California Fish and Game Code ARTICLE 3 - Exclusive Leases

• Section 6700.
  The commission may lease to any person the exclusive privilege to harvest kelp in any designated kelp bed, or part thereof, if the commission determines...
• Section 6701.
  Persons wishing to lease the exclusive privilege to harvest kelp shall submit a written application to the commission. An application shall include all of the...
• Section 6701.5.
  A deposit of not less than forty dollars ($40) for each square mile, or fraction thereof, of the total area of the kelp bed or...
• Section 6702.
  (a) If the commission finds that the kelp beds included in the application are available for lease and that the lease would be in the public...
• Section 6703.
  The initial term of a lease for the exclusive privilege of harvesting kelp shall not exceed 20 years. No lessee shall have an exclusive lease,...
• Section 6704.
  (a) Each kelp bed lease entered into or renewed, on and after January 1, 1985, shall specify a period prior to expiration when renewal of the...
• Section 6705.
  Notwithstanding Section 6704, with respect to any kelp lease in effect on January 1, 1983, the lessee shall have a prior right to renew the...
• Section 6706.
  Notwithstanding Sections 6703 and 6704, at any time during the term of a lease, the commission and the lessee may negotiate and enter into a...
• Section 6707.
  Each lease entered into, or renewed, on or after January 1, 1985, shall require, in addition to the license fee required by this chapter, a...
• Section 6708.
  A lease may not be assigned, in whole or in part, by the lessee, either voluntarily or by operation of law, and no subleases or...
• Section 6709.
  A lease, or any renewal thereof, shall be submitted to, and approved by, the Department of General Services.(Added by Stats. 1984, Ch. 1373, Sec. 2.)
• Section 6710.
  When an exclusive privilege to harvest kelp has been granted by lease by the commission, the commission shall furnish a true copy thereof to the...
• Section 6711.
  The department shall inform the State Lands Commission of all kelp bed leases executed pursuant to this chapter, and shall furnish the State Lands Commission...

Last modified: October 22, 2018