California
Public Resources Code
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This act shall be known as the Public Resources Code.
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The provisions of this code, in so far as they are substantially the same as existing provisions rel…
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All persons who, at the time this code goes into effect, hold office under any of the acts repealed …
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No action or proceeding commenced before this code takes effect, and no right accrued, is affected b…
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Unless the context otherwise requires, the general provisions hereinafter set forth shall govern the…
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Division, part, chapter, article, and section headings contained herein shall not be deemed to gover…
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Whenever, by the provisions of this code, an administrative power is granted to a public officer or …
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Writing includes any form of recorded message capable of comprehension by ordinary visual means. Whe…
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Whenever any reference is made to any portion of this code or of any other law of this State, such r…
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“Section” means a section of this code unless some other statute is specifically mentioned.
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The present tense includes the past and future tenses; and the future the present.
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The masculine gender includes the feminine and neuter.
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“Spouse” includes “registered domestic partner,” as required by Section 297.5 of the Family Code.
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The singular number includes the plural, and the plural the singular.
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“County” includes “city and county.”
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“Shall” is mandatory and “may” is permissive.
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“Oath” includes affirmation.
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“Signature” or “subscription” includes mark when the signer or subscriber can not write, such signer…
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If any provison of this code, or the application thereof to any person or circumstances, is held inv…
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As used in this chapter, “department” means the Department of Parks and Recreation and “director” me…
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There is in the Resources Agency, the Department of Parks and Recreation. The department shall be co…
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The department succeeds to and is vested with all of the duties, powers, purposes, responsibilities,…
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The department may expend the money in any appropriation or in any special fund in the State Treasur…
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The department shall have possession and control of all records, books, papers, offices, equipment, …
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The provisions of Chapter 2 (commencing with Section 11150), Part 1, Division 3, Title 2 of the Gove…
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There shall be one Deputy Director of Parks and Recreation who shall be a civil executive officer an…
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For the purpose of administration, the director shall organize the department with the approval of t…
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The director, with approval of the Director of Finance, may accept on behalf of the department feder…
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Notwithstanding Section 14, or any other provision of law, the City and County of San Francisco shal…
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Whenever the department has received and deposited any money in the State Treasury to the credit of …
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The department may adopt, alter, change or amend any state master plan of shoreline development.
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The department, with the approval of the Department of General Services, may procure insurance on ve…
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For the purpose of disseminating information relating to its activities, powers, duties, or function…
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(a) The department, as a means of furthering the interpretive and educational functions of the state…
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The department may provide space and facilities for schools to use for environmental education purpo…
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Notwithstanding any other provision of this code or of law and except as provided in the State Build…
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For purposes of this article, the following terms shall have the following meanings: (a) “Park suppo…
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(a) The department may enter into a statewide agreement with a park support organization to facilita…
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The director and the Director of Finance, or their respective designees, may serve as ex officio, no…
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The park support organization is not a state agency or state body.
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(a) If the department enters into an agreement with a park support organization pursuant to Section …
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(a) In order to advance the purposes described in subdivision (a) of Section 521, an agreement betwe…
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Nothing in this article shall be interpreted as a limitation on the ability of the park support orga…
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(a) There is in the department the State Park and Recreation Commission. The members shall be select…
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The members of the commission shall be selected from areas distributed throughout the state and beca…
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In case of any vacancy, the appointment shall be for the remainder of the unexpired term. All appoin…
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The commission shall elect a chair from its number who shall serve as chair for one year and until a…
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The Director of the Department of Parks and Recreation shall act as secretary of the commission and …
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The commission shall report annually to the Governor, through the director, on existing and operatin…
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(a) The commission shall evaluate and assess the department’s deferred maintenance obligations. Afte…
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The members of the commission may receive a salary for their services in an amount of fifty dollars …
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The commission may designate, delete, or modify state marine reserves, state marine parks, state mar…
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The commission shall establish general policies for the guidance of the director in the administrati…
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(a) The commission shall cause to be studied and shall consider the whole problem of recreation of t…
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In accordance with the general policies established by the commission, and as requested by the direc…
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(a) The department shall not close, or propose to close, a state park in the 2012–13 or 2013–14 fisc…
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(a) There is hereby appropriated ten million dollars ($10,000,000) from the Safe Drinking Water, Wat…
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The department may encourage and render assistance in the promotion of training programs for volunte…
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The department may assist every department, commission, board, agency and officer of the state in re…
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The director may authorize any employee of the department to exercise any power granted to, or to pe…
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The department may participate or contract with the United States Army Corps of Engineers, the Count…
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The department shall permit the United States, if it agrees to accomplish all or part of the work, t…
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The department, with the approval of the Director of Finance and on terms satisfactory to the depart…
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Notwithstanding Article 2.5 (commencing with Section 65) of Chapter 2 of Division 1 of the Harbors a…
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As used in this chapter, “department” means the Department of Conservation and “director” means the …
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There is in the Resources Agency the Department of Conservation. The department shall be conducted u…
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The department succeeds to and is vested with all of the duties, powers, purposes, responsibilities,…
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The director is hereby vested with all the duties, powers, purposes, responsibilities, and jurisdict…
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The department may expend the money in any appropriation or in any special fund in the State Treasur…
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The department shall have possession and control of all records, books, papers, offices, equipment, …
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The provisions of Chapter 2 (commencing with Section 11150), Part 1, Division 3, Title 2 of the Gove…
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The work of the department shall be divided into at least the following: (a) California Geological S…
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The director, with approval of the Director of Finance, may accept on behalf of the various division…
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Whenever the department has received and deposited any money in the State Treasury to the credit of …
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For the purpose of disseminating information relating to its activities, powers, duties, or function…
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Notwithstanding any other provision of this code or of law and except as provided in the State Build…
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The department shall prepare, update, and maintain Important Farmland Series maps as defined in subd…
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(a) The Legislature hereby finds and declares all of the following: (1) It is in the state’s public …
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The department, through the California Resources Information System and as budgetary resources permi…
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The department may do any of the following: (a) Advise a city, county, city and county, special dist…
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Grants administered by the department, including, but not limited to, those awarded pursuant to Divi…
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Upon an appropriation by the Legislature, or as other funds become available and are appropriated fo…
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There is in the department a State Mining and Geology Board consisting of nine members appointed by …
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As used in this article, “board” means the State Mining and Geology Board and “division” means the C…
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(a) One member of the board shall be a professional geologist with background and experience in mini…
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(a) No member of the board shall participate in any action of the board or attempt to influence any …
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(a) For the purposes of this section, “ex parte communication” means any oral or written communicati…
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(a) No board member shall make, participate in making, or in any other way attempt to use his or her…
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Each member of the board shall hold office for four years. Vacancies shall be immediately filled by …
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Each member of the board shall receive one hundred dollars ($100) for each day during which the memb…
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The board shall maintain its headquarters in Sacramento and shall hold meetings at such times and at…
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The Governor shall designate the chair of the board from among the members of the board. The person …
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The board may appoint an executive officer who shall be exempt from civil service. The board may als…
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The director shall have no power to amend or repeal any order, ruling, or directive of the board.
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The board shall represent the state’s interest in the development, utilization, and conservation of …
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The board shall also serve as a policy and appeals board for the purposes of Chapter 7.5 (commencing…
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The board may provide for a statewide program of research regarding the technical phases of reclaimi…
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The board shall provide for a public information program on matters involving the state’s terrain, m…
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The board shall nominate, and the director shall appoint, the State Geologist, who shall either be r…
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The director may authorize the State Geologist to exercise his power to appoint employees of the div…
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The Geologic Energy Management Division shall be in charge of a chief, known as the State Oil and Ga…
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As used in this chapter: (a) “Board” means the State Board of Forestry and Fire Protection. (b) “Dep…
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(a) There is in the Resources Agency the Department of Forestry and Fire Protection, which is under …
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Notwithstanding Section 701, Section 12805 of the Government Code, or any other provision of law, on…
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(a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, on and after January 1, 2007, the Department of Fore…
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(a) Pursuant to Section 13100 of the Health and Safety Code, there is within the department the Offi…
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The director shall appoint a cultural burning liaison who shall do all of the following: (a) Advise …
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The department may expend the money in any appropriation or in any special fund in the State Treasur…
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The department shall have possession and control of all records, books, papers, offices, equipment, …
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Whenever the department has received and deposited any money in the State Treasury to the credit of …
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(a) Any moneys recovered by the department in a civil action to recover state costs related to fire …
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For the purpose of disseminating information relating to its activities, powers, duties, or function…
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The provisions of Chapter 2 (commencing with Section 11150) of Part 1 of Division 6 of Title 2 of th…
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The director shall have no power to amend or repeal any order, regulation, ruling, or directive of t…
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The director, with approval of the Director of Finance, may accept on behalf of the department feder…
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Notwithstanding any other provision of this code or of law, and except as provided in the State Buil…
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The department is responsible for the fire protection, fire prevention, maintenance, and enhancement…
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The department is responsible for all of the following: (a) Providing fire protection, fire preventi…
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The Department of Forestry and Fire Protection, in cooperation with the Office of Emergency Services…
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(a) Upon approval by the Department of Finance, the department may exercise the same authority grant…
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(a) The Secretary of the Natural Resources Agency shall establish a working group on expanding wood …
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(a) There is in the department a State Board of Forestry and Fire Protection consisting of nine memb…
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All members of the board shall be appointed and shall be selected and approved for appointment on th…
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The Legislature declares that some individuals appointed as members of the State Board of Forestry a…
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Each member of the board shall hold office for four years from the expiration of the term of his or …
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Each member of the board shall receive compensation for each day during which the member engaged in …
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The board shall maintain its headquarters in Sacramento and shall hold meetings at such times and at…
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(a) A member of the board shall not participate in a board action pursuant to Article 8 (commencing …
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The Governor shall designate the chair of the board from among the members of the board. The person …
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The board may appoint an executive officer who shall be exempt from civil service pursuant to subdiv…
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The board shall represent the state’s interest in the acquisition and management of state forests as…
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(a) The board shall appoint a Range Management Advisory Committee and shall consult with the advisor…
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(a) On or before July 1, 2025, the Range Management Advisory Committee, established pursuant to Sect…
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State agencies shall submit to the board plans for, and the results of, all investigations that rela…
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The board shall implement a public information program on matters involving forest management and sh…
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This article may be known and cited as the Professional Foresters Law.
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The purpose of this article is to declare the existence of a public interest in the management and t…
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(a) “Professional forester,” as used in this article, means a person who, by reason of their knowled…
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“Forestry,” as used in this article, refers to the science and practice of managing forested landsca…
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“Forested landscapes” means those tree dominated landscapes and their associated vegetation types on…
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“Person” as used in this article means any natural person.
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Nothing in this article prohibits any person from engaging in those activities otherwise restricted …
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This article does not apply to a landowner who is a natural person and who personally performs servi…
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This article shall not be construed to authorize a registered professional forester to practice civi…
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The board may by regulation adopt such rules and regulations pursuant to Chapter 4.5 (commencing wit…
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The board shall consider matters pertaining to the registration of professional foresters at least o…
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The board may hire the clerical and secretarial employees, technical personnel, and other staff who …
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The board shall keep a complete record of all applications for registration and certification and th…
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The board may by regulation provide for the issuance of certificates of specialization in such field…
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(a) The board shall establish an examining committee of at least seven members composed of the follo…
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A person appointed to serve upon the examining committee shall receive, if requested, one hundred do…
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The examining committee shall adhere to the rules and regulations of the board. An applicant for a l…
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On and after July 1, 1973, it shall be unlawful for any person to act in the capacity of, or to use …
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An applicant for a license pursuant to this article shall apply to the board. Such application shall…
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The board shall require an applicant to demonstrate such degree of experience and such general knowl…
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An applicant shall meet all of the following qualifications: (a) Be of good moral character and have…
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(a) Examinations shall be given by the board as often as it is deemed necessary, but at least every …
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An applicant failing in an examination may be examined again upon filing a new application and payin…
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Instead of being registered as a professional forester, an applicant may request to be registered as…
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Licenses and specialty certificates issued pursuant to this article shall be valid for two years and…
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(a) Issuance of a license may be denied if sufficient evidence is received by the board of the commi…
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The board may upon its own motion, and shall upon the verified complaint in writing of any person, c…
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Any accusation against a registrant or a certificant shall be filed within five years after the act …
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(a) If the board finds against the registrant, the board, in its decision, may terminate all operati…
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A registrant or certificant is subject to disciplinary action who: (a) Has been convicted of a felon…
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The board shall develop criteria to determine whether a felony is substantially related to the quali…
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Any person who violates any of the provisions of this article is guilty of a misdemeanor.
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The fees received pursuant to this article shall be deposited in the Professional Forester Registrat…
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All fees received pursuant to this article shall be available, when appropriated by the Legislature,…
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The board shall establish by regulation the amount of fees within the following ranges, and based on…
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In case a person defaults in payment of the renewal fee, the person’s registration may be revoked by…
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It is the policy of the State of California that the location and operation of thermal electric powe…
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In accordance with state policy, it shall be the responsibility of the Resources Agency to establish…
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This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the California Aquaculture Development Act.
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The Legislature finds and declares that it is in the interest of the people of the state that the pr…
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The purpose of this chapter is to establish a policy and program toward improving the science and pr…
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As used in this chapter, “aquaculture” means the culture and husbandry of aquatic organisms, includi…
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As used in this chapter, “director” means the Director of the Department of Fish and Game.
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As used in this chapter, “department” means the Department of Fish and Game.
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(a) This division shall be known, and may be cited, as the Equitable Outdoor Access Act. (b) This di…
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The Legislature finds and declares all of the following: (a) The biodiversity of California is compr…
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(a) It is hereby declared to be the established policy of the state to: (1) Ensure that all Californ…
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(a) Notwithstanding any other law, all state agencies implementing this state policy shall do so in …
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Unless the context otherwise requires, the definitions hereinafter set forth shall govern the constr…
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“Department,” in reference to the government of this state, means the Department of Conservation.
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“Director” means the Director of Conservation.
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“Survey,” in reference to the government of this state, means the California Geological Survey in th…
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“Person” includes any individual, firm, association, corporation, organization, limited liability co…
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“Minerals” means any naturally occurring chemical element or compound, or groups of elements and com…
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“State Geologist” means the individual holding the office created by Section 677.
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“Supervisor of Mine Reclamation” or “supervisor” means the individual directing the Division of Mine…
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“Exploration” or “prospecting” means the search for minerals by geological, geophysical, geochemical…
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“Board” means the State Mining and Geology Board.
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“Geologic hazard” means a geologic condition that is a potential danger to life and property. Geolog…
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For the purposes of this chapter, “mine” includes all mineral bearing properties of whatever kind or…
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For the purposes of this chapter, “lead agency” means the city, county, San Francisco Bay Conservati…
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The department is the primary state agency responsible for review and investigation of geologic haza…
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The director may do any of the following: (a) (1) Make a collection of typical geological and minera…
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The State Geologist shall provide all requested and recommended information to the director who shal…
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The director may receive on behalf of this state, for the use and benefit of the survey, gifts, bequ…
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The State Geologist may do all of the following: (a) Make, facilitate, and encourage special studies…
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Division 1 (commencing with Section 500) and this division shall not be construed as abridging the a…
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The State Geologist may prepare a special collection of ores and minerals of California to be sent t…
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Notwithstanding Section 14670 of the Government Code, subject to the approval of the Director of Gen…
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(a) The owner or the operator of a mining operation within the state shall forward to the supervisor…
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A manufacturer or processor may report to the State Geologist data on consumption or utilization of …
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The department may at any time enter or examine any and all mines, quarries, wells, mills, reduction…
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(a) The survey shall establish a Geologic Carbon Sequestration Group to provide independent expertis…
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This chapter shall be known, and may be cited, as the Alquist-Priolo Earthquake Fault Zoning Act.
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(a) It is the purpose of this chapter to provide for the adoption and administration of zoning laws,…
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(a) As used in this chapter, “project” means either of the following: (1) Any subdivision of land th…
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This chapter, except Section 2621.9, shall not apply to any of the following: (a) The conversion of …
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Notwithstanding Section 818.2 of the Government Code, a city or county which knowingly issues a perm…
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(a) A person who is acting as an agent for a transferor of real property that is located within a de…
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(a) In order to assist cities and counties in their planning, zoning, and building-regulation functi…
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(a) The approval of a project by a city or county shall be in accordance with policies and criteria …
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Notwithstanding any provision of this chapter, cities and counties may do any of the following: (1) …
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(a) Each applicant for approval of a project may be charged a reasonable fee by the city or county h…
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In carrying out the provisions of this chapter, the State Geologist and the board shall be advised b…
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(a) It is the continuing policy of the State of California, in the interest of the needs of society …
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This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the Seismic Hazards Mapping Act.
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The Legislature finds and declares all of the following: (a) The effects of strong ground shaking, l…
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(a) It is the intent of the Legislature to provide for a statewide seismic hazard mapping and techni…
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The State Geologist may include in maps compiled pursuant to this chapter information on the potenti…
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As used in this chapter: (a) “City” and “county” includes the City and County of San Francisco. (b) …
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(a) A person who is acting as an agent for a transferor of real property that is located within a se…
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(a) The board, in consultation with the survey and the commission, shall develop all of the followin…
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(a) The State Geologist shall compile maps identifying seismic hazard zones, consistent with the req…
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(a) Cities and counties shall require, prior to the approval of a project located in a seismic hazar…
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Nothing in this chapter is intended to prevent cities and counties from establishing policies and cr…
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Each city and county, in preparing the safety element to its general plan pursuant to subdivision (g…
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(a) There is hereby created the Seismic Hazards Identification Fund, as a special fund in the State …
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This chapter shall become operative on April 1, 1991.
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There is hereby established in the State of California a strong-motion instrumentation program for t…
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The survey shall organize and monitor the program with the advice of the Seismic Safety Commission.
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The survey shall purchase, install, and maintain instruments in representative structures and geolog…
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The survey shall maintain and service the strong-motion instruments installed, shall collect and int…
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It is the intent of the Legislature in enacting this chapter to provide adequate instrumentation thr…
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(a) A city, county, and city and county shall collect a fee from each applicant for a building permi…
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The California Geological Survey shall advise counties and cities as to that portion of the total fe…
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The survey, upon the advice of the Seismic Safety Commission, whenever it determines that an adequat…
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Any city or county that has been exempted from the provisions of Section 2705 by Section 2708 may pa…
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(a) No strong-motion instrumentation shall be installed pursuant to this chapter in the structural t…
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This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the Surface Mining and Reclamation Act of 1975.
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(a) The Legislature hereby finds and declares that the extraction of minerals is essential to the co…
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It is the intent of the Legislature to create and maintain an effective and comprehensive surface mi…
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It is not the intent of the Legislature by the enactment of this chapter to take private property fo…
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This chapter does not apply to any of the following activities: (a) Excavations or grading of lands …
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No provision of this chapter or any ruling, requirement, or policy of the board is a limitation on a…
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(a) The Cache Creek Resource Management Plan, in conjunction with a site specific plan deemed consis…
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(a) For purposes of this section, the following definitions apply: (1) “Metropolitan Water District”…
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(a) Any interested person may commence an action on his or her own behalf against the board, the lea…
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(a) Notwithstanding Section 10231.5 of the Government Code, the board shall submit to the Legislatur…
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If any provision of this chapter or the application thereof to any person or circumstance is held in…
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Notwithstanding any other provision of law, neither the state nor any county, city, district, or oth…
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Unless the context otherwise requires, the definitions set forth in this article shall govern the co…
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“Area of regional significance” means an area designated by the board pursuant to Section 2790 which…
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“Area of statewide significance” means an area designated by the board pursuant to Section 2790 whic…
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“Idle” means that an operator of a surface mining operation has curtailed production at the surface …
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“Lead agency” means the city, county, San Francisco Bay Conservation and Development Commission, or …
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“Mined lands” includes the surface, subsurface, and ground water of an area in which surface mining …
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“Mining waste” includes the residual of soil, rock, mineral, liquid, vegetation, equipment, machines…
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“Operator” means any person who is engaged in surface mining operations, himself, or who contracts w…
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“Overburden” means soil, rock, or other materials that lie above a natural mineral deposit or in bet…
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“Permit” means any authorization from, or approval by, a lead agency, the absence of which would pre…
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“Reclamation” means the combined process of land treatment that minimizes water degradation, air pol…
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“State policy” means the regulations adopted by the board pursuant to Section 2755.
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“Surface mining operations” means all, or any part of, the process involved in the mining of mineral…
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“Financial assurances” means a current approved financial assurance cost estimate and a financial as…
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In carrying out the provisions of this chapter, the board may establish districts and appoint one or…
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The members of the committee shall receive no compensation for their services, but shall be entitled…
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The board shall adopt regulations that establish state policy for the reclamation of mined lands in …
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State policy shall apply to the conduct of surface mining operations and shall include, but shall no…
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The state policy adopted by the board shall be based upon a study of the factors that significantly …
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Such policy shall include objectives and criteria for all of the following: (a) Determining the lead…
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The state policy shall be continuously reviewed and may be revised. During the formulation or revisi…
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The board shall not adopt or revise the state policy, unless a public hearing is first held respecti…
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(a) On or before January 1, 1977, and, at a minimum, after the completion of each decennial census, …
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(a) Within 12 months of receiving the mineral information described in Section 2761, and also within…
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(a) If an area is designated by the board as an area of regional significance, and the lead agency e…
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(a) Upon the request of an operator or other interested person and payment by the requesting person …
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(a) Except as provided in this section, a person shall not conduct surface mining operations unless …
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For the purposes of a borrow pit surface mining operation that is owned or operated by a lead agency…
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Whenever surface mining operations are proposed in the 100-year flood plain for any stream, as shown…
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(a) Whenever surface mining operations are proposed within the boundaries of the San Gabriel Basin W…
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Whenever a proposed or existing surface mining operation is within the jurisdiction of two or more p…
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(a) The reclamation plan shall be filed with the lead agency, on a form provided by the lead agency,…
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(a) (1) Prior to approving a surface mining operation’s reclamation plan or plan amendment, the lead…
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(a) A reclamation plan by any person who owns, leases, or otherwise controls or operates on all, or …
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(a) In addition to meeting the requirements of Section 2773.1, the financial assurance cost estimate…
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(a) A lead agency, upon approval of a reclamation plan or an amendment to a reclamation plan, shall …
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(a) The reclamation plan shall be applicable to a specific piece of property or properties, shall be…
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(a) Lead agencies shall require financial assurances of each surface mining operation to ensure recl…
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(a) Notwithstanding subdivision (e) of Section 2773.1, a financial assurance mechanism may include c…
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The mineral owner and owner of the surface estate, if legally entitled to do so, shall allow access …
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(a) In addition to other reclamation plan requirements of this chapter and regulations adopted by th…
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(a) (1) Prior to approving the financial assurance cost estimate for a new reclamation plan or adjus…
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Section 2773.3 does not apply to either of the following: (a) Any surface mining operation in existe…
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Notwithstanding Section 2773.1, a surety bond that was executed by any personal surety that was appr…
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(a) Every lead agency shall adopt ordinances in accordance with state policy that establish procedur…
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(a) (1) Except as provided in subdivision (i) of Section 2770, if the lead agency or the supervisor …
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(a) Within 30 days of the issuance of an order setting administrative penalties under subdivision (c…
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(a) A lead agency shall submit to the supervisor, in an electronic format determined by the Division…
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The board shall review lead agency ordinances which establish permit and reclamation procedures to d…
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(a) The board shall exercise some or all of a lead agency’s powers under this chapter pursuant to su…
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(a) If, upon review of an ordinance, the board finds that it is not in accordance with state policy,…
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(a) An applicant whose request for a permit to conduct surface mining operations in an area of state…
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(a) No person who has obtained a vested right to conduct surface mining operations prior to January …
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Amendments to an approved reclamation plan may be submitted detailing proposed changes from the orig…
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(a) The construction and operation of a renewable energy generation facility on disturbed mined land…
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(a) An operator who has failed to properly report a mine’s mineral production or mine status in any …
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(a) Reclamation plans, reports, applications, and other documents submitted pursuant to this chapter…
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Whenever one operator succeeds to the interest of another in any incompleted surface mining operatio…
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After receipt of mineral information from the State Geologist pursuant to subdivision (d) of Section…
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The board shall seek the recommendations of concerned federal, state, and local agencies, educationa…
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Neither the designation of an area of regional or statewide significance nor the adoption of any reg…
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The board may, by regulation adopted after a public hearing, terminate, partially or wholly, the des…
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(a) Notwithstanding any other law, moneys from mining activities on federal lands disbursed by the U…
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(a) The supervisor, with the consultation of appropriate state and local agencies, may remediate or …
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The Legislature finds and declares all of the following: (a) The state’s major metropolitan areas ar…
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As used in this chapter: (a) “Long-term prediction” means a prediction of an earthquake that is expe…
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(a) The department shall develop jointly with the United States Geological Survey a prototype earthq…
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(a) Concurrently with the development of the Parkfield prototype earthquake prediction system, the O…
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The department and the Seismic Safety Commission may solicit and receive gifts and grants from other…
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This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the California Earthquake Education Act of 1984.
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The Legislature hereby finds and declares as follows: (a) California has recently experienced and wi…
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(a) There is hereby established a project for the implementation of a statewide program of earthquak…
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The objectives of the project are all of the following: (a) Developing public awareness regarding th…
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The Legislature finds and declares all of the following: (a) Most of the state’s major metropolitan …
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As used in this chapter: (a) “Agency” or “office” means the Office of Emergency Services. (b) “Commi…
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(a) The projects authorized by this chapter shall promote voluntary actions by local jurisdictions, …
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The earthquake preparedness activities established under this chapter shall be carried out by the Of…
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The Office of Emergency Services may enter into agreements with local, regional, and federal agencie…
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Unless the context otherwise requires, the definitions hereinafter set forth shall govern the constr…
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“Department,” in reference to the government of this state, means the Department of Conservation.
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“Division,” in reference to the government of this state, means the Geologic Energy Management Divis…
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“Director” means the Director of Conservation.
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“Supervisor” means the State Oil and Gas Supervisor.
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“Person” includes any individual, firm, association, corporation, or any other group or combination …
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“Oil” includes petroleum, and “petroleum” includes oil.
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“Gas” means any natural hydrocarbon gas coming from the earth.
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(a) “Well” means any oil or gas well or well for the discovery of oil or gas; any well on lands prod…
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“Operator” means a person who, by virtue of ownership, or under the authority of a lease or any othe…
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“Production facility” means any equipment attendant to oil and gas production or injection operation…
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(a) The purposes of this division include protecting public health and safety and environmental qual…
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The provisions of this division apply to any land or well situated within the boundaries of an incor…
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This division shall be liberally construed to meet its purposes, and the director and the supervisor…
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“District” means an oil and gas district as provided for in Section 3100.
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For the purpose of implementing Section 503 of the Natural Gas Policy Act of 1978, the supervisor ma…
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For purposes of this chapter, abandoned underground personal property, including a well, of an opera…
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(a) It is the intent of the Legislature that the oil and gas industry pay for all necessary costs of…
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For the purposes of this chapter, the state is divided into districts, the number and boundaries of …
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The supervisor shall appoint one chief deputy and at least one district deputy for each of the distr…
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The chief deputy shall be a competent engineer or geologist, preferably licensed in the state, and e…
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Each district deputy shall be a competent engineer or geologist, preferably licensed in the state, a…
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An office under the supervision of a district deputy may be maintained in each district. The office …
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(a) The supervisor shall so supervise the drilling, operation, maintenance, and abandonment of wells…
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(a) Notwithstanding any other law, and notwithstanding any notice of intention, supplemental notice,…
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Acting with the approval of the director, the supervisor may annually expend, from the amount approp…
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A district deputy in each district, designated by the supervisor, shall collect all necessary inform…
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(a) On or before the first day of October of each year the supervisor shall make public, for the ben…
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(a) (1) On or before July 1, 2026, the supervisor shall make all public information collected or mai…
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The supervisor may publish any publications, reports, maps, or other printed matter relating to oil …
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All money paid to the Treasurer pursuant to Article 7 (commencing with Section 3400) shall be deposi…
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(a) All money received in repayment of repair work done as provided in this chapter shall be returne…
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Notwithstanding any other provision of this code or of law and except as provided in the State Build…
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(a) Notwithstanding Section 10231.5 of the Government Code, the division shall, in compliance with S…
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(a) By July 30, 2019, and annually thereafter, the Department of Conservation, in consultation with …
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On or before July 1, 2023, the division shall develop and implement an education and outreach progra…
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All work to plug and abandon wells, decommission production facilities, or otherwise remediate well …
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(a) Not later than June 30, 2024, the California Workforce Development Board shall consult with the …
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(a) The division, with assistance from the Labor and Workforce Development Agency, shall develop a p…
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(a) This section applies only to work performed by contractors licensed by the Contractors State Lic…
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For purposes of this article, the following terms mean the following: (a) “Beneficial use” has the s…
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(a) To ensure the appropriateness of a proposal by the state for an exempted aquifer determination s…
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(a) For purposes of this section, the following definitions apply: (1) “Carbon dioxide capture proje…
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“Additive” means a substance or combination of substances added to a base fluid for purposes of prep…
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“Base fluid” means the continuous phase fluid used in the makeup of a well stimulation treatment flu…
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“Hydraulic fracturing” means a well stimulation treatment that, in whole or in part, includes the pr…
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“Well stimulation treatment fluid” means a base fluid mixed with physical and chemical additives, wh…
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“Proppants” means materials inserted or injected into the underground geologic formation that are in…
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“Supplier” means an entity performing a well stimulation treatment or an entity supplying an additiv…
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“Surface property owner” means the owner of real property as shown on the latest equalized assessmen…
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(a) For purposes of this article, “well stimulation treatment” means any treatment of a well designe…
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“Acid well stimulation treatment” means a well stimulation treatment that uses, in whole or in part,…
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“Flowback fluid” means the fluid recovered from the treated well before the commencement of oil and …
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(a) On or before January 1, 2015, the Secretary of the Natural Resources Agency shall cause to be co…
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(a) The division shall finalize the regulations governing this article on or before January 1, 2015.…
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(a) As used in this article, “gas storage well” means an active or idle well used primarily to injec…
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(a) The operator of a gas storage well shall submit for the supervisor’s approval the following mate…
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(a) (1) The operator of a gas storage well shall provide to the division a complete chemical invento…
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On a weekly basis, the division shall post a list of notices received pursuant to Section 3203 on th…
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(a) The division, in consultation with the State Air Resources Board, shall determine and adopt by r…
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(a) Within 72 hours of being notified of a reportable leak, pursuant to Section 3183, the supervisor…
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The division shall perform unannounced random onsite inspections of some gas storage wells annually.…
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An operator of a gas storage well shall develop and maintain a comprehensive gas storage well traini…
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On or before July 1, 2021, in response to the independent root cause analysis of the 2015 well leak …
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All materials provided to the division and approved by the supervisor to comply with Sections 3181, …
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For purposes of this article, the following definitions apply: (a) “Federal agency” means the United…
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(a) The supervisor, after consulting with the State Water Resources Control Board and an appropriate…
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A well that has been permitted or operated as a Class II well, as defined in Section 3130, shall not…
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(a) For purposes of this section, “plan” means the plan required pursuant to paragraph (2) of subdiv…
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(a) The division shall require mechanical integrity testing before the conversion of a well to a gra…
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A gravity-based energy storage well that has lost its mechanical integrity shall be plugged and aban…
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Except as otherwise provided in this article, a gravity-based energy storage well shall meet all req…
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The division shall identify all wells converted to or being operated as gravity-based energy storage…
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(a) On or by January 1, 2033, the division, in consultation with entities operating gravity-based en…
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(a) Except as provided in subdivision (c), this article shall remain in effect only until January 1,…
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An owner or operator of a well or production facility shall designate an agent, giving his or her ad…
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(a) The operator of a well or production facility shall notify the supervisor or the district deputy…
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(a) A person who acquires the right to operate a well or production facility, whether by purchase, t…
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(a) The operator of any well, before commencing the work of drilling the well, shall file with the s…
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(a) The division shall require a copy of the local land use authorization that supports the installa…
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(a) An operator who, on or after January 1, 2018, engages in the drilling, redrilling, deepening, or…
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(a) An operator who engages in the drilling, redrilling, deepening, or in any operation permanently …
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(a) Notwithstanding Sections 3204 and 3205, a person who engages in the drilling, redrilling, or dee…
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(a) Notwithstanding Section 3204, any person who engages in the operation of a class II commercial w…
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(a) The division may require an operator filing an individual indemnity bond pursuant to Section 320…
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In lieu of the indemnity bond required by Sections 3204, 3205, 3205.1, 3205.2, 3205.8, and 3206, a d…
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Before July 1, 2020, the supervisor shall do all of the following: (a) Evaluate and estimate the cos…
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(a) (1) Commencing July 1, 2022, the division shall begin requiring each operator of an oil or gas w…
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(a) (1) Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, a person who acquires the right to oper…
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(a) No later than May 1 of each year, the operator of any idle well shall do either of the following…
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(a) By June 1, 2018, the division shall review, evaluate, and update its regulations pertaining to i…
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(a) On or before March 1, 2025, the division shall identify all low-production wells that are locate…
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(a) (1) The division, in consultation with the State Air Resources Board, shall initiate a study to …
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(a) (1) Notwithstanding Section 10231.5 of the Government Code, on or before July 1, 2019, and annua…
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(a) Any city or county may request from the supervisor a list of all idle wells, as defined in subdi…
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(a) Any individual or blanket indemnity bond issued in compliance with this chapter may be terminate…
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(a) For the purposes of Sections 3206 and 3207, a well is properly abandoned when it has been shown,…
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(a) To prevent, as far as possible, damage to life, health, and property, the supervisor or district…
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The provisions of Section 3207 as to termination and cancellation shall also apply to all bonds whic…
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The owner or operator of any well shall keep, or cause to be kept, a careful and accurate log, core …
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The log shall show the character and depth of the formation passed through or encountered in the dri…
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The core record shall show the depth, character, and fluid content of cores obtained, so far as dete…
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(a) The history shall show the location and amount of sidetracked casings, tools, or other material,…
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The log shall be kept in the local office of the owner or operator, and, together with the tour repo…
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(a) Within 60 days after the date of cessation of drilling, rework, well stimulation treatment, or a…
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The owner or operator of any well, or his local agent, shall file with the supervisor a copy of the …
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Any person engaged in operating any oil or gas well wherein high pressure gas is known to exist, and…
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(a) On or before July 1, 2001, the Department of Conservation shall report to the Governor and the L…
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The owner or operator of any well on lands producing or reasonably presumed to contain oil or gas sh…
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The owner or operator of any well shall, at the request of the supervisor, demonstrate that water fr…
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The district deputy or an inspector designated by the supervisor may be present at the test for shut…
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The supervisor shall order those tests or remedial work as in the supervisor’s judgment are necessar…
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(a) After making a determination, based upon a site inspection, that a well poses a risk to life, he…
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(a) An order of the supervisor or a district deputy issued pursuant to this chapter shall provide a …
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(a) Within 30 days after service of an order pursuant to Sections 3224 and 3225, or Section 3237, or…
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The division shall annually provide to the State Water Resources Control Board and the California re…
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(a) The owner of any well shall file with the supervisor, on or before the last day of each month, f…
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The supervisor shall compile from statements filed pursuant to Section 3227 and publish monthly stat…
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As used in Sections 3227 and 3227.5, the following terms have the following meaning: (a) “Field” mea…
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Before abandoning any well in accordance with methods approved by the supervisor or the district dep…
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Before commencing any work to abandon a well, the owner or operator shall file with the supervisor o…
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The notice of intention to abandon shall contain the following information: (a) The total depth of t…
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The supervisor or the district deputy shall, within 10 days after the receipt of a written report of…
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(a) The division may develop field rules which establish volumetric thresholds for emergency reporti…
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(a) (1) Except as otherwise provided in this section, all the well records, including production rep…
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(a) The supervisor may upon their own initiative or shall upon receipt of a written complaint from a…
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(a) An owner or operator, or employee thereof, who refuses to permit the supervisor or the district …
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(a) (1) Upon referral by the supervisor, a person who violates this chapter or a regulation implemen…
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(a) When the supervisor determines that a person has engaged in, is engaged in, or is about to engag…
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(a) A person who violates this chapter or a regulation implementing this chapter is, at the supervis…
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The supervisor, or the supervisor’s designee, may recover from the owner or operator all response, p…
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(a) (1) The supervisor or district deputy may order the plugging and abandonment of a well or the de…
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(a) For oil and gas produced in this state from a well that qualifies under Section 3251 or that has…
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The supervisor, in cooperation with appropriate state and local agencies, shall conduct a study of a…
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The supervisor, in cooperation with appropriate state and local agencies, shall develop a strategy f…
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(a) On or before July 1, 2022, the supervisor shall establish a collections unit within the division…
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The Legislature hereby finds and declares that hazardous and certain idle-deserted oil and gas wells…
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For the purposes of this article, the following definitions apply: (a) “Deserted facility” means a p…
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(a) Notwithstanding Section 3251, a well shall be deemed a hazardous well if it has been determined …
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As used in this article, “natural resources” includes land, water, air, minerals, vegetation, wildli…
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If any provisions of this article or the application thereof in any circumstances or to any person o…
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This article shall be liberally construed and applied to promote its purposes.
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(a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this division, the supervisor may order to be carried out…
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(a) The division is hereby authorized to accept, and hold for and in the name of the state, by gift,…
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To effect the purpose of this article, the division is authorized to enter into agreements with any …
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(a) The division shall not make expenditures from the Oil, Gas, and Geothermal Administrative Fund p…
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For purposes of this article, “account” means the Oil and Gas Environmental Remediation Account esta…
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(a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, including the expenditure limitations of Se…
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The division may adopt regulations to implement this article.
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(a) The division shall, by regulation, prescribe minimum facility maintenance standards for all prod…
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Within three months of its acquisition of a production facility or at the time of the initial produc…
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The division shall inspect production facilities to ensure compliance with the standards prescribed …
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In addition to any other remedy provided by law, the supervisor, upon his or her determination or th…
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(a) In addition to the bonding requirements under Article 4 (commencing with Section 3200), for an o…
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(a) (1) By January 1, 2018, the division shall review and evaluate, and update as appropriate, its e…
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Upon the discovery of a leak from an active gas pipeline that is within a sensitive area, as defined…
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The Legislature of the State of California hereby ratifies and approves “The Interstate Compact to C…
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The provisions of the interstate compact referred to in Section 3275 are as follows: A n A greement …
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The Governor is hereby designated as the official representative of the State of California on the I…
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For purposes of this article, the following definitions apply: (a) “Area” means surface area, and al…
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(a) Notwithstanding any other law, commencing January 1, 2023, the division shall not approve any no…
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(a) The Legislature finds and declares that development of oil and gas fields into nonfossil fuel pr…
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Commencing July 1, 2026, all oil or gas production facilities or wells with a wellhead within a heal…
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(a) All operators with a production facility or well with a wellhead in a health protection zone sha…
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(a) Before commencing any work that requires a notice of intention under Section 3203 in the health …
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(a) Every operator shall submit to the division by July 1, 2025, a sensitive receptor inventory and …
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(a) Commencing July 1, 2030, and no less than annually on a date to be determined by the division, a…
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Notwithstanding Section 10231.5 of the Government Code, on or before July 1, 2030, and annually ther…
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The division, the State Air Resources Board, and the State Water Resources Control Board may prescri…
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(a) No provision of this article is a limitation on the authority or jurisdiction of the State Water…
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The State Air Resources Board, relevant local air districts, the State Water Resources Control Board…
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This article does not diminish or alter the authority of the supervisor to deny, revoke, or suspend …
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The unreasonable waste of natural gas by the act, omission, sufferance, or insistence of the lessor,…
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Whenever the supervisor finds that it is in the interest of the protection of oil or gas from unreas…
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Upon complaint being made to the director by any person operating in any oil field that there is occ…
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Notice of the time and place of the hearing shall be given by publication in a newspaper printed and…
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The place of hearing shall be in the county or in any of the counties in which the unreasonable wast…
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At the hearing all persons interested are entitled to be heard and may present testimony either oral…
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Upon the conclusion of the hearing, the supervisor shall determine whether or not there is an unreas…
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If it appears that gas is being produced from any oil well or wells in quantities exceeding a reason…
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If the waste of gas is found to be unreasonable, an order shall be made by the supervisor directing …
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A copy of the supervisor’s order shall be posted in a conspicuous place upon the property affected, …
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When the decision of the supervisor that there is an unreasonable waste of gas occurring or threaten…
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In those suits, a restraining order shall not be issued ex parte, and a temporary or permanent injun…
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Whenever it appears to the director that the owners, lessors, lessees, or operators of any well or w…
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In such suits a restraining order shall not be issued ex parte, and a temporary or permanent injunct…
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Proceedings to enjoin waste as contemplated by this chapter shall be special proceedings restricted …
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It is hereby found and determined: (a) That the people of the State of California have a direct and …
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Unless the context otherwise requires, the general provisions and definitions contained in this chap…
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As used in this article, “person” means any natural person, corporation, association, partnership, l…
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“Pool” means an underground reservoir containing, or appearing at the time of determination to conta…
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“Field” means the same general surface area which is underlaid or reasonably appears to be underlaid…
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“Repressuring operations” means gas injection operations, water injection operations, water flooding…
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“Subsidence” means sinking, lowering, collapsing, compaction or other movement of the land whether c…
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“Unit area” means all or part of a pool or pools included within the area embraced by a unit created…
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“Unit production” means all oil, gas and other hydrocarbon substances produced from a unit area from…
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“Fieldwide repressuring plan” means a plan based upon a competent engineering study or studies, prep…
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“Unit agreement” means and includes, in addition to the unit agreement, any unit operating agreement…
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“Increased production” means that portion of the oil or gas produced from all wells bottomed within …
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“Working interest” means an interest held in lands by virtue of fee title, including lands held in t…
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“Working interest owner” means a person owning a working interest.
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“Royalty interest” means a right to or interest in oil and gas produced from any lands or in the pro…
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“Royalty interest owner” means a person owning a royalty interest.
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“Unit operator” means the person or persons designated by the unit agreement or in accordance with s…
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“Land” means both surface and mineral rights.
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This article applies only to lands, referred to in Section 3315, overlying or immediately adjacent t…
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An order of the supervisor which involves tide or submerged lands which may have been granted to any…
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(a) The supervisor, upon the supervisor’s own motion, may, or shall, upon the application of any cit…
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Prior to the adoption of a fieldwide repressuring plan and general specifications of the work to be …
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(a) The policy of conducting voluntary repressuring operations in a pool or pools, or portions there…
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(a) An agreement for the management, development and operation of two or more tracts in a pool or po…
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If the supervisor determines that sufficient of the working interest owners and royalty interest own…
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In determining, as required by Section 3320.2, whether the estimated cost of initiating and conducti…
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In order to encourage the initiation and conduct of repressuring operations with the greatest possib…
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No working or royalty interest owner shall be liable for any loss or damage resulting from repressur…
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(a) Subject to the limitations specified in this article, the supervisor shall have the power to iss…
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An order of the supervisor requiring unit operation, pursuant to Section 3321, may include lands own…
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No order of the supervisor creating a unit and prescribing the plan of unitization applicable theret…
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Notice of the time and place of any hearing to be held by the supervisor shall be given by publicati…
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At hearings all persons interested are entitled to be heard and present evidence, both oral and writ…
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The supervisor shall make and enforce all rules and regulations necessary or proper to accomplish th…
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An order requiring unit operation may be amended for good cause by a subsequent order entered by the…
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Subject to the limitations in this article governing the creation of the unit previously established…
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(a) The portion of unit production allocated to a separately owned tract shall be deemed, for all pu…
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The unit operator shall be authorized on behalf of and for the account of all the respective owners …
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When unit expenses incurred by a unit operator on behalf of the unit have not been paid, the unit op…
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Any order issued by the supervisor pursuant to this article, from its effective date, shall be bindi…
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Within 30 days after the written notice of the entry of a final order of the supervisor, or within s…
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(a) A final order of the supervisor shall be subject to judicial review by filing a petition for a w…
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The pendency of actions before the superior court or proceedings for review before any other court o…
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If an action for judicial review has not been commenced within the time prescribed for such action, …
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The supervisor upon his own motion may, or shall upon the application of any interested person, hold…
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The division shall exercise surveillance over all repressuring operations in the state.
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At the termination of oil and gas production from a unit area established or approved pursuant to th…
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To the extent necessary to conform to the provisions and requirements of this article, and to any or…
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(a) Any person who willfully violates any provision of this article or any rule, regulation or order…
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(a) Whenever it appears that any person is violating or threatening to violate any provision of this…
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No finding or determination made by the supervisor under the provisions of this article or by any co…
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The provisions of this article shall supersede any conflicting provisions contained in any legislati…
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If any section, subsection, subdivision, sentence or clause of this article is adjudged to be uncons…
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(a) The operator of a well or a production facility to whom the supervisor or district deputy has is…
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(a) A hearing shall be provided in accordance with Chapter 5 (commencing with Section 11500) of Part…
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(a) A hearing conducted by the director shall adhere to the following: (1) When an order is not issu…
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(a) Within 30 days after the close of a hearing conducted by the director, the director shall issue …
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(a) Following a hearing conducted by the director pursuant to Sections 3352 and 3353 or subdivision …
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When an operator seeks judicial review of a decision of the director, including a decision following…
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(a) If the operator does not appeal an order, if the operator does not timely seek judicial review o…
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(a) In any proceeding before the director, and in any proceeding instituted by the supervisor for th…
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Witnesses shall be entitled to receive the fees and mileage fixed by law in civil causes, payable fr…
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In case of the failure or neglect on the part of any person to comply with any order of the supervis…
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The charges directed to be levied by this article are necessary in the exercise of the police power …
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(a) The proceeds of charges levied, assessed, and collected pursuant to this article upon the proper…
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There shall annually be imposed upon the person operating each oil well in this state, or owning roy…
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There shall annually be imposed upon the person operating each gas well in this state, or owning roy…
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(a) The Legislature finds that there are underground storage facilities for gas that utilize deplete…
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(a) For the purposes of this section, “gravity-based energy storage well” has the same meaning as se…
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The charges authorized by this article are in addition to any and all charges, taxes, assessments, o…
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The department shall prescribe the form and contents of all reports for making the charge or for oth…
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Every person chargeable under this article, shall on or before March 15th of each year, file a repor…
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The department may, for good cause shown, by order entered upon its records, extend for not exceedin…
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If the person filing the report required under Section 3406, by error or otherwise fails to include …
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(a) If any person chargeable under this article fails or refuses to file with the department, within…
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The department shall, on or before June 15th of each year, acting in conjunction with the Department…
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On or before June 15 of each year, the department shall determine the rate or rates that will produc…
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Between the first of March and the 15th of June in each year, the department shall assess and levy t…
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The notice shall state: (a) That the assessment of property and levy of charges under this article h…
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(a) The division shall send a notice to each operator subject to a fee pursuant to Section 3206 by A…
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The department shall prepare each year a record called the “Record of Assessments and Charges” in wh…
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On or before the first of July the department shall deliver to the State Controller the record of as…
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(a) (1) No charges shall be levied for assessments on oil and gas production of less than ten dollar…
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Every payment on a delinquent charge shall be applied as follows: (a) First, to any interest due on …
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(a) If any person fails to pay any charge or penalty imposed under this chapter at the time that it …
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A warrant may be issued by the Controller or his or her duly authorized representative for the colle…
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Notwithstanding any provisions of law to the contrary, the owner of said land may redeem from any ex…
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The sheriff shall receive, upon the completion of his or her services pursuant to a warrant, and the…
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In the event that the lien of the charges, penalties or interest attaches to real property from whic…
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It is expressly provided that the remedies provided herein of the state shall be cumulative and that…
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All charges assessed and levied shall be paid to the State Treasurer upon the order of the Controlle…
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Errors appearing upon the face of any assessment on the record of assessments, or overcharges may be…
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The Controller shall, on or before the thirtieth day of May next following the delinquency of any ch…
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The Attorney General shall commence and prosecute any such action to final judgment.
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In such actions the record of assessments and charges, or a copy of so much thereof as is applicable…
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Payment of the penalties and charges, or the amount of the judgment recovered in the action, shall b…
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Any person claiming and protesting that the assessment made or charges assessed against him are void…
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Whenever an action is commenced under the provisions of Section 3430, a copy of the complaint and of…
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(a) The Attorney General shall defend the action. (b) The provisions of the Code of Civil Procedure …
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Failure to begin the action within the time specified in section 3430 is a bar to recovery of the ch…
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(a) If the department determines between June 15, 2024, and March 1, 2025, that the estimate made pu…
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The Legislature takes notice of the existence of the Conservation Committee of California Oil Produc…
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“Maximum Efficient Rate,” commonly referred to as “MER,” is defined as the highest daily rate of pro…
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(a) As used in this article: (1) “Used oil” has the same meaning as defined in subdivision (a) of Se…
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The Legislature finds that almost 100 million gallons of used automotive and industrial oil are gene…
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It is the intent of the Legislature in enacting this article that used oil shall be collected and re…
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The board shall conduct a public education program to inform the public of the needs for and benefit…
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(a) The board shall prescribe guidelines for providing safe and conveniently located facilities for …
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The board, and every state officer and employee, shall encourage the purchase of recycled oil produc…
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(a) All rules and regulations of the board shall be adopted, amended, and repealed in accordance wit…
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If any provision of this article or the application of it to any person or circumstance is held inva…
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This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the Used Oil Collection Demonstration Grant Program …
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The definitions in this article govern the construction of this chapter.
