California

Public Resources Code - PRC

8,181 sections, each with the official text and a plain-English explanation of what it means for you.

• § 3211 — The log shall show the character and depth of the formation passed through or encountered in the drilling of the well.
• § 32110 — (a) The trust agreement or the resolution providing for the issuance of the bonds may pledge or assign the revenues to be received or proceeds of any contract or contracts pledge and may convey or mor
• § 32111 — Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Treasurer shall not be deemed to have a conflict of interest by reason of acting as trustee pursuant to this division.
• § 32112 — All expenses incurred in carrying out the provisions of this trust agreement or resolution may be treated as a part of the cost of the operation of a project.
• § 32113 — Bonds issued under this division do not constitute a debt or liability of the state or of any political subdivision thereof, other than the authority, or a pledge of the full faith and credit of the s
• § 32114 — (a) The authority may provide for the issuance of bonds of the authority for the purpose of refunding any bonds, notes, or other securities of the authority then outstanding, including the payment of
• § 32115 — Bonds issued by the authority are legal investments for all trust funds, the funds of all insurance companies, banks, both commercial and savings, trust companies, savings and loan associations, and i
• § 32116 — No liability shall be incurred by the authority beyond the extent to which moneys have been provided under this division, except that, for the purposes of meeting the necessary expenses of initial org
• § 3212 — The core record shall show the depth, character, and fluid content of cores obtained, so far as determined.
• § 3213 — (a) The history shall show the location and amount of sidetracked casings, tools, or other material, the depth and quantity of cement in cement plugs, the shots of dynamite or other explosives, all ac
• § 3214 — The log shall be kept in the local office of the owner or operator, and, together with the tour reports of the owner or operator, shall be subject, during business hours, to the inspection of the supe
• § 3215 — (a) Within 60 days after the date of cessation of drilling, rework, well stimulation treatment, or abandonment operations, or the date of suspension of operations, the operator shall file with the dis
• § 32150 — The authority is not required to pay any property taxes or assessments upon, or with respect to, an urban waterfront restoration project or any property acquired by or for the authority under this div
• § 32151 — Subject to Section 32153, the existence of the authority may be terminated by statute at any time by the Legislature.
• § 32152 — This division provides a complete, additional, and alternative method for the doing of the things authorized thereby, and shall be regarded as supplemental and additional to powers conferred by other
• § 32153 — The State of California does hereby pledge to, and agree with, the holders of any obligations issued under this division, and with those parties who may enter into contracts with the authority pursuan
• § 32154 — The powers granted to the authority by this division may be exercised without regard or reference to any department or agency of the state.
• § 3216 — The owner or operator of any well, or his local agent, shall file with the supervisor a copy of the log, history, and core record, or any portion thereof, at any time after the commencement of the wor
• § 3219 — Any person engaged in operating any oil or gas well wherein high pressure gas is known to exist, and any person drilling for oil or gas in any district where the pressure of oil or gas is unknown shal
• § 3219.5 — (a) On or before July 1, 2001, the Department of Conservation shall report to the Governor and the Legislature on options for ensuring the existence of blowout insurance for persons engaged in drillin
• § 3220 — The owner or operator of any well on lands producing or reasonably presumed to contain oil or gas shall properly case it with water-tight and adequate casing, in accordance with methods approved by th
• § 32200 — The authority may contract with any participating party for the construction of an urban waterfront restoration project by the participating party.
• § 32201 — The authority may, as lessor or lessee, enter into leases and agreements with any participating party relating to the acquisition, construction, and installation of any project, including real propert
• § 32202 — The authority may enter into contracts of sale with any participating party covering any urban waterfront restoration project financed by the authority.
• § 32203 — As an alternative to leasing or selling an urban waterfront restoration project to a participating party, the authority may finance the acquisition, construction, or installation of a project by means
• § 32204 — All moneys received pursuant to this division, whether as proceeds from the sale of bonds, notes, or other evidence of indebtedness or as revenues, are trust funds to be held and applied solely as pro
• § 32205 — Any holder of bonds, notes, or other obligations issued under this division or any of the coupons appertaining thereto, and the trustee or trustees under any trust agreement, except to the extent the
• § 32206 — The exercise of the powers granted by this division shall be in all respects for the benefit of the people of this state, for their health and welfare, and protection of the state’s environment.
