California

Public Resources Code - PRC

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

• § 6851 — Lands owned by the State, or lands in which the oil and gas deposits are reserved to the State, other than tide and submerged lands, may be leased for the production of oil and gas in accordance with
• § 6852 — Whenever it appears to the commission that it is for the best interests of the State to lease any such lands for the production of oil or gas therefrom, or whenever a person who possesses the qualific
• § 6853 — The commission may divide the lands within the tract proposed to be leased into parcels of convenient size and shape and shall prepare a form of lease therefor.
• § 6854 — Lands, including the Tule Elk State Reserve located in Township 30 South, Range 24 East, MDB&M in Kern County, other than tide or submerged lands, belonging to the state and dedicated to a public use
• § 6855 — The proceeds of any lease for the extraction of any oil and gas from lands owned by the State, other than public lands or tide or submerged lands under the jurisdiction of the commission, property esc
• § 6870 — (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, no leases shall be let for the extraction of oil and gas from coastal tidelands or submerged lands in state waters within the Santa Barb
• § 6871 — Tide and submerged lands and beds of navigable rivers and lakes may be leased by the commission for the extraction of oil and gas in accordance with the provisions of this article and of this chapter
• § 6871.3 — Whenever it appears to the commission that it is for the best interests of the State to lease lands subject to the provisions of Section 6871.
• § 6871.4 — The commission may divide the lands within the area proposed to be leased into parcels of convenient size and shape and shall prepare a form of lease or leases therefor embracing not to exceed 5,760 a
• § 6872 — (a) If an application for oil and gas development in state waters that is determined to be incomplete by the commission continues to remain incomplete one year after the date of the first incomplete n
• § 6872.1 — Whenever it appears to the commission that oil and gas deposits are known or believed to be contained in any such lands as are described in Section 6871.
• § 6872.2 — If the commission determines that any tide and submerged lands belonging to the state in the area hereinafter referred to should be drilled pursuant to the terms of Section 6872.
• § 6872.5 — The commission may adjust the boundaries of existing leases to encompass all of a field partially contained within the existing lease subject to both of the following conditions: (a) The commission ma
• § 6873 — When leasing tide or submerged lands or beds of navigable rivers or lakes, the commission shall prepare a form of lease which shall contain, in addition to other provisions deemed desirable and necess
• § 6873.1 — Filled lands shall include, but not be limited to, tide or submerged lands or beds of navigable rivers or lakes, reclaimed artificially through raising such lands above the highest probable elevation
• § 6873.2 — In carrying out the requirements of subdivision (b) of Section 6873 and the California Environmental Quality Act (Division 13 (commencing with Section 21000)), the commission shall, prior to leasing t
• § 6873.5 — (a) In carrying out the requirements of subdivision (b) of Section 6873 and the California Environmental Quality Act, the commission shall, prior to the adoption of a form of lease for leasing offshor
• § 6874 — Each bid shall be accompanied by information giving a description of the location or locations, structure or structures, from which the bidder proposes to drill.
• § 6875 — If the Legislature has transferred to any city or county the administration of the trust, whether or not limited, under which tide or submerged lands or beds of navigable rivers and lakes are held by
• § 6876 — Should it appear to the commission that any person, association of persons, or corporation, has drilled, or is making preparation to drill, wells upon or into tide or submerged lands of which the Stat
• § 6877 — All the beds of navigable rivers and lakes belonging to the State may be leased pursuant to Section 6871.
• § 6878 — Nothing in this chapter limits the effect of any grant of tide or submerged lands made prior to June 11, 1938, to any city, county or other political subdivision, nor in any manner to prejudice whatev
• § 6879 — Whenever tide and submerged lands of the State have been granted to a city, county or city and county by a grant which does not reserve to the State the right to produce oil and gas therefrom, and suc
• § 6880 — (a) Contingent upon an appropriation of funds by the Legislature for this purpose, the commission shall develop, on or before December 31, 2024, a cost study that evaluates the fiscal impact of a volu
• § 6890 — (a) Prospecting permits and leases for the extraction and removal of minerals, other than oil and gas or other hydrocarbon substances, from lands, consistent with Section 6900, may be issued as provid
• § 6890.5 — Notwithstanding any other law, when lands, other than tide and submerged lands, are owned by another state agency, the commission, when issuing permits and leases for the exploration, extraction, and
• § 6891 — The commission may issue a prospecting permit, under such rules and regulations as it may prescribe, for lands which are not known mineral lands, to any qualified applicant, upon the payment to the co
• § 6895 — (a) Upon establishing to the satisfaction of the commission that commercially valuable deposits of minerals have been discovered within the limits of any permit, the permittee shall receive priority f
• § 6896 — Until the permittee applies for a lease as to that portion of the area described in the permit herein provided, the permittee shall pay to the state 20 percent of the gross value of the minerals secur
• § 6897 — (a) All deposits of minerals, other than oil, gas, and geothermal resources in lands belonging to the state, which have been classified by the commission as lands containing commercially valuable mine
• § 6898 — Leases under this article shall be for terms not to exceed 20 years.
