California

Public Resources Code - PRC

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

• § 80140 — (a) The sum of two hundred fifty million dollars ($250,000,000) shall be available, upon appropriation by the Legislature, for the purposes described in Chapter 5 (commencing with Section 79720) of Di
• § 80141 — (a) The sum of eighty million dollars ($80,000,000) shall be available, upon appropriation by the Legislature, to the state board for competitive grants for projects for treatment and remediation acti
• § 80145 — (a) The sum of five hundred fifty million dollars ($550,000,000) shall be available, upon appropriation by the Legislature, for flood protection and repair.
• § 80146 — (a) The sum of two hundred ninety million dollars ($290,000,000) shall be available, upon appropriation by the Legislature, for drought and groundwater investments to achieve regional sustainability.
• § 80147 — (a) The sum of one hundred million dollars ($100,000,000) shall be available, upon appropriation by the Legislature, pursuant to Chapter 9 (commencing with Section 79765) of Division 26.
• § 8015 — The department is authorized to accept grants from the Federal Government or any of its agencies, or from any county, city and county, or city or other political agencies, and may accept gifts for the
• § 80150 — (a) Within 90 days of notice that a grant under this division for projects included and implemented in an integrated regional water management plan has been awarded, the regional water management grou
• § 8016 — To enable the coordination of the programs of the several map-making agencies, the department shall cause data to be assembled covering the various types of maps produced or being produced by federal,
• § 80160 — (a) Bonds in the total amount of four billion dollars ($4,000,000,000), and any additional bonds authorized, issued, and appropriated in accordance with this division pursuant to other provisions of l
• § 80161 — 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
• § 80162 — (a) Solely for the purpose of authorizing the issuance and sale, pursuant to the State General Obligation Bond Law (Chapter 4 (commencing with Section 16720) of Part 3 of Division 4 of Title 2 of the
• § 80163 — The committee shall determine whether or not it is necessary or desirable to issue bonds authorized by this division in order to carry out the actions specified in this division and, if so, the amount
• § 80164 — For purposes of the State General Obligation Bond Law, “board,” as defined in Section 16722 of the Government Code, means the Secretary of the Natural Resources Agency.
• § 80165 — There shall be collected each year and 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 pa
• § 80166 — Notwithstanding Section 13340 of the Government Code, there is hereby appropriated from the General Fund in the State Treasury, for the purposes of this division, an amount that will equal the total o
• § 80167 — The board may request the Pooled Money Investment Board to make a loan from the Pooled Money Investment Account, including other authorized forms of interim financing that include, but are not limited
• § 80168 — Notwithstanding any other provision of this division, or of the State General Obligation Bond Law, if the Treasurer sells bonds that include a bond counsel opinion to the effect that the interest on t
• § 80169 — For the purposes of carrying out this division, the Director of Finance may authorize the withdrawal from the General Fund of an amount or amounts not to exceed the amount of the unsold bonds that hav
• § 8017 — The department shall collect information relative to maps and surveys of the State of California or parts thereof and provide a public information service for public and private persons and agencies r
• § 80170 — All moneys deposited in the fund that are derived from premium and accrued interest on bonds sold pursuant to this division shall be reserved in the fund and shall be available for transfer to the Gen
• § 80171 — Pursuant to Chapter 4 (commencing with Section 16720) of Part 3 of Division 4 of Title 2 of the Government Code, the cost of bond issuance shall be paid or reimbursed out of the bond proceeds, includi
• § 80172 — The bonds issued and sold pursuant to this division may be refunded in accordance with Article 6 (commencing with Section 16780) of Chapter 4 of Part 3 of Division 4 of Title 2 of the Government Code,
• § 80173 — 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 the California Constitution, and the disbursement of these proceed
• § 8018 — The Department of Water Resources may reproduce copies of maps and survey data of the state which are not otherwise available to the general public.