• § 32207 — If the jurisdiction of the authority to order a proposed act is not affected, an omission of any officer or of the authority in the proceedings under this division or any other defect in the proceedin
• § 32208 — An action may be brought pursuant to Chapter 9 (commencing with Section 860) of Title 10 of Part 2 of the Code of Civil Procedure to determine the validity of any issuance or proposed issuance of bond
• § 3222 — The owner or operator of any well shall, at the request of the supervisor, demonstrate that water from any well is not penetrating oil-bearing or gas-bearing strata or that detrimental substances are
• § 3223 — The district deputy or an inspector designated by the supervisor may be present at the test for shutoff.
• § 3224 — The supervisor shall order those tests or remedial work as in the supervisor’s judgment are necessary to prevent damage to life, health, property, and natural resources; to protect oil and gas deposit
• § 3224.5 — (a) After making a determination, based upon a site inspection, that a well poses a risk to life, health, property, or natural resources, the supervisor may order an operator, owner, or property owner
• § 3225 — (a) An order of the supervisor or a district deputy issued pursuant to this chapter shall provide a clear and concise recitation of the acts or omissions with which the operator is charged.
• § 3226 — (a) Within 30 days after service of an order pursuant to Sections 3224 and 3225, or Section 3237, or if there has been an appeal from the order to the director, within 30 days after service of the dec
• § 3226.3 — The division shall annually provide to the State Water Resources Control Board and the California regional water quality control boards an inventory of all unlined oil and gas field sumps.
• § 3227 — (a) The owner of any well shall file with the supervisor, on or before the last day of each month, for the last preceding calendar month, a statement, in the form designated by the supervisor, showing
• § 3227.5 — The supervisor shall compile from statements filed pursuant to Section 3227 and publish monthly statistics, within 90 days of the end of each calendar month, showing the amount of oil and gas produced
• § 3227.6 — As used in Sections 3227 and 3227.
• § 3228 — Before abandoning any well in accordance with methods approved by the supervisor or the district deputy, and under his or her direction, the owner or operator shall isolate all oil-bearing or gas-bear
• § 3229 — Before commencing any work to abandon a well, the owner or operator shall file with the supervisor or the district deputy a written notice of intention to abandon the well.
• § 3230 — The notice of intention to abandon shall contain the following information: (a) The total depth of the well to be abandoned.
• § 32300 — This division shall be known, and may be cited, as the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta Conservancy Act.
• § 32301 — The Legislature finds and declares all of the following: (a) The Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta is a unique natural resource of local, state, and national significance.
• § 32310 — For the purposes of this division, the following terms have the following meanings: (a) “Board” means the governing board of the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta Conservancy.
• § 3232 — The supervisor or the district deputy shall, within 10 days after the receipt of a written report of abandonment, furnish the owner or operator with a written final approval of abandonment, or a writt
• § 32320 — There is in the Natural Resources Agency the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta Conservancy, which is created as a state agency to work in collaboration and cooperation with local governments and interested
• § 32322 — (a) The conservancy shall act as a primary state agency to implement ecosystem restoration in the Delta.
• § 3233 — (a) The division may develop field rules which establish volumetric thresholds for emergency reporting by the operator of oil discharges to land associated with onshore drilling, exploration, or produ
• § 32330 — The board shall consist of 11 voting members and two nonvoting members, appointed or designated as follows: (a) The 11 voting members of the board shall consist of all of the following: (1) The Secret
• § 32332 — Annually, the voting members of the board shall elect from among the voting members a chairperson and vice chairperson, and other officers as necessary.
• § 32334 — A majority of the voting members shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of the business of the conservancy.
• § 32336 — The board shall adopt rules and procedures for the conduct of business by the conservancy.
• § 32338 — The board may establish advisory boards or committees, hold community meetings, and engage in public outreach.
• § 3234 — (a) (1) Except as otherwise provided in this section, all the well records, including production reports, of any owner or operator that are filed pursuant to this chapter are public records for purpos
• § 32340 — The board shall establish and maintain a headquarters office within the Delta.