• § 6898.5 — Notwithstanding Section 6898, any lease in effect on July 1, 1991, of lands, within the bed of Owens Lake for the development of minerals other than oil and gas and geothermal resources may be immedia
• § 6899 — The commission shall prescribe additional terms and conditions, consistent with the provisions of this chapter, of permits and leases issued under this article as will in its opinion effectually prote
• § 690 — The Geologic Energy Management Division shall be in charge of a chief, known as the State Oil and Gas Supervisor.
• § 6900 — (a) Notwithstanding Section 6890, the commission or a local trustee of granted public trust lands shall not grant leases or issue permits for the extraction or removal of hard minerals from state wate
• § 6901 — This article shall be known and may be cited as the Geothermal Resources Act.
• § 6902 — The Legislature hereby finds and declares that development of geothermal resources beneath state lands is an essential element in the development of additional energy sources for the State of Californ
• § 6903 — For the purposes of this chapter, “geothermal resources” shall mean the natural heat of the earth, the energy, in whatever form, below the surface of the earth present in, resulting from, or created b
• § 6904 — Permits and leases for exploration and development of geothermal resources on lands belonging to the state and leases for the development of geothermal resources reserved by the state may be issued by
• § 6905 — Permits and leases may be issued pursuant to this article only to those who qualify for permits and leases under Section 6801.
• § 6906 — Administration of this article shall be under the principle of multiple use of public lands and resources, and shall allow coexistence of other permits or leases of the same lands for deposits of othe
• § 6907 — Where it is determined by the commission that the production or use of geothermal resources is also susceptible of economically producing other of the geothermal resources in commercially valuable qua
• § 6909 — The commission may grant nonexclusive geological or geophysical exploration permits for geothermal resources upon such terms and conditions as the commission may prescribe, but any such permit shall n
• § 6910 — (a) Subject to the provisions of Section 6906, the commission may issue a prospecting permit to the first qualified applicant therefor under such rules and regulations as it may prescribe for lands wh
• § 6911 — (a) Lands may be selected for lease by the commission and shall be leased by competitive bid on the basis of a cash bonus, net profit, or other single biddable factor.
• § 6912 — (a) In case of an application for a permit or lease covering lands which have been sold by the state, subject to a reservation by the state of the geothermal resources thereof, by any person other tha
• § 6913 — Each prospecting permit and lease issued under this article shall provide for the following rentals and royalties with respect to geothermal resources produced, saved and sold from the lands included
• § 6914 — The holder of any geothermal resources permit or lease may quitclaim or relinquish his or her rights under that permit or lease pursuant to the provisions of Section 6804.
• § 6915 — Subject to the other provisions of this article, the permittee or lessee shall be entitled to use so much of the surface as is reasonably necessary as determined by the commission for the production a
• § 6916 — (a) The commission may issue leases for direct heat application of geothermal resources for nonelectrical purposes for a royalty of less than 10 percent of gross revenue if it determines that such a r
• § 6917 — A permit or lease may be terminated by the commission only pursuant to the provisions of Section 6805 of this code.
• § 6918 — Leases under this article shall be for a primary term not to exceed 10 years and so long thereafter as geothermal resources are being or capable of being produced or utilized in commercial quantities,
• § 6919 — Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, the commission may negotiate and enter into agreements for compensation for drainage or geothermal leases of state-owned lands if any of the
• § 6920 — Any person engaged in the production of geothermal resources under a lease issued by the commission may commingle geothermal resources from any two or more wells without regard to whether such wells a
• § 6921 — A permittee or lessee may, upon the approval of the commission and pursuant to the provisions of Chapter 4 (commencing with Section 3700) of Division 3, drill special wells, convert producing wells or
• § 6922 — No prospecting permit or lease shall be made for less than 640 acres nor more than 5,760 acres and the permit or lease shall embrace a reasonably compact area.
