California

Public Resources Code - PRC

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

• § 3344 — (a) Whenever it appears that any person is violating or threatening to violate any provision of this article, or any rule, regulation or order of the supervisor, the supervisor may bring suit against
• § 3345 — No finding or determination made by the supervisor under the provisions of this article or by any court in proceedings involving the enforcement or review of the orders of the supervisor shall be rece
• § 3346 — The provisions of this article shall supersede any conflicting provisions contained in any legislative grant of tide and submerged lands, or in any law amendatory or supplemental thereto, or any other
• § 3347 — If any section, subsection, subdivision, sentence or clause of this article is adjudged to be unconstitutional or invalid, such adjudication shall not affect the validity of the remaining portion of t
• § 3350 — (a) The operator of a well or a production facility to whom the supervisor or district deputy has issued an order pursuant to this chapter may file a notice of appeal from that order.
• § 33500 — The Legislature hereby finds and declares that the mountains and natural community conservation lands of the Coachella Valley in Riverside County contain unique and important open-space, wildlife, sce
• § 33501 — The Coachella Valley Mountains Conservancy is hereby created as a state agency within the Resources Agency to acquire and hold, in perpetual open space, mountainous lands surrounding the Coachella Val
• § 33502 — (a) The territory of the conservancy consists of that portion of Riverside County bounded by a line commencing at the intersection of the highest elevation of the San Jacinto Mountains and the range l
• § 33503 — (a) The governing board of the conservancy consists of the following 20 voting members: (1) The mayor or a member of the city council of each of the Cities of Cathedral City, Coachella, Desert Hot Spr
• § 33505 — (a) The term of each voting member of the governing board shall be two years and until his or her successor is appointed.
• § 33506 — The voting members of the conservancy’s governing board shall elect a chairperson, vice chairperson, and other officers as determined to be necessary, from among the persons designated in paragraphs (
• § 33507 — A majority of the members appointed to the governing board of the conservancy shall constitute a quorum, and, except as provided in subdivision (b) of Section 33702, no official action relating to the
• § 33508 — Each voting member of the governing board designated in paragraphs (1), (2), (3), and (4) of subdivision (a) of Section 33503 shall receive compensation in an amount set by the governing board, not to
• § 33509 — (a) Meetings of the governing board are subject to 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).
• § 3351 — (a) A hearing shall be provided in accordance with Chapter 5 (commencing with Section 11500) of Part 1 of Division 3 of Title 2 of the Government Code only in an appeal from an order in the following
• § 3352 — (a) A hearing conducted by the director shall adhere to the following: (1) When an order is not issued as an emergency order, within 30 days from the date of the service of the notice of appeal, the d
• § 3353 — (a) Within 30 days after the close of a hearing conducted by the director, the director shall issue a written decision affirming, setting aside, or modifying the order from which the appeal was taken.
• § 3354 — (a) Following a hearing conducted by the director pursuant to Sections 3352 and 3353 or subdivision (b) of Section 3350, the operator may obtain judicial review of the decision of the director by fili
• § 3355 — When an operator seeks judicial review of a decision of the director, including a decision following a hearing conducted in accordance with Chapter 5 (commencing with Section 11500) of Part 1 of Divis
• § 3356 — (a) If the operator does not appeal an order, if the operator does not timely seek judicial review of a decision affirming or modifying an order within the time provided in Section 3354, or if the ope
• § 3357 — (a) In any proceeding before the director, and in any proceeding instituted by the supervisor for the purpose of enforcing or carrying out the provisions of this division, or for the purpose of holdin
• § 3358 — Witnesses shall be entitled to receive the fees and mileage fixed by law in civil causes, payable from the Oil, Gas, and Geothermal Administrative Fund.
• § 3359 — In case of the failure or neglect on the part of any person to comply with any order of the supervisor or the director, or any subpoena, or upon the refusal of any witness to testify to any matter reg
• § 33600 — The conservancy shall have and may exercise all rights and powers, expressed or implied, necessary to carry out the purposes and intent of this division, including, but not limited to, the rights and
• § 33601 — The conservancy may do all of the following: (a) Sue and be sued.
• § 33602 — The conservancy may adopt regulations governing the use by the public of conservancy lands and provide for their enforcement.