• § 32342 — The board shall determine the qualifications of, and shall appoint, an executive officer of the conservancy, who shall be exempt from civil service.
• § 32344 — The board may enter into contracts with private entities and public agencies to procure consulting and other services necessary to achieve the purposes of this division.
• § 32346 — The conservancy’s expenses for support and administration may be paid from the conservancy’s operating budget and any other funding sources available to the conservancy.
• § 32348 — The board shall conduct business in accordance with the Bagley-Keene Open Meeting Act (Article 9 (commencing with Section 11120) of Chapter 1 of Part 1 of Division 3 of Title 2 of the Government Code)
• § 3235 — (a) The supervisor may upon their own initiative or shall upon receipt of a written complaint from a person owning land, residing, or operating wells within a radius of one mile of any well or group o
• § 32350 — The board shall hold its regular meetings within the Delta or the City of Rio Vista.
• § 3236 — (a) An owner or operator, or employee thereof, who refuses to permit the supervisor or the district deputy, or the district deputy’s inspector, to inspect a well, or who willfully hinders or delays th
• § 3236.2 — (a) (1) Upon referral by the supervisor, a person who violates this chapter or a regulation implementing this chapter is subject to a civil penalty of not more than fifty thousand dollars ($50,000) fo
• § 3236.3 — (a) When the supervisor determines that a person has engaged in, is engaged in, or is about to engage in any acts or practices that constitute or will constitute a violation of this chapter, or any re
• § 3236.5 — (a) A person who violates this chapter or a regulation implementing this chapter is, at the supervisor’s discretion, subject to an administrative civil penalty as described in subdivision (b) for each
• § 3236.6 — The supervisor, or the supervisor’s designee, may recover from the owner or operator all response, prosecution, and enforcement costs incurred by the division arising from the administration and enfor
• § 32360 — (a) Except as specified in Section 32360.
• § 32360.5 — In furtherance of the conservancy’s role in implementing the Delta Plan, the conservancy may take or fund an action outside the Delta and Suisun Marsh if the board makes all of the following findings:
• § 32362 — The conservancy may engage in partnerships with nonprofit organizations, local public agencies, and landowners.
• § 32363 — In implementing this division, the conservancy shall cooperate and consult with the city or county in which a grant is proposed to be expended or an interest in real property is proposed to be acquire
• § 32364 — (a) The conservancy may require a grantee to enter into an agreement with the conservancy on terms and conditions specified by the conservancy.
• § 32364.5 — (a) The conservancy may provide grants and loans to state agencies, local public agencies, and nonprofit organizations to further the goals of the conservancy.
• § 32365 — The conservancy may sue and be sued.
• § 32366 — (a) The conservancy may acquire from willing sellers or transferors interests in real property and improve, lease, or transfer interests in real property, in order to carry out the purposes of this di
• § 32368 — The conservancy may enter into an agreement with a public agency, nonprofit organization, or private entity for the construction, management, or maintenance of facilities authorized by the conservancy
• § 3237 — (a) (1) The supervisor or district deputy may order the plugging and abandonment of a well or the decommissioning of a production facility that has been deserted whether or not any damage is occurring
• § 32370 — The conservancy shall not exercise the power of eminent domain.
• § 32372 — (a) The conservancy may pursue and accept funds from various sources, including, but not limited to, federal, state, and local funds or grants, gifts, donations, bequests, devises, subventions, grants
• § 32376 — Within two years of hiring an executive officer, the board shall prepare and adopt a strategic plan to achieve the goals of the conservancy.
• § 32378 — (a) The conservancy may expend funds and award grants and loans to facilitate collaborative planning efforts and to develop projects and programs that are designed to further the purposes of this divi
• § 3238 — (a) For oil and gas produced in this state from a well that qualifies under Section 3251 or that has been inactive for a period of at least the preceding five consecutive years, the rate of the charge
• § 32380 — The conservancy may acquire water or water rights to support the goals of the conservancy.
• § 32381 — This division does not grant to the conservancy any of the following: (a) The power of a city or county to regulate land use.
