• California Public Resources Code Section 40000
  The Legislature hereby finds and declares all of the following: (a) In 1988, Californians disposed of over 38 million tons of solid waste, an amount...
• California Public Resources Code Section 40001
  (a) The Legislature declares that the responsibility for solid waste management is a shared responsibility between the state and local governments. The state shall exercise...
• California Public Resources Code Section 40002
  As an essential part of the state's comprehensive program for solid waste management, and for the preservation of health and safety, and the well-being of...
• California Public Resources Code Section 40003
  Nothing in this division abrogates, limits, or otherwise affects the duties of the Department of Conservation under the California Beverage Container Recycling and Litter Reduction...
• California Public Resources Code Section 40004
  (a) The Legislature finds and declares all of the following: (1) Solid waste diversion and disposal reduction require the availability of adequate solid waste processing...
• California Public Resources Code Section 40050
  This division shall be known and may be cited as the California Integrated Waste Management Act of 1989.
• California Public Resources Code Section 40051
  In implementing this division, the board and local agencies shall do both of the following: (a) Promote the following waste management practices in order of...
• California Public Resources Code Section 40052
  The purpose of this division is to reduce, recycle, and reuse solid waste generated in the state to the maximum extent feasible in an efficient...
• California Public Resources Code Section 40053
  This division, or any rules or regulations adopted pursuant thereto, is not a limitation on the power of a city, county, or district to impose...
• California Public Resources Code Section 40054
  This division, or any rules or regulations adopted pursuant thereto, is not a limitation on the power of the Attorney General, on the request of...
• California Public Resources Code Section 40055
  (a) This division, or any rules or regulations adopted pursuant thereto, is not a limitation on the power of any state agency in the enforcement...
• California Public Resources Code Section 40056
  This division, or any rules or regulations adopted pursuant thereto, is not a limitation on the right of any person to commence and maintain at...
• California Public Resources Code Section 40057
  Each county, city, district, or other local governmental agency which provides solid waste handling services shall provide for those services, including, but not limited to,...
• California Public Resources Code Section 40058
  The solid waste handling services shall be provided for by one or any combination of the following: (a) The furnishing of the services by the...
• California Public Resources Code Section 40059
  (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, each county, city, district, or other local governmental agency may determine all of the following: (1) Aspects of...
• California Public Resources Code Section 40059.1
  (a) The Legislature hereby finds and declares both of the following: (1) In 1989, the Legislature enacted this division as the California Integrated Waste Management...
• California Public Resources Code Section 40059.2
  (a) The Legislature hereby finds and declares all of the following: (1) In 1996, the voters of California adopted Proposition 218, which among other things,...
• California Public Resources Code Section 40060
  (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a regional water board shall not issue a waste discharge permit for a new landfill, or a lateral...
• California Public Resources Code Section 40061
  (a) Notwithstanding Section 40059, every local agency which does not directly charge residential households a fee for the collection, transportation, and disposal of solid waste...
• California Public Resources Code Section 40062
  (a) Upon the request of any person furnishing any report, notice, application, plan, or other document required by this division, including any research or survey...
• California Public Resources Code Section 40063
  At the request of a county with a population of less than 250,000, the board and the state water board may meet with the county...
• California Public Resources Code Section 40100
  Unless the context otherwise requires, the definitions in this article govern the construction of this division.
• California Public Resources Code Section 40105
  "Authorized recycling agent" means a person that a local governing body or private commercial entity authorizes or contracts with to collect its recyclable waste material....
• California Public Resources Code Section 40106
  (a) "Biomass conversion" means the controlled combustion, when separated from other solid waste and used for producing electricity or heat, of the following materials: (1)...
• California Public Resources Code Section 40110
  "Board" means the Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery, or the Director of Resources Recycling and Recovery, as appropriate.
• California Public Resources Code Section 40115
  "City" or "county" includes city and county.
• California Public Resources Code Section 40115.5
  "Closed disposal site" means a disposal site that ceases to accept solid waste and is closed in accordance with applicable statutes, regulations, and local ordinances...
• California Public Resources Code Section 40116
  "Compost" means the product resulting from the controlled biological decomposition of organic wastes that are source separated from the municipal solid waste stream, or which...
• California Public Resources Code Section 40116.1
  "Composting" means the controlled or uncontrolled biological decomposition of organic wastes.
• California Public Resources Code Section 40117
  "Gasification" means a technology that uses a noncombustion thermal process to convert solid waste to a clean burning fuel for the purpose of generating electricity,...
• California Public Resources Code Section 40118
  "Department" means the Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery.
• California Public Resources Code Section 40120
  "Designated recycling collection location" means the place where an authorized recycling agent has contracted with either the local governing body or a private entity to...
• California Public Resources Code Section 40120.05
  "Director" means the Director of Resources Recycling and Recovery.
• California Public Resources Code Section 40120.1
  "Disposal" or "dispose" has the same meaning as "solid waste disposal" as defined in Section 40192.
• California Public Resources Code Section 40121
  "Disposal facility" or "facility" means any facility or location where disposal of solid waste occurs.
• California Public Resources Code Section 40122
  "Disposal site" or "site" means the place, location, tract of land, area, or premises in use, intended to be used, or which has been used,...
• California Public Resources Code Section 40124
  "Diversion" means activities which reduce or eliminate the amount of solid waste from solid waste disposal for purposes of this division, including Article 1 (commencing...
• California Public Resources Code Section 40127
  "Diversion program" means a program in the source reduction and recycling element of a jurisdiction's integrated waste management plan, specified in Chapter 2 (commencing with...
• California Public Resources Code Section 40130
  "Enforcement agency" means the local agency designated pursuant to Article 1 (commencing with Section 43200) of Chapter 2 of Part 4 for the purpose of...
• California Public Resources Code Section 40131
  "Enforcement program" means the regulations and procedures adopted by the board pursuant to Chapter 2 (commencing with Section 43200) of Part 4.
• California Public Resources Code Section 40131.5
  "Federal act" means the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act of 1976, as amended (42 U.S.C. Sec. 6901 et seq.).
• California Public Resources Code Section 40135
  "Fund" means the Integrated Waste Management Fund, which is hereby created in the State Treasury. Any reference in this division or any other provision of...
• California Public Resources Code Section 40135.1
  "Account" means the Integrated Waste Management Account created in the fund pursuant to Section 48001.
• California Public Resources Code Section 40140
  "Hazard" includes any condition, practice, or procedure which is or may be dangerous, harmful, or perilous to employees, property, neighbors, or the general public.
• California Public Resources Code Section 40141
  (a) "Hazardous waste" means a waste, defined as a "hazardous waste" in accordance with Section 25117 of the Health and Safety Code, or a combination...
• California Public Resources Code Section 40145
  "Jurisdiction" means a city, county, or regional agency that is approved by the board pursuant to Section 40975.
• California Public Resources Code Section 40148
  "Large state facility" means those campuses of the California State University and the California Community Colleges, prisons within the Department of Corrections, facilities of the...
• California Public Resources Code Section 40150
  "Local governing body" means the legislative body of the city, county, or special district which has authority to provide solid waste handling services.
• California Public Resources Code Section 40150.1
  "Multicounty regional agency" means a regional agency, as defined in Section 40181, that includes all of the jurisdictions that are located in at least two...
• California Public Resources Code Section 40150.2
  "Minor violation" means the failure of a person to comply with a requirement or condition of an applicable law, regulation, permit, information request, order, variance,...
• California Public Resources Code Section 40151
  "Nondisposal facility" means any solid waste facility required to obtain a permit pursuant to Article 1 (commencing with Section 44001) of Chapter 3 of Part...
• California Public Resources Code Section 40160
  "Operator" means a person who operates a solid waste facility or operates a disposal site.
• California Public Resources Code Section 40162
  "Owner" means a person who holds fee title to, or a leasehold or other possessory interest in, real property that is presently in use as...
• California Public Resources Code Section 40170
  "Person" includes an individual, firm, limited liability company, association, partnership, political subdivision, government agency, municipality, industry, public or private corporation, or any other entity whatsoever.
• California Public Resources Code Section 40171
  "Pollution" means the condition caused by the presence in or on a body of water, soil, or air of any solid waste or substance derived...
• California Public Resources Code Section 40172
  "Processing" means the reduction, separation, recovery, conversion, or recycling of solid waste.
• California Public Resources Code Section 40180
  "Recycle" or "recycling" means the process of collecting, sorting, cleansing, treating, and reconstituting materials that would otherwise become solid waste, and returning them to the...
• California Public Resources Code Section 40181
  "Regional agency" means an agency formed pursuant to Chapter 5 (commencing with Section 6500) of Division 7 of Title 1 of the Government Code and...
• California Public Resources Code Section 40182
  "Regional water board" means a California regional water quality control board.
• California Public Resources Code Section 40183
  (a) "Rural city" or "rural regional agency" means a city or regional agency that is located within a rural county as defined in Section 40184....
• California Public Resources Code Section 40184
  (a) "Rural county" means a county or multicounty regional agency that annually disposes of no more that 200,000 tons of solid waste. (b) (1) Unless...
• California Public Resources Code Section 40190
  "Segregated from other waste material" means any of the following: (a) The placement of recyclable materials in separate containers. (b) The binding of recyclable material...
• California Public Resources Code Section 40190.5
  "Sharps waste" means waste generated by a household that includes a hypodermic needle, syringe, or lancet.
• California Public Resources Code Section 40191
  (a) Except as provided in subdivision (b), "solid waste" means all putrescible and nonputrescible solid, semisolid, and liquid wastes, including garbage, trash, refuse, paper, rubbish,...
• California Public Resources Code Section 40192
  (a) Except as provided in subdivisions (b) and (c), "solid waste disposal," "disposal," or "dispose" means the final deposition of solid wastes onto land, into...
• California Public Resources Code Section 40193
  "Solid waste enterprise" means any individual, partnership, joint venture, unincorporated private organization, or private corporation, which is regularly engaged in the business of providing solid...
• California Public Resources Code Section 40194
  "Solid waste facility" includes a solid waste transfer or processing station, a composting facility, a gasification facility, a transformation facility, and a disposal facility. For...
• California Public Resources Code Section 40195
  "Solid waste handling" or "handling" means the collection, transportation, storage, transfer, or processing of solid wastes.
• California Public Resources Code Section 40195.1
  (a) "Solid waste landfill" means a disposal facility that accepts solid waste for land disposal, but does not include a facility which receives only wastes...
• California Public Resources Code Section 40196
  "Source reduction" means any action which causes a net reduction in the generation of solid waste. "Source reduction" includes, but is not limited to, reducing...
• California Public Resources Code Section 40196.3
  "State agency" means every state office, department, division, board, commission, or other agency of the state, including the California Community Colleges and the California State...
• California Public Resources Code Section 40196.5
  "State board" means the State Board of Equalization.
• California Public Resources Code Section 40197
  "State water board" means the State Water Resources Control Board.
• California Public Resources Code Section 40200
  (a) "Transfer or processing station" or "station" includes those facilities utilized to receive solid wastes, temporarily store, separate, convert, or otherwise process the materials in...
• California Public Resources Code Section 40201
  "Transformation" means incineration, pyrolysis, distillation, or biological conversion other than composting. "Transformation" does not include composting, gasification, or biomass conversion.
• California Public Resources Code Section 40400
  There is in the Natural Resources Agency the Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery. The Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery shall be administered under...
• California Public Resources Code Section 40401
  (a) (1) Except as otherwise specified by statute, the Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery succeeds to and is vested with all of the authority,...
• California Public Resources Code Section 40402
  The Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery may expend the money in any appropriation or in any special fund in the State Treasury made available...
• California Public Resources Code Section 40430
  The Director of Resources Recycling and Recovery shall be appointed by, and hold office at the pleasure of, the Governor. The director's appointment shall be...
• California Public Resources Code Section 40431
  The Director of Resources Recycling and Recovery may appoint those deputies, officers, and other employees that he or she finds necessary for the performance of...
• California Public Resources Code Section 40432
  The Attorney General shall represent the board and the state in litigation concerning affairs of the board, unless the Attorney General represents another state agency...
• California Public Resources Code Section 40501
  The Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery may hold any hearings and conduct any investigations in any part of the state necessary to carry out...
• California Public Resources Code Section 40502
  (a) The board shall adopt rules and regulations, as necessary, to carry out this division in conformity with Chapter 3.5 (commencing with Section 11340) of...
• California Public Resources Code Section 40503
  The board shall maintain its headquarters in the County of Sacramento, and may establish regional offices in any part of the state that the board...
• California Public Resources Code Section 40505
  In order to carry out its powers and duties under this chapter, the board may enter into any contracts that the board determines to be
• California Public Resources Code Section 40506
  The board may accept grants, gifts and donations for the purposes specified in this division.
• California Public Resources Code Section 40506.1
  (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the board may sell any of its loans made pursuant to this division on the secondary market and...
• California Public Resources Code Section 40506.5
  (a) The Director of Resources Recycling and Recovery, with approval of the Director of Finance, may accept, on behalf of the Department of Resources Recycling...
• California Public Resources Code Section 40506.7
  For the purposes of disseminating information relating to its activities, powers, duties, or functions, the Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery may issue publications, construct...
• California Public Resources Code Section 40507
  (a) On or before March 1 of each year, the board shall file an annual report with the Legislature highlighting significant programs or actions undertaken...
• California Public Resources Code Section 40507.1
  (a) As part of the annual report required to be submitted by the board to the Legislature pursuant to Section 40507 on or before March...
• California Public Resources Code Section 40508
  The board is designated as the state solid waste management agency for all purposes stated in the Federal Resource Conservation and Recovery Act of 1976...
• California Public Resources Code Section 40509
  The board may render technical assistance and make recommendations concerning potential solid waste disposal sites upon the request of the board of supervisors of any...
• California Public Resources Code Section 40510
  The board shall use a rollcall vote for all official board decisions, including, but not limited to, approval, denial, or amendment of integrated waste management...
• California Public Resources Code Section 40511
  (a) Notwithstanding Section 7550.5 of the Government Code, on or before December 1, 2000, the board, in consultation with the Department of Conservation, shall prepare...
• California Public Resources Code Section 40900
  (a) The Legislature finds that integrated waste management plans prepared and adopted by local agencies shall conform, to the maximum extent possible to the policies...
• California Public Resources Code Section 40900.1
  The Legislature hereby further finds and declares all of the following: (a) It is important to encourage state agencies to plan and implement programs that...
• California Public Resources Code Section 40901
  (a) The following shall apply with regard to the preparation, revision, and implementation of source reduction and recycling elements pursuant to this part: (1) To...
• California Public Resources Code Section 40910
  The board shall establish, on or before January 1, 1994, an office of local government assistance. The office shall, to the maximum extent feasible, utilizing...
• California Public Resources Code Section 40911
  In adopting or amending regulations pursuant to this part, the board shall take into account all of the following: (a) The shared responsibility that exists...
• California Public Resources Code Section 40912
  (a) The board shall develop a model countywide or regional siting element and a model countywide or regional agency integrated waste management plan that will...
• California Public Resources Code Section 40913
  (a) On or before January 1, 1994, the board shall develop and implement a program to assist local agencies in the identification of markets for...
• California Public Resources Code Section 40950
  (a) On or before March 1, 1990, and every five years thereafter, each county, which is not a city and county, shall convene a task...
• California Public Resources Code Section 40970
  It is the intent of the Legislature in enacting this article to authorize cities and counties to form regional agencies to implement this part in...
• California Public Resources Code Section 40971
  A city or county may form a regional agency with another city or county for the purpose of complying with this part. Formation of the...
• California Public Resources Code Section 40972
  This part is binding upon, and enforceable against, the individual cities and counties which are member agencies of the regional agency. However, an agreement adopted...
• California Public Resources Code Section 40973
  (a) The regional agency, and not the cities or counties that are member agencies of the regional agency, may be responsible for compliance with Article...
• California Public Resources Code Section 40974
  (a) Notwithstanding Section 40972, each city or county that is a member agency of a regional agency is liable for any civil penalties that may...
• California Public Resources Code Section 40975
  (a) Any agreement forming a regional agency shall be submitted to the board for review and approval at the time the regional agency integrated waste...
• California Public Resources Code Section 40976
  A city, county, or regional agency may enter into a memorandum of understanding with another city, county, regional agency, agency formed under a joint exercise...
• California Public Resources Code Section 40977
  A regional agency may authorize one district, as defined in subdivision (a) of Section 41821.2, to be included as a member of the regional agency.
• California Public Resources Code Section 41000
  (a) On or before July 1, 1992, each city shall prepare, adopt, and, excepting a city and county, submit to the county in which the...
• California Public Resources Code Section 41001
  The city source reduction and recycling element shall include a program for management of solid waste generated within the city, consistent with the waste management...
• California Public Resources Code Section 41002
  The city source reduction and recycling element shall place primary emphasis on implementation of all feasible source reduction, recycling, and composting programs while identifying the...
• California Public Resources Code Section 41003
  Each city source reduction and recycling element shall include, but is not limited to, all of the following components for solid waste generated in the...
• California Public Resources Code Section 41030
  (a) For the initial source reduction and recycling element of a countywide integrated waste management plan which is required to be submitted to the board...
• California Public Resources Code Section 41031
  Any waste characterization component prepared by a city pursuant to Section 41030, and any other information submitted by a city to the board on the...
• California Public Resources Code Section 41032
  For the first revision, and any subsequent revision, of a source reduction and recycling element of a countywide integrated waste management plan which is required...
• California Public Resources Code Section 41033
  Any waste characterization component prepared by a city pursuant to Section 40132, and any other information submitted by a city to the board on the...
• California Public Resources Code Section 41050
  The city source reduction component shall include a program and implementation schedule which shows the methods by which the city will, in combination with the...
• California Public Resources Code Section 41051
  The city source reduction component shall describe the types of materials which will be reduced under the programs in Section 41050.
• California Public Resources Code Section 41052
  The city source reduction component shall describe the methods the city will use to determine the categories of solid wastes to be diverted from disposal...
• California Public Resources Code Section 41053
  The city source reduction component shall describe new facilities, and of expansion of existing facilities, which will be needed to implement the source reduction component.
• California Public Resources Code Section 41054
  The city source reduction component shall evaluate and identify rate structures and fees to reduce the amount of wastes that generators produce, and other source...
• California Public Resources Code Section 41070
  The city recycling component shall include a program and implementation schedule which shows the methods by which the city will, in combination with the source...
• California Public Resources Code Section 41071
  The city recycling component shall describe the types of materials which will be recycled under the programs in Section 41070.
• California Public Resources Code Section 41072
  The city recycling component shall describe the methods the city will use to determine the categories of solid wastes to be diverted from disposal at...
• California Public Resources Code Section 41073
  The city recycling component shall describe new facilities, and of expansion of existing facilities, which will be needed to implement the recycling component.
• California Public Resources Code Section 41074
  The city recycling component shall describe methods which will be used to increase the markets for recycled materials, including, but not limited to, an evaluation...
• California Public Resources Code Section 41075
  The city recycling component shall evaluate industrial, commercial, residential, governmental, and other curbside, mobile, dropoff, and buy-back recycling programs, manual and automated material recovery facilities,...
• California Public Resources Code Section 41200
  The city composting component shall include a program and implementation schedule which shows the methods by which the city will, in combination with the source...
• California Public Resources Code Section 41201
  The city composting component shall describe the types of materials which will be composted under the programs in Section 41200.
• California Public Resources Code Section 41202
  The city composting component shall describe the methods the city will use to determine the categories of solid wastes to be diverted from disposal at...
• California Public Resources Code Section 41203
  The city composting component shall describe any new facilities, and expansion of existing facilities, which will be needed to implement the composting component.
• California Public Resources Code Section 41204
  The city composting component shall describe the methods which will be used to increase the markets for composted materials, including, but not limited to, an...
• California Public Resources Code Section 41220
  The city education and public information component shall describe to the board how the city will increase public awareness of, and participation in, recycling, source...
• California Public Resources Code Section 41230
  The city funding component shall identify and specifically describe projected costs, revenues, and revenue sources the city will use to implement all components of the...
• California Public Resources Code Section 41250
  The city special waste component shall describe existing waste handling and disposal practices for special wastes, including, but not limited to, asbestos and sewage sludge...
• California Public Resources Code Section 41260
  The city solid waste facility capacity component shall include, but is not limited to, a projection of the amount of disposal capacity which will be...
• California Public Resources Code Section 41300
  (a) On or before July 1, 1992, each county shall prepare and adopt for the unincorporated area a county source reduction and recycling element which...
• California Public Resources Code Section 41301
  The county source reduction and recycling element shall set forth a program for management of solid waste generated with the unincorporated area of the county,...
• California Public Resources Code Section 41302
  The county source reduction and recycling element shall place primary emphasis on implementation of all feasible source reduction, recycling, and composting programs while identifying the...
• California Public Resources Code Section 41303
  Each county source reduction and recycling element shall include, but is not limited to, all of the following components for solid waste generated in the...
• California Public Resources Code Section 41330
  (a) For the initial source reduction and recycling element of a countywide integrated waste management plan which is required to be submitted to the board...
• California Public Resources Code Section 41331
  Any waste characterization component prepared by a county pursuant to Section 41330, and any other information submitted by a county to the board on the...
• California Public Resources Code Section 41332
  For the first revision, and any subsequent revision, of a source reduction and recycling element of a countywide integrated waste management plan which is required...
• California Public Resources Code Section 41333
  Any waste characterization component prepared by a county pursuant to Section 41332, and any other information submitted by a county to the board on the...
• California Public Resources Code Section 41350
  The county source reduction component shall include a program and implementation schedule which shows the methods by which the county will, in combination with the...
• California Public Resources Code Section 41351
  The county source reduction component shall describe the types of materials which will be reduced under the programs in Section 41350.
• California Public Resources Code Section 41352
  The county source reduction component shall describe the methods that the county will use to determine the categories of solid wastes to be diverted from...
• California Public Resources Code Section 41353
  The county source reduction component shall describe new facilities, and of expansion of existing facilities, which will be needed to implement the source reduction component.
• California Public Resources Code Section 41354
  The county source reduction component shall evaluate and identify rate structures and fees to reduce the amount of wastes that generators produce, and other source...
• California Public Resources Code Section 41370
  The county recycling component shall include a program and implementation schedule which shows the methods by which the county will, in combination with the source...
• California Public Resources Code Section 41371
  The county recycling component shall describe the types of materials which will be recycled under the programs in Section 41370.
• California Public Resources Code Section 41372
  The county recycling component shall describe the methods that the county will use to determine the categories of solid wastes to be diverted from disposal...
• California Public Resources Code Section 41373
  The county recycling component shall describe new facilities, and expansion of existing facilities, which will be needed to implement the recycling component.
• California Public Resources Code Section 41374
  The county recycling component shall describe methods which will be used to increase markets for recycled materials, including, but not limited to, an evaluation of...
• California Public Resources Code Section 41375
  The county recycling component shall evaluate industrial, commercial, residential, governmental, and other curbside, mobile, dropoff, and buy-back recycling programs, manual and automated material recovery facilities,...
• California Public Resources Code Section 41400
  The county composting component shall include a program and implementation schedule which shows the methods by which the county will, in combination with the source...
• California Public Resources Code Section 41401
  The county composting component shall describe the types of materials which will be composted under the programs in Section 41400.
• California Public Resources Code Section 41402
  The county composting component shall describe the methods that the county will use to determine the categories of solid wastes to be diverted from disposal...
• California Public Resources Code Section 41403
  The county composting component shall describe new facilities, and expansion of existing facilities, which will be needed to implement the composting component.
• California Public Resources Code Section 41404
  The county composting component shall describe methods which will be used to increase the markets for composted materials, including, but not limited to, an evaluation...
• California Public Resources Code Section 41420
  The county education and public information component shall describe to the board how the county will educate and inform its citizens about the source reduction,...
• California Public Resources Code Section 41430
  The county funding component shall identify and specifically describe projected costs, revenues, and revenue sources the county will use to implement all components of the...
