California

Public Resources Code - PRC

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

• § 32649 — (a) The conservancy may award grants to any local public agency, state agency, joint powers agency, special district, tribal nation, and nonprofit organization consistent with the purposes of this div
• § 32650 — Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the conservancy may lease, rent, sell, exchange, or otherwise transfer any real property or interest in real property that is acquired under this division t
• § 32651 — The conservancy may take any of the following actions for the purposes of this division: (a) Initiate, negotiate, and participate in agreements for the management of land under its ownership or contro
• § 32652 — The conservancy may receive any gift, donation, subvention, grant, rent, royalty, and other financial aid and funds from any private or public source, or both.
• § 32653 — (a) The conservancy may develop and coordinate an integrated program of resource stewardship to manage the entire San Diego River Area in a manner that balances the recreational needs of the surroundi
• § 32654 — (a) The conservancy, in consultation with other public agencies with appropriate jurisdiction and expertise, may do all of the following for any degraded area: (1) Undertake site improvement projects.
• § 32655 — The conservancy has, and may exercise, all rights and powers, expressed or implied, necessary to carry out the purposes of this division, except as otherwise provided.
• § 32656 — The conservancy may sue and be sued.
• § 32656.1 — (a) On or before January 1, 2017, and on or before January 1 of every odd-numbered year thereafter, the conservancy shall prepare and submit to the Governor and the Legislature a report that includes
• § 32657 — The San Diego River Conservancy Fund is hereby created.
• § 32658 — Proceeds or income from any lease, rental, sale, exchange, transfer of land, or interest in real property shall be deposited in the fund and shall be available for expenditure for the purposes of this
• § 32659 — The Legislature finds and declares all of the following: (a) The San Diego Rivers Watershed Consortium Program will establish advisory panels for the designated watersheds of the Otay River, the Sweet
• § 32659.1 — The following terms have the following meanings: (a) “Account” means the San Diego Rivers Watershed Consortium Program Account established in the San Diego River Conservancy Fund pursuant to subdivisi
• § 32659.2 — The conservancy shall establish the San Diego Rivers Watershed Consortium Program to create advisory panels to work cooperatively with local public agencies and other entities to identify potential pr
• § 32659.3 — (a) The conservancy shall create an advisory panel for each watershed to offer advice, expertise, support, or service to each watershed without compensation in accordance with the following requiremen
• § 32659.4 — The conservancy shall establish the following advisory panels: (a) The Otay River Watershed Advisory Panel, comprised of the following members: (1) A conservancy board member or the member’s designee.
• § 32659.5 — The advisory panels appointed pursuant to Section 32659.
• § 32659.6 — The conservancy may do all of the following in implementing the program: (a) Undertake site improvement projects within the consortium watershed area.
• § 32659.7 — Notwithstanding any other law, the conservancy shall not take any of the following actions: (a) Exercise the power of eminent domain.
• § 32659.8 — (a) The San Diego Rivers Watershed Consortium Program Account is hereby created in the San Diego River Conservancy Fund.
• § 32659.9 — The conservancy shall administer funds appropriated to it for the program and may expend those funds for grants, goods, services, control and removal of invasive species, capital improvements, support
• § 3270 — (a) The division shall, by regulation, prescribe minimum facility maintenance standards for all production facilities in the state.
• § 3270.1 — Within three months of its acquisition of a production facility or at the time of the initial production at its production facility, the facility operator shall file with the division a spill continge
• § 3270.2 — The division shall inspect production facilities to ensure compliance with the standards prescribed in the regulations promulgated pursuant to subdivision (a) of Section 3270.
• § 3270.3 — In addition to any other remedy provided by law, the supervisor, upon his or her determination or that of the district deputy that a production facility is being operated in violation of the standards
• § 3270.4 — (a) In addition to the bonding requirements under Article 4 (commencing with Section 3200), for an operator with a history of violating this chapter or that has outstanding liabilities to the state as
• § 3270.5 — (a) (1) By January 1, 2018, the division shall review and evaluate, and update as appropriate, its existing regulations regarding all active gas pipelines that are four inches or less in diameter, loc
• § 3270.6 — Upon the discovery of a leak from an active gas pipeline that is within a sensitive area, as defined in Section 3270.