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“Administrative costs” means those costs directly associated with regulation of the implementation o…
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“Board” means the California Integrated Waste Management Board.
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“Capital outlay” means those costs directly associated with the purchase of equipment necessary to i…
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“Local agency” means a city, county, or city and county.
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“Used oil collection project” means a project undertaken by a local agency to encourage the collecti…
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(a) The board shall develop and administer a used oil grant program. The board shall adopt regulatio…
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The purpose of the used oil collection demonstration grant program is to encourage the establishment…
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(a) A local agency shall not use more than 5 percent of any grant for administrative costs. (b) The …
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The board shall establish criteria for the granting of funds for used oil collection projects conduc…
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(a) Local agencies which have established public used oil curbside collection projects on or before …
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Grant funds shall be made available on a competitive basis to local agencies if requests for grants …
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The following criteria shall be used to evaluate grant applications: (a) The need for a used oil col…
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The board shall determine the contents of grant applications and the methods for evaluating the appl…
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The board shall evaluate each grant application for its potential to satisfy the requirements of thi…
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A local agency that establishes or otherwise expends grant funds provided pursuant to this chapter s…
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Storage containers, such as drums and tanks, used to store used oil shall be in good condition and s…
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There is hereby created in the State Treasury the Used Oil Collection Demonstration Grant Fund. Notw…
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(a) Notwithstanding Sections 13340 and 16361 of the Government Code, and to the extent permitted by …
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Funds transferred from the Petroleum Violation Escrow Account by this article shall be transferred b…
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All persons, firms, corporations, and associations are prohibited from wilfully permitting natural g…
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Any person, firm, corporation, or association who digs, drills, excavates, constructs, or owns, or c…
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Any person, firm, corporation, or association who wilfully violates any of the provisions of this ch…
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Each day during which natural gas is wilfully allowed wastefully or unnecessarily to escape into the…
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Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, any well hereafter drilled for oil or gas, or hereafte…
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Where several contiguous parcels of land in one or different ownerships are operated as a single oil…
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Where a parcel of land contains one acre or more, but is less than 250 feet in width, there may be d…
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Where a parcel of land contains one acre or more and the hydrocarbons to be developed are too heavy …
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In determining the area of parcels of land for the purposes of this chapter, the area of the oil and…
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For the purposes of this chapter, an alley which intersects or lies within any block or other subdiv…
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Each day in which the drilling of any well is carried on, or on which it is permitted to produce oil…
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The provisions of this chapter do not apply to any field producing oil or gas on August 14, 1931.
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Notwithstanding any other provisions of this chapter, where a parcel of land contains one acre or mo…
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The 150-foot restriction in Sections 3600 and elsewhere in this chapter shall apply only to wells dr…
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The prohibition set forth in Section 3600 against drilling within 100 feet of any public street or h…
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Where land aggregating less than one acre is surrounded by other lands, which other lands are subjec…
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The owner or operator of any leasehold, into which land has been included under the provisions of Se…
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Notwithstanding any other provisions of this chapter, if the supervisor determines, pursuant to rule…
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The Legislature hereby finds and declares that the management, development, and operation of lands a…
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Nothing in this chapter shall be construed in such a manner as to conflict with the provisions of Ar…
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Unless the context otherwise requires, the definitions in this article govern the construction of th…
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“Person” means any natural person, corporation, association, partnership, limited liability company,…
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“Land” means both surface and mineral rights.
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“Pool” means an underground reservoir containing, or appearing at the time of determination to conta…
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“Field” means the same general surface area which is underlaid or reasonably appears to be underlaid…
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“Tracts of land” means land areas under separate ownership which are all of the following: (a) Conti…
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“Unit agreement” means and includes, in addition to the unit agreement entered into pursuant to the …
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“Unit area” means all lands included within an area subject to a unit agreement entered into pursuan…
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“Unit production” means all oil, gas, and other hydrocarbon substances produced from a unit area fro…
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“Unit operator” means the person or persons designated by the working interest owners as operator or…
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“Working interest” means an interest held in lands by virtue of fee title, including lands held in t…
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“Working interest owner” means a person owning a working interest.
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“Royalty interest” means a right to or interest in oil and gas produced from any lands or in the pro…
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“Royalty interest owner” means a person owning a royalty interest.
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Tracts of land may be unitized as provided in this article to provide for the management, developmen…
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An agreement for the management, development, and operation of two or more tracts of land in the sam…
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Any proposed agreement for unit operation of tracts of land which has been consented to by persons w…
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The unit agreement shall be approved, if, after a public hearing, the supervisor finds all of the fo…
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A tract of land’s fair, equitable, and reasonable share of the unit production shall be measured by …
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Upon giving his approval to the unit agreement pursuant to Section 3643, the supervisor shall issue …
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The supervisor’s order shall include fair and reasonable provisions for all of the following: (a) Th…
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The owner of any working interest or royalty interest in a tract which is the subject of a unit agre…
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Any unit agreement approved by the supervisor shall contain a provision under which a party whose su…
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Any proposed modification of an approved unit agreement shall be submitted by the unit operator to t…
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If at any time after the entry of an order of unitization issued pursuant to Section 3645, it develo…
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The supervisor shall issue his order that such further tract or tracts of land insofar as they conta…
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The supervisor’s order issued pursuant to Section 3651 shall contain a fair basis for allocating pro…
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Any disagreement with respect to the unit operation between persons owning any interest in the pool …
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A petition requesting approval of a unit agreement and each copy thereof shall contain or have attac…
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Any and all decisions or determinations made by the supervisor under the provisions of this chapter …
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The three-fourths interests referred to in Sections 3642, 3649, and 3651 shall be determined as foll…
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No unit agreement approved by the supervisor pursuant to the provisions of this chapter shall effect…
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Operations incident to the drilling, producing, or operating of a well or wells on any portion of a …
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Any order of the supervisor issued pursuant to this article shall, from and after its effective date…
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Prior to any public hearing held by the supervisor pursuant to this chapter, the supervisor shall gi…
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A person to whom another is indebted for expenses incurred in carrying on unit operations may, in or…
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The lien shall be a first lien on the production and otherwise shall be of the same nature and subje…
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Within three months after the effective date of this chapter, the supervisor shall, after one or mor…
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This chapter shall not be deemed a preemption by the state of any existing right of cities and count…
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It is hereby found and determined that the people of the State of California have a direct and prima…
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For the purposes of this chapter, “geothermal resources” shall mean geothermal resources as defined …
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For the purposes of this chapter, “geothermal resources area” means the same general surface area wh…
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“Well” means any well for the discovery of geothermal resources or any well on lands producing geoth…
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“Low-temperature geothermal resources” are fluids that have value by virtue of the heat contained th…
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“Department”, in reference to the government of this state, means the Department of Conservation.
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“Division,” in reference to the government of this state, means the Geologic Energy Management Divis…
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“Director” means the Director of Conservation.
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“Supervisor” means the State Oil and Gas Supervisor.
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“Person” includes any individual, firm, association, corporation, or any other group or combination …
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“Operator” means any person drilling, maintaining, operating, pumping, or in control of any well.
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“Owner” includes “operator” when any well is operated or has been operated or is about to be operate…
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“Operator” includes “owner” when any well is or has been or is about to be operated by or under the …
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This chapter shall be liberally construed to meet its purposes, and the director and the supervisor,…
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The State Oil and Gas Supervisor shall so supervise the drilling, operation, maintenance and abandon…
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The supervisor, pursuant to regulation, shall designate geothermal resources areas and may exclude f…
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The supervisor shall also supervise the drilling, operation, maintenance, and abandonment of wells s…
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(a) For the purposes of the California Environmental Quality Act (commencing with Section 21000), th…
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The district deputy in each district shall collect all information regarding the wells in the distri…
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Upon request, the supervisor shall notify the Department of Fish and Game and the California regiona…
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Nothing in this chapter shall be construed as superseding any of the provisions of Division 7 (comme…
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The supervisor shall publish any publications, reports, maps, statistical data or other printed matt…
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For the purposes of this chapter, the state may be divided into one or more districts, the boundarie…
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Every owner or operator of any well shall designate an agent, giving his or her address, who resides…
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The owner or operator of any well shall notify the supervisor or the district deputy, in writing, in…
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Every person who acquires the ownership or operation of any well, whether by purchase, transfer, ass…
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Any person who acquires the ownership or operation of any well or wells, whether by purchase, transf…
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The owner or operator of any well, before commencing the original drilling of a well or the redrilli…
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An owner or operator may submit to the supervisor for approval a written program to drill a shallow …
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If, after study by the supervisor, it is determined that one or all of the wells proposed pursuant t…
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Drilling of program wells, as described in Section 3724.1, shall not commence until approval is give…
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The proposal, and all other data submitted as required by Sections 3724.1, 3724.2, and 3724.3, shall…
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To provide funds for the supervision of geothermal resource wells, the supervisor shall establish an…
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The permit application fees established in Sections 3724 and 3724.1 shall be made payable by the ope…
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When an operator fails to pay a civil penalty imposed pursuant to Section 3754.5, comply with an ord…
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The supervisor may adopt regulations governing intermediate and deep wells drilled for temperature-g…
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Every person who engages in the drilling, redrilling, deepening, maintaining, or abandoning of any w…
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Any person who engages in the drilling, redrilling, deepening, maintaining, or abandoning of any low…
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Any person who engages in the drilling, redrilling, deepening, maintaining, or abandoning of one or …
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Any individual or blanket indemnity bond issued in compliance with this chapter may, with the consen…
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In lieu of the bond required by Sections 3723.5, 3725, 3725.5, and 3726, a deposit may, with the wri…
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For the purposes of Section 3728, a well is properly abandoned when it has been shown to the satisfa…
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The owner or operator of any well shall keep, or cause to be kept, a careful and accurate log, core …
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The log shall show the character and depth of the formation passed through or encountered in the dri…
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The core record shall show the depth, character, and fluid content of cores obtained, so far as dete…
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The history shall show the location and amount of sidetracked casings, tools, or other material, the…
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The log shall be kept in the local office of the owner or operator and, together with the tour repor…
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Upon the completion or abandonment of any well or upon the suspension of operations upon any well, t…
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The owner or operator of any well, or his local agent, shall file with the supervisor a copy of the …
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A well is completed, for the purposes of this chapter, 30 days after it has commenced to produce a g…
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Any person engaged in operating any wells wherein high pressures are known to exist, and any person …
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The owner or operator of any well on lands producing or reasonably presumed to contain geothermal re…
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The supervisor shall require such tests or remedial work as in his judgment are necessary to prevent…
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Any person having drilled a well or wells on state, federal or private lands which are producing or,…
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(a) An order of the supervisor or a district deputy issued pursuant to this chapter shall provide a …
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(a) Within 30 days from the date of service of an order made pursuant to Section 3743, or if there h…
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The owner of any well producing geothermal resources or injecting fluids associated with geothermal …
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Before abandoning any well in accordance with methods approved by the supervisor or the district dep…
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Before any work is commenced to abandon any well, the owner or operator shall give written notice to…
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The supervisor, or the district deputy, shall before the proposed date of commencing work to abandon…
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If the supervisor or the district deputy fails to give the owner or operator a written report or req…
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Within 60 days after the completion of abandonment of any well, the owner or operator of the well sh…
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No person, whether as principal, agent, servant, employee, or otherwise, shall remove the casing or …
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(a) (1) Except as otherwise provided in this section, all the well records, including production rec…
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Upon receipt by the supervisor or by a district deputy of a written complaint, alleging a condition …
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Any owner or operator, or employee thereof, who refuses to permit the supervisor or the district dep…
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(a) Any person who violates this chapter or any regulation implementing this chapter is subject to a…
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The supervisor or his deputy may order the abandonment of any well that has been deserted whether or…
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Whenever the supervisor finds that it is in the interest of the protection of geothermal resources f…
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Any well hereafter drilled for the discovery and production of geothermal resources, which is locate…
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Notwithstanding any other provisions of this chapter, where a parcel of land contains one acre or mo…
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For the purpose of developing low-temperature geothermal resources, the supervisor may approve the e…
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Where several contiguous parcels of land in one or different ownerships are operated as a single geo…
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For the purpose of this chapter, an alley which intersects or lies within any block or other subdivi…
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Each day in which the drilling of any well is carried on, or on which it is permitted to produce geo…
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The provisions regarding the location of geothermal resources wells do not apply to any wells produc…
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(a) The operator of a well to whom the supervisor or district deputy has issued an order pursuant to…
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(a) A hearing shall be provided in accordance with Chapter 5 (commencing with Section 11500) of Part…
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(a) A hearing conducted by the director shall adhere to the following: (1) When an order is not issu…
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(a) Within 30 days after the close of a hearing conducted by the director, the director shall issue …
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(a) Following a hearing conducted by the director pursuant to Sections 3764 and 3765 or subdivision …
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When an operator seeks judicial review of a decision of the director, including a decision following…
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If the operator does not appeal an order, if the operator does not timely seek judicial review of a …
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In any proceeding instituted by the supervisor for the purpose of enforcing or carrying out the prov…
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Witnesses shall be entitled to receive the fees and mileage fixed by law in civil causes, payable fr…
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In case of the failure or neglect on the part of any person to comply with any order of the supervis…
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(a) If any person fails to pay any charge or penalty imposed under this chapter at the time that it …
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A warrant may be issued by the Controller or his or her duly authorized representative for the colle…
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The sheriff shall receive, upon the completion of his or her services pursuant to a warrant, and the…
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In the event that the lien of the charges, penalties or interest attaches to real property from whic…
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The Controller shall, on or before the 90th day following the delinquency of any charge, bring an ac…
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The Attorney General shall commence and prosecute any such action to final judgment.
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In such actions the record of charges, or a copy of so much thereof as is applicable, duly certified…
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Payment of the penalties and charges, or the amount of the judgment recovered in the action, shall b…
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As used in this chapter, an “oil sump” is any open depression or basin in the ground, whether manmad…
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The Legislature hereby finds and declares that it is essential in order to protect the wildlife reso…
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The supervisor shall promulgate rules and regulations for the adequate screening of oil sumps to pro…
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Whenever the supervisor receives notification from the Department of Fish and Game pursuant to subdi…
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Whenever the supervisor receives notification from the Department of Fish and Game pursuant to subdi…
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Extension of the 10-day period specified in Section 3784 may be granted only in cases where the supe…
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The supervisor and the Department of Fish and Game shall develop a joint program to coordinate their…
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No provision of this chapter shall be construed as a limitation on the authority and responsibilitie…
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The purpose of this chapter is to provide for the allocation of revenues distributed to the state pu…
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The definitions set forth in this article shall govern the construction of this chapter.
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“Commission” means the State Energy Resources Conservation and Development Commission.
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“County of origin” means any county in which the United States has leased lands for geothermal devel…
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“Local jurisdiction” means any unit of Indian government, any city, county, or district, including, …
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“Geothermal resources” means geothermal resources designated by the United States Geological Survey …
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“Private entity” means any individual or organization engaged in the exploration and development of …
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(a) (1) “Award repayment or program reimbursement agreement,” including a “royalty agreement,” as sp…
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(a) The Geothermal Resources Development Account is hereby created in the General Fund. (b) All reve…
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(a) Upon receipt and deposit of revenues in the Geothermal Resources Development Account, 40 percent…
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(a) Thirty percent of the revenues received and deposited in the Geothermal Resources Development Ac…
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Notwithstanding any other provision of law, commencing with the 1984–85 fiscal year and in each fisc…
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(a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the State Energy Resources Conservation and Developm…
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Revenues disbursed to counties of origin pursuant to Section 3821 and grants or loans made to local …
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Subject to the requirements of Section 3824.5, revenues disbursed to counties of origin pursuant to …
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Revenues disbursed to counties of origin pursuant to Section 3821 may be expended for purposes unrel…
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Thirty percent of the revenues received and deposited in the Geothermal Resources Development Accoun…
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For all lands of the United States which are received by the State Lands Commission as indemnity lan…
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If federal geothermal lease lands are transferred to the state for any reason, the lease revenues sh…
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This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the Methane Gas Hazards Reduction Act.
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The Legislature finds and declares that methane gas hazards, as identified in the study conducted pu…
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The Legislature further finds and declares that, due to the cost and complexity of methane hazard mi…
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The Legislature further finds and declares, therefore, that it is essential that the state, in coope…
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As used in this chapter: (a) “Methane gas hazards” means collections of biogenic or thermogenic gase…
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The director may award grants to eligible jurisdictions for purposes of planning, equipment purchase…
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Prior to receiving grants under this chapter, each eligible jurisdiction shall submit a report to th…
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Prior to receiving any grants pursuant to this chapter, an eligible jurisdiction shall do all of the…
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The department shall adopt rules and regulations implementing the grant program authorized by this c…
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The Methane Gas Hazard Reduction Account in the General Fund is hereby created. The moneys in the ac…
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Any person, who is a citizen of the United States or who has declared his or her intention to become…
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The locator of any lode mining claim shall define the boundaries of the claim so that they may be re…
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The location of a placer claim shall be made in the following manner: (a) By erecting at the point o…
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The relocation of any lode or placer mining location which is subject to relocation shall be made as…
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As to any placer mining claim which has been otherwise validly located or relocated since July 20, 1…
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The failure or neglect of the locator or locators to comply with the requirements of Section 3900, 3…
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The locator of a tunnel right or location shall locate his or her tunnel right or location by erecti…
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The boundary lines of the tunnel shall be established by conspicuous and substantial monuments place…
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If at any time the locator of any mining claim, or his or her assigns, apprehends that his or her or…
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Where a locator, or his or her assigns, has the boundaries and corners of his or her claim establish…
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The proprietor of a vein or lode claim or mine, the proprietor of a placer claim, or the owner of a …
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Within 90 days after the posting of his or her notice of location upon a lode mining claim, placer c…
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The amount of work done, improvements made, or maintenance fee paid to the Bureau of Land Management…
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(a) Whenever labor is performed, improvements are made, or a maintenance fee is paid as required by …
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The board of supervisors, may require, by resolution, that any person filing an affidavit pursuant t…
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(a) The following are the only monuments which may be used pursuant to this chapter: (1) A wooden po…
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Any person who takes down, removes, alters, or destroys any stake, post, monument, or notice of loca…
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Whenever a coowner or coowners of a mining claim give to a delinquent coowner or coowners the notice…
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The original of the notice and affidavit, or a duly certified copy of the record thereof, shall be p…
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If the delinquent, within the 90 days required by Section 2324 of the Revised Statutes of the United…
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If the coowner fails to sign and deliver the writing to the delinquent within 20 days after the cont…
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The record of any location of a mining claim, millsite, or tunnel right in the office of the county …
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Copies of the records of all instruments required to be recorded by this chapter, duly certified by …
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This chapter does not in any manner affect or abolish any mining district or the rules and regulatio…
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Whenever any mining district in this state, organized or created under the laws of the United States…
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A mining partnership exists when two or more persons who own or acquire a mining claim for the purpo…
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An express agreement to become partners or to share the profits and losses of mining is not necessar…
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A member of a mining partnership shares in the profits and losses thereof in the proportion which th…
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Each member of a mining partnership has a lien on the partnership property for the debts due the cre…
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The mining-ground owned and worked by partners in mining, whether purchased with partnership funds o…
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One of the partners in a mining partnership may convey his or her interest in the mine and business …
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A purchaser of an interest in the mining-ground of a mining partnership takes it subject to the lien…
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A purchaser of the interest of a partner in a mine when the partnership is engaged in working it, ta…
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No member of a mining partnership or other agent or manager thereof can, by a contract in writing, b…
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The decision of the members owning a majority of the shares or interests in a mining partnership bin…
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This chapter does not apply to any operations for the extraction of oil, gas, and other hydrocarbons…
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This chapter does not apply to any placer mine operator who holds a permit to operate from the Calif…
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Any person, firm, or corporation who engages in the operation of a placer mine on any stream or on t…
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The verified statement shall be verified by the operator or by someone in his or her behalf and shal…
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Within 10 days after an owner or operator changes his or her address, or transfers the ownership or …
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No placer mining operator shall mine by the placer process on any stream or on the watershed of any …
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Notwithstanding subdivision (b) of Section 3964, any placer miner who is operating by dredging proce…
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Any person, firm, or corporation who violates this chapter is guilty of a misdemeanor.
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The operation of any placer mine on ground not covered by a permit issued to the operator from the C…
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Nothing in this chapter deprives the state, any city, county, district, person, firm, or corporation…
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Sluice boxes, flumes, hose, pipes, railway tracks, cars, blacksmith shops, mills, and all other mach…
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The business of hydraulic mining may be carried on within the state wherever and whenever it can be …
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“Hydraulic mining,” as used in Section 3981, is mining by means of the application of water, under p…
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Any corporation organized in this state for the purpose of mining or carrying on mining operations i…
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Any shareholder of a corporation formed under the laws of this state for the purpose of mining, may …
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All grubstake contracts and prospecting agreements entered into after September 19, 1939, and which …
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Unless the context otherwise requires, the definitions in this chapter govern the construction of th…
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“Board” means the State Board of Forestry and Fire Protection.
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“Cultural burn” or “cultural burning” means the intentional application of fire to land by a Califor…
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“Cultural fire practitioner” means a person recognized by a California Native American tribe or trib…
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“Department” means the Department of Forestry and Fire Protection.
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“Director” means the Director of Forestry and Fire Protection.
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“Prescribed grazing” means the lawful application of grazing by a specific kind of livestock at a de…
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(a) “Wildfire and Forest Resilience Task Force” means the task force established by the Governor to …
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Except as otherwise provided, the willful or negligent commission of any of the acts prohibited or t…
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(a) The titles of ranger, park ranger, and forest ranger, and derivations thereof, may only be used …
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(a) The department may, with the approval of the Department of General Services, enter into agreemen…
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(a) The department may lease, for any use, all or any portion of any parcel of real property acquire…
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(a) The department may provide permits for temporary means of ingress to, egress from, and movement …
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The department, with the consent of the Department of General Services, may lease any real or person…
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As used in this article, “fund” shall mean the CAL-FIRE Infrastructure Projects Revolving Fund.
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(a) The CAL-FIRE Infrastructure Projects Revolving Fund is hereby established in the State Treasury.…
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The department shall keep a record of all expenditures against the moneys transferred to the fund fo…
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Annually, on or before October 15, the department shall submit to the Department of Finance a report…
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“Person” includes any agency of the state, county, city, district, or other local public agency, and…
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“State responsibility areas” means areas of the state in which the financial responsibility of preve…
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“Forest fire” means a fire burning uncontrolled on lands covered wholly or in part by timber, brush,…
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“Open fire” means any fire, controlled or uncontrolled, including a campfire, burning outside of any…
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“Campfire” means a fire which is used for cooking, personal warmth, lighting, ceremonial, or aesthet…
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The term “uncontrolled fire,” as used in this division, means any fire which threatens to destroy li…
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The board shall make and enforce such regulations as are necessary and proper for the organization, …
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The department shall divide the state into a suitable and convenient number of administrative distri…
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The supervising forest officers shall, under the direction of the director, have charge of the firef…
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(a) The department, in accordance with a plan approved by the board, shall do all of the following: …
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(a) Subject to an appropriation of funds for this purpose, the department shall begin to employ suff…
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(a) (1) The department shall actively engage University of California Cooperative Extension, relevan…
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(a) (1) On or before January 1, 2026, the department, in coordination with the United States Forest …
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(a) A contract with a nonpublic entity entered into by the department that includes a provision for …
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In providing communications, telecommunications, and necessary powerlines in connection with the pre…
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Any claim for damages arising against the state under Section 4114 or 4115 shall be presented to the…
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Any county, city, or district may adopt ordinances, rules, or regulations to provide fire prevention…
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The burning of growing, dead, or downed vegetation is for a public purpose if the department has det…
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The department, or its duly authorized agent, shall enforce the state forest and fire laws. The depa…
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Notwithstanding any other provision of this code or of law and except as provided in the State Build…
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When selecting a fuel reduction project, the department shall collaborate with the State Water Resou…
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(a) The department shall create the Wildfire Resilience Program. The purpose of the program is to as…
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(a) On or before July 1, 2021, the Natural Resources Agency, in consultation with the State Fire Mar…
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(a) On or before January 1, 2026, the department, in consultation with the State Air Resources Board…
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For the purposes of this article, “fire prevention activities” means those lawful activities that re…
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(a) The department shall establish a local assistance grant program for fire prevention and home har…
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(a) On or before January 31, 2022, the director shall hold a public workshop to do all of the follow…
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(a) The department shall, except for activities described in paragraph (5) of subdivision (c) of Sec…
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On or before June 1, 2022, all of the duties and responsibilities for the local assistance grant pro…
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(a) The board shall classify all lands within the state, without regard to any classification of lan…
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The board shall include within state responsibility areas all of the following lands: (a) Lands cove…
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The board shall not include within state responsibility areas any of the following lands: (a) Lands …
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In establishing boundaries of state responsibility areas, the board may, for purposes of administrat…
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The board of supervisors of any county may provide by ordinance that the county elects to assume res…
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When the incorporation of a city removes land from a state responsibility area and the county contin…
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The board shall classify all lands within state responsibility areas into types of land based on cov…
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In the preparation of budgets for fire protection, the total funds available or estimated to be avai…
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In those counties assuming responsibility pursuant to Section 4129 for fire protection and suppressi…
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The department shall, with the approval of the Department of General Services, for periods not to ex…
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Any such contract shall provide for payment to such county, as compensation for the assumption of th…
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Sections 4129 to 4135, inclusive, do not deprive the department of the power and duty to require tha…
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(a) A transferor of real property that is located within a state responsibility area determined by t…
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(a) For purposes of this section, the following terms apply: (1) “Activities” means the specific act…
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(a) The department may, for the prevention and suppression of forest fires, enter into cooperative a…
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(a) The department, with the approval of the Department of General Services, may enter into a cooper…
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When a county, city, or district considers entering into a cooperative agreement pursuant to subdivi…
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The Legislature hereby finds and declares that the maintenance of the economic well-being of the sta…
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(a) Notwithstanding Section 4142, the director may, with the approval of the Department of General S…
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(a) It is the intent of the Legislature that cooperative agreements that are entered into between th…
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This article shall be known, and may be cited, as the Rapid Disaster Response Act of 2005.
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The director shall draw upon eligible federal funds to augment any state funds appropriated by the L…
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(a) The director shall appoint, in a number and localities as the director deems wise, public-spirit…
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If a fire patrol for the prevention and suppression of forest fires is maintained by owners of land …
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The department or its duly authorized agent may summon an able-bodied person to assist in suppressin…
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Any person who fails to obey a summons which is authorized by Section 4153 is guilty of a violation …
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Every person who in obedience to such summons assists in extinguishing any forest fire shall be comp…
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(a) The director and employees or classes of employees of the department designated by the director …
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When the director or any of the employees or voluntary firewardens who are designated as peace offic…
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Every person is guilty of a misdemeanor who, at a forest fire, does any of the following: (a) Disobe…
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A person who violates this article is guilty of a misdemeanor, which is punishable by a fine of not …
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Any uncontrolled fire burning on any lands covered wholly or in part by timber, brush, grass, grain …
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The department or any other duly established fire protection agency may summarily abate an uncontrol…
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Any condition endangering public safety by creating a fire hazard and which exists upon any property…
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If the director determines that a public nuisance, as defined in Section 4171, exists, the director …
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The board shall establish standards, based upon its determination of conditions which create an unre…
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The notice shall be in writing and shall do all of the following: (a) Describe the public nuisance. …
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If a property owner requests a hearing, the director shall fix a time and a place for the hearing an…
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If the director determines, at the conclusion of the hearing, that a public nuisance actually exists…
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If the public nuisance is not abated within the time specified in the notice to the property owner p…
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Any costs which are incurred by the department in abating any public nuisance pursuant to this artic…
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Notice of the lien, particularly identifying the property on which the nuisance was abated and the a…
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The Attorney General may at any time release all or any portion of the property subject to a lien im…
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An action to foreclose the lien shall be commenced by the Attorney General in the name of the people…
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When the property is sold, enough of the proceeds to satisfy the lien and the costs of the foreclosu…
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The State of California hereby accepts the provisions of the Clarke-McNary Act (Ch. 348, 43 Stat. 65…
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All moneys that are received by the state pursuant to the federal Clarke-McNary Act and that are reg…
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A county which enacts an ordinance, as provided in Section 4129, is entitled to any allocation of mo…
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The purpose of this article is to provide for the classification of lands within state responsibilit…
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The State Fire Marshal shall classify lands within state responsibility areas into fire hazard sever…
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(a) The State Fire Marshal shall, by regulation, designate fire hazard severity zones and assign to …
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The State Fire Marshal shall periodically review zones designated and rated pursuant to this article…
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(a) (1) There is hereby created within the Office of Planning and Research the Commission on Catastr…
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For purposes of this article, the following definitions apply: (a) “Department” means the Department…
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(a) There is hereby established in the department the Regional Forest and Fire Capacity Program to s…
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There is within the Office of the State Fire Marshal a Deputy Director of Community Wildfire Prepare…
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The Deputy Director of Community Wildfire Preparedness and Mitigation shall be responsible for all o…
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The Deputy Director of Community Wildfire Preparedness and Mitigation and any subordinate employee s…
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(a) The State Fire Marshal shall, on or before January 1, 2023, provide the Legislature with a repor…
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(a) The Office of the State Fire Marshal shall establish the State Fire Marshal’s Wildfire Mitigatio…
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(a) The Office of the State Fire Marshal shall establish the Community Wildfire Mitigation Assistanc…
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The Legislature finds and declares all of the following: (a) Fire protection of the public trust res…
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For the purposes of this chapter, the following terms shall have the following meanings: (a) “Habita…
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(a) (1) By September 1, 2011, the board shall adopt emergency regulations to establish a fire preven…
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(a) (1) Commencing with the 2011–12 fiscal year, the fire prevention fee imposed pursuant to Section…
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(a) (1) The fire prevention fee imposed pursuant to Section 4212 shall be levied upon the owner of a…
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If an owner of a property with one or more habitable structures subject to the fire prevention fee i…
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(a) Commencing with the 2017–18 fiscal year, the fire prevention fee imposed pursuant to Section 421…
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(a) Fire prevention fees collected pursuant to this chapter shall be expended, upon appropriation by…
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A person from whom the fire prevention fee is determined to be due under this chapter may petition f…
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If a petition for redetermination is filed after the expiration of the time period specified in Sect…
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A petition for redetermination of the application of this chapter shall be in writing and be sent to…
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If a petition for redetermination of the application of this chapter is filed within the 30-day peri…
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If a timely petition for redetermination has been filed pursuant to Section 4220, all legal action t…
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Notice of the determination of the department pursuant to Section 4222 shall be served, on the same …
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The order or decision of the department upon a petition for redetermination of the fire prevention f…
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(a) (1) The fire prevention fee determined to be due by the department pursuant to this article is d…
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Written notice required by this article shall be served as follows: (a) The notice shall be placed i…
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A dispute regarding the fire prevention fee imposed by this chapter shall be resolved pursuant to th…
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If the department determines that a person is entitled to a refund of all or part of the fire preven…
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This chapter shall remain in effect only until January 1, 2031, and as of that date is repealed, unl…
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As used in this chapter: “Hazardous fire area” means any area which is designated as a hazardous fir…
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Upon the written petition of the owners or authorized agents of more than 50 percent of the land, in…
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When the director determines that a fire hazard exists in any other area due to the presence of flam…
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Notice of the designation of each hazardous fire area designated pursuant to Section 4252 shall be g…
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(a) Except as provided in this section, a person shall not smoke or build a campfire or other open f…
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When it is necessary in the interest of public peace or safety, the director, with the consent of th…
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Any order which is issued pursuant to Section 4256 shall be published twice in at least one newspape…
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Whenever the director determines that a fire hazard exists in any area within a state responsibility…
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(a) The use or possession of fireworks is prohibited within any hazardous fire area designated pursu…
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No regulation adopted pursuant to this article shall prohibit or curtail the complete possession and…
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(a) The board shall adopt regulations implementing minimum fire safety standards related to defensib…
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(a) On or before July 1, 2022, the board shall develop criteria for and maintain a “Fire Risk Reduct…
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(a) On or before July 1, 2021, and every five years thereafter, the board, in consultation with the …
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(a) A person who owns, leases, controls, operates, or maintains a building or structure in the state…
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(a) Notwithstanding Section 4021, a violation of Section 4291 is an infraction punishable by a fine …
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(a) Subject to any other applicable law, a state or local fire official, at their discretion, may au…
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(a) For purposes of this section, the following definitions apply: (1) “Home hardening” means the re…
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(a) (1) The Legislature finds and declares that the use of trained volunteers to assist homeowners a…
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Except as otherwise provided in Section 4296, any person that owns, controls, operates, or maintains…
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Except as otherwise provided in Sections 4294 to 4296, inclusive, any person that owns, controls, op…
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A clearing to obtain line clearance is not required if self-supporting aerial cable is used. Forked …
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A person is not required by Section 4292 or 4293 to maintain any clearing on any land if such person…
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(a) Notwithstanding any other law, including Section 4295, a person who owns, controls, operates, or…
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Sections 4292 and 4293 do not apply if the transmission or distribution line voltage is 750 volts or…
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(a) Any person or corporation operating a railroad on forest, brush, or grass-covered land shall, if…
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Upon the showing of the director that the unrestricted use of any grass-covered land, grain-covered …
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The proclamation by the Governor shall be released to the wire news services in the state, and shall…
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A person who violates Section 4297 or 4298 is guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be punished by a fin…
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Except at the places or during the period of time designated by regulations adopted pursuant to the …
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Whenever it is necessary in the interests of public peace or safety, the director, with the consent …
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Any order which is issued pursuant to Section 4332 shall be published twice in at least one newspape…
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The definitions in this section govern the construction of this chapter. (a) “Fire protection agency…
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A person shall maintain any solid waste facility outside of the exterior boundaries of any city in s…
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Any solid waste facility, for which a permit is required pursuant to Section 66796.30 of the Governm…
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Any solid waste facility, for which a permit is not required pursuant to Section 66796.31 of the Gov…
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A person who maintains a solid waste facility in violation of this chapter is guilty of a misdemeano…
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Unless the context otherwise requires, the definitions in this article govern the construction of th…
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“Incinerator” means any device constructed of nonflammable materials for the purpose of burning ther…
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“Campfire” has the same meaning as defined in Section 4103.5.
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“Zone A” includes Mono, Inyo, San Bernardino, Santa Barbara, Ventura, Los Angeles, Orange, Riverside…
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“Zone B” includes any county and portion of any county which is not included in Zone A.
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“Residue” means flammable wood fiber byproducts or waste, including, but not limited to, sawdust, ba…
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This chapter does not apply to the setting of fire on lands within any municipal corporation.
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This chapter does not authorize a county firewarden, a firefighter, or a county officer to obligate …
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(a) Except as provided in subdivision (b) or (c), a reward of up to ten thousand dollars ($10,000) s…
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(a) For the purpose of obtaining information leading to the arrest and conviction of persons who wil…
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Peace officers designated by the director may expend funds the director deems necessary to purchase …
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A person shall not set fire or cause fire to be set to a forest, brush, or other flammable material …
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A person shall not do either of the following: (a) Willfully or knowingly allow fire to burn uncontr…
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A person shall not burn any brush, stumps, logs, fallen timber, fallows, slash, grass-covered land, …
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(a) Burning under permit by a person on public or private lands, except within incorporated cities, …
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(a) Whenever the burning under permit has been suspended , restricted, or prohibited by proclamation…
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The use of a campfire is not restricted or prohibited by a proclamation issued pursuant to Section 4…
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Outdoor smoking is not restricted or prohibited by a proclamation issued pursuant to Section 4423.1,…
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Use of open fire or burning under permit within an area closed by proclamation pursuant to the provi…
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Any violation of the terms of a burning permit issued pursuant to Section 4423, a restricted tempora…
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A person shall not set a backfire, or cause a backfire to be set, except under the direct supervisio…
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During any time of the year when burning permits are required in an area pursuant to this article, n…
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No person, except any member of an emergency crew or except the driver or owner of any service vehic…
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During any time of the year when burning permits are required in an area pursuant to this article, a…
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During any time of the year when burning permits are required in an area pursuant to this article, a…
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During any time of the year when burning permits are required in an area pursuant to this article, n…
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(a) A person shall not leave a campfire, kindled or attended by that person, burning or unextinguish…
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(a) A person shall not light, maintain, or use a campfire upon brush-covered land, grass-covered lan…
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The escape of any campfire from the control of any person who is maintaining the campfire is prima f…
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If any fire originates from the operation or use of any engine, machine, barbecue, incinerator, rail…
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A person shall not refuse or fail to render assistance in combating a forest, brush, or grass fire a…
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(a) Outside the exterior boundaries of cities, every processor of forest products shall exercise due…
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Flammable forest product waste material may be disposed of by means of fire in an enclosed device ef…
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(a) Flammable forest product waste material may be disposed of by means of fire in an area which is …
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(a) Flammable forest product residue may be accumulated in piles, within any state responsibility ar…
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Any person who permits or allows accumulation of waste material or residue in violation of the provi…
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(a) Except as otherwise provided in this section, no person shall use, operate, or allow to be used …
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No person shall sell, offer for sale, lease, or rent to any person any internal combustion engine su…
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(a) A person shall not sell, offer for sale, lease, or rent to a person any equipment that is powere…
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No person shall use, operate, or cause to be operated on any forest-covered land, brush-covered land…
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A person shall not fire or cause to be fired from any rifle or other device capable of discharging a…
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Every person shall exercise reasonable care in the disposal of flammable material so that the materi…
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This article shall be known and may be cited as the Wildland Fire Protection and Resources Managemen…
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The Legislature hereby finds and declares as follows: (a) There has been an increase in the number o…
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Unless the context clearly requires otherwise, the following definitions govern the construction of …
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The Legislature finds that, due to the absence of significant forest resources, lands in the Sutter …
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The department shall conduct an experimental program of wildland resources management through prescr…
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(a) The department shall prepare two model plans for the initial development and implementation of a…
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(a) Each plan shall include, but shall not be limited to, elements regarding wildland fuel managemen…
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During the prescribed burning season, the department shall maintain at least two prescribed burn cre…
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The department shall furnish a prescribed burn crew, and assume all costs thereof, to any person or …
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No person applying for a brush-burning permit pursuant to Article 3 (commencing with Section 4491) o…
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(a) The director may enter into an agreement, including a grant agreement, for prescribed burning or…
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An agreement that is entered into pursuant to this article shall do all of the following: (a) Vest i…
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(a) The State Fire Marshal, with the involvement of the Statewide Training and Education Advisory Co…
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(a) Liability for any costs incurred by the department in suppressing any wildland fire originating …
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In any area of the state where there are substantially more requests for prescribed burning operatio…
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(a) To the extent feasible, the board’s Vegetation Treatment Program Programmatic Environmental Impa…
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(a) Cooperation by the department, as provided in this article, with a person desiring to use prescr…
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A person, firm, or corporation, or a group or combination of persons, firms, corporations, or groups…
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(a) Upon receipt of an application, the department shall inspect the land in company with the applic…
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(a) Upon the conclusion of the examination provided for in Section 4493, the department may issue to…
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In coordination with local air pollution control and air quality management districts, the departmen…
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The director may enter into an agreement with the owner or any other person who has legal control of…
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To be considered for the public interest and beneficial to the state, each prescribed burn, pursuant…
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(a) For purposes of this section, the following terms have the following meanings: (1) “Burn boss” m…
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This article shall remain in effect only until January 1, 2028, and as of that date is repealed, unl…
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(a) (1) The Legislature acknowledges that federally recognized California Native American tribes hav…
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This chapter shall be known as the Z'berg-Nejedly Forest Practice Act of 1973.
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(a) The Legislature hereby finds and declares that the forest resources and timberlands of the state…
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The Legislature finds and declares all of the following: (a) State forests play a critical and uniqu…
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It is the intent of the Legislature to create and maintain an effective and comprehensive system of …
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This chapter or a ruling, requirement, or policy of the board is not a limitation on the following: …
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(a) Timber operations conducted pursuant to this chapter are exempt from the waste discharge require…
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A person may commence an action on his or her own behalf against the board or the department for a w…
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Notwithstanding any provision of this chapter, the California Tahoe Regional Planning Agency shall h…
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(a) Individual counties may recommend that the board adopt additional rules and regulations for the …
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(a) To provide for adequate public review and comment, notwithstanding Section 4582.7, the director …
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In addition to the authority provided in Section 4516.5, the Counties of Marin, Monterey, San Mateo,…
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If any provision of this chapter or the application thereof to any person or circumstance is held in…
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Unless the context otherwise requires, the definitions set forth in this article shall govern the co…
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“Board” means the State Board of Forestry and Fire Protection.
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“District” means a forest district.
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“License” means a license to engage in timber operations, issued pursuant to Article 6 (commencing w…
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“Person” includes any private individual, organization, partnership, corporation, limited liability …
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“Resource conservation standards” means the minimum acceptable condition resulting from timber opera…
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“Rules” means the district forest practice rules adopted by the board.
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“Slash” means branches or limbs less than four inches in diameter, and bark and split products debri…
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“Timberland” means land, other than land owned by the federal government and land designated by the …
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“Timber operator” means a person who is engaged in timber operations or who contracts with others to…
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(a) (1) “Timber operations” means the cutting or removal, or both, of timber or other solid wood for…
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“Timber owner” means a person who owns commercial timber, timberland, or timber rights, including Ch…
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As used in this chapter: (a) “Basal area per acre” means the sum of the cross-sectional areas at bre…
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This chapter does not apply to a person who engages in activities regulated by this chapter, as an e…
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The penalties and remedies which are prescribed in this chapter are concurrent and alternative to an…
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Service of documents where required under this chapter may be made by registered or certified mail a…
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The board shall divide the state into not less than three districts. In establishing these districts…
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(a) The board shall adopt district forest practice rules and regulations for each district in accord…
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(a) A sustained yield plan that is prepared and approved in accordance with rules and regulations ad…
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Rules and regulations shall apply to the conduct of timber operations and shall include, but shall n…
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The board shall, on or before November 1, 1988, adopt regulations pertaining to site preparation tha…
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(a) On or before January 1, 2005, the board shall adopt regulations to require that a timber harvest…
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The rules and regulations adopted by the board shall be based upon a study of the factors that signi…
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The rules and regulations shall be continuously reviewed and may be revised. During the formulation …
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Except for emergency regulations or orders of repeal adopted pursuant to Article 5 (commencing with …
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(a) Notwithstanding Section 11343.4 of the Government Code, except as specified in subdivision (b), …
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If the director determines that a substantial question exists concerning whether the intent of this …
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It is the purpose of this section to set forth resource conservation standards for timber operations…
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The resource conservation standards relating to stocking enumerated in Section 4561 shall constitute…
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Notwithstanding Section 4561.1 or the resource conservation standards relating to stocking pursuant …
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The board may from time to time, after a public hearing, amend permanent stocking standards applicab…
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(a) The site designated for testing purposes by subdivision (b) is exempt from any stocking requirem…
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In order to reduce the incidence and spread of fire on timberlands, the board shall adopt rules in t…
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It is the purpose of this section to insure that soil erosion associated with timber operations is a…
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The purpose of this section is to ensure the protection of beneficial uses that are derived from the…
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The board shall adopt regulations requiring maintenance of installed drainage facilities and soil st…
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For purposes of this article, “real person in interest” means an individual who is one of the follow…
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(a) No person shall engage in timber operations until that person has obtained a license from the bo…
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(a) The board shall, by regulation, prescribe the form and content of an application for a timber op…
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The board may deny a timber operator license for any of the following reasons: (a) The applicant is …
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(a) Timber operator licenses shall be valid for a period not to exceed two calendar years, as prescr…
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A license is subject to future legislation and is not transferable.
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A license may be suspended or revoked by the director pursuant to Chapter 5 (commencing with Section…
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During the period for which a timber operator license has been suspended, revoked, or denied pursuan…
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The board may delegate its authority under this article to the director.
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Timber operations, timber harvesting, and any other activities pursuant to a timber harvest plan or …
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No person shall conduct timber operations unless a timber harvesting plan prepared by a registered p…
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The timber harvesting plan shall be filed with the department in writing by a person who owns, lease…
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The board shall, on or before May 1, 1985, adopt regulations regarding notice of intent to harvest t…
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Notice of the filing of timber harvesting plans shall be made by the department to any person who re…
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Timber harvesting plans shall be applicable to a specific piece of property or properties and shall …
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(a) Upon receipt of the timber harvesting plan, the department shall place it, or a true copy of the…
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(a) The director shall have 30 days from the date that the initial inspection is completed (10 of th…
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Within 10 days from the date that a timber harvesting plan is determined to be in conformance under …
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(a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, the Director of Fish and Game or the State …
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(a) A timber harvesting plan may not be approved if the appropriate regional water quality control b…
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The rules adopted by the board and the provisions of this chapter shall be the only criteria employe…
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A timber harvesting plan shall conform to all standards and rules which are in effect at the time th…
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The registered professional forester who prepared the timber harvesting plan and or any other regist…
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If the board finds that the registered professional forester has made a material misstatement in the…
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Upon determining that this exemption is consistent with the purposes of this chapter, the board may …
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Rules and regulations adopted by the board pursuant to Section 4584, except subdivision (k) of Secti…
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Rules and regulations adopted by the board pursuant to subdivision (j) of Section 4584, shall comply…
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Nothing in Section 4584 shall exempt the owner of any timber harvested from registering with the Sta…
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(a) Within one month after completion of the work described in the timber harvesting plan or nonindu…
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Within six months of the receipt of the work completion report specified in Section 4585, the direct…
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(a) Within five years after completion of timber operations on an area identified in a report submit…
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Within six months of the receipt of the stocking report, the director shall determine, by inspection…
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(a) The department and board, in consultation with the Department of Fish and Wildlife, and the Stat…
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(a) (1) A timber harvesting plan approved by the department on or after July 1, 2012, is effective f…
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Amendments to the original timber harvesting plan may be submitted detailing proposed changes from t…
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The board shall specify by regulation those deviations which may be undertaken by an operator withou…
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Notwithstanding any other provisions of this chapter, a registered professional forester may in an e…
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(a) The department shall provide guidance and assistance to ensure the uniform and efficient impleme…
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(a) The Legislature finds and declares that a substantial acreage of timberlands of the state are he…
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Notwithstanding Section 4521, unless the context otherwise requires, the following definitions gover…
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A nonindustrial timber management plan may be filed with the department in writing by a person who i…
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The board shall adopt regulations regarding the notice of receipt of the proposed nonindustrial timb…
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The department shall provide notice of the filing of nonindustrial timber management plans to any pe…
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Upon receipt of the nonindustrial timber management plan, the department shall place it, or a true c…
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(a) The director has 45 days from the date the initial inspection is completed as provided in Sectio…
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The nonindustrial tree farmer may submit a proposed amendment to the approved plan and may not take …
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The nonindustrial tree farmer may take actions which do not substantially deviate from the approved …
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(a) Upon a change of ownership of the land described in the nonindustrial timber management plan, th…
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The nonindustrial tree farmer may cancel the nonindustrial timber management plan by submitting a wr…
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The nonindustrial tree farmer who owns, leases, or otherwise controls or operates on all or any port…
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The registered professional forester who prepares the nonindustrial timber management plan or prepar…
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If the board finds that a registered professional forester has made any material misstatement in any…
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Notwithstanding any other provisions of this chapter, if a registered professional forester certifie…
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If it is determined that the objectives of uneven aged management and sustained yield are not being …
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(a) The Legislature finds and declares all of the following: (1) The nonindustrial timber management…
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Notwithstanding Section 4521, unless the context otherwise requires, the following definitions gover…
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A working forest management plan may be submitted to the department in writing by a person who inten…
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The board shall adopt regulations regarding the notice of receipt of the proposed working forest man…
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The department shall provide notice of the filing of working forest management plans, the proposed p…
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Upon receipt of the proposed working forest management plan, the department shall place the proposed…
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(a) The department shall provide a time period for public comment, starting from the date of the rec…
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The working forest landowner may submit a proposed amendment to the approved plan and shall not take…
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The working forest landowner may take actions that do not substantially deviate from the approved pl…
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(a) Upon a change of ownership of the land described in the working forest management plan, the tran…
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The working forest landowner may cancel the working forest management plan by submitting a written n…
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The working forest landowner who owns, leases, or otherwise controls or operates on all or any porti…
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(a) For an approved working forest management plan, the director shall convene a meeting with the in…
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The registered professional forester who prepares the working forest management plan or prepares the…
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If the board finds that a registered professional forester has made any material misstatement in a w…
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Notwithstanding any other provisions of this chapter, if a registered professional forester certifie…
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If the department determines that the objectives of uneven aged management and sustained yield are n…
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If a landowner with a nonindustrial timber management plan or a working forest management plan with …
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A participating landowner, in conjunction with the preparation of an application for a working fores…
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Notwithstanding any other law, if a person with a working forest management plan or a nonindustrial …
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This article does not affect the applicability of county rules adopted pursuant to Section 4516.5 no…
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This article does not apply to the Southern Subdistrict of the Coast Forest District, as described i…
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The Legislature finds and declares all of the following: (a) In order to meet the goals of the Calif…
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(a) The purpose of this article is to encourage private investments in, and improved long-term manag…
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(a) In furtherance of the purposes of this article, the department may enter into agreements and mak…
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As used in this article, the following terms shall have the following meanings: (a) “Eligible landow…
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Agreements may be entered into and grants may be made by the director pursuant to this article for t…
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(a) The director may enter into agreements, on behalf of eligible landowners, pursuant to which the …
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To be eligible for participation in an agreement or grant pursuant to Section 4598.5, the following …
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Payments or grants pursuant to this article may be made for work that is also the subject of payment…
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In addition to the requirements of Section 4598.6, to be eligible to participate in agreements or re…
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To carry out this article and to facilitate participation in the program authorized by this article,…
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Any person who willfully violates any provision of this chapter or rule or regulation of the board i…
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(a) (1) In addition to any other penalty, any person who intentionally, knowingly, or negligently vi…
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(a) The director may issue a complaint and proposed order to any person on whom an administrative pe…
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(a) Any party who is aggrieved by a final order issued by the board or an administrative law judge u…
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(a) The violation of any rule or regulation adopted by the board pursuant to this chapter prescribin…
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(a) Any person who violates a rule or regulation of the board, the violation of which is an infracti…
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(a) This section provides an administrative procedure to suspend timber operations temporarily while…
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(a) If a timber operator believes that a forest officer lacked reasonable cause to issue or extend a…
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The Attorney General may, on his or her own motion or at the request of the board, bring an action t…
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(a) The department shall provide an initial inspection of the area in which timber operations are to…
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The department may bring an action to enjoin the violation, or threatened violation, of any provisio…
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If upon a hearing to show cause why a preliminary injunction should not be issued, or upon a hearing…
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The department may take such appropriate steps as are necessary and incur expenses to correct any vi…
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(a) Before taking any corrective action, other than under Section 4605, the department shall serve a…
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If the corrective action is not taken on or before the date specified in the notice served pursuant …
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The expenses incurred by the department in taking any corrective action pursuant to this article sha…
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Neither the board, the department, nor any person authorized by the board or the department to enter…
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(a) A person who owns timberlands that are to be devoted to uses other than the growing of timber sh…
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(a) If the timberlands which are to be devoted to uses other than the growing of timber are zoned as…
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Approval of an application for conversion shall be conditioned upon the granting of the necessary re…
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The application shall be accompanied by an affidavit by the applicant that the applicant has a prese…
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The board shall deny a timberland conversion permit for any of the following reasons: (a) The applic…
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A person whose application for a timberland conversion permit has been denied shall be entitled to a…
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If the board finds the applicant does have a bona fide intention to convert the land, it shall appro…
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If at any time the board finds that the applicant has failed to conform to the intent to convert, as…
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The board may, by regulation, delegate its authority and responsibilities under this article to the …
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(a) Notwithstanding any provision of this article or of Section 4581, no public agency shall be requ…
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The Legislature finds and declares all of the following: (a) A thriving in-state forest products sec…
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The Legislature further finds that the state’s forest practice regulatory program needs to develop a…
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In enacting this article, it is the intent of the Legislature to accomplish all of the following: (a…
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(a) The Timber Regulation and Forest Restoration Fund is hereby created in the State Treasury. All r…
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(a) On or before October 1, 2012, the board shall adopt a regulation that interprets and makes speci…
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(a) (1) There is hereby imposed an assessment on a person who purchases a lumber product or an engin…
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Moneys deposited in the fund shall, upon appropriation by the Legislature, only be expended for the …
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All grants made pursuant to subdivisions (g) and (h) of Section 4629.6 shall fund activities that do…
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(a) Funds deposited in the fund shall be appropriated in accordance with the following priorities: (…
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(a) On or before January 10, 2013, and on each January 10 thereafter in conjunction with the 2014–15…
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(a) Notwithstanding any other law, the revenues in any fiscal year may be accounted for on an accrue…
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(a) The Director of Finance shall authorize a loan, from the General Fund to the fund, to implement …
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Notwithstanding any other law, the Controller may use the moneys in the fund for cashflow loans to t…
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For purposes of this article, the following terms have the following meanings: (a) “Innovative fores…
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(a) On or before July 1, 2020, the department, in consultation with the board, shall identify barrie…
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(a) On or before July 1, 2020, the Forest Management Task Force or its successor entity shall, in co…
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It is hereby declared to be in the interest of the welfare of the people of this state and their ind…
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It is further declared to be in the interest of the welfare of the people of this state that the sta…
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Unless the context otherwise requires, the definitions in this article govern the construction of th…
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“Continuous production” means such management as will approach a balance between depletion and growt…
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“Forest land” means lands primarily suited to growing timber and other forest products.