• California Public Resources Code Section 41450
  The county special waste component shall describe existing waste handling and disposal practices for special wastes, including, but not limited to, asbestos and sewage sludge...
• California Public Resources Code Section 41460
  The county solid waste facility capacity component shall include, but is not limitied to, a projection of the amount of disposal capacity which will be...
• California Public Resources Code Section 41500
  (a) On or before July 1, 1992, each city shall prepare, adopt, and submit to the county in which the city is located a household...
• California Public Resources Code Section 41502
  A city household hazardous waste element may include a program for the safe collection, treatment, and disposal of sharps waste generated by households. The program...
• California Public Resources Code Section 41510
  (a) On or before July 1, 1992, each county shall prepare a household hazardous waste element which identifies a program for the safe collection, recycling,...
• California Public Resources Code Section 41512
  A county household hazardous waste element may include a program for the safe collection, treatment, and disposal of sharps waste generated by households. The program...
• California Public Resources Code Section 41515
  If a city, county, or regional agency conducts an aerosol can recycling program, a requirement to educate the public on the safe collection and recycling...
• California Public Resources Code Section 41516
  (a) For purposes of this article, "covered electronic waste" has the same meaning as defined in subdivision (g) of Section 42463. (b) On and after...
• California Public Resources Code Section 41700
  Each county shall prepare a countywide siting element which provides a description of the areas to be used for development of adequate transformation or disposal...
• California Public Resources Code Section 41701
  Each countywide siting element and revision thereto shall include, but is not limited to, all of the following: (a) A statement of goals and policies...
• California Public Resources Code Section 41702
  An area is consistent with the city or county general plan if all of the following requirements are met: (a) The city or county adopted...
• California Public Resources Code Section 41703
  If the county determines that existing capacity will be exhausted within 15 years or additional capacity is desired and that there is no area available...
• California Public Resources Code Section 41704
  Except as provided in subdivision (a) of Section 41710, any area or areas identified for the location of a new solid waste transformation or disposal...
• California Public Resources Code Section 41710
  (a) A county may tentatively reserve an area or areas for the location of a new solid waste transformation or disposal facility or the expansion...
• California Public Resources Code Section 41711
  An area tentatively reserved for the establishment or expansion of a solid waste transformation or disposal facility shall be removed from the countywide siting element...
• California Public Resources Code Section 41712
  The removal of a tentatively reserved area from the countywide siting element, pursuant to Section 41711, shall be accomplished by either one of the following...
• California Public Resources Code Section 41720
  The countywide siting element submitted to the board, shall include a resolution from each affected city or the county stating that any areas identified for...
• California Public Resources Code Section 41721
  The countywide siting element shall be approved by the county and by a majority of the cities within the county which contain a majority of...
• California Public Resources Code Section 41721.5
  (a) Any amendments to the countywide siting element shall be approved by the county and by a majority of the cities within the county which...
• California Public Resources Code Section 41730
  Except as provided in Section 41750.1, each city shall prepare, adopt, and, except for a city and county, transmit to the county in which the...
• California Public Resources Code Section 41731
  Except as provided in Section 41750.1, each county shall prepare, adopt, and, except for a city and county, transmit to the cities located in the...
• California Public Resources Code Section 41732
  (a) City, county, and regional agency nondisposal facility elements prepared pursuant to Section 41730, 41731, or 41750.1, as the case may be, shall include a...
• California Public Resources Code Section 41733
  Nondisposal facility elements prepared pursuant to this chapter shall include all solid waste facilities and solid waste facility expansions, except disposal facilities and transformation facilities,...
• California Public Resources Code Section 41734
  (a) (1) Prior to adopting a nondisposal facility element, the city, county, or regional agency shall submit the element to the task force created pursuant...
• California Public Resources Code Section 41734.5
  (a) Once a nondisposal facility element has been adopted, the city, county, or regional agency shall update all information required to be included in the...
• California Public Resources Code Section 41735
  (a) Notwithstanding Division 13 (commencing with Section 21000), the adoption or update of a nondisposal facility element shall not be subject to environmental review. (b)...
• California Public Resources Code Section 41736
  It is not the intent of the Legislature to require cities and counties to revise their source reduction and recycling elements to comply with the...
• California Public Resources Code Section 41750
  Each county and city and county shall prepare and submit to the board in accordance with the schedule set forth in Chapter 6 (commencing with...
• California Public Resources Code Section 41750.1
  Notwithstanding the requirements of Section 41750 for the preparation and submittal of countywide integrated waste management plans, the following requirements shall apply to the submittal...
• California Public Resources Code Section 41751
  The countywide integrated waste management plan shall include a summary of significant waste management problems facing the county or city and county. The plan shall...
• California Public Resources Code Section 41760
  The countywide integrated waste management plan and any amendments thereto, with the exception of any source reduction and recycling element, household hazardous waste element, or...
• California Public Resources Code Section 41770
  (a) Each countywide or regional agency integrated waste management plan, and the elements thereof, shall be reviewed, revised, if necessary, and submitted to the board...
• California Public Resources Code Section 41780
  (a) Each jurisdiction's source reduction and recycling element shall include an implementation schedule that shows both of the following: (1) For the initial element, the...
• California Public Resources Code Section 41780.01
  (a) The Legislature hereby declares that it is the policy goal of the state that not less than 75 percent of solid waste generated be...
• California Public Resources Code Section 41780.02
  (a) On or before January 1, 2014, the department shall submit a report to the Legislature that provides strategies to achieve the state's policy goal...
• California Public Resources Code Section 41780.05
  (a) After January 1, 2009, pursuant to the review authorized by Section 41825, the board shall determine each jurisdiction's compliance with Section 41780 for the...
• California Public Resources Code Section 41780.1
  (a) Notwithstanding any other requirement of this part, for the purposes of determining the amount of solid waste that a regional agency is required to...
• California Public Resources Code Section 41780.2
  (a) Each city, county, or member agency of a regional agency shall determine the amount of reduction in solid waste disposal and the amount of...
• California Public Resources Code Section 41781
  (a) Except as provided in Sections 41781.1, and 41781.2, for the purpose of determining the base rate of solid waste from which diversion requirements shall...
• California Public Resources Code Section 41781.1
  (a) Prior to determining that the diversion of sludge may be counted toward the diversion requirements established under Section 41780, but within 180 days of...
• California Public Resources Code Section 41781.2
  (a) (1) It is the intent of the Legislature in enacting this section not to require cities, counties, and regional agencies to revise source reduction...
• California Public Resources Code Section 41781.3
  (a) The use of solid waste for beneficial reuse in the construction and operation of a solid waste landfill, including use of alternative daily cover,...
• California Public Resources Code Section 41782
  (a) The board may make adjustments to the amounts reported pursuant to subdivisions (a) and (c) of Section 41821.5, if the city, county, or regional...
• California Public Resources Code Section 41783
  (a) For a jurisdiction's source reduction and recycling element submitted to the board after January 1, 1995, and on or before January 1, 2009, the...
• California Public Resources Code Section 41783.1
  (a) For any city, county, or regional agency source reduction and recycling element submitted to the board after January 1, 1995, the 50 percent diversion...
• California Public Resources Code Section 41784
  If the board determines that a city or county source reduction and recycling element submitted after January 1, 1995, will not achieve the 50 percent...
• California Public Resources Code Section 41786
  (a) Notwithstanding Section 41780, the board may reduce the diversion requirements specified in Section 41780 for any city or county which, on or before January...
• California Public Resources Code Section 41787
  (a) (1) The board may reduce the diversion requirements of Section 41780 for a rural city if the rural city demonstrates, and the board concurs,...
• California Public Resources Code Section 41787.1
  (a) Rural cities and rural counties may join to form rural regional agencies pursuant to Article 3 (commencing with Section 40970) of Chapter 1. (b)...
• California Public Resources Code Section 41787.2
  (a) A rural city or a rural county, which has received, or is eligible for, a reduction in diversion requirements pursuant to Section 41787, may...
• California Public Resources Code Section 41787.3
  The board, in consultation with rural cities and rural counties, shall develop model programs and materials to assist rural cities and rural counties in complying...
• California Public Resources Code Section 41787.4
  Notwithstanding Section 41820, the board may grant a two-year time extension from the diversion requirements of Section 41780 to a rural city, rural county, or...
• California Public Resources Code Section 41787.5
  Unless in conflict with the express provisions of this article, all other provisions of this division, as appropriate, shall apply to rural cities, rural counties,...
• California Public Resources Code Section 41790
  In order to coordinate solid waste management activities throughout the state and to ensure that Article 2 (commencing with Section 40050) of Chapter 1 of...
• California Public Resources Code Section 41791
  (a) If any city or county has less than eight years of remaining disposal site capacity, the countywide integrated waste management plan shall be submitted...
• California Public Resources Code Section 41791.1
  In reviewing, commenting upon, and approving or disapproving integrated waste management plans and the elements thereof, the board shall take into account both of the...
• California Public Resources Code Section 41791.2
  In reviewing, commenting upon, and approving or disapproving integrated waste management plans and the elements thereof, the board shall assist local agencies, to the extent...
• California Public Resources Code Section 41791.5
  (a) (1) Notwithstanding Section 41791, and except as provided in subdivision (b), each city, county, and regional agency shall submit its source reduction and recycling...
• California Public Resources Code Section 41792
  It is the intent of the Legislature, in enacting this part, that cities and counties shall commence efforts to implement source reduction, recycling, or composting...
• California Public Resources Code Section 41793
  Each county or city shall hold at least one public hearing before approving its source reduction and recycling element, household hazardous waste element, and the...
• California Public Resources Code Section 41794
  Any city may submit its city source reduction and recycling element or nondisposal facility element to the board for review before the dates in the...
• California Public Resources Code Section 41800
  (a) Except as provided in subdivision (b), within 120 days from the date of receipt of a countywide or regional integrated waste management plan that...
• California Public Resources Code Section 41801
  Before approving or conditionally approving a countywide or regional integrated waste management plan, or any element of the plan, pursuant to Section 41800, the board...
• California Public Resources Code Section 41801.5
  (a) If an element submitted to the board for final review includes the diversion of any solid wastes specified in subdivision (c) of Section 41781.2...
• California Public Resources Code Section 41802
  (a) Within 120 days from the date of receipt of a household hazardous waste element, the board shall approve or disapprove the element. (b) The...
• California Public Resources Code Section 41810
  (a) If the board conditionally approves a countywide or regional integrated waste management plan, or any element of the plan, the board shall issue a...
• California Public Resources Code Section 41810.1
  (a) Any city, county, or regional agency which receives a notice of conditional approval for a countywide or regional integrated waste management plan, or any...
• California Public Resources Code Section 41811
  Within 120 days of receipt of the notice of deficiency issued pursuant to Section 41810, the city or county shall correct the deficiencies, readopt, and...
• California Public Resources Code Section 41811.5
  (a) If the board disapproves an element for which a city, county, or regional agency has received a notification of excluded wastes pursuant to Section...
• California Public Resources Code Section 41812
  If the board determines that the revised city, county, or regional agency source reduction and recycling element or the countywide or regional agency integrated waste...
• California Public Resources Code Section 41813
  (a) After conducting a public hearing pursuant to Section 41812, the board may impose administrative civil penalties of not more than ten thousand dollars ($10,000)...
• California Public Resources Code Section 41820.5
  (a) In addition to its authority under Section 41820, the board may, after a public hearing, grant a time extension from the diversion requirements of...
• California Public Resources Code Section 41820.6
  (a) In addition to its authority under Section 41820, the board may, after a public hearing, grant a time extension from the requirements of Section...
• California Public Resources Code Section 41821
  (a) (1) Each year following the board's approval of a jurisdiction's source reduction and recycling element, household hazardous waste element, and nondisposal facility element, the...
• California Public Resources Code Section 41821.1
  (a) Each year following the board's approval of a county or regional agency's siting element and summary plan, the county or regional agency shall submit...
• California Public Resources Code Section 41821.2
  (a) For the purposes of this section, "district" means a community services district, public utility district, or sanitary district that provides solid waste handling services...
• California Public Resources Code Section 41821.3
  (a) For the purposes of this section the following definitions shall apply: (1) "Inert waste" means only rock, concrete, brick, sand, soil, ceramics, and cured...
• California Public Resources Code Section 41821.5
  (a) Disposal facility operators shall submit to counties information from periodic tracking surveys on the disposal tonnages by jurisdiction or region of origin that are...
• California Public Resources Code Section 41821.6
  To assist market development efforts by the board, local agencies, and the private sector, the board shall use existing data resources collected from recycling, composting,...
• California Public Resources Code Section 41822
  Each city, county, or regional agency shall review its source reduction and recycling element or the countywide integrated waste management plan at least once every...
• California Public Resources Code Section 41825
  (a) Using the information in the report submitted to the board by the jurisdiction pursuant to Section 41821 and any other relevant information, the board...
• California Public Resources Code Section 41850
  (a) Except as specifically provided in Section 41813, if, after holding the public hearing and issuing an order of compliance pursuant to Section 41825, the...
• California Public Resources Code Section 41850.5
  Any administrative civil penalty imposed by the board pursuant to Section 41813 or 48150 shall be deposited in the Local Government Assistance Account, which is...
• California Public Resources Code Section 41851
  Nothing in this chapter shall infringe on the existing authority of counties and cities to control land use or to make land use decisions, and...
• California Public Resources Code Section 41900
  Each city and county shall demonstrate a funding source, or sources, available to pay for preparing, adopting, and implementing the element or plan, as required...
• California Public Resources Code Section 41901
  A city, county, or city and county may impose fees in amounts sufficient to pay the costs of preparing, adopting, and implementing a countywide integrated...
• California Public Resources Code Section 41902
  A local agency may directly collect the fees authorized by this chapter or may, by agreement, arrange for the fees to be collected by a...
• California Public Resources Code Section 41903
  A city or county may assess special fees of a reasonable amount on the importation of waste from outside of the county to publicly owned...
• California Public Resources Code Section 41904
  (a) For the purposes of this section, the following terms have the following meaning: (1) "Nonprofit charitable reuser" means a charitable organization, as defined in...
• California Public Resources Code Section 41950
  (a) No person, other than the authorized recycling agent of the city or county, shall remove paper, glass, cardboard, plastic, used motor oil, ferrous metal,...
• California Public Resources Code Section 41951
  (a) For the purposes of this section, "commercial entity" includes a multifamily residential complex. (b) Unless otherwise provided by contract, paper, glass, cardboard, plastics, used...
• California Public Resources Code Section 41952
  Nothing in this chapter limits the right of any person to donate, sell, or otherwise dispose of his or her recyclable materials.
• California Public Resources Code Section 41953
  (a) In any civil action by a recycling agent against a person alleged to have violated Section 41950 or 41951, the court may either allow...
• California Public Resources Code Section 41954
  Nothing in this article limits the authority of a local agency to adopt or enforce regulations or ordinances on the same matters of this article....
• California Public Resources Code Section 41955
  If the value of the stolen material is more than fifty dollars ($50), but less than nine hundred fifty dollars ($950), a violation of this...
• California Public Resources Code Section 41956
  The board may award special enforcement grants to cities or counties to support pilot programs designed to develop and evaluate enforcement techniques to reduce the...
• California Public Resources Code Section 42000
  The Legislature hereby finds and declares all of the following: (a) This division requires cities and counties to divert 25 percent of all solid waste...
• California Public Resources Code Section 42001
  The Legislature further finds and declares that the health, safety, and welfare of the people of California depend upon the development, stability, and expansion of...
• California Public Resources Code Section 42002
  The following definitions govern the construction of this chapter: (a) "Applicant" means a person, as defined in Section 40170, who applies for designation as a...
• California Public Resources Code Section 42005
  (a) The board shall develop a comprehensive market development plan using existing resources, that will stimulate market demand in the state for postconsumer waste material...
• California Public Resources Code Section 42006
  (a) The plan required by Section 42005 shall describe and prioritize actions that should be undertaken to meet the goals specified in subdivision (b) of...
• California Public Resources Code Section 42007
  Upon adoption of the plan required by Section 42005, the board shall conduct a detailed analysis of staff resources and consider how to most effectively...
• California Public Resources Code Section 42009
  Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to infringe upon regulations relating to civil rights, equal employment rights, equal opportunity rights, or fair housing rights...
• California Public Resources Code Section 42010
  (a) The local governing body may, either by ordinance or resolution, upon the recommendation of the appropriate land use planning agency, propose eligible parcels of...
• California Public Resources Code Section 42011
  Any parcel of property designated as a recycling market development zone shall retain this designation for 10 years.
• California Public Resources Code Section 42012
  The local governing body, or any person through the local governing body, may apply to the board for designation as a recycling market development zone.
• California Public Resources Code Section 42013
  The board shall adopt regulations and guidelines concerning the necessary contents of each application for designation and, in the countywide integrated waste management plans, shall...
• California Public Resources Code Section 42014
  The board may designate or redesignate recycling market development zones for persons applying for that designation.
• California Public Resources Code Section 42015
  If there are more applications for designation than the number of recycling market development zones to be designated, the board shall select the applicants who...
• California Public Resources Code Section 42016
  For the purpose of Section 42015, "regulatory incentives" include, but are not limited to, all of the following: (a) The suspension or relaxation of locally...
• California Public Resources Code Section 42017
  For purposes of Section 42015, "tax incentives" include, but are not limited to, the elimination or reduction of construction taxes or business license taxes.
• California Public Resources Code Section 42018
  For purposes of Section 42015, "other incentives" may include, but are not limited to, all of the following: (a) The provision for expansion of infrastructure....
• California Public Resources Code Section 42019
  In evaluating an application for the designation of a recycling market development zone, the board shall consider the amount of landfill capacity remaining in the...
• California Public Resources Code Section 42020
  In evaluating an application for the designation of a recycling market development zone, the board shall not deny the application solely because of technical deficiencies....
• California Public Resources Code Section 42021
  Nothing in this chapter prohibits an applicant from seeking designation of an enterprise zone and receiving economic incentives as defined in Section 7073 of the...
• California Public Resources Code Section 42023
  Nothing in this section shall be interpreted to limit the authority of local governments to make land use decisions within their jurisdiction.
• California Public Resources Code Section 42023.1
  (a) The Recycling Market Development Revolving Loan Subaccount is hereby created in the account for the purpose of providing loans for purposes of the Recycling...
• California Public Resources Code Section 42023.2
  (a) Upon authorization by the Legislature in the annual Budget Act, the Controller shall transfer a sum, as available, from the account to the subaccount...
• California Public Resources Code Section 42023.3
  (a) All money remaining in the subaccount on July 1, 2021, and all money received as repayment and interest on loans shall, as of July...
• California Public Resources Code Section 42023.4
  (a) A loan made pursuant to Section 42023.1 shall be subject to all of the following requirements: (1) The terms of an approved loan shall...
• California Public Resources Code Section 42023.5
  (a) The department shall, as part of the annual report to the Legislature, pursuant to Section 40507, include a report on the performance of the...
• California Public Resources Code Section 42023.6
  (a) The department shall encourage applicants to seek participation from private financial institutions or other public agencies. For purposes of enabling the department and local...
• California Public Resources Code Section 42024
  The board, the Treasurer, and other appropriate state agencies shall, to the extent feasible and as appropriate, coordinate activities that will leverage financing for market...
• California Public Resources Code Section 42160
  The definitions in this article govern the construction of this chapter.
• California Public Resources Code Section 42161
  "Metallic discard" means any large metal article or product, or any part thereof, including, but not limited to, metal furniture, machinery, major appliances, electronic products,...
• California Public Resources Code Section 42162
  "Salvage" means the controlled removal of metallic discards from the solid waste stream at a permitted solid waste facility for the express purpose of recycling...
• California Public Resources Code Section 42163
  "Recycling residue" means nonhazardous residue or residue treated to be nonhazardous that is a direct result of metals recovery operations for the express purposes of
• California Public Resources Code Section 42164
  "Solid waste landfill" means a solid waste landfill, as defined in Section 40195.1.
• California Public Resources Code Section 42165
  "Vehicle" means any device used for transportation. "Vehicle" includes bicycles, airplanes, and other transportation devices not used on highways, and automobiles and other vehicles, as...
• California Public Resources Code Section 42166
  "Major appliance" means any domestic or commercial device, including, but not limited to, a washing machine, clothes dryer, hot water heater, dehumidifier, conventional oven, microwave...
• California Public Resources Code Section 42167
  "Materials that require special handling" means all of the following: (a) Sodium azide canisters in unspent airbags that are determined to be hazardous by federal...
• California Public Resources Code Section 42168
  "Solid waste facility" means a solid waste facility as defined in Section 40194.
• California Public Resources Code Section 42170
  (a) After January 1, 1994, no solid waste facility shall accept for disposal any major appliance, vehicle, or other metallic discard which contains enough metal...
• California Public Resources Code Section 42171
  The board shall evaluate the use of recycling residue for use as solid waste landfill cover materials or for use as extenders for currently used...
• California Public Resources Code Section 42172
  The board shall conduct its evaluation of recycling residue in consultation with the Department of Toxic Substances Control, the State Air Resources Board, the state...
• California Public Resources Code Section 42175
  Materials that require special handling shall be removed from major appliances and vehicles in which they are contained prior to crushing for transport or transferring...
• California Public Resources Code Section 42175.1
  (a) Any hazardous material that becomes a hazardous waste when released or removed from any major appliance shall be managed pursuant to Article 10.1 (commencing...
• California Public Resources Code Section 42185
  No city or county shall impose any fees, except facility operating fees, state-mandated fees, or fees pursuant to Sections 41901, 41902, 41903, and 43213, or...
• California Public Resources Code Section 42230
  The following definitions govern the construction of this chapter.
• California Public Resources Code Section 42231
  "Compost" means the product resulting from the controlled biological decomposition of organic wastes that are sources separated from the municipal solid waste stream.
• California Public Resources Code Section 42240
  The Department of General Services and the board, in consultation with other affected state agencies, shall maintain specifications for the purchase of compost by the...
• California Public Resources Code Section 42241
  On or after January 1, 1991, the Department of Transportation shall use compost in place of, or to supplement, petroleum-based commercial fertilizers in the state's...
• California Public Resources Code Section 42241.5
  The board may develop a program to increase the use of compost products in agricultural applications. The program may include, but shall not be limited...
• California Public Resources Code Section 42243
  On or after January 1, 1993, the Department of Forestry and Fire Protection, the Department of Parks and Recreation, and the Department of General Services...
• California Public Resources Code Section 42244
  The board shall evaluate compost, cocompost, and chemically fixed sewage sludge for use as solid waste landfill cover materials or for use as extenders for...
• California Public Resources Code Section 42244.5
  On or before January 1, 1994, the board shall evaluate rice straw for use as a solid waste landfill cover material or for use as...
• California Public Resources Code Section 42245
  On or after January 1, 1992, based on the results of the evaluation conducted in accordance with Section 42244, the board may, on a case-by-case...
• California Public Resources Code Section 42246
  Any procuring agency that prepares a request for bid for commercial fertilizers or soil amendment products shall document its determination that the use of a...
• California Public Resources Code Section 42250
  For purposes of this chapter, the following definitions shall apply: (a) "Manufacturer" means the producer of a plastic carryout bag sold to a store. (b)...
• California Public Resources Code Section 42251
  (a) The operator of a store shall establish an at-store recycling program pursuant to this chapter that provides an opportunity for a customer of the...
• California Public Resources Code Section 42252
  An at-store recycling program provided by the operator of a store shall include all of the following: (a) A plastic carryout bag provided by the...
• California Public Resources Code Section 42253
  The manufacturer of a plastic carryout bag shall develop educational materials to encourage the reducing, reusing, and recycling plastic bags and shall make those materials...
• California Public Resources Code Section 42254
  (a) The Legislature finds and declares that all of these are matters of statewide interest and concern: (1) Requiring a store to collect, transport, or...