• § 3275 — The Legislature of the State of California hereby ratifies and approves “The Interstate Compact to Conserve Oil and Gas,” and the amendment, extension, and renewal thereof, as set forth in Section 327
• § 3276 — The provisions of the interstate compact referred to in Section 3275 are as follows: A n A greement to A mend , E xtend and R enew the I nterstate C ompact to C onserve O il and G as W hereas , On the
• § 3277 — The Governor is hereby designated as the official representative of the State of California on the Interstate Oil Compact Commission provided for in the compact ratified by this article.
• § 3280 — For purposes of this article, the following definitions apply: (a) “Area” means surface area, and all measurement of distances is on the surface of the land.
• § 3281 — (a) Notwithstanding any other law, commencing January 1, 2023, the division shall not approve any notice of intention under Section 3203 within a health protection zone, except for approvals of notice
• § 3281.5 — (a) The Legislature finds and declares that development of oil and gas fields into nonfossil fuel production and injection and related uses, including, but not limited to, housing, recreation, and com
• § 3282 — Commencing July 1, 2026, all oil or gas production facilities or wells with a wellhead within a health protection zone shall be in compliance with all of the following requirements: (a) The operator i
• § 3283 — (a) All operators with a production facility or well with a wellhead in a health protection zone shall develop a leak detection and response plan that shall be submitted to the division no later than
• § 3284 — (a) Before commencing any work that requires a notice of intention under Section 3203 in the health protection zone, the operator shall contact property owners and tenants within a 3,200-foot radius o
• § 3285 — (a) Every operator shall submit to the division by July 1, 2025, a sensitive receptor inventory and map that includes the following: (1) A list of all sensitive receptors within 3,200 feet of an opera
• § 3286 — (a) Commencing July 1, 2030, and no less than annually on a date to be determined by the division, an operator with a wellhead or other production facility or facilities in a health protection zone sh
• § 3287 — Notwithstanding Section 10231.
• § 3288 — The division, the State Air Resources Board, and the State Water Resources Control Board may prescribe, adopt, and enforce any emergency regulations as necessary to implement, administer, and enforce
• § 3289 — (a) No provision of this article is a limitation on the authority or jurisdiction of the State Water Resources Control Board, the regional water quality control boards, the State Air Resources Board,
• § 3290 — The State Air Resources Board, relevant local air districts, the State Water Resources Control Board, and relevant local water quality control boards shall enter into memoranda of understanding with t
• § 3291 — This article does not diminish or alter the authority of the supervisor to deny, revoke, or suspend permits to meet the division’s purpose to protect public health and safety and environmental quality
• § 3300 — The unreasonable waste of natural gas by the act, omission, sufferance, or insistence of the lessor, lessee or operator of any land containing oil or gas, or both, whether before or after the removal
• § 33000 — This division shall be known as and may be cited as the Santa Monica Mountains Conservancy Act.
• § 33001 — The Legislature hereby finds and declares that the Santa Monica Mountains Zone, as defined in Section 33105, is a unique and valuable economic, environmental, agricultural, scientific, educational, an
• § 33002 — The Legislature further finds and declares that prior to the preparation of the plan by the Santa Monica Mountains Comprehensive Planning Commission, planning for the zone was fragmented and there wer
• § 33003 — The Legislature further finds and declares that the coastal zone portion of the Santa Monica Mountains Zone has been evaluated as part of the California Coastal Zone Conservation Plan, and because of
• § 33004 — The Legislature further finds and declares that the Santa Monica Mountains Comprehensive Planning Commission, composed of representatives of the state government, cities, and counties in the region, a
• § 33005 — Federal grant funds shall be used to accomplish the purposes of this division to the maximum extent possible.
• § 33006 — It is further declared to be the intent of the Legislature that, in making grants for park, recreation, or conservation purposes from funds received pursuant to Section 507(n) of the National Parks an
• § 33007 — In accomplishing the objectives of this division, private landowners, local governments, and all other public agencies shall be encouraged to participate in the programs authorized by this division by
• § 33008 — (a) The Legislature finds and declares that there are existing problems of substandard lots, incompatible land uses, conflicts with recreational use, and inadequate resource protection which, in some
• § 33009 — In order to avoid the continuing problems identified in Section 33008, each local government’s implementation of the plan shall be a necessary condition of that local government receiving any money pu
• § 3301 — Whenever the supervisor finds that it is in the interest of the protection of oil or gas from unreasonable waste, the lessors, lessees, operators or other persons owning or controlling royalty or othe
• § 33010 — For purposes of compliance with federal law, the references to the Santa Monica Mountains Comprehensive Planning Commission shall be deemed to mean the conservancy.