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“Forest products” includes sawlogs, pilings, poles, split products, pulpwood, bolts, bark and other …
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“Management” means the handling of forest crop and forest soil so as to achieve maximum sustained pr…
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“Protection” means protection of forest trees against damage by fire, insects, disease, and trespass…
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“Purchase area” means an area of forest land within which forest lands of sufficient acreage may be …
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“Reforestation” includes reforestation by natural means from seed and artificially by seeding or pla…
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“State forest” means forest land owned or to be owned by the state.
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The department, in accordance with plans approved by the board, may engage in the management, protec…
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The director, acting in accordance with policies adopted by the board, shall administer this chapter…
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The department shall prepare a map setting forth the boundaries of purchase areas, and it shall prep…
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(a) Acquisition of forest land pursuant to this chapter shall be made only upon the approval of the …
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Whenever it is deemed advisable and advantageous, the board may enter into an agreement with the Dep…
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(a) With the approval of the Director of General Services, the director may make sales of forest pro…
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(a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, timber from state forests shall not be sold to any C…
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The management of state forests and the cutting and sale of timber and other forest products from st…
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(a) The department may collect recreational user fees for overnight camping and reserved group activ…
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State-owned lands classified by the department and approved by the board as not suited to the growin…
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There shall be paid to each county in which lands acquired for state forest purposes are situated, o…
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Tax-deeded lands classified as forest lands, pursuant to Chapter 4.3 (commencing with Section 3534),…
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This chapter does not interfere with the reasonable use of state forests for hunting, fishing, recre…
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The board may establish rules and regulations, in accordance with Chapter 3.5 (commencing with Secti…
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The department shall protect the state forests from damage and preserve the peace therein.
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Any person who violates the rules and regulations pertaining to the state forests established by the…
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Insofar as the provisions of this chapter may be in conflict with any other provision of this divisi…
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The Mountain Home Tract Forest in Tulare County shall be developed and maintained, pursuant to this …
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(a) For purpose of this section, the following definitions shall apply: (1) “City” means the City of…
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It is hereby declared to be the policy of the state to establish and preserve an intensively managed…
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The department may permit a limited amount of commercial timber operations on the property within th…
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The department is responsible for the establishment and development of the Soquel Demonstration Stat…
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The department, in coordination with the advisory committee, shall adopt a general plan for the stat…
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The duties and authority of the department pursuant to this article shall only arise if the state ac…
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The department may, in accordance with the policy of the board, engage in and demonstrate methods of…
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The department may, in accordance with the policy of the board, engage in surveys of soil, vegetatio…
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The department, with the approval of the Director of General Services, may enter into an agreement w…
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The department may, with the approval of the Department of General Services, enter into a cooperativ…
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It is in the public interest and to the benefit of the state that watershed lands are rehabilitated …
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(a) The director may authorize any work for any purpose authorized by Section 4675 as an exercise of…
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State nurseries shall be maintained under the management of the department for all of the following …
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The department shall construct and maintain such buildings, improvements, and equipment, and shall e…
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The department may purchase nursery stock and seed, and may distribute stock or seed for the followi…
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Trees, plants, nursery stock, and seeds which are sold pursuant to this article shall be sold at pri…
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Notwithstanding Section 4684, the director may give such forest seedlings or native plants for the p…
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The Governor, on behalf of the state, may receive all conveyances or donations of real or personal p…
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It is hereby declared to be in the interest of the welfare of the people of this state that the need…
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The department may make surveys and prepare maps setting forth the areas of nonrestocking forest lan…
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The department may undertake experiments and studies, on lands owned by the state or made available …
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Experimentation and studies shall be conducted with the advice and cooperation of the University of …
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The department may collect the additional seed required, increase the capacity of state nurseries, p…
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The director, upon the recommendation of the board, may accept on behalf of the state gifts of land …
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The acceptance of the land or contributions shall be subject to such conditions or restrictions as t…
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Before accepting conveyance of the land, the director shall have the title examined. The director sh…
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As used in this article: (a) “Owner” includes any individual, partnership, corporation, or associati…
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Pine beetles and other insect pests or plant diseases which are harmful, detrimental and injurious t…
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Every owner of timber or timberlands shall control or eradicate the insect pests or plant diseases o…
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The movement of eucalyptus wood containing live Eucalyptus Longhorn Borers or their larvae in trucks…
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The department, in accordance with policy established by the board, may enter into agreements with a…
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(a) Whenever the director determines that there exists an area that is infested or infected with ins…
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The department may make the necessary surveys and appraisals to obtain pertinent data and informatio…
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If the director determines that insect or disease control work within the designated zone of infesta…
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It is the policy of the state to preserve as far as possible the species Sequoia gigantea in the int…
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Upon the finding of the Department of Parks and Recreation or the director, or both, that any Sequoi…
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Pursuant to Sections 4721 and 4722, the Department of Parks and Recreation, or the department, on fa…
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Nothing in this article shall be construed as establishing a policy to acquire any such Sequoia giga…
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Any person who willfully cuts down, strips of its bark, or destroys by fire, any tree “over 16 feet …
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Upon the arrest and conviction of any person for violation of Section 4726, the party informing is e…
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Corporations may be formed under the general corporation laws of this state for the protection and d…
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All shares of stock issued by the corporation shall have a par value, and, in addition to other requ…
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No shareholder of any corporation formed pursuant to this article shall receive or accept from the c…
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Any corporation formed pursuant to this article may, if so authorized by the Commissioner of Financi…
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Any corporation operating in or upon forests or forest lands of this state which borrows money from …
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No operation of a corporation operating pursuant to this article, involving the cutting of timber or…
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The board shall make regular examination of the properties of such corporations during the operating…
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The operation of any corporation formed pursuant to this article shall, in addition to the requireme…
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The Legislature hereby finds and declares all of the following: (a) The department has extensive tec…
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(a) In accordance with policies established by the board, the department shall assist local governme…
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(a) The state recognizes the problem of recruitment and retention of foresters who engage in fuel re…
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(a) For purposes of this section, “environmentally sensitive vegetation management” means vegetation…
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This article shall be known and may be cited as the Sudden Oak Death Management Act of 2002.
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The Legislature finds and declares all of the following: (a) The need for expanding the current effo…
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As used in this article, “task force” means the California Oak Mortality Task Force.
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It is hereby declared to be the policy of the state, to the extent feasible, to stop the spread of s…
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(a) (1) The department shall implement a program to detect, remove, and treat, if possible, trees in…
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(a) The department shall provide information and technical assistance to cities, counties, districts…
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The director, with advice from the task force, may enter into contracts to provide assistance for pr…
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(a) (1) The Department of Forestry and Fire Protection shall expend funds, subject to appropriation …
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(a) (1) Except as provided in Section 4752, this section shall apply to any conservation easement, a…
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For any conservation easement purchased with state funds on or after January 1, 2019, to December 31…
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For purposes of this article, “task force” has the same meaning as the task force described in Secti…
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(a) On January 1, 2022, the task force, including, but not limited to, the Natural Resources Agency,…
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(a) On or before June 30, 2025, the task force, in consultation with the Range Management Advisory C…
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The people of the state have a direct interest in the protection and improvement of public and priva…
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This article shall be administered by the department.
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The department may enter into contracts or cooperative agreements with any person, firm, public or p…
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In furtherance of such contracts and agreements, and also independently of them, the department shal…
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The department shall from time to time prepare reports setting forth data as to experiments conducte…
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In making such experiments and in conducting or supervising land clearance pursuant to the agreement…
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The department, with the approval of the board, may make such regulations as are necessary to effect…
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The department may accept contributions of money from any private source to carry out the powers and…
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This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the Forest and Rangeland Resources Assessment and Po…
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The Legislature finds and declares as follows: (a) The forest resources of California provide vitall…
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As used in this chapter: (a) “Board” means the State Board of Forestry and Fire Protection. (b) “Res…
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(a) Under policy guidance from the board and in consultation with the Secretary of the Resources Age…
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(a) Based on a review of the assessment prepared pursuant to Section 4789.3, and consistent with Sec…
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The board shall hold public hearings on the assessment and the proposed policy statement prepared pu…
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(a) The board, assisted by the director, shall biennially determine state needs for forest managemen…
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(a) The director shall convey the assessment and its updates to federal agencies charged with managi…
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The Legislature finds and declares that: (a) Forest lands, while often managed to produce wood fiber…
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The Legislature further declares that, except as specifically provided in this chapter the state sha…
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The purpose of this chapter is to encourage private and public investments in, and an improved manag…
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In furtherance of the purposes of this chapter, the department is authorized to enter into agreement…
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As used in this chapter: (a) “A county with high unemployment” means a county with an annual unemplo…
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(a) Agreements may be entered into and loans may be made by the director pursuant to this chapter fo…
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(a) The director may enter into agreements with eligible landowners pursuant to which the landowner …
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A forest landowner who has entered into an undue hardship agreement with the Controller for the paym…
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(a) The director may make the following types of loans relating to forest resource improvement proje…
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To be eligible for participation in an agreement pursuant to Section 4795 or loan pursuant to Sectio…
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(a) Any cost share payments advanced pursuant to Section 4795 shall be refunded to the director in t…
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Cost share payments or loans pursuant to this chapter may be made for forest resource improvement wo…
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In addition to the requirements of Section 4797, to be eligible to participate in agreements pursuan…
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(a) When allocating available funds among projects proposed pursuant to this chapter, the director s…
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To carry out the provisions of this chapter and to facilitate participation in the program authorize…
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(a) The director shall work cooperatively with other public agencies of local, state, and federal go…
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To effectuate the purposes of this chapter, the department is authorized to: (a) Collect or contract…
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(a) (1) The director may provide grants to, or enter into contracts or other cooperative agreements …
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This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the California Urban Forestry Act of 1978.
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The Legislature finds and declares that: (a) Trees are a vital resource in the urban environment and…
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(a) The purpose of this chapter is to: (1) Promote the use of urban forest resources for purposes of…
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As used in this chapter the following terms have the following meanings: (a) “Disadvantaged communit…
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(a) (1) The department shall implement a program in urban forestry to encourage better tree manageme…
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(a) (1) The department shall complete a statewide strategic plan, in consultation with nonprofit org…
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(a) The department shall provide technical assistance to urban areas with respect to all of the foll…
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The director, with advice from other appropriate state agencies and interested parties, may make gra…
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(a) Moneys appropriated from the California Community and Neighborhood Tree Voluntary Tax Contributi…
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(a) There is hereby created in the State Treasury, the Forest Resources Improvement Fund. The money …
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The department is authorized to conduct surveys, studies, and research concerning the economic and e…
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The department is further authorized to provide technical and other assistance to public and private…
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The department shall coordinate its activities and cooperate with the State Energy Resources Conserv…
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It is the intent of the Legislature, in enacting this chapter, to do all of the following: (a) To pr…
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(a) The director shall establish a schedule of user fees for persons using the department’s data bas…
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For purpose of this chapter, the following terms shall apply: (a) “Agreement” means the Good Neighbo…
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(a) There is continued in existence in the State Treasury the Good Neighbor Authority Fund, original…
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(a) Under an agreement between the state and the federal government, the Secretary of the Natural Re…
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As used in this article, “lumber” means all timber, whether in logs, boards, planks, or beams, and w…
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Whenever any lumber drifts upon any island in any of the waters of this state, or upon the bank of a…
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If the owner of the lumber does not, within three months from the time it was so drifted, take the l…
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When sold, the proceeds of the lumber shall be applied first to the payment of the charges of sale a…
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The rejection by the judge of any claimant’s right to the proceeds is conclusive, unless within six …
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In all cases where two or more persons, firms, or corporations are engaged in or intend to engage in…
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Any log or timber which has any such recorded mark impressed on it shall be presumed to belong to th…
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Every person, firm, or corporation that neglects to have his or its mark or marks recorded, as provi…
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It is unlawful for any person, firm, or corporation, except boom companies which may be required or …
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In enacting this chapter, it is the purpose of the Legislature to declare the existence of a Califor…
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As used in this chapter “California Conservation Camps” or “camps” means any camps now or hereafter …
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(a) The department shall utilize inmates and wards assigned to conservation camps in performing fire…
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The conditions of work to be performed under such contracts or agreements shall be consistent with t…
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Conservation camp inmates and wards may be utilized in the rescue of lost or injured persons, the sa…
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Conservation camp inmates and wards may, upon the request of the appropriate public agency, be utili…
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(a) The Legislature finds and declares all of the following: (1) California’s state parks are a true…
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As used in this division, “department” means the Department of Parks and Recreation and “director” m…
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The director shall promote and regulate the use of the state park system in a manner that conserves …
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(a) As used in this section: (1) “Event” means a competition event that uses lands or facilities und…
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The department may manage state marine reserves, state marine parks, state marine conservation areas…
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Whenever any reference is made to the state park system with respect to a duty, power, purpose, resp…
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(a) Notwithstanding Section 5001.95, units of the state park system may be located within, and be a …
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The landing of aircraft in units of the state park system is subject to the following limitations: (…
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(a) The use of motor vehicles in units of the state park system is subject to the following limitati…
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(a) Any improvement existing within the state park system as of January 1, 1979, which fails to comp…
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(a) Commercial exploitation of resources in units of the state park system is prohibited, except all…
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(a) Qualified institutions and individuals shall be encouraged to conduct nondestructive forms of sc…
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No state park system unit, other than a state wilderness, a natural preserve, or a cultural preserve…
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Attendance at state park system units shall be held within limits established by carrying capacity d…
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All parks, public camp grounds, monument sites, landmark sites, and sites of historical interest est…
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Prior to the classification or reclassification of a unit of the state park system into any of the c…
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(a) (1) Following classification or reclassification of a unit by the State Park and Recreation Comm…
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A public hearing shall be scheduled by the State Park and Recreation Commission to consider each mat…
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The department shall furnish a copy of the general plan for any unit of the state park system for wh…
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The department may accept a gift of title to the Chinese Taoist Temple in Hanford, Kings County, for…
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(a) Notwithstanding any other law, and upon the adoption of a resolution of acceptance pursuant to s…
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(a) The beach bicycle path in the County of Los Angeles, which runs 22.3 miles from its northern end…
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(a) For purposes of this section, the following definitions apply: (1) “Avoidance area” means the la…
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(a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this article, upon completion of the land transfer author…
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The department shall administer, protect, develop, and interpret the property under its jurisdiction…
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The Legislature finds and declares that it is in the public interest to permit hunting, fishing, swi…
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The Legislature hereby finds and declares that the East Bay Regional Park District is contemplating …
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Without limiting any statutory powers of the Department of Parks and Recreation, real property which…
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(a) The Legislature hereby finds and declares that the department and the City of Grover Beach, in a…
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(a) It is the intent of the Legislature, in enacting this section, to provide for the acquisition, p…
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The State Park and Recreation Commission shall allow, in accordance with Section 5003.1, waterfowl h…
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(a) There shall be provided in each state park in which camping is permitted those parking facilitie…
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The department is authorized to provide means of ingress to and egress from all state parks in order…
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Rules and regulations adopted pursuant to Section 5003 shall also apply on any granted or ungranted …
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(a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the director may grant, in trust, and subject to the…
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The planning, design, and construction of a boating facility within the state park system shall be t…
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(a) Notwithstanding Article 4 (commencing with Section 10335) of Chapter 2 of Part 2 of Division 2 o…
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(a) For due, owing, and unpaid charges or fees for water, sewage, gas, electricity, garbage, or othe…
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Notwithstanding any other provision of this code or of law and except as provided in the State Build…
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(a) The department may convey, in trust for the development, improvement, operation, and maintenance…
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(a) Notwithstanding the provisions of Division 3 (commencing with Section 11000) of Title 2 of the G…
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The department may convey, in trust for the development, improvement, operation, and maintenance of …
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(a) The director may grant, in trust, an easement, subject to an agreement reached between the depar…
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(a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the director may grant, in trust and subject to the …
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The net proceeds of any sale made on behalf of the department pursuant to Section 11011 of the Gover…
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(a) Subject to subdivisions (b) to (f), inclusive, and notwithstanding the provisions of Division 3 …
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(a) The department may lease, for any use, all or any portion of any parcel of real property acquire…
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(a) The director may lease to the City of Los Angeles a parcel, not to exceed 20 acres of unimproved…
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(a) Notwithstanding the provisions of Division 3 (commencing with Section 11000) of Title 2 of the G…
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Notwithstanding Section 5003.1, waterfowl hunting shall be allowed at the Lake Earl and Lake Talawa …
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The department shall gather, digest, and summarize, in its annual reports to the Governor, informati…
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(a) The California Youth Soccer and Recreation Development Program is hereby created in the departme…
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(a) The department may receive and accept in the name of the people of the state any gift, dedicatio…
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(a) The Department of Parks and Recreation shall, after consultation with appropriate Native America…
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The Department of Parks and Recreation may with approval of the Department of General Services trans…
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The department shall identify a site on its lands at the head of Bodega Bay, which shall be mutually…
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The department has exclusive jurisdiction with respect to property salvage and recovery operations i…
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(a) The department, with the consent of the Department of Finance, and subject to Section 15853 of t…
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(a) (1) Before submitting a proposal pursuant to subdivision (f) of Section 5006, for an appropriati…
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(a) (1) Before submitting a proposal pursuant to subdivision (f) of Section 5006, for an appropriati…
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The Director of Parks and Recreation with the consent of the Director of Finance may acquire by gift…
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The department shall acquire sites for wayside campgrounds adjacent to the Westside Freeway, State H…
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(a) The department may acquire, on behalf of the state, a fee or lesser interest in real and persona…
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The department may lease any interest in real or personal property that the department deems necessa…
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The department, with the approval of the Administrator of the Resources Agency and the Department of…
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Pursuant to the provisions of Chapter 1.5 (commencing with Section 5094) of this division, the Admin…
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(a) The department shall notify the State Parks and Recreation Commission of any proposed developmen…
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The department may acquire real property by donation or purchase that is subject to a conservation e…
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The Director of Parks and Recreation is authorized to convey and grant to the County of Santa Cruz, …
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The department may enter into agreements with the Department of Water Resources and the Department o…
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(a) On or before February 1, 2002, the director shall establish the Cornfield State Park Advisory Co…
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(a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Director of General Services may acquire, on beh…
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(a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Director of General Services may acquire, on beh…
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(a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Director of General Services may acquire, on beh…
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Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the California State Mining and Mineral Museum located i…
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(a) It is the intent of the Legislature that the department consistently operate the state park syst…
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(a) Lands purchased or otherwise acquired by the department at the Pan Pacific project, which are to…
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Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a contract for services under the amount of fifty thousa…
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(a) In planning, developing, managing, and operating lands acquired for the Citrus Heritage Park at …
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Consistent with the general plan for the unit, the department may enter into an operating agreement,…
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Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the department shall have the right to remove and dispos…
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(a) The department shall protect the state park system and the state vehicular recreation area and t…
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(a) When it is determined by the director to be in the public interest, and subject to the fees, rul…
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(a) Peace officers and other designated employees of the department may capture any animal (1) which…
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Moneys deposited in the State Parks and Recreation Fund pursuant to Section 1463.02 of the Penal Cod…
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In any prosecution charging a violation within any unit of the state park system of the rules and re…
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Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the judge before whom any person is tried for a violatio…
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Every person convicted of a violation of any rule or regulation adopted by the department pursuant t…
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After January 1, 1989, every peace officer authorized pursuant to Section 5008, shall have satisfact…
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(a) For purposes of this section, the following definitions apply: (1) “Cigar” has the same meaning …
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The State Park Contingent Fund is continued in existence. All moneys collected or received from cont…
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(a) (1) The department may enter into an agreement to accept funds from any person, educational inst…
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(a) The department may enter into an agreement to accept funds from any person, business entity, edu…
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Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the department may enter into an agreement or agreements…
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(a) For purposes of this section, the following definitions apply: (1) “Community access agreement” …
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(a) The department may collect fees, rents, and other returns for the use of any state park system a…
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(a) All fees, rents, and other returns for the use of any state park system area are the property of…
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(a) On and after January 1, 2024, any contract the department enters into for purposes of managing t…
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(a) On or before January 1, 2025, the department shall implement a reservation drawing for up to fiv…
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The department shall not collect from any group of pupils in kindergarten or grades 1 to 12, inclusi…
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(a) The department may establish the California State Park Adventure Pass. The pass shall be availab…
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The department may waive all fees for the use, including camping where permitted, of any unit of the…
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(a) The department may license, sell, or license and sell, its branded merchandise, images, and othe…
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The director may authorize the refund of moneys received or collected by himself or by the departmen…
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(a) For purposes of this section, “subaccount” means the State Parks Revenue Incentive Subaccount cr…
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(a) The department shall develop a revenue generation program as an essential component of a long-te…
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(a) Any person receiving aid to the aged, blind, or disabled under Chapter 3 (commencing with Sectio…
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(a) A veteran of a war in which the United States has been, or may be engaged, who is a resident of …
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The department may offer a reduced fee or free day use of any unit of the state park that is operate…
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(a) The Legislature finds and declares that the use of conservation easements can assist the departm…
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The department may, upon application by the proper authorities, grant permits and easements for the …
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In any lease, easement, right-of-way, license, or permit entered into whereby the department leases …
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(a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, subsequent to the creation of an easement for a road…
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The department may acquire, purchase, and obtain objects of historical interest, and it may purchase…
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The Director of Parks and Recreation shall convey to the Hussey Ranch Corporation, upon such terms a…
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(a) In recognition of the late Robert H. Meyer’s many contributions to the growth and improvement of…
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The Baldwin Hills State Recreation Area is hereby designated and shall be known as the Kenneth Hahn …
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In recognition of the late Ed Z’berg’s many contributions to the growth and improvement of the state…
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(a) The department shall provide assistance acquiring and accepting land immediately adjacent to, an…
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In order to eliminate or acquire privately owned lands situated within the exterior boundaries of th…
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In order to exchange certain lands patented to the State of California for park purposes situated ou…
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(a) Notwithstanding any other law, the Department of Parks and Recreation may enter into an agreemen…
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Whenever, after the receipt of a report submitted pursuant to Section 5017 with respect to a state b…
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(a) Notwithstanding any other law, the Department of Finance may delegate to the department the righ…
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When property is deeded to the State for park or beach purposes, oil and mineral rights in such prop…
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Before any park or recreational area developmental plan is made, the department shall cause to be ma…
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(a) The Parks Project Revolving Fund is hereby established in the State Treasury. Except as otherwis…
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The department shall file against the fund all claims covering expenditures incurred in connection w…
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The department shall keep a record of all expenditures chargeable against each specific portion of t…
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At any time, the department, without furnishing a voucher or itemized statement, may withdraw from t…
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The department shall annually submit to the Department of Finance a report that reconciles, by proje…
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All units that are or shall become a part of the state park system, except those units or parts of u…
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State parks consist of relatively spacious areas of outstanding scenic or natural character, oftenti…
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State recreation units consist of areas selected, developed, and operated to provide outdoor recreat…
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Historical units, to be named appropriately and individually, consist of nonmarine areas established…
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State seashores consist of relatively spacious coastline areas with frontage on the ocean, or on bay…
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State reserves consist of areas embracing outstanding natural or scenic characteristics or areas con…
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State wildernesses, in contrast with those areas where man and his own works dominate the landscape,…
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Natural preserves consist of distinct nonmarine areas of outstanding natural or scientific significa…
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Cultural preserves consist of distinct nonmarine areas of outstanding cultural interest established …
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(a) The Marine Managed Areas Improvement Act (Chapter 7 (commencing with Section 36600) of Division …
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This article shall be known, and may be cited, as the California State Park Stewardship Act of 2012.
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The Legislature finds and declares all of the following: (a) California’s state parks are an essenti…
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(a) The department shall develop a prioritized action plan to increase revenues and collection of us…
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The Historical Landmarks Advisory Committee is continued in existence as the State Historical Resour…
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As used in this article: (a) “California Register” means the California Register of Historical Resou…
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(a) The commission consists of nine members appointed by the Governor. The director, in consultation…
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(a) The commission shall meet at least four times per year in places it deems necessary to fulfill i…
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(a) The commission shall do all of the following: (1) Receive and evaluate applications for, and mak…
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(a) The commission shall develop criteria and methods for determining the significance of archaeolog…
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(a) The Governor shall appoint the State Historic Preservation Officer. The director, in consultatio…
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The Legislature recognizes that the long-term preservation and enhancement of historical resources i…
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The department shall consider all recommendations for registration made by the commission, and shall…
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The department may contract with or cooperate with public or private agencies for suitable plaques, …
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There shall be two categories of places of historical significance: the registered historical landma…
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The department shall adopt standard design and detail for the marker and for the plaque which may be…
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(a) It shall be the duty of the Department of Transportation to keep in repair all objects or marker…
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(a) On or before January 1, 1982, each state agency shall formulate policies to preserve and maintai…
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(a) A California Register of Historical Resources is hereby established. The California Register is …
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(a) No state agency shall alter the original or significant historical features or fabric, or transf…
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There is in the department the State Office of Historic Preservation, which is under the direction o…
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(a) The Legislature hereby finds and declares that there is a need for state repositories dedicated …
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It shall be the duty of the department to keep in repair, or cause to be kept in repair, all markers…
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The Governor’s Mansion, located at 1526 H Street, Sacramento, shall be under the control and managem…
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The department shall, with the advice of the Historical Landmarks Advisory Committee, or, as to cert…
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The department is authorized to place suitable markers along these certified routes at intervals and…
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Upon receipt of an application for an entry on the National Register of Historic Places and prior to…
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Any building or structure that is listed on the National Register of Historic Places and is transfer…
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(a) As required by Section 5027, the Legislature hereby approves demolition of the Transbay Terminal…
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(a) No structure that is listed on the National Register of Historic Places, on the California Regis…
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(a) The commission shall, within 90 days after the approval by the director of the issuance by the c…
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(a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, fifty percent (50%) of the revenue collected by the …
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Notwithstanding the nomination process established pursuant to Section 5021, the land known as Nuest…
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(a) Subdivision (f) of Section 5024 shall not apply to the San Quentin Rehabilitation Center, San Qu…
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“Qualified historical property” means privately owned property which is not exempt from property tax…
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(a) “Qualified historical property” pursuant to Section 5031 includes: (1) Individual sites having s…
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The department shall adopt all rules and regulations relating to standards for qualifying as a histo…
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(a) It is hereby declared to be the policy of the State of California to establish and preserve, as …
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The parties to the joint powers agreement of April 1, 1974, and to subsequent amendments to the agre…
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(a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter or any other provision of law, the length of…
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“Concession,” as used in this article, does not include those premises at El Pueblo de Los Angeles S…
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It is hereby declared to be the policy of the State of California to establish and preserve as a his…
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To assure the accomplishment of this policy it is directed that: (a) The department shall make a sur…
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The Columbia Historic Park Association, a nonprofit corporation, is designated as a committee adviso…
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Columbia Historic State Park is a unit of the State Park System and shall be administered in accorda…
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(a) The tufa and associated sand structures at Mono Lake are a valuable geologic and scientific natu…
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(a) The reserve shall be managed primarily for the purpose of protecting the tufa and associated san…
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(a) No provision of this article shall be construed to interfere with any reasonable use of land or …
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Any disturbance, defacement, displacement, or other interference with any tufa or associated sand st…
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Natural or artificially caused accretion or reliction of the waters of Mono Lake shall not be deemed…
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This article shall be known and may be cited as the Collier-Keene State Hostel Facilities Act.
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The Legislature finds that a substantial number of Californians bicycle and walk for recreational en…
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As used in this article, unless the context clearly requires a different meaning: (a) “Hostel facili…
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(a) The department may provide hostel facilities in any unit of the state park system where consiste…
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The department may acquire land for, develop, and maintain recreational trails to and between units …
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Except as provided in Section 18930 of the Health and Safety Code, the director shall adopt such rul…
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The department may enter into contracts with individuals or with other governmental agencies or depa…
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The term of such a lease shall not exceed twenty years nor be less than two years.
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Any such lease contract shall contain an option permitting the State to purchase the lands under lea…
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Before entering into any lease contract, the lands proposed to be leased shall be appraised by the d…
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The department for a consideration may assign such options to other governmental agencies or departm…
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Lands leased shall be administered as a part of the California State park system, subject to existin…
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Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the State Department of Parks and Recreation shall exten…
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The department may enter into, for a period not less than 20 years and not to exceed 25 years, an ag…
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The Legislature finds and declares that agricultural lands are necessary to the conservation of the …
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Any portion of any parcel of real property acquired for state park system purposes, which had been f…
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Following approval of the general plan for a unit of the state park system pursuant to Section 5002.…
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(a) The rent for real property leased for agricultural purposes shall be based upon the fair market …
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For the purposes of this article, “agricultural purposes” means the growing and harvesting of plant …
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This article shall be known and may be cited as the California Recreational Trails Act.
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Unless the context otherwise requires, the following definitions shall govern construction of this a…
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The Legislature hereby declares that it is the policy of the state to: (a) Increase accessibility an…
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The director shall cause to be prepared a comprehensive plan for the development and operation of a …
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The plan shall contain, but shall not be limited to, the following elements: (a) Pedestrian trails. …
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For each of the elements specified in Section 5071, the plan shall: (a) Set forth the role of state …
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In the preparation of an update to the plan, the director shall actively seek participation of other…
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(a) (1) In planning the system, the director shall consult with and seek the assistance of the Depar…
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Upon preparation of an update to the plan, the director shall hold at least four public hearings in …
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Following an update of the plan as provided in Section 5073, all state agencies and departments whos…
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(a) The Recreational Trails Fund is hereby created. Moneys in the Recreational Trails Fund shall be …
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(a) On or before January 1, 2024, the director shall prepare and provide to the Legislature a full u…
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The director shall be responsible for planning and for the orderly development and operation of the …
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(a) The right of eminent domain may not be exercised to acquire property, any interest in property, …
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The location of a route or complementary facility of the system across lands under the jurisdiction …
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If lands included in the system are outside the boundaries of areas administered by public agencies,…
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No funds, whether derived from gift, donation, grant-in-aid, or other source, shall be used by the d…
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In specifying criteria and standards for the design and construction of trail routes and complementa…
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No adjoining property owner is liable for any actions of any type resulting from, or caused by, trai…
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The director shall prepare a guidebook or guidebooks, including trail maps, describing the system. T…
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Each study of potential trail routes for inclusion in the system shall include an evaluation of the …
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(a) The department may convene a planning task force in order to facilitate the development of a com…
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In developing the open-space element of a general plan as specified in subdivision (e) of Section 65…
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In addition to utilizing criteria and standards for the design, interpretation, and implementation o…
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(a) Because of California’s unique potential to encourage initial stages of a nationwide heritage ne…
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Because of its clear function as the interpretive highway of the Gold Rush, and because of outstandi…
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Because of the unique beauty and natural resources of the northern California coast, the desire of m…
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In order to promote disability access along the heritage corridors, the director shall recognize the…
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As used in this chapter: (a) “Department” means the Department of Parks and Recreation. (b) “Fund” m…
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(a) There is in the department the State Heritage Network Plan and Grants Program. (b) The program s…
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The money in the fund shall be available to the department, upon appropriation by the Legislature, s…
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No single grant under the program shall exceed the sum of fifty thousand dollars ($50,000). Not more…
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(a) The department shall develop criteria for the evaluation and selection of heritage corridors. (b…
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Grant proposals shall be submitted annually to the department for evaluation in accordance with proc…
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(a) The department may undertake with cooperating heritage corridor groups the design and distributi…
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The Legislature hereby finds and declares all of the following: (a) The preservation of California’s…
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As used in this chapter, the following terms have the following meanings: (a) “California Register” …
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The California Heritage Fund is hereby created in the State Treasury and shall be administered by th…
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Unless otherwise provided by law, all funds received by the office for the purposes of historical re…
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In addition to any public funds appropriated expressly for the purposes of this chapter, the office …
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The office shall deposit the proceeds from any lease, rental, sale, exchange, or transfer of real pr…
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When a lease of real property is made to a private individual, group, or entity, the office shall an…
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The office may apply for and receive emergency financial support for projects and areas identified u…
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(a) Pursuant to the Property Acquisition Law (Part 11 (commencing with Section 15850) of Division 3 …
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The office may acquire and hold historical resources, artifacts, or objects, or any interest therein…
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The office may, in order to carry out historic preservation projects for purposes of Article 2 (comm…
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Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Director of General Services, when so requested by t…
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The commission shall adopt, and the office shall implement, appropriate procedures to ensure that re…
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Money in the fund shall be available, upon appropriation by the Legislature, for loans and grants to…
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(a) The office shall encourage and support historical resource preservation through education activi…
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The office may select and contract with other state agencies and with private entities and individua…
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Criteria for the selection of projects shall include, but not be limited to, all of the following: (…
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(a) The office may acquire any interest in real property pursuant to Section 5079.20, or personal pr…
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The office shall award grants on a competitive basis to public agencies and nonprofit organizations …
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The office shall adopt guidelines, subject to the approval of the commission, for determination of t…
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A public agency may enter into an agreement with a nonprofit organization for the purpose of carryin…
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After completion of the historical resource preservation project, the grant recipient shall return t…
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The office shall consult as needed with the appropriate city or county in order to assess the histor…
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The office shall award grants to public agencies and nonprofit organizations to improve the manageme…
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After the approval of a proposed historical resource management project, the office may expend funds…
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The office shall consult as needed with the appropriate city or county in order to assess the histor…
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The Legislature hereby finds and declares that California’s archaeological resources are endangered …
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The office may award grants to public agencies and nonprofit organizations for historical resource p…
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(a) The amount of the grant shall not exceed the cost of the project. (b) The amount of the grant an…
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The office may loan funds to a nonprofit organization for the temporary acquisition of an archaeolog…
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Not more than 25 percent of any grant made pursuant to the article may be expended for archaeologica…
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The office shall consult as needed with the appropriate city or county in order to assess the histor…
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There is hereby created within the office the California Main Street Program to provide technical as…
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There is hereby established in the State Treasury the California Main Street Program Fund. All priva…
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The office shall incur costs to implement this article only to the extent that funding adequate to c…
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(a) The Natural Resources and Parks Preservation Fund is hereby created in the State Treasury, to be…
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As used in this article, the following terms shall have the following meanings: (a) “Board” means th…
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(a) The department may enter into contracts with natural persons, corporations, partnerships, and as…
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(a) Except as provided in Section 5080.16, all contracts authorizing occupancy of any portion of the…
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For a contract authorizing occupancy by the concessionaire for a period of more than three years of …
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(a) Notwithstanding the provisions of Sections 11080 and 11081 of the Government Code, public notice…
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(a) The department shall require from prospective bidders answers to questions contained in a standa…
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All bids shall be presented under sealed cover.
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Whether or not bids are opened exactly at the time fixed in the public notice for opening bids, a bi…
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Any bid may be withdrawn at any time prior to the time fixed in the public notice for the opening of…
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On the day named in the public notice, the department shall publicly open the sealed bids. The depar…
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If the successful bidder does not sign and deliver the contract within 30 days of receipt thereof an…
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If the director deems that the acceptance of any bid is not for the best interests of the state, he …
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A bidder shall not be relieved of his or her bid and no change shall be made in his or her bid becau…
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If the director determines that it is in the best interests of the state, the director, upon giving …
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(a) Every contract awarded pursuant to the bidding requirements of this article, pursuant to the req…
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A concession contract entered into pursuant to this article shall contain, but is not limited to, al…
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(a) In order to assure the best possible return from concessions, the department shall periodically …
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A contract, including a contract entered into on lands operated pursuant to an agreement entered int…
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The department shall include in its annual statement on the concessions program a section setting fo…
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(a) (1) A concession contract awarded pursuant to Section 5080.05, 5080.16, or 5080.23 shall not pro…
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(a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this article, with respect to concession contracts entere…
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(a) The department may enter into an interim agreement with the Pacific Grove-Asilomar Operating Cor…
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(a) The department shall enter into a contract for the construction, maintenance, and operation of c…
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(a) Notwithstanding Sections 11080 and 11081 of the Government Code, public notice of a request for …
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Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the department may negotiate an agreement of up to two y…
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Notwithstanding any other provision of law, including subdivision (a) of Section 5080.18, the depart…
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Agreements may be entered into between the department and any agency of the United States, any city,…
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(a) The general plan for a unit of the state park system that is the subject of an agreement entered…
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(a) Except as provided in subdivision (b), revenues received from lands subject to an operating agre…
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A concession may be authorized on lands subject to an agreement entered into pursuant to this articl…
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Every agreement entered into pursuant to this article and every contract for a concession on lands t…
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Whenever the department intends to enter into an operating agreement pursuant to this article with r…
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(a) Notwithstanding any provision of this article, the department may enter into an operating agreem…
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(a) The Legislature hereby finds and declares that the department and the City of Malibu are in the …
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(a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this article, the department may enter into a restoration…
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(a) The Legislature hereby finds and declares that revenues generated at Santa Monica State Beach ma…
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Notwithstanding any provision of this article, if title in fee, to the so-called Marconi property, n…
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The department and other appropriate state and local agencies, and federal agencies to the extent pe…
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(a) No operating lease or agreement shall be entered into, or amended, pursuant to this article unle…
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(a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this article, until January 1, 2014, the department may e…
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(a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this article, the department may enter into an operating …
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(a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this article or Article 3 (commencing with Section 5080.5…
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(a) The department may accept donations of money from public or private sources to be used for the p…
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Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, the Director of Parks and Recreation may contr…
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The director is authorized to use the method for selection of the design-build entity set forth in c…
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In addition to the requirements set forth in paragraph (1) of subdivision (d) of Section 14661 of th…
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The director may accept donations of services, including architectural, engineering, construction ma…
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In addition to the approvals required by Section 13332.19 of the Government Code, prior to advertisi…
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Notwithstanding Section 10 of Chapter 66 of the Statutes of 1999, the director shall contract with t…
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The Legislature finds and declares all of the following: (a) The department has a proprietary and fi…
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(a) For purposes of this section, the following definitions apply: (1) “Labor organization” means a …
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This article shall apply only to a lease agreement, management agreement, or other agreement entered…
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This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the Off-Highway Motor Vehicle Recreation Act of 2003…
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(a) The Legislature finds all of the following: (1) Off-highway motor vehicles are enjoying an ever-…
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Unless the context otherwise requires, the definitions in this article govern the construction of th…
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“Commission” means the Off-Highway Motor Vehicle Recreation Commission.
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“Division” means the Division of Off-Highway Motor Vehicle Recreation of the Department of Parks and…
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“Fund” means the Off-Highway Vehicle Trust Fund created by subdivision (c) of Section 38225 of the V…
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“Off-highway motor vehicle” means an off-highway motor vehicle as defined in Section 38006 of the Ve…
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“Program” means the Off-Highway Motor Vehicle Recreation Program.
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“System” means the state vehicular recreation areas, the California Statewide Motorized Trail, areas…
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“Conservation” and “conserve” mean activities, practices, and programs that protect and sustain soil…
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“Restoration” and “restore” mean, upon closure of the unit or any portion thereof, the restoration o…
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“Grant program” means the local assistance grant program and the cooperative agreement program.
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“Monitoring program” means a program adopted by the department that provides periodic evaluations of…
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“Adaptive management” means to use the results of information gathered through a monitoring program …
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“State vehicular recreation area” means a unit of the state park system established pursuant to Sect…
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(a) There is in the department the Off-Highway Motor Vehicle Recreation Commission, consisting of ni…
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In making appointments to the commission, the Governor, Senate Committee on Rules, and Speaker of th…
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(a) The terms of the members of the commission shall be four years. (b) Appointments to the commissi…
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In case of any vacancy in the membership of the commission, the appointing authority of the vacating…
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The members of the commission shall elect a chairperson from their number who shall serve as chairpe…
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The director is the secretary of the commission.
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Members of the commission may receive a salary for their services in an amount of fifty dollars ($50…
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The chairperson of the commission may appoint committees composed of members of the commission and p…
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The commission has the following duties and responsibilities: (a) Be fully informed regarding all go…
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There is in the department the Division of Off-Highway Motor Vehicle Recreation. Whenever any refere…
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The division shall be under the direction of a deputy director appointed by the director.
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The division has the following duties and responsibilities: (a) Planning, acquisition, development, …
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(a) In cooperation with the commission, the division shall make available on the division’s Internet…
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(a) The protection of public safety, the appropriate utilization of lands, and the conservation of n…
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The division may enter into contracts with concessionaires and grants or cooperative agreements with…
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Eminent domain shall not be exercised to acquire any interest in property for a state vehicular recr…
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No owner or other person having legal control of property in the vicinity of any lands in the system…
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(a) The department shall require that: (1) Any soil conservation standard, wildlife habitat protecti…
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The following lands within the Hollister Hills State Vehicular Area shall be managed, as follows: (a…
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(a) For purposes of this section, “land” means the land known as the “Alameda-Tesla Expansion Area,”…
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(a) State vehicular recreation areas consist of areas selected, developed, and operated to provide o…
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The division shall assist in the designation of corridors for a California Statewide Motorized Trail…
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(a) The division shall develop and implement a grant and cooperative agreement program to support th…
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No funds may be granted or expended pursuant to Section 5090.50, unless all of the following conditi…
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The fund consists of deposits from the following sources: (a) Revenues transferred from the Motor Ve…
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Moneys in the fund shall be available, upon appropriation by the Legislature, as follows: (a) An amo…
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Money in the fund shall be used to pay for the repair of any boundary fence that segregates off-high…
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(a) The director shall establish the Outdoor Equity Grants Program to increase the ability of unders…
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(a) Except as authorized by the Legislature, the department shall not allocate for the purposes of t…
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(a) The department shall gather information from applicants following each award year for purposes o…
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The department shall adopt guidelines it determines as necessary to carry out the purposes of this c…
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(a) The Legislature finds that as the popularity of winter recreation has steadily grown, so too has…
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Unless the context otherwise requires, the definitions in this section govern the construction of th…
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(a) The State Park and Recreation Commission shall hold at least two public hearings, one in the nor…
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(a) Except as provided in this section, no person shall, from November 1 of any year to May 30 of th…
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(a) The department shall print the permits required by this chapter and shall supervise the sale of …
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(a) Proceeds from the sale of SNO-PARK parking permits shall be paid to the State Treasury to the cr…
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Eminent domain shall not be exercised to acquire any interest in property for a designated parking a…
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The department may adopt rules and regulations necessary to implement and enforce this chapter.
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This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the California Wilderness Act.
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In order to assure that an increasing population, accompanied by expanding settlement and growing me…
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As used in this chapter: (a) “Minimum management requirements” means the minimum wilderness manageme…
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(a) There is hereby established a California wilderness preservation system to be composed of state-…
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(a) The following areas are hereby designated as components of the system: (1) Santa Rosa Mountains …
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(a) The secretary, in cooperation with each department within the Resources Agency, shall review sta…
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(a) Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, a state agency with jurisdiction over an area desi…
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(a) In any case where privately owned land is completely surrounded by wilderness areas, the private…
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Nothing in this chapter shall affect the jurisdiction or responsibility of the state with regard to …
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The secretary shall, no later than December 1, 1975, and on or before December 1st of each year ther…
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If any provision of this chapter or the application thereof to any person or circumstance is held in…
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It is the policy of the State of California that certain rivers which possess extraordinary scenic, …
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This chapter shall be known as the California Wild and Scenic Rivers Act.
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As used in this chapter, the following terms have the following meanings: (a) “Secretary” means the …
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Those rivers or segments of rivers included in the system shall be classified as one of the followin…
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The following rivers and segments thereof are designated as components of the system: (a) Klamath Ri…
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Other than temporary flood storage facilities permitted pursuant to Section 5093.57, no dam, reservo…
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No department or agency of the state may assist or cooperate, whether by loan, grant, license, or ot…
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Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to prohibit any measures for flood protection, structural…
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This chapter neither diminishes the power of the secretary or any other state or local official or a…
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The Resources Agency shall be responsible for coordinating the activities of state agencies whose ac…
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All departments and agencies of the state shall exercise their powers granted under any other provis…
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Nothing in this chapter shall affect the jurisdiction or responsibility of the state with regard to …
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Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to permit or require the reservation, use, or taking of p…
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If any provision of this chapter or the application thereof to any person or circumstances is held i…
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(a) The Legislature hereby finds and declares that the enactment of this section is necessary in ord…
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In order to enhance the recreational qualities of rivers where temporary summer recreational dams ha…
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(a) Within the boundaries of special treatment areas adjacent to wild, scenic, or recreational river…
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(a) The Resources Agency shall conduct studies specifically funded by the Legislature relative to th…
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(a) The Legislature hereby finds and declares all of the following: (1) Mill Creek and Deer Creek po…
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(a) Notwithstanding Sections 5093.546 and 5093.547, if (1) the federal government enacts a statute t…
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(a) Limekiln State Wilderness, comprised of approximately 413 acres of Limekiln State Park as genera…
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(a) Notwithstanding the fact that the tributaries of the Smith River specified in this subdivision a…
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The Legislature finds and declares that the McCloud River possesses extraordinary resources in that …
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The classifications heretofore established by the secretary for the rivers or segments of rivers inc…
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Classification or reclassification of rivers or segments of rivers within the system as wild, scenic…
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(a) The secretary shall study and submit to the Governor and the Legislature reports on the suitabil…
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It is hereby declared to be in the public interest for the state and local public agencies to partic…
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The Secretary of the Resources Agency, with the approval of the Director of Finance and upon specifi…
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With respect to each project as to which a letter of intent has been given, the Resources Agency thr…
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Upon specific authorization of state participation by the Legislature: (a) The Department of Parks a…
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This chapter shall not apply to the cooperation and participation with the federal government pursua…
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This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the Porter-Cobey Federal Water Project Recreation Ac…
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This chapter shall be known, and may be cited, as the State Urban Parks and Healthy Communities Act.
