California Public Resources Code CHAPTER 7.5 - Sierra Nevada-Cascade Conservation Grant Program

• 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 an easement,...
• 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 only in the Sierra Nevada-Cascade...
• 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 the program include...
• 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 loans...
• 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...
• 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...
• Section 5819.6.
  An acquisition made pursuant to this chapter shall be from a willing seller.(Added by Stats. 2004, Ch. 230, Sec. 15. Effective August 16, 2004.)
• 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...
• 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...

Last modified: October 22, 2018