• § 3302 — Upon complaint being made to the director by any person operating in any oil field that there is occurring or threatened an unreasonable waste of gas in any field or fields, and when a petition is fil
• § 3303 — Notice of the time and place of the hearing shall be given by publication in a newspaper printed and published in the county in which the unreasonable waste of gas is alleged to be taking place or to
• § 3304 — The place of hearing shall be in the county or in any of the counties in which the unreasonable waste of gas is alleged to be taking place or to be threatened.
• § 3305 — At the hearing all persons interested are entitled to be heard and may present testimony either oral or written.
• § 3306 — Upon the conclusion of the hearing, the supervisor shall determine whether or not there is an unreasonable waste of gas in the field, in existence or threatened, and shall also determine the extent to
• § 3307 — If it appears that gas is being produced from any oil well or wells in quantities exceeding a reasonable proportion to the amount of oil produced from the same well or wells, even though it is shown t
• § 3308 — If the waste of gas is found to be unreasonable, an order shall be made by the supervisor directing that the unreasonable waste of gas be discontinued or refrained from to the extent stated in the ord
• § 3309 — A copy of the supervisor’s order shall be posted in a conspicuous place upon the property affected, and the order shall become final 10 days after posting, unless it is appealed from as provided in Se
• § 3310 — When the decision of the supervisor that there is an unreasonable waste of gas occurring or threatened has become final, a certified copy thereof shall be filed with the director.
• § 33100 — Unless the context requires otherwise, the definitions set forth in this chapter shall govern the interpretation of this division.
• § 33101 — “Coastal zone” means that area described in Section 30103.
• § 33102 — “Conservancy” means the Santa Monica Mountains Conservancy.
• § 33103 — “Fund” means the Santa Monica Mountains Conservancy Fund.
• § 33104 — “Plan” means the plan approved by the Secretary of the Interior pursuant to Section 507(n) of the National Parks and Recreation Act of 1978 (16 U.
• § 33105 — “Zone” means the Santa Monica Mountains Zone, which includes that part of the land area of the greater Los Angeles metropolitan region, landward of the Pacific Coast Highway (State Highway Route 1) bo
• § 33105.5 — (a) For purposes of providing a recreational trail corridor, the zone shall also include hiking and equestrian trail connections and accessways generally following the Rim of the Valley Trail as ident
• § 33105.6 — The recreational trail corridor for the Rim of the Valley Trail shall include the Santa Clarita Woodlands portion of the Santa Susana Mountains.
• § 3311 — In those suits, a restraining order shall not be issued ex parte, and a temporary or permanent injunction issued in the proceedings shall not be refused or dissolved or stayed pending appeal upon the
• § 3312 — Whenever it appears to the director that the owners, lessors, lessees, or operators of any well or wells producing oil and gas or oil or gas are causing or permitting an unreasonable waste of gas, he
• § 3313 — In such suits a restraining order shall not be issued ex parte, and a temporary or permanent injunction issued in such proceedings shall not be refused or dissolved or stayed pending appeal upon the g
• § 3314 — Proceedings to enjoin waste as contemplated by this chapter shall be special proceedings restricted to the single issue whether gas is being produced or is threatened to be produced in unreasonably wa
• § 3315 — It is hereby found and determined: (a) That the people of the State of California have a direct and primary interest in arresting and ameliorating the subsidence and compaction of land in those areas
• § 3316 — Unless the context otherwise requires, the general provisions and definitions contained in this chapter govern the construction of this article.
• § 3316.1 — As used in this article, “person” means any natural person, corporation, association, partnership, limited liability company, joint venture, receiver, trustee, executor, administrator, guardian, fiduc
• § 3316.10 — “Increased production” means that portion of the oil or gas produced from all wells bottomed within a unit area, or within any other area where the supervisor finds repressuring operations feasible, d
• § 3316.11 — “Working interest” means an interest held in lands by virtue of fee title, including lands held in trust, a lease, operating agreement or otherwise, under which the owner of such interest has the righ
• § 3316.12 — “Working interest owner” means a person owning a working interest.
