California Public Resources Code CHAPTER 2 - The California Geological Survey

• 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,...
• 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...
• Section 2201.
  The survey shall carry out programs, in cooperation with federal, state, and local government agencies, that will reduce the loss of life and property and...
• 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 importance, and of...
• 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...
• Section 2204.
  The director may receive on behalf of this state, for the use and benefit of the survey, gifts, bequests, devises, and legacies of real or...
• 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 of the state.(2) Collect...
• 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...
• 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...
• 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...
• Section 2207.
  (a) The owner or the operator of a mining operation within the state shall forward to the supervisor annually, not later than a date established by...
• 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...
• Section 2207.2.
  (a) No later than December 31, 2021, the supervisor shall report to the Legislature on the expenditure of moneys in the Mine Reclamation Account, created pursuant...
• 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...
• Section 2209.
  The director may fix a price upon and dispose of to the public all publications of the survey, including reports, bulletins, maps, registers, or other...
• Section 2210.
  All money received by the survey from sales of publications issued by the survey shall be deposited at least once each month in the State...
• 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...

Last modified: October 22, 2018