California

Public Resources Code - PRC

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

• § 5797 — For purposes of this chapter, the following definitions apply: (a) “County” means the County of San Bernardino.
• § 5797.2 — It is the intent of the Legislature that the disposition of property at Glen Helen Regional Park and the acquisition of replacement park property of equal or greater recreational value authorized purs
• § 5797.4 — (a) Notwithstanding any other law, the county, acting through its Regional Parks Department, may dispose up to 4.
• § 5797.6 — Consistent with this chapter, any land exchanged for property at Glen Helen Regional Park pursuant to Section 5797.
• § 5797.8 — If the county has not acquired replacement park property, as approved by the department pursuant to this chapter, on or before January 1, 2029, this chapter shall become inoperative on January 1, 2029
• § 5800 — As used in this chapter “public entity” means any county, city, or public district.
• § 5801 — Whenever any public entity acquires, or has acquired, land for the purpose of watershed protection, it shall not sell such land without complying with the provisions of this chapter.
• § 5802 — Except as provided in Section 5803, all sales by a public entity of land described in Section 5801 shall first be approved by ordinance which shall state that it is subject to the provisions for refer
• § 5803 — This chapter shall not apply to sales or exchanges to adjacent landowners, sales incident to land acquisitions, sales or transfers to other public entities, or sales of parcels of 10 acres or less in
• § 5804 — If a public entity does not have statutory power to enact ordinances, the governing body of such public entity is hereby empowered to introduce and enact the ordinance required by Section 5802 at any
• § 5808 — This chapter shall be known, and may be cited, as the California Watershed Protection and Restoration Act.
• § 5808.1 — The Legislature finds and declares the following: (a) In addition to the statutory and regulatory policies and programs established pursuant to the federal Clean Water Act (33 U.
• § 5808.2 — (a) In addition to the statutory and regulatory policies and programs established pursuant to the federal Clean Water Act (33 U.
• § 5810 — This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the Keene-Nejedly California Wetlands Preservation Act.
• § 5811 — The Legislature hereby finds and declares all of the following: (a) The remaining wetlands of this state are of increasingly critical economic, aesthetic, and scientific value to the people of Califor
• § 5812 — As used in this chapter, unless the context clearly requires a different meaning, the following terms mean: (a) “Agency” means the Resources Agency.
• § 5813 — (a) Nothing in this chapter abrogates or supersedes any existing local, state, or federal law or policy pertaining to wetlands, or establishes maximum or minimum standards or any other requirement for
• § 5814 — (a) The agency shall update all of the state’s existing wetlands inventory resources in order to prepare a study to accomplish the following goals: (1) To identify the restoration and enhancement oppo
• § 5815 — The agency, in preparing the wetlands priority plan and program pursuant to Section 5814, shall give particular recognition to the conservation, recreation, and open-space plans and programs of local
• § 5815.5 — In compiling data for the wetlands inventory required by Section 5814, the agency and the departments shall, as a first priority, rely on existing sources of information and data.
• § 5816 — The agency shall give particular recognition to opportunities for protecting and preserving wetlands lying within, or adjacent to, existing units of the state park system or other state-owned lands pr
• § 5817 — Any of the departments may enter into operating agreements with cities, counties, and districts for the management and control of wetlands, or interests in wetlands, acquired pursuant to this chapter.
• § 5818 — All acquisitions made pursuant to this chapter shall be subject to the Property Acquisition Law (Part 11 (commencing with Section 15850), Division 3, Title 2 of the Government Code).
• § 5818.1 — (a) The Coastal Wetlands Fund is hereby established in the State Treasury and shall be an interest-bearing fund administered by the Department of Fish and Game.
• § 5819 — Unless the context requires otherwise, the following definitions govern this chapter: (a) “Acquisition” means obtaining fee title or a lesser interest in real property, including an easement, developm
• § 5819.1 — (a) This chapter establishes the Sierra Nevada-Cascade Conservation Grant Program in the Resources Agency.
• § 5819.2 — (a) The secretary shall administer the program consistent with authorized funding, and collaborate and cooperate with local governments and interested parties.
• § 5819.3 — (a) The secretary may undertake projects and activities to further the purposes identified in Section 5819.
• § 5819.4 — To implement Section 79544 of the Water Code, the secretary may provide grants to local public agencies, local water districts, and nonprofit organizations, for acquisition in the region pursuant to t
• § 5819.5 — The secretary shall require an applicant for a grant for land or water resource acquisition to include in the grant application a proposal for the long-term management of the resource that the applica
• § 5819.6 — An acquisition made pursuant to this chapter shall be from a willing seller.