• § 6923 — For the purpose of more properly conserving the natural resources of any geothermal resources areas, or any part thereof, the lessees thereof may unite with each other or with others in collectively a
• § 6924 — Where the surface of state-owned lands sought for use or development of geothermal resources or the waters thereon are under the jurisdiction of a state department or agency other than the commission,
• § 6925 — A permit or lease under this article may be assigned, transferred, or sublet as provided for in Section 6804 of this code.
• § 6925.1 — Whenever, as determined by the commission, any operation conducted under a geothermal exploration permit, prospecting permit, or lease pursuant to this article constitutes an unreasonable risk to the
• § 6925.2 — Notwithstanding any other provision of this article, the commission may, at its discretion, issue a lease to the first qualified applicant for a parcel of less than 640 acres if the geothermal resourc
• § 6926 — Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, the right to extract sodium chloride, contained in any lands belonging to the State, or which may become the property of the State, situate in any
• § 6927 — The terms so fixed shall be operative for 20 years from the date of the grant.
• § 6928 — The purchaser shall acquire no right to sell any such sodium chloride, but may extract it solely for public use in carrying out the public functions herein specifed.
• § 6929 — Any metropolitan water district may apply to the commission to purchase the right to extract sodium chloride from any such State lands.
• § 6930 — If the sale is made, the right to extract from the lands, such sodium chloride as is found by the commission to be necessary or convenient for the purposes herein specified, together with the right to
• § 6931 — The provisions of this article shall apply only to lands belonging to the State, or which may become the property of the State, situate in one or more of the following townships, all of which are of t
• § 6932 — Any right granted under this article to extract sodium chloride from State lands shall terminate upon the expiration of 99 years from the date of the issuance of the patent unless sooner terminated as
• § 6991 — Leases for taking minerals from the waters of any stream or lake or from any lands withdrawn from sale by Section 6996 shall be issued only as provided by this chapter.
• § 6992 — Leases for any such lands and for the privilege of taking minerals from the waters of streams and lakes may be issued by the commission by competitive bidding to the highest responsible bidder, under
• § 6993 — The commission may, prior to the receipt of any bid for a lease under this chapter, withdraw any offer to receive bids therefor, and it may reject all bids therefor filed pursuant to invitation of the
• § 6994 — Leases under this article shall be for terms not to exceed 20 years with the preferential right in the lessee to renew the lease for successive periods not to exceed 10 years upon such reasonable term
• § 6995 — The commission shall prescribe such additional terms, covenants and conditions, consistent with the provisions of this chapter, of permits and leases issued under this article as will in its opinion e
• § 6996 — All of the lands embraced within the original meander lines of streams and lakes belonging to the State, the waters of which contain minerals in commercial quantities, and all such lands which may her
• § 7 — Whenever, by the provisions of this code, an administrative power is granted to a public officer or a duty imposed upon such an officer, the power may be exercised or the duty performed by a deputy of
• § 700 — As used in this chapter: (a) “Board” means the State Board of Forestry and Fire Protection.
• § 70000 — This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the Clean Glass Recycling Act of 1990.
• § 70001 — “Beverage or food container” means packaging of finished products which contain food or drink items for retail sale.
• § 70020 — On or after January 1, 1991, it is unlawful to sell, manufacture, or distribute glass beverage or glass food containers which, as part of the product, bear or are attached to ceramic materials.
• § 70030 — In addition to other applicable civil or criminal penalties, any person convicted of a violation of this chapter is guilty of an infraction, which is punishable by a fine of not more than one thousand
• § 70031 — (a) Any person who violates this chapter is subject to a civil penalty of not more than one thousand dollars ($1,000) per day for each day that the violation continues.
• § 701 — (a) There is in the Resources Agency the Department of Forestry and Fire Protection, which is under the control of an executive officer known as the Director of Forestry and Fire Protection.