• California Public Resources Code Section 42255
  (a) A city, county, or the state may impose civil liability in the amount of five hundred dollars ($500) for the first violation of this...
• California Public Resources Code Section 42256
  This chapter shall become operative on July 1, 2007.
• California Public Resources Code Section 42257
  This chapter shall remain in effect only until January 1, 2013, and as of that date is repealed, unless a later enacted statute, that is...
• California Public Resources Code Section 42290
  For purposes of this chapter, the following terms have the following meaning: (a) "Manufacturer" means a person who manufactures plastic trash bags for sale in...
• California Public Resources Code Section 42290.5
  To encourage waste diversion of polyethylene from California landfills as well as to encourage California's postconsumer market development, it is the intent of the Legislature...
• California Public Resources Code Section 42291
  (a) Until January 1, 1998, every manufacturer that manufactures plastic trash bags of 0.75 mil or greater thickness for sale in this state shall ensure...
• California Public Resources Code Section 42291.5
  For each pound of recycled plastic postconsumer material purchased from a source of recycled plastic postconsumer material in this state for use in the manufacture...
• California Public Resources Code Section 42292
  Each manufacturer shall obtain from its suppliers of recycled plastic postconsumer material for use in the manufacture of plastic trash bags, or other products manufactured...
• California Public Resources Code Section 42293
  (a) On or before March 1, 1999, and annually thereafter, each manufacturer subject to this chapter shall submit a report to the board certifying that...
• California Public Resources Code Section 42294
  (a) Every wholesaler of plastic trash bags of 1.0 mil or greater thickness sold in this state shall certify to the board the name and...
• California Public Resources Code Section 42295
  Each supplier, manufacturer, and wholesaler required to provide a certification or any information pursuant to this chapter shall be subject to audit by the board.
• California Public Resources Code Section 42296
  (a) If any supplier provides a manufacturer with false or misleading information, the board, within 30 days of determining that fact, shall refer the false...
• California Public Resources Code Section 42297
  (a) The board may adopt such regulations as it determines are necessary to more specifically define terms for purposes of the chapter and to otherwise...
• California Public Resources Code Section 42298
  A plastic bag that is labeled with a term specified in subdivision (a) of Section 42357 and that meets the current ASTM standard specified for...
• California Public Resources Code Section 42300
  The Legislature finds and declares all of the following: (a) Recycling rigid plastic packaging containers saves landfill space, reduces energy consumption, and preserves natural resources....
• California Public Resources Code Section 42301
  For purposes of this chapter, the following definitions apply: (a) "Container manufacturer" means a company or a successor company that sells any rigid plastic packaging...
• California Public Resources Code Section 42310
  Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, every rigid plastic packaging container sold or offered for sale in this state shall, on average, meet one...
• California Public Resources Code Section 42310.1
  (a) Until January 1, 1997, the criteria specified in Section 42310 shall not apply to any rigid plastic packaging container that is manufactured for use...
• California Public Resources Code Section 42310.2
  (a) On or before July 1, 1994, as part of the regulations required to be adopted pursuant to Section 42325, the board shall adopt regulations...
• California Public Resources Code Section 42310.3
  (a) Notwithstanding Section 42310, a manufacturer is in compliance with this chapter if the manufacturer demonstrates through its own actions, or the actions of another...
• California Public Resources Code Section 42320
  Any entity required to make a certification pursuant to this chapter may be audited by the board.
• California Public Resources Code Section 42321
  If any entity provides the board with a false or misleading certificate pursuant to this chapter, the board, within 30 days of making this determination,...
• California Public Resources Code Section 42321.5
  (a) A container manufacturer who sells a rigid plastic packaging container to a manufacturer and who submits a certification to the manufacturer, for purposes of...
• California Public Resources Code Section 42322
  (a) Any violation of this chapter is a public offense punishable by a fine of not more than one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000). (b) In...
• California Public Resources Code Section 42323
  Proprietary information included in part of a report or certificate submitted to the board pursuant to this chapter shall not be made available to the...
• California Public Resources Code Section 42325
  The board shall adopt regulations to implement this chapter. These regulations shall include, but shall not be limited to, all of the following: (a) Procedures...
• California Public Resources Code Section 42326
  In developing the regulations required by Section 42325, the board shall consult with representatives of the manufacturers affected by this chapter, with representatives of environmental...
• California Public Resources Code Section 42327
  The board may expend funds from the Integrated Waste Management Account to implement this chapter, upon appropriation by the Legislature.
• California Public Resources Code Section 42330
  (a) The board shall grant a waiver from the postconsumer material content requirement of subdivision (a) of Section 42310, but not from any other requirement...
• California Public Resources Code Section 42340
  The following rigid plastic packaging containers are exempt from this chapter: (a) Rigid plastic packaging containers produced in or out of the state which are...
• California Public Resources Code Section 42345
  Any extension of time for manufacturers to comply with Section 42310, beyond that which is granted pursuant to Section 42310.1 for the rigid plastic packaging...
• California Public Resources Code Section 42350
  (a) For the purposes of this section, "degradable" means all of the following: (1) Biodegradation, photodegradation, chemodegradation, or degradation by other natural degrading processes, as...
• California Public Resources Code Section 42355
  The Legislature finds and declares that it is the public policy of the state that environmental marketing claims, whether explicit or implied, should be substantiated...
• California Public Resources Code Section 42356
  For purposes of this chapter, the following definitions apply: (a) "ASTM" means the American Society for Testing and Materials. (b) (1) "ASTM standard specification" means...
• California Public Resources Code Section 42356.1
  (a) If an ASTM standard specification specified in paragraph (1) of subdivision (b) of Section 42356 is subsequently revised, the board shall review the new...
• California Public Resources Code Section 42357
  (a) (1) A person shall not sell a plastic bag in this state that is labeled with the term "compostable" or "marine degradable," unless, at...
• California Public Resources Code Section 42357.5
  (a) Beginning July 1, 2011, a manufacturer of a compostable plastic bag meeting an ASTM standard specification specified in paragraph (1) of subdivision (b) of...
• California Public Resources Code Section 42358
  (a) A city, a county, or the state may impose civil liability in the amount of five hundred dollars ($500) for the first violation of...
• California Public Resources Code Section 42358.5
  This chapter, as added by Chapter 619 of the Statutes of 2004 and as amended subsequently thereafter, shall remain in effect only until January 1,...
• California Public Resources Code Section 42355
  The Legislature finds and declares all of the following: (a) Littered plastic products have caused and continue to cause significant environmental harm and have burdened...
• California Public Resources Code Section 42355.5
  The Legislature finds and declares that it is the public policy of the state that environmental marketing claims, whether explicit or implied, should be substantiated...
• California Public Resources Code Section 42356
  For purposes of this chapter, the following definitions apply: (a) "ASTM" means the American Society for Testing and Materials. (b) (1) "ASTM standard specification" means...
• California Public Resources Code Section 42356.1
  (a) If an ASTM standard specification specified in paragraph (1) of subdivision (b) of Section 42356 is subsequently revised, the department shall review the new...
• California Public Resources Code Section 42356.2
  The department may adopt an existing standard different from an ASTM standard specification, as described in paragraph (1) of subdivision (b) of Section 42356, if...
• California Public Resources Code Section 42357
  (a) (1) Except as provided in paragraph (3), a person shall not sell a plastic product in this state that is labeled with the term...
• California Public Resources Code Section 42357.5
  (b) For purposes of this section, "readily and easily identifiable" means labeling that meets both of the following requirements: (1) Labeled with a certification logo...
• California Public Resources Code Section 42358
  (a) A city, a county, or the state may impose civil liability in the amount of five hundred dollars ($500) for the first violation of...
• California Public Resources Code Section 42358.5
  This chapter shall become operative on January 1, 2013.
• California Public Resources Code Section 42359
  The Legislature finds and declares that it is the public policy of the state that environmental marketing claims, whether explicit or implied, should be substantiated...
• California Public Resources Code Section 42359.5
  For purposes of this chapter, the following definitions apply: (a) "ASTM" means the American Society for Testing and Materials. (b) "ASTM standard specification" means one...
• California Public Resources Code Section 42359.6
  (a) (1) A person shall not sell a food or beverage container in this state that is labeled with the term "compostable" or "marine degradable,"...
• California Public Resources Code Section 42359.7
  (a) If an ASTM standard specification specified in subdivision (b) of Section 42359.5 is subsequently revised, the board shall review the new ASTM standard specification...
• California Public Resources Code Section 42359.8
  (a) A city, a county, or the state may impose civil liability in the amount of five hundred dollars ($500) for the first violation of...
• California Public Resources Code Section 42359.9
  This chapter shall remain in effect only until January 1, 2013, and as of that date is repealed, unless a later enacted statute, that is...
• California Public Resources Code Section 42390
  (a) For purposes of this chapter, the following definitions shall apply: (1) "Manufacturer" means a person who manufactures expanded polystyrene loosefill packaging material for sale...
• California Public Resources Code Section 42400
  The following definitions govern the construction of this chapter.
• California Public Resources Code Section 42401
  "Retreaded tire" means any tire that utilizes an existing casing for the purpose of vulcanizing new tread to such casing which meets all performance and...
• California Public Resources Code Section 42410
  The board shall evaluate current state and federal quality standards for retreaded tires and identify the obstacles for an increased market for retreads. The results...
• California Public Resources Code Section 42411
  The Department of General Services and the board, in consultation with representatives of the California retreading industry, shall adopt specifications for the purchase of retreaded...
• California Public Resources Code Section 42412
  On or before July 1, 1991, and to the extent that existing stock shall be utilized first, all tires for use on state vehicles issued...
• California Public Resources Code Section 42413
  Emergency vehicles, as defined in Section 165 of the California Vehicle Code are exempt from this provision.
• California Public Resources Code Section 42414
  The number of retreaded tires purchased annually by the Department of General Services during each fiscal year shall be tabulated and forwarded to the board...
• California Public Resources Code Section 42415
  The board, in consultation with the Department of General Services, shall perform a study to determine if the retreads, procured by the Department of General...
• California Public Resources Code Section 42416
  On or before July 1, 1991, the board shall, in consultation with the retreading industry, develop a procedure to estimate the number of retreads sold...
• California Public Resources Code Section 42440
  For the purposes of this chapter, "lead-acid battery" means any battery which is primarily composed of both lead and sulfuric acid, with a capacity of...
• California Public Resources Code Section 42441
  "Recycled lead-acid battery" means any lead-acid battery which contains a minimum percentage of postconsumer recovered lead. The required minimum percentage of postconsumer recovered lead shall...
• California Public Resources Code Section 42442
  On or before January 1, 1991, all lead-acid batteries purchased by any state agency for, and, at the next required installation of a battery in,...
• California Public Resources Code Section 42443
  The number of recycled lead-acid batteries purchased each year by the Department of General Services shall be tabulated and forwarded to the board on or...
• California Public Resources Code Section 42450
  (a) The board may conduct a study on the disposal and recyclability of household batteries, taking into account any studies completed or underway elsewhere, including,...
• California Public Resources Code Section 42451
  (a) This chapter shall be known, and may be cited, as the Rechargeable Battery Recycling Act of 2006. (b) The Legislature finds and declares all...
• California Public Resources Code Section 42452
  For the purposes of this chapter, the following terms have the following meanings, unless the context clearly requires otherwise: (a) "Consumer" means a purchaser or...
• California Public Resources Code Section 42453
  (a) (1) On and after July 1, 2006, every retailer shall have in place a system for the acceptance and collection of used rechargeable batteries...
• California Public Resources Code Section 42454
  On and after July 1, 2006, it is unlawful for a retailer to sell a rechargeable battery to a consumer unless the retailer complies with...
• California Public Resources Code Section 42456
  (a) On or before July 1, 2007, and each July 1 thereafter, the department shall survey battery handling or battery recycling facilities, or both, for...
• California Public Resources Code Section 42460
  This act shall be known, and may be cited, as the Electronic Waste Recycling Act of 2003.
• California Public Resources Code Section 42461
  The Legislature finds and declares all of the following: (a) The purpose of this chapter is to enact a comprehensive and innovative system for the...
• California Public Resources Code Section 42463
  For the purposes of this chapter, the following terms have the following meanings, unless the context clearly requires otherwise: (a) "Account" means the Electronic Waste...
• California Public Resources Code Section 42464
  (a) On and after January 1, 2005, or as otherwise provided by Section 25214.10.1 of the Health and Safety Code, a consumer shall pay a...
• California Public Resources Code Section 42464.2
  The State Board of Equalization shall collect the covered electronic waste recycling fee pursuant to the Fee Collection Procedures Law (Part 30 (commencing with Section...
• California Public Resources Code Section 42464.4
  (a) The covered electronic waste recycling fee shall be due and payable quarterly on or before the last day of the month following each calendar...
• California Public Resources Code Section 42464.6
  (a) The State Board of Equalization shall not accept or consider a petition for redetermination of fees determined under this chapter if the petition is...
• California Public Resources Code Section 42464.8
  Notwithstanding Section 55381 of the Revenue and Taxation Code, the State Board of Equalization may disclose the name, address, account number, and account status of...
• California Public Resources Code Section 42465
  On and after the date specified in subdivision (a) of Section 42464, a person shall not sell a new or refurbished covered electronic device to...
• California Public Resources Code Section 42465.1
  On and after January 1, 2005, or as specified otherwise in Section 25214.10.1 of the Health and Safety Code, a person may not sell or...
• California Public Resources Code Section 42465.2
  (a) On or before July 1, 2005, or as specified otherwise in Section 25214.10.1 of the Health and Safety Code, and at least once annually...
• California Public Resources Code Section 42465.3
  A manufacturer of a covered electronic device shall comply with the notification requirements of subdivision (c) of Section 25214.10.1 of the Health and Safety Code.
• California Public Resources Code Section 42472
  (a) The imposition of a covered electronic waste recycling fee is a matter of statewide interest and concern and is applicable uniformly throughout the state....
• California Public Resources Code Section 42473
  The Legislature declares that the imposition of a covered electronic waste recycling fee would not result in the imposition of a tax within the meaning...
• California Public Resources Code Section 42474
  (a) Civil liability in an amount of up to two thousand five hundred dollars ($2,500) per offense may be administratively imposed by the board for...
• California Public Resources Code Section 42474.5
  This chapter and all regulations adopted pursuant to this chapter may be enforced by the department pursuant to Chapter 6.5 (commencing with Section 25100) of...
• California Public Resources Code Section 42475
  (a) The board shall administer and enforce this chapter in consultation with the department. (b) The board and the department may adopt regulations pursuant to...
• California Public Resources Code Section 42475.2
  (a) The board and the department may each adopt regulations to implement and enforce this chapter as emergency regulations. (b) The emergency regulations adopted pursuant...
• California Public Resources Code Section 42475.3
  The board in collaboration with the department shall convene a covered electronic waste working group comprised of representatives from manufacturers of covered electronic devices and...
• California Public Resources Code Section 42475.4
  (a) The board shall annually establish, and update as necessary, statewide recycling goals for covered electronic waste. In implementing this section, the board shall do...
• California Public Resources Code Section 42476
  (a) The Electronic Waste and Recovery and Recycling Account is hereby established in the Integrated Waste Management Fund. All fees collected pursuant to this chapter...
• California Public Resources Code Section 42476.5
  A person who exports covered electronic waste, or a covered electronic device intended for recycling or disposal, to a foreign country, or to another state...
• California Public Resources Code Section 42476.6
  Section 42476.5 does not apply to a component part of a covered electronic device that is exported to an authorized collector or recycler and that...
• California Public Resources Code Section 42477
  (a) On July 1, 2004, or as specified otherwise in Section 25214.10.1 of the Health and Safety Code, and on July 1 every two years...
• California Public Resources Code Section 42478
  (a) Except as provided in subdivision (b), on July 1, 2004, or as specified otherwise in Section 25214.10.1 of the Health and Safety Code, and...
• California Public Resources Code Section 42479
  (a) (1) For covered electronic waste collected for recycling on and after January 1, 2005, the board shall make electronic waste recovery payments and electronic...
• California Public Resources Code Section 42480
  (a) (1) A state agency that purchases or leases covered electronic devices shall require each prospective bidder, to certify that it, and its agents, subsidiaries,...
• California Public Resources Code Section 42485
  Except as provided in subdivision (b) of Section 42486, the board and the department shall not implement this chapter if either of the following occur:...
• California Public Resources Code Section 42486
  (a) Except as provided in subdivision (b), the provisions of this chapter shall become inoperative on the date that either of the events described in...
• California Public Resources Code Section 42490
  This act shall be known, and may be cited as, the Cell Phone Recycling Act of 2004.
• California Public Resources Code Section 42490.1
  The Legislature finds and declares all of the following: (a) The purpose of this chapter is to enact a comprehensive and innovative system for the...
• California Public Resources Code Section 42493
  For the purposes of this chapter, the following terms have the following meanings, unless the context clearly requires otherwise: (a) "Cell phone" means a wireless...
• California Public Resources Code Section 42494
  (a) On and after July 1, 2006, every retailer of cell phones sold in this state shall have in place a system for the acceptance...
• California Public Resources Code Section 42495
  On and after July 1, 2006, it is unlawful to sell a cell phone to a consumer in this state unless the retailer of that...
• California Public Resources Code Section 42496.4
  On July 1, 2007, and each July 1, thereafter, the department shall post on its Web site an estimated California recycling rate for cell phones,...
• California Public Resources Code Section 42498
  (a) (1) A state agency that purchases or leases cell phones shall require each prospective bidder, to certify that it, and its agents, subsidiaries, partners,...
• California Public Resources Code Section 42499
  This chapter shall not be construed to affect Chapter 6.5 (commencing with Section 25100) of Division 20 of the Health and Safety Code, any regulation...
• California Public Resources Code Section 42500
  The board shall provide periodic training to enforcement agencies regarding changes in state or federal regulations, new technologies affecting solid waste landfill operations, and other...
• California Public Resources Code Section 42501
  (a) The board shall provide ongoing technical assistance and guidance to enforcement agencies to assist in their decisionmaking processes. This assistance shall include, but is...
• California Public Resources Code Section 42510
  It is the intent of the Legislature that actions taken by the board and cities and counties pursuant to this article serve in the best...
• California Public Resources Code Section 42511
  The board shall assist cities and counties to divert nonyard wood wastes which cannot otherwise feasibly be reduced, recycled, or composted, for processing and utilization...
• California Public Resources Code Section 42520
  The board shall establish a Plastics Recycling Information Clearinghouse. This clearinghouse shall provide information to postconsumer plastics collectors, reprocessors, and recyclers about programs collecting postconsumer...
• California Public Resources Code Section 42540
  The board shall provide technical assistance to counties and cities to assist in development, revision, amendment, and implementation of local city source reduction and recycling...
• California Public Resources Code Section 42550
  For purposes of this chapter, "telephone directory" means a directory which lists the calling numbers of telephones located in this state of which 1,000 or...
• California Public Resources Code Section 42551
  The board shall conduct a study of the feasibility of requiring that all telephone directories issued or sold in this state be made of materials...
• California Public Resources Code Section 42553
  Article 2 (commencing with Section 42557) shall become operative only if the report required in former Section 42552, as added by Chapter 1066 of the...
• California Public Resources Code Section 42554
  It is the goal of this state that not less than 30 percent of telephone directories distributed in this state be recycled on and after...
• California Public Resources Code Section 42555
  If the board determines that the policy goals established by Section 42554 are not being met by January 1, 1995, the board shall make recommendations...
• California Public Resources Code Section 42556
  If the board determines that the policy goals established by Section 42554 are not being met by January 1, 1999, the board shall make recommendations...
• California Public Resources Code Section 42557
  On and after January 1, 1995, all telephone directories distributed within the state shall be made from materials that will allow for the maximum volume...
• California Public Resources Code Section 42558
  For the purposes of implementing and enforcing this chapter, the board shall adopt general guidelines regarding the materials which may be used in the production...
• California Public Resources Code Section 42560
  "Recycled-content high grade, bleached printing and writing papers" means any of the following papers: (a) Offset printing, mimeograph, and duplicator paper. (b) Stationery, bond, and...
• California Public Resources Code Section 42561
  On or before January 1, 1991, the board shall initiate a high grade white office paper recovery assistance program for state and local agencies and...
• California Public Resources Code Section 42562
  The high grade white office paper recovery assistance program shall include the following elements: (a) Staff training materials designed to provide training to local program...
• California Public Resources Code Section 42600
  The board shall establish a statewide public information and education program to encourage participation by the general public, business, government, and industry in all phases...
• California Public Resources Code Section 42601
  The board shall measure public information program effectiveness through research which establishes program benchmarks and tracks results. The results of that measurement shall serve as...
• California Public Resources Code Section 42602
  The board shall employ appropriate marketing techniques to disseminate its message, including radio and television advertising. The board may conduct paid advertising campaigns or solicit...
• California Public Resources Code Section 42604
  On or before January 1, 1993, the State Board of Education shall include in the science framework appropriate language addressing the issue of integrated waste...
• California Public Resources Code Section 42605
  The State Department of Education shall encourage participation in the integrated waste management education program established pursuant to this chapter in cooperation with the California...
• California Public Resources Code Section 42620
  (a) The Legislature finds as follows: (1) There are 1,029 school districts and 7,170 schools in California. (2) Source reduction and recycling programs in the...
• California Public Resources Code Section 42621
  The board shall develop and implement a source reduction and recycling program for school districts which shall include, but not be limited to, all of...
• California Public Resources Code Section 42622
  The source reduction and recycling program for school districts developed pursuant to Section 42621 shall, to the extent feasible, be designed to complement and further...
• California Public Resources Code Section 42630
  (a) It is the intent of the Legislature, by enacting this chapter, to accomplish all of the following: (1) Every school district and schoolsite in...
• California Public Resources Code Section 42635
  For purposes of this chapter, the following definitions shall apply: (a) "Environmentally preferable product" means a product that promotes healthy indoor environments for children, and...
• California Public Resources Code Section 42638
  Each school district and office may coordinate with local agencies to implement solid waste management programs to maximize the diversion of solid waste from landfill...
• California Public Resources Code Section 42640
  (a) On or before July 1, 2002, after researching and determining the best waste reduction practices for school districts and schoolsites, the board shall develop...
• California Public Resources Code Section 42641
  The board shall provide training and ongoing technical and informational assistance to local agencies, offices, schools, and school districts on implementing waste reduction programs.
• California Public Resources Code Section 42642
  The Division of the State Architect, in consultation with the board, shall develop and maintain on its Web site, a list of environmentally preferable products...
• California Public Resources Code Section 42645
  (a) The board, in consultation with the State Department of Education and the State Board of Education, shall establish a program to provide grants to...
• California Public Resources Code Section 42646
  On or before January 1, 2004, the board shall evaluate the implementation of school waste reduction and recycling programs in the state's schools and if...
• California Public Resources Code Section 42647
  The board may enter into an interagency agreement with the State Department of Education or other state agencies to implement this chapter, Part 4 (commencing...
• California Public Resources Code Section 42648
  For purposes of this chapter, the following definitions apply: (a) "Individual" means a person who works at, or attends, a large venue or large event,...
• California Public Resources Code Section 42648.1
  On or before April 1, 2005, the board shall take all of the following actions: (a) Make available one or more model ordinances that are...
• California Public Resources Code Section 42648.2
  (a) (1) On and after July 1, 2005, when issuing a permit to an operator of a large venue or large event, the local agency...
• California Public Resources Code Section 42648.3
  On or before July 1, 2005, and on or before July 1 annually thereafter, each operator of a large venue or large event shall submit...
• California Public Resources Code Section 42648.4
  On or before July 1, 2005, and on or before July 1, biennially thereafter, the operator of a large venue or large event shall meet...
• California Public Resources Code Section 42648.5
  The board shall provide technical assistance and tools to implement this chapter, to the extent feasible under existing financial resources. This technical assistance may include,...
• California Public Resources Code Section 42648.6
  If a large venue or large event has contiguous parcels located in both the City of Los Angeles and the County of Los Angeles, the...