• § 3316.13 — “Royalty interest” means a right to or interest in oil and gas produced from any lands or in the proceeds of the first sale thereof other than a working interest.
• § 3316.14 — “Royalty interest owner” means a person owning a royalty interest.
• § 3316.15 — “Unit operator” means the person or persons designated by the unit agreement or in accordance with subdivisions (g) and (j) of Section 3322 as operator or operators of the unitized area.
• § 3316.16 — “Land” means both surface and mineral rights.
• § 3316.2 — “Pool” means an underground reservoir containing, or appearing at the time of determination to contain, a common accumulation of crude petroleum oil or natural gas or both.
• § 3316.3 — “Field” means the same general surface area which is underlaid or reasonably appears to be underlaid by one or more pools.
• § 3316.4 — “Repressuring operations” means gas injection operations, water injection operations, water flooding operations, or any combination thereof, or any other operations intended primarily to arrest or ame
• § 3316.5 — “Subsidence” means sinking, lowering, collapsing, compaction or other movement of the land whether covered by water or not.
• § 3316.6 — “Unit area” means all or part of a pool or pools included within the area embraced by a unit created pursuant to an order of the supervisor as provided in Section 3322, or created by a unit agreement
• § 3316.7 — “Unit production” means all oil, gas and other hydrocarbon substances produced from a unit area from the effective date of the order of the supervisor creating the unit, or from the effective date of
• § 3316.8 — “Fieldwide repressuring plan” means a plan based upon a competent engineering study or studies, prepared by a petroleum engineer licensed by the State, of all the pools in a field, designed so as to p
• § 3316.9 — “Unit agreement” means and includes, in addition to the unit agreement, any unit operating agreement, consent agreement and other agreement entered into in connection with and supplemental to such uni
• § 3317 — This article applies only to lands, referred to in Section 3315, overlying or immediately adjacent to a producing pool or pools, when such lands are subsiding, portions of which lands are subject to t
• § 3318 — An order of the supervisor which involves tide or submerged lands which may have been granted to any city, county, or city and county, or district, shall prohibit any impairment of the public trust fo
• § 3319 — (a) The supervisor, upon the supervisor’s own motion, may, or shall, upon the application of any city, county, or city and county, any part of which is in a subsidence area, or any contractor or lesse
• § 3319.1 — Prior to the adoption of a fieldwide repressuring plan and general specifications of the work to be done thereunder, as provided in Section 3319, the supervisor, upon the application of any city, coun
• § 3320 — (a) The policy of conducting voluntary repressuring operations in a pool or pools, or portions thereof, in order to arrest or ameliorate subsidence, or for any other lawful purpose, whether individual
• § 3320.1 — (a) An agreement for the management, development and operation of two or more tracts in a pool or pools, or portions thereof, in a field as a unit without regard to separate ownerships for the product
• § 3320.2 — If the supervisor determines that sufficient of the working interest owners and royalty interest owners to make repressuring operations feasible in any pool or pools, or portions thereof, for which a
• § 3320.3 — In determining, as required by Section 3320.
• § 3320.4 — In order to encourage the initiation and conduct of repressuring operations with the greatest possible speed in a subsidence area, the State, or any city, or county, city and county, or other politica
• § 3320.5 — No working or royalty interest owner shall be liable for any loss or damage resulting from repressuring or other operations connected with the production of oil and gas which are conducted, without ne
• § 33200 — (a) The Santa Monica Mountains Conservancy is hereby established within the Natural Resources Agency.
• § 33200.1 — Three Members of the Senate, appointed by the Senate Committee on Rules, and three Members of the Assembly, appointed by the Speaker of the Assembly, shall meet with the conservancy on a regular basis
• § 33200.5 — Notwithstanding any other provision of law, placement of the conservancy within the Resources Agency shall not confer upon the Secretary of the Resources Agency any authority to approve or deny specif
• § 33201 — (a) The State Coastal Conservancy, pursuant to Division 21 (commencing with Section 31000), has the prime responsibility for carrying out projects identified in certified local coastal programs for ju
• § 33202 — The conservancy may apply for grants from any source to be used for the purposes of this division, and shall apply for all grants authorized pursuant to Section 507 of the National Parks and Recreatio
• § 33202.5 — (a) For purposes of this section, “encroachment” means any unauthorized or unlawful interference with, or physical intrusion onto, or alteration of, the conservancy’s property, either above ground or
• § 33203 — The conservancy may acquire, pursuant to subdivision (e) of Section 33207.