• § 33603 — The conservancy may provide interpretive services and facilities and make the minimal improvements necessary to negate the deleterious influence of man on, and to facilitate the public’s enjoyment of,
• § 33604 — Any expenditure by the conservancy that exceeds the amount specified in Section 20162 of the Public Contract Code, except expenditures for the acquisition of land for the purposes of Section 33501, sh
• § 33605 — The conservancy may accept any revenue, money, grants, fees, rents, royalties, goods, services, donations, bequests, or gifts of any interest in real property from any public agency, private entity, o
• § 33700 — (a) As used in this chapter, “mountainous lands” means all lands, irrespective of their angle of slope or other natural or manmade terrain features, within the territory of the conservancy that lie ab
• § 33701 — The conservancy may not exercise the power of eminent domain.
• § 33702 — (a) Except as provided in subdivisions (b) and (c), the acquisition of real property or interests in real property under this division is subject to the Property Acquisition Law (Part 11 (commencing w
• § 33702.5 — The conservancy may enter into an option to purchase real property in fee or any lesser interest and may transfer an option subject to the requirements of subdivision (b) of Section 33702.
• § 33703 — This division is not intended to infringe on the existing authority of the County of Riverside or the cities lying within the conservancy’s territory to plan and control land uses, and no provision of
• § 33704 — The Legislature hereby acknowledges the role of the former Coachella Valley Mountains Conservancy, a California nonprofit corporation, and its successor, the Coachella Valley Mountains Trust, a Califo
• § 33800 — (a) The conservancy may incur debt only for the purpose of acquiring real property.
• § 33802 — The conservancy may fix and collect fees for the use by the public of any lands owned or otherwise controlled by the conservancy.
• § 33803 — (a) The conservancy may raise revenues for any lawful purpose of the conservancy pursuant to this chapter.
• § 33804 — The conservancy is expressly authorized to raise revenues by any, or a combination, of the following: (a) An assessment to finance capital improvements and land acquisition, which may be levied within
• § 33805 — Upon making the determination that immediate revenues are insufficient for the acquisition of property, other capital expenses, or the funding or refunding of any outstanding indebtedness, the governi
• § 33806 — The Coachella Valley Mountains Conservancy Fund is hereby created in the State Treasury.
• § 33810 — This division shall be known, and may be cited, as the Salton Sea Conservancy Act.
• § 33811 — For purposes of this division, the following definitions apply: (a) “Board” means the board of directors governing the Salton Sea Conservancy.
• § 33812 — (a) The Salton Sea Conservancy is hereby created as a state agency within the Natural Resources Agency for both of the following purposes: (1) To operate, maintain, and manage projects, as they are co
• § 33813 — The conservancy shall carry out programs, projects, and activities to further the conservancy’s purposes specified in Section 33812.
• § 33814 — (a) By January 1, 2026, the conservancy shall be governed by a board of directors.
• § 33815 — The Secretary of the Natural Resources Agency, or the secretary’s designee, shall serve as the chairperson of the board.
• § 33816 — Eight of the voting members shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of the business of the conservancy.
• § 33817 — The board shall adopt rules and procedures for the conduct of business by the conservancy.
• § 33818 — The board may establish advisory boards or committees, hold community meetings, and engage in public outreach.
• § 33819 — The board may maintain a headquarters office within the Salton Sea region.
• § 33820 — (a) Before January 1, 2027, the Secretary of the Natural Resources Agency shall appoint an executive officer of the conservancy.
• § 33821 — 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.
• § 33822 — 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.
• § 33823 — 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)
• § 33824 — The board shall hold its regular meetings within the Salton Sea region.
• § 33825 — The Salton Sea Conservancy Fund is hereby created in the State Treasury.
• § 33826 — The conservancy may engage in partnerships with tribes, nonprofit organizations, local public agencies, including the Salton Sea Authority, and landowners.
• § 33827 — 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
• § 33828 — (a) The conservancy may require a grantee to enter into an agreement with the conservancy on terms and conditions specified by the conservancy.
• § 33829 — (a) The conservancy may provide grants and loans to state agencies, local public agencies, tribes, and nonprofit organizations to further the purposes of this division.
• § 33830 — The conservancy may sue and be sued.
• § 33831 — (a) The conservancy may acquire from willing sellers or transferors, including state agencies, interests in real property, including access and water rights, and improve, lease, or transfer interests
• § 33832 — 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, or transferred
• § 33833 — The conservancy shall not exercise the power of eminent domain.
• § 33834 — (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
• § 33835 — Notwithstanding Section 10231.
• § 33836 — (a) The conservancy may expend funds and award grants and loans to develop projects and programs that are designed to further the purposes of this division.
• § 33837 — Nothing in this chapter shall limit or alter any party’s, including the state’s, responsibility under existing law or any party’s authority to carry out any responsibility under existing law.