• § 5819.7 — All regulations, criteria, and procedural guides that the secretary adopts to implement this chapter are exempt from Chapter 3.
• § 5819.8 — It is the intent of the Legislature to provide in any legislation that establishes a Sierra Nevada Conservancy an appropriate transition from the program established by this chapter within the Resourc
• § 5820 — This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the Mendocino Woodlands Outdoor Center Act.
• § 5821 — The Legislature finds that there is need for a program to enable the children of the state to better comprehend the outdoors, particularly the social and economic importance of the study, conservation
• § 5822 — The Legislature hereby declares its intent that the Mendocino Woodlands Outdoor Center, consisting of land and facilities deeded to the State of California by the United States of America for public p
• § 5823 — As used in this chapter, unless the context clearly requires a different meaning: (a) “Department” means the Department of Parks and Recreation.
• § 5824 — Jurisdiction and control of the center, consisting of 720 acres, more or less, and all the improvements thereon as described in subdivision (b) of Section 5823 is hereby transferred to the department
• § 5826 — The department shall consult with the Department of Education, and may cooperate with individuals and agencies having jurisdiction or expertise in matters pertaining to the outdoor education programs
• § 5827 — The department may enter into operating agreements with any qualified, nonprofit entity for the provision of any program or service contemplated in this chapter.
• § 5828 — The department is encouraged to establish an advisory committee of persons interested and knowledgeable in the operation and nature of the center, and in the formulation and conduct of outdoor environ
• § 5829 — Prior to authorizing the sale and cutting of timber from the area described in subdivision (c) of Section 5823, the State Forester shall solicit and consider the recommendations of the Department of P
• § 5830 — This chapter may be cited as the Bushy Lake Preservation Act.
• § 5831 — As used in this chapter, unless the context clearly requires a different meaning: (a) “California Exposition flood plain” means that portion of state-owned California Exposition land in the American R
• § 5832 — The Legislature finds and declares that: (a) The lower American River is in the California Wild and Scenic Rivers System as designated in subdivision (e) of Section 5093.
• § 5833 — (a) The California Exposition and State Fair Board of Directors shall preserve, for public day use and enjoyment, the California Exposition flood plain in a manner consistent with the definition of a
• § 5834 — The California Exposition and State Fair Board of Directors shall preserve and manage, or provide, pursuant to an agreement with the American River Parkway Manager, for the management of, the Bushy La
• § 5835 — In enacting this chapter, it is not the intent of the Legislature to require removal, or preclude use, repair, or additional construction of, highways, electric transmission lines, sewage lines, or wa
• § 5840 — This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the Urban American River Parkway Preservation Act.
• § 5841 — (a) “American River Parkway Plan” means the revised, updated management plans for the lower American River adopted by the County of Sacramento on September 10, 2008, by Resolution No.
• § 5841.5 — (a) The American River Parkway and its environs contribute to the quality of life within the City of Sacramento, the City of Rancho Cordova, and the County of Sacramento, enhance the image of the citi
• § 5842 — (a) The Legislature hereby adopts the American River Parkway Plan so as to provide coordination with local agencies in the protection and management of the diverse and valuable natural land, water, na
• § 5843 — It is the intent of the Legislature that the duties and responsibilities provided for in this chapter be accomplished by utilizing existing staff resources and that no additional funding be provided o
• § 5845 — This chapter shall be known, and may be cited, as the Lower American River Conservancy Program Act.
• § 5845.1 — (a) The Legislature finds and declares all of the following: (1) The Lower American River is one of California’s most important natural environments, providing recreational, environmental, and educati
• § 5845.10 — This chapter does not supersede or diminish the existing authority of any of the following: (a) The County of Sacramento or any other entity responsible for the management, operation, maintenance, or
• § 5845.2 — For purposes of this chapter, the following definitions apply: (a) “Adjacent to” means downstream of the Nimbus Dam and next to or in the immediate vicinity of the American River Parkway.