• § 3240 — The supervisor, in cooperation with appropriate state and local agencies, shall conduct a study of abandoned oil and gas wells located in those areas of the state with substantial potential for methan
• § 3241 — The supervisor, in cooperation with appropriate state and local agencies, shall develop a strategy for extracting existing accumulations of methane gas and other hazardous gas from abandoned oil and g
• § 3243 — (a) On or before July 1, 2022, the supervisor shall establish a collections unit within the division.
• § 3250 — The Legislature hereby finds and declares that hazardous and certain idle-deserted oil and gas wells and hazardous and deserted facilities, as defined in this article, are public nuisances and that it
• § 32500 — This division shall be known, and may be cited, as the San Joaquin River Conservancy Act.
• § 32501 — The Legislature hereby finds and declares that the San Joaquin River, its broad corridors, and its prominent bluffs constitute a unique and important environmental, cultural, scientific, agricultural,
• § 32502 — The Legislature further finds and declares that the San Joaquin River Parkway Task Force, representing diverse state and local interests, has developed a San Joaquin River Parkway Plan which, in conce
• § 32503 — The Legislature further finds and declares that local jurisdiction is divided among the County of Fresno, the County of Madera, and the City of Fresno.
• § 32504 — As used in this division: (a) “Board” means the governing board of the San Joaquin River Conservancy.
• § 32505 — The conservancy shall commence to function upon the occurrence of either of the following events: (a) Approval by a four-fifths vote of the governing bodies of the member agencies.
• § 32506 — If the governing body of any member agency approves formation of the conservancy by a four-fifths vote, the election may be held only within the member agency or agencies not so approving formation.
• § 3251 — For the purposes of this article, the following definitions apply: (a) “Deserted facility” means a production facility determined by the supervisor to be deserted under Section 3237 and for which ther
• § 3251.5 — (a) Notwithstanding Section 3251, a well shall be deemed a hazardous well if it has been determined by the supervisor to pose a present danger to life, health, or natural resources and has been abando
• § 32510 — The San Joaquin River Conservancy is hereby established in the Resources Agency to acquire and manage public lands within the San Joaquin River Parkway, which shall consist of the San Joaquin River an
• § 32511 — The conservancy shall be responsible for operation and maintenance of the parkway.
• § 32512 — The area under the jurisdiction of the conservancy includes that area of the parkway which is acquired by the conservancy.
• § 32513 — The jurisdiction of the conservancy consists of land and water areas acquired for parkway use within the parkway whether by purchase or lease; other public lands operated by the conservancy on behalf
• § 32514 — The conservancy shall coordinate the activities of state and local agencies and private entities interested in the San Joaquin River and its resources.
• § 32515 — (a) The governing board of the conservancy shall consist of 16 voting members.
• § 32516 — A quorum shall constitute a majority of the voting members of the board.
• § 32517 — The voting members of the board shall serve for four-year terms.
• § 32518 — Members who are not elected or appointed officials shall receive compensation in an amount set by the board, not to exceed seventy-five dollars ($75) for each day, or portion thereof, and not to excee
• § 32519 — The voting members of the board shall annually elect from among the voting members a chairperson and a vice chairperson.
• § 3252 — As used in this article, “natural resources” includes land, water, air, minerals, vegetation, wildlife, historical or aesthetic sites, or any other natural resource which, irrespective of ownership, c
• § 32520 — The conservancy shall obtain and maintain adequate liability insurance or its equivalent, and defend and indemnify the member agencies for acts or omissions of the conservancy’s agents, employees, vol
• § 32525 — The conservancy shall have, and may exercise, all rights and powers, expressed or implied, necessary to carry out the purposes of this division, except as otherwise provided.
• § 32526 — The conservancy shall facilitate and coordinate the activities of its employees with personnel of the Department of Parks and Recreation, the Department of Fish and Game, and local law enforcement and
• § 32527 — The conservancy may adopt and enforce regulations governing the use of parkway lands and activities within the parkway; the protection and management of native riparian vegetation, wildlife, and other
• § 32527.5 — (a) A person who violates any of the posted regulations adopted by the conservancy governing lands owned or managed by the conservancy is guilty of an infraction punishable by a fine not exceeding two
• § 32528 — The conservancy may implement the San Joaquin River Parkway Task Force Plan and may adopt and carry out management plans for the protection of the natural and recreational resources of the parkway.