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The Legislature finds and declares all of the following: (a) Parks and recreation provide opportunit…
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As used in this chapter, the following terms have the following meanings: (a) “Active recreational p…
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There is hereby created, in the State Treasury, the State Urban Parks and Healthy Communities Fund. …
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(a) The director, in consultation with the State Department of Education, shall develop a competitiv…
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(a) The department shall allocate two-thirds of any funds appropriated for the purposes of this chap…
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(a) This chapter shall be implemented only upon appropriation of sufficient funds to the department …
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For purposes of this chapter, the following definitions apply: (a) “Central Valley” means the geogra…
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The department shall develop a detailed plan of implementation for its Central Valley Vision. The pl…
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To the extent feasible, the plan shall do all of the following: (a) Identify specific opportunities …
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The plan shall include a specific timeline for implementation.
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This chapter shall be implemented to the extent that funds are appropriated pursuant to subdivision …
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This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the Nejedly-Hart State, Urban, and Coastal Park Bond…
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The Legislature hereby finds and declares that: (a) It is the responsibility of this state to provid…
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The Legislature further finds and declares that: (a) The demand for parks, beaches, recreation areas…
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Bonds in the total amount of two hundred eighty million dollars ($280,000,000), or so much thereof a…
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There shall be collected each year and in the same manner and at the same time as other state revenu…
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There is hereby appropriated from the General Fund in the State Treasury for the purpose of this act…
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For the purposes of carrying out the provisions of this chapter the Director of Finance may by execu…
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The proceeds of bonds issued and sold pursuant to this chapter shall be deposited in the State, Urba…
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All proposed appropriations for the program specified in Section 5096.124 shall be included in a sec…
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The bonds authorized by this chapter shall be prepared, executed, issued, sold, paid, and redeemed a…
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The State Park and Recreation Finance Committee is hereby created. The committee consists of the Gov…
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All money deposited in the State, Urban, and Coastal Park Fund or the State Coastal Conservancy whic…
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As used in this chapter and for the purposes of this chapter as used in the State General Obligation…
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Except as otherwise provided in this section or elsewhere in this chapter, all money deposited in th…
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Except as otherwise provided in this section and elsewhere in this chapter, all money deposited in t…
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After the Legislature has authorized the administration of the State Coastal Conservancy by an exist…
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(a) All of the funds authorized by subdivision (a) of Section 5096.124 for grants, shall be allocate…
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On July 1, 1983, the Secretary of the Resources Agency shall cause to be totaled the unencumbered ba…
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Any project involving state funds only, pursuant to subdivisions (b), (c), and (e) of Section 5096.1…
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(a) An application for a grant pursuant to subdivision (a) of Section 5096.124 shall be submitted to…
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Projects proposed pursuant to subdivisions (b), (c), (d), and (e) of Section 5096.124 shall be submi…
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The Secretary of the Resources Agency, after completing his review, shall forward those projects rec…
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Projects authorized for the purposes set forth in subdivisions (b), (c), and (e) of Section 5096.124…
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The Director of Parks and Recreation may make agreements with respect to any real property acquired …
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Notwithstanding any other provisions of law, for the purposes of this chapter, acquisition may inclu…
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All grants, gifts, devises, or bequests to the state, conditional or unconditional, for park, conser…
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There shall be an agreement or contract between the Department of Parks and Recreation and the appli…
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Real property acquired by the state shall consist predominantly of open or natural lands, including …
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(a) The Director of Parks and Recreation may submit to the State Lands Commission any proposal by a …
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This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the California Parklands Act of 1980.
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The Legislature hereby finds and declares that: (a) It is the responsibility of this state to provid…
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The Legislature further finds and declares that: (a) The demand for parks, beaches, recreation areas…
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As used in this chapter, the following terms shall have the following meanings: (a) “Coastal resourc…
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(a) “District,” as defined by subdivision (b) of Section 5096.144, includes a district agricultural …
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All money deposited in the Parklands Fund of 1980 shall be available for appropriation in the manner…
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(a) Funds available for appropriation for local assistance grants pursuant to subdivision (a) of Sec…
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(a) All of the funds authorized in subdivision (a) of Section 5096.151 for local assistance grants s…
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(a) An application for a local assistance grant pursuant to this article shall be submitted to the D…
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(a) No state grant funds may be disbursed until the applicant agrees that any property acquired or d…
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Funds appropriated for local assistance grants pursuant to subdivision (a) of Section 5096.151 shall…
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The Legislature recognizes that public financial resources are inadequate to meet all capital outlay…
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(a) Any Member of the Legislature, the State Park and Recreation Commission, the California Coastal …
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Acquisition for the state park system by purchase or by eminent domain shall be under the Property A…
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Funds available pursuant to subdivision (c) of Section 5096.151 shall be expended pursuant to this a…
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(a) Any Member of the Legislature, the California Coastal Commission, the State Coastal Conservancy,…
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(a) The State Coastal Conservancy and the California Coastal Commission shall prepare and adopt prio…
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(a) An application for a grant shall be submitted to the State Coastal Conservancy for preliminary e…
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(a) After completing the evaluation, review, and classification of an application, the State Coastal…
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Funds granted pursuant to category (2) of subdivision (c) of Section 5096.151 may be expended for de…
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No state grant funds may be disbursed until the applicant agrees that any property acquired or devel…
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(a) An amount, not to exceed nine hundred thousand dollars ($900,000) in the aggregate, shall be ava…
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Projects authorized for the purposes set forth in subdivision (b), category (1) of subdivision (c), …
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The Director of Parks and Recreation may make agreements with respect to any real property acquired …
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All real property acquired pursuant to this chapter shall be acquired in compliance with the provisi…
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For the purposes of this chapter, acquisition may include gifts, purchases, leases, easements, the e…
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All grants, gifts, devises, or bequests to the state, conditional or unconditional, for park, conser…
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Real property acquired by the state shall consist predominantly of open or natural lands, including …
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(a) Prior to recommending the acquisition of lands that are located on or near tidelands, submerged …
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Bonds in the total amount of two hundred eighty-five million dollars ($285,000,000), or so much ther…
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There shall be collected each year and in the same manner and at the same time as other state revenu…
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There is hereby appropriated from the General Fund in the State Treasury for the purpose of this cha…
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The proceeds of bonds issued and sold pursuant to this chapter shall be deposited in the Parklands F…
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For the purposes of carrying out the provisions of this article, the Director of Finance may by exec…
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All proposed appropriations for the program shall be included in a section in the Budget Bill for th…
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The bonds authorized by this chapter shall be prepared, executed, issued, sold, paid, and redeemed a…
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For the purpose of authorizing the issuance and sale, pursuant to the State General Obligation Bond …
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As used in this chapter, and for the purposes of the State General Obligation Bond Law, “state grant…
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All money deposited in the fund which is derived from premium and accrued interest on bonds sold sha…
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Commencing with the Budget Bill for the 1990-91 fiscal year, the balance remaining in the fund may b…
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The Legislature hereby finds and declares that, inasmuch as the proceeds from the sale of bonds auth…
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If any provision of this chapter or the application thereof to any person or circumstances is held i…
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This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the California Park and Recreational Facilities Act …
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The Legislature hereby finds and declares that: (a) It is the responsibility of this state to provid…
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The Legislature further finds and declares that: (a) The demand for parks, beaches, recreation areas…
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As used in this chapter, the following terms shall have the following meanings: (a) “Coastal resourc…
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(a) “District,” as defined by subdivision (b) of Section 5096.228, includes a district agricultural …
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All money deposited in the Parklands Fund of 1984 shall be available for appropriation in the manner…
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All money deposited in the State Coastal Conservancy Fund of 1984, not to exceed fifty million dolla…
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(a) All of the funds authorized in categories (1) and (2) of subdivision (a) of Section 5096.231 sha…
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Funds appropriated for local assistance grants pursuant to subdivision (a) of Section 5096.231 shall…
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(a) Funds available for appropriation for local assistance grants pursuant to category (3) of subdiv…
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(a) An application for a local assistance grant pursuant to this article shall be submitted to the D…
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(a) No state grant funds authorized under Section 5096.231 may be disbursed until the applicant agre…
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The Legislature recognizes that public financial resources are inadequate to meet all capital outlay…
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(a) Any Member of the Legislature, the State Park and Recreation Commission, the California Coastal …
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(a) Acquisition for the state park system by purchase or by eminent domain shall be under the Proper…
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(a) The State Coastal Conservancy shall prepare and adopt priorities, criteria, and procedures for t…
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Projects authorized for the purposes set forth in subdivisions (b) and (c) of Section 5096.231 shall…
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The Department of General Services, if the Director of Parks and Recreation finds that the use would…
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All real property acquired pursuant to this chapter shall be acquired in compliance with the provisi…
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For the purposes of this chapter, acquisition may include gifts, purchases, leases, easements, the e…
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All grants, gifts, devises, or bequests to the state, conditional or unconditional, for park, conser…
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Real property acquired by the state shall consist predominantly of open or natural lands, including …
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(a) Prior to recommending the acquisition of lands that are located on or near tidelands, submerged …
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Bonds in the total amount of three hundred sixty-eight million nine hundred thousand dollars ($368,9…
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There shall be collected each year and in the same manner and at the same time as other state revenu…
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There is hereby appropriated from the General Fund in the State Treasury for the purpose of this cha…
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The proceeds of bonds issued and sold pursuant to this chapter shall be deposited in the Parklands F…
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For the purposes of carrying out the provisions of this article, the Director of Finance may by exec…
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(a) Except for proposed appropriations under Section 5096.232, proposed appropriations for the progr…
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The bonds authorized by this chapter shall be prepared, executed, issued, sold, paid, and redeemed a…
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For the purpose of authorizing the issuance and sale, pursuant to the State General Obligation Bond …
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As used in this chapter, and for the purposes of the State General Obligation Bond Law, “state grant…
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All money deposited in the fund or the State Coastal Conservancy Fund of 1984 which is derived from …
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Commencing with the Budget Bill for the 1993–94 fiscal year, the balances remaining in the fund and …
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The Legislature hereby finds and declares that, inasmuch as the proceeds from the sale of bonds auth…
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If any provision of this chapter or the application thereof to any person or circumstances is held i…
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This chapter shall be known, and may be cited, as the Safe Neighborhood Parks, Clean Water, Clean Ai…
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Responding to the recreational and open-space needs of a growing population and expanding urban comm…
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The Legislature finds and declares all of the following: (a) Historically, California’s local and ne…
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The Legislature further finds and declares all of the following: (a) Air pollution continues to be a…
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It is the intent of the Legislature to strongly encourage every state or local government agency rec…
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(a) Every proposed activity to be funded pursuant to this chapter shall be in compliance with the Ca…
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As used in this chapter, the following terms have the following meanings: (a) “Acquisition” means th…
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Pursuant to guidelines issued by the secretary, all recipients of funding pursuant to this chapter s…
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The proceeds of bonds issued and sold pursuant to this chapter shall be deposited in the Safe Neighb…
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The Legislature hereby recognizes that public financial resources are inadequate to meet all capital…
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(a) No later than November 1, 2001, the director shall determine the amount of funding that is neces…
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Fifty million dollars ($50,000,000) of the funds allocated pursuant to subdivision (a) of Section 50…
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Funds appropriated to the department pursuant to subdivision (a) of Section 5096.310 shall be made a…
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The Legislature hereby recognizes that public financial resources are inadequate to meet all of the …
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(a) Sixty percent of the total funds available for grants pursuant to subdivision (f) of Section 509…
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(a) Forty percent of the total funds available for grants pursuant to subdivision (f) of Section 509…
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Notwithstanding Section 5096.331, of the funds allocated on the basis of population pursuant to subd…
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Funds authorized pursuant to subdivision (e) of Section 5096.310 shall be administered by the State …
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(a) Of the funds authorized pursuant to subdivision (f) of Section 5096.310, three hundred thirty-ei…
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(a) Funds authorized pursuant to subdivisions (h), (i), and (z) of Section 5096.310 shall be availab…
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The funds allocated pursuant to subdivision (j) of Section 5096.310 shall, upon appropriation in the…
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(a) Not less than 11 percent of the funds authorized in paragraph (1) of subdivision ( l ) of Sectio…
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(a) Not less than 11 percent of the funds authorized in paragraph (1) of subdivision ( l ) of Sectio…
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(a) The director shall prepare and adopt criteria and procedures for evaluating applications for gra…
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(a) Grant funds appropriated pursuant to subdivisions (f), (g), (h), (i), and ( l ) of Section 5096.…
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(a) Except as provided in subdivision (c), no grant funds authorized pursuant to subdivisions (f), (…
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All grants, gifts, devises, or bequests to the state, that are conditioned upon being used for park,…
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Except for funds continuously appropriated by this chapter, all appropriations of funds pursuant to …
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(a) In allocating funds pursuant to subdivision (u) of Section 5096.310, the Department of Forestry …
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(a) The Legislature hereby finds and declares that the Sierra Nevada and Cascade Mountain Region con…
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(a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, funds allocated pursuant to subdivision (j)…
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(a) Funds appropriated pursuant to subdivision (m) of Section 5096.310 shall be available for expend…
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(a) The Legislature has recognized the need to protect and restore the fragile environment at Lake T…
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Funds allocated pursuant to subdivision (o) of Section 5096.310 shall be available for expenditure b…
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Funds allocated pursuant to subdivision (p) of Section 5096.310 shall be available to the Santa Moni…
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Funds allocated pursuant to subdivision (q) of Section 5096.310 shall be available to the Coachella …
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Funds allocated pursuant to subdivision (r) of Section 5096.310 shall be available to the San Joaqui…
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(a) Funds allocated pursuant to subdivision (t) of Section 5096.310 shall be available to the Depart…
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(a) Funds allocated pursuant to paragraph (1) of subdivision (v) of Section 5096.310 shall be availa…
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To the extent funds authorized pursuant to this chapter are available for competitive grants to loca…
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Bonds in the total amount of two billion one hundred million dollars ($2,100,000,000), not including…
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The bonds authorized by this chapter shall be prepared, executed, issued, sold, paid, and redeemed a…
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(a) Solely for the purpose of authorizing the issuance and sale, pursuant to the State General Oblig…
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The committee shall determine whether or not it is necessary or desirable to issue bonds authorized …
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There shall be collected each year and in the same manner and at the same time as other state revenu…
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Notwithstanding Section 13340 of the Government Code, there is hereby appropriated from the General …
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For purposes of carrying out this chapter, the Director of Finance may authorize the withdrawal from…
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Pursuant to Chapter 4 (commencing with Section 16720) of Part 3 of Division 4 of Title 2 of the Gove…
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Actual costs incurred in connection with administering programs authorized under the categories spec…
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The secretary may request the Pooled Money Investment Board to make a loan from the Pooled Money Inv…
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All money deposited in the fund that is derived from premium and accrued interest on bonds sold shal…
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The bonds may be refunded in accordance with Article 6 (commencing with Section 16780) of Chapter 4 …
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Notwithstanding any provision of this chapter or the State General Obligation Bond Law, if the Treas…
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(a) The Legislature hereby finds and declares that, inasmuch as the proceeds from the sale of bonds …
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To the extent permitted by federal law, if the Camp Pendleton Marine Base in the County of San Diego…
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The Legislature finds and declares as follows: (a) It is vital to ensure public confidence in amount…
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For purposes of this chapter, the following terms have the following meanings: (a) “Acquisition agen…
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(a) (1) If more than one hundred fifty thousand dollars ($150,000) of state funds are proposed for e…
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(a) In addition to the review by the Department of General Services pursuant to Section 1348.2 of th…
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Not less than 30 calendar days prior to holding a public hearing for the purpose of authorizing a ma…
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Not more than 10 working days after the close of escrow for a major acquisition of conservation land…
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The procedures and requirements established pursuant to this chapter are in addition to, and do not …
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(a) Except as provided in subdivision (c), conservation lands may not be sold to another owner, or h…
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(a) In addition to any other requirements or standards prescribed by law, appraisal reports prepared…
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For a charitable contribution claimed by a seller that is over five thousand dollars ($5,000) on con…
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(a) The Secretary of the Resources Agency shall establish a central public registry of all conservat…
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This chapter shall be known, and may be cited, as the California Clean Water, Clean Air, Safe Neighb…
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The Legislature finds and declares all of the following: (a) To maintain a high quality of life for …
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As used in this chapter, the following terms have the following meanings: (a) “Acquisition” means ob…
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Lands or interests in land acquired with funds allocated pursuant to this chapter shall be acquired …
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The proceeds of bonds issued and sold pursuant to this chapter shall be deposited in the California …
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Notwithstanding any other law, two million five hundred fifty-seven thousand dollars ($2,557,000) of…
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The two hundred twenty-five million dollars ($225,000,000) allocated pursuant to subdivision (a) of …
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The eight hundred thirty-two million five hundred thousand dollars ($832,500,000) allocated pursuant…
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(a) Sixty percent of the total funds available for grants pursuant to subdivision (a) of Section 509…
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(a) The director shall prepare and adopt criteria and procedures for evaluating applications for gra…
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The funds provided in subdivision (d) of Section 5096.620 shall be available as grants for public ag…
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In making grants of funds allocated pursuant to subdivision (d) of Section 5096.620, priority shall …
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Any grant funds appropriated pursuant to this article that have not been expended by the grant recip…
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(a) For purposes of this section, the following definitions apply: (1) “City” means the City of Lagu…
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The one billion two hundred seventy-five million dollars ($1,275,000,000) allocated pursuant to subd…
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In making grants pursuant to subdivisions (a) and (b) of Section 5096.650, priority shall be given t…
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(a) The two hundred sixty-seven million five hundred thousand dollars ($267,500,000) allocated pursu…
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Bonds in the total amount of two billion six hundred million dollars ($2,600,000,000), not including…
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The bonds authorized by this chapter shall be prepared, executed, issued, sold, paid, and redeemed a…
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(a) Solely for the purpose of authorizing the issuance and sale, pursuant to the State General Oblig…
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The committee shall determine whether or not it is necessary or desirable to issue bonds authorized …
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There shall be collected each year and in the same manner and at the same time as other state revenu…
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Notwithstanding Section 13340 of the Government Code, there is hereby appropriated from the General …
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For purposes of carrying out this chapter, the Director of Finance may authorize the withdrawal from…
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Pursuant to Chapter 4 (commencing with Section 16720) of Part 3 of Division 4 of Title 2 of the Gove…
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Actual costs incurred in connection with administering programs authorized under the categories spec…
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The secretary may request the Pooled Money Investment Board to make a loan from the Pooled Money Inv…
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All money deposited in the fund that is derived from premium and accrued interest on bonds sold shal…
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The bonds may be refunded in accordance with Article 6 (commencing with Section 16780) of Chapter 4 …
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Notwithstanding any provision of this chapter or the State General Obligation Bond Law, if the Treas…
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(a) The Legislature hereby finds and declares that, inasmuch as the proceeds from the sale of bonds …
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Except for funds continuously appropriated by this chapter, all appropriations of funds pursuant to …
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The Secretary shall provide for an annual audit of expenditures from this chapter.
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This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the Efficient Water Use in Parks and Recreation Area…
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It is the intent of the Legislature to promote the conservation and efficient use of water in Califo…
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Criteria and procedures adopted by the department for evaluating applications for grants made availa…
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This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the Disaster Preparedness and Flood Prevention Bond …
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Unless the context otherwise requires, the definitions set forth in this article govern the construc…
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The proceeds of bonds issued and sold pursuant to this chapter shall be deposited in the Disaster Pr…
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(a) The sum of four billion ninety million dollars ($4,090,000,000) shall be available, upon appropr…
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Three billion dollars ($3,000,000,000) shall be available, upon appropriation to the department, for…
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(a) Five hundred million dollars ($500,000,000) shall be available, upon appropriation to the depart…
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Two hundred ninety million dollars ($290,000,000) shall be available, upon appropriation, for the pr…
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Three hundred million dollars ($300,000,000) shall be available, upon appropriation to the departmen…
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(a) The department shall develop project selection and evaluation guidelines to implement Section 50…
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Consistent with the requirements of Sections 5096.827 and 5096.827.2, the design and construction of…
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Funds provided by this article are only available for appropriation until July 1, 2016, and at that …
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The development or adoption of program guidelines and selection criteria for the purposes of this ch…
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The Secretary of the Resources Agency shall provide for an independent audit of expenditures pursuan…
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On or before January 1, 2008, the department shall adopt emergency regulations to implement Section …
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(a) Bonds in the total amount of four billion ninety million dollars ($4,090,000,000), not including…
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The bonds authorized by this chapter shall be prepared, executed, issued, sold, paid, and redeemed a…
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(a) Solely for the purpose of authorizing the issuance and sale, pursuant to the State General Oblig…
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The committee shall determine whether or not it is necessary or desirable to issue bonds authorized …
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There shall be collected each year and in the same manner and at the same time as other state revenu…
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Notwithstanding Section 13340 of the Government Code, there is hereby appropriated from the General …
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The department may request the Pooled Money Investment Board to make a loan from the Pooled Money In…
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Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, or of the State General Obligation Bond Law, if…
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For the purposes of carrying out this chapter, the Director of Finance may authorize the withdrawal …
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All money deposited in the fund that is derived from premium and accrued interest on bonds sold purs…
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Pursuant to Chapter 4 (commencing with Section 16720) of Part 3 of Division 4 of Title 2 of the Gove…
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The bonds issued and sold pursuant to this chapter may be refunded in accordance with Article 6 (com…
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The Legislature hereby finds and declares that, inasmuch as the proceeds from the sale of bonds auth…
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Notwithstanding any other law, one hundred million dollars ($100,000,000) of the unissued bonds auth…
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Notwithstanding any other provision of this bond act, or of the State General Obligation Bond Law (C…
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Notwithstanding any other provision of this bond act, or of the State General Obligation Bond Law (C…
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Notwithstanding any other provision of this bond act, or of the State General Obligation Bond Law (C…
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Upon a finding by the administering entity that a particular project for which funds have been alloc…
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(a) For the purposes of any levee evaluation activities funded by the department, the department sha…
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As used in this chapter, “state lands” means lands owned by, or under the jurisdiction of, the state…
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Prior to the commencement of construction of any major public works project on any state lands, the …
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Upon receipt of plans for a proposed construction project upon state lands, the department may condu…
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The state agency, by or on whose behalf public works are to be constructed on state lands, may under…
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No archaelogical program conducted by the Department of Parks and Recreation shall impair, impede or…
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(a) A person shall not knowingly and willfully excavate upon, or remove, destroy, injure, or deface,…
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Expenditures to carry out the purposes of this chapter shall be made only pursuant to legislative ap…
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Upon a conviction pursuant to Section 5097.5, the following items are subject to forfeiture in accor…
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No public agency, and no private party using or occupying public property, or operating on public pr…
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There is in state government a Native American Heritage Commission, consisting of nine members appoi…
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At least five of the nine members shall be elders, traditional people, or spiritual leaders of Calif…
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The members of the commission shall serve without compensation but shall be reimbursed their actual …
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The commission shall have the following powers and duties: (a) To identify and catalog places of spe…
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Each state and local agency shall cooperate with the commission in carrying out its duties under thi…
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The commission may prepare an inventory of Native American sacred places that are located on public …
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In the event that any Native American organization, tribe, group, or individual advises the commissi…
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(a) Whenever the commission receives notification of a discovery of Native American human remains fr…
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(a) No person shall obtain or possess any Native American artifacts or human remains which are taken…
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It is the policy of the state that Native American remains and associated grave artifacts shall be r…
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(a) (1) A person who unlawfully and maliciously excavates upon, removes, destroys, injures, or defac…
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(a) A person who violates subdivision (a) of Section 5097.993 is subject to a civil penalty not to e…
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For the purposes of this chapter, the following terms have the following meanings: (a) “ Heritage ce…
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(a) The California Indian Heritage Center Task Force is hereby created within the department. The ta…
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It is the intent of the Legislature that the department develop a California Indian Heritage Center …
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As used in this chapter, “fund” means the State Parks and Recreation Fund. Any reference to the Park…
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All federal grants which result from the expenditure of state funds for Department of Parks and Recr…
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Except as provided in Section 5098.1, the management and disbursement of moneys in the fund received…
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It is the purpose of this chapter to provide authority to enable the state and its local governmenta…
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The director shall maintain and keep up to date a comprehensive plan for the development of the outd…
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The director shall apply to the Department of the Interior of the United States for participation in…
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The director may receive, on behalf of state and local agencies and subdivisions of the state, and d…
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The director shall make no commitment or enter into any agreement pursuant to an exercise of authori…
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The director, after receiving a report from the health officer pursuant to subdivision (c) of Sectio…
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The director shall propose rules and regulations which establish standards governing the disbursemen…
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The director shall transmit a copy of rules and regulations which have been adopted, and shall annua…
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Of the annual apportionment of funds received by the director pursuant to this chapter, 60 percent s…
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The Legislature recognizes that it is the intended purpose of the Land and Water Conservation Fund A…
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The board of supervisors of any county or the governing body of any city, may receive devises, beque…
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When, in the opinion of the board of supervisors or other governing body, the devises, bequests, don…
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The board of supervisors or other governing body may submit to the qualified electors of the county,…
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Twenty days’ notice of the election shall be given by posting in at least three public places in the…
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The ballots shall have printed on them the words “Shall the measure (stating the nature thereof) be …
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When the tax has been voted in a county, the board of supervisors, in the next annual levy of taxes,…
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When the tax has been voted in a city, its governing body, in the next annual levy of taxes, shall l…
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When the taxes so raised and collected are available, the board of supervisors, in case of monuments…
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The boards of supervisors in the several counties may appropriate money from the general fund of the…
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The board of supervisors of any county may by ordinance declare its intention to establish and maint…
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The board may acquire and manage real and personal property necessary properly to house and care for…
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The board may acquire and maintain a library in furtherance of the objects of the museum.
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The board may purchase, collect, trade, exchange, or otherwise acquire exhibition or study material …
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The board may conduct lectures, entertainments and receptions, and hold meetings in furtherance of t…
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The board may conduct or assist study, investigation, or research in any department established in t…
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The board may conduct special or technical schools or institutes for instruction in any of the matte…
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The board may cooperate with other governmental agencies, with universities, colleges, technical sch…
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The board may publish documents pertaining to the work of the museum and may sell, exchange, or dist…
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The board may employ curators, attendants, or other persons necessary to conduct the museum and to c…
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Any county in which a museum has been established and is being maintained under this article may bec…
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Under such limitations and restrictions as are prescribed by law, boards of supervisors may permit n…
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Under such limitations and restrictions as are prescribed by law, boards of supervisors may place in…
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Every city and every county may accept title to real property for museum or art gallery purposes, or…
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Whenever any donation of real property has been made to a city or county for museum or art gallery p…
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In every instance of such delegation of power the governing body of the city or county shall require…
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The governing body of the city or county may appropriate and expend funds for the improvement, opera…
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In addition to its other powers the board of supervisors of any county with a population of four mil…
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A lease or sublease entered into pursuant to subdivision (c) of Section 5140 shall provide that the …
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Any county or city may assist the State in acquiring any park, playground, recreational center, or b…
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Any county or city may donate, convey, and grant to the State any real property owned by it, or whic…
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The board of supervisors or governing body of any county or city within which any park forming a par…
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Relinquishment to the park authority of any road, highway, trail, or right of way shall be by resolu…
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The board of supervisors of any county may, by a unanimous vote, expend any portion of the moneys in…
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Expenditures authorized by Section 5155, may be made from any one of the following funds: (a) The ge…
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Any county may purchase or lease, or obtain by gift, lands located in the county, or in other counti…
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Under such limitations and restrictions as are prescribed by law, and in addition to jurisdiction an…
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The commissioners of any public park in this State may accept and receive donations and aid from ind…
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If these funds at any time exceed the sums necessary for immediate expenditure on the park grounds, …
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The board of supervisors of any county may by a four-fifths vote of the members use or dedicate for …
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Whenever any county, city and county, city or the state owns land within the limits of any area desi…
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Any beach or seashore recreation area owned, leased, operated, controlled, maintained or managed by …
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(a) No person shall initially be employed in connection with a park, playground, recreational center…
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The examination shall consist of an approved intradermal tuberculosis test, which, if positive, shal…
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The X-ray film may be taken by a competent and qualified X-ray technician if the X-ray film is subse…
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The city or county shall maintain a file containing an up-to-date certificate for each person covere…
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Nothing in Sections 5163 to 5163.3, inclusive, shall prevent the city or county from requiring more …
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(a) (1) A county, city, city and county, or special district shall not hire a person for employment,…
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All lands, parks, highways, and avenues in any city or city and county, which prior to March 14, 188…
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Each board of park commissioners shall consist of three persons, who shall be appointed by the Gover…
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In case of a vacancy in the membership of the board, it shall be filled by an appointee of the remai…
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The Governor shall issue a commission to each commissioner appointed by him or her, and each commiss…
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Two members of the board constitute a quorum for the transaction of business; and the concurrent act…
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Each board shall govern, manage, and direct the parks, avenues, and grounds which are placed under i…
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It may employ and appoint superintendents, laborers, clerks or secretaries, attorneys, surveyors, an…
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It may prescribe and fix the duties, authority, and compensation of its appointees and employees. It…
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Moneys shall not be paid out of the treasury of any city, or city and county, except upon warrants d…
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Every park commissioner who is interested, directly or indirectly, in any contract or work of any ki…
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Each board shall on the first Monday of July of each year make to the Legislature of the State, and …
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Each board of park commissioners may let or lease any portion of the parks or grounds under its cont…
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Each board may pass and adopt ordinances which are necessary for the regulation, use, and government…
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Prisoners over the age of 18 years, who have been sentenced to hard labor in any penal establishment…
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Each board may accept donations and aid from any person or corporation, and legacies and bequests by…
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If the money derived from gifts, bequests, or legacies at any time exceeds the sum necessary for imm…
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A board of park commissioners shall not in any year incur any debt or liability or expend any money …
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Any city or city and county may acquire and hold land for public parks, or public boulevards, or bot…
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The land may be within the corporate limits of the city or city and county or conveniently adjacent.…
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The legislative body of any city or city and county may, by ordinance, or in such manner as other mu…
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The legislative body of the city or city and county may, by ordinance or in such manner as other mun…
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If at the election two-thirds of the qualified electors who vote assent to the issuance of the bonds…
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The bonds shall be numbered consecutively from one upwards, and shall be issued in the order of thei…
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The bonds or any number issued shall be sold to the highest bidder, after advertised notice for seal…
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The money obtained from the sale of the bonds shall be kept in a separate fund, and shall be used ex…
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Whenever there is in the sinking fund an amount sufficient for the purpose, the legislative body of …
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If sufficient bids are not received to consume the money in the sinking fund, and a sum sufficient f…
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Any city or city and county availing itself of the provisions of this article, may, by ordinance or …
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All notices and advertisements provided for in this article shall be given by publication in a newsp…
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Any portion of a municipality incorporated under the laws of this State may be formed into a municip…
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Whenever a petition, verified by one or more persons and signed by not less than 10 percent of the q…
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The ordinance of intention shall contain: (a) An accurate description of the exterior boundaries of …
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The ordinance of intention shall be published in the city pursuant to Section 6062 of the Government…
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Any person interested, objecting to the formation of the district, or to the extent of the district,…
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If the protest is against the proposed work or improvement and the legislative body finds that the p…
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If any protests are against the extent of the district or against the inclusion of property in the d…
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If the legislative body has denied all protests, it may call an election to be held within the distr…
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For the purposes of the bond election the legislative body shall establish in the ordinance, or reso…
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If at such election two-thirds of all the voters voting, vote in favor of incurring the bonded indeb…
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The legislative body may divide the principal amount of any issue into two or more series and fix di…
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The legislative body shall, subject to the provisions of this article, prescribe the form of the bon…
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The legislative body may fix a date, not more than two years from the date of issuance, for the earl…
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The bonds shall be issued in such denomination as the legislative body may determine, except that no…
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The legislative body may issue and sell the bonds at not less than par value, and the proceeds of th…
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An action to determine the validity of bonds may be brought pursuant to Chapter 9 (commencing with S…
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The legislative body of the city shall, at the time of fixing the general tax levy, and in the manne…
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All contracts for the construction or completion of any work or improvement, or for furnishing labor…
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The State Contract Act (Part 2 (commencing with Section 10100) of Division 2 of the Public Contract …
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The municipality shall have full power and authority to expend the proceeds acquired from the sale o…
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Any district formed under the provisions of this article shall be known as Municipal Park Improvemen…
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Any property in the municipality within which the municipal park improvement district is formed may …
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This article shall not affect any other act or acts relating to the same, or a similar subject, but …
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The provisions of this article shall be liberally construed to effect the purpose thereof and no pro…
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The board of supervisors, in order to protect county parks from damage and preserve the peace therei…
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For purposes of this article, the following definitions apply: (a) “Eligible entity” means any of th…
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(a) Use of a local park by an eligible entity to provide interpretive services to no more than 30 pa…
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This chapter shall be known as the Public Park Preservation Act of 1971.
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As used in this chapter “public park” includes only a park operated by a public agency.
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As used in this chapter “operating entity” means the entity owning the park land and the facilities …
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(a) No city, city and county, county, public district, or agency of the state, including any divisio…
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The provisions of this chapter shall not apply to the acquisition of real property or any interest i…
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The provisions of this chapter shall not apply to a public utility, whether privately or publicly ow…
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The provisions of this chapter shall not apply to a public utility, whether privately or publicly ow…
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In the event that the park land and facilities are acquired, the operating entity shall acquire subs…
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Unless the provisions of Section 5407.2 are applicable, the amount of compensation or land, or both,…
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Upon receiving an offer of compensation or land, or both, from the acquiring entity for the acquisit…
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Unless improvement of an unacquired portion of the park land and facilities is undertaken pursuant t…
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Such substitute park land and facilities shall be of comparable characteristics and of substantially…
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The operating entity, after holding a public hearing, with due notice posted at the park being acqui…
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Failure of any public entity or public utility to comply with any provision of this chapter shall no…
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Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to authorize the acquisition of public park property by p…
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The Legislature hereby finds and declares that playground equipment accessible to and usable by all …
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All public agencies operating playgrounds, including state agencies, cities, counties, a city and co…
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As used in this article, the following definitions apply: (a) “District” means any regional park dis…
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A district may be created pursuant to, and it may exercise the powers granted by, this article.
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(a) Three or more cities, together with any parcel or parcels of city or county territory, whether i…
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Whenever it is desired to form a district, a petition requesting the creation and maintenance of a d…
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(a) In lieu of a petition described in Section 5503, a proposal to form a new district may also be m…
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A petition may consist of any number of separate instruments, all of which together shall constitute…
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If the petition contains names of electors residing in a county other than the one having the larges…
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If the petition contains sufficient signatures of electors residing in the county having the largest…
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(a) (1) The Legislature hereby finds and declares that the population of San Diego County continues …
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(a) Proceedings for the formation of a district with boundaries coterminous with those of Napa Count…
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(a) If the exterior boundaries of a proposed district are coterminous with the exterior boundaries o…
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The governing body of a district formed pursuant to Section 5506.5 may, by resolution, change the le…
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(a) Proceedings for the formation of a district in Riverside County may be initiated by resolution o…
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(a) Proceedings for the formation of a regional park and open-space or regional open-space district …
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(a) Proceedings for the formation of a regional park and open-space or regional open-space district …
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(a) (1) The Legislature hereby finds and declares that the population of Sacramento County continues…
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(a) A proceeding for the formation of a regional district in Santa Barbara County may be initiated b…
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(a) A proceeding for the formation of a regional district in Ventura County may be initiated by reso…
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(a) A proceeding for the formation of a regional district in the County of Solano may be initiated b…
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If the clerk’s certificate or certificates indicate that the petition has been properly signed, the …
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Notice of the hearing, specifying the time and place, shall be published twice in a newspaper of gen…
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The hearing may be continued from time to time, not exceeding four weeks in all. At the conclusion o…
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The board of supervisors of the county having the largest area within the proposed district shall th…
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Notice of the hearing, specifying the time and place, shall be published twice in a newspaper of gen…
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The hearing may be continued from time to time, not exceeding four weeks in all. At the conclusion o…
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(a) Except as provided in Section 5506.6, the question whether the district shall be named a regiona…
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Where all the territory described in the petition is located entirely within one county, the board o…
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(a) The board of supervisors of the county having the largest area within the proposed district shal…
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Before calling the election the board of supervisors shall divide the proposed district into five or…
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Upon establishing the wards the board of supervisors of the county shall give notice of an election …
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The notice shall be published once a week for at least three weeks before the day of the election in…
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Within five days after the district formation election has been called, the legislative body which h…
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The board of supervisors or any member or members of the board authorized by the board, or any indiv…
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If more than one argument for or more than one argument against the proposed district formation is f…
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The elections officials in charge of conducting the election shall cause a ballot pamphlet concernin…
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The ballots for the election shall contain such instructions as are required by law, and in addition…
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The election, including the nomination and election of directors and all matters not otherwise provi…
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The election returns shall be forwarded to the board of supervisors of the county having the largest…
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The board of supervisors shall also canvass the returns of the election with respect to the persons …
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A person is not entitled to serve as a director unless he is a resident and elector of the district …
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The directors shall hold their respective offices only until the first Monday after the first day of…
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The board of supervisors of the county having the largest area within the district shall cause a cer…
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The board of supervisors calling the election shall make all provisions for holding the election thr…
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No informality in any proceeding or in the conduct of the election, not substantially affecting adve…
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Any action or proceeding in a district formed pursuant to Section 5506.5, in Sonoma County, in which…
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The government of each district shall be vested in a board of five or seven directors, one from each…
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(a) Notwithstanding Section 5527, the local agency formation commission, in approving either a conso…
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All elections and nominations of candidates for directors subsequent to the first shall be held and …
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At least 10 days before the date fixed for the district election, notice of the election shall be gi…
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The board of directors shall, in the notice, ordinance, or resolution calling an election, consolida…
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The election shall be held in all respects as if there were only one election, and only one ticket o…
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(a) Except as otherwise provided in this section and Section 5531, Chapter 1 (commencing with Sectio…
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Of the directors elected at the next general state election following the election at which the dist…
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Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 5533, with respect to any district formed after December 3…
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(a) Notwithstanding Sections 5533 and 5533.5, with respect to a district formed pursuant to Section …
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The board of directors may by resolution or ordinance fix the boundaries of the wards or subdistrict…
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Notwithstanding any provision in this article to the contrary, the board may at any time by ordinanc…
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The board of directors shall choose one of its members president, and another vice president, who sh…
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(a) The board shall establish rules for its proceedings. (b) The board may provide, by ordinance or …
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Members of the board of directors may be allowed actual necessary traveling and incidental expenses …
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The board of directors is the legislative body of the district and shall determine all questions of …
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(a) The board shall appoint a general manager, who shall be the chief administrative officer of the …
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The officers and employees of the County of San Diego may act, ex officio, as officers and employees…
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If a district is created and established in Napa County, the district may contract with Napa County …
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If the Board of Supervisors of the County of Marin acts as the governing body of a district pursuant…
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If a district is created and established in Riverside County, officers and employees of the County o…
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If a regional district is created and established in San Bernardino County, the regional district ma…
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If the regional district is created and established in Los Angeles County, officers and employees of…
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The officers and employees of the County of Sacramento may act, ex officio, as officers and employee…
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A district: (a) Has perpetual succession. (b) May sue and be sued, except as otherwise provided by l…
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(a) (1) The Legislature hereby finds and declares that the land acquisition, improvements, and servi…
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The formation of a district with boundaries coterminous with those of Napa County is not subject to …
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For purposes of open space, parkland acquisition, and development, all provisions of the Improvement…
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(a) In addition to the authority conferred in Section 5539.5, all provisions of the Landscaping and …
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(a) In addition to the authority conferred in Section 5539.5, all provisions of the Landscaping and …
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(a) In addition to the authority conferred in Section 5539.5, the Landscaping and Lighting Act of 19…
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(a)(1) The Legislature hereby finds and declares that the land acquisition, improvements, and servic…
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(a) A district may take by grant, appropriation, purchase, gift, devise, condemnation, or lease, and…
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Notwithstanding Section 5540, the Midpeninsula Regional Open Space District shall not exercise the p…
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(a) The Legislature finds and declares as follows: (1) The sale of private watershed lands owned by …
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(a) Notwithstanding Section 5540, a district, with the approval by a two-thirds vote of the members …
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Notwithstanding Section 5540, a district may, with the approval by a four-fifths vote of the board o…
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A district may plan, adopt, lay out, plant, develop, and otherwise improve, extend, control, operate…
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The East Bay Regional Park District may plan, adopt, lay out, plant, develop, and otherwise improve,…
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The Riverside County Regional Park and Open-Space District may plan, acquire, preserve, protect, and…
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The district may develop, improve, operate, and maintain the real property conveyed pursuant to Sect…
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A district may exercise the right of eminent domain to take any property necessary or convenient to …
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(a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, and except as provided in subdivisio…
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A district may make contracts, employ labor, and do all acts necessary for the full exercise of its …
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A district may borrow money, incur indebtedness, and issue bonds or other evidences of such indebted…
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Notwithstanding any other provisions of this article, the board may borrow money by the issuance of …
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(a) A district may acquire all necessary and proper lands and facilities, or any portion thereof, by…
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The district may, pursuant to Section 5544, borrow not to exceed one hundred thousand dollars ($100,…
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It may levy and collect, or cause to be levied and collected, taxes to carry out any of its objects …
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The board may submit a proposition to the electors of the district for an increase in the maximum ra…
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In the event the board of directors proposes to submit a special tax, as provided in Section 50077 o…
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Any tax imposed under Section 5545 by a district formed pursuant to Section 5506.5 shall be used exc…
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A district may contribute money, in those amounts the board of directors, by resolution, finds to be…
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The board of directors shall act only by ordinance, resolution, or a motion duly recorded in the min…
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The president shall preside over all meetings of the board. He shall sign all contracts and conveyan…
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(a) The general manager has the following administrative and executive functions, powers, and duties…
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(a) The Meyers-Milias-Brown Act, Chapter 10 (commencing with Section 3500) of Division 4 of Title 1 …
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The secretary of the board, the administrative secretary, or the clerk, as the case may be, shall co…
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The controller is the custodian of the funds of the district and shall make payments by check or by …
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Notwithstanding Section 5552, the boards of directors of the Riverside County Regional Park and Open…
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The controller shall install and maintain a system of auditing and accounting, which will at all tim…
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All claims for money or damages against the district are governed by Part 3 (commencing with Section…
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The directors of the district, before assuming the duties of their office, shall take and subscribe …
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The board may appoint, employ, or contract for the services of attorneys, consultants, advisers, and…
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The board shall have a suitable office in the district where its maps, plans, documents, records, an…
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The board may authorize at any time the destruction or disposition of any duplicate record, paper, o…
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A district may destroy a record pursuant to Chapter 7 (commencing with Section 60200) of Division 1 …
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(a) The board shall superintend, control, and make available to all of the inhabitants of the distri…
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(a) By ordinance, a board of directors may declare that an encroachment onto district land constitut…
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The board may adopt regulations, and it shall cause the regulations made by it to be posted upon par…
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(a) Violation of an ordinance, rule, or regulation adopted pursuant to this article is a misdemeanor…
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In order to protect property, improvements, and facilities of parks under its management or belongin…
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(a) A district may enact in its ordinances clauses which provide that if any person is arrested for …
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A district may enact in its ordinances clauses which prohibit any person from willfully violating hi…
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A district may further provide in its ordinance that when a person signs a written promise to appear…
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A district may enact the foregoing as a separate and distinct ordinance which shall apply to all or …
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The police appointed or employed by the board shall have, within the district for which they are app…
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The board may provide by resolution or regulation for the care, restitution, sale, or destruction of…
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The district shall be primarily responsible for the prevention and suppression of all fires on any l…
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The board may acquire, construct, improve, maintain, and operate golf courses, bathhouses, boathouse…
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If, in the opinion of the board, any land or property owned by the district, or any interest therein…
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Notwithstanding Sections 5540 and 5563, the Board of Directors of the Midpeninsula Regional Open Spa…
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(a) If it is necessary or advisable to acquire or construct any works, structures, or embankments, i…
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The legal title to all property acquired by the district under the provisions of this article shall …
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(a) With the consent of the board of directors of a district, an irrevocable offer of dedication of …
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It is the intent of the Legislature to provide a district with authority to impose special taxes. A …
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Every director and every other officer named in this article who is, in any manner interested, direc…
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For the purpose of acquiring, constructing, or completing any improvement or improvements authorized…
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For the purpose of paying all sums coming due for principal and interest on all bonds of the distric…
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On or before the second Monday in August of each year, the county auditor of each county in which an…
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The board of supervisors of each county in which any part of the district is located, shall, at the …
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The boundaries of any district may be altered and new contiguous territory annexed, incorporated, an…
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Where the annexation of territory to a district would otherwise be valid, except that such annexed t…
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(a) Notwithstanding Section 5594 or any other law, upon approval by the board of directors of the Mi…
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(a) Notwithstanding Section 5594 or any other law, upon approval by the board of directors of the Ea…
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The bonds of any district issued pursuant to this article, are legal investments for all trust funds…
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All bonds issued under the provisions of this article shall have the same force, value, and use as b…
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All matters and things necessary for the proper administration of the affairs of districts which are…
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All contracts for furnishing supplies, materials, labor, or other valuable consideration furnished t…
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This article shall be liberally construed to promote its objects and to carry out its intents and pu…
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(a) This article shall be known, and may be cited, as the East Bay Hills Conservation Program. (b) T…
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(a) The owner of the disposal site known as the Puente Hills Landfill, located in an unincorporated …
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This chapter shall be known, and may be cited as, the Roberti-Z'berg-Harris Urban Open-Space and Rec…
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As used in this chapter: (a) “City” and “county” both include the City and County of San Francisco; …
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The Legislature hereby finds and declares: (a) The demand for recreation areas, facilities, and prog…
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Grants to cities, counties, and districts pursuant to this chapter are intended to supplement and no…
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(a) The program established by this chapter shall be administered by the Department of Parks and Rec…
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An amount equal to one dollar and fifty cents ($1.50) per capita of the state on the January 1 of th…
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Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, grants from moneys appropriated from the Parkla…
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(a) Annual grants shall be made to cities, counties, and districts for recreational purposes, open-s…
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Block grants may be made pursuant to this chapter for the rehabilitation of historical structures so…
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In addition to the application procedures specified pursuant to subdivision (a) of Section 5625, pri…
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Grants made to cities, counties, and districts for each fiscal year pursuant to subdivision (a) of S…
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(a) The property acquired or developed pursuant to this chapter shall be used by the grant recipient…
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(a) Notwithstanding Sections 5625 and 5626, the Olivehurst Public Utility District may use the Youth…
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Notwithstanding Sections 5625 and 5626, the County of Los Angeles may convert to a use not authorize…
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(a) Grant moneys received pursuant to this chapter shall be expended for high priority projects that…
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Sixty-nine percent of the moneys available for grant purposes in any one fiscal year shall be availa…
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Fourteen percent of the moneys available for grant purposes in any one fiscal year shall be availabl…
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Seventeen percent of the moneys available for grant purposes in any one fiscal year shall be availab…
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Grants may be made to memorial districts only for indoor and outdoor park and recreation facilities …
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The department, in cooperation with the federal government, local public agencies, and appropriate r…
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This chapter shall be known, and may be cited, as the Statewide Park Development and Community Revit…
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The Legislature hereby finds and declares as follows: (a) The program created by this chapter will f…
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As used in this chapter, the following terms shall have the following meanings: (a) “City” means a c…
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(a) The Department of Parks and Recreation shall establish a local assistance program to distribute …
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It is the intent of the Legislature that the local assistance program created by this chapter fund b…
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Eligible applicants for grants pursuant to this chapter are cities, counties, regional park district…
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The department may award a grant pursuant to this chapter only for a project that meets all of the f…
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In evaluating applications for grants that meet the requirements of Section 5645, the department sha…
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(a) The department shall adopt guidelines to amplify or clarify the criteria specified in this chapt…
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(a) The local assistance program created by this chapter is intended to include grants for the acqui…
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(a) An eligible nonprofit organization may apply for a grant on its own behalf or on behalf of an el…
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(a) Every applicant for a grant pursuant to this chapter and the entity that will operate and mainta…
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A grant recipient shall encumber grant moneys within three years of the date of the approval of the …
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A grant recipient shall encumber grant moneys within three years of the date of the approval of the …
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Five business days after awarding a grant pursuant to this chapter, the department shall make inform…
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The provisions of this chapter shall be implemented only in a fiscal year for which funding is provi…
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This chapter shall be known, and may be cited, as the Presley Urban Fishing Program Act.