• California Public Resources Code Section 42648.7
  A local agency may charge and collect a fee from an operator of a large venue or large event in order to recover the local...
• California Public Resources Code Section 42649
  (a) It is the intent of the Legislature to require businesses to recycle solid waste that they generate. (b) It is the intent of the...
• California Public Resources Code Section 42649.1
  For purposes of this chapter, the following terms mean the following: (a) "Business" means a commercial or public entity, including, but not limited to, a...
• California Public Resources Code Section 42649.2
  (a) On and after July 1, 2012, a business that generates more than four cubic yards of commercial solid waste per week or is a...
• California Public Resources Code Section 42649.3
  (a) On and after July 1, 2012, each jurisdiction shall implement a commercial solid waste recycling program appropriate for that jurisdiction designed to divert commercial...
• California Public Resources Code Section 42649.4
  (a) If a jurisdiction adds or expands a commercial solid waste recycling program to meet the requirements of Section 42649.3, the jurisdiction shall not be...
• California Public Resources Code Section 42649.5
  (a) This chapter does not limit the authority of a local agency to adopt, implement, or enforce a local commercial solid waste recycling requirement that...
• California Public Resources Code Section 42649.6
  A local agency may charge and collect a fee from a commercial waste generator in order to recover the local agency's costs incurred in complying...
• California Public Resources Code Section 42649.7
  If the State Air Resources Board adopts regulations for commercial recycling prior to the effective date of the act of the 2011-12 Regular Session of...
• California Public Resources Code Section 42650
  The board may establish a research and development program, based on priorities that are consistent with Section 40051, and designed to identify, develop, and refine...
• California Public Resources Code Section 42651
  In determining the types of research and development which may be undertaken pursuant to Section 42650, the board shall prioritize the allocation of funds for...
• California Public Resources Code Section 42700
  The Director of Transportation, upon consultation with the board, shall review and modify all bid specifications relating to the purchase of paving materials, and base,...
• California Public Resources Code Section 42701
  (a) In purchasing any materials to be used in paving or paving subbase for use by the Department of Transportation and any other state agencies...
• California Public Resources Code Section 42703
  (a) Except as provided in subdivision (d), the Department of Transportation shall require the use of crumb rubber in lieu of other materials at the...
• California Public Resources Code Section 42705
  The Legislature hereby finds and declares as follows: (a) California currently faces a serious problem with respect to the collection, disposal, and recycling of used...
• California Public Resources Code Section 42750
  "Consumer of newsprint" means a person who uses newsprint in a commercial printing operation or in a commercial publishing operation.
• California Public Resources Code Section 42752
  "Deink" or "deinking old newspapers" means a process in which old newspaper is mixed with water, the paper fibers are separated to form a paper...
• California Public Resources Code Section 42753
  "Newsprint" means uncoated paper, whether supercalendered or machine finished, of the type generally used for, but is not limited to, the publication of newspapers, commercial...
• California Public Resources Code Section 42754
  "Old newspaper" or "recovered newspaper" means any newsprint which is separated from other types of solid waste or collected separately from other types of solid...
• California Public Resources Code Section 42755
  "Post consumer waste paper" means a finished material which would normally be disposed of as a solid waste, having completed its life cycle as a...
• California Public Resources Code Section 42756
  "Recycled-content newsprint" means newsprint in which not less than 40 percent of its fiber consists of post consumer waste paper.
• California Public Resources Code Section 42760
  On and after January 1, 1991, every consumer of newsprint in California shall ensure that at least 25 percent of all newsprint used by that...
• California Public Resources Code Section 42761
  The percentage of newsprint used which is made from recycled-content newsprint shall be calculated in tons used on an annual basis and shall increase to:...
• California Public Resources Code Section 42762
  This division does not apply to any newsprint purchased prior to January 1, 1990.
• California Public Resources Code Section 42770
  Each consumer of newsprint within the State of California shall, on or before March 1 of each year, certify to the board the number of...
• California Public Resources Code Section 42771
  Every consumer of newsprint who submits recycled-content newsprint usage certification pursuant to Section 42770 may be subject to an audit to ensure that the recycled-content...
• California Public Resources Code Section 42772
  Each person who supplies a consumer of newsprint with newsprint shall certify the amounts of recycled-content newsprint contained in each shipment to each consumer of...
• California Public Resources Code Section 42773
  If a consumer of newsprint is unable to obtain sufficient amounts of recycled-content newsprint within any reporting period because recycled-content newsprint was not available at...
• California Public Resources Code Section 42774
  For the purposes of implementing and enforcing this chapter, the board shall develop and maintain a list which identifies every consumer of newsprint, as defined...
• California Public Resources Code Section 42775
  (a) For the purposes of implementing and enforcing this chapter, the board shall set newsprint comparable quality standards for each of the grades of newsprint...
• California Public Resources Code Section 42780
  If any person provides a consumer of newsprint with a false or misleading certificate concerning the recycled content of the delivered newsprint pursuant to Section...
• California Public Resources Code Section 42781
  If any consumer of newsprint provides the board with a false or misleading certificate concerning the percentage of recycled-content newsprint used pursuant to Section 42770,...
• California Public Resources Code Section 42782
  If any consumer of newsprint provides the board with a false or misleading certificate concerning why the consumer of newsprint was unable to obtain the...
• California Public Resources Code Section 42783
  Specific information on newsprint prices included as part of a certificate submitted to the board by newsprint consumers or suppliers of newsprint is propriety information...
• California Public Resources Code Section 42790
  Any person who violates Article 3 (commencing with Section 42770) is guilty of an infraction punishable by a fine of not more than one thousand...
• California Public Resources Code Section 42791
  In addition to Section 42790, any person who violates Article 3 (commencing with Section 42770) may be assessed a civil penalty by the board of...
• California Public Resources Code Section 42800
  The following definitions govern the construction of this chapter.
• California Public Resources Code Section 42801
  "Agricultural purposes" means the use of waste tires as bumpers on agricultural equipment or as a ballast to maintain covers or structures on an agricultural
• California Public Resources Code Section 42801.5
  (a) "Altered waste tire" means a waste tire that has been baled, shredded, chopped, or split apart. "Altered waste tire" does not mean crumb rubber....
• California Public Resources Code Section 42801.6
  "Baled tire" means either a whole or an altered tire that has been compressed and then secured with a binding material for the purpose of...
• California Public Resources Code Section 42801.7
  "Crumb rubber" means rubber granules derived from a waste tire that are less than or equal to, one-quarter inch or six millimeters in size.
• California Public Resources Code Section 42802
  "Fund" means the California Tire Recycling Management Fund created by subdivision (a) of Section 42885.
• California Public Resources Code Section 42803
  "Local agency" means a county, city, special district, or other local governmental agency which provides or regulates solid waste handling services.
• California Public Resources Code Section 42803.5
  "New or used motor vehicle" means any device by which any person or property may be propelled, moved or drawn upon a highway, excepting a...
• California Public Resources Code Section 42804
  "Operator" means the person responsible for the overall operation of a waste tire facility.
• California Public Resources Code Section 42805
  "Owner" means a person who owns, in whole or in part, a waste tire facility, the waste tires located at a facility, or the land...
• California Public Resources Code Section 42805.5
  "Repairable tire" means a worn, damaged, or defective tire that is retreadable, recappable, or regrooveable, or that can be otherwise repaired to return the tire...
• California Public Resources Code Section 42805.6
  "Scrap tire" means a worn, damaged, or defective tire that is not a repairable tire.
• California Public Resources Code Section 42805.7
  "Tire derived product" means material that meets both of the following requirements: (a) Is derived from a process using whole tires as a feedstock. A...
• California Public Resources Code Section 42806
  "Tire" means a pneumatic tire or solid tire manufactured for use on any type of motor vehicle.
• California Public Resources Code Section 42806.5
  "Used tire" means a tire that meets all of the following requirements: (a) The tire is no longer mounted on a vehicle but is still...
• California Public Resources Code Section 42807
  "Waste tire" means a tire that is no longer mounted on a vehicle and is no longer suitable for use as a vehicle tire due...
• California Public Resources Code Section 42808
  "Waste tire facility" means a location, other than a solid waste facility permitted pursuant to this division that receives for transfer or disposal less than...
• California Public Resources Code Section 42810
  Nothing in this chapter limits the authority of a local agency to regulate persons or businesses that store, stockpile, process, or dispose of waste tires.
• California Public Resources Code Section 42811
  The board may delegate specific powers and authority in this chapter to enforcement agencies, as defined in Section 40130, including any of the following: (a)...
• California Public Resources Code Section 42812
  Division 13 (commencing with Section 21000) of the Public Resources Code does not apply to the issuance of a permit for the operation of an...
• California Public Resources Code Section 42820
  (a) The board, in consultation with the Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment, shall adopt regulations setting forth the procedures and requirements necessary to obtain...
• California Public Resources Code Section 42821
  The regulations for a major waste tire facility permit shall include, but not be limited to, all of the following: (a) Requirements for submission of...
• California Public Resources Code Section 42822
  The board shall issue major waste tire facility permits pursuant to the regulations upon application therefor.
• California Public Resources Code Section 42823
  Except as provided in Section 42823.5, no person shall establish a new major waste tire facility or expand an existing minor waste tire facility unless...
• California Public Resources Code Section 42823.5
  (a) A cement manufacturing plant shall be exempt from the requirement to obtain a permit pursuant to Section 42823 if the operator of the cement...
• California Public Resources Code Section 42824
  On and after September 1, 1994, it is unlawful to direct or transport waste tires to a major waste tire facility or to accept waste...
• California Public Resources Code Section 42825
  (a) Any person who accepts waste tires at a major waste tire facility that has not been issued a permit or an authorization to operate...
• California Public Resources Code Section 42830
  (a) On or before December 1, 1991, the board, in consultation with the State Fire Marshal and the State Department of Health Services, shall adopt...
• California Public Resources Code Section 42831
  The board may exempt either of the following from the permit requirements of this article: (a) An owner or operator of a tire retreading business...
• California Public Resources Code Section 42832
  The regulations for minor waste tire facility permits shall include, but not be limited to, all of the following: (a) Fire prevention measures. (b) Vector...
• California Public Resources Code Section 42833
  The board shall issue minor waste tire facility permits pursuant to the regulations upon application therefor.
• California Public Resources Code Section 42834
  On and after July 1, 1994, it is unlawful to direct or transport waste tires to a minor waste tire facility or to accept waste...
• California Public Resources Code Section 42835
  (a) Any person who accepts waste tires at a minor waste tire facility that has not been issued a permit or an authorization to operate...
• California Public Resources Code Section 42840
  A waste tire facility permit issued pursuant to this chapter is valid for five years unless suspended or revoked. The permit shall be renewed prior...
• California Public Resources Code Section 42841
  The board may refuse to issue or renew a waste tire facility permit on any grounds for which it may suspend or revoke a permit.
• California Public Resources Code Section 42843
  (a) The board, after holding a hearing in accordance with the procedures set forth in Sections 11503 to 11519, inclusive, of the Government Code, may...
• California Public Resources Code Section 42844
  (a) The board may temporarily suspend any permit issued pursuant to this chapter prior to any hearing if the board determines that the action is...
• California Public Resources Code Section 42845
  (a) Any person who stores, stockpiles, or accumulates waste tires at a location for which a waste tire facility permit is required pursuant to this...
• California Public Resources Code Section 42846
  (a) The board may expend available moneys to perform any cleanup, abatement, or remedial work required under the circumstances set forth in Section 42845 which...
• California Public Resources Code Section 42846.5
  If the owner of property upon which waste tires are unlawfully stored, stockpiled, or accumulated refuses to allow the board or its contractors access to...
• California Public Resources Code Section 42847
  If waste tires are cleaned up, the effects of the tires are abated, or, in the case of threatened pollution or nuisance, other necessary remedial...
• California Public Resources Code Section 42847.5
  (a) Any costs or damages incurred by the board under this article constitute a lien upon the real property owned by any responsible party that...
• California Public Resources Code Section 42848
  If, despite reasonable efforts by the board to identify the person responsible for the unlawful storage, stockpiling, or accumulation of waste tires or the condition...
• California Public Resources Code Section 42849
  (a) "Threaten" or "threat," for purposes of this article, means a condition creating a substantial probability of harm, when the probability and potential extent of...
• California Public Resources Code Section 42850
  (a) Any person who negligently violates any provision of this chapter, or any permit, rule, regulation, standard, or requirement issued or adopted pursuant to this...
• California Public Resources Code Section 42850.1
  (a) Any person who intentionally violates any provision of this chapter, or any permit, rule, regulation, standard, or requirement issued or adopted pursuant to this...
• California Public Resources Code Section 42851
  (a) The board may issue a complaint to any person on whom civil liability may be imposed pursuant to this article. The complaint shall allege...
• California Public Resources Code Section 42852
  (a) Any hearing required under this section shall be conducted by an independent hearing officer according to the procedures specified in Sections 11507 to 11517,...
• California Public Resources Code Section 42853
  Orders setting civil liability issued under this section shall become effective and final upon issuance thereof, and payment shall be made within 30 days of...
• California Public Resources Code Section 42854
  (a) Within 30 days after service of a copy of a decision issued by the hearing officer, any person so served may file with the...
• California Public Resources Code Section 42855
  All penalties collected under Section 42850 shall be deposited in the California Tire Recycling Management Fund created pursuant to Section 42885 if the attorney who...
• California Public Resources Code Section 42860
  This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the California Tire Recycling Act.
• California Public Resources Code Section 42861
  The Legislature finds and declares the following: (a) The problem posed by used tire storage and disposal requires a comprehensive, statewide response, including, but not...
• California Public Resources Code Section 42865
  (a) It is the policy of the state that until a state tire recycling program is fully underway and operational, the shredding of used tires...
• California Public Resources Code Section 42867
  Except as otherwise determined by the board, only landfills authorized in this article shall be eligible for financial assistance in the shredding of tires pursuant...
• California Public Resources Code Section 42870
  It is the intent of the Legislature: (a) To reduce the landfill disposal and stockpiling of used whole tires by 25 percent within four years...
• California Public Resources Code Section 42871
  The board shall administer a tire recycling program that promotes and develops alternatives to the landfill disposal of used whole tires.
• California Public Resources Code Section 42872
  The tire recycling program may include, but is not limited to, the following: (a) The awarding of grants, subsidies, and loans to businesses or other...
• California Public Resources Code Section 42872.5
  (a) The grants awarded pursuant to Section 42872 may be made to cities, counties, and other local government agencies for the funding of public works...
• California Public Resources Code Section 42873
  (a) Activities eligible for funding under this article, that reduce, or that are designed to reduce or promote the reduction of, landfill disposal of used...
• California Public Resources Code Section 42874
  The board shall evaluate applications for loans or grants under this article based upon, but not limited to, the following factors in the proposal: (a)...
• California Public Resources Code Section 42875
  The board may also consider the following factors in awarding grant or loan applications: (a) The ability of the proposed processing program to integrate with...
• California Public Resources Code Section 42880
  The board shall administer this chapter. For organizational purposes, the board may create a new division, bureau, office, or unit to administer this chapter.
• California Public Resources Code Section 42881
  (a) In addition to any regulations which the board is required by statute to adopt, the board may adopt any rules or regulations which the...
• California Public Resources Code Section 42882
  In carrying out this chapter, the board may solicit and use any and all expertise available in other state agencies, including, but not limited to,...
• California Public Resources Code Section 42883
  The recipient of a grant, subsidy, or loan pursuant to Article 3 (commencing with Section 42870) shall, on or before January 1 of each year,...
• California Public Resources Code Section 42885
  (a) For purposes of this section, "California tire fee" means the fee imposed pursuant to this section. (b) (1) A person who purchases a new...
• California Public Resources Code Section 42885
  (a) For purposes of this section, "California tire fee" means the fee imposed pursuant to this section. (b) (1) Every person who purchases a new...
• California Public Resources Code Section 42885.5
  (a) The department shall adopt a five-year plan, which shall be updated every two years, to establish goals and priorities for the waste tire program...
• California Public Resources Code Section 42886
  The fees remitted pursuant to Section 42885 are due and payable quarterly on or before the 15th day of the month following each calendar quarter.
• California Public Resources Code Section 42886.1
  (a) The State Board of Equalization if it deems it necessary in order to ensure payment to or facilitate the collection by the state of...
• California Public Resources Code Section 42887
  Except in the case of fraud, intent to evade this chapter or rules and regulations adopted to implement this chapter, or failure to file a...
• California Public Resources Code Section 42888
  (a) Except as agreed to by the board, no refund shall be approved by the board after three years from the date the payment was...
• California Public Resources Code Section 42889
  (a) Commencing January 1, 2005, of the moneys collected pursuant to Section 42885, an amount equal to seventy-five cents ($0.75) per tire on which the...
• California Public Resources Code Section 42889
  Funding for the waste tire program shall be appropriated to the board in the annual Budget Act. The moneys in the fund shall be expended...
• California Public Resources Code Section 42889.3
  On or before January 1 of each year, the Department of Transportation shall report to the Legislature and the board on the use of waste...
• California Public Resources Code Section 42889.4
  If facilities are permitted to burn tires in the previous calendar year, the State Air Resources Board, in conjunction with air pollution control districts and...
• California Public Resources Code Section 42890
  "Recycled tire product" means a product with not less than 50 percent of its total content derived from recycled used tires.
• California Public Resources Code Section 42891
  The Department of General Services shall revise its procedures and procurement specifications for state purchases of products that are made of, or contain components that...
• California Public Resources Code Section 42892
  In bids in which the state has reserved the right to make multiple awards, the recycled tire product preference cost shall be applied, to the...
• California Public Resources Code Section 42893
  (a) The combined amount of preference granted pursuant to this section shall not exceed one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000) each year. (b) Notwithstanding Section 42892,...
• California Public Resources Code Section 42894
  To encourage the use of recycled tires, the department's specifications shall require recycled tire product contracts to be awarded to the bidder whose product has...
• California Public Resources Code Section 42895
  The department may adopt rules and regulations to carry out this article.
• California Public Resources Code Section 42888
  (a) Except as agreed to by the board, no refund shall be approved by the board after three years from the date the payment was...
• California Public Resources Code Section 42889
  (a) Commencing January 1, 2005, of the moneys collected pursuant to Section 42885, an amount equal to seventy-five cents ($0.75) per tire on which the...
• California Public Resources Code Section 42889
  Funding for the waste tire program shall be appropriated to the board in the annual Budget Act. The moneys in the fund shall be expended...
• California Public Resources Code Section 42889.3
  On or before January 1 of each year, the Department of Transportation shall report to the Legislature and the board on the use of waste...
• California Public Resources Code Section 42889.4
  If facilities are permitted to burn tires in the previous calendar year, the State Air Resources Board, in conjunction with air pollution control districts and...
• California Public Resources Code Section 42900
  This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the California Solid Waste Reuse and Recycling Access Act of 1991.
• California Public Resources Code Section 42901
  The Legislature finds and declares as follows: (a) Cities and counties must divert 50 percent of all solid waste by January 1, 2000, through source...
• California Public Resources Code Section 42905
  As used in this chapter, "development project" means any of the following: (a) A project for which a building permit will be required for a...
• California Public Resources Code Section 42910
  (a) Not later than March 1, 1993, after holding a public hearing, the board shall adopt a model ordinance for adoption by any local agency...
• California Public Resources Code Section 42911
  (a) Each local agency shall adopt an ordinance relating to adequate areas for collecting and loading recyclable materials in development projects. (b) If a local...
• California Public Resources Code Section 42912
  (a) Not later than March 1, 2004, after holding a public hearing, the board shall do all of the following: (1) Adopt one or more...
• California Public Resources Code Section 42920
  (a) On or before February 15, 2000, the board shall adopt a state agency model integrated waste management plan for source reduction, recycling, and composting...
• California Public Resources Code Section 42921
  (a) Each state agency and each large state facility shall divert at least 25 percent of all solid waste generated by the state agency by...
• California Public Resources Code Section 42921.5
  (a) After January 1, 2009, the board shall determine each state agency's or a large state facility's compliance with Section 42921, for each year, commencing...
• California Public Resources Code Section 42924
  (a) On or before February 15, 2000, the board shall develop and adopt requirements relating to adequate areas for collecting, storing, and loading recyclable materials...
• California Public Resources Code Section 42925
  (a) Any cost savings realized as a result of the state agency integrated waste management plan shall, to the extent feasible, be redirected to the...
• California Public Resources Code Section 42926
  (a) In addition to the information provided to the department pursuant to Section 12167.1 of the Public Contract Code, each state agency shall submit an...
• California Public Resources Code Section 42927
  (a) A community college district shall give first priority for the expenditure of the revenues derived from the sale of recyclable materials resulting from the...
• California Public Resources Code Section 42950
  For purposes of this chapter, the following definitions apply: (a) "Agricultural purposes" means the use of waste tires as bumpers on agricultural equipment or as...
• California Public Resources Code Section 42951
  (a) Every person who engages in the transportation of waste or used tires shall hold a valid waste and used tire hauler registration, unless exempt...
• California Public Resources Code Section 42952
  Except as provided in Section 42954, any person engaged in transporting waste or used tires shall comply with all of the following requirements: (a) The...
• California Public Resources Code Section 42953
  Any person who gives, contracts, or arranges with another person to transport waste or used tires shall utilize only a person holding a valid waste...
• California Public Resources Code Section 42954
  (a) A person who hauls waste or used tires is exempt from registration under this chapter if at least one of the following conditions is...
• California Public Resources Code Section 42955
  An application for a new or renewed waste and used tire hauler registration shall be made on a form approved by the board. The application...
• California Public Resources Code Section 42956
  (a) Upon approval of an application submitted pursuant to Section 42955, the board shall issue a waste and used tire hauler registration to be carried...
• California Public Resources Code Section 42958
  The initial waste and used tire hauler registration issued pursuant to this chapter shall be valid from the date of issuance to January 1 of...
• California Public Resources Code Section 42960
  (a) The board may suspend, revoke, or deny a waste and used tire hauler registration for a period of up to three years, by filing...
• California Public Resources Code Section 42961
  If the board denies an application for registration, the applicant may request a hearing by the board.
• California Public Resources Code Section 42961.5
  (a) For purposes of this chapter, the following definitions shall apply: (1) "California Uniform Waste and Used Tire Manifest" means a shipping document signed by...
• California Public Resources Code Section 42962
  (a) Any person who does any of the following shall be liable for a civil penalty not to exceed twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,000) for each...
• California Public Resources Code Section 42962.5
  Any traffic officer, as defined in Section 625 of the Vehicle Code, and any peace officer, as specified in Section 830.1 of the Penal Code,...
• California Public Resources Code Section 42963
  (a) This chapter, or any regulations adopted pursuant to Section 42966, is not a limitation on the power of a city, county, or district to...
• California Public Resources Code Section 42964
  The board may expend funds from the California Tire Recycling Management Fund, upon appropriation by the Legislature, for purposes of implementation of this chapter.
• California Public Resources Code Section 42966
  The board shall administer this chapter. The board may adopt any regulations necessary or useful to carry out this chapter or any of the board's...
• California Public Resources Code Section 42967
  (a) The costs of administering this chapter shall be paid from fees deposited in the California Tire Recycling Management Fund pursuant to subdivision (i) of...
• California Public Resources Code Section 42970
  The purpose of this chapter is to increase the amount of postconsumer carpet that is diverted from landfills and recycled into secondary products or otherwise...
• California Public Resources Code Section 42971
  For purposes of this chapter, and unless the context otherwise requires, the definitions in this section govern the construction of this chapter: (a) "Brand" means...
• California Public Resources Code Section 42972
  (a) On or before September 30, 2011, a manufacturer of carpets sold in this state shall, individually or through a carpet stewardship organization, submit a...
• California Public Resources Code Section 42972.5
  (a) Notwithstanding paragraph (1) of subdivision (c) of Section 42972, on and after July 1, 2011, but not on or after January 1, 2013, a...