• § 32529 — The conservancy may manage, operate, administer, and maintain the parkway and its facilities.
• § 3253 — If any provisions of this article or the application thereof in any circumstances or to any person or public agency is held invalid, the remainder of this article or the application thereof in other c
• § 32530 — The conservancy may employ an executive officer and other staff to perform those functions that cannot be provided by the existing personnel of member agencies on a contractual basis or by volunteers.
• § 32531 — The conservancy may recruit and coordinate volunteers and experts to conduct interpretive and recreational programs and to assist with construction projects and the maintenance of parkway facilities.
• § 32532 — The conservancy may determine acquisition priorities and may acquire real property or any interest in real property within the parkway from willing sellers and at fair market value or on other mutuall
• § 32533 — The conservancy may undertake site improvement projects; regulate public access; revegetate and otherwise rehabilitate degraded areas, in consultation with other public agencies with appropriate juris
• § 32534 — The conservancy shall administer any funds appropriated to it and any revenue generated by member agencies for the parkway and contributed to the conservancy, and may expend those funds for capital im
• § 32535 — The conservancy may sue and be sued.
• § 32536 — The conservancy shall be deemed a local agency for the purposes of any provision of law authorizing local agencies to borrow money and incur indebtedness.
• § 32537 — (a) The conservancy may award grants to local public agencies, state agencies, federal agencies, and nonprofit organizations for the purposes of this division.
• § 32538 — (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the conservancy may lease, rent, sell, exchange, or otherwise transfer any real property or interest therein or option acquired under this division to a
• § 3254 — This article shall be liberally construed and applied to promote its purposes.
• § 3255 — (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this division, the supervisor may order to be carried out, or may undertake, any of the following operations, as applicable, on any property in the vicinity
• § 32550 — This division shall be known, and may be cited, as the Baldwin Hills and Urban Watersheds Conservancy Act.
• § 32551 — The Legislature hereby finds and declares all of the following: (a) The Baldwin Hills, southern Ballona Creek Watershed, and Upper Dominguez Channel area within the County of Los Angeles and the Citie
• § 32553 — As used in this division, the following terms have the following meanings: (a) (1) “Baldwin Hills, southern Ballona Creek Watershed, and Upper Dominguez Channel area” means the land area currently fro
• § 32555 — There is in the Natural Resources Agency, the Baldwin Hills and Urban Watersheds Conservancy, which is created for the following purposes: (a) To acquire and manage public lands within the Baldwin Hil
• § 32556 — (a) The board shall consist of 15 voting members and 12 nonvoting members.
• § 32557 — (a) The voting members of the board shall serve for two-year terms.
• § 32558 — The chairperson and vice-chairperson of the board shall be selected by a majority of the voting members of the board for one-year terms.
• § 32559 — The conservancy may employ an executive officer and other staff to perform those functions that cannot be provided by volunteers.
• § 3256 — (a) The division is hereby authorized to accept, and hold for and in the name of the state, by gift, exchange, purchase, negotiation, or eminent domain proceedings, any and all property or appurtenanc
• § 32560 — All meetings of the board shall be subject to the requirements of the Bagley-Keene Open Meeting Act (Article 9 (commencing with Section 11120) of Chapter 1 of Part 1 of Division 3 of Title 2 of the Go
• § 32561 — All members shall receive reimbursement for actual, necessary, and reasonable expenses.
• § 32565 — The jurisdiction of the conservancy shall include only those lands or other areas that are donated to, or otherwise acquired by, or are operated by the conservancy, that are located in the Baldwin Hil
• § 32565.5 — The conservancy shall do all of the following: (a) Develop and coordinate an integrated program of resource stewardship so that the entire Baldwin Hills, southern Ballona Creek Watershed, and Upper Do
• § 32566 — The conservancy may direct the management, operation, administration, and maintenance of the lands and facilities it acquires in accordance with the purposes set forth in Section 32555.