• § 701.5 — Notwithstanding Section 701, Section 12805 of the Government Code, or any other provision of law, on and after January 1, 1987, the Department of Forestry shall be the Department of Forestry and Fire
• § 701.6 — (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, on and after January 1, 2007, the Department of Forestry and Fire Protection may be referred to, where appropriate and as determined by the director, as
• § 702 — (a) Pursuant to Section 13100 of the Health and Safety Code, there is within the department the Office of the State Fire Marshal.
• § 703 — The director shall appoint a cultural burning liaison who shall do all of the following: (a) Advise the department on developing increased cultural burning activity.
• § 705 — 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
• § 7051 — (a) The board of supervisors, boards of trustees, directors or other governing body of any county or other public or quasi-public corporation, body or agency authorized to acquire and hold real proper
• § 7052 — Lands may be leased in tracts of such size and shape as the governing body may determine.
• § 7053 — At the time and place fixed in the resolution for the meeting, all sealed proposals which have been received shall in public session be opened, examined, and recorded by the governing body, and the pr
• § 7054 — An order to lease made by the governing body shall authorize and direct the execution and delivery by the chair or other presiding officer of a lease to the lessee.
• § 7054.5 — No lease or modification thereof or amendment thereto for the production, extraction, or removal of minerals, oil, gas, or other hydrocarbons from tide or submerged lands which have been granted by th
• § 7055 — Any money accruing from leases under this chapter shall be paid into the general fund of the county or other public or quasi public corporation, body or agency for the use of the county or other publi
• § 7056 — The provisions of this chapter shall apply to all counties and to such public or quasi-public corporations, bodies and agencies as are not otherwise authorized by law to lease for the production of oi
• § 7056.5 — The provisions of Sections 7051 to 7056, inclusive, shall apply to operating agreements and all other types of agreements entered into by the agencies mentioned in Section 7056 for the purposes descri
• § 7057 — The property of any city may be leased for the purpose of producing or effecting the production of minerals, oil, gas or other hydrocarbon substances for a period not to exceed 35 years unless such pr
• § 7058 — Any city, county, city and county, or district, in the interest of increasing the ultimate recovery of oil or gas, or of the protection of oil or gas from unreasonable waste, or of the possible arrest
• § 7058.5 — Before a lease or any operating agreement or other type of agreement for the production of oil, gas, or other hydrocarbons is entered into after the effective date of this section, the governing body
• § 7059 — At the time and place fixed in the resolution for the meeting, all sealed proposals which have been received shall in public session be opened, examined, and recorded by the governing body of the city
• § 706 — 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 be
• § 7060 — (a) No such lease or agreement shall be effective unless prior to adopting the resolution provided for by Section 7058.
• § 7061 — The provisions of Sections 7058.
• § 7061.1 — Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 7058, no city, county, city and county, or district may enter into a unit or cooperative agreement pursuant to that section under which exploration for, drill
• § 7062 — (a) On or before October 1st of each year, each city shall cause to be made and filed with the State Lands Commission a detailed statement of all revenue and expenditures thereof from any operating ag
• § 707 — 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
• § 707.1 — (a) Any moneys recovered by the department in a civil action to recover state costs related to fire suppression, rescue, or emergency medical services pursuant to Section 13009 of the Health and Safet
• § 708 — For the purpose of disseminating information relating to its activities, powers, duties, or functions, the department, with the approval of the Department of General Services, may issue publications,
• § 709 — The provisions of Chapter 2 (commencing with Section 11150) of Part 1 of Division 6 of Title 2 of the Government Code apply to the director.
• § 710 — The director shall have no power to amend or repeal any order, regulation, ruling, or directive of the board.
• § 7100 — (a) Notwithstanding Section 6217, the commission shall deposit revenue generated from an offshore wind energy project lease in the Offshore Wind Energy Resiliency Fund, which is hereby created in the
• § 71000 — This part shall be known, and may be cited, as the Environmental Protection Permit Reform Act of 1993.
• § 71001 — The Legislature hereby finds and declares all of the following: (a) California’s environmental protection programs have established strict standards to reduce pollution and protect the public health a
• § 71010 — “Secretary” means the Secretary for Environmental Protection.
• § 71011 — “Environmental agency” means any of the following: (a) The Department of Toxic Substances Control, the Department of Pesticide Regulation, the State Air Resources Board, the State Water Resources Cont
• § 71012 — “Environmental permit” means any license, certificate, registration, permit, or other form of authorization required by an environmental agency to engage in a particular activity.