• § 8019 — The department shall prepare and distribute to public officials, uniform specifications and regulations for aerial photographic mapping procedure and for the preparation of planimetric or topographic
• § 8020 — On the requests of the state departments the Department of Water Resources shall prepare specifications for the making of maps of the various types suited to the uses required by the departments or th
• § 80200 — (a) Any fuel reduction work, including, but not limited to, residential chipping, rural road fuel breaks, and firebreaks, done under contract and paid for in whole or in part out of public funds, as d
• § 80201 — (a) The requirement to pay prevailing wages pursuant to this division may be enforced by the Labor Commissioner through the issuance of a civil wage and penalty assessment pursuant to Section 1741 of
• § 80202 — This division only applies to contracts in excess of five hundred thousand dollars ($500,000).
• § 80203 — (a) This division does not apply to work performed on Indian lands, as defined in Section 2703 of Title 25 of the United States Code, nor to work performed under contract with a federally recognized N
• § 80204 — This division shall become operative on July 1, 2026, and does not apply to any contract, subcontract, or grant agreement that is fully executed when this division becomes operative, unless the contra
• § 8022 — No part of any money appropriated or otherwise made available to carry out the provisions of this article shall be expended for the original production of maps unless and until an equal or greater amo
• § 8023 — All money received for matching purposes shall be deposited in the Water Resources Revolving Fund and shall be expendable for paying expenses incurred pursuant to an agreement hereunder.
• § 8024 — All money received from the sale of maps or reports and data related thereto shall be deposited in the General Fund.
• § 8025 — The Department of Water Resources shall keep a record of all expenditures chargeable against each portion of the Water Resources Revolving Fund derived from matching moneys and any unused balance in a
• § 8030 — Notwithstanding any other provision of law, all 16th and 36th sections, both surveyed and unsurveyed, owned by the state or the United States, which are now or may hereafter be included within the ext
• § 8101 — The Regents of the University of California may order the selection of the 150,000 acres of land granted to the State for the use of an agricultural college, and dispose of the land at the price and i
• § 8102 — The land agent of the university, as the agent of the State, shall select the lands according to the instructions of the board, and issue certificates of purchase and patents to purchasers who comply
• § 8103 — All moneys, securities, or other properties arising from the sale of the 72 sections granted to the State for a seminary of learning, and from the sale of the 10 sections granted to the State for the
• § 8104 — All persons who have purchased any portion of either of the grants mentioned in Section 8103, and who have not paid in full therefor, shall be included in the delinquent-list, and the district attorne
• § 8105 — Whenever any resident of this state desires to purchase any part of the 150,000 acres of land granted to the state for the use of an agricultural college, the resident shall make an affidavit before a
• § 8106 — When a contest arises between two or more persons concerning the right of such persons to purchase any portion of the land granted to the State for the use of an agricultural college, if either party
• § 825 — This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the California Aquaculture Development Act.
• § 826 — The Legislature finds and declares that it is in the interest of the people of the state that the practice of aquaculture be encouraged in order to augment food supplies, expand employment, promote ec
• § 827 — The purpose of this chapter is to establish a policy and program toward improving the science and practice of aquaculture as a means of expanding aquaculture industry and related economic activity in
• § 828 — As used in this chapter, “aquaculture” means the culture and husbandry of aquatic organisms, including, but not limited to, fish, shellfish, mollusks, crustaceans, kelp, and algae.
• § 829 — As used in this chapter, “director” means the Director of the Department of Fish and Game.
• § 830 — As used in this chapter, “department” means the Department of Fish and Game.
• § 8301 — The commission, on application therefor by a duly authorized agent, may convey to the United States a tract of land that does not exceed 10 acres, belonging to the state and covered by navigable water
• § 8401 — The boards of supervisors of the several counties may grant, transfer and convey, without consideration, any real property or interest therein now owned or hereafter acquired by any county, to the Uni
• § 8402 — Any county may exercise the right of eminent domain to acquire any property necessary or convenient for carrying out the provisions of this chapter.
• § 8403 — The boards of supervisors of the several counties may do and perform all acts that may be necessary to carry out the provisions of this chapter.
• § 8501 — As used in this article, “person” includes individuals, companies, partnerships and associations.