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The Legislature hereby finds and declares as follows: (a) There is a great, measurable demand for th…
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The program established by this chapter shall be administered jointly by the Department of Parks and…
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The Department of Parks and Recreation shall have principal responsibility for the review and approv…
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To be eligible for funding pursuant to this chapter, a project shall satisfy all of the following co…
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With respect to any project proposal that has satisfied all the conditions of Section 5677, the depa…
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Grants may be made to a city, county, or district that provides park, recreation, or open-space faci…
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Disbursement of a grant for an approved proposal shall be contingent on the recipient’s completion o…
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Consistent with the provisions of this chapter, the Department of Parks and Recreation shall specify…
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Grant funds shall be encumbered by the recipient within two years of disbursement. Any grant funds n…
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The grant recipient or any instrumentality of the recipient shall not charge any fee for fishing at …
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This chapter is not intended, nor shall it be construed, to authorize either the Department of Parks…
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In order to facilitate the earliest possible start of the urban fishing program and to gain familiar…
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No grant shall be made under this chapter on or after the date on which the Energy and Resources Fun…
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This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the Community Parklands Act of 1986.
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The Legislature hereby finds and declares as follows: (a) It is the responsibility of the state to e…
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As used in this chapter, the following terms have the following meanings: (a) “District” means any r…
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(a) The proceeds of bonds issued and sold pursuant to this chapter shall be deposited in the Communi…
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(a) The total amount proposed to be appropriated for the program shall be included in a section in t…
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The grant funds authorized for the program may be expended by the recipient for any of the following…
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(a) The grant funds authorized for the program shall be allocated to counties, cities, and districts…
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(a) Individual applications for grants shall be submitted to the department for approval as to confo…
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Grant funds may be expended for development, rehabilitation, or restoration only on lands owned by, …
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(a) No grant funds authorized by this chapter shall be disbursed until the applicant agrees that any…
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Any grant made pursuant to this chapter, and the performance of the applicant in expending the grant…
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Of the total funds available for appropriation pursuant to this chapter, an amount, not to exceed fo…
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Bonds in the total amount of one hundred million dollars ($100,000,000), or so much thereof as is ne…
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There shall be collected each year and in the same manner and at the same time as other state revenu…
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There is hereby appropriated from the General Fund, for the purpose of this chapter, an amount that …
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For the purposes of carrying out this article, the Director of Finance may, pursuant to appropriate …
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Notwithstanding any other provision of this bond act, or of the State General Obligation Bond Law (C…
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The bonds authorized by this chapter shall be prepared, executed, issued, sold, paid, and redeemed a…
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Solely for the purpose of authorizing the issuance and sale, pursuant to the State General Obligatio…
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All money deposited in the fund which is derived from premium and accrued interest on bonds sold sha…
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The Legislature hereby finds and declares that, inasmuch as the proceeds from the sale of bonds auth…
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If any provision of this chapter or the application thereof to any person or circumstance is held in…
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This chapter shall be known, and may be cited, as the California River Parkways Act of 2004.
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The Legislature finds and declares all of the following: (a) River parkways directly improve the qua…
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For purposes of this chapter, the following terms have the following meanings: (a) “Acquisition” mea…
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(a) The California River Parkways Program is hereby established in the office of the Secretary of th…
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To the extent funds are available, the secretary shall develop guidelines for the preparation and co…
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The secretary shall report annually to the Legislature regarding the geographic distribution, types,…
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The secretary shall develop regulations, criteria, or procedural guidelines for the implementation o…
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(a) This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the Recreation and Park District Law. (b) The Le…
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As used in this chapter: (a) “Board of directors” means the board of directors of a district. (b) “C…
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(a) This chapter provides the authority for the organization and powers of recreation and park distr…
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This chapter is necessary for the public health, safety, and welfare, and shall be liberally constru…
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If any provision of this chapter or the application of any provision of this chapter in any circumst…
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Any action to determine the validity of the organization of or of any action of a district shall be …
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Except as provided in this section, territory, whether incorporated or unincorporated, whether conti…
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The Cortese-Knox-Hertzberg Local Government Reorganization Act of 2000, Division 3 (commencing with …
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A new district may be formed pursuant to this article.
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(a) A proposal to form a new district may be made by petition. The petition shall do all of the thin…
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(a) Before circulating any petition, the proponents shall publish a notice of intention that shall i…
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(a) A proposal to form a new district may also be made by the adoption of a resolution of applicatio…
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(a) Once the proponents have filed a sufficient petition or a legislative body has filed a resolutio…
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The initial board of directors of a district formed on or after January 1, 2002, shall be determined…
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In the case of a district that contains only unincorporated territory in a single county, the board …
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In the case of a district that contains only unincorporated territory in more than one county, the b…
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In the case of a district that contains unincorporated territory and the territory of one or more ci…
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In the case of a district that includes only incorporated territory within a single city, the board …
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In the case of a district that includes only incorporated territory in more than one city, the board…
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(a) In the case of a district where the initial board of directors is to be elected, the elections a…
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In the case of a district where the initial board of directors is to be appointed, the county board …
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(a) A legislative body known as the board of directors shall govern every district. The board of dir…
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Notwithstanding any other provision of law, if on December 31, 2001, a member of the board of direct…
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(a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a local agency formation commission, in approving ei…
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(a) The term of office of each member of a board of directors who has been elected or appointed to a…
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If a county board of supervisors or a city council has appointed itself as the board of directors, t…
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(a) Within 45 days after their first election and after each general district election or unopposed …
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(a) Notwithstanding Section 5784.7, a district may establish an alternative depositary pursuant to t…
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A board of directors shall meet at least once every three months. Meetings of the board of directors…
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(a) A majority of the board of directors shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business. …
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(a) The board of directors may provide, by ordinance or resolution, that each of its members may rec…
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(a) In the case of a district with an elected board of directors, the directors may be elected: (1) …
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(a) In the case of a board of directors elected by divisions or from divisions, the board of directo…
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(a) If a majority of the voters voting on the question at a general district or special district ele…
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(a) Before circulating any petition pursuant to Section 5785 or Section 5785.3, the proponents shall…
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A district may: (a) Organize, promote, conduct, and advertise programs of community recreation, incl…
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A district shall have and may exercise all rights and powers, expressed or implied, necessary to car…
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When acquiring, improving, or using any real property, a district shall comply with Article 5 (comme…
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(a) If a district was formed without the power of eminent domain, the district shall not exercise em…
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Notwithstanding any other provision of law: (a) If a majority of the voters voting on the question a…
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(a) A district shall have perpetual succession. (b) A board of directors may, by a four-fifths vote …
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(a) A district may cooperate with any city, county, special district, school district, state agency,…
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A district may contract with other public agencies to provide recreation facilities and programs of …
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(a) Each district shall adopt policies and procedures, including bidding regulations, governing the …
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(a) Violation of any rule, regulation, or ordinance adopted by a board of directors is a misdemeanor…
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(a) The Meyers-Milias-Brown Act, Chapter 10 (commencing with Section 3500) of Division 4 of Title 1 …
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If a county board of supervisors has appointed itself as the board of directors and the county has b…
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(a) This section shall apply only to a district where all of the following apply: (1) The county boa…
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A board of directors may require any employee or officer to be bonded. The district shall pay the co…
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A board of directors may provide for any programs for the benefit of its employees and members of th…
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A district may authorize the members of its board of directors and its employees to attend professio…
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Whenever the boundaries of a district or a zone change, the district shall comply with Chapter 8 (co…
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Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, districts are subject to the Uniform District Election…
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A board of directors may require that the election of members to the board of directors shall be hel…
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If the proposition on the question of formation fails, the county or counties shall pay the expenses…
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On or before July 1 of each year, the board of directors shall adopt a preliminary budget that shall…
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(a) On or before July 1 of each year, the board of directors shall publish a notice stating all of t…
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At the time and place specified for the meeting, any person may appear and be heard regarding any it…
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On or before August 30 of each year, after making any changes in the preliminary budget, the board o…
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At any regular meeting or properly noticed special meeting after the adoption of its final budget, t…
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(a) In its annual budget, the board of directors may establish a restricted reserve for capital outl…
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On or before July 1 of each year, the board of directors shall adopt a resolution establishing its a…
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The auditor of each county in which a district is located shall allocate to the district its share o…
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On or before July 1 of any year, the city council of a city which is located wholly or partially wit…
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(a) A district may accept any revenue, money, grants, goods, or services from any federal, state, re…
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A local agency may loan any of its available funds to a district.
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(a) A district may acquire any necessary real property by borrowing money or purchasing on contract …
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(a) All claims for money or damages against a district are governed by Part 3 (commencing with Secti…
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(a) The board of directors shall provide for regular audits of the district’s accounts and records p…
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Whenever a board of directors determines that the amount of revenue available to the district or any…
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A district may levy special taxes pursuant to: (a) Article 3.5 (commencing with Section 50075) of Ch…
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A district may levy special benefit assessments consistent with the requirements of Article XIII D o…
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(a) A board of directors may charge a fee to cover the cost of any service which the district provid…
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(a) Whenever a board of directors determines that it is necessary to incur a general obligation bond…
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The resolution shall state: (a) The purpose for which the proposed debt is to be incurred, which may…
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(a) The election shall be conducted pursuant to the Uniform District Election Law, Part 4 (commencin…
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(a) The board of directors may provide for the issuance of bonds in any amounts, in any series, and …
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(a) Before selling the bonds, the board of directors shall give notice inviting sealed bids. At a mi…
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Any general obligation bonds issued by a district shall have the same force, value, and use as bonds…
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(a) All premiums and accrued interest received from the sale of the bonds shall be deposited with th…
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For any bond approved by the voters on or after January 1, 2001, the treasurer shall file the annual…
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(a) After incurring a general obligation indebtedness, and annually thereafter until the indebtednes…
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If a district dissolves after incurring a general obligation indebtedness, the property in the terri…
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(a) Whenever a board of directors determines that it is in the public interest to provide different …
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(a) At the hearing, the board of directors shall hear and consider any protests to the formation of …
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A board of directors may change the boundaries of a zone or dissolve a zone by following the procedu…
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A local agency formation commission shall have no power or duty to review and approve or disapprove …
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(a) As determined by the board of directors, a zone may provide any service at any level within its …
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(a) The Lower Los Angeles River Recreation and Park District may be established subject to this chap…
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For purposes of this article, “district” means the Lower Los Angeles River Recreation and Park Distr…
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Notwithstanding Article 4 (commencing with Section 5783), the initial board of directors of the dist…
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The board of directors may be reorganized pursuant to Article 6 (commencing with Section 5785).
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(a) In addition to the powers enumerated in Article 7 (commencing with Section 5786), which shall be…
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(a) The Lower San Gabriel River Recreation and Park District may be established subject to this chap…
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For purposes of this article, “district” means the Lower San Gabriel River Recreation and Park Distr…
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Notwithstanding Article 4 (commencing with Section 5783), the initial board of directors of the dist…
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The board of directors may be reorganized pursuant to Article 6 (commencing with Section 5785).
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(a) In addition to the powers enumerated in Article 7 (commencing with Section 5786), which shall be…
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For purposes of this chapter, the following definitions apply: (a) “County” means the County of San …
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It is the intent of the Legislature that the disposition of property at Glen Helen Regional Park and…
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(a) Notwithstanding any other law, the county, acting through its Regional Parks Department, may dis…
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Consistent with this chapter, any land exchanged for property at Glen Helen Regional Park pursuant t…
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If the county has not acquired replacement park property, as approved by the department pursuant to …
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As used in this chapter “public entity” means any county, city, or public district.
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Whenever any public entity acquires, or has acquired, land for the purpose of watershed protection, …
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Except as provided in Section 5803, all sales by a public entity of land described in Section 5801 s…
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This chapter shall not apply to sales or exchanges to adjacent landowners, sales incident to land ac…
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If a public entity does not have statutory power to enact ordinances, the governing body of such pub…
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This chapter shall be known, and may be cited, as the California Watershed Protection and Restoratio…
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The Legislature finds and declares the following: (a) In addition to the statutory and regulatory po…
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(a) In addition to the statutory and regulatory policies and programs established pursuant to the fe…
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This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the Keene-Nejedly California Wetlands Preservation A…
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The Legislature hereby finds and declares all of the following: (a) The remaining wetlands of this s…
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As used in this chapter, unless the context clearly requires a different meaning, the following term…
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(a) Nothing in this chapter abrogates or supersedes any existing local, state, or federal law or pol…
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(a) The agency shall update all of the state’s existing wetlands inventory resources in order to pre…
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The agency, in preparing the wetlands priority plan and program pursuant to Section 5814, shall give…
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In compiling data for the wetlands inventory required by Section 5814, the agency and the department…
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The agency shall give particular recognition to opportunities for protecting and preserving wetlands…
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Any of the departments may enter into operating agreements with cities, counties, and districts for …
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All acquisitions made pursuant to this chapter shall be subject to the Property Acquisition Law (Par…
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(a) The Coastal Wetlands Fund is hereby established in the State Treasury and shall be an interest-b…
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Unless the context requires otherwise, the following definitions govern this chapter: (a) “Acquisiti…
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(a) This chapter establishes the Sierra Nevada-Cascade Conservation Grant Program in the Resources A…
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(a) The secretary shall administer the program consistent with authorized funding, and collaborate a…
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(a) The secretary may undertake projects and activities to further the purposes identified in Sectio…
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To implement Section 79544 of the Water Code, the secretary may provide grants to local public agenc…
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The secretary shall require an applicant for a grant for land or water resource acquisition to inclu…
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An acquisition made pursuant to this chapter shall be from a willing seller.
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All regulations, criteria, and procedural guides that the secretary adopts to implement this chapter…
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It is the intent of the Legislature to provide in any legislation that establishes a Sierra Nevada C…
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This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the Mendocino Woodlands Outdoor Center Act.
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The Legislature finds that there is need for a program to enable the children of the state to better…
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The Legislature hereby declares its intent that the Mendocino Woodlands Outdoor Center, consisting o…
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As used in this chapter, unless the context clearly requires a different meaning: (a) “Department” m…
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Jurisdiction and control of the center, consisting of 720 acres, more or less, and all the improveme…
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The department shall consult with the Department of Education, and may cooperate with individuals an…
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The department may enter into operating agreements with any qualified, nonprofit entity for the prov…
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The department is encouraged to establish an advisory committee of persons interested and knowledgea…
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Prior to authorizing the sale and cutting of timber from the area described in subdivision (c) of Se…
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This chapter may be cited as the Bushy Lake Preservation Act.
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As used in this chapter, unless the context clearly requires a different meaning: (a) “California Ex…
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The Legislature finds and declares that: (a) The lower American River is in the California Wild and …
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(a) The California Exposition and State Fair Board of Directors shall preserve, for public day use a…
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The California Exposition and State Fair Board of Directors shall preserve and manage, or provide, p…
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In enacting this chapter, it is not the intent of the Legislature to require removal, or preclude us…
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This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the Urban American River Parkway Preservation Act.
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(a) “American River Parkway Plan” means the revised, updated management plans for the lower American…
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(a) The American River Parkway and its environs contribute to the quality of life within the City of…
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(a) The Legislature hereby adopts the American River Parkway Plan so as to provide coordination with…
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It is the intent of the Legislature that the duties and responsibilities provided for in this chapte…
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This chapter shall be known, and may be cited, as the Lower American River Conservancy Program Act.
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(a) The Legislature finds and declares all of the following: (1) The Lower American River is one of …
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For purposes of this chapter, the following definitions apply: (a) “Adjacent to” means downstream of…
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(a) The board shall implement and administer the Lower American River Conservancy Program, which is …
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(a) The board shall establish an advisory committee consisting of the following members: (1) Three m…
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In implementing the program, the board shall do all of the following: (a) Coordinate its activities …
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Consistent with the American River Parkway Plan, the board, in administering the program, may do any…
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In administering the program, the board shall not do any of the following: (a) Fund or implement pro…
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To the extent feasible, in administering the program, the board shall give preference to projects th…
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(a) The Lower American River Conservancy Program Fund is hereby created in the State Treasury. Money…
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This chapter does not supersede or diminish the existing authority of any of the following: (a) The …
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The Association of Bay Area Governments shall develop and adopt a plan and implementation program, i…
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The Association of Bay Area Governments shall establish a policy committee, which includes members o…
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“Delta” means the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta, as defined in Section 12220 of the Water Code minus …
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“Commission” means Delta Protection Commission as defined in Section 29721.
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(a) In accordance with the requirements of subdivision (c), the commission shall develop and adopt a…
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(a) The commission shall establish a technical advisory committee that shall review the trail’s plan…
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The Legislature finds and declares all of the following: (a) The procedures in this chapter set fort…
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As used in this chapter, the following terms have the following meanings, unless the context clearly…
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(a) Designation of property by the director as a California natural landmark does not change the pro…
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(a) Except as provided in Section 5872, a potential California natural landmark shall be identified …
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(a) The department shall use the state significance criteria in Section 5868 to evaluate the potenti…
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(a) On the basis of the evaluation and the findings of the peer reviewers, made pursuant to Section …
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(a) The department shall review all documentation related to designation of the property as a Califo…
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(a) If the director determines that the requirements of this chapter are met for California natural …
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Property may be considered for designation if its significant features are either of natural origin …
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(a) (1) The department may modify California natural landmark boundaries, or revise information abou…
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(a) The department shall rescind a California natural landmark designation if one or more of the fol…
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(a) The department may enter into a contract or other type of agreement with another state agency, f…
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Notwithstanding any other provision of law, in order to facilitate the cost-effective use of the pro…
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(a) Designation of an area as a California natural landmark shall not constitute a change in the env…
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For purposes of this chapter, the following definitions shall apply: (a) “County” means the County o…
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(a) The Southeast Los Angeles Cultural Center Development Advisory Panel is hereby created to provid…
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This chapter shall become inoperative on July 1, 2032, and, as of January 1, 2033, is repealed.
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This division shall be known and may be cited as the California Wildlife, Coastal, and Park Land Con…
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The people of California find and declare all of the following: (a) Parks, wildlife habitat, beaches…
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As used in this division, the following terms have the following meanings: (a) “Conservation easemen…
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For the purposes of the State General Obligation Bond Law, “state grant” or “state grant moneys” mea…
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Wildlife, coastal, and park land conservation is in the public interest and is necessary to keep the…
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The California Wildlife, Coastal, and Park Land Conservation Fund of 1988 is hereby created.
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All money deposited in the fund shall be available for expenditure, in accordance with Section 5921,…
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(a) Pursuant to Section 5922, for the purpose of expending funds appropriated to the department in I…
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(a) The grant funds authorized pursuant to paragraph (1) of subdivision (a) of Section 5907 shall be…
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Funds authorized in paragraph (3) of subdivision (a) of Section 5907 may be expended for the acquisi…
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The funds authorized in paragraph (4) of subdivision (a) of Section 5907 shall be available as grant…
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The funds authorized in paragraph (5) of subdivision (a) of Section 5907 shall be available as grant…
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An application for a grant pursuant to subdivision (a) or (b) of Section 5907 shall be submitted to …
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(a) Any member of the Legislature, the State Park and Recreation Commission, the California Coastal …
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(a) For purposes of this section, the following definitions apply: (1) “City” means the City of Davi…
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(a) Acquisition of real property for the state park system by purchase or by eminent domain shall be…
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Funds granted pursuant to Section 5907 may be expended for development, rehabilitation, or restorati…
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Every expenditure pursuant to this division shall comply with the California Environmental Quality A…
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(a) No state funds authorized under Section 5907 may be disbursed unless the applicant agrees: (1) T…
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(a) All real property acquired pursuant to this division shall be acquired in compliance with Chapte…
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(a) With respect to Section 5907, all appropriations for the purposes of subdivision (a), paragraph …
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With respect to Section 5907, if money allocated pursuant to paragraphs (1) and (3) of subdivision (…
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If some or all of the funds allocated pursuant to subparagraph (E) of paragraph (1) of subdivision (…
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(a) Any lands acquired pursuant to subparagraph (C) of paragraph (1) of subdivision (b) of Section 5…
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In addition to the purposes specified in Section 5924, funds appropriated in subparagraph (C) of par…
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With respect to funds allocated pursuant to subparagraph (L) of paragraph (3) of subdivision (b) of …
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None of the funds allocated pursuant to subparagraph (G) of paragraph (3) of subdivision (b) of Sect…
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The qualification for or allocation of a grant or grants to a local agency under one subdivision, pa…
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(a) Funds available pursuant to paragraph (5) of subdivision (e) of Section 5907 shall be used solel…
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(a) Prior to recommending the acquisition of lands that are located on or near tidelands, submerged …
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Bonds in the total amount of seven hundred sixty-eight million six hundred seventy thousand dollars …
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The bonds authorized by this division shall be prepared, executed, issued, sold, paid, and redeemed …
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(a) Solely for the purpose of authorizing the issuance and sale, pursuant to the State General Oblig…
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The committee shall determine whether or not it is necessary or desirable to issue bonds authorized …
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There shall be collected annually in the same manner and at the same time as other state revenue is …
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Notwithstanding Section 13340 of the Government Code, there is hereby appropriated from the General …
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For the purposes of carrying out this division and Chapter 7.5 (commencing with Section 2700) of Div…
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Notwithstanding any other provision of this bond act, or of the State General Obligation Bond Law (C…
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All money derived from premium and accrued interest on bonds sold shall be reserved and shall be ava…
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The people of California hereby find and declare that, inasmuch as the proceeds from the sale of bon…
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Unless the context otherwise requires, the general provisions and definitions set forth in this chap…
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“Commission” means the State Lands Commission.
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“City” includes “city and county.”
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“Oil and gas” includes oil, gas and all other hydrocarbon substances.
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Whenever permissive authority or discretion is vested in any public officer or body under this divis…
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The repeal of Chapter 303 of the Statutes of 1921 and of Chapter 227 of the Statutes of 1923 effecte…
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The repeal by this code of any provision of law codified herein shall not affect any existing vested…
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In order to protect the public’s access to, and use of, all state-owned lands in Humboldt Bay, no ri…
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The Legislature finds and declares all of the following: (a) Upon admission to the United States, an…
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The Legislature finds and declares all of the following: (a) Granted public trust lands remain subje…
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The repeal of any provision of law codified in this division shall not affect any existing vested ri…
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There is a State Lands Commission in the Resources Agency, consisting of the Controller, the Lieuten…
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The commission is the successor to, and is vested with all the powers, duties, purposes, responsibil…
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The commission shall administer all laws and statutes committed to it through the Division of State …
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(a) The State Lands Commission and the Division of State Lands are hereby transferred from the Depar…
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The State Lands Commission and the Division of State Lands may, as agencies of the Resources Agency,…
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All officers and employees of the State Lands Commission and the Division of State Lands who, on the…
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The State Lands Commission and the Division of State Lands, as agencies of the Resources Agency, sha…
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The commission shall meet, upon due notice to all members thereof, at such times and places within t…
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The commission shall adopt rules governing the conduct of the business of the commission. No action …
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The commission may, by resolution, authorize any of its employees or officers to execute any instrum…
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Whenever the commission, pursuant to authority granted to it by law, enters into any agreement for t…
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The commission may make and enforce all reasonable and proper rules and regulations consistent with …
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The State Lands Commission may, by resolution, designate an officer or employee of the commission to…
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Notwithstanding any other provision of this code or of law and except as provided in the State Build…
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The commission may periodically classify any or all state land for its different possible uses, and,…
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The commission may make surveys and subdivisions of lands belonging to the state to be sold, leased,…
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On or before the first Monday in March in each year, the commission shall make out and transmit to t…
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The commission shall, when required, survey and mark the boundary lines of counties and cities.
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The commission shall provide the necessary record books and cause all lists or patents for lands fro…
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The commission is hereby empowered to apply to the United States Department of the Interior for pate…
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The commission shall keep separate accounts and records in relation to each class of lands to which …
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The commission shall also keep plats of such lands, upon which all approved locations and surveys sh…
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When certificates of purchase or patents are issued, the fact shall be noted on the plats.
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The commission shall represent the State in all contests between it and the United States in relatio…
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When the commission desires to take testimony under the provisions of the act of Congress to quiet l…
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The commission may withdraw from sale any of the public lands belonging to the State and may restore…
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The commission may grant easements and rights-of-way to the Department of Transportation to or over …
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No lands owned by the State which lands front upon or are near to any lake, navigable stream or othe…
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No lands owned by the State, which lands provide the only convenient means of access to other lands …
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Notwithstanding Section 6210.5, the commission is not required to reserve an easement on school land…
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The commission may amend or terminate any lease, easement, or contract under its jurisdiction, with …
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Whenever a navigable river or slough becomes abandoned and is no longer useful for navigation, the c…
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If the commission has public land, including school land, tide or submerged lands, and lands subject…
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(a) Whenever a parcel of timbered land under the jurisdiction of the commission is totally surrounde…
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(a) Upon appropriation of moneys by the Legislature for the purposes of this section, the commission…
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The commission may, under such rules and regulations as it may prescribe, issue permits for the taki…
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(a) The commission may authorize, by permit, the conduct of geophysical surveys on state lands under…
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Whenever it appears by final decree of any court of competent jurisdiction that title to any land su…
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(a) (1) The commission shall consult, and enter into any necessary negotiations, with the owners of …
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Fees shall be charged and collected by the commission pursuant to its rules and regulations for the …
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As to lands heretofore sold by this State with a reservation to the State of a one-sixteenth interes…
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This section is enacted for the purpose of declaring the scope and extent of the powers, duties, pur…
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The commission may remove or cause to be removed any artificial structures or obstructions from ungr…
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The commission may prescribe such rules and regulations for the noncommercial hobby collection of mi…
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With the exception of revenue derived from state school lands and from sources described in Sections…
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(a) This section and the process described in this section governs the expenditure of any funds rece…
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Notwithstanding Section 16304.1 of the Government Code, a disbursement in liquidation of an encumbra…
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(a) The Legislature finds and declares all of the following: (1) The Safe Drinking Water, Water Qual…
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Except for the revenues distributed pursuant to Section 3826, all net revenues, moneys, and remittan…
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All rental income received for surface uses, including, but not limited to, surface drilling rights,…
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(a) For purposes of this section, the following terms shall have the following meanings: (1) “Accoun…
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All net revenues, moneys, and remittances from the sale of school lands and lieu lands shall be depo…
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(a) For purposes of this section, “fund” means the Oil Trust Fund established pursuant to subdivisio…
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The commission may charge and collect reasonable fees for services performed by it, not exceeding th…
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The commission may, if it determines it is in the best interests of the state, accept on behalf of t…
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Whenever authority is not vested in another officer, agency or commission to accept quitclaim deeds …
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Any instrumentality, district, agency, or political subdivision of the state occupying or using, pur…
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No county, city, district, political subdivision, agency or officer of the State shall request or ma…
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Applications for purchase, or lease of state lands shall be given the priority of time of filing; ex…
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The commission may adopt rules and regulations which provide for the payment of either a penalty or …
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Any person who trespasses upon any lands owned or controlled by the state and under the jurisdiction…
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(a) Except as otherwise provided in subdivision (b), any person who appropriates or converts any min…
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(a) A person shall not construct, place, maintain, own, use, or possess a structure or facility on l…
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(a) Before the commission considers whether to pursue a remedy provided under Section 6224.3, the co…
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(a) If, as of January 1, 2013, a person is in violation of subdivision (a) of Section 6224.3, that p…
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(a) The commission shall conduct research, investigations, and title searches on the real property i…
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An amount specified in the annual Budget Act shall be available for distribution for public and priv…
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There shall be a Sea Grant Advisory Panel consisting of 17 members as provided in Sections 6232, 623…
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The Secretary of the Natural Resources Agency shall appoint the following members of the advisory pa…
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(a) The Senate Committee on Rules shall appoint one Member of the Senate to the advisory panel, who …
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The Secretary of the Resources Agency, or the secretary’s designee shall be a member of the advisory…
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All advisory panel members shall serve without compensation.
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The Sea Grant research projects selected for the state support under this chapter shall have a clear…
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(a) The Legislature hereby finds and declares that the funding provided by this chapter is needed to…
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Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to preclude the application for funding of any project th…
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This chapter shall be known, and may be cited, as the California Coastal Sanctuary Act of 1994.
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The Legislature hereby finds and declares that offshore oil and gas production in certain areas of s…
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(a) A California Coastal Sanctuary is hereby created which includes all state waters subject to tida…
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Notwithstanding any provision of Article 4 (commencing with Section 6870) of Chapter 3 of Part 2 or …
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The commission may enter into any lease for the extraction of oil or gas from state-owned tide and s…
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(a) Except as provided in subdivision (e), the commission or a local trustee shall not enter into an…
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The commission has exclusive jurisdiction over all ungranted tidelands and submerged lands owned by …
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Notwithstanding any of the provisions of the Governor’s Reorganization Plan No. 2 of 1969 for the Re…
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The commission may act in behalf of the State of California pursuant to Section 7 of the Outer Conti…
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If any funds are impounded pursuant to Section 6301.5 under the custody and control of the State of …
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The commission may negotiate with, and with the approval of the Governor may enter into agreements w…
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The commission may eject from any tide and submerged lands, beds of navigable channels, streams, riv…
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(a) (1) The commission may take immediate action, without notice, to remove from areas under its jur…
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(a) The commission shall, in consultation with other relevant state and local agencies directly invo…
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(a) The commission, at a properly noticed commission hearing, may take title to an abandoned vessel …
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(a) At the request of the commission, an employee or agent of the commission or a peace officer of t…
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(a) The commission may grant the privilege of depositing material upon or removing or extracting mat…
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Any person who knowingly and willfully fills, dredges, or reclaims any state-owned land under the ju…
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The commission may cooperate with the Coastal Engineering Research Board of the United States Army C…
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The powers granted by this chapter to the commission as to leasing or granting of rights or privileg…
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(a) For purposes of this division, “local trustee of granted public trust lands” means a county, cit…
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Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the State Lands Commission and the City of Los Angeles, …
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(a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, in order to mitigate the effects of the project whic…
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(a) The commission may enter into an exchange, with any person or any private or public entity, of f…
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(a) This section applies only to land in which California has a sovereign interest that lies within …
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If an action or proceeding is commenced by or against a county, city, or other political subdivision…
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(a) The commission shall administer the Shipwreck and Historic Maritime Resources Program, which con…
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Whenever tide and submerged lands granted in trust to a county by the Legislature are included withi…
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It is hereby declared to be the policy of this state that any grant of tidelands or submerged lands …
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(a) For the purposes of this section, the following terms shall have the following meanings: (1) “Lo…
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Neither the state, nor any political subdivision thereof, shall take possession of lawful improvemen…
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(a) The title to all abandoned shipwrecks and all archaeological sites and historic resources on or …
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(a) A person who removes, without authorization from the commission, or a person who destroys or dam…
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The commission may, upon written application of the littoral owner, grant authority to any such owne…
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In addition to the fees provided in Section 6321, the commission may fix and collect reasonable char…
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The commission may also remove or require to be removed, repaired or altered, and may regulate the t…
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If accretions are caused or occasioned by any such structure authorized hereunder, no fence, buildin…
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If by reason of any grant to any municipality, political subdivision, or district, or by reason of a…
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The authority granted under this chapter does not obviate the necessity for the applicant to obtain …
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Nothing in this chapter abridges any right of the State to erect, maintain, or remove the protective…
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The commission may, upon written application, grant a permit for the use and occupancy of state land…
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As used in this article: (a) “Ungranted tidelands” means the tide and submerged lands owned by the S…
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The commission shall make an inventory to ascertain and describe by metes and bounds the location an…
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The commission shall: (a) Adopt and enforce such rules and regulations as may be necessary or conven…
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The commission shall prepare and adopt, on or before March 31, 1989, a “Preliminary Map of Ungranted…
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After completing the “Preliminary Map of Ungranted Tideland Boundaries in California,” the commissio…
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On or before December 31, 1989, any local agency or other interested person affected by boundaries d…
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The commission may negotiate with any person or local agency having or claiming an interest in any l…
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Before adopting the Master Map of Ungranted Tideland Boundaries in California and a Description of U…
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On or before December 31, 1992, the commission shall prepare, certify, adopt, and publish in final f…
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(a) Boundaries established by boundary agreements entered into and recorded pursuant to Section 6336…
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The inventory required by this article shall not extend to, or have any bearing upon, the determinat…
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Any boundary line agreement entered into pursuant to Section 6336 or 6357, or any consent recorded p…
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The commission may enter into boundary line agreements with any person or public entity, describing …
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The commission may establish the ordinary high-water mark or the ordinary low-water mark of any of t…
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On receipt of a request from the legislative body of a county, city, or other political subdivision …
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Whenever by legislative enactment tide or submerged lands of the State are granted or conveyed or au…
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Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the boundary line of land lying within the Sacramento-Sa…
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The commission, acting in concert with the Resources Agency and the Office of Planning and Research,…
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The Office of Planning and Research shall, for purposes of Section 6370, define “significant environ…
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The commission shall submit a final report to the Legislature by January 15, 1975, which identifies …
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Until submission of the report required in Section 6370.2 the State Lands Commission shall not sell …
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At least 10 days before the commission authorizes a conveyance of state lands to a private party or …
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It is the intent of the Legislature that any inventory prepared pursuant to this chapter shall be so…
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The provisions of this chapter shall not apply to tidelands transferred pursuant to Chapter 1333 of …
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The commission shall determine the ownership of all salmon and steelhead spawning areas as designate…
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(a) All oil, gas, oil shale, coal, phosphate, sodium, gold, silver, and all other mineral deposits i…
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(a) Notwithstanding Section 6401, the commission may sell to a surface property owner, for not less …
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All applications to purchase state public lands and all sales pursuant thereto shall be subject to a…
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This chapter shall not be construed as applicable to the sale or exchange by the state of the follow…
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Any state agency that sells any of the lands listed in Section 6403, other than tax-deeded lands, ma…
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The commission shall have the sole responsibility for and jurisdiction over the administration, mana…
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The commission is hereby authorized to sell, exchange, rent, lease, or otherwise manage the property…
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This section is enacted for the purpose of declaring the scope and extent of the powers, duties, pur…
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Public lands of the State, situated within the exterior boundaries of a National forest, which in th…
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Public lands of the State, situated within the exterior boundaries of a National park, which in the …
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The commission may cooperate with the Secretary of the Interior, may select the lands of this State …
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Whenever in the judgment of the commission it is to the advantage of the State to exchange any of it…
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No lands shall be accepted in exchange under this article without the approval of the commission. Al…
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Any person or persons claiming any interest in or to real property which is alleged to be claimed by…
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Service of summons in a suit shall be upon the chair of the State Lands Commission and the Attorney …
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Any person or persons claiming title under a patent of tideland, issued by the State of California, …
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Any person or persons claiming title to land adjoining tide or submerged land, herein called “adjoin…
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The complaint in any action pursuant to this chapter shall, on request, contain a plat of the proper…
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This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the “State Teachers’ Retirement Lands Act.”
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(a) The commission shall report quarterly to the Teachers’ Retirement Board and annually to the Legi…
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As used in this chapter, “lease” includes a permit, easement, or license.
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Lands owned by the state and which are under the jurisdiction of the commission may be leased for su…
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The commission shall prepare forms of leases for use under this chapter for such purposes as the com…
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Any interests in lands, or lands in fee simple, acquired by the commission or by any department, boa…
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Any person, firm, or corporation desiring to lease any of the lands owned by the state, or in which …
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Upon receipt of an application to lease lands under this chapter, the commission shall appraise the …
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(a) Consistent with Section 6503, the commission shall charge rent for a private recreational pier c…
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(a) As used in this section: (1) “Event” means a competition event that uses lands owned by the stat…
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No grazing or recreational lease shall be for a period longer than 10 years except that when the rec…
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Possession under any lease authorized by this chapter shall not be held to be adverse to that of any…
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Any error in the description of any lease may, with the consent of the holder thereof, be corrected …
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Any lease for sixteenth and thirty-sixth sections or any portion thereof which are now or may hereaf…
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If a lease is terminated by reason of the sale of the land, or by the designation of land as a base …
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Subject to the provisions of Section 6702, no amendment, modification, or revocation, in whole or in…
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(a) The provisions of Section 6701 shall not apply to any of the following unless the provisions of …
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Whenever a lease, contract, or other instrument is submitted to the State Lands Commission pursuant …
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Failure of the State Lands Commission to issue to the legislative grantee a written report making, o…
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This chapter shall not be construed to affect the validity of leases, contracts, or other instrument…
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If on the effective date of any revocation of a grant of tide or submerged lands, there are in effec…
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(a) The Legislature finds and declares that to promote and accommodate public trust uses, including …
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A lease or prospecting permit under this chapter shall be issued only to and held by: (a) Persons or…
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Any interest held in violation of this chapter shall be forfeited to the State by appropriate procee…
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The commission, in issuing any lease under this chapter, may reserve to the State the right to lease…
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(a) A lease or permit issued under this chapter may be assigned, transferred, or sublet as to all or…
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Notwithstanding any provisions of this code to the contrary, a lessee may at any time make and file …
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The commission shall reserve and may exercise the authority to cancel any prospecting permit or leas…
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Any permit or lease under this chapter shall reserve to the commission the right to allow, upon such…
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The commission, in the name of the State, may purchase or receive by donation or lease any right of …
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The commission, if it deems such action for the best interests of the state, may condemn, acquire, a…
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Any interests in lands, or lands in fee simple, acquired by the commission by purchase, donation, le…
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The provisions of this chapter authorizing the commission to acquire interests in real property incl…
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The commission may, prior to the receipt of any bid for a lease under this chapter, withdraw any off…
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Whenever by the terms of this chapter the commission may grant a lease of State lands, the commissio…
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For the purpose of this chapter, the commission may enter into agreements with any person, associati…
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The commission, in the name of the people of the State, may bring action to determine the title to o…
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(a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, the commission may negotiate and ent…
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Whenever the commission exercises a right to take oil, gas, or other hydrocarbons in kind pursuant t…
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(a) Notwithstanding Section 6815.1, the commission may take any oil, gas, or other hydrocarbons take…
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(a) The Controller shall annually as of June 30 apportion, for the fiscal year ending on that date, …
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All applications made to the commission pursuant to this chapter for erection of any permanent struc…
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The commission shall promulgate rules and regulations to require any person extracting oil or gas or…
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(a) The commission may permit geological or geophysical surveys on state lands and may grant permits…
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The State Lands Commission shall not permit the taking of cores or other samples by means of drillin…
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Leases for the extraction and removal of oil and gas deposits may be made by the commission to the h…
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Nothing contained in this chapter or any other law shall prevent or prohibit two or more persons who…
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In order to prevent the premature abandonment of a lease, notwithstanding any other provision in thi…
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(a) Notwithstanding Article 3 (commencing with Section 6851), Article 4 (commencing with Section 687…
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All leases of lands containing oil or gas made or issued under this chapter shall be subject to the …
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Every oil and gas lease executed under this chapter, and any oil and gas lease assigned, transferred…
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Every oil and gas lease, including leases of tide and submerged lands, executed under this chapter, …
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The commission, in the interest of increasing the ultimate recovery of oil or gas, the protection of…
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(a) The commission shall seek additional infrastructure bonding or other financial assurance, as fea…
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(a) For purposes of this section, the following terms have the following meanings: (1) “Decommission…
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All oil and gas leases issued by the commission for lands under its jurisdiction as set forth in Cha…
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It is hereby found and determined by the Legislature of the State of California as follows: (a) That…
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Whenever the holder of an oil and gas lease of state-owned lands proposes to engage in secondary rec…
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In satisfaction of the requirements of subdivisions (a) and (b) of Section 6830.2, the commission ma…
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Rights of way through all State lands may be granted to any lessee by the commission under such regu…
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For the purpose of more properly conserving the natural resources of any oil or gas pool or field, o…
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The commission, upon such conditions as the commission shall prescribe, may approve operating, drill…
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Whenever the commission determines that lands shall be leased for oil and gas as provided in this ch…
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Each bid (which shall be in the form of a lease prepared in accordance with this chapter) for an oil…
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At the time and place specified in the notice, the commission shall publicly open the sealed bids an…
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Lands owned by the State, or lands in which the oil and gas deposits are reserved to the State, othe…
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Whenever it appears to the commission that it is for the best interests of the State to lease any su…
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The commission may divide the lands within the tract proposed to be leased into parcels of convenien…
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Lands, including the Tule Elk State Reserve located in Township 30 South, Range 24 East, MDB&M in Ke…
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The proceeds of any lease for the extraction of any oil and gas from lands owned by the State, other…
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(a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, no leases shall be let for the extra…
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Tide and submerged lands and beds of navigable rivers and lakes may be leased by the commission for …
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Whenever it appears to the commission that it is for the best interests of the State to lease lands …
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The commission may divide the lands within the area proposed to be leased into parcels of convenient…
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(a) If an application for oil and gas development in state waters that is determined to be incomplet…
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Whenever it appears to the commission that oil and gas deposits are known or believed to be containe…
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If the commission determines that any tide and submerged lands belonging to the state in the area he…
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The commission may adjust the boundaries of existing leases to encompass all of a field partially co…
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When leasing tide or submerged lands or beds of navigable rivers or lakes, the commission shall prep…
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Filled lands shall include, but not be limited to, tide or submerged lands or beds of navigable rive…
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In carrying out the requirements of subdivision (b) of Section 6873 and the California Environmental…
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(a) In carrying out the requirements of subdivision (b) of Section 6873 and the California Environme…
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Each bid shall be accompanied by information giving a description of the location or locations, stru…
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If the Legislature has transferred to any city or county the administration of the trust, whether or…
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Should it appear to the commission that any person, association of persons, or corporation, has dril…
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All the beds of navigable rivers and lakes belonging to the State may be leased pursuant to Section …
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Nothing in this chapter limits the effect of any grant of tide or submerged lands made prior to June…
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Whenever tide and submerged lands of the State have been granted to a city, county or city and count…
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(a) Contingent upon an appropriation of funds by the Legislature for this purpose, the commission sh…
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(a) Prospecting permits and leases for the extraction and removal of minerals, other than oil and ga…
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Notwithstanding any other law, when lands, other than tide and submerged lands, are owned by another…
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The commission may issue a prospecting permit, under such rules and regulations as it may prescribe,…
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(a) Upon establishing to the satisfaction of the commission that commercially valuable deposits of m…
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Until the permittee applies for a lease as to that portion of the area described in the permit herei…
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(a) All deposits of minerals, other than oil, gas, and geothermal resources in lands belonging to th…
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Leases under this article shall be for terms not to exceed 20 years.
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Notwithstanding Section 6898, any lease in effect on July 1, 1991, of lands, within the bed of Owens…
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The commission shall prescribe additional terms and conditions, consistent with the provisions of th…
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(a) Notwithstanding Section 6890, the commission or a local trustee of granted public trust lands sh…
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This article shall be known and may be cited as the Geothermal Resources Act.
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The Legislature hereby finds and declares that development of geothermal resources beneath state lan…
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For the purposes of this chapter, “geothermal resources” shall mean the natural heat of the earth, t…
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Permits and leases for exploration and development of geothermal resources on lands belonging to the…
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Permits and leases may be issued pursuant to this article only to those who qualify for permits and …
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Administration of this article shall be under the principle of multiple use of public lands and reso…
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Where it is determined by the commission that the production or use of geothermal resources is also …
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The commission may grant nonexclusive geological or geophysical exploration permits for geothermal r…
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(a) Subject to the provisions of Section 6906, the commission may issue a prospecting permit to the …
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(a) Lands may be selected for lease by the commission and shall be leased by competitive bid on the …
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(a) In case of an application for a permit or lease covering lands which have been sold by the state…
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Each prospecting permit and lease issued under this article shall provide for the following rentals …
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The holder of any geothermal resources permit or lease may quitclaim or relinquish his or her rights…
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Subject to the other provisions of this article, the permittee or lessee shall be entitled to use so…
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(a) The commission may issue leases for direct heat application of geothermal resources for nonelect…
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A permit or lease may be terminated by the commission only pursuant to the provisions of Section 680…
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Leases under this article shall be for a primary term not to exceed 10 years and so long thereafter …
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Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, the commission may negotiate and enter i…
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Any person engaged in the production of geothermal resources under a lease issued by the commission …
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A permittee or lessee may, upon the approval of the commission and pursuant to the provisions of Cha…
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No prospecting permit or lease shall be made for less than 640 acres nor more than 5,760 acres and t…
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For the purpose of more properly conserving the natural resources of any geothermal resources areas,…
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Where the surface of state-owned lands sought for use or development of geothermal resources or the …
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A permit or lease under this article may be assigned, transferred, or sublet as provided for in Sect…
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Whenever, as determined by the commission, any operation conducted under a geothermal exploration pe…
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Notwithstanding any other provision of this article, the commission may, at its discretion, issue a …
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Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, the right to extract sodium chloride, contained…
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The terms so fixed shall be operative for 20 years from the date of the grant. Upon the expiration o…
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The purchaser shall acquire no right to sell any such sodium chloride, but may extract it solely for…
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Any metropolitan water district may apply to the commission to purchase the right to extract sodium …
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If the sale is made, the right to extract from the lands, such sodium chloride as is found by the co…
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The provisions of this article shall apply only to lands belonging to the State, or which may become…
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Any right granted under this article to extract sodium chloride from State lands shall terminate upo…
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Leases for taking minerals from the waters of any stream or lake or from any lands withdrawn from sa…
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Leases for any such lands and for the privilege of taking minerals from the waters of streams and la…
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The commission may, prior to the receipt of any bid for a lease under this chapter, withdraw any off…
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Leases under this article shall be for terms not to exceed 20 years with the preferential right in t…
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The commission shall prescribe such additional terms, covenants and conditions, consistent with the …
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All of the lands embraced within the original meander lines of streams and lakes belonging to the St…
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(a) The board of supervisors, boards of trustees, directors or other governing body of any county or…
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Lands may be leased in tracts of such size and shape as the governing body may determine. Before exe…
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At the time and place fixed in the resolution for the meeting, all sealed proposals which have been …
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An order to lease made by the governing body shall authorize and direct the execution and delivery b…
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No lease or modification thereof or amendment thereto for the production, extraction, or removal of …
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Any money accruing from leases under this chapter shall be paid into the general fund of the county …
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The provisions of this chapter shall apply to all counties and to such public or quasi-public corpor…
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The provisions of Sections 7051 to 7056, inclusive, shall apply to operating agreements and all othe…
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The property of any city may be leased for the purpose of producing or effecting the production of m…
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Any city, county, city and county, or district, in the interest of increasing the ultimate recovery …
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Before a lease or any operating agreement or other type of agreement for the production of oil, gas,…
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At the time and place fixed in the resolution for the meeting, all sealed proposals which have been …
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(a) No such lease or agreement shall be effective unless prior to adopting the resolution provided f…
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The provisions of Sections 7058.5 to 7059, inclusive, shall be applicable to all general-law cities …
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Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 7058, no city, county, city and county, or district may en…
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(a) On or before October 1st of each year, each city shall cause to be made and filed with the State…
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(a) Notwithstanding Section 6217, the commission shall deposit revenue generated from an offshore wi…
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The commission may, in the best interest of the state, sell school lands. The commission may pay fro…
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The commission may, in the best interest of the state, exchange any public lands for lands of the Un…
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Whenever the commission finds that it is in the best interests of the state for the acquisition of o…
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When payment has been made for land sold under this article, the purchaser shall be entitled to a pa…
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The commission may sell timber separately from the land. Timber sold separately shall be removed in …
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The Legislature finds and declares that, as of January 1, 2020, the commission has acquired roughly …
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The commission shall ascertain from time to time the number of acres of land to which the state is e…
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Whenever the commission determines it to be in the best interest of the state, the commission may se…
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The commission is the general agent of the state for the selection of indemnity lands in lieu of the…
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The commission may accept the benefits of the act of Congress approved July 17, 1914, enacted as Sec…
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Swamp and overflowed lands belonging to the state may be sold by the commission under rules and regu…
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The swamp and overflowed lands belonging to the State were sold prior to September 19, 1939, at the …
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The commission shall not approve any application nor issue evidence of title for swamp and overflowe…
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No claim shall be made by the State to any land as swamp or overflowed, which has not been returned …
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Any person desiring to purchase swamp and overflowed lands shall make an affidavit and file it in th…
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Any false statement contained in the affidavit defeats the right of the applicant to purchase the la…
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If at any time after such affidavit is filed in the office of the commission, and prior to the issua…
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Within 30 days from the date of such order of reference, the party filing the affidavit raising such…
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If upon the trial of such action it appears that any of the statements made in the affidavit filed b…
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Upon the filing with the commission of a copy of the final judgment of the court, the commission sha…
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Any person desiring to purchase lands, as provided in this article, which have been segregated by au…
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All payments shall be made by the purchaser to the county treasurer of the county in which the land …
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Upon the first day of July of each year the county treasurer shall prepare a report showing all mone…
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These reports shall be forwarded to the commission, and upon receipt thereof the commission shall en…
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The county treasurer shall retain all money arising from the sale of swamp and overflowed lands and …
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If a reclamation district is organized in any county, the board of supervisors of each county in whi…
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If any expenses pertaining to land in a reclamation district have been paid from the county swamp-la…
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Sections 7535 and 7536 do not apply to districts upon which controller’s warrants are outstanding, u…
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Settlers upon swamp and overflowed lands belonging to the State who occupy such lands for farming or…
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Lands within this State which are returned by the United States as swamp and overflowed lands, and s…
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Where lands above the ordinary high-water mark, granted to the state by the Arkansas Swamp Lands Act…
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When the original patent to swamp and overflowed land of the State has been lost or destroyed, and i…
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Any person having a vested interest in any swamp and overflowed land, covered by a patent lost or de…
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(a) In a case in which the state has sold lands acquired by it as swamp and overflowed lands, the pe…
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All swamp and overflowed lands within one mile of the State Prison at San Quentin, within the City a…
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Any person desiring to purchase any of the lands uncovered by the recession or drainage of the water…
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Upon the filing of such application, if the land has not been sectionized, the commission shall auth…
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No application to purchase land under this chapter shall be approved until the expiration of 90 days…
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The lands designated in this chapter shall be sold at the price fixed by the commission.