• § 5845.3 — (a) The board shall implement and administer the Lower American River Conservancy Program, which is hereby created to receive and expend proceeds from bonds or other appropriations made in the annual
• § 5845.4 — (a) The board shall establish an advisory committee consisting of the following members: (1) Three members of the Board of Supervisors of the County of Sacramento, selected by a majority vote of the b
• § 5845.5 — In implementing the program, the board shall do all of the following: (a) Coordinate its activities with the County of Sacramento, each city that includes a portion of the American River Parkway, appr
• § 5845.6 — Consistent with the American River Parkway Plan, the board, in administering the program, may do any of the following: (a) Provide grants to local public agencies and nonprofit organizations to be use
• § 5845.7 — In administering the program, the board shall not do any of the following: (a) Fund or implement projects on lands without the written consent of the landowner.
• § 5845.8 — To the extent feasible, in administering the program, the board shall give preference to projects that utilize the services of the California Conservation Corps or Community Conservation Corps, as def
• § 5845.9 — (a) The Lower American River Conservancy Program Fund is hereby created in the State Treasury.
• § 5850 — The Association of Bay Area Governments shall develop and adopt a plan and implementation program, including a financing plan, for a continuous recreational corridor which will extend around the perim
• § 5851 — The Association of Bay Area Governments shall establish a policy committee, which includes members of appropriate environmental organizations, to oversee development and implementation of the trail.
• § 5852 — “Delta” means the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta, as defined in Section 12220 of the Water Code minus the area contained in Alameda County.
• § 5853 — “Commission” means Delta Protection Commission as defined in Section 29721.
• § 5854 — (a) In accordance with the requirements of subdivision (c), the commission shall develop and adopt a plan and implementation program, including a finance and maintenance plan, for a continuous regiona
• § 5855 — (a) The commission shall establish a technical advisory committee that shall review the trail’s planning, implementation, and funding proposals.
• § 5860 — The Legislature finds and declares all of the following: (a) The procedures in this chapter set forth the processes and criteria for identifying, evaluating, designating, and monitoring California nat
• § 5861 — As used in this chapter, the following terms have the following meanings, unless the context clearly requires otherwise: (a) “California natural landmark” means property designated by the director as
• § 5862 — (a) Designation of property by the director as a California natural landmark does not change the property’s ownership and does not dictate activity.
• § 5863 — (a) Except as provided in Section 5872, a potential California natural landmark shall be identified only in the following manner: (1) An owner may request the department to designate his or her proper
• § 5864 — (a) The department shall use the state significance criteria in Section 5868 to evaluate the potential California natural landmark.
• § 5865 — (a) On the basis of the evaluation and the findings of the peer reviewers, made pursuant to Section 5864, the department shall determine either that the property does or does not appear to qualify for
• § 5866 — (a) The department shall review all documentation related to designation of the property as a California natural landmark, including, but not limited to, the evaluation and peer review findings made p
• § 5867 — (a) If the director determines that the requirements of this chapter are met for California natural landmark designation, including the consent of the owner to that designation, the director shall des
• § 5868 — Property may be considered for designation if its significant features are either of natural origin and remain largely wild and undisturbed, or have the salient characteristics of natural features, in
• § 5869 — (a) (1) The department may modify California natural landmark boundaries, or revise information about a California natural landmark, if it determines that modification or revision is necessary.
• § 5870 — (a) The department shall rescind a California natural landmark designation if one or more of the following circumstances apply: (1) The owner of a California natural landmark requests the department t
• § 5871 — (a) The department may enter into a contract or other type of agreement with another state agency, federal agency, local agency, private organization, owner, Native American tribal government, or othe
• § 5872 — Notwithstanding any other provision of law, in order to facilitate the cost-effective use of the program with respect to interpretive activities for its own lands, the department may develop and adopt
• § 5873 — (a) Designation of an area as a California natural landmark shall not constitute a change in the environment, as defined by Section 21060.
• § 5875 — For purposes of this chapter, the following definitions shall apply: (a) “County” means the County of Los Angeles.
• § 5876 — (a) The Southeast Los Angeles Cultural Center Development Advisory Panel is hereby created to provide advice to the state and to the county in the development of the Southeast Los Angeles Cultural Cen
• § 5877 — This chapter shall become inoperative on July 1, 2032, and, as of January 1, 2033, is repealed.
• § 5900 — This division shall be known and may be cited as the California Wildlife, Coastal, and Park Land Conservation Act.
• § 5901 — The people of California find and declare all of the following: (a) Parks, wildlife habitat, beaches, and open-space lands are vital to maintaining the quality of life in California.
• § 5902 — As used in this division, the following terms have the following meanings: (a) “Conservation easement” means an interest in real property as defined in Section 815.