• § 8502 — It is unlawful to graze livestock on any part of the unreserved and unappropriated public lands of the United States in this State when such grazing will or does prevent, restrict or interfere with th
• § 8503 — Customary or established use as graziers, otherwise than under operation of law, as used in this article, includes the continuously open, notorious, peaceable and public use of such range, seasonally,
• § 8504 — This article shall not be construed to prohibit any such established user from continuing his grazing use, as established in accordance with such customs.
• § 8505 — Any person who violates any of the provisions of this article is guilty of a misdemeanor, and independently of the penalty therefor, is liable to any person injured for all damages sustained by reason
• § 8506 — The violation of any provision of this article may be restrained by injunction, issued by a court of competent jurisdiction, pursuant to the provisions of law and principles of equity relating to inju
• § 8507 — Nothing in this article shall be construed to prohibit free transit over and rights in the public domain where such are provided by the acts of Congress.
• § 8508 — This article is an exercise of the police power of the State, for the protection of the economic welfare and peace of the people of the State, and all of its provisions shall be liberally construed fo
• § 8551 — An act of Congress entitled “An act to stop injury to the public grazing lands by preventing overgrazing and soil deterioration, to provide for their orderly use, improvement and development, to stabi
• § 8552 — The State Lands Commission may cooperate with the Secretary of the Interior, and may, in the name of the State, exchange lands in the manner and under the conditions prescribed in Section 8 of the Act
• § 8553 — The State Lands Commission is hereby designated the “State land officials” referred to in Section 9 of the Act of Congress cited in Section 8551 of this code.
• § 8554 — The Department of Fish and Game is hereby designated the “official state agency engaged in the conservation or propagation of wild life” referred to in Section 9 of the act of Congress cited in Sectio
• § 8555 — All moneys received by the State of California from the government of the United States pursuant to the act referred to in Section 8551, or pursuant to any other act of Congress providing for the dist
• § 8556 — The State Controller shall keep a record of the receipts from the Government of the United States on account of Federal grazing lands or districts situated in each county in this State.
• § 8557 — Any State or county offices or agency, or any stockmen’s association, whether incorporated or unincorporated, or any person, firm, corporation, or association may enter into cooperative agreements wit
• § 8557.5 — Any money deposited in the State Treasury pursuant to Section 10 of the act of Congress referred to in Section 8551 of this code and apportioned to any county or counties of this State as herein provi
• § 8558 — Any money deposited in the State Treasury pursuant to Section 11 of the act of Congress referred to in Section 8551 of this code and apportioned to any county or counties of this State as provided in
• § 8600 — This division shall be known and may be cited as the Kapiloff Land Bank Act.
• § 8601 — Unless the context otherwise requires, the definitions in this section govern the construction of this division.
• § 8602 — The Legislature finds and declares as follows: (a) Wetlands are essential to the environmental, economic, and social well-being of the people of the State of California.
• § 8610 — (a) There is in the State Treasury the Land Bank Fund, which fund is hereby created.
• § 8611 — The commission shall be responsible for carrying out the provisions of this division.
• § 8612 — The trustee is authorized to acquire real property or any interest in real property for the purposes of facilitating title settlements and, with respect to a project requiring mitigation, to facilitat
• § 8612.5 — The trustee is authorized to manage and improve real property for purposes of providing open space, habitat for plants and animals, and public access.
• § 8613 — (a) Moneys in the fund shall be available for expenditure by the trustee to purchase outstanding interests in tide and submerged lands whether or not they have been filled, diked, or cut off from tida
• § 8614 — The acquisition and subsequent management of the real property shall be consistent with the San Francisco Bay Plan specified in Section 66603 of the Government Code, the Suisun Marsh Protection Plan a
• § 8615 — The trustee shall act only at an open, scheduled public meeting, subject to all provisions of Division 6 (commencing with Section 6000) relating to meetings of the commission.
• § 8616 — The provisions of this division are not intended as exclusive, and shall not restrict the commission in otherwise meeting its responsibilities for resolving title disputes in lieu of litigation or in
• § 8617 — The trustee is authorized to accept gifts of real property or money for the purposes of this division.