• § 33838 — This division shall become operative only if the Safe Drinking Water, Wildfire Prevention, Drought Preparedness, and Clean Air Bond Act of 2024 (Chapter 83 of the Statutes of 2024) is approved by the
• § 33910 — As used in this division, “department” means the Department of Transportation.
• § 33911 — The department may receive donations of land and funds for the acquisition of land from local agencies, including special districts, and private entities.
• § 33912 — (a) Of the funds appropriated to the Department of Transportation by Section 161030 of the Public Utilities Code, all money remaining on July 1, 1993, that is neither encumbered nor needed by the depa
• § 33913 — Land may be acquired by the department if the land is located in a designated corridor of statewide or regional priority as determined pursuant to Section 65081.
• § 33914 — The determinations made pursuant to this division shall not constitute the basis for a determination of compliance with the California Environmental Quality Act for purposes of constructing the transp
• § 33915 — The acquisition and holding of land under this division constitutes a public purpose, notwithstanding Section 1240.
• § 33916 — Nothing in this division limits the authority conferred on the department by Section 104.
• § 33917 — (a) A transportation planning agency, a county transportation commission, or a county transportation authority may create a transportation corridor preservation entity within the area of its jurisdict
• § 3400 — The charges directed to be levied by this article are necessary in the exercise of the police power of the State and to provide a means by which to supervise and protect deposits of oil and gas within
• § 34000 — Money deposited in the Bosco-Keene Renewable Resources Investment Fund created by former Section 7150.
• § 34001 — The Department of Fish and Game may make grants to nonprofit organizations, political subdivisions of the state, and Indian tribes to cooperate with the department in salmon and steelhead rehabilitati
• § 34002 — The Department of Fish and Game may provide nonprofit organizations and Indian tribes partial funding of grants provided under Section 34001 or Section 3 of Chapter 344 of the Statutes of 1981, if in
• § 3401 — (a) The proceeds of charges levied, assessed, and collected pursuant to this article upon the properties of every person operating or owning an interest in the production of a well shall be used exclu
• § 3402 — There shall annually be imposed upon the person operating each oil well in this state, or owning royalty or other interests in respect to the production from the well, a charge which shall be payable
• § 3403 — There shall annually be imposed upon the person operating each gas well in this state, or owning royalty or other interests with respect to the production from the well, a charge, which shall be payab
• § 3403.5 — (a) The Legislature finds that there are underground storage facilities for gas that utilize depleted or partially depleted oil or gas reservoirs.
• § 3403.6 — (a) For the purposes of this section, “gravity-based energy storage well” has the same meaning as set forth in Section 3190.
• § 3404 — The charges authorized by this article are in addition to any and all charges, taxes, assessments, or licenses of any kind or nature paid by or upon the properties assessed hereunder.
• § 3405 — The department shall prescribe the form and contents of all reports for making the charge or for other purposes to carry out the intent and provisions of this article.
• § 3406 — Every person chargeable under this article, shall on or before March 15th of each year, file a report with the department.
• § 3407 — The department may, for good cause shown, by order entered upon its records, extend for not exceeding thirty days, the time for filing any report required by this article.
• § 3407.5 — If the person filing the report required under Section 3406, by error or otherwise fails to include the full amount of oil or gas production in the report, the department shall make an estimate of the
• § 3408 — (a) If any person chargeable under this article fails or refuses to file with the department, within the time prescribed in this article, the verified report provided for in Section 3406, the departme
• § 3410 — The department shall, on or before June 15th of each year, acting in conjunction with the Department of Finance, make an estimate of the amount of money which will be required to carry out the provisi
• § 3412 — On or before June 15 of each year, the department shall determine the rate or rates that will produce the sums necessary to be raised as provided in Section 3410.
• § 3413 — Between the first of March and the 15th of June in each year, the department shall assess and levy the charges as provided in this article.
• § 3417 — The notice shall state: (a) That the assessment of property and levy of charges under this article has been completed.
• § 3417.5 — (a) The division shall send a notice to each operator subject to a fee pursuant to Section 3206 by April 1 of each year.
• § 3418 — The department shall prepare each year a record called the “Record of Assessments and Charges” in which shall be entered each assessment and levy or charge made by it upon the property assessed and ch
• § 3419 — On or before the first of July the department shall deliver to the State Controller the record of assessments and charges, certified to by the director, which certificate shall be substantially as fol
• § 3420 — (a) (1) No charges shall be levied for assessments on oil and gas production of less than ten dollars ($10).