• § 5903 — For the purposes of the State General Obligation Bond Law, “state grant” or “state grant moneys” means moneys received by the state from the sale of bonds authorized by law for the purposes of this di
• § 5905 — Wildlife, coastal, and park land conservation is in the public interest and is necessary to keep these lands in open-space, natural, and recreational uses, to provide clean air and water, to protect s
• § 5906 — The California Wildlife, Coastal, and Park Land Conservation Fund of 1988 is hereby created.
• § 5907 — All money deposited in the fund shall be available for expenditure, in accordance with Section 5921, for the purposes set forth below, in amounts not to exceed the following: (a) One hundred sixty-six
• § 5907.5 — (a) Pursuant to Section 5922, for the purpose of expending funds appropriated to the department in Item 3790-101-0786 of the Budget Act of 2014, and reappropriated in Item 3790-490 of the Budget Act o
• § 5910 — (a) The grant funds authorized pursuant to paragraph (1) of subdivision (a) of Section 5907 shall be allocated to counties, cities, cities and counties, and districts on the basis of their populations
• § 5911 — Funds authorized in paragraph (3) of subdivision (a) of Section 5907 may be expended for the acquisition, development, rehabilitation, or restoration of parks, beaches, open-space lands, recreational
• § 5912 — The funds authorized in paragraph (4) of subdivision (a) of Section 5907 shall be available as grants on a competitive basis to cities, counties, cities and counties, districts, and nonprofit organiza
• § 5913 — The funds authorized in paragraph (5) of subdivision (a) of Section 5907 shall be available as grants on a competitive basis to local units of government, and nonprofit organizations authorized to pro
• § 5914 — An application for a grant pursuant to subdivision (a) or (b) of Section 5907 shall be submitted to the Director of Parks and Recreation for review and approval; an application for a grant pursuant to
• § 5915 — (a) Any member of the Legislature, the State Park and Recreation Commission, the California Coastal Commission, or the Secretary of the Resources Agency may nominate any project to be funded under par
• § 5915.5 — (a) For purposes of this section, the following definitions apply: (1) “City” means the City of Davis.
• § 5916 — (a) Acquisition of real property for the state park system by purchase or by eminent domain shall be under the Property Acquisition Law (Part 11 (commencing with Section 15850) of Division 3 of Title
• § 5917 — Funds granted pursuant to Section 5907 may be expended for development, rehabilitation, or restoration only on lands owned by, or subject to a lease or other interest, held by the applicant city, coun
• § 5918 — Every expenditure pursuant to this division shall comply with the California Environmental Quality Act (Division 13 (commencing with Section 21000)).
• § 5919 — (a) No state funds authorized under Section 5907 may be disbursed unless the applicant agrees: (1) To maintain and operate the property acquired, developed, rehabilitated, or restored with the funds i
• § 5920 — (a) All real property acquired pursuant to this division shall be acquired in compliance with Chapter 16 (commencing with Section 7260) of Division 7 of Title 1 of the Government Code.
• § 5921 — (a) With respect to Section 5907, all appropriations for the purposes of subdivision (a), paragraph (2) of subdivision (b), paragraph (1) of subdivision (d), and paragraphs (1), (2), (3), and (4) of s
• § 5922 — With respect to Section 5907, if money allocated pursuant to paragraphs (1) and (3) of subdivision (b) [except for subparagraph (A) of paragraph (1) of subdivision (b)]; subdivision (c) [except for pa
• § 5923 — If some or all of the funds allocated pursuant to subparagraph (E) of paragraph (1) of subdivision (b) of Section 5907 are not expended by the Department of Parks and Recreation by July 1, 1993, the r
• § 5924 — (a) Any lands acquired pursuant to subparagraph (C) of paragraph (1) of subdivision (b) of Section 5907 or pursuant to other sections of this act for acquisition of other lands of the Agua Caliente In
• § 5924.5 — In addition to the purposes specified in Section 5924, funds appropriated in subparagraph (C) of paragraph (1) of subdivision (b) of Section 5907 for Palm and Andreas Canyons may also be encumbered fo
• § 5925 — With respect to funds allocated pursuant to subparagraph (L) of paragraph (3) of subdivision (b) of Section 5907, if it is not possible to acquire the entire Pogonip property, the funds shall be distr
• § 5926 — None of the funds allocated pursuant to subparagraph (G) of paragraph (3) of subdivision (b) of Section 5907 for acquisition of land for the Baldwin Hills State Recreation Area or paragraph (1) of sub
• § 5927 — The qualification for or allocation of a grant or grants to a local agency under one subdivision, paragraph, or subparagraph of Section 5907 shall not preclude eligibility for an additional allocation