• § 8618 — (a) On or before January 2 of each year, the trustee shall prepare and submit to the Governor and the Legislature a report describing its progress in achieving the objectives of this division, includi
• § 8620 — Acquisitions may be made by negotiated agreement with the owners of the outstanding interests.
• § 8621 — The purchase price shall not exceed the fair market value of the outstanding interests to be acquired.
• § 8622 — As soon as practicable after initiating a title and parcel acceptability study for possible acquisition pursuant to this division, the trustee shall mail a “Notice of Potential Land Bank Acquisition”
• § 8623 — The trustee shall make all reasonable attempts to acquire the mineral and other subsurface rights in any acquisition pursuant to this division.
• § 8624 — The trustee shall have the exclusive jurisdiction and authority to administer the fund and the interests in real property acquired pursuant to this division, including the selection, acquisition, and
• § 8625 — (a) The consideration passing to the state in title settlements may consist, in whole or in part, of monetary payments to the trustee for deposit into the fund that are subject to a statutory trust li
• § 8626 — Upon acceptance of a conveyance pursuant to Section 8627 the trustee shall thereafter convey to the state a parcel or other interest therein, whose economic value determined pursuant to Section 8621 i
• § 8627 — The state, in its sovereign capacity, shall accept any such conveyance, and the land shall thereafter be held by the state as land of the legal character of tide and submerged lands subject to the pub
• § 8628 — The commission shall accept the conveyances on the part of the state and shall authorize their acknowledgment and recordation.
• § 8629 — Until expended for acquisitions in accordance with the provisions of this division, moneys in the fund shall be deposited in the Pooled Money Investment Fund and the interest deposited in the fund.
• § 8630 — In addition to the purchase price to be paid, the costs and expenses attributable to the acquisition may be payable from the fund, provided that such costs shall not exceed 5 percent of the expended f
• § 8631 — The provisions of this division shall not be subject to the provisions of the California Environmental Quality Act (commencing with Section 21000 of the Public Resources Code), the Subdivision Map Act
• § 8632 — Nothing in this division shall be construed to impair the ability of any other state agency from acquiring lands for wetlands restoration and enhancement.
• § 8633 — Nothing in this division relieves the trustee or its successors in interest from any requirement to obtain state permits, licenses, or approvals otherwise required for work, activities, or uses conduc
• § 8650 — This division shall be known and may be cited as the Arroyo Seco Parklands Preservation Law of 1975.
• § 8651 — “Arroyo Seco” means that streambed, ranging from 200 to 2,000 feet in width, from the Los Angeles River in the City of Los Angeles to Devil’s Gate Dam in the City of Pasadena.
• § 8652 — “Parklands” means the acreage designated as parklands by the Cities of Los Angeles, South Pasadena, and Pasadena prior to January 1, 1975, and includes wilderness areas, historic sites, established br
• § 8653 — “Construction already underway” means all projects of the California Highway Commission for which agreements exist as of May 1, 1974.
• § 8654 — “Three acres for the Pasadena Freeway (State Highway Route 11) ramps” means the three acres to be taken for the proposed ramp improvement project on that freeway, as defined by a draft environmental i
• § 8655 — With the exception of the construction already underway and the three acres for the Pasadena Freeway ramps, no portion of the parklands in, and adjacent to, the Arroyo Seco shall be taken or encroache
• § 8700 — This division shall be known and may be cited as the School Land Bank Act.
• § 8701 — The Legislature finds and declares as follows: (a) Past policies of the state have resulted in significant depletion of the inventory of lands granted by the federal government to provide fiscal suppo
• § 8702 — Unless the context otherwise requires, the definitions in this section govern the construction of this division.
• § 8703 — Acquisitions may be made by negotiated agreement with, or purchase from, the owners of the outstanding interests.
• § 8704 — The trustee shall make all reasonable attempts to acquire the mineral and other subsurface rights in any acquisition pursuant to this division.