• California Public Resources Code Section 42973
  (a) (1) Within 60 days after the department receives a plan submitted pursuant to Section 42972, it shall review the plan, determine whether it complies...
• California Public Resources Code Section 42974
  (a) The department shall enforce this chapter. (b) On and after April 1, 2012, a manufacturer, wholesaler, or retailer that offers a carpet for sale...
• California Public Resources Code Section 42975
  (a) In order to achieve compliance with this chapter, a carpet stewardship organization shall, on or before July 1, 2013, and annually thereafter, demonstrate to...
• California Public Resources Code Section 42976
  On or before July 1, 2013, and each year thereafter, a manufacturer of carpet sold in the state shall, individually or through a carpet stewardship...
• California Public Resources Code Section 42977
  (a) The carpet stewardship organization submitting a carpet stewardship plan shall pay the department an annual administrative fee. The department shall set the fee at...
• California Public Resources Code Section 42977.1
  (a) The Carpet Stewardship Account and the Carpet Stewardship Penalty Subaccount are hereby established in the Integrated Waste Management Fund. (b) All fees collected by...
• California Public Resources Code Section 42978
  (a) A civil penalty up to the following amounts may be administratively imposed by the department on any person who is in violation of any...
• California Public Resources Code Section 42979
  (a) This chapter does not limit, supersede, duplicate, or otherwise conflict with the authority of the Department of Toxic Substances Control under Section 25257.1 of...
• California Public Resources Code Section 42980
  (a) On or before January 1, 2014, the department and the Department of General Services shall complete a study that examines the specifications for carpet...
• California Public Resources Code Section 42981
  (a) Except as provided in subdivision (b), any action by a carpet stewardship organization or its members that relates to any of the following is...
• California Public Resources Code Section 42982
  The Department of General Services shall, to the extent feasible and within existing resources, take appropriate steps, including, but not limited to, revising relevant procurement...
• California Public Resources Code Section 42983
  It is the intent of the Legislature to review any federal law that has the purpose of managing postconsumer carpet in a manner consistent with...
• California Public Resources Code Section 43000
  The following definitions govern the construction of this chapter: (a) "Waste management unit" means the area of a solid waste landfill facility in or on...
• California Public Resources Code Section 43020
  The board shall adopt and revise regulations which set forth minimum standards for solid waste handling, transfer, composting, transformation, and disposal, in accordance with this...
• California Public Resources Code Section 43020.1
  (a) As part of the existing regulatory review process for regulations adopted pursuant to this article, the board may consider whether the operational requirements that...
• California Public Resources Code Section 43021
  Regulations shall include standards for the design, operation, maintenance, and ultimate reuse of solid waste facilities, but shall not include aspects of solid waste handling...
• California Public Resources Code Section 43022
  (a) The open burning of solid waste, except for the infrequent burning of agricultural wastes, silvicultural wastes, landclearing debris, diseased trees, or debris from emergency...
• California Public Resources Code Section 43030
  (a) The board shall adopt regulations that are consistent with Section 40055 governing the monitoring and control of the subsurface migration of landfill gas. (b)...
• California Public Resources Code Section 43035
  (a) The board, in cooperation with the California Emergency Management Agency, shall develop an integrated waste management disaster plan to provide for the handling, storage,...
• California Public Resources Code Section 43040
  (a) The board shall adopt standards and regulations requiring that, as a condition for the issuance, modification, revision, or review of a solid waste facilities...
• California Public Resources Code Section 43050
  (a) On or before January 1, 2008, the board shall conduct a study to define the conditions that potentially affect solid waste landfills, including technologies...
• California Public Resources Code Section 43100
  This chapter shall be known, and may be cited, as the Solid Waste Disposal Regulatory Reform Act of 1993.
• California Public Resources Code Section 43101
  The Legislature hereby finds and declares as follows: (a) The board and the state water board have submitted a report entitled Joint Report: Reforming the...
• California Public Resources Code Section 43102
  On or before July 1, 1994, the board and the state water board shall jointly develop a plan to implement the changes made to this...
• California Public Resources Code Section 43103
  The board and the state water board shall adopt regulations for the implementation of the changes required by this chapter, and the act adding this
• California Public Resources Code Section 43200
  (a) The board shall prepare and adopt certification regulations for local enforcement agencies. The regulations shall specify requirements that a local agency shall meet before...
• California Public Resources Code Section 43201
  After August 1, 1992, no enforcement agency shall be designated pursuant to this article unless the board determines that the agency fully complies with one...
• California Public Resources Code Section 43202
  An enforcement agency may be designated by the local governing body and certified by the board to act to carry out this chapter within each...
• California Public Resources Code Section 43203
  The designation of the enforcement agency shall be made by any one of the following procedures: (a) The board of supervisors of the county may...
• California Public Resources Code Section 43204
  No enforcement agency may exercise the powers and duties of an enforcement agency until the designation is approved by the board. After August 1, 1992,...
• California Public Resources Code Section 43205
  (a) Except as provided in subdivision (b), if no enforcement agency is designated and certified, the board shall be the enforcement agency and shall assume...
• California Public Resources Code Section 43206
  A designation made pursuant to this article may be withdrawn in the same manner in which it was made.
• California Public Resources Code Section 43207
  No local governmental department or agency, or any employee thereof, which is the operating unit for a solid waste handling or disposal operation shall be...
• California Public Resources Code Section 43208
  Notwithstanding any other provision of law, except as provided in Chapter 6.5 (commencing with Section 25100) of Division 20 of the Health and Safety Code,...
• California Public Resources Code Section 43209
  The enforcement agency, within its jurisdiction and consistent with its certification by the board, shall do all of the following: (a) Enforce applicable provisions of...
• California Public Resources Code Section 43209.1
  (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, if an enforcement agency receives a complaint, pursuant to subdivision (b) of Section 41705 of the Health and...
• California Public Resources Code Section 43210
  For those facilities that accept only hazardous wastes, or accept only low-level radioactive wastes, or facilities that accept only both, and to which Chapter 6.5...
• California Public Resources Code Section 43211
  (a) For those facilities that accept both hazardous wastes and other solid wastes, the Department of Toxic Substances Control shall exercise enforcement and regulatory powers...
• California Public Resources Code Section 43212
  (a) If the board is the enforcement agency, the board may impose fees to recover its costs of operation on the local governing body, a...
• California Public Resources Code Section 43212.1
  If the board is the enforcement agency, the local governing body and the board shall enter into an agreement which shall identify the jurisdictional boundaries...
• California Public Resources Code Section 43213
  The enforcement agency may, upon a majority vote of its local governing body, prescribe, revise, and collect fees or other charges from each operator of...
• California Public Resources Code Section 43214
  (a) The board shall develop performance standards for evaluating certified local enforcement agencies and shall periodically review each certified enforcement agency and its implementation of...
• California Public Resources Code Section 43215
  (a) If the board, in conducting the inspection and performance review required pursuant to Section 43214 or this section, finds that the enforcement agency is...
• California Public Resources Code Section 43215.1
  The board may, upon the written request of an enforcement agency, provide legal counsel for purposes of compliance with this part.
• California Public Resources Code Section 43216
  If the board withdraws its approval of the designation of an enforcement agency, another enforcement agency shall be designated pursuant to Section 43203 within 90...
• California Public Resources Code Section 43216.5
  In addition to the procedures for board withdrawal of its approval of a local enforcement agency's designation pursuant to Sections 43214, 43215, and 43216, the...
• California Public Resources Code Section 43217
  The board shall provide ongoing training, technical assistance, and guidance to local enforcement agencies to assist in their decisionmaking processes. This assistance shall include, but...
• California Public Resources Code Section 43218
  Each enforcement agency shall inspect each solid waste facility within its jurisdiction at least one time each month and shall file, within 30 days of...
• California Public Resources Code Section 43219
  (a) The board may, at its discretion, conduct inspections and investigations of solid waste facilities in order to evaluate the local enforcement agency and to...
• California Public Resources Code Section 43220
  The board, in conjunction with an inspection conducted by the local enforcement agency, shall conduct at least one inspection every 18 months of each solid...
• California Public Resources Code Section 43222
  Any fees or charges imposed pursuant to this part by any enforcement agency shall bear a direct relationship to the reasonable and necessary cost, as...
• California Public Resources Code Section 43230
  The board shall expend funds from the account, upon appropriation by the Legislature, for the making of grants to local enforcement agencies to carry out...
• California Public Resources Code Section 43231
  The board shall adopt regulations for the implementation of this article.
• California Public Resources Code Section 43232
  All expenses which are incurred by the board in carrying out this article are payable solely from the account. No liability or obligation is imposed...
• California Public Resources Code Section 43300
  The board, when acting in its capacity as an enforcement agency, may enforce all provisions of this division, and the regulations adopted thereto, for the...
• California Public Resources Code Section 43300.5
  The enforcement policies of this division shall be applied equally and without distinction to publicly owned or operated, and to privately owned or operated, solid...
• California Public Resources Code Section 43301
  The board shall coordinate action in solid waste handling and disposal with other federal, state, and local agencies and private persons.
• California Public Resources Code Section 43302
  The board may request enforcement by appropriate federal, state, and local agencies of their respective laws governing solid waste storage, handling, and disposal.
• California Public Resources Code Section 43303
  The board shall develop, implement, and maintain inspection, enforcement, and training programs.
• California Public Resources Code Section 43304
  The board shall adopt an enforcement program consisting of regulations necessary to implement this division and the standards adopted pursuant thereto. The enforcement program shall...
• California Public Resources Code Section 43305
  The board may, as it deems necessary, establish specific local standards for solid waste handling and disposal after consultation with the local governing body. However,...
• California Public Resources Code Section 43306
  The board shall keep and maintain records of its inspection, enforcement, training, and regulatory programs and of any other official action in accordance with regulations...
• California Public Resources Code Section 43307
  The board shall consult with the appropriate local health agency concerning all actions which involve health standards. The consultation shall include granting the health agency...
• California Public Resources Code Section 43308
  For those facilities that accept only hazardous wastes and to which Chapter 6.5 (commencing with Section 25100) of Division 20 of the Health and Safety...
• California Public Resources Code Section 43309
  The board may adopt regulations specifying the operations subject to the exception in paragraph (3) of subdivision (b) of Section 40200. The regulations shall prohibit...
• California Public Resources Code Section 43310
  If the board becomes the enforcement agency, it may charge reasonable fees to the local governing body to recover operation costs.
• California Public Resources Code Section 43310.1
  (a) If the board becomes the enforcement agency, on or after January 1, 1995, the local governing body and the board shall enter into an...
• California Public Resources Code Section 43500
  The Legislature hereby finds and declares that the long-term protection of air, water, and land from pollution due to the disposal of solid waste is...
• California Public Resources Code Section 43501
  (a) A person owning or operating a solid waste landfill, as defined in Section 40195.1, shall do both of the following: (1) Upon application to...
• California Public Resources Code Section 43501.5
  (a) In addition to the requirements of this article, and Section 21780 of Title 27 of the California Code of Regulations, a person who is...
• California Public Resources Code Section 43502
  All documentation relating to the preparation of the closure and postclosure maintenance costs shall be retained by the owner or operator and shall be available...
• California Public Resources Code Section 43503
  The closure plan and the postclosure maintenance plan shall be submitted not later than the first date after July 1, 1990, that the solid waste...
• California Public Resources Code Section 43504
  Pursuant to the procedural requirements in Chapter 3 (commencing with Section 44001), the enforcement agency or the board may suspend or revoke a permit if...
• California Public Resources Code Section 43505
  The closure plan and the postclosure maintenance plan may be revised only upon the filing of a written application therefor by the owner or operator,...
• California Public Resources Code Section 43506
  (a) After receiving a complete closure plan and postclosure maintenance plan, the regional water board shall approve or disapprove the plans pursuant to the authority...
• California Public Resources Code Section 43507
  The owner and operator shall, regardless of any changes occurring during the continued operation of the landfill, close and maintain the landfill during postclosure in...
• California Public Resources Code Section 43508
  The board or the enforcement agency may recover any costs incurred in meeting the requirements of this article by charging a fee pursuant to Chapter...
• California Public Resources Code Section 43509
  (a) The board, in consultation with the state water board and in compliance with Section 40055, shall adopt and amend regulations specifying closure plan and...
• California Public Resources Code Section 43510
  (a) The regulations adopted by the board pursuant to this article and Article 4 (commencing with Section 43600) shall not duplicate or conflict with the...
• California Public Resources Code Section 43600
  (a) Except as otherwise provided in subdivision (b), any person owning or operating a solid waste landfill, as defined in Section 40195.1, shall, with the...
• California Public Resources Code Section 43601
  (a) The evidence of financial ability shall be sufficient to meet the closure and postclosure maintenance costs when needed. (b) The owner or operator of...
• California Public Resources Code Section 43601.5
  (a) On or before March 1, 1994, the board shall review and revise regulations affecting solid waste landfill closure and postclosure financial assurances adopted in...
• California Public Resources Code Section 43602
  (a) Except as provided in subdivision (b), evidence of financial ability required of an owner or operator of a solid waste landfill, as defined in...
• California Public Resources Code Section 43603
  The board shall not require an owner or operator of a disposal site to revise or amend a closure plan submitted pursuant to this section...
• California Public Resources Code Section 43604
  (a) During the closure and postclosure maintenance period, a solid waste landfill owner or operator shall maintain evidence of financial ability sufficient to pay postclosure...
• California Public Resources Code Section 43605
  Nothing in this division affects the authority of the State Water Resources Control Board to impose closure and postclosure maintenance requirements on disposal sites.
• California Public Resources Code Section 43606
  (a) Except for financial arrangements approved by the board pursuant to this article, no indemnification, hold harmless, or similar agreement or conveyance is effective to...
• California Public Resources Code Section 43610
  (a) Notwithstanding Article 3 (commencing with Section 43500) or this article, a small city which operates a solid waste landfill, as defined in Section 40195.1,...
• California Public Resources Code Section 43610.1
  A disposal site owner or operator who meets the requirements of this article and its implementing regulations shall be deemed to have satisfactorily complied with...
• California Public Resources Code Section 44000.5
  (a) With respect only to solid waste disposed of in this state, a person shall not dispose of solid waste, cause solid waste to be...
• California Public Resources Code Section 44001
  Any person who proposes to become an operator of a solid waste facility shall file with the enforcement agency having jurisdiction over the facility, or...
• California Public Resources Code Section 44002
  (a) (1) No person shall operate a solid waste facility without a solid waste facilities permit if that facility is required to have a permit...
• California Public Resources Code Section 44003
  When the operator of the disposal site is not the disposal site owner, the disposal site operator's application for a solid waste facilities permit shall...
• California Public Resources Code Section 44004
  (a) An operator of a solid waste facility shall not make a significant change in the design or operation of the solid waste facility that...
• California Public Resources Code Section 44005
  (a) Any owner or operator of a solid waste facility who plans to encumber, sell, transfer, or convey the ownership or operations of a solid...
• California Public Resources Code Section 44006
  (a) Each report or application filed under this article shall be submitted under oath or under penalty of perjury. (b) Each report, notice, or application...
• California Public Resources Code Section 44007
  The enforcement agency shall not issue or revise a solid waste facilities permit unless it has, at least 65 days in advance, provided the board...
• California Public Resources Code Section 44008
  (a) A decision to issue or not issue the permit shall be made by the enforcement agency within 120 days from the date that the...
• California Public Resources Code Section 44009
  (a) (1) The board shall, in writing, concur or object to the issuance, modification, or revision of any solid waste facilities permit within 60 days...
• California Public Resources Code Section 44010
  The enforcement agency shall issue the permit only if it finds that the proposed solid waste facilities permit is consistent with the standards adopted by...
• California Public Resources Code Section 44012
  When issuing or revising any solid waste facilities permit, the enforcement agency shall ensure that primary consideration is given to protecting public health and safety...
• California Public Resources Code Section 44014
  (a) Upon compliance with Sections 44007, 44008, and 44009, and after any necessary hearing, the local enforcement agency shall issue, modify, or revise a solid...
• California Public Resources Code Section 44015
  A solid waste facilities permit issued or revised under this chapter shall be reviewed and, if necessary, revised at least once every five years.
• California Public Resources Code Section 44016
  (a) The enforcement agency may, in accordance with Chapter 4 (commencing with Section 44300), suspend or revoke the permit of any solid waste facility designed...
• California Public Resources Code Section 44017
  The enforcement agency shall include, in the permit of any solid waste facility designed to convert solid waste into energy or synthetic fuels, a provision...
• California Public Resources Code Section 44018
  The board shall establish, by regulation, a program to be implemented by the board and by local enforcement agencies that provides for the expedited review...
• California Public Resources Code Section 44100
  (a) The enforcement agency, in issuing or reviewing a solid waste facilities permit or in connection with an action relating to a solid waste facilities...
• California Public Resources Code Section 44101
  (a) In the investigation, the enforcement agency may inspect the facility, equipment, or vehicle used for storage, collection, transportation, processing, or disposal of solid waste,...
• California Public Resources Code Section 44103
  (a) For those facilities that accept only hazardous wastes, or that accept only low-level radioactive wastes, or that accept both, a solid waste facilities permit...
• California Public Resources Code Section 44104
  (a) The board shall maintain an inventory of solid waste facilities which violate state minimum standards. To the extent it is practicable to do so,...
• California Public Resources Code Section 44106
  (a) The enforcement agency shall develop a compliance schedule for a solid waste facility included in the inventory prepared pursuant to Section 44104. The compliance...
• California Public Resources Code Section 44150
  (a) The enforcement agency shall not issue or revise a solid waste facilities permit for any proposed project which proposes to use transformation, as defined...
• California Public Resources Code Section 44151
  Any solid waste facility, located outside of any city, shall be maintained in compliance with the flammable clearance provisions of Chapter 5 (commencing with Section...
• California Public Resources Code Section 44152
  No enforcement agency shall issue or revise a permit for a solid waste facility which exclusively uses transformation until the board has concluded in writing...
• California Public Resources Code Section 44201
  As used in this article, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise, the following definitions apply: (a) "Indian country" has the same meaning as set forth...
• California Public Resources Code Section 44202
  (a) Upon receipt of a written request from any tribe considering a proposal to construct each solid waste facility in that tribe's Indian country within...
• California Public Resources Code Section 44203
  (a) The secretary may enter into any cooperative agreement which meets the requirements of this article. (b) Each cooperative agreement shall include, but shall not...
• California Public Resources Code Section 44204
  (a) A tribe shall be eligible for technical assistance to the extent feasible, from the agencies specified in subdivision (b) of Section 44203, for the...
• California Public Resources Code Section 44205
  (a) Each cooperative agreement shall require the public agencies specified in subdivision (b) of Section 44203 to review any draft tribal permit and any applicable...
• California Public Resources Code Section 44206
  (a) Nothing in this article shall limit or expand, or be construed to limit or expand, the jurisdiction of any state agency specified in subdivision...
• California Public Resources Code Section 44207
  (a) The cooperative agreement shall provide that the state or tribe may bring an appropriate civil action in a court of competent jurisdiction to enforce...
• California Public Resources Code Section 44208
  A cooperative agreement executed pursuant to this article shall be executed for the express benefit of the citizens of this state.
• California Public Resources Code Section 44209
  Any person may commence a civil action on the person's own behalf against any of the public agencies specified in subdivision (b) of Section 44203,...
• California Public Resources Code Section 44210
  Notwithstanding this article, a cocomposting facility located in Indian country with a memorandum of agreement adopted November 29, 1989, with the California Regional Water Quality...
• California Public Resources Code Section 44300
  An enforcement agency may, after holding a public hearing before a hearing panel or a hearing officer appointed pursuant to Section 44308 or 44309, in...
• California Public Resources Code Section 44305
  (a) An enforcement agency may, after holding a public hearing before a hearing panel or a hearing officer appointed pursuant to Section 44308 or 44309,...
• California Public Resources Code Section 44306
  The enforcement agency may, after holding a hearing in accordance with the procedures set forth in Section 44310, revoke a solid waste facilities permit if...
• California Public Resources Code Section 44307
  From the date of issuance of a permit that imposes conditions that are inappropriate, as contended by the applicant, or after the taking of any...
• California Public Resources Code Section 44308
  (a) All hearings conducted pursuant to this chapter by the enforcement agency shall be conducted by a hearing officer appointed pursuant to subdivision (d) or...
• California Public Resources Code Section 44309
  All hearings conducted by the board acting as the enforcement agency pursuant to Section 43205 shall be conducted by a hearing panel of three board...
• California Public Resources Code Section 44310
  All hearings conducted pursuant to this chapter shall be based on the following procedures: (a) (1) The hearing shall be initiated by the filing of...
• California Public Resources Code Section 44820
  (a) Except as provided in subdivision (c), the board shall adopt, by regulation, a permitting, inspection, and enforcement program for the disposal of asbestos containing...
• California Public Resources Code Section 45000
  (a) Except as provided in subdivision (b), the enforcement agency or the board may issue an administrative order requiring the owner or operator of a...
• California Public Resources Code Section 45001
  Nothing in this division affects the authority of the state water board or a regional water board to issue enforcement orders or take corrective actions...
• California Public Resources Code Section 45002
  (a) Except as provided in subdivision (b), an order issued pursuant to this part or Part 4 (commencing with Section 43000) shall provide the person...
• California Public Resources Code Section 45003
  (a) (1) An authorized representative of the enforcement agency or board who, in the course of conducting an inspection, detects a minor violation, shall take...
• California Public Resources Code Section 45005
  An enforcement agency or the board may issue a cease and desist order to any of the following: (a) A person who is operating, has...
• California Public Resources Code Section 45010
  (a) The board and enforcement agencies shall impose civil penalties on the operators of solid waste facilities in a judicious manner and shall impose those...
• California Public Resources Code Section 45010.1
  (a) The board or an enforcement agency may issue an order imposing a civil penalty of not more than five thousand dollars ($5,000) for each...
• California Public Resources Code Section 45010.2
  Before the board or enforcement agency issues an order under this chapter, except for a notice to comply pursuant to Section 45003, the board or...
• California Public Resources Code Section 45011
  If an enforcement agency or the board determines that a solid waste facility or disposal site is in violation of this division, a regulation adopted...
• California Public Resources Code Section 45012
  (a) If an enforcement agency, despite having made a good faith effort pursuant to its enforcement authority or any other authority, is unable to correct...
• California Public Resources Code Section 45013
  The board shall make available guidance and assistance to the enforcement agency regarding the inspection, investigation, enforcement, and remediation of illegal, abandoned, inactive, or closed...
• California Public Resources Code Section 45014
  (a) Upon the failure of a person to comply with a final order issued by a local enforcement agency or the board, the Attorney General,...
• California Public Resources Code Section 45015
  Remedies under this part are in addition to, and do not supersede or limit, any other applicable remedies provided by law.
• California Public Resources Code Section 45016
  In making a determination regarding the allegations in, and the amount of any liability that may be imposed pursuant to, an order, petition, or complaint...
• California Public Resources Code Section 45017
  (a) (1) Except as provided in paragraphs (2) and (3), all orders and determinations issued pursuant to this part or Part 4 (commencing with Section...
• California Public Resources Code Section 45018
  The payment of civil liability assessed in any order issued under this chapter shall be made within 30 days of the date the order becomes...
• California Public Resources Code Section 45019
  At least 10 days prior to the date of issuance of an enforcement order which is not for an emergency, or within five days from...
• California Public Resources Code Section 45020
  (a) Within 30 days from the date of receipt of a notice of the issuance of, or the proposal to issue, an enforcement order pursuant...
• California Public Resources Code Section 45021
  If any board or agency specified in Section 45019 receives a complaint concerning a solid waste facility or disposal site and the board or agency...
• California Public Resources Code Section 45022
  If any agency or board specified in Section 45019 receives a complaint concerning a solid waste facility or disposal site that the agency or board...
• California Public Resources Code Section 45022.5
  An enforcement agency shall maintain a record of, and take any action that the enforcement agency is authorized to take regarding, a complaint, referral, or...
