California Public Resources Code ARTICLE 2 - Historical Resources

• 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...
• 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 been certified by the...
• 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 Governor...
• 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 constitute...
• 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 Register of Historic...
• 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 whether...
• 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 persons...
• 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...
• 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...
• 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...
• 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...
• 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....
• 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 have...
• 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 under...
• 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 local...
• 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 maintained...
• 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...
• 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 to...
• 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...
• 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.(Amended...
• 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.(Amended...
• 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...
• 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...
• 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...
• 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 County...
• 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 register...
• 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 an...
• 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 receipts...
• Section 5029.6.
  Notwithstanding the nomination process established pursuant to Section 5021, the land known as Nuestra Señora Reina de La Paz, which includes the home and burial...

Last modified: October 22, 2018