• § 71013 — “Project” means an activity, the conduct of which requires an environmental permit from two or more environmental agencies.
• § 71014 — “Consolidated permit” means a permit incorporating the environmental permits granted by environmental agencies for a project and issued in a single permit document by the consolidated permit agency.
• § 71015 — “Consolidated permit agency” means the environmental agency that has the greatest overall jurisdiction over a project, as determined pursuant to Section 71020.
• § 71016 — “Participating permit agency” means an environmental agency, other than the consolidated permit agency, that is responsible for the issuance of an environmental permit for a project.
• § 71017 — (a) “Council” means the California Environmental Policy Council.
• § 71020 — (a) On or before January 1, 1995, the secretary shall establish an administrative process which may be used, at the request of a permit applicant for a project pursuant to Section 71021, for the desig
• § 71021 — (a) A permit applicant for a project may request the secretary to designate a consolidated permit agency to administer the processing and issuance of a consolidated permit for the project pursuant to
• § 71022 — (a) Within 15 working days of the date that the consolidated permit agency is designated, the consolidated permit agency shall convene a meeting with the permit applicant for the project and the parti
• § 71023 — (a) The permit applicant may withdraw from the consolidated permit process by submitting to the consolidated permit agency a written request that the process be terminated.
• § 71024 — The consolidated permit agency shall ensure that the participating permit agencies make all the environmental permit decisions that are necessary for the incorporation of the environmental permits int
• § 71025 — Each environmental permit incorporated in the consolidated permit shall have the legal status and the regulatory effect that is specified in the statute and regulations under which the environmental p
• § 71026 — (a) A consolidated permit agency may charge and collect a reasonable fee from any person seeking a consolidated permit to recover the estimated costs incurred by the consolidated permit agency in carr
• § 71027 — A petition by the permit applicant for review of an environmental agency action in issuing, denying, or amending an environmental permit, or any portion of a consolidated permit agency permit, shall b
• § 71028 — If an applicant petitions for a significant amendment or modification to a consolidated permit application or any of its component environmental permit applications, the consolidated permit agency sha
• § 71029 — If an applicant fails to provide information required for the processing of the component environmental permit applications for a consolidated permit or for the designation of a consolidated permit ag
• § 71030 — (a) On or before December 31, 1994, the secretary shall adopt regulations establishing an expedited appeals process by which a petitioner or applicant may appeal any failure by an environmental agency
• § 71031 — (a) Each state environmental agency, as defined in subdivisions (a) and (b) of Section 71011, in consultation and coordination with all interested parties, may adopt a process to precertify equipment
• § 71040 — The Governor’s Office of Business and Economic Development shall establish an electronic online permit assistance center through the Internet.
• § 71041 — The CALGOLD program shall be reviewed periodically and, when necessary, updated to assist businesses in the state that would benefit from information on permitting and regulatory compliance, including
• § 71050 — The Legislature hereby finds and declares all of the following: (a) Environmental data is currently required by, and submitted to, a variety of public agencies with jurisdiction at the state, regional
• § 71053 — “Advisory committee” means the Environmental Data Management Advisory Committee established pursuant to Section 71064.
• § 71054 — “Agency” means the California Environmental Protection Agency.
• § 71055 — “Secretary” means the Secretary for Environmental Protection.
• § 71060 — The secretary shall develop and adopt information technology standards by which public agencies and regulated business entities and the other members of the regulated community may use computers and o
• § 71061 — The secretary shall establish a standardized electronic format and protocol for the exchange of electronic data for the purpose of meeting environmental data reporting or other usage requirements that
• § 71062 — The secretary shall identify the environmental data reporting or usage requirements imposed pursuant to the laws listed in Section 71061 and reflect those requirements in the elements of the standardi
• § 71063 — (a) The proposed standardized electronic format and protocol required by Section 71061 and the alternative signature techniques required by Section 71066 shall be tested in the Counties of Santa Clara
• § 71064 — (a) There is in the agency the Environmental Data Management Advisory Committee.