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If any of the lands described in this chapter are suitable for cultivation without reclamation, they…
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Any of the lands designated in this chapter which, by reason of periodical overflow, need, and are s…
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When land has been sold under this chapter, no contest can be maintained against the purchaser on th…
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All uncanceled certificates of purchase and patents issued prior to May 20, 1907, and payments made …
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All plats of any of the lands described in Section 7601, which were made prior to May 20, 1907, unde…
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No application for the purchase of state lands shall be accepted for filing for land situated in mor…
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Each application for lands shall be accompanied by a reasonable filing fee, not in excess of one hun…
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Certificates of purchase, and all rights acquired thereunder, are subject to sale, by deed or assign…
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All such sales shall, when the deed or assignment is recorded by the county recorder, be reported by…
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The recorder is entitled to receive from the purchaser, for making such report, a fee of fifty cents…
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Whenever a person becomes entitled to a patent, the commission, upon the surrender of the full-paid …
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The patent or deed shall then be signed by the Governor, attested by the Secretary of State, sealed …
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No patent shall issue until the lands are relinquished to the State by authority of the General Land…
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The commission shall record all patents in books to be kept in its office for that purpose, and then…
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Where a patent for lands is issued in the name of a deceased person, the title is vested in the heir…
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When a contest arises before the commission concerning the approval of a survey or location, or conc…
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After such order is made, either party may bring an action in the superior court of the county in wh…
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Any person, legally qualified to purchase from the State public lands of the same character as the l…
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When any contest arises as provided for in this article there shall be filed with the commission a s…
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When a copy of the final judgment of the court is filed with the commission, it shall approve the su…
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Unless the party contestant commences his action within 60 days after the order of reference is made…
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Whenever the commission receives a plat of a survey pursuant to the provisions of Section 27564 of t…
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When payment has been made in full for any lands which were public lands of the State and a patent h…
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After the map or plat and field-notes constituting the survey have been made, the field-notes and th…
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After the filing and recording of the map or plat and field-notes, the purchaser or his successors i…
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Upon the filing of the petition, the court shall set a day for the hearing thereof not less than 20 …
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If, after the hearing, the court is satisfied that the descriptions as corrected are the true descri…
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The cost of making the survey, map or plat and field-notes and all other necessary costs incurred in…
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Certified copies of the decree entered in the suit shall be filed in the office of the county record…
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Any number of land owners whose lands are contiguous or would be affected by the decree may unite in…
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If any land was not the property of the State, at the date application was filed therefor, or if the…
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In all cases where money has been paid since the passage of the act of March 20, 1889, on account of…
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The authority of the commission to issue such certificate and likewise the authority of the auditor …
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If the land sold was swamp and overflowed, the county auditor of the county in which the land is sit…
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Whenever a purchaser of land upon credit desires to abandon the location or entry made by him, he ma…
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Whenever any person has, in conformity with law, conveyed any land to the State by quitclaim deed, d…
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Upon the issuance of such patent, the commission shall make and issue to the patentee therein named,…
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The shore and the bed of the ocean or of any navigable channel or stream or bay or inlet within the …
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If any person, under any pretense of any claim inconsistent with the sovereignty and jurisdiction of…
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When State lands, upon which the full purchase price has not been paid, have been sold to the State …
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As used in this article, “department” means the Department of Water Resources.
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The state base map shall consist of complementary planimetric, mosaic, and topographic maps prepared…
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The state base maps shall have delineated thereon plane rectangular coordinates which shall conform …
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The department shall investigate mapping; shall prepare a complete report thereon including plans an…
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The technical methods used in preparation of the state base map, the terms of the contract, the spec…
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The department may enter into cooperative agreements with any department of the State qualified in t…
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The department may enter into contracts with public and private agencies for mapping and surveys not…
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With the approval of the Director of General Services the department may enter into cooperative agre…
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The department is authorized to accept grants from the Federal Government or any of its agencies, or…
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To enable the coordination of the programs of the several map-making agencies, the department shall …
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The department shall collect information relative to maps and surveys of the State of California or …
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The Department of Water Resources may reproduce copies of maps and survey data of the state which ar…
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The department shall prepare and distribute to public officials, uniform specifications and regulati…
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On the requests of the state departments the Department of Water Resources shall prepare specificati…
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No part of any money appropriated or otherwise made available to carry out the provisions of this ar…
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All money received for matching purposes shall be deposited in the Water Resources Revolving Fund an…
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All money received from the sale of maps or reports and data related thereto shall be deposited in t…
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The Department of Water Resources shall keep a record of all expenditures chargeable against each po…
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Notwithstanding any other provision of law, all 16th and 36th sections, both surveyed and unsurveyed…
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The Regents of the University of California may order the selection of the 150,000 acres of land gra…
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The land agent of the university, as the agent of the State, shall select the lands according to the…
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All moneys, securities, or other properties arising from the sale of the 72 sections granted to the …
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All persons who have purchased any portion of either of the grants mentioned in Section 8103, and wh…
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Whenever any resident of this state desires to purchase any part of the 150,000 acres of land grante…
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When a contest arises between two or more persons concerning the right of such persons to purchase a…
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The commission, on application therefor by a duly authorized agent, may convey to the United States …
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The boards of supervisors of the several counties may grant, transfer and convey, without considerat…
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Any county may exercise the right of eminent domain to acquire any property necessary or convenient …
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The boards of supervisors of the several counties may do and perform all acts that may be necessary …
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As used in this article, “person” includes individuals, companies, partnerships and associations.
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It is unlawful to graze livestock on any part of the unreserved and unappropriated public lands of t…
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Customary or established use as graziers, otherwise than under operation of law, as used in this art…
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This article shall not be construed to prohibit any such established user from continuing his grazin…
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Any person who violates any of the provisions of this article is guilty of a misdemeanor, and indepe…
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The violation of any provision of this article may be restrained by injunction, issued by a court of…
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Nothing in this article shall be construed to prohibit free transit over and rights in the public do…
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This article is an exercise of the police power of the State, for the protection of the economic wel…
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An act of Congress entitled “An act to stop injury to the public grazing lands by preventing overgra…
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The State Lands Commission may cooperate with the Secretary of the Interior, and may, in the name of…
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The State Lands Commission is hereby designated the “State land officials” referred to in Section 9 …
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The Department of Fish and Game is hereby designated the “official state agency engaged in the conse…
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All moneys received by the State of California from the government of the United States pursuant to …
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The State Controller shall keep a record of the receipts from the Government of the United States on…
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Any State or county offices or agency, or any stockmen’s association, whether incorporated or uninco…
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Any money deposited in the State Treasury pursuant to Section 10 of the act of Congress referred to …
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Any money deposited in the State Treasury pursuant to Section 11 of the act of Congress referred to …
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This division shall be known and may be cited as the Kapiloff Land Bank Act.
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Unless the context otherwise requires, the definitions in this section govern the construction of th…
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The Legislature finds and declares as follows: (a) Wetlands are essential to the environmental, econ…
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(a) There is in the State Treasury the Land Bank Fund, which fund is hereby created. All moneys in t…
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The commission shall be responsible for carrying out the provisions of this division.
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The trustee is authorized to acquire real property or any interest in real property for the purposes…
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The trustee is authorized to manage and improve real property for purposes of providing open space, …
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(a) Moneys in the fund shall be available for expenditure by the trustee to purchase outstanding int…
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The acquisition and subsequent management of the real property shall be consistent with the San Fran…
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The trustee shall act only at an open, scheduled public meeting, subject to all provisions of Divisi…
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The provisions of this division are not intended as exclusive, and shall not restrict the commission…
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The trustee is authorized to accept gifts of real property or money for the purposes of this divisio…
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(a) On or before January 2 of each year, the trustee shall prepare and submit to the Governor and th…
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Acquisitions may be made by negotiated agreement with the owners of the outstanding interests. No pr…
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The purchase price shall not exceed the fair market value of the outstanding interests to be acquire…
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As soon as practicable after initiating a title and parcel acceptability study for possible acquisit…
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The trustee shall make all reasonable attempts to acquire the mineral and other subsurface rights in…
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The trustee shall have the exclusive jurisdiction and authority to administer the fund and the inter…
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(a) The consideration passing to the state in title settlements may consist, in whole or in part, of…
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Upon acceptance of a conveyance pursuant to Section 8627 the trustee shall thereafter convey to the …
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The state, in its sovereign capacity, shall accept any such conveyance, and the land shall thereafte…
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The commission shall accept the conveyances on the part of the state and shall authorize their ackno…
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Until expended for acquisitions in accordance with the provisions of this division, moneys in the fu…
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In addition to the purchase price to be paid, the costs and expenses attributable to the acquisition…
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The provisions of this division shall not be subject to the provisions of the California Environment…
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Nothing in this division shall be construed to impair the ability of any other state agency from acq…
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Nothing in this division relieves the trustee or its successors in interest from any requirement to …
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This division shall be known and may be cited as the Arroyo Seco Parklands Preservation Law of 1975.
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“Arroyo Seco” means that streambed, ranging from 200 to 2,000 feet in width, from the Los Angeles Ri…
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“Parklands” means the acreage designated as parklands by the Cities of Los Angeles, South Pasadena, …
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“Construction already underway” means all projects of the California Highway Commission for which ag…
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“Three acres for the Pasadena Freeway (State Highway Route 11) ramps” means the three acres to be ta…
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With the exception of the construction already underway and the three acres for the Pasadena Freeway…
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This division shall be known and may be cited as the School Land Bank Act.
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The Legislature finds and declares as follows: (a) Past policies of the state have resulted in signi…
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Unless the context otherwise requires, the definitions in this section govern the construction of th…
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Acquisitions may be made by negotiated agreement with, or purchase from, the owners of the outstandi…
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The trustee shall make all reasonable attempts to acquire the mineral and other subsurface rights in…
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The trustee has the exclusive jurisdiction and authority to administer the fund and the interest in …
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The state, in its sovereign capacity, shall accept any conveyance, and the land shall thereafter be …
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The commission shall accept the conveyances on the part of the state and shall authorize their ackno…
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Until expended for acquisitions in accordance with this division, moneys in the fund shall be deposi…
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In addition to the purchase price to be paid, the costs and expenses attributable to the acquisition…
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Expenses attributable to management and remediation efforts on state school lands are payable from t…
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An action under this chapter is not subject to the California Environmental Quality Act (Division 13…
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There is in the State Treasury the School Land Bank Fund, which is hereby created. Notwithstanding S…
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The trustee may acquire real property or any interest in real property with the objective of facilit…
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The trustee shall act only at an open, scheduled public meeting, subject to all provisions of Divisi…
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The provisions of this division are not intended as exclusive, and shall not restrict the commission…
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The trustee may accept gifts of real property or money for the purposes of this division.
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The Legislature finds and declares all of the following: (a) The high cost of energy is taking a fin…
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For the purposes of this chapter, “California desert” means the California Desert Conservation Area …
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(a) The commission shall enter into a memorandum of agreement by April 1, 2012, with the United Stat…
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(a) Within 240 days of the execution of a memorandum of agreement pursuant to Section 8722, the comm…
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Unless the context requires otherwise, the following definitions govern the construction of this div…
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Notwithstanding any other provision of law, this division shall be applicable to all terminals, pipe…
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No tanker or barge may use any marine facility in the state unless the tanker or barge is in complia…
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All rules, regulations, and guidelines required pursuant to this chapter shall be adopted by January…
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(a) The administrator may prohibit an owner or operator of a marine terminal from delivering or acce…
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(a) The administrator and the executive officer of the commission shall confer and propose, and the …
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The commission shall periodically review and accordingly modify its rules, regulations, guidelines, …
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(a) The commission shall inspect or cause to be inspected, on a regular basis, all marine facilities…
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(a) Each operator of a marine facility shall prepare an operations manual describing equipment and p…
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The commission shall be reimbursed from the Oil Spill Prevention and Administration Fund for reasona…
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The commission shall consult with the administrator, other state agencies, and agencies of the feder…
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(a) The system of plane coordinates that has been established by the United States Coast and Geodeti…
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For CCS27, the state is divided into seven zones. For CCS83, the state is divided into six zones. Zo…
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Zone 1 coordinates shall be named, and, on any map on which they are used, they shall be designated …
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Zone 2 coordinates shall be named, and, on any map on which they are used, they shall be designated …
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Zone 3 coordinates shall be named, and, on any map on which they are used, they shall be designated …
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Zone 4 coordinates shall be named, and, on any map on which they are used, they shall be designated …
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Zone 5 coordinates shall be named, and, on any map on which they are used, they shall be designated …
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Zone 6 coordinates shall be named, and, on any map on which they are used, they shall be designated …
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Zone 7 coordinates shall be named, and, on any map on which they are used, they shall be designated …
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The plane coordinates of a point on the earth’s surface, to be used in expressing the position or lo…
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If the survey of any parcel of land extends from one coordinate zone into another, the positions of …
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Prior to January 1, 2000, state plane coordinates shall be based on, or derived from, the plane coor…
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After December 31, 1999, and prior to January 1, 2006, any survey or map that uses state plane coord…
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On and after December 31, 2005, a survey that uses or establishes a CCS83 value or values shall meet…
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After December 31, 2005, if an accuracy is claimed for a CCS83 value or values, the survey that esta…
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(a) After December 31, 2005, when a survey that uses or establishes a CCS83 value or values is shown…
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State plane coordinates may be used for property identification on any map, survey, conveyance, or o…
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The use of the term “California Coordinate System” on any map or document or in any field notes shal…
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When CCS83 coordinates are shown on any map, corner record, or other document, the map, corner recor…
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The epoch for a survey using CCS83 coordinates shall be the published NGS or CSRC datum realization …
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When the published epochs of the controlling stations for a survey using CCS83 or CCS2022 coordinate…
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When a purported order of accuracy of second order or better is shown for CCS83 or CCS2022 coordinat…
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When CCS83 or CCS2022 coordinates are shown on any map, corner record, or record of survey, a mappin…
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The use of the State Plane Coordinates by any person, corporation, or governmental agency engaged in…
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Prior to January 1, 1995, use of State Plane Coordinates for new projects may be based either on CCS…
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This chapter does not impair or invalidate land titles, legal descriptions, or jurisdictional or lan…
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This chapter does not prohibit the use of new surveying technologies or techniques for which FGCS sp…
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It is the policy of the State of California to provide for basic topographic map coverage in aid of …
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As used in this chapter, “department” means the Department of Water Resources.
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The department shall investigate and prepare a complete report on mapping, including plans and recom…
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All map production work to be undertaken pursuant to this chapter shall be in cooperation with the f…
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The official geodetic datums and spatial reference network for use within the State of California sh…
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As used in this chapter: (a) “NGS” means National Geodetic Survey or its successor. (b) “CSRC” means…
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The official geodetic datum to which horizontal positions and ellipsoid heights are referenced withi…
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The official geodetic datum to which orthometric heights are referenced within the State of Californ…
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When horizontal positions, ellipsoid heights, or orthometric heights are shown on a document, the do…
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The official geodetic reference network for use within the State of California shall be the CSRN as …
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The geodetic control stations within the State of California having horizontal positions conforming …
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The geodetic control stations within the State of California having ellipsoid heights conforming to …
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The geodetic control stations within the State of California having orthometric heights determined b…
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The geodetic control stations within the State of California having orthometric heights determined b…
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The use of the NAD83, NATRF2022, PATRF2022, NAVD88, NAPGD2022, and CSRN by any person, firm, or gove…
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The provisions of this chapter shall not be construed to prohibit the appropriate use of other datum…
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Geodetic coordinates within the State of California that are based on the North American Datum of 19…
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As used in this chapter: (a) “NGS” means National Geodetic Survey or its successor. (b) “CSRC” means…
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The phrase “California Geodetic Coordinates of 1983” or any abbreviation thereof, such as “CGC83,” s…
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CGC83 values shall be expressed as latitude, longitude, or ellipsoid height values or as Cartesian c…
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CGC83 latitude and longitude values shall be expressed in degrees, minutes, seconds, and decimals of…
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The survey that establishes a CGC83 value or values shall meet all of the following requirements: (a…
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If an accuracy is claimed for a CGC83 value or values, the survey that established the value or valu…
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When a CGC83 value or values are shown on any document, the document shall include the following: (a…
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The use of CGC83 by any person, firm, or governmental agency is optional.
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This chapter does not impair or invalidate land titles, legal descriptions, or jurisdictional or lan…
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This chapter does not prohibit the use of new surveying technologies or techniques for which FGCS sp…
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Orthometric heights within the State of California that are based on the North America Vertical Datu…
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As used in this chapter: (a) “NGS” means National Geodetic Survey or its successor. (b) “CSRC” means…
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The phrase “California Orthometric Heights of 1988” or any abbreviation, such as “COH88,” thereof sh…
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COH88 values shall be expressed in meters and decimals of a meter or in feet and decimals of a foot.…
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COH88 values that are determined from differential leveling surveys shall be known as “leveled COH88…
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When a geoid model is used to determine derived COH88 values, it shall be the latest geoid model pub…
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The accuracy of derived COH88 values may be improved by applying a “local orthometric height correct…
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The survey that establishes a COH88 value or values shall meet all of the following requirements: (a…
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If an accuracy is claimed for a COH88 value or values, the survey that established the value or valu…
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When a COH88 value or values are shown on any document, the document shall include the following: (a…
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The use of COH88 by any person, firm, or governmental agency is optional.
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This chapter does not impair or invalidate land titles, legal descriptions, or jurisdictional or lan…
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This chapter does not prohibit the use of new surveying technologies or techniques for which FGCS sp…
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(a) The Legislature hereby declares all of the following: (1) Resource conservation, enhancement, re…
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(a) It is the policy of the state that the protection and management of natural and working lands is…
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It is hereby declared as a matter of legislative determination: (a) That the construction and mainte…
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The Legislature hereby finds and declares that resource conservation districts are legal subdivision…
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As used in this division the following terms have the meanings attributed to them in this article, u…
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“Commission” means the State Resource Conservation Commission.
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“Department” means the Department of Conservation.
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“Director” means the Director of Conservation.
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“Division” means the Division of Resource Conservation of the department.
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“Chief” means the Chief of the Division of Resource Conservation.
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“District” or “soil conservation district” means a resource conservation district.
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“Public district” means a district established under the law of this state, other than a resource co…
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“Directors” means the board of directors of a district, and when powers are conferred or duties are …
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“Board” means the county board of supervisors.
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“Principal county” means the county in which all or the greatest portion of privately owned land of …
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“Principal district” means the district which has the greater land area of two districts proposed to…
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“Landowner” or “owner of land” includes a holder of evidence of title and, also, a holder of land un…
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“Land occupant” or “occupant of land” means a person in possession of land within a district whether…
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“Voter” means an elector who is registered to vote pursuant to Chapter 2 (commencing with Section 21…
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“Proxy” means a written authorization to sign a petition. Landowners may sign petitions under this d…
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“Person” includes person, association, or corporation.
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“Assessment roll” means the entire assessment roll upon the basis of which real property is taxed fo…
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“Assessment records” includes the assessment roll and all maps and other records relating to the ass…
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“Assessor” means the assessing officer of a county by whatever title he may be known.
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This Division 9 of the Public Resources Code, insofar as it is substantially the same as the Divisio…
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No action or proceeding relating to or arising out of the Division 9 of the Public Resources Code re…
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All persons who, at the time this Division 9 (commencing with Section 9001) goes into effect, are of…
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The Imperial Irrigation District may exercise the powers of a resource conservation district under t…
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There is in the Department of Conservation the Division of Resource Conservation.
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The Division of Resource Conservation is in charge of a chief, designated as Chief of the Division o…
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The chief shall be responsible to the director for properly carrying out his functions under this di…
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The chief shall assist in the formation, organization and operation of resource conservation distric…
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He may advise with organized resource conservation districts as to plans and proposals relating to r…
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He may, with the approval of the State Resource Conservation Commission, provide technical assistanc…
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He may cooperate with the United States, any resource conservation district, county, public district…
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Insofar as consistent with the duties, obligations and responsibilities of other public agencies, th…
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The chief may employ such clerical, technical, or other assistants as he deems necessary.
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The official headquarters of the chief shall be at Sacramento, California.
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All persons, other than temporary employees, serving in the state civil service and engaged in the p…
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All money available, including money which becomes available after the effective date of this Divisi…
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The Division of Resource Conservation shall succeed to and is hereby vested with all of the powers, …
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The commission may receive contributions from the United States, public districts, resource conserva…
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The commission is authorized on behalf of the state to accept grants from the United States for the …
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All equipment and machinery made available to any resource conservation district pursuant to this Di…
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(a) Subject to the availability of funds and any limitations imposed by this division, the departmen…
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There is in the Department of Conservation the State Resource Conservation Commission. It shall cons…
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The members of the commission to be appointed shall consist of the following: (a) Five persons who a…
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Within 30 days after his appointment the appointed member shall take and file his oath of office as …
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The members of the commission shall receive no compensation for their services as members, but each …
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Five members of the commission shall constitute a quorum for any purpose, including organization.
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The commission shall elect a chair from its number who shall serve as chair for one year and until t…
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The commission shall appoint a secretary. The secretary shall be a paid employee of the commission. …
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The commission shall cause to be studied and shall consider the whole problem of soil conservation w…
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The commission shall determine and advise policies for the guidance of the chief of the division in …
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The commission shall aid and encourage, but not conduct, resource conservation activities.
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The commission shall be responsible to the director for properly carrying out its functions under th…
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The commission shall report annually to the Governor on the resource conservation projects and impro…
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A resource conservation district may be formed pursuant to this division to provide resource conserv…
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The lands included in a district shall be those that further the purpose of this chapter, including,…
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The lands included in any one district need not be contiguous. No lands may be included in more than…
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The lands included in any one district may be situated in one or more counties.
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The lands included in a district may be publicly owned or privately owned.
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(a) A new district may be formed pursuant to this chapter. (b) A proposal to form a district may be …
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A proposal to form a new district may be made by petition which shall do all of the following: (a) S…
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(a) Before circulating any petition, the chief petitioners shall publish a notice of intention which…
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The petition shall be signed by not less than 10 percent of the registered voters residing in the ar…
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A petition may consist of a single instrument or separate counterparts. The chief petitioner or peti…
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(a) Within 30 days after the date of filing a petition, the executive officer of the local agency fo…
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(a) A proposal to form a new district may also be made by the adoption of a resolution of applicatio…
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Once the chief petitioners have filed a sufficient petition or a legislative body has filed a resolu…
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(a) If the local agency formation commission approves the formation of a district, with or without a…
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(a) Notwithstanding Section 9181, if the board of supervisors of the principal county finds that the…
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(a) Within five days after the district formation election has been called, the board of supervisors…
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(a) (1) The chief petitioners, the agency filing the resolution, or any member or members of the boa…
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(a) The elections officials in charge of conducting the election shall cause a ballot pamphlet conce…
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The notice of the election published pursuant to subdivision (c) of Section 9181 shall contain all o…
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(a) Except as otherwise provided in this division, the formation election and the election of member…
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If the majority of the votes cast at the election is in favor of forming the district, the board or …
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Immediately after adoption of a resolution pursuant to Section 9188, the clerk of the board of super…
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(a) No informality in any proceeding, including informality in the conduct of any election not subst…
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The initial board of directors of a district formed on or after January 1, 1992, shall be determined…
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In the case of a district which contains only unincorporated territory in a single county, the distr…
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In the case of a district which contains only unincorporated territory in more than one county, the …
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In the case of a district which contains unincorporated territory and the territory of one or more c…
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In the case of a district which includes only incorporated territory within a single city, the distr…
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In the case of a district which includes only incorporated territory in more than one city, the dist…
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(a) The board of directors shall consist of five, seven, or nine directors. The number of directors …
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(a) Notwithstanding Section 9301, the local agency formation commission, in approving either a conso…
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Each director shall take the oath of office.
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The directors shall receive no compensation for their services as such, but each shall be allowed re…
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No director or other officer of the district shall be interested directly or indirectly in the sale …
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After all have qualified the directors first elected shall meet and classify themselves by lot into …
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After such classification the directors shall organize and elect a president from their number who s…
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The directors shall appoint a secretary who shall serve at the pleasure of, and whose compensation s…
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The directors shall select a date, time, and place at which regular monthly meetings of the director…
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The directors may, by resolution, change the time or place of regular meeting but no such change sha…
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Special meetings of the directors may be held as required when ordered by a majority of the director…
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The order for a special meeting shall specify the business to be transacted. No other business shall…
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A majority of the directors shall constitute a quorum but on all questions requiring a vote there sh…
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(a) All meetings of the directors shall be open to the public. All records of the district shall be …
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(a) The term of office of the directors, except those first elected, shall be four years. The expira…
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Resignations of directors shall be made in writing to the board of supervisors of the principal coun…
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In case of a vacancy in the office of director appointed pursuant to Section 9314, the vacancy shall…
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Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a vacancy in the office of a director who has been elect…
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“General district election” is the district election required to be held on the first Tuesday after …
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(a) Directors shall be registered voters in the state. (b) Except as provided in subdivision (d), di…
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Except as otherwise provided in the chapter, districts governed by this chapter are subject to the p…
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Elected directors shall qualify within 20 days from the date of receipt of their certificates of ele…
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The directors so elected and qualified shall take office at noon on the last Friday in November foll…
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(a) Except as provided in subdivision (b), directors shall be elected at large. (b) A district may, …
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Members of county boards of supervisors shall not be eligible to simultaneously hold office as a dis…
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Nomination of candidates shall be in writing and signed by at least five landowners of the district.…
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Except as election of directors by division may be provided pursuant to Section 9356, all registered…
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The board of directors of a district shall manage and conduct the business and affairs of the distri…
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The directors shall be empowered to conduct surveys, investigations, and research relating to the co…
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The directors may accept gifts and grants of money from any source whatsoever to carry out the purpo…
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The directors may establish and charge fees for services provided by the district to, and upon the r…
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The directors may execute all necessary contracts. They may employ such agents, officers, and employ…
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The directors may acquire by purchase, lease, contract, or gift all lands and property necessary to …
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The directors may take conveyances, leases, contracts, or other assurances for all property acquired…
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The directors may sue and be sued in the name of the district and may appear in person or by counsel…
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(a) The directors may cooperate and enter into contracts or agreements with the state, the United St…
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The directors may make improvements or conduct operations on public lands, with the cooperation of t…
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The directors may operate and maintain, independently or in cooperation with the United States or th…
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The directors may disseminate information relating to soil and water conservation and erosion stabil…
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Each district may provide technical assistance to private landowners or land occupants within the di…
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(a) Each district may develop a long-range work plan, annual work plan, and annual district report, …
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Each district may enter into an interagency agreement with a state agency, for purposes of this chap…
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The directors may accept, by purchase, lease, or gift, and administer any project or program consist…
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The directors may manage, as agents of the United States or any of its agencies, or of this state or…
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The directors may establish standards of cropping and tillage operations and range practices on priv…
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(a) The directors of any district may cooperate with the directors of any other district in respect …
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It is the intent of the Legislature that concerned state agencies, in cooperation with resource cons…
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The directors of any district may call upon the district attorney of the principal county for legal …
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(a) The directors may engage in activities designed to promote a knowledge of the principles of reso…
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The board of directors of a district may appoint advisory committees to provide technical assistance…
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The legal title to all property acquired by a district under the provisions of this division shall i…
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The directors are hereby authorized and empowered to hold, use, acquire, manage, occupy and possess …
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The directors may determine by resolution entered upon their minutes that any property, real or pers…
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Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in Section 9453, the directors may lease district equipment…
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A sale or conveyance of any property held by a resource conservation district, executed by the presi…
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The proceeds of a sale described in Section 9455 shall be paid into the county treasury of the princ…
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The board of directors shall adopt purchasing policies and procedures governing the purchase of supp…
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The inclusion of additional lands in a district shall be made in accordance with the District Reorga…
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A district may be dissolved in accordance with the provisions of the District Reorganization Act of …
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The directors shall, on or before January 1 of the calendar year during which an assessment is to be…
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If the district lies in more than one county the directors shall divide the amount of the estimate i…
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The total amount of the estimate shall be sufficient to raise the amount of money necessary during t…
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Assessments levied pursuant to this article shall be known as regular assessments.
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The regular assessment in any one year shall not exceed two cents ($0.02) on each one hundred dollar…
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The board of supervisors of each county in which there lies any portion of the district shall, annua…
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The rate, as determined by the board, shall be such as will produce, after due allowance for delinqu…
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If the board fails to levy the assessment the auditor of the county shall do so, providing the direc…
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The assessment shall be computed and entered on the assessment roll by the auditor.
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The provisions of law relating to the levy and collection of county taxes and the duties of county o…
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The treasurers of each of the counties, other than the principal county, shall, not less than twice …
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If during the current fiscal year the directors are not, by reason of the fact that no assessment ha…
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A district may impose a special tax pursuant to Article 3.5 (commencing with Section 50075) of Chapt…
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(a) Except as provided in subdivision (b), the treasury of the principal county is the depository of…
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The treasurer of the principal county shall receive and receipt for all money of the district and pl…
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The treasurer shall pay out money of the district only upon warrants approved by the county auditor,…
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The treasurer shall report in writing at each regular meeting of the directors and as often at other…
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The directors or other officers or employees of a district shall have no power to incur any indebted…
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The directors at their regular monthly meeting in July of each year shall make and file with the sec…
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The annual financial statement shall be posted or published as the directors may determine. Such pos…
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An annual audit of the books, accounts, records, papers, money, and securities shall be made as requ…
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The directors of the district may, at such times as they deem necessary, determine whether any porti…
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(a) “Surplus moneys,” as determined pursuant to Section 9529, shall be invested exclusively in bonds…
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All claims for money or damages against the district are governed by Part 3 (commencing with Section…
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Except as provided in Section 9546, the county shall pay any and all costs attributable to the condu…
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The county shall bill any candidate for district office for the actual prorated costs of printing, h…
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Any two or more contiguous districts, or districts situated within the same geophysical area, organi…
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A partition of a district shall be made in accordance with the District Reorganization Act of 1965, …
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A district may change its name by action of the board of supervisors of the principal county as prov…
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Whenever in the judgment of the board of directors it is for the best interest of a district that it…
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A copy of the resolution shall be forwarded to the board of supervisors of the principal county with…
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The board of supervisors of the principal county shall consider this request at their next regular m…
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If the action of the board of supervisors on this request is negative, they shall forward a copy of …
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If the action of the board of supervisors on this request is favorable, it shall cause certified cop…
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On acknowledgment of the change of name by the Secretary of State, the name of the district shall be…
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One district may transfer land within its boundaries to a district contiguous thereto in accordance …
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In order to carry out the purposes of the Soil Conservation and Domestic Allotment Act enacted by th…
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The commission is hereby authorized, empowered and directed to formulate and submit to the Secretary…
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Upon the acceptance of each such plan by the Secretary of Agriculture, the commission is authorized …
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In carrying out the provisions of each such plan, the commission shall have power: to employ such ag…
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For the purpose of carrying out each such plan according to its terms, the commission is hereby auth…
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Nothing herein shall be construed or operate to impose any obligation or liability upon the commissi…
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For purposes of cooperating with landowners or any other agency or for purposes of cooperating with …
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As used in connection with improvement districts: (a) “Improvement” includes operation, maintenance,…
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The formation of an improvement district shall be proposed and the petition therefor shall be signed…
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A petition for the formation of an improvement district shall contain all of the following: (a) Stat…
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The petition, all proceedings in reference to it, the improvement district, and the real property in…
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The petition may consist of any number of separate instruments, which shall be duplicates except as …
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A petition to form an improvement district shall be filed with the secretary of the district and may…
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Upon receipt of a petition to form an improvement district the directors shall cause a survey to be …
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If the survey shows that the improvements are feasible, the directors shall cause to be prepared the…
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If there are any, the plans and specifications, estimate of cost, and the statement of the proposed …
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After the filing of the formation petition, and if any, the plans and specifications, the estimate o…
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Notice of the hearing shall be given by all of the following: (a) Posting a notice in three public p…
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At the hearing the directors shall hear any objections coming before it to any of the following: (a)…
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At the hearing the directors shall make any changes in reference to the matters set forth in Section…
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If any additional real property is included in the proposed improvement district, the hearing shall …
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The directors may include in the plans and specifications such terms and conditions as to the respec…
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Regardless of any findings made by the directors if more than one-third in number of the holders of …
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If at the hearing the directors find that it would not be for the best interests of the district and…
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If the directors find that it would be for the best interests of the district and the proposed impro…
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The order shall contain a description of the lands within the improvement district.
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The secretary shall cause a certified copy of the order creating the improvement district to be reco…
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Any assessment levied pursuant to Section 9819 shall include both of the following sums: (a) An amou…
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The assessment may be made payable in not more than 10 annual installments.
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The directors, on or before the 15th day of August of each year, shall furnish the auditor and board…
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Each annual installment of the improvement district assessments shall be collected by county officer…
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The provision of law relating to the collection of county taxes and the duties of county officers wi…
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The treasurers of each of the counties, other than the principal county, shall, not less than twice …
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The assessment and each installment of it shall be and remain a lien on the real property in the imp…
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Upon a change or resubdivision of any parcel of real property in an improvement district, the direct…
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If the actual cost of the improvements is substantially less than the estimated cost the assessment …
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If the assessments levied upon real property in an improvement district are insufficient to pay the …
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The procedure followed in making the supplemental levy shall be substantially the same as for making…
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Whenever it is desired to do additional work or acquire additional property in or for an improvement…
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If at any time it is desired to include additional real property within an improvement district, a p…
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The inclusion petition shall describe the boundaries of the improvement district as enlarged by the …
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The same proceedings shall be had on the improvement district inclusion petition as upon the origina…
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The directors may prescribe any conditions upon the inclusion of the real property that they deem ju…
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If any conditions not contained in the petition for inclusion are prescribed by the directors the re…
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In a district containing an improvement district the directors and all of the officers of the distri…
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The directors may also hold property used or acquired in connection with the improvement in the name…
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The directors of a district in which an improvement district exists may allow on terms that may be a…
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The work of improvement provided for in this chapter and the purchase of all supplies, material, and…
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The directors may, in lieu in whole or in part of levying assessments for the operation of improveme…
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All such tolls, connections charges, and additional assessments shall be held and applied upon and r…
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The directors may provide for the maintenance and operation of the works of an improvement district …
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Notwithstanding any other provision of this code, the directors of a district in which an improvemen…
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On behalf of an improvement district the directors may do any or all acts necessary or desirable to …
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On behalf of an improvement district, the directors may cooperate and contract with the United State…
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A district may issue improvement district warrants signed by its president and secretary in face amo…
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Improvement district warrants shall be made payable in amounts and at the times corresponding substa…
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Improvement district warrants shall bear interest at the rate fixed at the time of the levy of the i…
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Coupons for the interest on these warrants may be attached to them.
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Improvement district warrants may be made payable to any of the following: (a) Bearer. (b) Persons f…
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Improvement district warrants may be sold by the district for not less than par at either public or …
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Any surplus funds and any money held by a district in a sinking or depreciation fund may in the disc…
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Except as otherwise provided by law, the cost of constructing, acquiring, or improving works of an i…
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Improvement district warrants shall be paid only out of the proceeds of an improvement district asse…
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Improvement district warrants or their proceeds shall be used solely for making the improvements for…
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At any time before improvement district warrants are issued, the amount of any improvement district …
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Real property on which the amount of the improvement district assessment has been paid pursuant to S…
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Any owner of real property of an improvement district who desires at any time to lessen or remove th…
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The directors may require warrants delivered to lessen or remove an improvement district assessment …
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The treasurer of the principal county shall notify the directors of the amount of the principal and …
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All acts, proceedings, conclusions, and findings of fact, including the levy of an assessment, by th…
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An action to determine the validity of an assessment or of any warrants may be brought pursuant to C…
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At any time prior to the incurring of any indebtedness or upon the full payment of all indebtedness …
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A hearing on dissolution shall be had in the same manner and after the same notice as is required fo…
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The directors may, after the hearing, order the improvement district dissolved.
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The order of dissolution shall be recorded in the same manner as the order forming the improvement d…
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The Tahoe Resource Conservation District is hereby created to consist of those parts of the Counties…
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(a) Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, the organization and functions of the Tahoe Resour…
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It is not the intent of the Legislature that the Tahoe Resource Conservation District shall in any w…
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The following definitions shall govern the interpretation of this chapter: (a) “Suisun Marsh” means …
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Except as otherwise expressly provided in this chapter, the organization, powers, and functions of t…
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(a) The district shall have primary local responsibility for regulating and improving water manageme…
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Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 9803, the formation of an improvement district within the …
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The district may, with the consent of the owner, levy special assessments on the lands of the consen…
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(a) The Legislature finds that compliance with the mandated regulations of the district will produce…
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The provisions of this chapter apply only to the Ventura County Resource Conservation District. For …
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Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, the organization and functions of the district shall b…
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Whenever any territory in the district is included in a city by reason of incorporation or annexatio…
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The Legislature finds and declares as follows: (a) A substantial increase has occurred in the number…
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The Director of Fish and Game shall identify and list those streams and watercourses throughout the …
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The Director of Fish and Game shall prepare proposed streamflow requirements, which shall be specifi…
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The Director of Fish and Game, on his or her own motion or at the request of the State Water Resourc…
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The Department of Fish and Game shall initiate studies to develop proposed streamflow requirements f…
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(a) The Department of Fish and Wildlife shall impose and collect a filing fee of eight hundred fifty…
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This division shall be known, and may be cited, as the California Farmland Conservancy Program Act. …
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The Legislature hereby finds and declares all of the following: (a) The agricultural lands of the st…
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It is the intent of the Legislature, in enacting this division, to do all of the following: (a) Enco…
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Unless the context otherwise requires, the definitions in this article govern the construction of th…
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“Agricultural conservation easement,” “conservation easement,” or “easement” means an interest in la…
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“Applicant” means an entity listed in Section 815.3 of the Civil Code that applies for a grant autho…
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(a) “Agricultural land” means prime farmland, farmland of statewide importance, unique farmland, far…
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“Department” means the Department of Conservation.
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“Director” means the Director of Conservation.
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“Fund” means the California Farmland Conservancy Program Fund created pursuant to Section 10230.
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“Husbandry practices” means agricultural activities, such as those specified in subdivision (e) of S…
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“Local government” means a city or county.
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“Local government program” means the policies and implementation measures of a local government to c…
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“Nonprofit organization” means an organization described in subdivision (a) of Section 815.3 of the …
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“Program” means the California Farmland Conservancy Program established under this division.
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“Secretary” means the Secretary of the Natural Resources Agency.
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“Resource conservation district” means a resource conservation district established pursuant to Divi…
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“Restriction” has the same meaning as that term is defined in Section 784 of the Civil Code.
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The Legislature hereby finds and declares that, pursuant to Chapter 4 (commencing with Section 31150…
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Nothing in this division shall be construed to overrule, rescind, or amend any of the requirements p…
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No local government shall, in any way, limit development on any land solely because of the land’s pr…
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(a) The California Farmland Conservancy Program Fund is hereby created. (b) (1) Except as provided i…
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(a) The California Farmland Conservancy Program is hereby established in the department. (b) The pro…
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(a) Funding shall be used in accordance with the expenditures and distribution authorized, required,…
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The department may accept donations of funds if the department is the designated beneficiary of the …
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The director shall not approve a grant if the local government requesting a grant has acquired, or p…
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Each application for a grant pursuant to this division shall contain a matching funding component, a…
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(a) The director shall not disburse any grant funds unless the applicant agrees that the grant funds…
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The department may establish a payment system for the purchase of an agricultural conservation easem…
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If the funds are used for the acquisition of an agricultural conservation easement or fee title purs…
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The director shall not disburse any grant funds for easement or fee title acquisitions unless the ap…
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(a) The director shall not disburse any grant funds to acquire agricultural conservation easements t…
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The director shall disburse funds to an applicant for a grant for the acquisition of fee title to ag…
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(a) The department shall adopt rules and regulations for the implementation of this division. (b) Ru…
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The department shall adopt the criteria necessary for its approval of grant applications.
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The director shall review, and approve or disapprove, all requests for funding under this division.
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A local governmental entity shall not condition the issuance of an entitlement for use on the applic…
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The program shall reimburse any school district which requests reimbursement for any net loss of pro…
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Grants may be made for land improvements. Use of these grants shall be limited to the improvement of…
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(a) This chapter shall only apply to acquisitions of agricultural conservation easements. (b) In rev…
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Applicants for an agricultural conservation easement or fee acquisition grant shall meet all of the …
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The director shall evaluate a proposal for a fee title or agricultural conservation easement acquisi…
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Nothing in this chapter shall grant any new authority to the department to affect local policy or la…
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(a) Before applying for funding to acquire an agricultural conservation easement or fee title, the a…
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(a) In determining the amount of funding to be provided for an agricultural conservation easement or…
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For purposes of this division, any instrument creating, assigning, or otherwise transferring a conse…
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(a) Whenever any entity exercises the power of eminent domain to acquire land subject to an agricult…
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An agricultural conservation easement shall not prevent any of the following: (a) The granting of ri…
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The granting of an agricultural conservation easement under this division shall not be interpreted t…
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(a) The department shall act on an application for a grant within 180 days after the department dete…
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The director shall disapprove the application for a grant for the acquisition of an agricultural con…
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The Agricultural Protection Planning Grant Program is hereby established within the Department of Co…
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The following terms have the following meanings as used in this division, unless the context clearly…
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The purpose of the grant program is to assist any local government entity, nonprofit organization, a…
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(a) In addition to the requirements established by the department, the applicant shall demonstrate t…
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(a) Under the grant program, a local government entity, nonprofit organization, authority, or joint …
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Eligible projects funded under this division with the proceeds from the sale of any bonds shall be c…
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The Wildlife Conservation Board is hereby designated as the lead agency of the state for carrying ou…
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The California Rangeland, Grazing Land, and Grassland Protection Program is hereby established to pr…
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As used in this division, the following terms have the following meanings: (a) “Board” means the Wil…
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Funds may be expended by the board for the acquisition of conservation easements over qualified prop…
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Funds expended pursuant to this division may be used only to acquire conservation easements to prote…
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(a) Any eligible projects funded under this division with the proceeds from the sale of any bonds sh…
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The board may adopt guidelines to implement the program, including the establishment of procedures a…
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A conservation easement may be acquired pursuant to this division only if its acquisition will prote…
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At a minimum, each application for a grant shall contain all of the following: (a) A legal descripti…
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The board may require further information as is reasonably necessary to allow the board to evaluate …
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The board, or the recipient of a grant, may accept contributions of money from a prospective seller …
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The board may request staff services from any state agency that submits an application for a grant.
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Any conservation easement, money, or other asset acquired pursuant to this division shall not be dee…
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(a) Nothing in this division authorizes or increases the authority of any public agency to use emine…
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The board may coordinate this program with the Oak Woodlands Conservation Act established pursuant t…
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This division shall be known and may be cited as the California Forest Legacy Program Act of 2007.
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The Legislature hereby finds and declares all of the following: (a) Privately owned forest lands com…
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It is the intent of the Legislature, in enacting this division and the California Forest Legacy Prog…
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Unless the context otherwise requires, the definitions in this article govern the construction of th…
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The department shall carry out the California Forest Legacy Program. Nothing in this division alters…
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Nothing in this chapter grants any new authority to the department to affect local policy or land us…
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The California Forest Legacy Program is hereby established. The Wildlife Conservation Board may acqu…
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Money to fund the California Forest Legacy Program shall be obtained from gifts, donations, federal …
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The implementation of the program includes the costs associated with the purchase or facilitated don…
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Easements acquired under this program may be held by federal, state, or local government entities or…
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The director shall not disburse any funds until the applicant agrees to both of the following: (a) T…
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If a local, state, or national government agency or nonprofit land trust organization holding the ea…
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The easement, or any of its terms, may only be amended with the consent of all of the necessary part…
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The director shall not disburse any funds unless the applicant agrees to restrict the use of the lan…
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The board shall adopt rules and regulations for the implementation of this division, including the s…
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Rules or regulations adopted by the board pursuant to Section 12249 shall be adopted in accordance w…
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The department shall review, and approve or disapprove, applications from landowners for the acquisi…
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Every application for the acquisition of a conservation easement shall provide sufficient informatio…
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In reviewing applications pursuant to this division, the department shall determine whether the prop…
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Proposed conservation easements shall meet the eligibility criteria set forth in this section prior …
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The easement shall not be required as a condition of any lease, permit, license, certificate, or oth…
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If the department determines that the proposed conservation easement meets the eligibility criteria …
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An applicant shall select and retain an independent real estate appraiser to determine the value of …
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The department shall act on an application for the acquisition of a conservation easement within 180…
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The department may disapprove the application for the acquisition of a conservation easement in any …
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The department, local government entity, or nonprofit land trust organization acquiring an easement …
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The department shall ensure that any entity acquiring a conservation easement acquired pursuant to t…
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The Legislature hereby finds and declares that there exists throughout the State large unincorporate…
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This division shall be known and may be cited as the “Resort Improvement District Law.”
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A resort improvement district consisting of unincorporated territory in one county may be establishe…
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No additional districts shall be created or organized under this division after September 17, 1965, …
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The terms defined in this chapter have the meaning set forth unless the context requires a different…
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“District” means a district created pursuant to this division.
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“District board” means the board of directors of the district.
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“County” means the county in which the district in located.
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“Board of supervisors” and “board” means the board of supervisors of the county.
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“Charges” includes fees, tolls, rates, and rentals.
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“Land” means land in the district and does not include improvements or personal or utility property.
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“Legal representative” means an officer or other person or persons appointed to serve as such by the…
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“Owner” means the owner of land as shown on the last equalized county assessment roll.
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“Voter” means a voter, as defined in Section 359 of the Elections Code, who resides within the bound…
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“Nonresident landowner” means a person or persons, association, corporation, or partnership owning l…
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The board of supervisors is the governing body of the district, and, unless otherwise provided in th…
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If deemed advisable by the board of supervisors a board of directors for the district may be formed.
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The board of directors of any district formed pursuant to this division shall have such powers as th…
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The district board shall consist either of five members, four of which shall be elected from the dis…
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If a district elects pursuant to Section 13034 to have the district board consist of five members el…
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Exclusive of the supervisorial member, the directors shall be voters in the district.
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The number of directors elected by voters in the district at the first general district election hel…
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All vacancies in the office of director shall be filled by appointment by the board of supervisors.
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An appointment to fill a vacancy in the office of director shall be for the unexpired term of the of…
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Once each year, the district board shall elect one of its members to serve as president and shall ap…
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All sessions of the district board shall be public.
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The district board by resolution, shall provide for the time and place of its meetings, the manner o…
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(a) Any compensation provided pursuant to this section shall comply with Articles 2.3 (commencing wi…
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After the authorization of a district board by the board of supervisors, a general district election…
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Except as otherwise provided in this division, districts governed by this division are subject to th…
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A special election may be called by the board to be held at any time.
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The hours during which the polls shall be opened at any special district election shall be as establ…
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Notices of elections shall be given as nearly as practicable in accordance with the general laws reg…
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Each voter, as defined in Section 13019, shall have one vote.
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In the first district board election the two candidates receiving the highest number of votes shall …
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A majority of the votes cast shall be required to approve a proposition.
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The district may acquire, construct, maintain, and operate property, works, and facilities for any o…
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As used in this chapter, “acquire” includes, but is not restricted to, taking by condemnation, purch…
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The district may hold, use, enjoy, lease or dispose of any of its property.
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Whenever the board determines by resolution that it is feasible, economically sound, and in the publ…
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Bonded indebtedness may be incurred within the district in the manner herein provided.
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The board may compel all residents and property owners in the district to connect their houses, habi…
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(a) No district shall engage in any activity or provide any service not already engaged in or provid…
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(a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, and in addition to any other powers conferr…
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Whenever the board deems it necessary for the district to incur a bonded indebtedness, it shall by r…
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Notice of the hearing shall be given by publication of a copy of the resolution pursuant to Section …
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The copy of the resolution published shall be accompanied by a notice subscribed by the clerk that: …
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At the time and place fixed for the hearing on the resolution declaring the necessity for incurring …
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At the hearing any person interested, including persons owning property within the district, may app…
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At the conclusion of the hearing, the board shall by resolution determine whether the whole or part …
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If the board determines that the whole of the district will not be benefited, the resolution shall a…
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After the formation of an improvement area within the district pursuant to this chapter, all proceed…
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The determination of the board that the whole of the district will be benefited by the bond issue or…
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After the board has made its determination pursuant to Section 13105, if it deems it necessary to in…
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The resolution provided for in Section 13109 shall constitute the notice of such special bond electi…
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The provisions of the Elections Code relating to the qualifications of electors, the manner of votin…
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Every voter within the area designated in the resolution adopted pursuant to Section 13109, but no o…
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A two-thirds vote shall be required for the issuance of general obligation bonds.