• California Public Resources Code Section 45023
  A civil penalty of not more than ten thousand dollars ($10,000) may be imposed upon a person who for each day the violation or operation...
• California Public Resources Code Section 45024
  Any attorney authorized to act on behalf of the board or a local enforcement agency may petition the superior court to impose, assess, and recover...
• California Public Resources Code Section 45025
  (a) (1) A violation of Part 4 (commencing with Section 43000) is a misdemeanor punishable by a fine of not less than five hundred dollars...
• California Public Resources Code Section 45030
  (a) A party to a hearing held pursuant to Chapter 4 (commencing with Section 44300) of Part 4 may appeal to the board to review...
• California Public Resources Code Section 45031
  Within 30 days from the date that an appeal is filed with the board, the board may do any of the following: (a) Determine not...
• California Public Resources Code Section 45032
  (a) In the board's hearing on the appeal, the evidence before the board shall consist of the record before the hearing panel or hearing officer,...
• California Public Resources Code Section 45040
  (a) Within 30 days from the date of service of a copy of a decision or order issued by the board pursuant to Section 45031...
• California Public Resources Code Section 45041
  The evidence before the court shall consist of the records before the hearing panel or hearing officer and the board, if any, including the enforcement...
• California Public Resources Code Section 45042
  Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, Section 1094.5 of the Code of Civil Procedure shall govern proceedings pursuant to this article.
• California Public Resources Code Section 47000
  The Legislature finds and declares that, because hazardous substances are an integral part of daily life, it would benefit the public to have access to...
• California Public Resources Code Section 47001
  The Legislature also finds that the disposal of hazardous substances by households can be injurious to sanitation workers, the general public, and wildlife and domestic...
• California Public Resources Code Section 47002
  The Legislature further finds and declares that each household in the state should have reasonable access to legal, convenient, and environmentally safe methods for the...
• California Public Resources Code Section 47003
  The Legislature, therefore, declares that the state should assist the efforts of local governments and other agencies to provide safer disposal methods for household hazardous...
• California Public Resources Code Section 47004
  For purposes of this chapter, "hazardous waste" has the same meaning as defined in Section 25117 of the Health and Safety Code, and "hazardous substance"...
• California Public Resources Code Section 47050
  The board shall, in consultation with the Department of Toxic Substances Control, develop and implement a public information program to provide uniform and consistent information...
• California Public Resources Code Section 47051
  The public information program shall be designed to provide uniform responses to public inquiries about household hazardous substances, and to assist the efforts of counties...
• California Public Resources Code Section 47052
  The public information program shall include the development of pamphlets or other written materials which could be used by local agencies in conjunction with household...
• California Public Resources Code Section 47100
  After a countywide integrated waste management plan has been revised pursuant to Section 41770, and the revision has been approved pursuant to Sections 41760 and...
• California Public Resources Code Section 47101
  Section 47100 does not prohibit a city or county from jointly implementing the household hazardous waste collection, recycling, and disposal program, or another local agency...
• California Public Resources Code Section 47102
  The board shall designate a household hazardous waste coordinator to advise and assist local governments and other agencies which offer programs for household hazardous waste
• California Public Resources Code Section 47103
  The board shall provide technical assistance to local governments and other agencies which establish household hazardous waste management programs.
• California Public Resources Code Section 47104
  The board shall prepare, in consultation with the Department of Toxic Substances Control, guidelines and a state policy to guide the efforts of local agencies...
• California Public Resources Code Section 47105
  The guidelines required by this article shall include all the following elements: (a) Development of a model operation plan for community household hazardous waste collection,...
• California Public Resources Code Section 47106
  In establishing guidelines on which products should be disposed of as hazardous waste, the board shall consider such factors as toxicity, concentration of toxic ingredients...
• California Public Resources Code Section 47107
  The guidelines and operation plan prepared pursuant to subdivision (a) shall, upon request, be made available to local agencies and the public. The board shall...
• California Public Resources Code Section 47108
  In developing the guidelines required by this article, the board shall, to the extent feasible, consult existing sources of information, including household hazardous waste collection...
• California Public Resources Code Section 47109
  Any city or county may, upon a vote of the governing body of the city or county, authorize an increase in solid waste collection fees...
• California Public Resources Code Section 47115
  A pharmaceutical manufacturer that sells or distributes a medication in California that is usually intended to be self-injected at home through the use of a...
• California Public Resources Code Section 47115.5
  The plan required pursuant to Section 47115 shall include, at a minimum, a description of the actions, if any, taken by the manufacturer to do...
• California Public Resources Code Section 47116
  (a) The manufacturer shall post and maintain a copy of the plans required pursuant to Section 47115 on its Internet Web site. (b) The board,...
• California Public Resources Code Section 47120
  (a) The Legislature finds and declares all of the following: (1) The United States Geological Survey conducted a study in 2002 sampling 139 streams across...
• California Public Resources Code Section 47121
  For the purposes of this article, the following terms have the following meanings, unless the context clearly requires otherwise: (a) "Consumer" means an individual purchaser...
• California Public Resources Code Section 47122
  (a) (1) The board shall, in consultation with appropriate state, local, and federal agencies, including, but not limited to, the Department of Toxic Substances Control,...
• California Public Resources Code Section 47123
  Notwithstanding Section 7550.5 of the Government Code, no later than December 1, 2010, the board shall report to the Legislature. The report shall include an...
• California Public Resources Code Section 47124
  This article shall not apply to a controlled substance, as defined in Section 11007 of the Health and Safety Code.
• California Public Resources Code Section 47125
  Nothing in this article shall limit or affect any other right or remedy under any applicable law.
• California Public Resources Code Section 47126
  This article shall remain in effect only until January 1, 2013, and as of that date is repealed, unless a later enacted statute, that is...
• California Public Resources Code Section 47200
  (a) The board shall expend funds from the account, upon appropriation by the Legislature, for the making of grants to cities, counties, or other local...
• California Public Resources Code Section 47201
  The board shall adopt regulations for implementation of this article, including, but not limited to, criteria for selecting grant recipients.
• California Public Resources Code Section 47202
  All expenses incurred by the board in carrying out this article shall be payable from the account. No liability or obligation is imposed upon the...
• California Public Resources Code Section 47203
  Upon appropriation by the Legislature, the board shall allocate, from the account, an amount not to exceed sixty thousand dollars ($60,000), to the Hazardous Waste...
• California Public Resources Code Section 47550
  A city, county, or local agency operating a household hazardous waste collection, recycling, and disposal program in accordance with Article 3 (commencing with Section 47100),...
• California Public Resources Code Section 47901
  (a) All revenues received by the board shall be deposited in the specified account in the fund. Any revenue received by the board for which...
• California Public Resources Code Section 47902
  Notwithstanding Section 16475 of the Government Code, all interest earned and other increment derived from the investment of revenues in an account in the Integrated...
• California Public Resources Code Section 48000
  (a) Each operator of a disposal facility shall pay a fee quarterly to the State Board of Equalization, which is based on the amount, by...
• California Public Resources Code Section 48001
  The revenue from the fees paid pursuant to paragraph (1) of subdivision (b) of Section 48000 shall, after payment of refunds and administrative costs of...
• California Public Resources Code Section 48001.5
  (a) The revenue from the fees paid pursuant to paragraph (2) of subdivision (b) of Section 48000 shall, after payment of refunds and administrative costs...
• California Public Resources Code Section 48002
  The state board shall adopt rules and regulations to carry out Section 48000, including, but not limited to, provisions governing collections, reporting, refunds, and appeals.
• California Public Resources Code Section 48003
  The state board may not spend more than 1/2 percent of the total revenues deposited, or anticipated to be deposited, in the account during a...
• California Public Resources Code Section 48004
  (a) The money in the account shall be used by the Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery, upon appropriation by the Legislature, for the following...
• California Public Resources Code Section 48005
  Unless otherwise specified, all money received by the board shall be deposited in the Integrated Waste Management Account and shall be used by the board,...
• California Public Resources Code Section 48006
  The board may exempt from all fees any operator of a solid waste landfill that receives less than a monthly average of five tons per...
• California Public Resources Code Section 48007
  (a) Recycled materials and inert waste removed from the waste stream and not disposed of in a solid waste landfill shall not be included for...
• California Public Resources Code Section 48007
  (a) Recycled materials and inert waste removed from the waste stream and not disposed of in a solid waste landfill shall not be included for...
• California Public Resources Code Section 48007.5
  (a) On or before January 1, 2004, the board shall adopt and file with the Secretary of State, pursuant to Section 11346.2 of the Government...
• California Public Resources Code Section 48008
  (a) Any operator of a solid waste landfill that pays a fee pursuant to this chapter may impose on its users an administrative fee of...
• California Public Resources Code Section 48010
  (a) (1) An owner of a landfill for which evidence of financial ability is maintained pursuant to Article 4 (commencing with Section 43600) of Chapter...
• California Public Resources Code Section 48011
  (a) For the purposes of this article, "solid waste landfill" means a disposal site that is required to maintain evidence of financial ability pursuant to...
• California Public Resources Code Section 48012
  After January 1, 2016, as part of the annual report required pursuant to Section 40507, the Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery shall report on...
• California Public Resources Code Section 48013
  Except as provided in paragraph (3) of subdivision (a) of Section 48010, an owner of multiple landfills for which evidence of financial ability is maintained...
• California Public Resources Code Section 48020
  (a) For purposes of this article, the following terms have the following meaning: (1) "Codisposal site" means a hazardous substance release site listed pursuant to...
• California Public Resources Code Section 48021
  (a) In prioritizing the sites for cleanup pursuant to Section 48020, the board shall consider the degree of risk to public health and safety and...
• California Public Resources Code Section 48022
  The Legislature finds and declares all of the following: (a) Pursuant to the legal framework and definitions pertaining to solid waste contained in this division,...
• California Public Resources Code Section 48022.5
  (a) For the purposes of this section, the following terms have the following meanings, unless the context clearly requires otherwise: (1) "Burn dump site" means...
• California Public Resources Code Section 48023
  (a) If the board expends any funds pursuant to this article, the board shall, to the extent feasible, seek repayment from responsible parties in an...
• California Public Resources Code Section 48023.5
  (a) In addition to the remedies authorized under Section 48023, any costs or damages incurred under this article by the board constitute a lien upon...
• California Public Resources Code Section 48024
  Any contract entered into by the board pursuant to Section 48021 or 48022 is exempt from approval by the Department of General Services pursuant to...
• California Public Resources Code Section 48025
  The board may adopt regulations for the implementation of this article.
• California Public Resources Code Section 48026
  All expenses which are incurred by the board in carrying out this article shall be payable solely from the trust fund. No liability or obligation...
• California Public Resources Code Section 48027
  (a) (1) The Legislature hereby finds and declares that effective response to cleanup at solid waste disposal and codisposal sites requires that the state have...
• California Public Resources Code Section 48028
  Any funds appropriated for the purpose of the program that are not expended shall remain in the trust fund for future expenditure by the board...
• California Public Resources Code Section 48100
  (a) The Legislature hereby finds and declares that illegal disposal of solid waste on property owned by innocent parties is a longstanding problem needing attention...
• California Public Resources Code Section 48101
  (a) The grant program shall be established to make grants available to public entities and Native American tribes for the purposes described in subdivision (b)...
• California Public Resources Code Section 48102
  No farm or ranch property is eligible for a grant pursuant to this chapter if it is determined by the public entity or Native American...
• California Public Resources Code Section 48103
  (a) The board shall adopt regulations to implement this chapter. (b) The regulations adopted pursuant to this section shall include criteria for grant eligibility and...
• California Public Resources Code Section 48104
  Each year, as part of the annual report required to be submitted pursuant to Section 40507, the board shall report to the Governor and the...
• California Public Resources Code Section 48105
  All solid waste collected as a result of cleanup or abatement under the grant program shall be recycled or reused to the maximum extent feasible...
• California Public Resources Code Section 48106
  Nothing in this chapter is intended to relieve any party who is responsible for the generation or illegal deposition of the solid waste from liability...
• California Public Resources Code Section 48200
  The Legislature hereby finds that some solid waste landfill operators, particularly those of older-technology, unlined landfills located in rural areas, want to pursue early landfill...
• California Public Resources Code Section 48201
  For the purposes of this chapter, "program" means the Landfill Closure Loan Program.
• California Public Resources Code Section 48202
  (a) The Legislature hereby establishes the Landfill Closure Loan Program to provide financial assistance to operators of older-technology, unlined landfills, who want to pursue early...
• California Public Resources Code Section 48204
  Loans made pursuant to this chapter shall be subject to all of the following requirements: (a) The terms of any approved loan shall be specified...
• California Public Resources Code Section 48205
  The board, the California Pollution Control Financing Authority, the Treasurer, and other appropriate state officers and agencies shall, to the extent feasible and as appropriate,...
• California Public Resources Code Section 48206
  The board shall adopt regulations to implement this chapter.
• California Public Resources Code Section 48207
  (a) (1) Except as provided in paragraph (2), this chapter shall become inoperative on July 1, 2012, and as of January 1, 2013, is repealed,...
• California Public Resources Code Section 48500
  If any provisions of this division or the application thereof to any person or circumstances is held invalid, that invalidity shall not affect other provisions...
• California Public Resources Code Section 48501
  In any civil action brought pursuant to this division in which injunctive relief is sought, it shall not be necessary to allege or prove at...
• California Public Resources Code Section 48502
  Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the powers and duties of the Department of Toxic Substances Control pursuant to Chapter 6.5 (commencing with Section 25100)...
• California Public Resources Code Section 48600
  The Legislature finds and declares the following: (a) The problem posed by used oil disposal requires a comprehensive, statewide response, including, but not limited to,...
• California Public Resources Code Section 48601
  This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the California Oil Recycling Enhancement Act.
• California Public Resources Code Section 48610
  Unless the context otherwise requires, the following definitions govern the construction of this chapter.
• California Public Resources Code Section 48610.3
  "Board" means the Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery.
• California Public Resources Code Section 48610.5
  "Bulk oil" means oil sold and delivered in a single transaction in an amount greater than 55 gallons regardless of the size of the container...
• California Public Resources Code Section 48611
  "Container" means a drum, can, or other receptacle used primarily for storage or transportation of oil. "Container" does not mean the equipment in which oil...
• California Public Resources Code Section 48612
  "Department" means the Department of Toxic Substances Control.
• California Public Resources Code Section 48613
  "Fund" means the California Used Oil Recycling Fund created pursuant to Section 48653.
• California Public Resources Code Section 48614
  "Industrial generator" means an entity which buys and uses lubricating oil only for equipment owned or used by the entity. "Industrial generator" includes state or...
• California Public Resources Code Section 48616
  "Industrial oil" includes, but is not limited to, any compressor, turbine, or bearing oil, hydraulic oil, metal-working oil, or refrigeration oil. Industrial oil does not...
• California Public Resources Code Section 48617
  "Local government" has the same meaning as defined in Section 30109.
• California Public Resources Code Section 48618
  "Lubricating oil" includes, but is not limited to, any oil intended for use in an internal combustion engine crankcase, transmission, gearbox, or differential in an...
• California Public Resources Code Section 48618.4
  "Mitigation" is the prevention of stormwater pollution from used oil and oil byproducts and the reduction or alleviation of the effect of stormwater pollution from...
• California Public Resources Code Section 48619
  "Oil manufacturer" means the first person or entity in the state to take title to lubricating or industrial oil for sale, use, or transfer in...
• California Public Resources Code Section 48620
  "Recycled oil" means recycled oil, as defined in Section 25250.1 of the Health and Safety Code.
• California Public Resources Code Section 48620.2
  (a) "Rerefined oil" means a lubricant base stock or oil base that has been derived from used oil and meets all the following criteria: (1)...
• California Public Resources Code Section 48620.5
  "Stormwater pollution" for purposes of mitigation does not include runoff at a specific facility even if there is no point source at the facility. This...
• California Public Resources Code Section 48621
  "Used oil" means used oil, as defined in subdivision (a) of Section 25250.1 of the Health and Safety Code. Used oil does not include articles...
• California Public Resources Code Section 48622
  "Used oil collection center" means a business, governmental entity, or nonprofit organization which accepts used lubricating oil from the public and which is exempt from...
• California Public Resources Code Section 48623
  "Used oil hauler" means a hazardous waste transporter registered pursuant to Chapter 6.5 (commencing with Section 25100) of Division 20 of the Health and Safety...
• California Public Resources Code Section 48624
  "Used oil recycling facility" means a facility that is issued a hazardous waste facilities permit or grant of interim status by the department pursuant to...
• California Public Resources Code Section 48625
  The following terms have the following meaning: (a) "Used oil storage facility" has the same meaning as defined in subdivision (g) of Section 25250.1 of...
• California Public Resources Code Section 48630
  On or before October 1, 1992, the board shall adopt a used oil recycling program which promotes and develops alternatives to the illegal disposal of...
• California Public Resources Code Section 48631
  The used oil recycling program shall include, but is not limited to, all of the following: (a) A recycling incentive system as described in Article...
• California Public Resources Code Section 48632
  The Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery may, pursuant to subdivision (b) of Section 48631, issue grants to or contract with local governments, nonprofit entities,...
• California Public Resources Code Section 48640
  The board shall administer this chapter. For organizational purposes, the board may create a new division, bureau, office, or unit to administer this chapter.
• California Public Resources Code Section 48641
  In addition to any other regulations which the board is required by statute to adopt, the board may adopt any other rules and regulations pursuant...
• California Public Resources Code Section 48642
  The board may prepare, publish, or issue printed pamphlets, which the board determines to be necessary, for the dissemination of information concerning the activities of...
• California Public Resources Code Section 48643
  In carrying out this chapter, the board may solicit and use any and all expertise available in other state agencies, including, but not limited to,...
• California Public Resources Code Section 48644
  The board shall maintain access to a toll-free telephone number which is to be used for the purpose of informing callers of the following: (a)...
• California Public Resources Code Section 48645
  Except for payments made to local governments pursuant to paragraph (3) of subdivision (a) of Section 48653, final approval of applicant and project eligibility standards,...
• California Public Resources Code Section 48650
  (a) Except as provided in subdivisions (c) and (d), every oil manufacturer shall pay to the board, on or before the last day of the...
• California Public Resources Code Section 48650.2
  For the purposes of this chapter, the board may collect the fees pursuant to the Fee Collection Procedures Law (Part 30 (commencing with Section 55001)...
• California Public Resources Code Section 48650.5
  (a) Any person who has made a payment pursuant to Section 48650 on lubricating oil exempted from payment pursuant to subdivision (a) of Section 48650,...
• California Public Resources Code Section 48650.7
  In any transaction involving a total volume of oil subject to payment pursuant to Section 48650 in excess of 10 gallons, the invoice or other...
• California Public Resources Code Section 48651
  The board shall pay a recycling incentive pursuant to subdivision (a) of Section 48652 to every industrial generator, curbside collection program, and certified used oil...
• California Public Resources Code Section 48651.5
  (a) Effective January 1, 2013, the board, with regard to promoting the recycling of used lubricating oil into rerefined oil, shall pay a rerefining incentive...
• California Public Resources Code Section 48652
  (a) Except as provided in subdivision (d), the board shall set the recycling incentive at not less than ten cents ($0.10) per quart. The board...
• California Public Resources Code Section 48653
  The board shall deposit all amounts paid pursuant to Section 48650 by manufacturers, civil penalties, and fines paid pursuant to this chapter, and all other...
• California Public Resources Code Section 48655
  The board may enter into a contract with the department that will utilize the resources of the department to provide for greater investigation and enforcement...
• California Public Resources Code Section 48656
  After all of the expenditures pursuant to Section 48653 have been made, notwithstanding paragraph (5) of subdivision (a) of Section 48653, the balance remaining in...
• California Public Resources Code Section 48657
  The board shall keep accurate books, records, and accounts of all of its dealings, and these books, records, and accounts, and any amounts paid into...
• California Public Resources Code Section 48660
  (a) No used oil collection center shall be eligible for the payment of recycling incentives until the board has certified that the center is in...
• California Public Resources Code Section 48660.5
  (a) If the board finds that a shipment of used oil from a certified used oil collection center, curbside collection program, or uncertified publicly funded...
• California Public Resources Code Section 48661
  (a) On and after July 1, 1992, the department shall annually inspect used oil recycling facilities. (b) Within 135 days following inspection, the department shall...
• California Public Resources Code Section 48662
  (a) The board shall certify or recertify a used oil recycling facility located in this state for which the board has received a report from...
• California Public Resources Code Section 48670
  (a) To be eligible for payment of a recycling incentive, an industrial generator of used lubricating oil, a used oil collection center, or a curbside...
• California Public Resources Code Section 48671
  Every oil manufacturer who sells, or offers to sell, lubricating or industrial oil in this state shall report to the board for each month the...
• California Public Resources Code Section 48671.5
  The manufacturer of every container that contains lubricating oils or industrial oils, and which is intended for sale to consumers in California, shall do either...
• California Public Resources Code Section 48672
  Beginning May 1, 1992, every used oil hauler shall report to the board for each quarter the amount of used oil transported, the location to...
• California Public Resources Code Section 48673
  (a) A used oil recycling facility issued a permit by the department to produce recycled oil, as defined in Section 25250.1 of the Health and...
• California Public Resources Code Section 48674
  After receiving payments pursuant to paragraph (3) of subdivision (a) of Section 48653, each local government shall submit an annual report to the board, in...
• California Public Resources Code Section 48675
  The board shall establish procedures to protect any proprietary information concerning sales, purchases, and operations obtained while collecting information for carrying out this chapter.
• California Public Resources Code Section 48676
  The board shall make available on its Internet Web site an annual report that includes the accumulated industrial and lubricating oil sales and used oil...
• California Public Resources Code Section 48680
  (a) Except as provided in subdivision (b), in addition to any other civil or criminal penalties, any person convicted of a violation of this chapter...
• California Public Resources Code Section 48690
  A local government is eligible for a payment pursuant to paragraph (3) of subdivision (a) of Section 48653, if it develops and submits a local...
• California Public Resources Code Section 48691
  (a) A local used oil collection program shall provide for used lubricating oil collection by either of the following or a combination of the two:...
• California Public Resources Code Section 48700
  The purpose of the architectural paint recovery program established pursuant to this chapter is to require paint manufacturers to develop and implement a program to...
• California Public Resources Code Section 48701
  For purposes of this chapter, the following terms have the following meanings: (a) "Architectural paint" means interior and exterior architectural coatings, sold in containers of...
• California Public Resources Code Section 48702
  (a) A manufacturer of architectural paint sold in this state shall, individually or through a stewardship organization, submit an architectural paint stewardship plan to the...
• California Public Resources Code Section 48703
  (a) On or before April 1, 2012, a manufacturer or designated stewardship organization shall submit an architectural paint stewardship plan to the department. (b) (1)...
• California Public Resources Code Section 48704
  (a) The department shall review the plan within 90 days of receipt, and make a determination whether or not to approve the plan. The department...
• California Public Resources Code Section 48704.1
  (a) The Architectural Paint Stewardship Account and the Architectural Paint Stewardship Penalty Subaccount are hereby established in the Integrated Waste Management Fund created pursuant to...
• California Public Resources Code Section 48705
  (a) On or before September 1, 2013, and each year thereafter, a manufacturer of architectural paint sold in this state shall, individually or through a...
• California Public Resources Code Section 48706
  (a) Except as provided in subdivision (c), an action solely to increase the recycling of architectural paint by a producer, stewardship organization, or retailer that...
• California Public Resources Code Section 49000
  "District," as used in this chapter, means a district formed pursuant to this chapter or pursuant to any law which it supersedes.
• California Public Resources Code Section 49005
  Any portion or portions of a county, whether contiguous or noncontiguous, and whether the portion or portions include incorporated or unincorporated territory, may be formed...
• California Public Resources Code Section 49006
  (a) The board of supervisors may determine, by resolution, that a portion of the county is in need of facilities for the disposal of garbage...