• § 32567 — The conservancy shall determine acquisition priorities and may acquire real property or any interest in real property within the Baldwin Hills, southern Ballona Creek Watershed, and Upper Dominguez Ch
• § 32568 — (a) The conservancy may, within the Baldwin Hills, southern Ballona Creek Watershed, and Upper Dominguez Channel area, undertake site improvement projects; regulate public access; revegetate and other
• § 32569 — (a) The conservancy may award grants to local public agencies, state agencies, federal agencies, and nonprofit organizations for the purposes of this division.
• § 3257 — To effect the purpose of this article, the division is authorized to enter into agreements with any person, public agency, corporation, or other entity for the management or operation of property acqu
• § 32570 — (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the conservancy may lease, rent, sell, exchange, or otherwise transfer any real property or interest therein or option acquired under this division to a
• § 32571 — (a) Local public agencies may enter into an agreement to transfer responsibility for the management of the land located within the Baldwin Hills, southern Ballona Creek Watershed, and Upper Dominguez
• § 32572 — The conservancy shall restrict access on acquired lands that are unsuitable for parks and open-space use by entering into temporary agreements with other state or local public agencies for the protect
• § 32573 — The conservancy shall do all of the following: (a) Establish policies and priorities regarding the territory within the Baldwin Hills, southern Ballona Creek Watershed, and Upper Dominguez Channel are
• § 32573.1 — (a) The Baldwin Hills, Southern Ballona Creek Watershed, and Upper Dominguez Channel Urban Watershed Improvement Program is hereby established, to be administered by the conservancy for climate change
• § 32574 — (a) The conservancy may fix and collect fees for the use of any land owned or controlled, or for any service provided, by the conservancy.
• § 32575 — The conservancy shall administer any funds appropriated to it, including any funds appropriated to it for these purposes from any future bond act or local initiative measure, and any revenue generated
• § 32576 — The conservancy may recruit and coordinate volunteers and experts to assist with conservancy projects and the maintenance of conservancy lands.
• § 32577 — The conservancy shall coordinate its actions with state and local public safety agencies.
• § 32578 — The conservancy shall have, and may exercise, all rights and powers, expressed or implied, necessary to carry out the purposes of this division, except as otherwise provided.
• § 32579 — The conservancy may sue and be sued.
• § 3258 — (a) The division shall not make expenditures from the Oil, Gas, and Geothermal Administrative Fund pursuant to this article that exceed the following sum any one fiscal year: (1) Three million dollars
• § 3260 — For purposes of this article, “account” means the Oil and Gas Environmental Remediation Account established under Section 3261.
• § 32600 — This division shall be known, and may be cited, as the San Gabriel and Lower Los Angeles Rivers and Mountains Conservancy Act.
• § 32601 — The Legislature hereby finds and declares that the San Gabriel River and its tributaries, the lower Los Angeles River and its tributaries, the San Gabriel Mountains, Puente Hills, San Jose Hills, Sant
• § 32602 — There is in the Natural Resources Agency the San Gabriel and Lower Los Angeles Rivers and Mountains Conservancy, which is created as a state agency for the following purposes: (a) To acquire and manag
• § 32603 — As used in this division, the following terms have the following meanings: (a) “Board” means the governing board of the San Gabriel and Lower Los Angeles Rivers and Mountains Conservancy.
• § 32604 — The conservancy shall do all of the following: (a) Establish policies and priorities for the conservancy regarding the San Gabriel River and the lower Los Angeles River, and their watersheds, and cond
• § 32605 — The board shall consist of 15 voting members and 9 ex officio, nonvoting members, as follows: (a) The 15 voting members of the board shall be the following: (1) One member of the Board of Supervisors
• § 32606 — (a) Except as provided in subdivision (c), the term of each voting member of the board shall be two years.
• § 32607 — (a) The voting members of the board shall elect a chairperson, vice chairperson, and other officers, as determined to be necessary, from among the board members.
• § 32608 — Members of the board who are not full-time public employees shall be compensated at a rate not to exceed seventy-five dollars ($75) per regular meeting, not to exceed 12 regular meetings per year, and
• § 32609 — (a) A quorum shall consist of a majority of the voting members of the board.