• § 3421 — Every payment on a delinquent charge shall be applied as follows: (a) First, to any interest due on the charge.
• § 3423 — (a) If any person fails to pay any charge or penalty imposed under this chapter at the time that it becomes due and payable, the amount thereof, including penalties and interest, together with any cos
• § 3423.2 — A warrant may be issued by the Controller or his or her duly authorized representative for the collection of any charges, interest and penalties and for the enforcement of any such lien directed to th
• § 3423.3 — Notwithstanding any provisions of law to the contrary, the owner of said land may redeem from any execution sale within a period of three years upon payment of interest, penalties and charges as provi
• § 3423.4 — The sheriff shall receive, upon the completion of his or her services pursuant to a warrant, and the Controller is authorized to pay to him or her the same fees and commissions and expenses in connect
• § 3423.6 — In the event that the lien of the charges, penalties or interest attaches to real property from which the oil or gas is extracted and more than one parcel of property is included within the lien, the
• § 3423.9 — It is expressly provided that the remedies provided herein of the state shall be cumulative and that no action by the Controller shall be construed to be an election on the part of the state, or of an
• § 3424 — All charges assessed and levied shall be paid to the State Treasurer upon the order of the Controller.
• § 3425 — Errors appearing upon the face of any assessment on the record of assessments, or overcharges may be corrected by the Controller, with the consent of the Department of Finance, in such manner as the C
• § 3426 — The Controller shall, on or before the thirtieth day of May next following the delinquency of any charge, bring an action in the name of the people of the State, in the county in which the property as
• § 3427 — The Attorney General shall commence and prosecute any such action to final judgment.
• § 3428 — In such actions the record of assessments and charges, or a copy of so much thereof as is applicable, duly certified by the Controller, showing unpaid charges against any person assessed by the depart
• § 3429 — Payment of the penalties and charges, or the amount of the judgment recovered in the action, shall be made to the State Treasurer.
• § 3430 — Any person claiming and protesting that the assessment made or charges assessed against him are void, in whole or in part, may bring an action against the State Treasurer for the recovery of the whole
• § 3431 — Whenever an action is commenced under the provisions of Section 3430, a copy of the complaint and of the summons shall be served upon the treasurer or his deputy and upon the supervisor or his deputy
• § 3432 — (a) The Attorney General shall defend the action.
• § 3433 — Failure to begin the action within the time specified in section 3430 is a bar to recovery of the charges.
• § 3434 — (a) If the department determines between June 15, 2024, and March 1, 2025, that the estimate made pursuant to Section 3410 of the amount of money that will be required to carry out the provisions of t
• § 3450 — The Legislature takes notice of the existence of the Conservation Committee of California Oil Producers and of the fact that said committee for a number of years last past, in the interest of the cons
• § 3451 — “Maximum Efficient Rate,” commonly referred to as “MER,” is defined as the highest daily rate of production which can be sustained economically from a particular pool, from existing wells and faciliti
• § 3460 — (a) As used in this article: (1) “Used oil” has the same meaning as defined in subdivision (a) of Section 25250.
• § 3462 — The Legislature finds that almost 100 million gallons of used automotive and industrial oil are generated each year in the state; that used oil is a valuable petroleum resource which can be recycled;
• § 3463 — It is the intent of the Legislature in enacting this article that used oil shall be collected and recycled to the maximum extent possible, by means which are economically feasible and environmentally
• § 3465 — The board shall conduct a public education program to inform the public of the needs for and benefits of collecting and recycling used oil in order to conserve resources and preserve the environment.
• § 3466 — (a) The board shall prescribe guidelines for providing safe and conveniently located facilities for the deposit of used oil by persons possessing not more than five gallons at one time at no cost to t
• § 3469 — The board, and every state officer and employee, shall encourage the purchase of recycled oil products represented as substantially equivalent to products made from new oil in accordance with Section
• § 3470 — (a) All rules and regulations of the board shall be adopted, amended, and repealed in accordance with Chapter 3.
• § 3473 — If any provision of this article or the application of it to any person or circumstance is held invalid, such invalidity shall not affect other provisions or applications of this article which can be
• § 3475 — This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the Used Oil Collection Demonstration Grant Program Act of 1990.
• § 3476 — The definitions in this article govern the construction of this chapter.
• § 3477 — “Administrative costs” means those costs directly associated with regulation of the implementation of a used oil collection project.
• § 3477.1 — “Board” means the California Integrated Waste Management Board.