• California Public Resources Code Section 49007
  The notice shall state the fact that the board of supervisors has fixed the time and place, which shall be stated in the notice, for...
• California Public Resources Code Section 49008
  The notice shall describe the territory or shall specify the exterior boundaries of the territory proposed to be organized into a district. So far as...
• California Public Resources Code Section 49009
  At any time prior to the time fixed for a hearing of the matter, any person interested may file with the clerk of the board...
• California Public Resources Code Section 49010
  At the conclusion of the hearing, the board of supervisors shall either adopt an order abandoning the creation of the proposed district or shall, by...
• California Public Resources Code Section 49011
  Election precincts shall be established by the board of supervisors, and election boards composed of one inspector, one judge, and one clerk shall be named....
• California Public Resources Code Section 49012
  (a) Within five days after the district formation election has been called, the board of supervisors shall transmit, by registered mail, a written notification of...
• California Public Resources Code Section 49013
  (a) The board of supervisors or any member or members of the board authorized by the board, or any individual voter or bona fide association...
• California Public Resources Code Section 49014
  (a) If more than one argument for or more than one argument against the proposed district formation is filed with the election officials within the...
• California Public Resources Code Section 49015
  (a) The officials in charge of conducting the election shall cause a ballot pamphlet concerning the district formation proposition to be voted on to be...
• California Public Resources Code Section 49016
  If at the election a majority of all those voting upon the question of creation of the district, and a majority of those voting thereon...
• California Public Resources Code Section 49017
  (a) A district may be formed for the exclusive purpose of providing, maintaining, and operating a garbage and refuse disposal site. In forming a district...
• California Public Resources Code Section 49018
  The board of supervisors is the governing body of the district and may do any or all of the following: (a) Make and enforce all...
• California Public Resources Code Section 49019
  (a) The board of supervisors may enter into contracts for the disposal of garbage and other refuse matter. Whenever the board enters into, or renews...
• California Public Resources Code Section 49020
  If an emergency occasioned by default of a contractor or other circumstances which would be detrimental to the public health, safety, or welfare of the...
• California Public Resources Code Section 49030
  The board of supervisors shall levy a tax each year upon the taxable property in the district sufficient to defray the cost of the disposal...
• California Public Resources Code Section 49031
  For any district in a county with a population of six million or more, the board of supervisors may prescribe and collect garbage and refuse...
• California Public Resources Code Section 49032
  (a) Prior to adoption of the initial ordinances prescribing the fees provided for in Section 49031, the board of supervisors shall place before the voters...
• California Public Resources Code Section 49040
  All claims for money or damages against the district are governed by Part 3 (commencing with Section 900) and Part 4 (commencing with Section 940)...
• California Public Resources Code Section 49050
  The boundaries of any district may be altered, and outlying districts or territory, whether incorporated or unincorporated, and whether contiguous or noncontiguous, may be annexed...
• California Public Resources Code Section 49100
  "District," as used in this chapter, means a district formed pursuant to this chapter or pursuant to any law which it supersedes.
• California Public Resources Code Section 49110
  Any contiguous portion or portions of a county, whether the portion or portions include incorporated or unincorporated territory, may be formed into a garbage and...
• California Public Resources Code Section 49111
  (a) The board of supervisors may determine, by resolution, that a portion of the county is in need of a site for the disposal of...
• California Public Resources Code Section 49112
  The notice shall state the fact that the board of supervisors has fixed the time and place, which shall be stated in the notice, for...
• California Public Resources Code Section 49113
  The notice shall describe the territory, or shall specify the exterior boundaries of the territory, proposed to be organized into a district.
• California Public Resources Code Section 49114
  At any time prior to the time fixed for a hearing on the matter, any person interested may file with the clerk of the board...
• California Public Resources Code Section 49115
  At the final hearing the board of supervisors shall make those changes in the proposed boundaries that are advisable and shall define and establish the
• California Public Resources Code Section 49116
  If, from the testimony given before the board of supervisors, it appears to the board of supervisors that the public necessity or welfare requires the...
• California Public Resources Code Section 49117
  The county clerk shall immediately file for record in the office of the county recorder of the county in which the land embraced in the...
• California Public Resources Code Section 49118
  No district shall be formed under this chapter after October 1, 1961.
• California Public Resources Code Section 49120
  (a) Within 30 days after the filing with the Secretary of State of the certified copy of the order of formation, a governing board of...
• California Public Resources Code Section 49121
  Any governing body authorized by Section 49120 to appoint a member to the district board may make the appointment from its own members.
• California Public Resources Code Section 49122
  The members of the district board in office on September 15, 1961, shall, as soon as practicable thereafter, so classify themselves, by lot, that a...
• California Public Resources Code Section 49123
  (a) Members of the district board may be reimbursed for their actual and necessary expenses incurred in the performance of official business of the district...
• California Public Resources Code Section 49130
  The district board may do all of the following: (a) Make and enforce all rules and regulations necessary for the administration and government of the...
• California Public Resources Code Section 49131
  The district board may designate any depository for the custody of any or all the money collected or received for district purposes pursuant to Article...
• California Public Resources Code Section 49140
  At least 15 days before the first day of the month in which the board of supervisors of the county in which the district is...
• California Public Resources Code Section 49141
  The district board may also include in its estimate prepared pursuant to Section 49140 an unappropriated reserve to cover expenditures that have not been provided...
• California Public Resources Code Section 49142
  The board of supervisors of the county in which the district is situated shall, at the time of levying county taxes, levy a tax to...
• California Public Resources Code Section 49143
  For purposes of the district, the board of supervisors shall levy a tax of not more than fifteen cents ($0.15) on each one hundred dollars...
• California Public Resources Code Section 49144
  The district board may establish and maintain a cash-basis fund for the purpose of defraying district expenses between the beginning of a fiscal year and...
• California Public Resources Code Section 49150
  All claims for money or damages against the district are governed by Part 3 (commencing with Section 900) and Part 4 (commencing with Section 940)...
• California Public Resources Code Section 49160
  No general obligation bonds shall be issued by the district unless the issuance thereof is approved by the electors of the district at a special...
• California Public Resources Code Section 49161
  The resolution shall state all of the following: (a) The general objectives and purposes for which it is proposed to incur an indebtedness. (b) A...
• California Public Resources Code Section 49162
  For purposes of the bond election, the district board may consolidate into one precinct several precincts established for general election purposes and describe the precinct...
• California Public Resources Code Section 49163
  An election board consisting of one inspector, one judge and one clerk shall be appointed by the district board for each precinct.
• California Public Resources Code Section 49164
  Only voters registered in the district are eligible to vote at the bond election.
• California Public Resources Code Section 49165
  A resolution calling the election shall be published once a week for three successive weeks in a newspaper having a general circulation in the district...
• California Public Resources Code Section 49166
  If two-thirds of the votes cast are in favor of incurring the bonded indebtedness as proposed, bonds of the district for the amount stated in...
• California Public Resources Code Section 49167
  The validity of the bonds after their issuance shall not be questioned in any court except on the ground that the provisions of this chapter...
• California Public Resources Code Section 49168
  The district board shall prescribe, by resolution, the form of the bonds and interest coupons. The bonds shall be payable at the times and at...
• California Public Resources Code Section 49169
  The bonds shall be issued in the denominations that the district board determines, except that no bond shall be of a denomination less than one...
• California Public Resources Code Section 49170
  The bonds shall be signed by the chairperson of the district board and countersigned by the county auditor, and the seal of the district board...
• California Public Resources Code Section 49171
  If any officer whose signature or countersignature appears on the bonds ceases to be an officer before the delivery of the bonds to the purchaser,...
• California Public Resources Code Section 49172
  The district board may issue and sell bonds of the district at not less than par value, and the proceeds shall be placed in the...
• California Public Resources Code Section 49173
  All premiums and accrued interest received shall be paid into the fund to be used for the payment of principal of, and interest on, the...
• California Public Resources Code Section 49174
  (a) The funds in the construction fund shall be applied exclusively to the purposes and objects mentioned in the resolution calling the bond election. (b)...
• California Public Resources Code Section 49175
  If the proposition of issuing bonds submitted at the bond election fails to receive the requisite number of votes, the district board may, after expiration...
• California Public Resources Code Section 49176
  If bonds have been issued by the district and the proceeds of the sale have been expended and the district board, by resolution passed by...
• California Public Resources Code Section 49177
  Bonds and interest thereon shall be paid by revenue derived from an annual tax upon the property in the district, and all the property in...
• California Public Resources Code Section 49178
  (a) An issue of bonds is hereby defined to be the aggregate principal amount of all of the bonds authorized to be issued in accordance...
• California Public Resources Code Section 49179
  Whenever a district has issued bonds, in its annual statement to the board of supervisors as to the amount of money needed for district purposes...
• California Public Resources Code Section 49180
  If the district board fails to furnish to the board of supervisors a statement of the amount of money necessary to pay the principal of,...
• California Public Resources Code Section 49181
  The principal of, and interest on, the bonds shall be paid by the treasurer of the county in the manner prescribed by law for the...
• California Public Resources Code Section 49190
  A district formed pursuant to this chapter is a local agency within the meaning of the Revenue Bond Law of 1941 (Chapter 6 (commencing with...
• California Public Resources Code Section 49195
  The boundaries of any district may be altered, and outlying contiguous territory, whether incorporated or unincorporated, may be annexed pursuant to the Cortese-Knox-Hertzberg Local Government...
• California Public Resources Code Section 49200
  Every franchise or permit for the collection, disposal, or destruction, or any combination thereof, of garbage, waste, offal, and debris, shall be granted by the...
• California Public Resources Code Section 49201
  (a) Any county may, by resolution adopted by the board of supervisors, call for bids for the granting of a franchise or permit, exclusive or...
• California Public Resources Code Section 49202
  The successful bidder shall file with the board of supervisors, upon grant of the franchise or permit, a bond in favor of the county in...
• California Public Resources Code Section 49203
  The county may, in the resolution and advertised notice, impose terms and conditions other than those specified in this chapter if they are not in...
• California Public Resources Code Section 49204
  A bidder may in his or her franchise or permit bid set forth any propositions, terms, and conditions that the bidder may desire to offer,...
• California Public Resources Code Section 49205
  The board of supervisors which, prior to July 1, 1980, adopted an ordinance governing the granting of franchises or permits for the collection, disposal, or...
• California Public Resources Code Section 49300
  The legislative body of a city may contract for the collection or disposal, or both, of garbage, waste, refuse, rubbish, offal, trimmings, or other refuse...
• California Public Resources Code Section 49400
  No city, county, district, or public or municipal corporation shall acquire and operate, or cause to be acquired and operated, a dump or site for...
• California Public Resources Code Section 49500
  Unless the context otherwise requires, the definitions in this article govern the construction of this chapter.
• California Public Resources Code Section 49501
  "Exclusive solid waste handling services" means any action by a local agency, whether by franchise, contract, license, permit, or otherwise, whereby the agency itself or...
• California Public Resources Code Section 49501.3
  "Lawfully provided" means the services of the solid waste enterprise are in substantial compliance with the terms and conditions of its franchise, contract, license, or
• California Public Resources Code Section 49501.5
  "License" means a solid waste license issued by a local agency or a business license issued by a local agency if the local agency has...
• California Public Resources Code Section 49502
  "Local agency" means any county, city, or district having the authority to provide solid waste handling services either by the agency itself or by authorizing...
• California Public Resources Code Section 49503
  "Solid waste" means all putrescible and nonputrescible solid and semisolid wastes, including garbage, trash, refuse, paper, rubbish, ashes, industrial wastes, demolition and construction wastes, abandoned...
• California Public Resources Code Section 49504
  "Solid waste enterprise" means any individual, partnership, joint venture, unincorporated private organization, or private corporation regularly engaged in the business of providing solid waste handling
• California Public Resources Code Section 49505
  "Solid waste handling services" means the collection, transportation, storage, transfer, or processing of solid wastes for residential, commercial, institutional, or industrial users or customers.
• California Public Resources Code Section 49510
  The Legislature finds and declares as follows: (a) Although local agencies are authorized to furnish solid waste handling services, in extensive parts of the state...
• California Public Resources Code Section 49520
  If a local agency has authorized, by franchise, contract, license, or permit, a solid waste enterprise to provide solid waste handling services and those services...
• California Public Resources Code Section 49521
  A solid waste enterprise providing continuation solid waste handling services pursuant to Section 49520 is subject to the following conditions: (a) The services of the...
• California Public Resources Code Section 49522
  Nothing in this chapter affects the right of a city following annexation to terminate for cause a franchise, contract, license, or permit held by a...
• California Public Resources Code Section 49523
  Any local agency or solid waste handling enterprise may contract, upon mutually satisfactory terms, for the termination of all or any part of the business...
• California Public Resources Code Section 49524
  Notwithstanding Section 49523, a solid waste enterprise may not waive the right to continue to provide solid waste handling services as provided in this chapter.
• California Public Resources Code Section 49600
  No person shall operate in any city or town any crematory for the destruction by fire heat of garbage, ashes, offal, or other refuse matter,...
• California Public Resources Code Section 49601
  No crematory described in Section 49600 shall be operated in this state except in a manner which will prevent the propagation of disease through contamination...
• California Public Resources Code Section 49602
  Every person who burns by fire heat or destroys by cremation any garbage, ashes, offal, or other refuse matter in violation of this article is...
• California Public Resources Code Section 49620
  Any person who destroys, or who attempts to destroy, the carcass of any dead animal, or the offal from any slaughter pen, corral, or butcher...
• California Public Resources Code Section 50000
  (a) Until an integrated waste management plan has been approved by the California Integrated Waste Management Board pursuant to Division 30 (commencing with Section 40000),...
• California Public Resources Code Section 50000.5
  (a) Until a countywide integrated waste management plan has been approved by the California Integrated Waste Management Board pursuant to Division 30 (commencing with Section...
• California Public Resources Code Section 50001
  (a) Except as provided by subdivision (b), after a countywide or regional agency integrated waste management plan has been approved by the Department of Resources...
• California Public Resources Code Section 50001.2
  Nothing in this division is intended to limit the ability of a city or county to enter into a joint exercise of powers agreement to...
• California Public Resources Code Section 50001.5
  At the request of the board or any local governmental entity, the Attorney General shall bring an action to enforce this division.
• California Public Resources Code Section 50002
  (a) The California Integrated Waste Management Board may, by regulation, specify classifications of solid waste facilities that are exempt from the requirements of Sections 50000,...
• California Public Resources Code Section 70000
  This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the Clean Glass Recycling Act of 1990.
• California Public Resources Code Section 70001
  "Beverage or food container" means packaging of finished products which contain food or drink items for retail sale.
• California Public Resources Code Section 70020
  On or after January 1, 1991, it is unlawful to sell, manufacture, or distribute glass beverage or glass food containers which, as part of the...
• California Public Resources Code Section 70030
  In addition to other applicable civil or criminal penalties, any person convicted of a violation of this chapter is guilty of an infraction, which is...
• California Public Resources Code Section 70031
  (a) Any person who violates this chapter is subject to a civil penalty of not more than one thousand dollars ($1,000) per day for each...
• California Public Resources Code Section 71000
  This part shall be known, and may be cited, as the Environmental Protection Permit Reform Act of 1993.
• California Public Resources Code Section 71001
  The Legislature hereby finds and declares all of the following: (a) California's environmental protection programs have established strict standards to reduce pollution and protect the...
• California Public Resources Code Section 71010
  "Secretary" means the Secretary for Environmental Protection.
• California Public Resources Code Section 71011
  "Environmental agency" means any of the following: (a) The Department of Toxic Substances Control, the Department of Pesticide Regulation, the State Air Resources Board, the...
• California Public Resources Code Section 71012
  "Environmental permit" means any license, certificate, registration, permit, or other form of authorization required by an environmental agency to engage in a particular activity. "Environmental...
• California Public Resources Code Section 71013
  "Project" means an activity, the conduct of which requires an environmental permit from two or more environmental agencies.
• California Public Resources Code Section 71014
  "Consolidated permit" means a permit incorporating the environmental permits granted by environmental agencies for a project and issued in a single permit document by the...
• California Public Resources Code Section 71015
  "Consolidated permit agency" means the environmental agency that has the greatest overall jurisdiction over a project, as determined pursuant to Section 71020.
• California Public Resources Code Section 71016
  "Participating permit agency" means an environmental agency, other than the consolidated permit agency, that is responsible for the issuance of an environmental permit for a
• California Public Resources Code Section 71017
  (a) "Council" means the California Environmental Policy Council. (b) The council is hereby created and consists of the following members or their designees: (1) The...
• California Public Resources Code Section 71020
  (a) On or before January 1, 1995, the secretary shall establish an administrative process which may be used, at the request of a permit applicant...
• California Public Resources Code Section 71021
  (a) A permit applicant for a project may request the secretary to designate a consolidated permit agency to administer the processing and issuance of a...
• California Public Resources Code Section 71022
  (a) Within 15 working days of the date that the consolidated permit agency is designated, the consolidated permit agency shall convene a meeting with the...
• California Public Resources Code Section 71023
  (a) The permit applicant may withdraw from the consolidated permit process by submitting to the consolidated permit agency a written request that the process be...
• California Public Resources Code Section 71024
  The consolidated permit agency shall ensure that the participating permit agencies make all the environmental permit decisions that are necessary for the incorporation of the...
• California Public Resources Code Section 71025
  Each environmental permit incorporated in the consolidated permit shall have the legal status and the regulatory effect that is specified in the statute and regulations...
• California Public Resources Code Section 71026
  (a) A consolidated permit agency may charge and collect a reasonable fee from any person seeking a consolidated permit to recover the estimated costs incurred...
• California Public Resources Code Section 71027
  A petition by the permit applicant for review of an environmental agency action in issuing, denying, or amending an environmental permit, or any portion of...
• California Public Resources Code Section 71028
  If an applicant petitions for a significant amendment or modification to a consolidated permit application or any of its component environmental permit applications, the consolidated...
• California Public Resources Code Section 71029
  If an applicant fails to provide information required for the processing of the component environmental permit applications for a consolidated permit or for the designation...
• California Public Resources Code Section 71030
  (a) On or before December 31, 1994, the secretary shall adopt regulations establishing an expedited appeals process by which a petitioner or applicant may appeal...
• California Public Resources Code Section 71031
  (a) Each state environmental agency, as defined in subdivisions (a) and (b) of Section 71011, in consultation and coordination with all interested parties, may adopt...
• California Public Resources Code Section 71040
  The Secretary for Environmental Protection shall establish an electronic online permit assistance center through the Internet. The electronic online permit assistance center shall be available...
• California Public Resources Code Section 71041
  The CALGOLD program shall be reviewed periodically and, when necessary, updated to assist businesses in the state that would benefit from information on permitting and...
• California Public Resources Code Section 71050
  The Legislature hereby finds and declares all of the following: (a) Environmental data is currently required by, and submitted to, a variety of public agencies...
• California Public Resources Code Section 71053
  "Advisory committee" means the Environmental Data Management Advisory Committee established pursuant to Section 71064.
• California Public Resources Code Section 71054
  "Agency" means the California Environmental Protection Agency.
• California Public Resources Code Section 71055
  "Secretary" means the Secretary for Environmental Protection.
• California Public Resources Code Section 71060
  The secretary shall develop and adopt information technology standards by which public agencies and regulated business entities and the other members of the regulated community...
• California Public Resources Code Section 71061
  The secretary shall establish a standardized electronic format and protocol for the exchange of electronic data for the purpose of meeting environmental data reporting or...
• California Public Resources Code Section 71062
  The secretary shall identify the environmental data reporting or usage requirements imposed pursuant to the laws listed in Section 71061 and reflect those requirements in...
• California Public Resources Code Section 71063
  (a) The proposed standardized electronic format and protocol required by Section 71061 and the alternative signature techniques required by Section 71066 shall be tested in...
• California Public Resources Code Section 71064
  (a) There is in the agency the Environmental Data Management Advisory Committee. The advisory committee shall consist of not more than seven members appointed by...
• California Public Resources Code Section 71065
  To the fullest extent practicable to public agencies and business entities, the secretary, in close consultation with the advisory committee, shall ensure that the standardized...
• California Public Resources Code Section 71066
  The secretary shall prescribe one or more techniques by which a report may be signed electronically by a person who would otherwise place a written...
• California Public Resources Code Section 71067
  Public agencies shall continue their current data auditing practices, and shall work with data submitters to correct all kinds of data error encountered. The pilot...
• California Public Resources Code Section 71068
  (a) Upon the completion of a demonstration of any standardized electronic format and protocol and alternative signature technique pursuant to this part, to the satisfaction...
• California Public Resources Code Section 71069
  The Legislature finds and declares the following: (a) It is the policy of the state to conserve and protect its natural resources. (b) Over 1,400...
• California Public Resources Code Section 71069.5
  For purposes of this chapter "board" means the California Integrated Waste Management Board.
• California Public Resources Code Section 71070
  (a) On or before January 1, 2005, the board, in consultation with the state agencies affected by the changes made by the act of the...
• California Public Resources Code Section 71071
  (a) On and after February 1, 2005, the California Environmental Protection Agency and its boards, departments, and offices shall provide and produce reports and other...
• California Public Resources Code Section 71073
  On or before April 30, 2005, each state agency shall conduct a thorough review of each report that the state agency is required to submit...
• California Public Resources Code Section 71074
  Any reporting requirements imposed by this chapter do not supersede a reporting requirement in any other provision of law.
• California Public Resources Code Section 71080
  The Legislature finds and declares the following: (a) Traditionally, many of California's environmental programs have assessed their performance using measures of activity, including, for example,...
• California Public Resources Code Section 71081
  (a) Beginning on July 1, 2004, to the extent that funds are appropriated by the Legislature for this purpose, the office, on behalf of the...
• California Public Resources Code Section 71082
  (a) As appropriate, a budget change proposal submitted to the Legislature by a board, department, or office within the California Environmental Protection Agency or the...
• California Public Resources Code Section 71071
  (a) On and after February 1, 2005, the California Environmental Protection Agency and its boards, departments, and offices shall provide and produce reports and other...
• California Public Resources Code Section 71073
  On or before April 30, 2005, each state agency shall conduct a thorough review of each report that the state agency is required to submit...
• California Public Resources Code Section 71074
  Any reporting requirements imposed by this chapter do not supersede a reporting requirement in any other provision of law.
• California Public Resources Code Section 71100
  The following definitions govern the construction of this part: (a) "Cal BECC" means the California Border Environmental Cooperation Committee established on July 22, 1994, by...
• California Public Resources Code Section 71101
  (a) The California Border Environmental and Public Health Protection Fund is hereby established in the State Treasury to receive funds appropriated in the annual Budget...
• California Public Resources Code Section 71102
  The money in the fund shall be used for the following purposes: (a) To assist local governments in implementation of projects to identify and resolve...
• California Public Resources Code Section 71103
  (a) The Secretary for Environmental Protection, upon request, shall inform any community-based nonprofit environmental organization, responsible local government, and special district located within the California-Baja...
• California Public Resources Code Section 71103.5
  (a) The Legislature finds and declares all of the following: (1) The New River poses an imminent and severe threat to the public health of...
• California Public Resources Code Section 71104
  This part shall only be operative during those fiscal years for which funds are appropriated in the annual Budget Act to implement this part, or...
• California Public Resources Code Section 71110
  The California Environmental Protection Agency, in designing its mission for programs, policies, and standards, shall do all of the following: (a) Conduct its programs, policies,...
• California Public Resources Code Section 71111
  On or before January 1, 2001, the California Environmental Protection Agency shall develop a model environmental justice mission statement for boards, departments, and offices within...
• California Public Resources Code Section 71112
  In developing the model environmental justice mission statement pursuant to Section 71111, the California Environmental Protection Agency shall consult with, review, and evaluate any information...
• California Public Resources Code Section 71113
  (a) On or before January 1, 2002, the Secretary for Environmental Protection shall convene a Working Group on Environmental Justice to assist the California Environmental...