• § 8705 — The trustee has the exclusive jurisdiction and authority to administer the fund and the interest in real property acquired pursuant to this division, including the selection, acquisition, and conveyan
• § 8706 — The state, in its sovereign capacity, shall accept any conveyance, and the land shall thereafter be held by the state as land of the legal character of school lands subject to the school land trust un
• § 8707 — The commission shall accept the conveyances on the part of the state and shall authorize their acknowledgment and recordation.
• § 8708 — Until expended for acquisitions in accordance with this division, moneys in the fund shall be deposited in the Pooled Money Investment Fund and the interest deposited in the fund.
• § 8709 — In addition to the purchase price to be paid, the costs and expenses attributable to the acquisition, including, but not limited to, the fees and expenses of appraisals, escrow, broker’s fees, title i
• § 8709.5 — Expenses attributable to management and remediation efforts on state school lands are payable from the fund.
• § 8710 — An action under this chapter is not subject to the California Environmental Quality Act (Division 13 (commencing with Section 21000)), the Subdivision Map Act (Division 2 (commencing with Section 6641
• § 8711 — There is in the State Treasury the School Land Bank Fund, which is hereby created.
• § 8712 — The trustee may acquire real property or any interest in real property with the objective of facilitating management of school lands for the purpose of generating revenue.
• § 8713 — The trustee shall act only at an open, scheduled public meeting, subject to all provisions of Division 6 (commencing with Section 6001) relating to meetings of the commission.
• § 8715 — The provisions of this division are not intended as exclusive, and shall not restrict the commission in otherwise meeting any other responsibilities and jurisdiction the commission presently has by la
• § 8716 — The trustee may accept gifts of real property or money for the purposes of this division.
• § 8720 — The Legislature finds and declares all of the following: (a) The high cost of energy is taking a financial toll on California’s residents and economy, as well as making the state more dependent on for
• § 8721 — For the purposes of this chapter, “California desert” means the California Desert Conservation Area as described in Section 1781 of Title 43 of the United States Code.
• § 8722 — (a) The commission shall enter into a memorandum of agreement by April 1, 2012, with the United States Secretary of the Interior to facilitate land exchanges that consolidate school land parcels into
• § 8723 — (a) Within 240 days of the execution of a memorandum of agreement pursuant to Section 8722, the commission shall prepare and submit to the United States Secretary of the Interior a proposal for land e
• § 8750 — Unless the context requires otherwise, the following definitions govern the construction of this division: (a) “Administrator” means the administrator for oil spill response appointed by the Governor
• § 8751 — Notwithstanding any other provision of law, this division shall be applicable to all terminals, pipelines, facilities, vessels, and activities in the state, whether on lands that have been legislative
• § 8752 — No tanker or barge may use any marine facility in the state unless the tanker or barge is in compliance with all applicable federal and state laws and regulations governing equipment, personnel, const
• § 8753 — All rules, regulations, and guidelines required pursuant to this chapter shall be adopted by January 1, 1992.
• § 8754 — (a) The administrator may prohibit an owner or operator of a marine terminal from delivering or accepting oil to or from any tanker or barge if the administrator finds, after noticed hearing, that the
• § 8755 — (a) The administrator and the executive officer of the commission shall confer and propose, and the commission shall adopt, rules, regulations, guidelines, and commission leasing policies for reviewin
• § 8756 — The commission shall periodically review and accordingly modify its rules, regulations, guidelines, and commission leasing policies to ensure that all operators of marine terminals within the state an
• § 8757 — (a) The commission shall inspect or cause to be inspected, on a regular basis, all marine facilities, along with associated equipment and shall monitor their operations and the effects on public healt
• § 8758 — (a) Each operator of a marine facility shall prepare an operations manual describing equipment and procedures which the operator employs or will employ to protect public health and safety, and the env
• § 8759 — The commission shall be reimbursed from the Oil Spill Prevention and Administration Fund for reasonable expenses undertaken under this division.