• § 3477.5 — “Capital outlay” means those costs directly associated with the purchase of equipment necessary to implement a used oil collection project.
• § 3478 — “Local agency” means a city, county, or city and county.
• § 3479 — “Used oil collection project” means a project undertaken by a local agency to encourage the collection, recycling, and proper disposal of used oil generated at households.
• § 3480 — (a) The board shall develop and administer a used oil grant program.
• § 3481 — The purpose of the used oil collection demonstration grant program is to encourage the establishment of public used oil collection projects and to provide capital outlay and other costs to provide hou
• § 3482 — (a) A local agency shall not use more than 5 percent of any grant for administrative costs.
• § 3483 — The board shall establish criteria for the granting of funds for used oil collection projects conducted by local agencies, including, but not limited to, information relating to proposed project costs
• § 3484 — (a) Local agencies which have established public used oil curbside collection projects on or before January 1, 1991, are eligible for grants under this article to expand and upgrade those projects.
• § 3485 — Grant funds shall be made available on a competitive basis to local agencies if requests for grants exceed available funds.
• § 3485.5 — The following criteria shall be used to evaluate grant applications: (a) The need for a used oil collection project within a jurisdiction.
• § 3486 — The board shall determine the contents of grant applications and the methods for evaluating the applications.
• § 3487 — The board shall evaluate each grant application for its potential to satisfy the requirements of this chapter and shall award the grant based on the evaluation.
• § 3489 — A local agency that establishes or otherwise expends grant funds provided pursuant to this chapter shall: (a) Comply with the requirements in the regulations concerning notification and reporting.
• § 3490 — Storage containers, such as drums and tanks, used to store used oil shall be in good condition and shall meet any applicable design and construction standards.
• § 3491 — There is hereby created in the State Treasury the Used Oil Collection Demonstration Grant Fund.
• § 3492 — (a) Notwithstanding Sections 13340 and 16361 of the Government Code, and to the extent permitted by federal law, the sum of one million dollars ($1,000,000) of money in the Federal Trust Fund, created
• § 3494 — Funds transferred from the Petroleum Violation Escrow Account by this article shall be transferred by the Controller, subject to approval by the Director of Finance as to which court judgment or feder
• § 3500 — All persons, firms, corporations, and associations are prohibited from wilfully permitting natural gas wastefully to escape into the atmosphere.
• § 35000 — This division shall be known and may be cited as the Coastal Resources and Energy Assistance Act.
• § 35001 — The Legislature finds and declares that it is essential that the state, in cooperation with local governments, invest a portion of federal revenues derived from the extraction of publicly owned, nonre
• § 35002 — The Legislature further finds and declares that the federal government’s accelerated and expanded federal offshore leasing program, in conjunction with the State Lands Commission’s submerged lands lea
• § 35003 — The Legislature further finds and declares, therefor, that a portion of federal revenues derived from the extraction of offshore energy resources should be expended by the state to further the followi
• § 3501 — Any person, firm, corporation, or association who digs, drills, excavates, constructs, or owns, or controls a well from which natural gas flows shall, upon the abandonment of the well, cap or otherwis
• § 3502 — Any person, firm, corporation, or association who wilfully violates any of the provisions of this chapter is guilty of a misdemeanor, punishable by a fine of not more than one thousand dollars or by i
• § 35020 — “Coastal city” means a city or port district which lies, in whole or in part, within the coastal zone.
• § 35021 — “Coastal county” means a county or city and county which lies, in whole or in part, within the coastal zone.
• § 35022 — “Coastal zone” means the coastal zone as defined in Section 30103.
• § 35023 — “Local coastal program” means a local coastal program as defined in Section 30108.
• § 35024 — “Secretary” means the Secretary of the Resources Agency.
• § 3503 — Each day during which natural gas is wilfully allowed wastefully or unnecessarily to escape into the atmosphere is a separate and distinct violation of this chapter.
• § 35030 — (a) The secretary, after consulting with the California Coastal Commission and the State Lands Commission concerning offshore energy activities, shall award grants to coastal counties and cities to be
• § 35031 — Any funds appropriated in accordance with this chapter and not expended as described in Section 35030, may be awarded by the secretary for technical and financial assistance to coastal counties and ci
• § 35032 — On or before April 15, 1997, the secretary, in cooperation with the California Coastal Commission, shall develop and implement a competitive application process to award coastal counties and cities fi
• § 35033 — Any financial assistance provided to local governments under this chapter may not exceed 90 percent of the cost of carrying out the project.
• § 35034 — On an annual basis, the secretary shall review and assess county and city expenditures under this program.