• § 5928 — (a) Funds available pursuant to paragraph (5) of subdivision (e) of Section 5907 shall be used solely for Monterey County’s acquisition, as specified in subdivision (b) of Section 5920, of critical vi
• § 5929 — (a) Prior to recommending the acquisition of lands that are located on or near tidelands, submerged lands, swamp or overflowed lands, or other wetlands, whether or not those lands have been granted in
• § 5930 — Bonds in the total amount of seven hundred sixty-eight million six hundred seventy thousand dollars ($768,670,000), or so much thereof as is necessary, may be issued and sold to be used for carrying o
• § 5931 — The bonds authorized by this division shall be prepared, executed, issued, sold, paid, and redeemed as provided in the State General Obligation Bond Law (Chapter 4 (commencing with Section 16720) of P
• § 5932 — (a) Solely for the purpose of authorizing the issuance and sale, pursuant to the State General Obligation Bond Law, of the bonds authorized by this division, the California Wildlife, Coastal, and Park
• § 5933 — The committee shall determine whether or not it is necessary or desirable to issue bonds authorized pursuant to this division in order to carry out the actions specified in Section 5907 of this code a
• § 5934 — There shall be collected annually in the same manner and at the same time as other state revenue is collected, in addition to the ordinary revenues of the state, a sum in an amount required to pay the
• § 5935 — Notwithstanding Section 13340 of the Government Code, there is hereby appropriated from the General Fund, for the purposes of this division, an amount that will equal the total of the following: (1) T
• § 5936 — For the purposes of carrying out this division and Chapter 7.
• § 5936.5 — Notwithstanding any other provision of this bond act, or of the State General Obligation Bond Law (Chapter 4 (commencing with Section 16720) of Part 3 of Division 4 of Title 2 of the Government Code),
• § 5937 — All money derived from premium and accrued interest on bonds sold shall be reserved and shall be available for transfer to the General Fund as a credit to expenditures for bond interest.
• § 5938 — The people of California hereby find and declare that, inasmuch as the proceeds from the sale of bonds authorized by this division are not “proceeds of taxes” as that term is used in Article XIII B of
• § 6 — Division, part, chapter, article, and section headings contained herein shall not be deemed to govern, limit, modify or in any manner affect the scope, meaning, or intent of the provisions of any divi
• § 600 — As used in this chapter, “department” means the Department of Conservation and “director” means the Director of Conservation.
• § 6001 — Unless the context otherwise requires, the general provisions and definitions set forth in this chapter shall govern the construction of this division.
• § 6002 — “Commission” means the State Lands Commission.
• § 6003 — “City” includes “city and county.
• § 6004 — “Oil and gas” includes oil, gas and all other hydrocarbon substances.
• § 6005 — Whenever permissive authority or discretion is vested in any public officer or body under this division, such authority or discretion is subject to the condition that it be exercised in the best inter
• § 6006 — The repeal of Chapter 303 of the Statutes of 1921 and of Chapter 227 of the Statutes of 1923 effected by the State Lands Act of 1938 shall not affect any existing rights thereunder or any permit, leas
• § 6007 — The repeal by this code of any provision of law codified herein shall not affect any existing vested rights thereunder or any contract, permit, lease, or agreement entered into under any such provisio
• § 6008 — In order to protect the public’s access to, and use of, all state-owned lands in Humboldt Bay, no right to the use of any state lands, including, but not limited to, tide and submerged lands, in and a
• § 6009 — The Legislature finds and declares all of the following: (a) Upon admission to the United States, and as incident of its sovereignty, California received title to the tidelands, submerged lands, and b
• § 6009.1 — The Legislature finds and declares all of the following: (a) Granted public trust lands remain subject to the supervision of the state and the state retains its duty to protect the public interest in
• § 601 — There is in the Resources Agency the Department of Conservation.
• § 6010 — The repeal of any provision of law codified in this division shall not affect any existing vested rights under those repealed provisions or under any contract, permit, lease, or agreement entered into
• § 603 — The department succeeds to and is vested with all of the duties, powers, purposes, responsibilities, and jurisdiction vested in the Department of Natural Resources or the Director of Natural Resources
• § 603.1 — The director is hereby vested with all the duties, powers, purposes, responsibilities, and jurisdiction of the State Geologist as Chief of the California Geological Survey of the department.