• § 8760 — The commission shall consult with the administrator, other state agencies, and agencies of the federal government, such as the United States Coast Guard and the Department of Transportation, to the ma
• § 8801 — (a) The system of plane coordinates that has been established by the United States Coast and Geodetic Survey for defining and stating the positions or locations of points on the surface of the earth w
• § 8802 — For CCS27, the state is divided into seven zones.
• § 8803 — Zone 1 coordinates shall be named, and, on any map on which they are used, they shall be designated as “CCS27, Zone 1 or CCS83, Zone 1.
• § 8804 — Zone 2 coordinates shall be named, and, on any map on which they are used, they shall be designated as “CCS27, Zone 2 or CCS83, Zone 2.
• § 8805 — Zone 3 coordinates shall be named, and, on any map on which they are used, they shall be designated as “CCS27, Zone 3 or CCS83, Zone 3.
• § 8806 — Zone 4 coordinates shall be named, and, on any map on which they are used, they shall be designated as “CCS27, Zone 4 or CCS83, Zone 4.
• § 8807 — Zone 5 coordinates shall be named, and, on any map on which they are used, they shall be designated as “CCS27, Zone 5 or CCS83, Zone 5.
• § 8808 — Zone 6 coordinates shall be named, and, on any map on which they are used, they shall be designated as “CCS27, Zone 6 or CCS83, Zone 6.
• § 8809 — Zone 7 coordinates shall be named, and, on any map on which they are used, they shall be designated as “CCS27, Zone 7.
• § 8810 — The plane coordinates of a point on the earth’s surface, to be used in expressing the position or location of the point in the appropriate zone of CCS27 or CCS83, shall consist of two distances, expre
• § 8811 — If the survey of any parcel of land extends from one coordinate zone into another, the positions of all points delineated upon the map thereof may be referred to either of these zones.
• § 8812 — Prior to January 1, 2000, state plane coordinates shall be based on, or derived from, the plane coordinates of monumented second order or better horizontal control stations that have been published by
• § 8813 — After December 31, 1999, and prior to January 1, 2006, any survey or map that uses state plane coordinates shall be based on, and show, field-observed direct connections to at least two horizontal ref
• § 8813.1 — On and after December 31, 2005, a survey that uses or establishes a CCS83 value or values shall meet all of the following requirements: (a) (1) The survey shall be referenced to and shall have field-o
• § 8813.2 — After December 31, 2005, if an accuracy is claimed for a CCS83 value or values, the survey that established the value or values shall be documented on a map, record of survey, corner record, or other
• § 8813.3 — (a) After December 31, 2005, when a survey that uses or establishes a CCS83 value or values is shown on any document, the station or stations to which the CCS83 value or values are referenced and conn
• § 8814 — State plane coordinates may be used for property identification on any map, survey, conveyance, or other instrument which delineates or affects the title to real property or which delineates, describe
• § 8815 — The use of the term “California Coordinate System” on any map or document or in any field notes shall be suffixed either with “27” (shown as “CCS27”) for coordinates based on NAD27, with “83” (shown a
• § 8815.1 — When CCS83 coordinates are shown on any map, corner record, or other document, the map, corner record, or document shall state the datum realization tag in parentheses and epoch date, in a decimal yea
• § 8815.2 — The epoch for a survey using CCS83 coordinates shall be the published NGS or CSRC datum realization and epoch date of a published coordinate for a controlling station used for that survey.
• § 8815.3 — When the published epochs of the controlling stations for a survey using CCS83 or CCS2022 coordinates are not the same, appropriate adjustments shall be made to the horizontal positions of controlling
• § 8815.4 — When a purported order of accuracy of second order or better is shown for CCS83 or CCS2022 coordinate values on any map, corner record, or other document prior to January 1, 2006, that map, corner rec
• § 8815.5 — When CCS83 or CCS2022 coordinates are shown on any map, corner record, or record of survey, a mapping angle, combined grid factor, and the elevation used to determine the combined grid factor shall be
• § 8816 — The use of the State Plane Coordinates by any person, corporation, or governmental agency engaged in land surveying or mapping is optional.
• § 8817 — Prior to January 1, 1995, use of State Plane Coordinates for new projects may be based either on CCS27 or CCS83.