• § 3261 — (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, including the expenditure limitations of Section 3258, the division shall administer and manage the Oil and Gas Environmental Remediation Accou
• § 32611 — The conservancy may manage, operate, administer, and maintain the lands and facilities it acquires, in accordance with the purposes set forth in Section 32602.
• § 32612 — (a) The conservancy may acquire real property or any interest in real property pursuant to the Property Acquisition Law (Part 11 (commencing with Section 15850) of Division 3 of Title 2 of the Governm
• § 32613 — (a) The conservancy shall have, and may exercise, all rights and powers, expressed or implied, necessary to carry out the purposes of this division, except as otherwise provided.
• § 32614 — The conservancy may do all of the following: (a) Sue and be sued.
• § 32614.5 — (a) The conservancy may award grants to local public agencies, state agencies, federal agencies, and nonprofit organizations for the purposes of this division.
• § 32615 — The conservancy shall administer any funds appropriated to it, and may expend those funds for capital improvements, land acquisition, or support of the conservancy’s operations, in accordance with the
• § 32616 — (a) The conservancy may fix and collect fees for the use of any land owned or controlled, or for any service provided, by the conservancy.
• § 3262 — The division may adopt regulations to implement this article.
• § 32620 — Nothing in this division shall be interpreted to grant the board any regulatory or governing authority over any ordinance or regulatory measure adopted by a city, county, or special district that pert
• § 32621 — (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this division, the conservancy shall not take any action that does any of the following: (1) Interferes or conflicts with the exercise of the powers or dutie
• § 32622 — (a) The Secretary of the Natural Resources Agency shall appoint, in consultation with the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors to the extent that the board wishes to consult, a local working group
• § 32630 — This division shall be known, and may be cited, as the San Diego River Conservancy Act.
• § 32631 — (a) The San Diego River is a natural, historic, and recreational resource in the heart of San Diego.
• § 32632 — For the purposes of this division, the following terms have the following meanings: (a) “Conservancy” means the San Diego River Conservancy established by this division.
• § 32633 — There is in the Natural Resources Agency, the San Diego River Conservancy, which is created for the following purposes: (a) To acquire and manage public lands within the San Diego River area, and to p
• § 32634 — (a) The governing board of the conservancy shall consist of 16 voting members and two nonvoting members.
• § 32635 — The members of the conservancy that are not full-time public employees may be compensated for attendance at regular meetings of the conservancy at the rate of one hundred dollars ($100) per regular me
• § 32636 — The governing board shall elect from its own members a chairperson and vice chairperson, whose terms of office shall be two years, and who may serve more than one term.
• § 32637 — (a) A majority of the total voting membership of the governing body shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of the business of the conservancy.
• § 32638 — The governing board shall adopt its own rules and procedures necessary to conduct its business.
• § 32639 — The conservancy shall establish an office within the San Diego River watershed.
• § 32640 — All meetings of the governing board are subject to the Bagley-Keene Open Meeting Act (Chapter 9 (commencing with Section 54950) of Part 1 of Division 2 of Title 5 of the Government Code).
• § 32641 — The governing body shall determine the qualification of, and shall appoint, the executive officer of the conservancy and shall employ other necessary staff persons to execute the powers and duties of
• § 32642 — The conservancy may do any of the following to assist in the decisionmaking process for the purposes of this division: (a) Establish advisory boards, panels, or committees.
• § 32643 — The conservancy may do any of the following to provide necessary services: (a) Select and hire private consultants or contractors.
• § 32644 — The jurisdiction of the conservancy is limited to the watershed of the San Diego River.
• § 32645 — The conservancy may take any of the following actions for the purposes of this division: (a) Select and acquire real property or interests in real property in the name of the state pursuant to the Pro
• § 32646 — Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the conservancy has the first right of refusal to acquire any public lands that are suitable for park and open space within the conservancy’s jurisdiction w
• § 32647 — The conservancy may designate or enter into an agreement with any public agency to provide real estate services, and may assign authority to execute agreements for the acquisition or disposal of real
• § 32648 — Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the conservancy may not enter into an option to purchase land in fee simple or a lesser interest for an amount in excess of three hundred thousand dollars (