• § 71065 — To the fullest extent practicable to public agencies and business entities, the secretary, in close consultation with the advisory committee, shall ensure that the standardized electronic format and p
• § 71066 — The secretary shall prescribe one or more techniques by which a report may be signed electronically by a person who would otherwise place a written signature on a paper version of the report.
• § 71067 — Public agencies shall continue their current data auditing practices, and shall work with data submitters to correct all kinds of data error encountered.
• § 71068 — (a) Upon the completion of a demonstration of any standardized electronic format and protocol and alternative signature technique pursuant to this part, to the satisfaction of the advisory committee,
• § 71069 — The Legislature finds and declares the following: (a) It is the policy of the state to conserve and protect its natural resources.
• § 71069.5 — For purposes of this chapter “board” means the California Integrated Waste Management Board.
• § 71070 — (a) On or before January 1, 2005, the board, in consultation with the state agencies affected by the changes made by the act of the 2003–04 Regular Session of the Legislature adding this chapter, shal
• § 71071 — (a) On and after February 1, 2005, the California Environmental Protection Agency and its boards, departments, and offices shall provide and produce reports and other documentation pursuant to the gui
• § 71073 — On or before April 30, 2005, each state agency shall conduct a thorough review of each report that the state agency is required to submit to the Legislature.
• § 71074 — Any reporting requirements imposed by this chapter do not supersede a reporting requirement in any other provision of law.
• § 71080 — The Legislature finds and declares the following: (a) Traditionally, many of California’s environmental programs have assessed their performance using measures of activity, including, for example, the
• § 71081 — (a) Beginning on July 1, 2004, to the extent that funds are appropriated by the Legislature for this purpose, the office, on behalf of the office of the secretary, shall develop and maintain a system
• § 71082 — (a) As appropriate, a budget change proposal submitted to the Legislature by a board, department, or office within the California Environmental Protection Agency or the Resources Agency shall describe
• § 71090 — (a) For purposes of this part, the following terms have the following meanings: (1) “Office” means the Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment.
• § 711 — The director, with approval of the Director of Finance, may accept on behalf of the department federal grants for the purposes for which the department is established.
• § 71100 — The following definitions govern the construction of this part: (a) “California-Baja California border region” means the region to the north and south of the international border between California an
• § 71101 — (a) The California Border Environmental and Public Health Protection Fund is hereby established in the State Treasury to receive funds appropriated in the annual Budget Act, including, but not limited
• § 71102 — The money in the fund shall be used for the following purposes: (a) To assist local governments in implementation of projects to identify and resolve environmental and public health problems that dire
• § 71103 — (a) The California-Mexico Border Relations Council, upon request, shall inform any community-based nonprofit environmental organization, responsible local government, and special district located with
• § 71103.5 — (a) The Legislature finds and declares all of the following: (1) The New River poses an imminent and severe threat to the public health of residents of Calexico, California, and adjacent communities i
• § 71103.6 — (a) The council shall establish the New River Water Quality, Public Health, and River Parkway Development Program to coordinate funding for, and the implementation of, the recommendations from the str
• § 71104 — This part shall only be operative during those fiscal years for which funds are appropriated in the annual Budget Act to implement this part, or are made available from contributions or donations from
• § 71107 — (a) Upon an appropriation of funds from the Legislature for this purpose, the California Environmental Protection Agency and the Natural Resources Agency, including their subsidiary agencies, shall co
• § 71110 — The California Environmental Protection Agency, in designing its mission for programs, policies, and standards, shall do all of the following: (a) Conduct its programs, policies, and activities that s
• § 71111 — On or before January 1, 2001, the California Environmental Protection Agency shall develop a model environmental justice mission statement for boards, departments, and offices within the agency.
• § 71112 — In developing the model environmental justice mission statement pursuant to Section 71111, the California Environmental Protection Agency shall consult with, review, and evaluate any information recei
• § 71113 — (a) On or before January 1, 2002, the Secretary for Environmental Protection shall convene a Working Group on Environmental Justice to assist the California Environmental Protection Agency in developi
• § 71114 — (a) The Secretary for Environmental Protection shall, on or before January 1, 2002, convene an advisory group to assist the working group described in Section 71113 by providing recommendations and in
• § 71114.1 — After the California Environmental Protection Agency develops the strategy pursuant to Section 71113 and before December 31, 2003, each board, department, and office within the agency shall, in coordi
• § 71115 — The Secretary for Environmental Protection shall, not later than January 1, 2004, and every three years thereafter, prepare and submit to the Governor and the Legislature a report on the implementatio
• § 71116 — (a) The Environmental Justice Small Grant Program is hereby established under the jurisdiction of the California Environmental Protection Agency.