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If two-thirds of the vote cast at the election are in favor of incurring the indebtedness, the board…
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The bonds shall be signed by the chair of the board and countersigned by the clerk of the board or t…
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An action to determine the validity of bonds may be brought pursuant to Chapter 9 (commencing with S…
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The district may sell the bonds so issued at the times or in the manner the board deems to be to the…
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Any bonds issued by any area organized under this division are hereby given the same force, value, a…
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The board may, by resolution, do the following: (a) Submit to voters a measure to issue new bonds to…
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The measure may be voted on at any district election or an election may be called for the purpose.
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The procedure upon the election shall be in accordance, so far as applicable, with the procedure upo…
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The refunding bonds may, if the holders of the bonds of an original issue and the board so agree, be…
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The face value of refunding bonds exchanged for original bonds shall not exceed the face value of th…
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The board may raise money by rates or taxes to pay principal and interest of the refunding bonds in …
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Any bonds issued by the district may be made callable by resolution of the board adopted at or prior…
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When bonds are made callable a statement to that effect shall be set forth on the face of the bond.
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Callable bonds may be redeemed on any interest payment date prior to their fixed maturity in such am…
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Notice designating the bonds called for redemption shall be published in a newspaper determined by t…
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If on the date fixed for redemption the district has provided funds available for payment of the pri…
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Revenue bonds may be issued by the district for the acquisition and construction, or acquisition or …
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Proceedings for the authorization, issuance, sale, security, and payment of revenue bonds shall be h…
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The Municipal Improvement Act of 1913 (Division 12 (commencing with Section 10000)) of the Streets a…
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The lien for taxes for the first fiscal year after the district is formed shall attach on the first …
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The board of supervisors shall at the time and in the manner of levying other county taxes, levy and…
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A district may impose a special tax pursuant to Article 3.5 (commencing with Section 50075) of Chapt…
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The tax shall be collected at the same time and in the same manner as the general tax levy for count…
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The principal and interest on district bonds shall be paid by the county treasurer, if payable at hi…
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In a fund called the “Resort Improvement District General Fund,” the treasurer shall place and keep …
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The proceeds of the sale of revenue bonds or general obligation bonds or proceeds of special assessm…
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The money in any construction fund shall be used for the purpose indicated in the resolution calling…
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The bond moneys may also be used for interest and working capital for the period of construction and…
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Any money in the construction fund determined by resolution of the board to be in excess of the amou…
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In a fund called the “Resort Improvement District Bond Fund ____” (inserting series number), the tre…
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No part of the money belonging in the bond fund may be transferred to any other fund or be used for …
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The provisions of this chapter are alternative or supplemental to those providing for the use of the…
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The board may by resolution designate a bank as depositary of any or all of its funds. No question o…
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The charges of any depositary selected shall be a proper expense of the district.
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If the board appoints a depositary, it shall appoint a person who shall be known as finance officer,…
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Bond principal and interest and salaries shall be paid when due. All other claims and demands shall …
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Warrants shall be drawn by the finance officer and signed by the president and secretary, or one of …
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The finance officer shall install and maintain a system of auditing and accounting that shall comple…
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The finance officer shall make annual or earlier written reports to the board, as it shall determine…
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The district may, pursuant to the notice, protest, and hearing procedures in Section 53753 of the Go…
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If the procedures set forth in this section as it read at the time a standby or immediate availabili…
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If any water or sewer standby or immediate availability charge remains unpaid on the first day of th…
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Nothing in this division shall be construed to authorize or permit a district to operate any facilit…
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The county water district may elect to install the facilities for furnishing water services within a…
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The county water district may elect to have the facilities installed by the district for providing w…
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The Grizzly Lake Resort Improvement District, the Napa-Berryessa Resort Improvement District, and th…
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Nothing in this division shall be construed to repeal or limit any power possessed by a county water…
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(a) The Legislature hereby finds and declares that every California youth should be encouraged to re…
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In the Natural Resources Agency there is the California Conservation Corps, which shall be responsib…
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The Legislature finds and declares that the California Conservation Corps provides an invaluable ser…
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(a) The Legislature finds and declares that the State of California has already established a model …
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In memory of Brien Thomas “B.T.” Collins, and on behalf of his passion, support, and commitment to t…
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Unless context otherwise requires, the definitions set forth in this chapter govern the construction…
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“Corps” means the California Conservation Corps.
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“Director” means the Director of the California Conservation Corps.
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Young adults participating in the corps program shall generally be engaged in projects that do the f…
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The Governor shall appoint a director, who shall act as the administrative officer of the corps, and…
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Young adults shall be selected for participation in the corps program on the basis of motivation for…
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(a) The corps shall collaborate with the Department of Veterans Affairs and the Employment Developme…
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The director may employ special corpsmembers without regard to their age so that the corps may draw …
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Projects shall be directed toward providing opportunities to the public for their education or the u…
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In order to protect the rights of corpsmembers individually and the corps as a community, the direct…
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To implement this division, the director may do all of the following: (a) Recruit and enroll corpsme…
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(a) In recruiting and enrolling corpsmembers and special corpsmembers, the director may select an ap…
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(a) In complying with subdivision (b) of Section 14306 and Section 14306.5 of this code and Section …
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Fire prevention, fire suppression, and disaster relief including, but not limited to, flood, earthqu…
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In carrying out this division, the director may utilize any services, materials, or property of any …
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In order to provide the best and most cost-effective training possible for corps members and other s…
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Notwithstanding any other provision of law, corpsmembers and special corpsmembers, other than staff …
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In keeping with the corps’ entrepreneurial nature and to expand the corpsmember population, the corp…
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(a) The Collins-Dugan California Conservation Corps Reimbursement Account is hereby created in the G…
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To assist the corps’ operation as an entrepreneurial and incentive-based program, the director may s…
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(a) Subject to the availability of assistance from the corps, a state agency that is considering the…
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The Department of Finance may make a loan from the General Fund to the Collins-Dugan California Cons…
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(a) The corps may enter into a contract with an individual or collective of community conservation c…
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The director may establish a training program for members of county or city conservation corps. The …
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If the corps establishes a training program as described in Section 14350, the corps may contract wi…
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The corps shall develop nonresidential programs in urban communities, and may develop those programs…
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The corps shall develop procedures for recruiting high school dropouts from the neighborhoods in whi…
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The corps shall give priority to providing an educational component for corpsmembers who have not co…
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(a) The corps shall cooperate with, and seek the cooperation of, state and local workforce investmen…
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The corps shall assist corpsmembers who desire to return to school to develop plans to accomplish th…
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Implementation of the educational component of the nonresidential program established pursuant to th…
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The corps may contract with public or private nonprofit agencies to provide services for a nonreside…
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No later than July 1, 2019, the director shall establish a forestry corps program.
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(a) The forestry corps program shall accomplish all of the following objectives: (1) Develop and imp…
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Forest health projects may include, but are not limited to, all of the following: (a) Fuels reductio…
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(a) No later than January 1, 2020, the director shall establish two forestry corps crews, one to be …
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(a) The Legislature finds and declares all of the following: (1) Conserving or developing natural re…
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(a) The director may establish the Education and Employment Reentry Program within the corps and may…
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(a) Persons described in Section 14415.1 shall be selected for participation as a program member on …
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Participants in the program shall generally be engaged in any of the following activities: (a) Natur…
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The program shall accomplish all of the following objectives: (a) Develop, partner with, and create …
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The program established pursuant to this chapter shall not replace or restrict existing or future pr…
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Implementation of the program pursuant to this chapter is contingent upon an appropriation being mad…
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For purposes of this chapter, “cohort” means all corpsmembers who permanently separate from the corp…
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It is the intent of the Legislature in enacting this chapter to evaluate how effectively the corps t…
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(a) Commencing January 1, 2020, the corps shall report by December 31 of each year the total number …
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This division shall be known and may be cited as the California Beverage Container Recycling and Lit…
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The Legislature finds and declares as follows: (a) Experience in this state and others demonstrates …
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This division does not apply to any beverage container which is sold and delivered to a railroad, sl…
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Unless the context otherwise requires, the definitions in this chapter govern the construction of th…
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“Aluminum beverage container” means a beverage container which consists primarily of aluminum.
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“Average monthly volume” means the average number of empty beverage containers per month received by…
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“Bag drop recycling center” means a recycling mechanism operated by a certified recycling center at …
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“Beneficiating processor” means any person certified by the department as a processor who also benef…
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(a) Except as provided in subdivision (b), “beverage” means any of the following products if those p…
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“Beverage container” means the individual, separate bottle, can, jar, carton, or other receptacle, h…
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(a) Except as provided in subdivision (b), “beverage manufacturer” means any person who bottles, can…
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“Bimetal container” means a beverage container which consists of one or more metals and which is com…
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“Commingled” means a mix of empty beverage containers, as defined in Section 14512, and all other co…
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“Commingled rate” means the ratio of empty beverage containers, as defined in Section 14512, to all …
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(a) “Community Conservation Corps” means a nonprofit public benefit corporation formed or operating …
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“Consumer” means every person who, for his or her use or consumption, purchases a beverage in a beve…
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“Container manufacturer” means any person who produces beverage containers for filling by beverage m…
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“Cullet” means scrap glass that is derived from postfilled food, drink, or beverage container glass …
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(a) “Convenience zone” means either of the following: (1) The area within a one mile radius of a sup…
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“Curbside program” means a recycling program which meets all of the following criteria: (a) The prog…
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(a) “Dealer” means a retail establishment that offers the sale of beverages in beverage containers t…
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“Dealer cooperative” means a stewardship organization that is exempt from taxation under Section 501…
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“Department” means the Division of Recycling in the Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery.
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“Director” means the Director of Resources Recycling and Recovery.
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“Distributor” means every person who engages in the sale of beverages in beverage containers to a de…
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“Drink” means fruit juice or any other noncarbonated drink.
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“Dropoff or collection program” means any person, association, nonprofit corporation, church, club, …
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“Empty beverage container” means a beverage container which meets all of the following requirements:…
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“Food or drink packaging material” means any material which is not a beverage container in which a f…
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“For recycling” means that an empty beverage container has been received by a processor who has an a…
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“Fund” means the California Beverage Container Recycling Fund established pursuant to subdivision (a…
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“Glass beverage container” means a beverage container which has a body consisting primarily of glass…
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(a) Except as provided under Section 14549, “glass container manufacturer” means a person who manufa…
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“Glass food or drink container” means any nonbeverage container, whose principal component part or p…
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“Handling fee” means an amount paid to an operator of a supermarket site, a rural region recycler, a…
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“HDPE” means a plastic beverage container labeled with a “2” for high-density-polyethylene resin pur…
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“Managing employee” includes, but is not limited to, any person who manages the operation of a facil…
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“Neighborhood dropoff program” means a recycling program that meets all of the following criteria: (…
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“Not for recycling” means that an empty beverage container has been received by a processor who does…
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“Nonprofit convenience zone recycler” means a recycling center that is either of the following: (a) …
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“Other beverage container” means a beverage container which has a body consisting of metal, glass, p…
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“Out-of-state container” means a used beverage container or used beverage container component that i…
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“Person” means any individual, corporation, operation, or entity, whether or not certified or regist…
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“PET container” means a plastic beverage container labeled with a “1” pursuant to Section 18015 and …
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“Physical recycling location” means the area in a convenience zone served by one or more reverse ven…
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(a) “Pilot project recycler” means a recycling location established under Section 14571.9. (b) This …
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“Place of business of the dealer” means the location at which a dealer sells, or offers for sale, be…
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“Plastic beverage container” means a beverage container which has a body consisting primarily of pla…
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“Postfilled container” means any container which had been previously filled with a beverage or food.
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“Processor” means any person, including a scrap dealer, certified by the department who purchases em…
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“Processing fee” means the amount paid by beverage manufacturers to the department pursuant to Secti…
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“Processing payment” means an amount paid to processors, dropoff or collection programs, curbside pr…
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“Recycle,” “recycled,” “recycling,” or “recyclable” means the reuse or refilling of empty beverage c…
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“Recycler” means a recycling center, dropoff or collection program, or curbside program.
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“Recycling center” means an operation which is certified by the department and which accepts from co…
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“Recycling location” means a place, mobile unit, reverse vending machine, or other device where a ce…
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“Noncertified recycler” means a person, entity, or operation which is not certified by the departmen…
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“Recycling rate” means the proportion of empty beverage containers by type returned to processors fo…
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“Redemption” and “redeem” means the return to a recycling center or location of an empty beverage co…
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“Redemption payment” means the minimum amount paid by a distributor to the department for every beve…
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“Redemption rate” means the proportion of empty beverage containers returned to processors measured …
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“Refund value” means the amount established for each type of beverage container pursuant to Section …
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“Refillable beverage container” means any aluminum beverage container, bimetal beverage container, g…
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“Reusable beverage container” means a glass beverage container with a refund value established pursu…
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“Reverse vending machine” means a mechanical device which accepts one or more types of empty beverag…
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“Rural region recycler” means an operator that is certified pursuant to subparagraph (A) of paragrap…
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“Scrap value” means the price paid for container material types subject to this division, after ship…
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“Supermarket” means a full-line, self-service retail store with gross annual sales of two million do…
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“Supermarket site” means any certified recycling center which redeems all types of empty beverage co…
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“Use or consumption” includes the exercise of any right or power over a beverage incidental to the b…
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“Universal product code” is an 11-digit, all-numeric code that represents a beverage container or ot…
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“Voluntary artificial scrap value” means a price paid by a willing purchaser of empty PET containers…
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(a) “Wine and distilled spirit cooler” means a beverage containing wine or distilled spirits to whic…
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This division is a matter of statewide interest and concern and is applicable uniformly throughout t…
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Any action to increase recycling taken by the department, or by any person or entity, affecting scra…
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(a) Except as provided in subdivision (b), this division does not apply to any program involving the…
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This division shall be administered by the department. Notwithstanding Section 607, the department m…
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There is hereby created within the department a recycling financial analysis and policy development …
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The Division of Recycling shall be administered by an assistant director who is appointed by the Gov…
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(a) For purposes of entering into contracts for consulting, promotional, or advisory services necess…
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Upon the request of the department, the Attorney General shall represent the department and the stat…
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A payment made pursuant to this division, including, but not limited to, a handling fee payment, ref…
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(a) Except as provided in subdivision (b), the director shall adopt, amend, or repeal all rules and …
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Notwithstanding Section 14536, if the department determines that it is necessary to adopt or amend r…
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A traffic officer, as defined in Section 625 of the Vehicle Code, or a peace officer, as specified i…
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(a) In carrying out the division, the department may solicit and use all expertise available in othe…
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For purposes of Section 12024.13 of the Business and Professions Code, the department shall notify t…
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The department shall keep accurate books, records, and accounts of all of its dealings, and these bo…
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The department shall, to the extent feasible, make efforts to streamline and consolidate forms used …
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The department shall provide on its internet website information that enables consumers to identify …
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(a) (1) The department shall certify an operator of a recycling center pursuant to this section. (2)…
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(a) (1) The department shall certify processors pursuant to this section. (2) The department shall r…
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(a) The department shall certify dropoff and collection programs pursuant to this section. The direc…
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The department may review and verify all applications for certification of recycling centers and pro…
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(a) The department may issue a certificate pursuant to an initial or renewal application for certifi…
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Any certification or registration granted by the department is a privilege and not a vested right or…
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(a) In order to stimulate the increased use of glass cullet in making new glass beverage containers …
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(a) In order to facilitate increased recycling of empty glass beverage containers in the state, the …
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(a) In order to facilitate transportation of empty glass beverage containers from throughout the sta…
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(a) (1) Between January 1, 2022, and December 31, 2024, inclusive, the total number of plastic bever…
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(a) For purposes of this section, “thermoform plastic container” means a plastic container, such as …
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(a) Every glass container manufacturer shall report to the department each month, by a method as det…
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(a) In order to improve the quality and marketability of empty beverage containers collected for rec…
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(a) For purposes of this section, the following definitions shall apply: (1) “Certified entity” mean…
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(a) On or before March 1 of each year, a manufacturer of a beverage sold in a plastic beverage conta…
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The department shall study and develop a system or process to address the issue of glass contaminati…
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On or before April 1, 2004, and annually thereafter, or more frequently as determined to be necessar…
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(a) The department, consistent with Section 14581 and subject to the availability of funds, shall an…
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(a) In order to develop California markets for glass beverage containers collected for recycling in …
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(a) A beverage manufacturer may agree with one or more beverage manufacturers to submit a consolidat…
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(a) (1) Every processor shall report to the department for each month the amount of empty beverage c…
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(a) The department shall establish reporting periods for the reporting of redemption rates and recyc…
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The department shall make available the information collected pursuant to subdivision (a) of Section…
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(a) The department shall register the operators of curbside programs pursuant to this section. (b) E…
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(a) The department shall establish and implement an auditing system to ensure that the information c…
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(a) The department shall supply all certified processors with a standardized rejection form that sha…
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(a) A certified processor seeking to dispose of rejected postfilled containers may not dispose of re…
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(a) Except as provided in subdivision (b), all reports, claims, and other information required pursu…
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The department shall establish procedures to protect any privileged, confidential, commercial, or fi…
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(a) On or before July 1, 2025, the department shall provide to the Legislature, and post on its inte…
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(a) Not less than once every six months, the department shall post on its internet website, at a min…
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(a) (1) Except as provided in paragraph (3), a beverage distributor shall pay the department, for de…
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(a) (1) Except as provided in paragraph (2), an invoice or other form of accounting of a transaction…
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(a) A beverage manufacturer shall clearly indicate on all beverage containers sold or offered for sa…
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The Legislature hereby finds and declares that the minimum redemption payment established by this ar…
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(a) Every dealer shall post a clear and conspicuous sign of at least 10 inches by 15 inches at each …
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(a) Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, there shall be at least one certified recycling ce…
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On or before January 1 of each year, the department shall, on a statewide basis, designate all conve…
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The department shall continuously assist dealers and recyclers to establish certified recycling loca…
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(a) The department shall continuously assist any certified recycler to achieve greater service to th…
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(a) (1) The department shall certify one operator to establish the Pacific Beach Mobile Recycling Pr…
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The department may, in a rural region, as identified pursuant to subparagraph (A) of paragraph (1) o…
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(a) Except as provided in subdivision (b), in any convenience zone where a recycling location or loc…
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(a) No lease entered into by a dealer after January 1, 1987, may contain a leasehold restriction tha…
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(a) (1) Until January 1, 2032, the department may approve up to 10 recycling pilot projects that mee…
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(a) (1) Except as provided in subdivision (b), a certified recycling center shall accept from any co…
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(a) A dealer delivering empty beverage containers received from the public to a certified recycling …
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A certified recycling center, other than a reverse vending machine, shall accept from any consumer o…
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(a) The department shall pay to a processor, for every empty beverage container received by the proc…
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(a) (1) In addition to other payments authorized by this division, the department shall pay to a rec…
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(a) Except as provided in Section 14573.6, a processor shall pay, by check or electronic transfer, t…
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No dropoff or collection program shall pay any refund value to the consumer, and a dropoff or collec…
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Notwithstanding Sections 14573 and 14573.5, the department may require a recycling center, pursuant …
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(a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this division, recycling centers and processors shall not…
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(a) (1) A distributor of beverage containers shall pay to the department the redemption payment for …
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(a) If any type of empty beverage container with a refund value established pursuant to Section 1456…
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(a) Notwithstanding subdivision (b) of Section 14575, if a willing purchaser offers to purchase empt…
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(a) It is the intent of the Legislature that all provisions of this division be interpreted to encou…
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(a) In any convenience zone where no recycling location has been established that satisfies the requ…
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(a) By January 1, 2024, the department may provide one or more model dealer cooperative redemption p…
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(a) Except as provided in subdivision (d), the department shall deposit all amounts paid as redempti…
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(a) Subject to the availability of funds and in accordance with subdivision (b), the department shal…
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(a) The department shall expend in each fiscal year, from the moneys set aside in the fund pursuant …
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The Recycling Infrastructure Loan Guarantee Account is hereby created as a revolving account in the …
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Notwithstanding Section 14581, on and after July 1, 2012, the department shall not make any payments…
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(a) Operators of reverse vending machines or processors may apply to the Capital Programs and Climat…
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(a) The department shall adopt guidelines and methods for paying handling fees to supermarket sites,…
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(a) The department shall not make handling fee payments to a supermarket site if the department dete…
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This division does not create any guarantee of a continuing level of support, or other obligation on…
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This division does not require or create any obligation that payments made pursuant to this division…
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It is the intent of the Legislature that handling fees paid to supermarket site recycling centers pu…
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(a) As used in this chapter, “unfair and predatory pricing” means the payment to consumers by a supe…
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(a) To ensure that handling fees paid to a supermarket site are not used for the purpose of engaging…
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If any provision of this division or the application thereof to any person or circumstances is held …
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(a) Except as provided in subdivision (b), in addition to any other applicable civil or criminal pen…
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(a) (1) The department may assess a civil penalty upon a person who violates this division in an amo…
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(a) The department may take disciplinary action against any party responsible for directing, contrib…
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In any civil or administrative action brought pursuant to this division in which the department prev…
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(a) In addition to any other remedies, penalties, and disciplinary actions provided by this division…
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After the time for judicial review under Section 11523 of the Government Code has expired, the depar…
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(a) When a person is engaged in recycling activity that violates this division, any regulation adopt…
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Notwithstanding subdivisions (b) and (c) of Section 14591.1, the department may assess a civil penal…
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(a) Notwithstanding subdivisions (b) and (c) of Section 14591.1, the department may assess a civil p…
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(a) Notwithstanding Section 14591.1, the department may assess upon any person, entity, or operation…
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The Legislature finds and declares that the redemption of beverage container material imported from …
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For purposes of this chapter, the following definitions shall apply: (a) “Person” means any individu…
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(a) (1) No person shall pay, claim, or receive any refund value, processing payment, handling fee, o…
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(a) Any person importing more than 25 pounds of empty aluminum, bimetal, or plastic beverage contain…
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(a) No person shall falsify documents required pursuant to this division or pursuant to regulations …
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The department may adopt emergency regulations to implement this chapter. Any emergency regulations,…
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This division shall be known, and may be cited, as the Dry Cell Battery Management Act.
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The Legislature hereby finds and declares as follows: (a) On the basis of available scientific and m…
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The definitions in this chapter govern the construction of this division.
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“Battery pack” means any combination of dry cell batteries containing one or more rechargeable batte…
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“Board” means the California Integrated Waste Management Board.
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“Dry cell battery” means any type of enclosed device or sealed container consisting of one or more v…
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“Easily removable,” with respect to a rechargeable battery or battery pack, means that the rechargea…
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“Manufacturer” means any person who manufactures dry cell batteries, rechargeable batteries or batte…
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“Mercuric oxide button cell battery” means a battery which contains mercuric oxide electrodes, resem…
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“Mercuric oxide battery” means a battery containing mercuric oxide electrodes, except that mercuric …
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(a) “Rechargeable battery” means any dry cell battery containing an electrode composed of cadmium or…
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“Rechargeable consumer product” means any product, including any laptop computer or cordless electri…
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“Remanufactured product” means a rechargeable consumer product manufactured prior to July 1, 1994, w…
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(a) On and after January 1, 1995, no person shall sell or offer for sale in this state any rechargea…
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(a) Any manufacturer of, or any manufacturer trade organization with respect to, any rechargeable ba…
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Any action solely to increase the recycling of rechargeable batteries or battery packs by any person…
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For purposes of carrying out the collection, storage, transportation, and recycling of used recharge…
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No person shall sell any dry cell battery manufactured on and after January 1, 1994, for household u…
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On and after January 1, 1994, no person shall manufacture or sell any mercuric oxide button cell bat…
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No person shall sell any alkaline manganese battery manufactured on or after January 1, 1996, if the…
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No person shall sell any zinc-carbon battery manufactured on or after January 1, 1994, if the batter…
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Any violation of this chapter is a misdemeanor.
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For purposes of this article, the following terms have the following meanings: (a) “Mercury-added no…
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(a) On and after July 1, 2002, no person, other than a person licensed pursuant to Article 9 (commen…
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(a) On and after January 1, 2003, no person shall manufacture, offer for final sale or use, or distr…
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No school in this state shall purchase, for use in the classroom, elemental mercury, mercury compoun…
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No person may sell or offer for sale in this state a vehicle manufactured on or after January 1, 200…
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The Legislature finds and declares all of the following: (a) Facilitating the recycling of natural r…
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For purposes of this division, “recycled concrete” means reclaimed concrete material used in concret…
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(a) Recycled concrete materials may be used if a user has been fully informed that the concrete may …
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No recycled concrete shall be offered, provided, or sold to the Department of Transportation or the …
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This division does not supersede the requirements of the California Building Code or other provision…
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For purposes of this division, “grease waste hauler” means a transporter of inedible kitchen grease …
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(a) A grease waste hauler shall not remove grease from a grease trap or grease interceptor unless th…
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A violation of this division may only be enforced against a grease waste hauling company and shall n…
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(a) A grease waste hauler who violates this division shall be subject to a civil penalty, for the fi…
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For purposes of this division, the following definitions shall apply: (a) “Certified community conse…
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(a) For purposes of the 2014–15 fiscal year only, subject to Section 17002, the department shall exp…
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The amount the department may expend for a fiscal year pursuant to Section 17001 shall not exceed th…
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Notwithstanding the prohibition on hiring or retaining an employee with a controlled substance offen…
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The Legislature finds and declares the following: (a) Facilitating the recycling of plastics is in t…
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“Rigid plastic container” means any formed or molded article comprised predominantly of plastic resi…
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“Rigid plastic bottle” means any rigid plastic container with a neck that is smaller than the contai…
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“Label” means a code label described in Section 18015 molded into the bottom of the plastic product.
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“Polyethylene terephthalate” means a plastic derived from a reaction between terephthalic acid or di…
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(a) All rigid plastic bottles and rigid plastic containers sold in the state shall be labeled with a…
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On and after January 1, 1992, it is unlawful to manufacture for use in this state any rigid plastic …
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This division does not apply to rigid plastic containers or rigid plastic bottles that are medical d…
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The Legislature finds and declares all of the following: (a) Recycling of glass sold in the state be…
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This division shall be known and may be cited as the Fiberglass Recycled Content Act of 1991.
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For purposes of this division, the following definitions shall apply: (a) “Cullet” means postconsume…
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Except as provided in Section 19511, every manufacturer shall ensure that the annual tonnage of fibe…
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The percentage of fiberglass sold which is made of cullet shall be calculated in tons used on an ann…
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On or before January 1, 1994, the department shall request comments from at least two fiberglass man…
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The quality specifications provided in this chapter are the minimum quality specifications which cul…
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Chemical Composition Tolerance (+ or - Oxides Percentage Weight Percentage Range) Silicon Dioxide 66…
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Contaminants Other Inorganic Material Percentage Weight + 12 Mesh None + 20 Mesh less than 0.1 − 20 …
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Physical Composition Particle Size: Cullet shall be one of two types below depending upon the requir…
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The department may change minimum quality specifications based upon the fiberglass industries’ abili…
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A fiberglass manufacturer shall comply with all applicable state and federal laws, regulations, and …
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Each fiberglass manufacturer shall, on or before March 1 of each year, submit a report to the depart…
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Every fiberglass manufacturer who submits glass cullet content usage certification pursuant to Secti…
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If a manufacturer of fiberglass is unable to obtain sufficient amounts of cullet within any certific…
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For the purposes of implementing and enforcing these provisions, the department shall develop and ma…
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If any person provides a fiberglass manufacturer with false or misleading information concerning the…
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If any fiberglass manufacturer provides the department with a false or misleading certificate concer…
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If any fiberglass manufacturer provides the department with a false or misleading certificate concer…
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Information on glass cullet prices or other prices obtained by the department in the course of an au…
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This division does not prevent a person from selling or using fiberglass made of 100 percent virgin …
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(a) Any person who violates Chapter 2 (commencing with Section 19510) or this section is guilty of a…
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The Legislature finds and declares as follows: (a) The maintenance of a quality environment for the …
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The Legislature further finds and declares that it is the policy of the state to: (a) Develop and ma…
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The Legislature further finds and declares that it is the policy of the state that projects to be ca…
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The Legislature finds and declares that it is the policy of the state that public agencies should no…
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In order to achieve the objectives set forth in Section 21002, the Legislature hereby finds and decl…
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The Legislature further finds and declares that it is the policy of the state that: (a) Local agenci…
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The Legislature further finds and declares it is the policy of the state that: (a) Comments from the…
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In mitigating or avoiding a significant effect of a project on the environment, a public agency may …
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(a) The Legislature finds and declares that it is the policy of the state that noncompliance with th…
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The Legislature finds and declares that this division is an integral part of any public agency’s dec…
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This division shall be known and may be cited as the California Environmental Quality Act.
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Unless the context otherwise requires, the definitions in this chapter govern the construction of th…
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(a) “Agricultural land” means prime farmland, farmland of statewide importance, or unique farmland, …
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(a) “Bus rapid transit” means a public mass transit service provided by a public agency or by a publ…
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“Emergency” means a sudden, unexpected occurrence, involving a clear and imminent danger, demanding …
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“Distribution center” means a warehouse distribution center, as defined in Section 2100 of the Labor…
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“Environment” means the physical conditions which exist within the area which will be affected by a …
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“Environmental impact report” means a detailed statement setting forth the matters specified in Sect…
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“Feasible” means capable of being accomplished in a successful manner within a reasonable period of …
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“Land evaluation and site assessment” means a decisionmaking methodology for assessing the potential…
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“Infill site” means a site in an urbanized area that meets either of the following criteria: (a) The…
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“Local agency” means any public agency other than a state agency, board, or commission. For purposes…
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“Public agency” includes any state agency, board, or commission, any county, city and county, city, …
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“Negative declaration” means a written statement briefly describing the reasons that a proposed proj…
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“Major transit stop” means a site containing any of the following: (a) An existing rail or bus rapid…
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“Mitigated negative declaration” means a negative declaration prepared for a project when the initia…
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“Oil and gas infrastructure” means a facility used for the production, processing, transmission, sto…
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“Project” means an activity which may cause either a direct physical change in the environment, or a…
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“Project-specific effect” means all the direct or indirect environmental effects of a project other …
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“Geothermal exploratory project” means a project as defined in Section 21065 composed of not more th…
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“Person” includes any person, firm, association, organization, partnership, business, trust, corpora…
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“Lead agency” means the public agency which has the principal responsibility for carrying out or app…
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“Natural and protected lands” means sites located within any of the following locations: (a) The sta…
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“Significant effect on the environment” means a substantial, or potentially substantial, adverse cha…
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“Tiering” or “tier” means the coverage of general matters and environmental effects in an environmen…
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“Responsible agency” means a public agency, other than the lead agency, which has responsibility for…
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“Trustee agency” means a state agency that has jurisdiction by law over natural resources affected b…
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“Urbanized area” means either of the following: (a) An incorporated city that meets either of the fo…
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“Qualified urban use” means any residential, commercial, public institutional, transit or transporta…
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“California Native American tribe” means a Native American tribe located in California that is on th…
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(a) “Tribal cultural resources” are either of the following: (1) Sites, features, places, cultural l…
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(a) Except as otherwise provided in this division, this division shall apply to discretionary projec…
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This division shall not apply to any activity or approval necessary for the reopening and operation …
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(a) The lead agency shall be responsible for determining whether the project is exempt from this div…
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This division shall not apply to any activity or approval necessary for or incidental to planning, d…
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In the case of a project described in subdivision (c) of Section 21065, the determination required b…
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(a) Prior to determining whether a negative declaration or environmental impact report is required f…
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This division shall not apply to any activity or approval necessary for or incidental to the locatio…
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(a) The Legislature finds and declares that California Native American tribes traditionally and cult…
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(a) As a part of the consultation pursuant to Section 21080.3.1, the parties may propose mitigation …
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(a) Notwithstanding paragraph (10) of subdivision (b) of Section 21080, this division applies to a p…
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(a) If a lead agency determines that an environmental impact report is required for a project, the l…
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This division does not apply to a project by a public agency to lease or purchase the rail right-of-…
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(a) Except as provided in Section 21158.1, when the regulatory program of a state agency requires a …
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This division shall not apply to any activity or approval necessary for or incidental to planning, d…
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This division does not apply to the conversion of an existing rental mobilehome park to a resident i…
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This division shall not apply to activities and approvals by any local government, as defined in Sec…
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(a) For purposes of this section, the following definitions apply: (1) “Public higher education” has…
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This division does not apply to any of the following: (a) An extension of time, granted pursuant to …
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This division shall not apply to settlements of title and boundary problems by the State Lands Commi…
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(a) This division does not apply to actions of the Office of Planning and Research and its subsidiar…
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(a) This division shall not apply to any railroad grade separation project that eliminates an existi…
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This division does not apply to the adoption of an ordinance by a city or county to implement Sectio…
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This division does not apply to the closing of any public school in which kindergarten or any of gra…
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This division does not apply to a project for restriping of streets or highways to relieve traffic c…
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(a) (1) (A) This division does not apply to an active transportation plan, a pedestrian plan, or a b…
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This division does not apply to any project of less than one mile in length within a public street o…
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(a) This division does not apply to activities and approvals by a local government necessary for the…
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(a) This division does not apply to any project which consists of the inspection, maintenance, repai…
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This division does not apply to the issuance, modification, amendment, or renewal of a permit by an …
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(a) For purposes of this section, the following definitions apply: (1) “Affordable housing” means an…
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This division does not apply to minor alterations to utilities made for the purposes of complying wi…
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(a) For purposes of this section, the following definitions apply: (1) “Affordable cost” has the sam…
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(a) This division does not apply to any of the following activities by a local agency: (1) An action…
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(a) This division does not apply to either of the following: (1) The acquisition, sale, or other tra…
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(a) It is the intent of the Legislature in enacting this section to clarify the applicability of thi…
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(a) A project located in Los Angeles County that is approved by a public agency before the effective…
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(a) For purposes of this section, “real estate transaction” means the acquisition or disposition of …
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(a) For purposes of this section, the following terms have the following definitions: (1) “Adequate …
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(a) This section shall only apply to publicly owned transit agencies, but shall not apply to any pub…
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This division does not apply to any emergency project undertaken, carried out, or approved by a publ…
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For the purposes of Section 21069, the phrase “carrying out or approving a project” shall include th…
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(a) Except as provided in subdivision (d), this division does not apply to the installation of a sol…
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(a) For purposes of this section, the following definitions apply: (1) “Affordable housing project” …
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(a) The following transportation projects are exempt from this division: (1) U.S. Highway 101 interc…
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The Legislature finds and declares all of the following: (a) The Legislature reaffirms that the Cali…
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(a) For purposes of this section, all of the following definitions apply: (1) “Department” means the…
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(a) This division does not apply to a new agricultural employee housing project that complies with S…
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(a) Without limiting any other statutory exemption or categorical exemption, this division does not …
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(a) For purposes of this section, the following definitions apply: (1) “Community water system” mean…
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(a) This division does not apply to a project, as defined in Section 21080.47, that is a community w…
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This division does not apply to any of the following wildfire risk reduction projects, if the projec…
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(a) For purposes of this section, the following definitions apply: (1) “Interim motel housing projec…
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(a) This division does not apply to a project undertaken by any entity, including a public entity or…
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This division does not apply to updates to the state’s climate adaptation strategy, known as the pla…
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(a) This division does not apply to a project that is exclusively one of the following: (1) A projec…
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This division does not apply to any activity or approval necessary for or incidental to planning, de…
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(a) For purposes of this section, the following definitions apply: (1) “Faculty and staff housing pr…
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(a) This division does not apply to routine maintenance of public stormwater facilities that are ful…
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(a) This division does not apply to any activity or approval necessary for the completion of the pub…
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(a) Without limiting any other statutory or categorical exemption, this division does not apply to a…
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(a) Except as provided in subdivision (b), this division does not apply to any of the following proj…
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(a) This division does not apply to a project that consists of the development, construction, or ope…
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Notwithstanding any other law, a housing development project, as defined in paragraph (2) of subdivi…
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(a) The Legislature finds and declares all of the following: (1) The Legislature recognizes the sign…
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(a) This division does not apply to a rezoning that implements the schedule of actions contained in …
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The University of California and the California State University are not required to conduct a “no p…
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Pursuant to the policy stated in Sections 21002 and 21002.1, no public agency shall approve or carry…
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(a) Except as provided in subdivision (c), if a residential project, not exceeding 100 units, with a…
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(a) Except as specified in subdivision (b), a lead agency is not required to evaluate the aesthetic …
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In making the findings required by paragraph (3) of subdivision (a) of Section 21081, the public age…
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(a) When making the findings required by paragraph (1) of subdivision (a) of Section 21081 or when a…
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Transportation information resulting from the reporting or monitoring program required to be adopted…
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All public agencies shall adopt by ordinance, resolution, rule, or regulation, objectives, criteria,…
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(a) A draft environmental impact report, environmental impact report, negative declaration, or mitig…
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(a) The lead agency shall determine whether a project may have a significant effect on the environme…
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(a) Any mitigation measures agreed upon in the consultation conducted pursuant to Section 21080.3.2 …
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In describing and evaluating a project in an environmental review document prepared pursuant to this…
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(a) The Office of Planning and Research shall prepare and develop proposed guidelines for the implem…
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(a) On or after January 1, 2013, at the time of the next review of the guidelines prepared and devel…
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It is the intent of the Legislature that courts, consistent with generally accepted rules of statuto…
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(a) As part of the determination made pursuant to Section 21080.1, the lead agency shall determine w…
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(a) If a parcel has been zoned to accommodate a particular density of development or has been design…
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(a) (1) On or before July 1, 2027, the Office of Land Use and Climate Innovation shall map the eligi…
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(a) For purposes of this section, “oak” means a native tree species in the genus Quercus, not design…
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(a) The guidelines prepared and adopted pursuant to Section 21083 shall provide that, when an enviro…
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The Office of Planning and Research and the Natural Resources Agency shall periodically update the g…
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In the event that a project requires both an environmental impact report prepared pursuant to the re…
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(a) In the event that a project requires both an environmental impact report prepared pursuant to th…
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(a) (1) For purposes of this section, “reuse plan” for a military base means an initial plan for the…
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On or before July 1, 2016, the Office of Planning and Research shall prepare and develop, and the Se…
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(a) Notwithstanding Section 21080.4, 21104, or 21153, a lead agency shall call at least one scoping …
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(a) The guidelines prepared and adopted pursuant to Section 21083 shall include a list of classes of…
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A project that may cause a substantial adverse change in the significance of an historical resource …
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A project with an effect that may cause a substantial adverse change in the significance of a tribal…
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(a) Public agencies shall, when feasible, avoid damaging effects to any tribal cultural resource. (b…
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For purposes of this division, for residential projects, the effects of noise generated by project o…
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(a) For purposes of this section, the following definitions apply: (1) “Long-range development plan”…
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(a) A public agency may, at any time, request the addition or deletion of a class of projects, to th…
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(a) For purposes of this section, the following definitions apply: (1) “Equivalent documentation” me…
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The Secretary of the Resources Agency shall provide for the timely distribution to all public agenci…
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(a) A lead agency may charge and collect a reasonable fee from a person proposing a project subject …
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(a) An environmental impact report for a redevelopment plan may be a master environmental impact rep…
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For all purposes of this division, a geothermal exploratory project shall be deemed to be separate a…
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(a) The public review period for a draft environmental impact report shall not be less than 30 days.…
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Notwithstanding subdivision (a) of Section 21091, or any other provision of this division, the publi…
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(a) A lead agency that is preparing an environmental impact report or a negative declaration or maki…
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When significant new information is added to an environmental impact report after notice has been gi…
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(a) The notices required pursuant to Sections 21080.4, 21083.9, 21092, 21108, 21152, and 21161 shall…
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The notices required pursuant to Sections 21080.4 and 21092 for an environmental impact report shall…
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(a) For a project of statewide, regional, or areawide significance, the lead agency shall consult wi…
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(a) At least 10 days prior to certifying an environmental impact report, the lead agency shall provi…
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(a) The lead agency shall consult the lists compiled pursuant to Section 65962.5 of the Government C…
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(a) The Legislature finds and declares that tiering of environmental impact reports will promote con…
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(a) Where a prior environmental impact report has been prepared and certified for a program, plan, p…
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(a) (1) If an environmental impact report was certified for a planning level decision of a city or c…
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(a) The Office of Land Use and Climate Innovation shall prepare, develop, and transmit to the Natura…
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(a) The Resources Agency, in consultation with the Office of Planning and Research, shall develop an…
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(a) If a lead agency prepares an environmental impact report for a project situated within airport l…
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This division does not apply to the San Quentin Rehabilitation Center, San Quentin: Demolition of Bu…
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(a) For purposes of this section, the following terms have the following meanings: (1) “Low-level fl…
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(a) For purposes of this section, the following terms mean the following: (1) “Employment center pro…
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(a) On or before January 1, 2028, the Department of Housing and Community Development shall conduct …
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(a) All lead agencies shall prepare, or cause to be prepared by contract, and certify the completion…
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The information described in subparagraph (B) of paragraph (2) of subdivision (b) of Section 21100 s…
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(a) (1) For projects described in subdivision (c) of Section 21065, each state agency shall establis…
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In regard to any proposed federal project in this state which may have a significant effect on the e…
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No state agency, board, or commission shall request funds, nor shall any state agency, board, or com…
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(a) Prior to completing an environmental impact report, the state lead agency shall consult with, an…
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The state lead agency shall consult with, and obtain written findings from, the Department of Fish a…
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The state lead agency shall include the environmental impact report as a part of the regular project…
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All state agencies, boards, and commissions shall request in their budgets the funds necessary to pr…
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(a) If a state agency approves or determines to carry out a project that is subject to this division…
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State agencies, boards, and commissions, responsible for allocating state or federal funds on a proj…
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(a) All local agencies shall prepare, or cause to be prepared by contract, and certify the completio…
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(a) Notwithstanding paragraph (6) of subdivision (b) of Section 21080, or Section 21080.5 or 21084, …
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To promote the safety of pupils and comprehensive community planning the governing board of each sch…
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(a) An environmental impact report shall not be certified or a negative declaration shall not be app…
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(a) (1) For projects described in subdivision (c) of Section 21065, each local agency shall establis…
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Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a lead agency shall prepare or cause to be prepared by c…
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(a) An environmental impact report shall not be certified or a negative declaration shall not be app…
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Whenever a city or county determines that a project, as defined in Section 10912 of the Water Code, …
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(a) If a local agency approves or determines to carry out a project that is subject to this division…
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(a) When a local agency determines that a project is not subject to this division pursuant to Sectio…
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(a) Prior to completing an environmental impact report, every local lead agency shall consult with, …
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Whenever any state agency, board, or commission issues an order which requires a local agency to car…
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(a) This chapter applies only to a transit priority project that is consistent with the general use …
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If the legislative body finds, after conducting a public hearing, that a transit priority project me…
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(a) A transit priority project that has incorporated all feasible mitigation measures, performance s…
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(a) The legislative body of a local jurisdiction may adopt traffic mitigation measures that would ap…
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(a) Except as provided in subdivision (b), a residential, employment center, as defined in paragraph…
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A lead agency shall prepare an environmental impact report when designating a housing sustainability…
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This division does not apply to a housing project undertaken in a housing sustainability district de…
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It is the intent of the Legislature in enacting this chapter that a master environmental impact repo…
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(a) A master environmental impact report may be prepared for any one of the following projects: (1) …
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The preparation and certification of a master environmental impact report, if prepared and certified…
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(a) A proposed mitigated negative declaration shall be prepared for any proposed subsequent project …
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(a) The master environmental impact report shall not be used for the purposes of this chapter if eit…
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(a) For purposes of this section, a master environmental impact report is a document prepared in acc…
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(a) A focused environmental impact report is an environmental impact report on a subsequent project …
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When a lead agency is required to prepare an environmental impact report pursuant to subdivision (d)…
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(a) Where a project consists of multiple-family residential development of not more than 100 units o…
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(a) An agency listed in Section 21159.4 shall perform, at the time of the adoption of a rule or regu…
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(a) A focused environmental impact report may be utilized if a project meets all of the following re…
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(a) If a project consists solely of compliance with a performance standard or treatment requirement …
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In the preparation of any environmental impact report pursuant to Section 21159.1 or 21159.2, the fo…
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(a) This article shall apply to all of the following agencies: (1) The State Air Resources Board. (2…
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The Office of Planning and Research shall implement a public assistance and information program to e…
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For the purposes of this article, the following terms have the following meanings: (a) “Census-defin…
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A housing project qualifies for an exemption from this division pursuant to Section 21159.22, 21159.…
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(a) This division does not apply to any development project that meets the requirements of subdivisi…
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(a) This division does not apply to any development project that consists of the construction, conve…
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(a) Except as provided in subdivision (b), this division does not apply to a project if all of the f…
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(a) For purposes of this section, the following definitions apply: (1) “Residential or mixed-use hou…
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With respect to a project that includes a housing development, a public agency may not reduce the pr…
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A project may not be divided into smaller projects to qualify for one or more exemptions pursuant to…
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(a) If a residential or mixed-use residential project is consistent with the use designation, densit…
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The Legislature finds and declares that it is in the interest of the state to ensure that California…
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For purposes of this article, the following definitions apply: (a) “Energy Commission” means the Sta…
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(a) The Energy Commission shall prepare a program environmental impact report to analyze the develop…
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A public agency considering approval of a specific facility that is within the class or classes of f…
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(a) Whenever any person applies to any public agency for a lease, permit, license, certificate, or o…
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Whenever a public agency has completed an environmental document, it shall cause a notice of complet…
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For purposes of this chapter, “No Place Like Home project” means a permanent supportive housing proj…
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A decision by a public agency to seek funding from, or the Department of Housing and Community Devel…
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If a No Place Like Home project is not eligible for approval as a use by right pursuant to Article 1…
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(a) (1) If a local agency approves or determines to carry out a No Place Like Home project that is s…
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(a) (1) The Department of Housing and Community Development shall notify the Speaker of the Assembly…
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(a) When a project is to be carried out or approved by two or more public agencies, the determinatio…
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When an environmental impact report has been prepared for a project pursuant to this division, no su…
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The decision of a lead agency to prepare an environmental impact report with respect to environmenta…
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Notwithstanding Section 21166, the environmental review set forth in the Final Environmental Impact …
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Notwithstanding Section 21166, the environmental review set forth in the Final Programmatic Environm…
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An action or proceeding to attack, review, set aside, void, or annul the following acts or decisions…
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(a) In all actions or proceedings brought pursuant to Sections 21167, 21168, and 21168.5, including …
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If no action or proceeding alleging that an environmental impact report does not comply with the pro…
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(a) If an action or proceeding alleging that an environmental impact report or a negative declaratio…
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(a) In any action or proceeding alleging noncompliance with this division, the petitioner shall requ…
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Proof of prior service by mail upon the public agency carrying out or approving the project of a wri…
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Notwithstanding any other law, in all actions or proceedings brought pursuant to Section 21167, exce…
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(a) (1) Notwithstanding Section 21167.6, upon the written request of a project applicant received no…
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(a) The petitioner or plaintiff shall name, as a real party in interest, the person or persons ident…
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Every person who brings an action pursuant to Section 21167 shall comply with the requirements of Se…
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(a) Not later than 20 days from the date of service upon a public agency of a petition or complaint …
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Any action brought in the superior court relating to this division may be subject to a mediation pro…
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Any action or proceeding to attack, review, set aside, void or annul a determination, finding, or de…
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In any action or proceeding, other than an action or proceeding under Section 21168, to attack, revi…
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In any action or proceeding under Sections 21168 or 21168.5 against the Public Utilities Commission …
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(a) On and after January 1, 2027, and subject to subdivisions (b) and (c), for a project, located in…
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(a) For purposes of this section, the following terms have the following meanings: (1) “Disadvantage…
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(a) For purposes of this section, the following definitions apply: (1) “Applicant” means a public or…
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(a) For the purposes of this section, the following definitions apply: (1) “Applicant” means a priva…
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Sections 21168 and 21168.5 are declaratory of existing law with respect to the judicial review of de…
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(a) If a court finds, as a result of a trial, hearing, or remand from an appellate court, that any d…
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Any project defined in subdivision (c) of Section 21065 undertaken, carried out or approved on or be…
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If any provision of this division or the application thereof to any person or circumstances is held …
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No provision of this division is a limitation or restriction on the power or authority of any public…
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(a) An action or proceeding shall not be brought pursuant to Section 21167 unless the alleged ground…
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The Legislature finds and declares all of the following: (a) The California Environmental Quality Ac…
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For purposes of this chapter, the following definitions apply: (a) “Applicant” means a public or pri…
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This chapter does not apply to a project if the Governor does not certify the project as an environm…
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A person proposing to construct a leadership project may apply to the Governor for certification tha…
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The Governor may certify a leadership project for streamlining before a lead agency certifies a fina…
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(a) For purposes of this section, the following definitions apply: (1) “Project labor agreement” has…
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(a) The quantification and mitigation of the impacts of a project described in paragraph (1), (2), o…
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(a) The Governor may certify a project for streamlining under this chapter if it complies with the c…
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(a) Notwithstanding any other law, except as provided in subdivision (b), a multifamily residential …
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The Office of Planning and Research may charge a fee to an applicant seeking certification under thi…
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The Judicial Council shall adopt a rule of court to establish procedures that require actions or pro…
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Notwithstanding any other law, the preparation and certification of the record of proceedings for a …
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Within 10 days of the Governor certifying an environmental leadership development project under this…
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(a) For purposes of this section, “project alternative” means an alternative studied in a leadership…
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The provisions of this chapter are severable. If any provision of this chapter or its application is…
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Except as otherwise provided expressly in this chapter, nothing in this chapter affects the duty of …
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If, before January 1, 2033, a lead agency fails to approve a project certified by the Governor under…
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This chapter shall remain in effect until January 1, 2034, and as of that date is repealed unless a …
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For purposes of this chapter, the following definitions apply: (a) “Lead agency” or “public agency” …
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(a) For purposes of this section, the following definitions apply: (1) “Employment center project” m…
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A transit and transportation facilities project subject to this chapter shall meet all of the follow…
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Notwithstanding any other law, Rules 3.2220 to 3.2237, inclusive, of the California Rules of Court, …
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Notwithstanding any other law, the preparation and certification of the record of proceedings for th…
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(a) If the lead agency fails to certify an environmental impact report for the transit and transport…
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(a) The draft and final environmental impact report for the transit and transportation facilities pr…
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Except as provided in this chapter, an action or proceeding to attack, set aside, void, or annul a d…
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(a) (1) For a transit and transportation facilities project undertaken by a public agency, except as…
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Notwithstanding Section 21189.70.10, the requirements of paragraph (4) of subdivision (b) of Section…
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Except as provided in Section 21189.70.9, the provisions of this chapter are severable. If any provi…
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The Legislature finds and declares all of the following: (a) This division requires that the environ…
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For purposes of this chapter, the following definitions apply: (a) “Applicant” means a public or pri…
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(a) For purposes of subdivision (d) of Section 21189.81, an “energy infrastructure project” includes…
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(a) (1) (A) The Governor may certify a project as an energy infrastructure project for purposes of t…
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(a) In addition to the requirements of Section 21189.82, with respect to any energy infrastructure p…
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(a) This chapter applies to a project that is certified by the Governor as an infrastructure project…
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(a) An action or proceeding brought to attack, review, set aside, void, or annul the certification o…
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Notwithstanding any other law, the preparation and certification of the record of proceedings for an…
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(a) Within 10 days of the certification of a project pursuant to Section 21189.82, the lead agency s…
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Except as otherwise provided expressly in this chapter, this chapter does not affect the duty of any…
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The provisions of this chapter are severable. If any provision of this chapter or its application is…
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If before January 1, 2033, a lead agency fails to approve an infrastructure project, then the certif…
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This chapter shall remain in effect only until January 1, 2034, and as of that date is repealed.