• § 33203.1 — Notwithstanding Section 33203 or any other provision of this division, the executive director of the conservancy shall give notice of any proposed acquisition of real property, or of any interest in r
• § 33203.5 — Notwithstanding any other provision of this division, the conservancy may acquire and improve real property, or any interests therein, anywhere within the zone upon a finding that the action is consis
• § 33204 — The conservancy may, in accordance with the priorities of the plan, do the following: (a) Award grants or make interest-free loans to cities, counties, resource conservation districts, and recreation
• § 33204.2 — (a) The conservancy may award grants to nonprofit organizations qualified as exempt organizations under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 (26 U.
• § 33204.27 — (a) The conservancy may award grants to school districts and other local agencies for any of the purposes for which it may award grants to nonprofit organizations pursuant to subdivision (a) of Sectio
• § 33204.3 — (a) The Legislature finds and declares all of the following: (1) The existing parks and open space owned by federal, state, and local agencies within the Rim of the Valley Trail Corridor, as defined i
• § 33204.4 — (a) The Legislature finds and declares all of the following: (1) The boundary of the Rim of the Valley Trail Corridor should be determined exclusively upon the best scientific and resource-based infor
• § 33204.5 — (a) The conservancy shall conduct a study and implement a program to provide recreational access from downtown Los Angeles and the inner city to the zone in order to provide recreational opportunities
• § 33204.7 — On January 1, 1984, the Department of Parks and Recreation shall transfer Fryman Canyon, which was acquired pursuant to Section 4 of Chapter 809 of the Statutes of 1980, to the conservancy.
• § 33204.8 — (a) (1) Notwithstanding the requirements in Section 33105.
• § 33205 — The conservancy shall not hold lands acquired in accordance with subdivision (d) of Section 33204 more than 10 years from the time of acquisition.
• § 33205.5 — (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, concurrent with the transfers described in subdivision (b), the Department of Parks and Recreation shall transfer Stunt Ranch, which was acquired pursua
• § 33206 — The conservancy may lease lands acquired in accordance and for purposes consistent with this division.
• § 33207 — (a) Areas offered for open-space dedication or trail easement by any person, and lands offered for sale because of tax delinquency, shall not be lost to public use if they are necessary to meet any of
• § 33207.1 — (a) The conservancy shall, upon the request of a city or county, waive subdivision (b) of Section 33207 if it finds any of the following: (1) The property is shown as commercial or manufacturing on th
• § 33207.5 — (a) The executive director, on behalf of the conservancy, shall, contemporaneously with the Los Angeles Unified School District completing all procedures and transfers in accordance with subdivisions
• § 33207.6 — Notwithstanding any other provision of law, upon receipt of a resolution of the Board of Education of the Las Virgenes Unified School District, the conservancy shall exchange for the district, under t
• § 33207.7 — Notwithstanding any other provision of the law, upon mutual agreement of the conservancy and the governing body of each local government or special district, conservancy funds provided to that jurisdi
• § 33208 — The conservancy shall annually, beginning on January 1, 1981, transmit to the Governor and the Legislature a two-part report as follows: (a) The first part of the report shall include all of the follo
• § 33209 — Every project submitted for funding pursuant to Section 33208 shall have an adopted project plan developed by, or in coordination with, the applicable local government or other state agency.
• § 3321 — (a) Subject to the limitations specified in this article, the supervisor shall have the power to issue a compulsory unit order upon the petition of a city, county, city and county, any part of which i
• § 33210 — Upon the request of a city, county, or recreation and park district within the zone, upon the request of the National Park Service, or on its own initiative, the conservancy may, after public hearings
• § 33211 — The conservancy may: (a) Accept any gifts, donations, or bequests from individuals, corporations, or organizations, or accept grants of funds from private or public agencies.
