California Public Resources Code CHAPTER 7 - Wetlands Preservation

• Section 5810.
  This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the Keene-Nejedly California Wetlands Preservation Act.(Added by Stats. 1976, Ch. 462.)
• Section 5811.
  The Legislature hereby finds and declares all of the following:(a) The remaining wetlands of this state are of increasingly critical economic, aesthetic, and scientific value to...
• Section 5812.
  As used in this chapter, unless the context clearly requires a different meaning, the following terms mean:(a) “Agency” means the Resources Agency.(b) “Departments” means the Department of...
• Section 5813.
  (a) Nothing in this chapter abrogates or supersedes any existing local, state, or federal law or policy pertaining to wetlands, or establishes maximum or minimum standards...
• Section 5814.
  (a) The agency shall update all of the state’s existing wetlands inventory resources in order to prepare a study to accomplish the following goals:(1) To identify the...
• Section 5815.
  The agency, in preparing the wetlands priority plan and program pursuant to Section 5814, shall give particular recognition to the conservation, recreation, and open-space plans...
• Section 5815.5.
  In compiling data for the wetlands inventory required by Section 5814, the agency and the departments shall, as a first priority, rely on existing sources...
• Section 5816.
  The agency shall give particular recognition to opportunities for protecting and preserving wetlands lying within, or adjacent to, existing units of the state park system...
• Section 5817.
  Any of the departments may enter into operating agreements with cities, counties, and districts for the management and control of wetlands, or interests in wetlands,...
• Section 5818.
  All acquisitions made pursuant to this chapter shall be subject to the Property Acquisition Law (Part 11 (commencing with Section 15850), Division 3, Title 2...
• Section 5818.1.
  The Coastal Wetlands Fund is hereby established in the State Treasury and shall be an interest-bearing fund administered by the Department of Fish and Game.(Amended...
• Section 5818.2.
  (a) (1) The funds in the Coastal Wetlands Fund may be expended by the Department of Fish and Game and the State Coastal Conservancy, upon appropriation by...

Last modified: October 22, 2018