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There is in this state the California Environmental Protection Program, which shall be concerned wit…
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(a) In addition to, and in furtherance of, the purposes specified in subdivisions (a), (b), (d), and…
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(a) The California Environmental License Plate Fund is hereby created in the State Treasury, and con…
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The funds provided for in subdivision (c) of Section 21191 may be used in a manner which will allow …
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(a) The program established by this division shall be administered by the Secretary of the Resources…
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Concurrently with the submittal of the Governor’s Budget for the 2006–07 fiscal year and every third…
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Notwithstanding any other provision of law, any funds appropriated from the California Environmental…
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The Legislature hereby finds and declares that the Ventura-Los Angeles Mountain and Coastal Zone, de…
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The Legislature further finds and declares that current conservation and development practices may c…
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The Legislature further finds and declares that in order to protect and advance the interests of the…
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Unless context otherwise requires, the definitions set forth in this chapter govern the construction…
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“Commission” means the Ventura-Los Angeles Mountain and Coastal Study Commission.
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“Zone” means: (1) the Ventura-Los Angeles Mountain and Coastal Zone which includes the land and wate…
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“Region” means the Greater Los Angeles Metropolitan Region, comprised of Los Angeles and Ventura Cou…
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“Irreversible modification” means any modification that affects the physical shape, function, or env…
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There is in the state government a Ventura-Los Angeles Mountain and Coastal Study Commission, consis…
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The members of the commission shall serve at the pleasure of their respective appointing powers. The…
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(a) The commission shall meet twice a month, and may meet in subcommittee with authority to conduct …
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The time and place of the first meeting of the commission shall be prescribed by the Secretary of th…
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The commission shall select from among its members a chair and a vice chair.
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All vacancies in the commission membership shall be filled in the same manner in which original appo…
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The commission shall appoint a director who shall have charge of coordinating and administering the …
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The commission may: (a) For purposes of this division, accept any gifts, donations, or bequests from…
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Within nine months of the first meeting of the commission, the commission shall make a detailed stud…
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The commission shall analyze the interrelations of the studies prepared pursuant to Section 22051 in…
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The existence of the commission shall terminate on the 61st day after the final adjournment of the 1…
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In the preparation of its studies, the commission may ask for current land use information, studies,…
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The commission may appoint technical advisory committees, whose members shall serve without compensa…
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Acquisition of land for, or construction of, all public works projects, by the State of California a…
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The Legislature finds and declares all of the following: (a) According to California census data, La…
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There is hereby established in the Natural Resources Agency the Blue Ribbon Committee for the Rehabi…
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For purposes of this division, the following terms have the following meanings: (a) “Agency” means t…
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(a) The committee shall consist of at least nine members and shall include the following representat…
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Members of the committee shall meet quarterly for the purposes of discussion, reviewing research, pl…
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(a) Beginning January 1, 2019, the committee shall provide an annual report on its activities to the…
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(a) The committee may receive assistance and funds from public and private sources. (b) Upon appropr…
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This division shall be known and may be cited as the Warren-Alquist State Energy Resources Conservat…
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(a) The Legislature further finds and declares that, in addition to their other ratepayer protection…
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(a) The Legislature finds and declares that overdependence on the production, marketing, and consump…
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The Legislature hereby finds and declares that electrical energy is essential to the health, safety …
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The Legislature further finds and declares that the present rapid rate of growth in demand for elect…
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The Legislature further finds and declares that in planning for future electrical generating and rel…
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The Legislature further finds and declares that there is a pressing need to accelerate research and …
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The Legislature further finds that cogeneration technology is a potential energy resource and should…
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The Legislature further finds and declares all of the following: (a) Advanced transportation technol…
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The Legislature further finds and declares that prevention of delays and interruptions in the orderl…
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The Legislature further finds and declares that information should be acquired and analyzed by the S…
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It is the policy of the state and the intent of the Legislature to establish and consolidate the sta…
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It is further the policy of the state and the intent of the Legislature to employ a range of measure…
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It is further the policy of the state and the intent of the Legislature to promote all feasible mean…
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The Legislature finds and declares that Chapter 854 of the Statutes of 1996 restructured the Califor…
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Unless the context otherwise requires, the definitions in this chapter govern the construction of th…
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“Applicant” means any person who submits an application for certification pursuant to the provisions…
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“Application” means any request for certification of any site and related facility filed in accordan…
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“Coastal zone” means the “coastal zone” as defined in Section 30103.
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“Suisun Marsh” means the Suisun Marsh, as defined in Section 29101.
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“Jurisdiction of the San Francisco Bay Conservation and Development Commission” means the area defin…
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“Commission” means the State Energy Resources Conservation and Development Commission.
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“Construction” means onsite work to install permanent equipment or structure for any facility. “Cons…
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“Public advisor” means the public advisor employed by the commission pursuant to Section 25217.1.
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“Electric transmission line” means any electric powerline carrying electric power from a thermal pow…
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“Electric utility” means any person engaged in, or authorized to engage in, generating, transmitting…
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“Energy” means work or heat that is, or may be, produced from any fuel or source whatsoever.
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“Facility” means any electric transmission line or thermal powerplant, or both electric transmission…
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“Account” means the Energy Resources Programs Account.
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“Member” or “member of the commission” means a member of the State Energy Resources Conservation and…
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“Notice” means the notice of intent, as further defined in Chapter 6 (commencing with Section 25500)…
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“Interested party” means any person whom the commission finds and acknowledges as having a real and …
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“Equivalent certification program” means a program, as further defined in Section 25540.5, administe…
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“Person” means any person, firm, association, organization, partnership, business trust, corporation…
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“Plan” means the Emergency Load Curtailment and Energy Distribution Plan.
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“Service area” means any contiguous geographic area serviced by the same electric utility.
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“Site” means any location on which a facility is constructed or is proposed to be constructed.
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“Thermal powerplant” means any stationary or floating electrical generating facility using any sourc…
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“Fuel” means petroleum, crude oil, petroleum product, coal, natural gas, or any other substance used…
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“Gas utility” means any person engaged in, or authorized to engage in, distributing or transporting …
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“Modification of an existing facility” means any alteration, replacement, or improvement of equipmen…
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“Major oil producer” means any person who produces oil in amount determined by the commission as hav…
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“Major natural gas producer” means any person who produces natural gas in amounts determined by the …
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“Major marketer” means any person who sells natural gas or oil in amounts determined by the commissi…
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“Refiner” means any person who owns, operates, or controls the operations of one or more refineries.
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“Refinery” means any industrial plant, regardless of capacity, processing crude oil feedstock and ma…
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“Foreign” means any area exclusive of the 50 states and the District of Columbia.
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“Nonresidential” building means any building which is heated or cooled in its interior, and is of an…
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“Residential building” means any hotel, motel, apartment house, lodginghouse, single- and dwelling, …
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“Load management” means any utility program or activity that is intended to reshape deliberately a u…
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“Geothermal element” means an element of a county general plan consisting of a statement of geotherm…
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“Cogeneration” means the sequential use of energy for the production of electrical and useful therma…
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“Conversion” means the processes by which residue is converted to a more usable energy form, includi…
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“Residue” means any organic matter left as residue, such as agricultural and forestry residue, inclu…
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“Solar thermal powerplant” means a thermal powerplant in which 75 percent or more of the total energ…
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“Unbranded,” as applied to fuel, means gasoline and diesel fuel sold for wholesale or retail distrib…
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“Destination facility” means any structure, group of structures, equipment, pipeline, or device, oth…
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There is in the Resources Agency the State Energy Resources Conservation and Development Commission,…
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One member of the commission shall have a background in the field of engineering or physical science…
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The Secretary of the Resources Agency and the President of the Public Utilities Commission shall be …
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Each member of the commission shall represent the state at large and not any particular area thereof…
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The Governor shall appoint the members of the commission within 30 days after the effective date of …
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(a) No person shall be a member of the commission who, during the two years prior to appointment on …
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The terms of office of the members of the commission shall be for five years, except that the member…
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(a) The members of the commission shall receive the salary provided for by Chapter 6 (commencing wit…
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(a) By March 1, 2022, and by each March 1 thereafter, until March 1, 2027, the commission shall subm…
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Each member of the commission shall have one vote. Except as provided in Section 25211, the affirmat…
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The commission may hold any hearings and conduct any investigations in any part of the state necessa…
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The commission may appoint a committee of not less than two members of the commission to carry on in…
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Every two years the Governor shall designate a chair and vice chair of the commission from among its…
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The commission shall adopt rules and regulations, as necessary, to carry out this division in confor…
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The commission shall maintain its headquarters in the County of Sacramento and may establish branch …
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Any member of the commission may be removed from office by the Legislature, by concurrent resolution…
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In addition to other duties specified in this division, the commission shall do all of the following…
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(a) The commission shall compile relevant local, regional, state, and federal land use, public safet…
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The commission shall do all of the following: (a) Prescribe the form and content of applications for…
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(a) On or before January 31, 2023, the commission, in consultation with the Public Utilities Commiss…
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The commission shall do all of the following: (a) Appoint an executive director with administration …
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The commission shall nominate and the Governor shall appoint for a term of three years a public advi…
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The chair of the commission shall direct the public advisor, the executive director, and other staff…
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In addition to other powers specified in this division, the commission may do any of the following: …
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The provisions specifying any power or duty of the commission shall be liberally construed, in order…
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As to any matter involving the federal government, its departments or agencies, which is within the …
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The commission may participate as a party, to the extent that it shall determine, in any proceeding …
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Upon request of the commission, the Attorney General shall represent the commission and the state in…
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The public advisor shall ensure that full and adequate participation by all interested groups and th…
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The commission shall make available any information filed or submitted pursuant to this division und…
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(a) The commission and other state agencies shall, to the fullest extent possible, exchange records,…
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(a) Prior to expending any funds for any research, development, or demonstration program or project …
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(a) The Energy Technologies Research, Development, and Demonstration Account established under forme…
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(a) The commission, working with the State Air Resources Board and the Public Utilities Commission, …
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(a) For purposes of this section, the following terms have the following meanings: (1) “Certified” m…
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(a) The commission, in consultation with the State Air Resources Board, shall, as part of the develo…
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(a) (1) The commission, in consultation with the Public Utilities Commission, shall develop uptime r…
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(a) For purposes of this section, the following terms have the following meanings: (1) “Blue Ribbon …
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(a) Notwithstanding Section 10231.5 of the Government Code, on or before December 15, 2022, and quar…
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(a) By September 30, 2023, the commission shall present a cost comparison of whether extended operat…
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To help building owners to decarbonize buildings and add energy storage or electric vehicle charging…
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(a) For purposes of this section, “financing or investment solutions” means financing or investment …
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(a) The Legislature finds and declares that clean and reliable energy is essential to the health of …
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(a) At least every two years, the commission shall conduct assessments and forecasts of all aspects …
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(a) Beginning November 1, 2003, and every two years thereafter, the commission shall adopt an integr…
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(a) For purposes of this section, the following definitions apply: (1) “Fusion” means a reaction in …
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(a) As part of each integrated energy policy report required pursuant to Section 25302, each entity …
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As part of the 2025 edition of the integrated energy policy report, the commission, in consultation …
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By June 1, 2023, the commission, in consultation with the Public Utilities Commission and the Indepe…
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(a) As part of the report prepared pursuant to Section 25302, the commission shall conduct electrici…
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As a part of the report prepared pursuant to Section 25302, the commission shall conduct transportat…
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The commission shall rely upon forecasting and assessments performed in accordance with Sections 253…
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The commission shall report to the Legislature, to be included in each integrated energy policy repo…
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The commission shall include a summary of the information reported pursuant to subdivision (d) of Se…
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(a) The commission shall timely incorporate firm zero-carbon resources into the integrated energy po…
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The commission shall conduct workshops, hearings, and other forums to gain the perspectives of the p…
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(a) For purposes of this section, “decarbonizing” means reducing or eliminating associated emissions…
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The commission and Public Utilities Commission, in coordination with the Independent System Operator…
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(a) On or before July 1, 2025, the commission, Public Utilities Commission, and Independent System O…
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(a) For purposes of this section, the following terms have the following meanings: (1) “End use” mea…
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(a) The commission shall manage a data collection system for obtaining information necessary to deve…
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In order to ensure timely and accurate compliance with the data collection system adopted under Sect…
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(a) The data collection system managed pursuant to Section 25320 shall include the following require…
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Nothing in this division shall authorize the commission in the performance of its analytical, planni…
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The commission, in consultation with the Public Utilities Commission, the California Independent Sys…
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(a) The commission shall hold public hearings to identify impediments that limit procurement of biom…
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(a) The Legislature finds and declares all of the following: (1) There is insufficient information a…
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(a) In order to achieve the state’s goal of reaching 100 percent zero-emission vehicles for new pass…
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For purposes of this chapter, the following terms have the following meanings: (a) “Feasible” has th…
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(a) The commission may designate a transmission corridor zone on its own motion or by application of…
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The designation of a transmission corridor zone is subject to the California Environmental Quality A…
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(a) In developing a strategic plan pursuant to Section 25324 or considering an application for desig…
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(a) Upon receipt of an application or upon its own motion for designation of a transmission corridor…
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(a) Within 45 days of receipt of the application or motion for designation, the commission shall com…
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(a) Within 155 days of the final informational hearing, the commission shall conduct a prehearing co…
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After the conclusion of hearings conducted pursuant to Section 25336, and no later than 180 days aft…
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As soon as practicable after the commission designates a transmission corridor zone, it shall post a…
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After the commission designates a transmission corridor zone, it shall identify that transmission co…
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After receiving notice from the commission regarding the designation or revision of a transmission c…
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(a) Within a designated transmission corridor zone, within 10 days of accepting as complete an appli…
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(a) The Legislature finds and declares that the petroleum industry is an essential element of the Ca…
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This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the Petroleum Industry Information Reporting Act of …
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(a) Each refiner and major marketer shall submit information each month to the commission in such fo…
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(a) The commission, in consultation with the Labor and Workforce Development Agency and labor and in…
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(a) The commission, in consultation with the Independent Consumer Fuels Advisory Committee establish…
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(a) The commission shall notify a refiner or person who fails to comply with the requirements of Sec…
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(a) The commission shall notify a refiner or person who fails to comply with the requirements of Sec…
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(a) For purposes of this section, the following definitions apply: (1) “Gross gasoline refining marg…
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(a) For purposes of this section, the following definitions apply: (1) “Gross gasoline refining marg…
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(a) Notwithstanding Section 10231.5 of the Government Code, on or before March 1, 2024, and March 1 …
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(a) The commission, utilizing its own staff and other support staff having expertise and experience …
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The commission shall obtain and analyze monthly production reports prepared by the State Oil and Gas…
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(a) Within 70 days after the end of each preceding quarter of each calendar year, the commission sha…
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(a) The commission shall notify those persons who have failed to timely provide the information spec…
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(a) A person required to present information to the commission pursuant to Section 25354 or 25355 or…
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Any confidential information pertinent to the responsibilities of the commission specified in this d…
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(a) Except as otherwise provided, the adoption of, or amendment to, regulations or orders implementi…
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For purposes of this chapter and Chapter 4.5 (commencing with Section 25350), the following definiti…
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(a) (1) Notwithstanding Section 10231.5 of the Government Code, on or before January 1, 2024, and ev…
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(a) The commission shall use reasonable means necessary and available, including, but not limited to…
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(a) The commission shall aggregate information used in the assessment prepared under Section 25371 t…
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On or before December 31, 2024, the commission and the State Air Resources Board, taking into accoun…
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The commission shall, on or before March 31, 2026, submit an assessment to the Legislature, in accor…
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For purposes of this article and Article 4 (commencing with Section 25373), “division” means the Div…
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(a) The Division of Petroleum Market Oversight is hereby established in the commission. (b) Notwiths…
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(a) The division shall do all of the following: (1) Provide independent oversight and analysis of th…
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The director of the division shall, when requested, appear before the appropriate policy committees …
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(a) Information provided to the division shall presumptively be confidential and not subject to publ…
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(a) The commission and division shall be advised by the Independent Consumer Fuels Advisory Committe…
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The commission shall conduct an ongoing assessment of the opportunities and constraints presented by…
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The commission shall continuously carry out studies, research projects, data collection, and other a…
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(a) As part of the report required by Section 25302, the commission shall develop and update an inve…
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For the purpose of reducing electrical and natural gas energy consumption, the commission may develo…
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At the time a single-family residential dwelling is sold, a buyer or seller may request a home inspe…
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(a) Pursuant to subdivision (c) of Section 25402, to the extent that funds are available, the commis…
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The commission shall, after one or more public hearings, do all of the following to reduce the waste…
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To implement the requirements of subdivisions (a) and (b) of Section 25402, the commission shall do …
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Any standard adopted by the commission pursuant to Sections 25402 and 25402.1, which is a building s…
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For purposes of subdivision (e) of Section 25402.1, the commission shall contract with California bu…
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The standards for nonresidential buildings prescribed by the commission pursuant to subdivisions (a)…
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(a) As used in this section, “lighting device” includes, but is not limited to, a lamp, luminaire, l…
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(a) On or before December 31, 2008, the commission shall adopt minimum energy efficiency standards f…
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(a) In consultation with the commission, electric and gas utilities shall provide support for buildi…
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When assessing new building standards for residential and nonresidential buildings relating to the c…
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(a) On or before July 1, 1996, the commission shall develop, adopt, and publish an informational boo…
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(a) For purposes of this section, all of the following definitions apply: (1) To “benchmark,” in ref…
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(a) (1) The commission may adopt regulations establishing an administrative enforcement process for …
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(a) On or before January 1, 2019, the commission, in consultation with the Contractors’ State Licens…
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Beginning with the triennial review of Part 6 (commencing with Section 100.0) of Title 24 of the Cal…
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(a) For purposes of this section, the following definitions apply: (1) “Benchmarking data” means dat…
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(a) The commission shall evaluate the cost-effectiveness of passive house energy efficiency standard…
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(a) By January 1, 2021, the commission, in consultation with the Public Utilities Commission, the St…
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(a) Using the moneys appropriated pursuant to Items 3360-105-0001 and 3360-005-0001 of Section 2.00 …
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(a) The commission shall, by July 1, 1978, adopt standards by regulation for a program of electrical…
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(a) The commission shall develop and implement a program to provide battery backup power for those o…
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The commission shall cooperate with the Office of Planning and Research, the Resources Agency and ot…
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A city, county, or city and county may by ordinance or resolution prescribe a schedule of fees suffi…
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(a) As used in this section, the following terms have the following meanings: (1) “kW” means kilowat…
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Not later than July 1, 2007, the commission shall initiate a public proceeding to study and make fin…
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This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the Energy Conservation Assistance Act of 1979.
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The Legislature finds and declares all of the following: (a) Energy costs are frequently the second …
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(a) The commission shall administer the State Energy Conservation Assistance Account to provide gran…
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As used in this chapter: (a) “Allocation” means a loan of funds by the commission pursuant to the pr…
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Any eligible institution may submit an application to the commission for an allocation for the purpo…
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The commission shall take steps to solicit loan applications to do all of the following: (a) Encoura…
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(a) Applications for eligible energy projects or measures may be approved by the commission only in …
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Annually at the conclusion of each fiscal year, but not later than October 31, each eligible institu…
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(a) Each eligible institution to which an allocation has been made under this chapter shall repay th…
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(a) The State Energy Conservation Assistance Account is hereby created in the General Fund. Notwiths…
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(a) An allocation made pursuant to this chapter shall be used for the purposes specified in an appro…
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(a) In furtherance of the purposes of the commission as set forth in this chapter, the commission ha…
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The Department of Finance, at its discretion, may audit the expenditure of any allocation made pursu…
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In addition to the powers specifically granted to the commission by the other provisions of this cha…
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The commission may expend from the State Energy Conservation Assistance Account an amount to pay for…
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(a) Except as provided in subdivision (b), this chapter shall remain in effect only until January 1,…
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(a) Federal funds available to the commission pursuant to Chapter 5.6 (commencing with Section 25460…
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This chapter shall be known, and may be cited, as the Energy Conservation Act of 2001.
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As used in this article, the following terms have the following meanings: (a) “Commercial refrigerat…
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It is the intent of the Legislature to establish incentives in the form of grants and loans to low-i…
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(a) In consultation with the Public Utilities Commission, the commission shall do both of the follow…
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The commission may contract with one or more business entities capable of supplying or providing goo…
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As used in this article, the following terms have the following meanings: (a) “Eligible construction…
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The commission shall administer the Small Business Energy Efficient Refrigeration Loan Program, as p…
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(a) Within 45 days of the effective date of this chapter, the commission shall implement a Small Bus…
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(a) The Legislature finds and declares all of the following: (1) The cost of energy in California is…
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The commission shall administer the funds allocated to and received by the state pursuant to the Ene…
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(a) Not less than 60 percent of the funds received pursuant to Section 25450.1 shall be used to prov…
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The commission shall not exceed the amount specified in Section 545(c)(4) of the Energy Independence…
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The commission may award contracts, grants, and loans pursuant to this chapter, unless otherwise pro…
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(a) The commission may adopt guidelines governing the award, eligibility, and administration of fund…
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(a) The Legislature finds and declares that the 111th Congress enacted the American Recovery and Rei…
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(a) Except as provided in Chapter 5.5 (commencing with Section 25450), the commission shall administ…
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(a) The commission may adopt guidelines governing the award, eligibility, and administration of fund…
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(a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this division, federal funds available to the commission …
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(a) For purposes of this section, the following definitions apply: (1) “Fund” means the Clean and Re…
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As used in this chapter: (a) “Act” means the federal American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 …
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(a) There is hereby created in the State Treasury the Energy Efficient State Property Revolving Fund…
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There is hereby established in the State Treasury the Energy Efficiency Retrofit State Revolving Fun…
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(a) The department, in consultation with the commission, shall establish a process by which projects…
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(a) On or before January 1, 2010, and annually thereafter, the department, in collaboration with the…
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(a) Any repayment of loans made pursuant to this chapter from the Energy Efficient State Property Re…
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(a) Notwithstanding Section 39718 of the Health and Safety Code, any repayment of loans made pursuan…
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As used in this chapter, “department” means the Department of Transportation.
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The Legislature hereby finds and declares that: (a) Due to the projected rapid growth in demand for …
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All state agencies shall provide assistance to their employees living in metropolitan areas in estab…
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In order to perform its new function of promoting and assisting ridesharing, the department is autho…
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The ridesharing programs established by the department may include, but are not limited to, computer…
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The department shall develop programs and undertake any necessary construction to establish, for the…
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Unless the context otherwise requires, the definitions in this article govern the construction of th…
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“Title 24 Standards” refers to the nonresidential building standards developed by the commission.
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“Building standard” means a building standard as defined in Section 18909 of the Health and Safety C…
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“Lifecycle cost” means an estimate of the total cost of acquisition, operation, maintenance, and con…
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“Governmental agency” means any public agency, including any agency of the state, each county, city,…
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“Structure” means any building which has more than 10,000 square feet of floor area and which has a …
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On or after January 1, 1979, no governmental agency shall commence construction on any new structure…
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On and after January 1, 1980, no governmental agency shall commence construction on any new structur…
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Not later than July 31, 1978, the commission shall prepare a manual outlining a methodology by which…
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No later than July 31, 1978, the commission shall develop design guidelines for new construction whi…
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No later than July 1, 1978, the commission shall develop and make available to government agencies a…
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In addition to any other requirements applicable to such structure, no new state-owned structure sha…
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In accordance with the provisions of this division, the commission shall have the exclusive power to…
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(a) The owner of a proposed solar thermal powerplant, for which an application for certification was…
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The commission shall certify sufficient sites and related facilities which are required to provide a…
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This chapter does not apply to any site or related facility for which the Public Utilities Commissio…
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Any person proposing to construct a facility or a site to which Section 25501 applies may waive the …
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Each person proposing to construct a thermal powerplant or electric transmission line on a site shal…
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Except as provided in Section 25501.7, any person proposing to construct a facility excluded from th…
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Each notice of intention to file an application shall contain at least three alternative sites and r…
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The notice of intention shall include a statement by the applicant describing the location of the pr…
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An applicant may, in the notice, propose a site to be approved which will accomodate a potential max…
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Upon receipt of a notice, the commission shall cause a summary of the notice to be published in a ne…
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The commission shall request the appropriate local, regional, state, and federal agencies to make co…
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The commission shall request the Public Utilities Commission, for sites and related facilities requi…
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(a) If any alternative site and related facility proposed in the notice is proposed to be located, i…
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The commission shall cooperate with, and render advice to, the California Coastal Commission and the…
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Within 45 days of the filing of the notice, the commission shall conduct public informational presen…
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No sooner than 15 days after the conclusion of the presentations pursuant to Section 25509, the comm…
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After the conclusion of such hearings, and no later than 150 days after filing of the notice, the co…
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The commission shall review the factors related to safety and reliability of the facilities at each …
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The summary and hearing order shall be based upon the record of the proceeding including statements …
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Within 15 days of the publication of the summary and hearing order, a copy will be distributed to an…
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No earlier than 30 days after distribution of the summary and hearing order, the commission shall co…
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Notwithstanding Sections 11425.30 and 11430.10 of the Government Code, unless a party demonstrates o…
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After conclusion of the hearings held pursuant to Section 25513 and no later than 300 days after the…
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In specifying any modifications, conditions, or criteria pursuant to Section 25514, for sites and re…
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In considering the acceptability of a site proposed to accommodate ultimately additional power-gener…
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No later than 30 days after the final report is distributed, a hearing or hearings on the final repo…
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The approval of the notice by the commission shall be based upon findings pursuant to Section 25514.…
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If a site and related facility found to be acceptable by the commission pursuant to Section 25516 is…
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On a notice which proposes an expanded ultimate electric generating capacity for a site, the commiss…
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(a) Except as otherwise expressly provided in this division, the commission shall issue its written …
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Except as provided in Section 25501, no construction of any thermal powerplant or electric transmiss…
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The Public Utilities Commission shall issue no certificate of public convenience and necessity for a…
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Nothing in this division shall preclude the concurrent initiation of an application for a certificat…
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(a) To obtain certification for a site and related facility, an application for certification of the…
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(a) If the site and related facilities specified in the application are proposed to be located withi…
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The application shall contain all of the following information and any other information that the co…
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(a) In reviewing an application for an additional facility at a potential multiple-facility site, th…
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No earlier than 90 nor later than 240 days after the date of the filing of an application, the commi…
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(a) Except as provided in subdivision (c) of Section 25520.5, within 18 months of the filing of an a…
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The commission shall prepare a written decision after the public hearing on an application, which in…
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(a) “Qualified applicant” for purposes of this section means an applicant for certification of an el…
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(a) Except for the existing Diablo Canyon Units 1 and 2 owned by Pacific Gas and Electric Company an…
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Except for the existing Diablo Canyon Units 1 and 2 owned by Pacific Gas and Electric Company and Sa…
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The commission shall not certify any facility which adds generating capacity to a potential multiple…
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The commission may not certify a facility contained in the application when it finds, pursuant to su…
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(a) The commission shall not approve as a site for a facility any location designated by the Califor…
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The following areas of the state shall not be approved as a site for a facility, unless the commissi…
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(a) The commission shall require, as a condition of certification of any site and related facility, …
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When a facility is proposed to be located in the coastal zone or any other area with recreational, s…
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The commission may order a reconsideration of all or part of a decision or order on its own motion o…
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(a) The decisions of the commission on any application for certification of a site and related facil…
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The commission shall establish a monitoring system to assure that any facility certified under this …
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(a) The commission may, after one or more hearings, amend the conditions of, or revoke the certifica…
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(a) The executive director of the commission may issue a complaint to any person or entity on whom a…
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(a) Within 30 days after service of an order issued under Section 25534.1, any aggrieved party may f…
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Such reasonable and direct costs as the applicant incurs to comply with the provisions of this chapt…
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Upon approval of an application, the commission shall forward to the United States Nuclear Regulator…
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Upon receiving the commission’s request for review under subdivision (f) of Section 25519 and Sectio…
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In reviewing notices and applications for certification of modifications of existing facilities, the…
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If a person proposes to construct a geothermal powerplant and related facility or facilities on a si…
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The commission shall determine, within 30 days after the receipt of a notice or application for a ge…
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Notwithstanding any other provision of law: (a) If an applicant proposes to construct a geothermal p…
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(a) An applicant for a geothermal powerplant may propose a site to be approved that will accommodate…
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Notwithstanding any other provision of law: (a) The decision of the commission on an application for…
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The commission may, at the petition of a county which has adopted a geothermal element for its gener…
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(a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no notice of intention is required, and the commissi…
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The commission may exempt from this chapter thermal powerplants with a generating capacity of up to …
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It is the intent of the Legislature to encourage the development of thermal powerplants using resour…
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(a) On or before January 1, 2001, the Secretary of the Resources Agency shall review the regulatory …
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In the case of any site and related facility or facilities for which the provisions of this division…
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(a) It is the intent of the Legislature to improve the process of siting and licensing new thermal e…
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For purposes of this chapter, the following definitions apply: (a) “California Native American tribe…
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(a) A person proposing an eligible facility may file an application no later than June 30, 2030, for…
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An application for a site and related facility submitted pursuant to this chapter shall be in a form…
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For purposes of sections 25545.3.3 and 25545.3.5, the following definitions apply: (a) “Construction…
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An application for a covered project submitted under this chapter shall include the applicant’s cert…
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An application for a covered project submitted under this chapter shall include the applicant’s cert…
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(a) Within 30 days of the submission of the application, the commission shall review the application…
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(a) On or before September 28, 2022, the commission shall, in coordination with the Department of Fi…
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Notwithstanding any other law, an application submitted pursuant to this chapter shall be reviewed b…
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(a) The commission is the lead agency for purposes of the California Environmental Quality Act (Divi…
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The commission shall conduct public outreach to solicit input on an application to identify the rang…
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(a) Within five days after the application is deemed complete pursuant to Section 25545.4, the commi…
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(a) No sooner than 30 days and no later than 60 days after the issuance of the notice of availabilit…
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(a) For the consideration of an application and the issuance of a certification under this chapter, …
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(a) The commission shall not certify a site and related facility under this chapter unless the commi…
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(a) The commission shall not certify a site and related facility under this chapter unless the commi…
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Sections 25532 to 25534.2, inclusive, apply to a certification issued pursuant to this chapter.
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(a) Regulations adopted to implement this chapter, or any amendment to those regulations, shall be a…
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(a) A site and related facility certified under this chapter is deemed an environmental leadership d…
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(a) For any application submitted after January 1, 2026, the commission shall not certify an energy …
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(a) In an application for an energy storage system, as described in paragraph (2) of subdivision (b)…
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The Legislature finds and declares all of the following: (a) The Diablo Canyon powerplant currently …
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For purposes of this chapter, the following definitions apply: (a) “Borrower” means the company lice…
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For purposes of any application or request by the operator for a permit, lease, license, certificati…
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(a) It is the intent of the Legislature to make available a one billion four hundred million dollar …
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(a) Within 180 days after the date of the loan agreement, the department, in collaboration with the …
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(a) The department may do any of the following as may be, in the determination of the department, ne…
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(a) The Diablo Canyon Extension Fund is hereby established within the State Treasury. The moneys in …
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Continued operation of the Diablo Canyon powerplant as provided in this chapter is in all respects f…
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(a) The department, in consultation with the Public Utilities Commission and the commission, shall p…
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For purposes of this chapter, the following definitions apply: (a) “Buyer of natural gas” means a ga…
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The State Air Resources Board, in consultation with the commission, shall develop a model of fugitiv…
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As used in this chapter: (a) “Passive thermal system” means a system which utilizes the structural e…
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The commission shall develop and coordinate a program of research and development in energy supply, …
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The commission shall carry out technical assessment studies on all forms of energy and energy-relate…
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For research purposes, the commission shall, in cooperation with other state agencies, participate i…
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On or before November 1, 1978, the commission shall develop and adopt, in cooperation with affected …
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Standards adopted by the commission pursuant to Section 25605, which are building standards as defin…
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The commission shall confer with officials of federal agencies, including the National Aeronautics a…
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The commission may, in adopting regulations pursuant to this chapter, specify the date when the regu…
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The effective dates of building standards adopted by the commission pursuant to Section 25609 are su…
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For purposes of carrying out the provisions of this chapter, the commission may contract with any pe…
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(a) It is the intent of the Legislature to encourage local agencies to expeditiously review permit a…
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(a) It is the intent of the Legislature to preserve diversity of clean energy resources, including d…
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(a) The commission shall facilitate development and commercialization of ultra low- and zero-emissio…
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(a) For purposes of this section, “qualified counties” means the Counties of Fresno, Imperial, Inyo,…
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The Legislature hereby finds and declares all of the following: (a) It is in the best interests of t…
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(a) The commission shall develop, implement, and administer the Public Interest Research, Developmen…
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(a) To ensure the efficient implementation and administration of the Public Interest Research, Devel…
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(a) The commission may, consistent with the requirements of this chapter, provide awards to any indi…
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(a) To the extent that intellectual property is developed under this chapter, an equitable share of …
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(a) The commission may solicit applications for awards, using a sealed competitive bid, competitive …
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The commission, in consultation with the Department of General Services, may purchase insurance cove…
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(a) The commission may contract for, or through interagency agreement obtain, technical, scientific,…
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(a) The commission shall prepare and submit to the relevant policy committees of the Legislature and…
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For a project related to the deployment of a microgrid, a recipient of moneys awarded pursuant to th…
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(a) The commission shall regularly convene an advisory board that shall make recommendations to guid…
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(a) In order to ensure that prudent investments in research, development, and demonstration of energ…
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This chapter shall be known, and may be cited, as the Climate Innovation Program.
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For purposes of this chapter, the following definitions apply: (a) “California-headquartered company…
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(a) The commission shall establish and administer the Climate Innovation Program to provide financia…
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The commission may propose contingent financial incentives under the Climate Innovation Program to c…
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Recipients of a financial incentive awarded pursuant to this chapter shall be a California-headquart…
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To support the activities of this chapter, the commission may noncompetitively obtain assistance for…
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(a) The commission shall establish a small business energy assistance low-interest revolving loan pr…
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For purposes of this chapter, the following definitions apply: (a) “Energy storage system” has the s…
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(a) The commission shall establish and implement the Long-Duration Energy Storage Program to provide…
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(a) The commission may establish project and storage facility eligibility guidelines for purposes of…
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In implementing the Long-Duration Energy Storage Program, the commission may do all of the following…
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Notwithstanding any other law, a commission agreement entered into for purposes of the Long-Duration…
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(a) In providing financial incentives pursuant to this chapter, the commission shall give preference…
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(a) All funds from loan repayments and interest that become due and payable for loans made by the co…
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For purposes of this chapter, the following definitions apply: (a) “Clean energy programs” means the…
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On or before March 1 , 2024, and annually thereafter by that date until all funds appropriated for p…
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This chapter only applies to the following programs or activities: (a) The Industrial Grid Support a…
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In implementing the clean energy programs, the commission may do both of the following: (a) Contract…
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Of the moneys appropriated for the clean energy programs, the Climate Innovation Program established…
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The commission shall establish and administer the Industrial Decarbonization and Improvement of Grid…
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(a) The commission may establish project and industrial facility eligibility guidelines for purposes…
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(a) In providing financial incentives pursuant to this article, the commission shall give preference…
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An eligible project that receives a financial incentive pursuant to this article is ineligible for a…
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The commission shall establish and administer the Food Production Investment Program to provide fina…
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(a) The commission may establish project and facility eligibility guidelines for purposes of this ar…
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(a) In providing financial incentives pursuant to this article, the commission shall give preference…
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An eligible project that receives a financial incentive pursuant to this article is ineligible for a…
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For purposes of this article, hydrogen projects that produce, process, deliver, store, or use hydrog…
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(a) The commission shall establish and administer the Hydrogen Program pursuant to this article to p…
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For purposes of this article, the following definitions apply: (a) “California Native American tribe…
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(a) (1) The commission shall establish the Equitable Building Decarbonization Program. (2) The Equit…
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The commission shall establish the direct install program consistent with all of the following: (a) …
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The commission shall establish and administer a statewide incentive program for low-carbon building …
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The commission may adopt guidelines or other standards at a commission business meeting to implement…
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(a) Notwithstanding Section 10231.5 of the Government Code, on or before September 1, 2024, and annu…
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(a) The commission shall establish and administer a program to support offshore wind infrastructure …
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This chapter shall be known, and may be cited, as the Carbon Removal Innovation Program.
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For purposes of this chapter, the following definitions apply: (a) “Eligible projects” means project…
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(a) The commission shall establish and administer the Carbon Removal Innovation Program to provide f…
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In implementing the program, the commission may do all of the following: (a) In addition to any othe…
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The commission shall, in accordance with the provisions of this chapter, develop contingency plans t…
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(a) Within six months after the effective date of this division, each electric utility, gas utility,…
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The commission shall, after one or more public hearings, review the emergency load curtailment progr…
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Within four months after the date of certification of any new facility, the commission shall review …
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The commission shall carry out studies to determine if potential serious shortages of electrical, na…
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(a) The Legislature finds and declares all of the following: (1) Climate change has increased the fr…
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If the commission determines that all reasonable conservation, allocation, and service restriction m…
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For the purposes of this chapter, the following terms have the following meanings: (a) “Electric Pro…
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For the purposes of implementing this chapter, the Electric Program Investment Charge Fund is hereby…
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In administering moneys in the fund for research, development, and demonstration programs under this…
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(a) The Public Utilities Commission shall not require the collection of funds pursuant to its Decisi…
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For a project related to the deployment of a microgrid, a recipient of moneys awarded pursuant to th…
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(a) The commission shall consider, in the investment planning process for the Electric Program Inves…
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This chapter does not authorize the levy of a charge or any increase in the amount collected pursuan…
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(a) By January 31, 2002, the commission shall examine the feasibility, including possible costs and …
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The commission shall report its findings and recommendations to the Governor, the Legislature, and t…
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(a) On or before January 31, 2003, the commission, the Department of General Services, and the State…
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(a) Each state office, agency, and department shall review its vehicle fleet and, upon finding that …
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(a) (1) On or before January 1, 2023, the Department of General Services shall maximize the purchase…
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(a) In order to further achieve the policy objectives set forth in Sections 25000.5, 25722, and 2572…
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(a) On or before July 1, 2009, the Secretary of the Government Operations Agency, in consultation wi…
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(a) For purposes of this section, “alternatively fueled vehicles” means light-, medium-, and heavy-d…
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(a) Beginning December 31, 2025, at least 15 percent of newly purchased vehicles with a gross vehicl…
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On or before January 31, 2003, the commission, in consultation with any other state agency that the …
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(a) Beginning no later than the 2024–25 fiscal year, the Department of General Services shall ensure…
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(a) The installation of electric vehicle supply equipment or supporting electrical and hydrogen fuel…
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When awarding a vehicle procurement contract, every city, county, city and county, and special distr…
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(a) When awarding a vehicle procurement contract, every city, county, city and county, and special d…
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It is the intent of the Legislature in establishing this program, to increase the amount of electric…
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Notwithstanding any other law, moneys collected for renewable energy pursuant to Article 15 (commenc…
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As used in this chapter, the following definitions apply: (a) “Renewable electrical generation facil…
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The commission shall allocate and use funding available for emerging renewable technologies pursuant…
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If the commission provides funding for a regional accounting system to verify compliance with the re…
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(a) The commission shall adopt guidelines governing the funding programs authorized under this chapt…
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(a) The Renewable Resource Trust Fund is hereby created in the State Treasury. (b) The Emerging Rene…
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For the purposes of this chapter, the following terms have the following meanings: (a) “Board” means…
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On or before July 1, 2006, the commission shall develop and adopt all of the following: (a) A databa…
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On or before July 1, 2007, the commission, in consultation with the board, shall, after appropriate …
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(a) The program described in Section 25772 shall include all of the following: (1) The development a…
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The Legislature finds and declares both of the following: (a) It is the goal of the state to install…
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As used in this chapter, the following terms have the following meanings: (a) “California Solar Init…
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(a) The commission shall, by January 1, 2008, in consultation with the Public Utilities Commission, …
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The commission shall do all the following: (a) Publish educational materials designed to demonstrate…
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The commission shall adopt guidelines for solar energy systems receiving ratepayer funded incentives…
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The Legislature finds and declares all of the following: (a) California is a leader in driving the a…
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For purposes of this chapter, the following definitions apply: (a) “California balancing authority” …
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(a) The Distributed Electricity Backup Assets Program is hereby created. The commission shall implem…
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The commission shall transfer moneys from the Distributed Electricity Backup Assets Account to the s…
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(a) The Demand Side Grid Support Program is hereby created. The commission shall implement and admin…
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(a) The Strategic Reliability Reserve Fund is hereby created in the State Treasury. Notwithstanding …
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For purposes of this article, the following definitions apply: (a) “Department” means the Department…
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(a) Notwithstanding any other law, from October 31, 2022, to October 31, 2026, inclusive, the depart…
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(a) The commission shall establish a process to expedite review of an application submitted pursuant…
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Upon receipt of an application pursuant to this article, commission staff shall establish a docket f…
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(a) Within 20 days of the submission of the application pursuant to this article, the executive dire…
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Upon an application being deemed complete, the commission shall do all of the following: (a) (1) Com…
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The commission shall not certify a site and related facility if any of the following applies: (a) Th…
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The commission shall maintain on its internet website a list of all certifications granted pursuant …
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(a) A certificate issued pursuant to this article shall be valid for a period not to exceed five yea…
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Sections 25532 to 25537, inclusive, apply to a certificate issued pursuant to this article.
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(a) The executive director shall charge and collect a reasonable fee from the department upon the su…
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(a) Beginning on January 31, 2023, and on May 1, August 1, and December 1 annually thereafter, the c…
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The provisions of this chapter are severable. If any provision of this chapter or its application is…
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There is in the General Fund in the State Treasury the Energy Resources Programs Account.
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Each person who submits to the commission a notice of intent for any proposed generating facility sh…
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All funds received by the commission pursuant to Section 25802, shall be remitted to the State Treas…
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All references in this division or any other provision of law to the State Energy Resources Conserva…
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(a) A person who submits to the commission an application for certification under Chapter 6 (commenc…
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Except as provided in Sections 25402.11 and 25531, if the commission finds that any provision of thi…
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(a) Within 30 days after the commission issues its determination on any matter specified in this div…
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Any evaluations in the reports required by Section 25309 and any findings and determinations on the …
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If any provision of subdivision (a) of Section 25531, with respect to judicial review of the decisio…
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The commission shall, by regulation adopted no later than July 1, 1978, establish minimum standards …
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The State Energy Resources Conservation and Development Commission may adopt regulations pertaining …
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Prior to adopting any regulation which causes a prohibition on the sale and installation of urea for…
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(a) On or before July 1, 1995, the commission shall establish criteria for adopting a statewide home…
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(a) (1) By March 1, 2010, the commission shall establish a regulatory proceeding to develop and impl…
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“Gas appliance” means any new residential-type furnace, air conditioner, heater, refrigerator, stove…
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“Pilot light” means any gas operated device that remains continually operated or lighted in order to…
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“Intermittent ignition device” means an ignition device which is actuated only when the gas applianc…
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As used in this chapter, the following terms have the following meanings: (a) “Person” means any ind…
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No new residential-type gas appliance that is equipped with a pilot light shall be sold in the state…
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Notwithstanding the prohibition contained in Section 25960, any swimming pool heater with a pilot li…
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The commission shall, on or before January 1, 1976, develop in cooperation with affected industry an…
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Within 90 days after an intermittent ignition device has been certified by the commission, the commi…
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The commission shall create a seal of certification and shall distribute the seal to every manufactu…
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After 24 months after an intermittent ignition device has been certified by the commission, no perso…
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After 24 months after an intermittent ignition device has been certified by the commission, the comm…
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Any person who violates or proposes to violate this chapter may be enjoined by any court of competen…
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(a) Any person who violates any provision of this chapter shall be liable for a civil penalty not to…
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Any inspector appointed or authorized by the commission shall have access to the premises, equipment…
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This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the Solar Shade Control Act. It is the policy of the…
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(a) As used in this chapter, “solar collector” means a fixed device, structure, or part of a device …
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After the installation of a solar collector, a person owning or in control of another property shall…
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(a) An owner of a building where a solar collector is proposed to be installed may provide written n…
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A tree or shrub that is maintained in violation of Section 25982 is a private nuisance, as defined i…
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This chapter does not apply to any of the following: (a) A tree or shrub planted prior to the instal…
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(a) A city, or for unincorporated areas, a county, may adopt, by majority vote of the governing body…
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Any person who plans a passive or natural solar heating system or cooling system or heating and cool…
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(a) For purposes of this chapter, the term “district” shall mean the Humboldt Bay Harbor, Recreation…
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(a) (1) The commission, in coordination with the California Coastal Commission, the Ocean Protection…
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(a) On or before June 1, 2022, the commission shall evaluate and quantify the maximum feasible capac…
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(a) The commission, in coordination with the California Coastal Commission, Department of Fish and W…
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(a) Based on the sea spaces identified pursuant to Section 25991.2, the commission, in coordination …
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(a) The commission, in consultation with the Public Utilities Commission and the Independent System …
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(a) The commission shall develop and produce a permitting roadmap that describes timeframes and mile…
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For purposes of this chapter, “stakeholders” includes, but is not limited to, fisheries groups, labo…
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Nothing in this chapter is intended to create a technology set-aside or mandatory minimum for any ty…
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(a) (1) The commission, in consultation with the State Lands Commission, the Ocean Protection Counci…
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(a) (1) The commission, in consultation with the California Workforce Development Board, shall condu…
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This chapter shall remain in effect only until January 1, 2031, and as of that date is repealed.
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The Legislature finds and declares all of the following: (a) The state is committed to the responsib…
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For purposes of this chapter, all of the following definitions apply: (a) “Account” means the Privat…
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(a) (1) The Voluntary Offshore Wind and Coastal Resources Protection Program is hereby established t…
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(a) The commission may adopt guidelines or other standards at a commission business meeting to imple…
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(a) The Voluntary Offshore Wind and Coastal Resources Protection Fund is hereby created in the State…
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(a) The commission may accept federal and private sector moneys, including for purposes of financial…
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(a) Notwithstanding Section 10231.5 of the Government Code, on or before March 15, 2024, and each Ja…
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(a) As part of the 2024 energy policy review prepared pursuant to subdivision (c) of Section 25302, …
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(a) On or before January 1, 2025, the commission shall submit a written report to the Governor and t…
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For purposes of this chapter, all of the following definitions apply: (a) “Financial incentive” incl…