• § 604 — The department may expend the money in any appropriation or in any special fund in the State Treasury made available by law for the administration of the statutes the administration of which is commit
• § 605 — The department shall have possession and control of all records, books, papers, offices, equipment, supplies, moneys, funds, appropriations, land and other property, real or personal, held for the ben
• § 606 — The provisions of Chapter 2 (commencing with Section 11150), Part 1, Division 3, Title 2 of the Government Code apply to the director.
• § 607 — The work of the department shall be divided into at least the following: (a) California Geological Survey.
• § 608 — The director, with approval of the Director of Finance, may accept on behalf of the various divisions of the department federal grants for the purposes for which the department is established.
• § 609 — Whenever the department has received and deposited any money in the State Treasury to the credit of the General Fund in an excessive amount or in error, or whenever a refund of all or a portion of suc
• § 610 — For the purpose of disseminating information relating to its activities, powers, duties, or functions, the department may issue publications, construct and maintain exhibits, and perform acts and carr
• § 6101 — There is a State Lands Commission in the Resources Agency, consisting of the Controller, the Lieutenant Governor, and the Director of Finance.
• § 6102 — The commission is the successor to, and is vested with all the powers, duties, purposes, responsibilities and jurisdiction formerly vested in the Department of Finance as successor to the Surveyor Gen
• § 6103 — The commission shall administer all laws and statutes committed to it through the Division of State Lands in the Resources Agency, which division is continued in existence.
• § 6103.2 — (a) The State Lands Commission and the Division of State Lands are hereby transferred from the Department of Conservation to the Resources Agency, and, as agencies in the Resources Agency, are vested
• § 6103.4 — The State Lands Commission and the Division of State Lands may, as agencies of the Resources Agency, use the unexpended balances of funds available for use by them as agencies of the Department of Con
• § 6103.6 — All officers and employees of the State Lands Commission and the Division of State Lands who, on the operative date of this section, are serving in the state civil service, other than as temporary emp
• § 6103.8 — The State Lands Commission and the Division of State Lands, as agencies of the Resources Agency, shall have the possession and control of all records, papers, offices, moneys, funds, appropriations, l
• § 6104 — The commission shall meet, upon due notice to all members thereof, at such times and places within the State as are deemed necessary by it for the proper transaction of the business committed to it.
• § 6105 — The commission shall adopt rules governing the conduct of the business of the commission.
• § 6106 — The commission may, by resolution, authorize any of its employees or officers to execute any instrument in the name of the State.
• § 6107 — Whenever the commission, pursuant to authority granted to it by law, enters into any agreement for the compromise or settlement of title or boundary claims, the agreement shall be submitted to the Gov
• § 6108 — The commission may make and enforce all reasonable and proper rules and regulations consistent with law for the purpose of carrying out the provisions of this division and incidental thereto.
• § 611 — Notwithstanding any other provision of this code or of law and except as provided in the State Building Standards Law, Part 2.
• § 6110 — The State Lands Commission may, by resolution, designate an officer or employee of the commission to conduct the public hearings which the commission is required to hold under Sections 126 and 11425 o
• § 6111 — Notwithstanding any other provision of this code or of law and except as provided in the State Building Standards Law, Part 2.
• § 612 — The department shall prepare, update, and maintain Important Farmland Series maps as defined in subdivision (f) of Section 65560 of the Government Code and other soils and land capability information,
• § 612.5 — (a) The Legislature hereby finds and declares all of the following: (1) It is in the state’s public interest to have an accurate inventory of the state’s soil resources.
• § 613 — The department, through the California Resources Information System and as budgetary resources permit, may provide informational assistance to local agencies in the development of geobased natural res
• § 614 — The department may do any of the following: (a) Advise a city, county, city and county, special district, including a resource conservation district, state agency, federal agency, tribal agency, and t
• § 615 — Grants administered by the department, including, but not limited to, those awarded pursuant to Division 9 (commencing with Section 9001), Division 10.