• § 33211.5 — (a) The following conditions of use apply to property owned or subject to the management of the conservancy: (1) Opening and closing hours shall be posted on any property upon which public use is perm
• § 33211.6 — (a) Dumping any refuse matter, except by permit signed by the executive director or the executive director’s authorized representative, on property owned or managed by the conservancy, and posted agai
• § 33212 — (a) The executive director of the conservancy shall be exempt from civil service and shall be appointed by, and serve at the pleasure of, the conservancy.
• § 33213 — (a) The Santa Monica Mountains Conservancy Advisory Committee is hereby created.
• § 33214 — The conservancy and any city, county, or recreation and park district, in undertaking any project pursuant to subdivision (a) of Section 33204, shall be subject to the provisions of Division 24 (comme
• § 33215 — The Santa Monica Mountains Conservancy Fund is hereby established.
• § 3322 — An order of the supervisor requiring unit operation, pursuant to Section 3321, may include lands owned by any person as defined in Section 3316.
• § 3322.1 — No order of the supervisor creating a unit and prescribing the plan of unitization applicable thereto shall become effective unless and until the plan of unitization has been signed, or in writing rat
• § 33220 — (a) There shall be within the Santa Monica Mountains Conservancy an Upper Los Angeles River and Tributaries Working Group.
• § 3323 — Notice of the time and place of any hearing to be held by the supervisor shall be given by publication in a newspaper of general circulation printed and published in the county in which the subsidence
• § 3324 — At hearings all persons interested are entitled to be heard and present evidence, both oral and written.
• § 3325 — The supervisor shall make and enforce all rules and regulations necessary or proper to accomplish the purposes of this article or to administer or enforce any order issued pursuant thereto.
• § 3326 — An order requiring unit operation may be amended for good cause by a subsequent order entered by the supervisor, except that no such order or amendment shall change the percentage of oil and gas alloc
• § 3327 — Subject to the limitations in this article governing the creation of the unit previously established, the supervisor, by entry of a new order after a public hearing, may require unit operation in a po
• § 3328 — (a) The portion of unit production allocated to a separately owned tract shall be deemed, for all purposes, to have been actually produced from such tract, and operations conducted pursuant to the ord
• § 3329 — The unit operator shall be authorized on behalf of and for the account of all the respective owners or possessors of the mineral rights within the unit area to supervise, manage and conduct the furthe
• § 3330 — When unit expenses incurred by a unit operator on behalf of the unit have not been paid, the unit operator may, in order to secure payment of the amount due the unit operator, fix a lien upon the inte
• § 33300 — This division shall be known, and may be cited, as the Laird-Leslie Sierra Nevada Conservancy Act.
• § 33301 — The Legislature finds and declares all of the following: (a) The Sierra Nevada Region is a globally significant area, including many national and state parks, the highest peaks in the 48 contiguous st
• § 33302 — For purposes of this division, the following terms shall apply: (a) “Board” means the Governing Board of the Sierra Nevada Conservancy.
• § 3331 — Any order issued by the supervisor pursuant to this article, from its effective date, shall be binding upon each person owning or claiming any legal or equitable interest in the area which is the subj
• § 3332 — Within 30 days after the written notice of the entry of a final order of the supervisor, or within such further time as the supervisor may grant for good cause shown, but in no event shall such time b
• § 33320 — There is in the Natural Resources Agency the Sierra Nevada Conservancy, which is created as a state agency to do all of the following, working in collaboration and cooperation with local governments a
• § 33321 — (a) The board shall consist of 13 voting members and three nonvoting liaison advisers, appointed or designated as follows: (1) The 13 voting members of the board shall consist of all of the following:
• § 33322 — Members and alternates, if any, shall serve terms as follows: (a) The members appointed pursuant to subparagraphs (C) to (E), inclusive, of paragraph (1) of subdivision (a) of Section 33321 shall serv
• § 33323 — (a) The voting members appointed or designated under paragraph (1) of subdivision (a) of Section 33321 who are not state employees shall be compensated for attending meetings of the conservancy at the
• § 33324 — Annually, the voting members of the board shall elect from among the voting members a chairperson and vice-chairperson, and other officers as necessary.
• § 33325 — (a) Seven members of the voting members shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of the business of the conservancy.
• § 33326 — The board may establish advisory boards or committees, hold community meetings, and engage in public outreach using advanced forms of technology, in order to facilitate the decisionmaking process.