• California Public Resources Code Section 71114
  (a) The Secretary for Environmental Protection shall, on or before January 1, 2002, convene an advisory group to assist the working group described in Section...
• California Public Resources Code Section 71114.1
  After the California Environmental Protection Agency develops the strategy pursuant to Section 71113 and before December 31, 2003, each board, department, and office within the...
• California Public Resources Code Section 71115
  The Secretary for Environmental Protection shall, not later than January 1, 2004, and every three years thereafter, prepare and submit to the Governor and the...
• California Public Resources Code Section 71116
  (a) The Environmental Justice Small Grant Program is hereby established under the jurisdiction of the California Environmental Protection Agency. The California Environmental Protection Agency shall...
• California Public Resources Code Section 71120
  Unless the context requires otherwise, the following definitions govern this part: (a) "Agency" means the California Environmental Protection Agency. (b) "Secretary" means the Secretary for...
• California Public Resources Code Section 71121
  (a) In the 2004-05 fiscal year, to the extent that it will achieve actual budget savings and to the extent authorized by existing law, the...
• California Public Resources Code Section 71122
  In the 2004-05 fiscal year, to the extent that it will achieve actual budget savings, the secretary shall consolidate the following non-policy functions that are...
• California Public Resources Code Section 71123
  (a) The implementation of Sections 71121 and 71122 shall not affect the independence of a board, department, or office within the agency to administer its...
• California Public Resources Code Section 71124
  The secretary shall report any budget savings achieved pursuant to Sections 71121 and 71122 to the Legislature's budget committees, for appropriation to programs that directly...
• California Public Resources Code Section 71125
  The secretary may use a reimbursement from a board, department, or office within the agency for a consolidated service that the agency provides to those
• California Public Resources Code Section 71126
  Upon the request of the secretary, the Department of Finance shall assist the secretary in complying with this part.
• California Public Resources Code Section 71300
  (a) For purposes of this part "office" means the Office of Education and the Environment of the California Environmental Protection Agency, as established pursuant to...
• California Public Resources Code Section 71301
  (a) As part of the unified education strategy, the office, under the direction of the Secretary for Environmental Protection, in cooperation with the Natural Resources...
• California Public Resources Code Section 71302
  (a) Using the education principles for the environment required in Section 71301, the office, under the direction of the Secretary for Environmental Protection, shall develop,...
• California Public Resources Code Section 71303
  (a) As determined appropriate by the Superintendent of Public Instruction, the State Department of Education shall incorporate into publications that provide examples of curriculum resources...
• California Public Resources Code Section 71304
  (a) The office, under the direction of the Secretary for Environmental Protection, shall be responsible for the statewide coordination of regulatory administrative decisions that require...
• California Public Resources Code Section 71305
  (a) The Environmental Education Account is hereby established within the State Treasury. Moneys in the account may, upon appropriation by the Legislature, be expended by...
• California Public Resources Code Section 71305
  (a) The Environmental Education Account is hereby established within the State Treasury. Moneys in the account may, upon appropriation by the Legislature, be expended by...
• California Public Resources Code Section 71200
  Unless the context otherwise requires, the following definitions govern the construction of this division: (a) "Ballast tank" means a tank or hold on a vessel...
• California Public Resources Code Section 71201
  (a) This division applies to all vessels, United States and foreign, carrying, or capable of carrying, ballast water into the coastal waters of the state...
• California Public Resources Code Section 71201.5
  This division does not authorize the discharge of oil, noxious liquids, or other pollutants, in a manner prohibited by state, federal, or international laws or...
• California Public Resources Code Section 71201.7
  The commission shall adopt regulations necessary to implement this division, pursuant to Chapter 3.5 (commencing with Section 11340) of Part 1 of Division 3 of...
• California Public Resources Code Section 71202
  This division does not apply to any of the following vessels: (a) A vessel of the armed forces, as defined in paragraph (14) of subsection...
• California Public Resources Code Section 71203
  (a) The master, operator, or person in charge of a vessel is responsible for the safety of the vessel, its crew, and its passengers. (b)...
• California Public Resources Code Section 71204
  Subject to Section 71203, the master, owner, operator, or person in charge of a vessel carrying, or capable of carrying, ballast water, that operates in...
• California Public Resources Code Section 71204.2
  Prior to and until the date of implementation of the regulations described in Section 71204.5, and subject to Section 71203, the master, operator, or person...
• California Public Resources Code Section 71204.3
  Commencing on the date of implementation of the regulations described in Section 71204.5, and subject to Section 71203, the master, operator, or person in charge...
• California Public Resources Code Section 71204.5
  (a) On or before January 1, 2005, the commission shall adopt regulations governing ballast water management practices for vessels arriving at a California port or...
• California Public Resources Code Section 71204.6
  On or before January 1, 2012, the commission, in consultation with the board, the United States Coast Guard, and a technical advisory group consisting of...
• California Public Resources Code Section 71204.7
  (a) On or before July 1, 2005, the commission, in consultation with the United States Coast Guard, shall adopt regulations governing the evaluation and approval...
• California Public Resources Code Section 71204.9
  (a) (1) On or before January 31, 2006, the commission, in consultation with the board and in consideration of the advisory panel recommendations described in...
• California Public Resources Code Section 71205
  (a) (1) The master, owner, operator, agent, or person in charge of a vessel carrying, or capable of carrying, ballast water, that visits a California...
• California Public Resources Code Section 71205.3
  (a) On or before January 1, 2008, the commission shall adopt regulations that do all of the following: (1) Except as provided otherwise in Section...
• California Public Resources Code Section 71206
  (a) The commission, in coordination with the United States Coast Guard, shall take samples of ballast water and sediment from at least 25 percent of...
• California Public Resources Code Section 71207
  (a) This division describes the state program to regulate the discharge or release of ballast water and other vectors of nonindigenous species from vessels regulated...
• California Public Resources Code Section 71210
  (a) The commission, in consultation with the board, the United States Coast Guard, and a technical advisory group made up of interested persons, including, but...
• California Public Resources Code Section 71210.5
  The commission, in consultation with the board, the United States Coast Guard, and a technical advisory group made up of interested persons including, but not...
• California Public Resources Code Section 71211
  (a) (1) The Department of Fish and Game, in consultation with the commission and the United States Coast Guard, shall collect data necessary to establish...
• California Public Resources Code Section 71212
  On or before January 31, 2005, and updated biennially, the commission, in consultation with the board, the Department of Fish and Game, and the United...
• California Public Resources Code Section 71213
  The commission, the board, and the Department of Fish and Game, in consultation with interested stakeholders, shall identify and conduct any other research determined necessary...
• California Public Resources Code Section 71215
  (a) (1) The Marine Invasive Species Control Fund is hereby created. The money in the fund, upon appropriation by the Legislature, shall be used solely...
• California Public Resources Code Section 71216
  (a) Except as provided in subdivision (b) or (c), a person who intentionally or negligently fails to comply with the requirements of this division may...
• California Public Resources Code Section 71217
  A person who violates subdivision (c) of Section 71216 is guilty of a misdemeanor, and is punishable by imprisonment in the county jail for not...
• California Public Resources Code Section 71271
  If a federal program and regulations similar to the program and regulations developed pursuant to this division are established and implemented, the commission shall submit...
• California Public Resources Code Section 71500
  (a) The Legislature hereby finds and declares all of the following: (1) The Pacific Ocean and its rich marine living resources are of great environmental,...
• California Public Resources Code Section 71520
  Unless the context requires otherwise, the following definitions govern the construction of this division: (a) "Board" or "endowment board" means the Board of Directors of...
• California Public Resources Code Section 71530
  The California Endowment for Marine Preservation is hereby established. The endowment is subject to this division and to the Nonprofit Public Benefit Corporation Law (Part...
• California Public Resources Code Section 71531
  The endowment is governed by the Board of Directors of the California Endowment for Marine Preservation, consisting of the following members: (a) The Secretary of...
• California Public Resources Code Section 71532
  The term of office of each member of the board appointed pursuant to subdivisions (c) to (e), inclusive, of Section 71531 is six years. However,...
• California Public Resources Code Section 71533
  Any vacancy on the board shall be filled by the appointing authority for the remainder of the unexpired term.
• California Public Resources Code Section 71534
  (a) The board shall conduct its initial meeting as soon as possible after incorporation. (b) The board shall meet as often as required, but at...
• California Public Resources Code Section 71550
  (a) The members of the board first appointed shall serve as incorporators of the endowment and shall take whatever actions are necessary to establish the...
• California Public Resources Code Section 71551
  The California Endowment for Marine Preservation shall receive funds generated pursuant to the California Marine Resources Legacy Act (Article 2 (commencing with Section 6420) of...
• California Public Resources Code Section 71552
  (a) The purpose of the endowment is to create a permanent source of funding for projects and programs that will conserve, protect, restore, and enhance...
• California Public Resources Code Section 71553
  Members of the board and appropriate staff shall be available to testify before appropriate committees of the Legislature.
• California Public Resources Code Section 71554
  The endowment shall not contribute to, or otherwise support, any political party, candidate for elective public office, or ballot measure.
• California Public Resources Code Section 71555
  The endowment may hire employees and may obtain legal counsel. No employee of the endowment is an employee of the State of California. No employee...
• California Public Resources Code Section 71556
  The endowment shall coordinate its activities with the Department of Fish and Game, the California Coastal Commission, the San Francisco Bay Conservation and Development Commission,...
• California Public Resources Code Section 71560
  (a) The endowment may receive charitable contributions or any sources of income that may be lawfully received, including loans from the state. (b) The endowment...
• California Public Resources Code Section 71561
  The endowment funds shall be administered and managed in accordance with all of the following: (a) Reasonably prudent investor standards that will give the fund...
• California Public Resources Code Section 71562
  Funds held by the endowment shall revert to the state or to another public agency or nonprofit organization approved by the state if the endowment...
• California Public Resources Code Section 72400
  The Legislature finds and declares both of the following: (a) California is home to four of the 13 national marine sanctuaries. These areas support some...
• California Public Resources Code Section 72401
  (a) The Legislature finds and declares that the protection and enhancement of the quality of the marine waters of the state requires that the release...
• California Public Resources Code Section 72410
  (a) Unless the context otherwise requires, the definitions set forth in this section govern this division. (b) "Board" means the State Water Resources Control Board....
• California Public Resources Code Section 72420
  (a) If the appropriate federal agencies approve an application made pursuant to subdivision (a) of Section 72440, or if the board determines that an application...
• California Public Resources Code Section 72420.1
  (a) If the Administrator of the United States Environmental Protection Agency approves the application for sewage release made pursuant to subdivision (a) of Section 72440,...
• California Public Resources Code Section 72420.2
  (a) An owner or operator of a large passenger vessel shall not release, or permit anyone to release, from the vessel, graywater into the marine...
• California Public Resources Code Section 72421
  (a) The owner or operator shall notify the California Emergency Management Agency immediately, but not longer than 30 minutes, after discovery of any of the...
• California Public Resources Code Section 72423
  An oceangoing ship with sufficient holding tank capacity and capability for transfer shall either hold on board or shall transfer sewage and graywater to a...
• California Public Resources Code Section 72425
  (a) (1) If the master, owner, operator, agent, or person in charge of an oceangoing ship has operated, or has caused to be operated, the...
• California Public Resources Code Section 72430
  (a) A person who violates Section 72420 or 72420.2, or until January 1, 2014, Section 72420.1, is subject to a civil penalty of not more...
• California Public Resources Code Section 72440
  (a) (1) The board shall determine whether it is necessary to apply to the federal government for the state to prohibit the release of sewage...
• California Public Resources Code Section 72440.1
  The board shall request the appropriate federal agencies, as determined by the board, to prohibit the release of waste by large passenger vessels or oceangoing...
• California Public Resources Code Section 72441
  (a) This division does not apply to either of the following: (1) A large passenger vessel or oceangoing ship that operates in the marine waters...
• California Public Resources Code Section 72442
  The board may adopt regulations to carry out this division.
• California Public Resources Code Section 75001
  This Division shall be known and may be cited as the Safe Drinking Water, Water Quality and Supply, Flood Control, River and Coastal Protection Bond...
• California Public Resources Code Section 75002
  The people of California find and declare that protecting the state's drinking water and water resources is vital to the public health, the state's economy,...
• California Public Resources Code Section 75002.5
  The people of California further find and declare that the state's waters are vulnerable to contamination by dangerous bacteria, polluted runoff, toxic chemicals, damage from...
• California Public Resources Code Section 75003
  The people of California further find and declare that it is necessary and in the public interest to do all of the following: (a) Ensure...
• California Public Resources Code Section 75003.5
  The people of California further find and declare that the growth in population of the state and the impacts of climate change pose significant challenges....
• California Public Resources Code Section 75004
  It is the intent of the people that investment of public funds pursuant to this division should result in public benefits.
• California Public Resources Code Section 75005
  As used in this division, the following terms have the following meanings: (a) "Acquisition" means the acquisition of a fee interest or any other interest...
• California Public Resources Code Section 75009
  The proceeds of bonds issued and sold pursuant to this division shall be deposited in the Safe Drinking Water, Water Quality and Supply, Flood Control,...
• California Public Resources Code Section 75020
  This chapter is intended to provide the funds necessary to address the most critical water needs of the state including the provision of safe drinking...
• California Public Resources Code Section 75021
  (a) The sum of ten million dollars ($10,000,000) shall be available to the Department of Health Services for grants and direct expenditures to fund emergency...
• California Public Resources Code Section 75022
  The sum of one hundred eighty million dollars ($180,000,000) shall be available to the Department of Health Services for grants for small community drinking water...
• California Public Resources Code Section 75023
  For the purpose of providing the state share needed to leverage federal funds to assist communities in providing safe drinking water, the sum of fifty...
• California Public Resources Code Section 75024
  For the purpose of providing the state share needed to leverage federal funds to assist communities in making those infrastructure investments necessary to prevent pollution...
• California Public Resources Code Section 75025
  The sum of sixty million dollars ($60,000,000) shall be available to the Department of Health Services for the purpose of loans and grants for projects...
• California Public Resources Code Section 75026
  (a) The sum of one billion dollars ($1,000,000,000) shall be available to the department for grants for projects that assist local public agencies to meet...
• California Public Resources Code Section 75027
  (a) The funding provided in Section 75026 shall be allocated to each hydrologic region as identified in the California Water Plan and listed below. For...
• California Public Resources Code Section 75028
  (a) The department shall allocate grants on a competitive basis within each identified hydrologic region or sub-region pursuant to Section 75027. The department may establish...
• California Public Resources Code Section 75029
  The sum of one hundred thirty million dollars ($130,000,000) shall be available to the department for grants to implement Delta water quality improvement projects that...
• California Public Resources Code Section 75029.5
  The sum of fifteen million dollars ($15,000,000) shall be available to the state board for grants to public agencies and non-profit organizations for projects that...
• California Public Resources Code Section 75030
  This chapter is intended to provide the funding needed to address short term flood control needs such as levee inspection and evaluation, floodplain mapping and...
• California Public Resources Code Section 75031
  The sum of thirty million dollars ($30,000,000) shall be available to the department for the purposes of floodplain mapping, assisting local land-use planning, and to...
• California Public Resources Code Section 75032
  The sum of two hundred seventy five million dollars ($275,000,000) shall be available to the department for the following flood control projects: (a) The inspection...
• California Public Resources Code Section 75032.4
  Notwithstanding Section 13340 of the Government Code, the funds allocated in Sections 75031 and 75032 are continuously appropriated to the department for the purposes of...
• California Public Resources Code Section 75032.5
  The sum of forty million dollars ($40,000,000) shall be available to the department for Flood Protection Corridor projects that are consistent with Water Code Section
• California Public Resources Code Section 75033
  The sum of two hundred seventy five million dollars ($275,000,000) shall be available to the department for flood control projects in the Delta designed to...
• California Public Resources Code Section 75034
  The sum of one hundred eighty million dollars ($180,000,000) shall be available to the department for the purposes of funding the state's share of the...
• California Public Resources Code Section 75041
  The sum of sixty five million dollars ($65,000,000) shall be available to the department for planning and feasibility studies related to the existing and potential...
• California Public Resources Code Section 75050
  The sum of nine hundred twenty eight million dollars ($928,000,000) shall be available for the protection and restoration of rivers, lakes and streams, their watersheds...
• California Public Resources Code Section 75050.2
  (a) The state board shall develop project selection and evaluation guidelines for the allocation of funds made available pursuant to subdivision (m) of Section 75050....
• California Public Resources Code Section 75050.4
  The state board and the department shall consult with each other, as necessary, with regard to the development of project selection and evaluation guidelines for...
• California Public Resources Code Section 75055
  The sum of four hundred fifty million dollars ($450,000,000) shall be available for the protection and conservation of forests and wildlife habitat according to the...
• California Public Resources Code Section 75060
  The sum of five hundred forty million dollars ($540,000,000) shall be available for the protection of beaches, bays and coastal waters and watersheds, including projects...
• California Public Resources Code Section 75063
  The sum of five hundred million dollars ($500,000,000) shall be available to provide public access to the resources of the State of California, including its...
• California Public Resources Code Section 75065
  The sum of five hundred eighty million dollars ($580,000,000) shall be available for improving the sustainability and livability of California's communities through investment in natural...
• California Public Resources Code Section 75066
  Appropriation of the funds provided in subdivisions (a) and (c) of Section 75065 may only be made upon enactment of legislation to implement that subdivision.
• California Public Resources Code Section 75070
  Every proposed activity or project to be financed pursuant to this division shall be in compliance with the California Environmental Quality Act, Division 13 (commencing...
• California Public Resources Code Section 75070.4
  Acquisitions of real property pursuant to Chapters 5, 6, 7, 8, and 9 shall be from willing sellers.
• California Public Resources Code Section 75070.5
  Not more than 5% of the funds allocated to any program in this division may be used to pay the costs incurred in the administration...
• California Public Resources Code Section 75071
  In evaluating potential projects that include acquisition or restoration for the purpose of natural resource protection, the Department of Parks and Recreation, the board, and...
• California Public Resources Code Section 75071.5
  The Department of Parks and Recreation, the board, and the State Coastal Conservancy shall work with the United States Department of Defense to coordinate the...
• California Public Resources Code Section 75072
  Up to 10 percent of funds allocated for each program funded by this division may be used to finance planning and monitoring necessary for the...
• California Public Resources Code Section 75072.5
  For the purposes of Section 75060 (e), "Monterey Bay and its watersheds" shall be considered to be watersheds of those rivers and streams in Santa...
• California Public Resources Code Section 75072.6
  For purposes of Section 75060 (f), "San Diego Bay and adjacent watersheds" includes the coastal and bay watersheds within San Diego County.
• California Public Resources Code Section 75072.7
  For purposes of Section 75060 (d), "Santa Monica Bay and watershed" includes the coastal and bay watersheds in Ventura and Los Angeles Counties from Calleguas...
• California Public Resources Code Section 75073
  Funds scheduled in Chapter 5, 6, 7 and 8 of this division that are not designated for competitive grant programs may also be used for...
• California Public Resources Code Section 75074
  In enacting Chapters 5, 6, 7 and 8 of this division it is the intent of the people that when a project or program is...
• California Public Resources Code Section 75075
  The body awarding any contract for a public works project financed in any part from funds made available pursuant to this division shall adopt and...
• California Public Resources Code Section 75076
  Chapter 3.5 (commencing with Section 11340) of Part 1 of Division 3 of Title 2 of the Government Code does not apply to the development...
• California Public Resources Code Section 75077
  Funds provided pursuant to this division, and any appropriation or transfer of those funds, shall not be deemed to be a transfer of funds for...
• California Public Resources Code Section 75078
  The Secretary shall provide for an independent audit of expenditures pursuant to this division to ensure that all moneys are expended in accordance with the...
• California Public Resources Code Section 75079
  The Secretary shall appoint a citizen advisory committee to review the annual audit and to identify and recommend actions to ensure that the intent and...
• California Public Resources Code Section 75080
  Bonds in the total amount of five billion three hundred and eighty eight million dollars ($5,388,000,000), not including the amount of any refunding bonds issued...
• California Public Resources Code Section 75081
  The bonds authorized by this division shall be prepared, executed, issued, sold, paid, and redeemed as provided in the State General Obligation Bond Law, Chapter...
• California Public Resources Code Section 75082
  (a) Solely for the purpose of authorizing the issuance and sale, pursuant to the State General Obligation Bond Law, of the bonds authorized by this...
• California Public Resources Code Section 75083
  The committee shall determine whether or not it is necessary or desirable to issue bonds authorized pursuant to this division in order to carry out...
• California Public Resources Code Section 75084
  There shall be collected annually in the same manner and at the same time as other state revenue is collected, in addition to the ordinary...
• California Public Resources Code Section 75085
  Notwithstanding Section 13340 of the Government Code, there is hereby appropriated from the General Fund, for purposes of this division, an amount that will equal...
• California Public Resources Code Section 75086
  For the purposes of carrying out this division, the Director of Finance may authorize the withdrawal from the General Fund of an amount or amounts...
• California Public Resources Code Section 75087
  All money derived from premium and accrued interest on bonds sold shall be reserved and shall be available for transfer to the General Fund as...
• California Public Resources Code Section 75088
  Any bonds issued or sold pursuant to this division may be refunded by the issuance of refunding bonds in accordance with Article 6 (commencing with...
• California Public Resources Code Section 75090
  The people of California hereby find and declare that inasmuch as the proceeds from the sale of bonds authorized by this division are not "proceeds...
• California Public Resources Code Section 75100
  (a) (1) Each state agency disbursing a competitive grant pursuant to this division shall develop project solicitation and evaluation guidelines. The guidelines may include a...
• California Public Resources Code Section 75101
  (a) For the purposes of implementing Section 75025, the State Department of Public Health shall do all of the following: (1) Develop guidelines pursuant to...
• California Public Resources Code Section 75102
  Before the adoption of a negative declaration or environmental impact report required under Section 75070, the lead agency shall notify the proposed action to a...
• California Public Resources Code Section 75103
  It is the intent of the Legislature that any public funds made available by this division to investor-owned utilities regulated by the Public Utilities Commission...
• California Public Resources Code Section 75104
  State agencies that are authorized to award a loan or grant financed by this division shall provide technical assistance with regard to the preparation of...
• California Public Resources Code Section 75120
  For purposes of this chapter, the following definitions shall apply: (a) "Council" means the Strategic Growth Council established pursuant to Section 75121. (b) "Regional plan"...
• California Public Resources Code Section 75121
  (a) The Strategic Growth Council is hereby established in state government and it shall consist of the Director of State Planning and Research, the Secretary...
• California Public Resources Code Section 75122
  The members of the council shall elect a chair of the council every two years.
• California Public Resources Code Section 75123
  (a) A meeting of the council, including a meeting related to the development of grant guidelines and policies and the approval of grants, shall be...
• California Public Resources Code Section 75124
  Of the funds made available pursuant to subdivisions (a) and (c) of Section 75065, the sum of five hundred thousand dollars ($500,000) is hereby appropriated...
• California Public Resources Code Section 75125
  The council shall do all of the following: (a) Identify and review activities and funding programs of member state agencies that may be coordinated to...
• California Public Resources Code Section 75126
  (a) An applicant shall declare, in the application submitted to the council for financial assistance for a plan or project pursuant to this chapter, the...
• California Public Resources Code Section 75127
  (a) To support the planning and development of sustainable communities, the council shall manage and award financial assistance to a city or county for preparing,...
• California Public Resources Code Section 75128
  (a) To support the planning and development of sustainable communities, the council shall manage and award financial assistance to a council of governments, metropolitan planning...
• California Public Resources Code Section 75129
  (a) To support the planning and development of sustainable communities, the council shall manage and award financial assistance to a city, county, special district, nonprofit...
• California Public Resources Code Section 75130
  This chapter does not authorize the council to take an action with regard to the exercise of a local government's land use permitting authority.