• § 617 — Upon an appropriation by the Legislature, or as other funds become available and are appropriated for these purposes, the department may provide grants and other forms of local assistance to resource
• § 6201 — The commission may periodically classify any or all state land for its different possible uses, and, when it is deemed advisable, may require the Department of Parks and Recreation, the Department of
• § 6202 — The commission may make surveys and subdivisions of lands belonging to the state to be sold, leased, or to have the boundary established, and the county recorder shall file maps thereof, made by the c
• § 6203 — On or before the first Monday in March in each year, the commission shall make out and transmit to the assessor of each county where lands or lots lie that have been sold by the State, for which certi
• § 6204 — The commission shall, when required, survey and mark the boundary lines of counties and cities.
• § 6206 — The commission shall provide the necessary record books and cause all lists or patents for lands from the United States to be recorded therein.
• § 6206.5 — The commission is hereby empowered to apply to the United States Department of the Interior for patents to the numbered school sections in place and to accept patents, in accordance with an act of Con
• § 6207 — The commission shall keep separate accounts and records in relation to each class of lands to which the State is entitled, which shall show: (a) The number of the survey or location, and the date of t
• § 6208 — The commission shall also keep plats of such lands, upon which all approved locations and surveys shall be designated by their numbers.
• § 6209 — When certificates of purchase or patents are issued, the fact shall be noted on the plats.
• § 6210 — The commission shall represent the State in all contests between it and the United States in relation to public lands.
• § 6210.1 — When the commission desires to take testimony under the provisions of the act of Congress to quiet land titles in California, passed July 23, 1866, or any act amendatory or supplementary thereof, it s
• § 6210.2 — The commission may withdraw from sale any of the public lands belonging to the State and may restore any or all public lands so withdrawn, or other public lands, for sale.
• § 6210.3 — The commission may grant easements and rights-of-way to the Department of Transportation to or over any of the public lands of the state for the purposes of rights-of-way for highways and for use in p
• § 6210.4 — No lands owned by the State which lands front upon or are near to any lake, navigable stream or other body of navigable water, convenient access to which is not provided by public road or roads, or ot
• § 6210.4a — All conveyances by the State of the sixteenth and thirty-sixth sections, or lands acquired in lieu thereof, or of swamp and overflowed lands shall be made subject to any existing easements or rights-o
• § 6210.5 — No lands owned by the State, which lands provide the only convenient means of access to other lands owned by the State, shall ever be sold, leased or rented without reserving therefrom to the State an
• § 6210.6 — Notwithstanding Section 6210.
• § 6210.7 — The commission may amend or terminate any lease, easement, or contract under its jurisdiction, with the consent of the other party thereto.
• § 6210.8 — Whenever a navigable river or slough becomes abandoned and is no longer useful for navigation, the commission may sell, for cash, or exchange for lands having equal or greater value, such abandoned ri
• § 6210.9 — If the commission has public land, including school land, tide or submerged lands, and lands subject to the public trust for commerce, navigation, and fisheries, to which there is no access available,
• § 6211 — (a) Whenever a parcel of timbered land under the jurisdiction of the commission is totally surrounded by, or is contiguous to, a national forest or a state forest, the commission may, if it is in the
• § 6212 — (a) Upon appropriation of moneys by the Legislature for the purposes of this section, the commission shall, within two years, administer a coastal hazard and legacy oil and gas well removal and remedi
• § 6212.2 — The commission may, under such rules and regulations as it may prescribe, issue permits for the taking of cores or other samples by means of drilling operations or other methods on or under any lands
• § 6212.3 — (a) The commission may authorize, by permit, the conduct of geophysical surveys on state lands under its jurisdiction, including granted and ungranted tidelands and submerged lands and the beds of nav
• § 6213 — Whenever it appears by final decree of any court of competent jurisdiction that title to any land subject to sale by the State was obtained, or sought to be obtained, by fraudulent means, or in any ma
• § 6213.5 — (a) (1) The commission shall consult, and enter into any necessary negotiations, with the owners of the property known as Martins Beach, consisting of two parcels of land, APN: 066-330-230 and APN: 06
• § 6214 — Fees shall be charged and collected by the commission pursuant to its rules and regulations for the following: (a) Certificates of purchase or duplicates thereof, (b) Patents and certified copies of r
• § 6215 — As to lands heretofore sold by this State with a reservation to the State of a one-sixteenth interest in the oil and gas or other minerals therein, pursuant to Chapter 303 of the Statutes of 1921, and
• § 6216 — This section is enacted for the purpose of declaring the scope and extent of the powers, duties, purposes, responsibilities and jurisdiction of the State Lands Commission, but nothing herein shall be