• § 71118 — (a) For purposes of this section, the following terms have the following meanings: (1) “Agency” means the California Environmental Protection Agency.
• § 71120 — Unless the context requires otherwise, the following definitions govern this part: (a) “Agency” means the California Environmental Protection Agency.
• § 71121 — (a) In the 2004–05 fiscal year, to the extent that it will achieve actual budget savings and to the extent authorized by existing law, the secretary shall consolidate the number of accounts and funds
• § 71122 — In the 2004–05 fiscal year, to the extent that it will achieve actual budget savings, the secretary shall consolidate the following non-policy functions that are common among the boards, departments,
• § 71123 — (a) The implementation of Sections 71121 and 71122 shall not affect the independence of a board, department, or office within the agency to administer its own budget or to manage its own employees, ex
• § 71124 — The secretary shall report any budget savings achieved pursuant to Sections 71121 and 71122 to the Legislature’s budget committees, for appropriation to programs that directly reduce air pollution or
• § 71125 — The secretary may use a reimbursement from a board, department, or office within the agency for a consolidated service that the agency provides to those entities.
• § 71126 — Upon the request of the secretary, the Department of Finance shall assist the secretary in complying with this part.
• § 71130 — For purposes of this part, the following terms have the following meanings: (a) “Capacity building” is the process of strengthening local coordination, leadership, knowledge, skills, expertise, and ac
• § 71131 — (a) A regional climate collaborative program is hereby established to be administered by the council to assist under-resourced communities within a region to access statewide public and other grant mo
• § 71132 — (a) By July 1, 2020, the council shall develop technical assistance guidelines that a state agency may use in delivering its technical assistance resources or in developing additional internal technic
• § 71150 — For purposes of this part, the following terms have the following meanings: (a) “Agency” means the Natural Resources Agency.
• § 71152 — (a) It is the intent of the Legislature to prioritize the most vulnerable communities, ecosystems, and economic sectors in the state’s climate adaptation and resilience strategy set forth in the Safeg
• § 71153 — (a) By July 1, 2024, and every three years thereafter, the agency shall update the state’s climate adaptation strategy, known as the plan.
• § 71154 — To address the vulnerabilities identified in the plan, state agencies shall work to maximize, where applicable and feasible, all of the following objectives: (a) Educating the public about the consequ
• § 71155 — (a) Consistent with this part, state agencies shall take into account the current and future impacts of climate change, including the economic damages and financial liabilities associated with those i
• § 71155.5 — The Treasurer, and the financing authorities that the Treasurer chairs, may assist state agencies by leveraging public and private capital investment to help with loans and other incentives to attain
• § 71160 — (a) The agency shall explore and may implement options within the agency’s jurisdiction to establish a more coordinated and efficient regulatory review and permitting process for coastal adaptation pr
• § 712 — Notwithstanding any other provision of this code or of law, and except as provided in the State Building Standards Law, Part 2.
• § 71200 — Unless the context otherwise requires, the following definitions govern the construction of this division: (a) “Ballast tank” means a tank or hold on a vessel used for carrying ballast water, whether
• § 71201 — (a) This division applies to all vessels, United States and foreign, carrying, or capable of carrying, ballast water into the coastal waters of the state after operating outside of the coastal waters
• § 71201.5 — This division does not authorize the discharge of oil, noxious liquids, or other pollutants, in a manner prohibited by state, federal, or international laws or regulations.
• § 71201.7 — The commission shall adopt regulations necessary to implement this division, pursuant to Chapter 3.
• § 71202 — This division does not apply to any of the following vessels: (a) A vessel of the armed forces, as defined in paragraph (14) of subsection (a) of Section 1322 of Title 33 of the United States Code tha
• § 71203 — (a) The master, operator, or person in charge of a vessel is responsible for the safety of the vessel, its crew, and its passengers.
• § 71204 — Subject to Section 71203, the master, owner, operator, or person in charge of a vessel carrying, or capable of carrying, ballast water, that operates in the waters of the state shall do all of the fol