California Public Resources Code ARTICLE 1 - General Provisions

• Section 2710.
  This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the Surface Mining and Reclamation Act of 1975.(Added by Stats. 1975, Ch. 1131.)
• 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 needs...
• 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...
• 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...
• Section 2714.
  This chapter does not apply to any of the following activities:(a) Excavations or grading of lands conducted for farming.(b) Onsite excavation and onsite earthmoving activities that are...
• 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 police power...
• 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 Management...
• 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, the supervisor, or...
• Section 2717.
  (a) Notwithstanding Section 10231.5 of the Government Code, the board shall submit to the Legislature on December 1 of each year a report on the actions...
• Section 2717.a.
  (a) Notwithstanding Section 10231.5 of the Government Code, the board shall submit to the Legislature on December 1 of each year a report on the actions...
• 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...
• 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...

Last modified: October 22, 2018