• § 35100 — This division shall be known and may be cited as the Santa Clara Valley Open-Space Authority Act.
• § 35101 — The Legislature hereby finds and declares all of the following: (a) In Santa Clara County, open-space preservation and creation of a greenbelt are immediate high priorities needed to counter the conti
• § 35102 — “Agricultural activity” has the same meaning as “agricultural activity, operation, or facility, or appurtenances thereof” as defined in subdivision (e) of Section 3482.
• § 35103 — “Authority” means the Santa Clara Valley Open-Space Authority created pursuant to this division in the County of Santa Clara.
• § 35105 — “County” means the County of Santa Clara.
• § 35106 — “Governing board” means the governing body of the authority.
• § 35120 — The Santa Clara Valley Open-Space Authority is hereby created on February 1, 1993.
• § 35121 — (a) If, after the establishment of the authority’s boundaries pursuant to Section 35120, territory within the authority is annexed to a city which is outside the authority, that territory may be detac
• § 35122 — Notwithstanding Section 35120, after the establishment of the authority’s boundaries, the boundaries of the authority may be altered by the annexation of contiguous territory, in the unincorporated ar
• § 35123 — (a) Commencing in 2008, the elections of members of the governing board shall be held during the statewide election in November of the year that the term expires.
• § 35124 — Each member of the governing board may receive compensation in the amount of seventy-five dollars ($75) for attending each meeting of the governing board, not to exceed two meetings in any calendar mo
• § 35130 — At the first governing board meeting in January of each year, the governing board shall select a chairperson who shall preside at all meetings, and a vice chairperson, who shall preside in the absence
• § 35131 — The governing board shall adopt rules for its proceedings consistent with state law.
• § 35132 — A majority of the members of the governing board constitute a quorum for the transaction of business.
• § 35133 — The acts of the authority shall be expressed by motion, resolution, or ordinance of its governing board.
• § 35134 — All meetings of the governing board shall be conducted pursuant to Chapter 9 (commencing with Section 54950) of Part 1 of Division 2 of Title 5 of the Government Code.
• § 35135 — The governing board shall do all of the following: (a) Adopt an annual budget following the public hearing required under Section 35136, hire an independent staff of its own, and fix the compensation
• § 35136 — (a) Notice of the time and place of the public hearing for the adoption of the annual budget shall be published pursuant to Section 6061 of the Government Code, and shall be published not later than 3
• § 35137 — The authority may enter into a contract with the Board of Administration of the Public Employees’ Retirement System to include the employees of the authority in that retirement system who are eligible
• § 35150 — The authority may adopt a seal and alter it at its pleasure.
• § 35151 — The authority may sue and be sued, except as otherwise provided by law, in all actions and proceedings, in all courts and tribunals of competent jurisdiction.
• § 35152 — (a) The authority may take by grant, appropriation, purchase, gift, devise, condemnation, or lease, and may hold, use, enjoy, and lease or dispose of real and personal property of every kind, and righ
• § 35153 — The authority may exercise the right of eminent domain to take any property necessary or convenient to accomplish the purposes of this division, except that it shall not take lands in active ranching,
• § 35154 — The authority may, upon a four-fifths vote of the governing board and after holding a public hearing pursuant to Section 6061 of the Government Code, exchange any real property dedicated and used for
• § 35155 — All property acquired by the authority shall be properly maintained in a reasonable fashion consistent with the natural conditions existing upon the properties, and those properties immediately surrou
• § 35156 — The authority may plan, adopt, lay out, plant, develop, and otherwise improve, extend, control, operate, and maintain lands, trails, natural areas, and other facilities for public recreation or agricu
• § 35157 — All claims for money or damages against the authority are governed by Division 3.
• § 35158 — The authority may accept funds or donations from any public or private source for the purposes of acquisition of open-space lands or for projects which are in furtherance of the authority’s open-space
• § 35159 — (a) The governing board may contract with any person or public agency for any services, supplies, equipment, or materials, or for the construction, completion, maintenance, or repair of any building,
• § 35160 — (a) Notwithstanding Section 35159 or any other law, upon approval by the board of directors of the Santa Clara Valley Open-Space Authority, the design-build process described in Chapter 4 (commencing
• § 35170 — The Legislature, by the enactment of this chapter, intends that the authority use any funds provided by this chapter to supplement existing local revenues being used for open-space acquisition, preser
• § 35171 — (a) The authority shall review and assess the needs for acquisition, preservation, or maintenance of open-space lands.