• § 33327 — The board shall establish and maintain a headquarters office within the region.
• § 33328 — The board shall determine the qualifications of, and shall appoint, an executive officer of the conservancy, who shall be exempt from civil service.
• § 33329 — 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.
• § 3333 — (a) A final order of the supervisor shall be subject to judicial review by filing a petition for a writ of mandate in accordance with the provisions of Chapter 2 (commencing at Section 1084) of Title
• § 33330 — 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.
• § 33331 — The board shall conduct business in accordance with 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
• § 33332 — The board shall hold its regular meetings within, or near, the region.
• § 33333 — On or after January 1, 2006, the board shall post agendas for each board meeting on the Internet.
• § 3334 — The pendency of actions before the superior court or proceedings for review before any other court of competent jurisdiction of itself shall not stay or suspend the operation of any order; however, th
• § 33340 — The conservancy’s jurisdiction is limited to the Sierra Nevada Region.
• § 33341 — The conservancy shall carry out projects and activities to further the purposes of this division throughout the region.
• § 33342 — In carrying out this division, the conservancy shall cooperate with and consult with the city or county where a grant is proposed or an interest in real property is proposed to be acquired; and shall,
• § 33343 — (a) The conservancy may make grants or loans to public agencies, nonprofit organizations, and tribal organizations in order to carry out the purposes of this division, including grants or loans provid
• § 33344 — In the case of a grant of funds to a nonprofit organization or tribal organization to acquire an interest in real property, including, but not limited to, a fee interest, the agreement between the con
• § 33345 — The conservancy shall adopt guidelines setting priorities and criteria for projects and programs, based upon its assessment of program requirements, institutional capabilities, and funding needs throu
• § 33345.1 — (a) The Sierra Nevada Watershed Improvement Program is hereby established, to be administered by the conservancy, to protect, conserve, and restore the health and resilience of the watersheds and comm
• § 33346 — (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
• § 33346.5 — The conservancy may apply for and receive grants to carry out the purposes of this division.
• § 33347 — (a) The conservancy may acquire from willing sellers or transferors, an interest in any real property, in order to carry out the purposes of this division.
• § 33348 — Notwithstanding Section 11005.
• § 33349 — (a) The conservancy shall take whatever actions are reasonably necessary and incidental to the management of lands or interests in lands under its ownership or control, and may initiate, negotiate, an
• § 3335 — If an action for judicial review has not been commenced within the time prescribed for such action, or, if filed, the time within which to process an appeal by the petitioner from any judgment or orde
• § 33350 — (a) The conservancy shall make an annual report to the Legislature and the Secretary of the Natural Resources Agency regarding expenditures, land management costs, and administrative costs.
• § 33351 — The conservancy may expend funds under this division to conduct research and monitoring in connection with development and implementation of the program administered under this division.
• § 33352 — (a) The conservancy may receive gifts, donations, bequests, devises, subventions, grants, rents, royalties, and other assistance and funds from public and private sources.
• § 33353 — The conservancy may fix and collect a fee for a direct service it renders, provided the service is rendered at the request of the individual or entity receiving the service.
• § 33354 — Proceeds from a lease, rental, sale, exchange, or transfer of an interest or option in real property, and all other income, shall be deposited in the fund for expenditure for the purposes of this divi
• § 33355 — The Sierra Nevada Conservancy Fund is hereby created in the State Treasury.
• § 33356 — Nothing in this division grants to the conservancy: (a) Any of the powers of a city or county to regulate land use.
• § 3336 — The supervisor upon his own motion may, or shall upon the application of any interested person, hold a public hearing for the purpose of determining and establishing the exterior boundaries encompassi
• § 3337 — The division shall exercise surveillance over all repressuring operations in the state.
• § 3341 — At the termination of oil and gas production from a unit area established or approved pursuant to this article and the abandonment of attempts to obtain production therefrom, any interested municipal
• § 3342 — To the extent necessary to conform to the provisions and requirements of this article, and to any order of unitization or other order, rule or regulation of the supervisor, made and adopted pursuant h
• § 3343 — (a) Any person who willfully violates any provision of this article or any rule, regulation or order of the supervisor, shall be subject to a penalty of one thousand dollars ($1,000) for each act of v