• § 8818 — This chapter does not impair or invalidate land titles, legal descriptions, or jurisdictional or land boundaries and, further, this chapter does not impair or invalidate references to, or the use of,
• § 8819 — This chapter does not prohibit the use of new surveying technologies or techniques for which FGCS specifications or other accepted specifications have not yet been published.
• § 8831 — It is the policy of the State of California to provide for basic topographic map coverage in aid of development and conservation of the natural and economic resources of the State.
• § 8832 — As used in this chapter, “department” means the Department of Water Resources.
• § 8833 — The department shall investigate and prepare a complete report on mapping, including plans and recommendations for an adequate mapping program for California, and shall adopt a general plan and progra
• § 8834 — All map production work to be undertaken pursuant to this chapter shall be in cooperation with the federal government.
• § 8850 — The official geodetic datums and spatial reference network for use within the State of California shall be as defined by this chapter.
• § 8851 — As used in this chapter: (a) “NGS” means National Geodetic Survey or its successor.
• § 8852 — The official geodetic datum to which horizontal positions and ellipsoid heights are referenced within the State of California shall be NAD83, NATRF2022, or PATRF2022.
• § 8853 — The official geodetic datum to which orthometric heights are referenced within the State of California shall be NAVD88 or NAPGD2022.
• § 8854 — When horizontal positions, ellipsoid heights, or orthometric heights are shown on a document, the document shall show the geodetic datum, including datum realization tag and epoch date, if appropriate
• § 8855 — The official geodetic reference network for use within the State of California shall be the CSRN as defined by this chapter.
• § 8856 — The geodetic control stations within the State of California having horizontal positions conforming to all of the following requirements shall be part of the CSRN.
• § 8857 — The geodetic control stations within the State of California having ellipsoid heights conforming to all of the following requirements shall be part of the CSRN.
• § 8858 — The geodetic control stations within the State of California having orthometric heights determined by GPS survey methods and conforming to all of the following requirements shall be part of the CSRN.
• § 8859 — The geodetic control stations within the State of California having orthometric heights determined by differential leveling survey methods and conforming to all of the following requirements shall be
• § 8860 — The use of the NAD83, NATRF2022, PATRF2022, NAVD88, NAPGD2022, and CSRN by any person, firm, or governmental agency is optional.
• § 8861 — The provisions of this chapter shall not be construed to prohibit the appropriate use of other datums, including ITRF, and other geodetic reference networks.
• § 8870 — Geodetic coordinates within the State of California that are based on the North American Datum of 1983 and conforming to the provisions of this chapter shall be known as “California Geodetic Coordinat
• § 8871 — As used in this chapter: (a) “NGS” means National Geodetic Survey or its successor.
• § 8872 — The phrase “California Geodetic Coordinates of 1983” or any abbreviation thereof, such as “CGC83,” shall be used only in reference to geodetic coordinates based on NAD83 and conforming to the provisio
• § 8873 — CGC83 values shall be expressed as latitude, longitude, or ellipsoid height values or as Cartesian coordinates (x, y, z).
• § 8874 — CGC83 latitude and longitude values shall be expressed in degrees, minutes, seconds, and decimals of a second, or degrees and decimals of a degree.
• § 8875 — The survey that establishes a CGC83 value or values shall meet all of the following requirements: (a) The survey shall be referenced to and shall have field-observed statistically independent connecti
• § 8876 — If an accuracy is claimed for a CGC83 value or values, the survey that established the value or values shall be documented on a map, record of survey, corner record, or other document that includes, a
• § 8877 — When a CGC83 value or values are shown on any document, the document shall include the following: (a) A statement that the geodetic coordinate value or values shown are a CGC83 value or values; except
• § 8878 — The use of CGC83 by any person, firm, or governmental agency is optional.
• § 8879 — This chapter does not impair or invalidate land titles, legal descriptions, or jurisdictional or land boundaries and, further, this chapter does not impair or invalidate references to, or the use of,
• § 8880 — This chapter does not prohibit the use of new surveying technologies or techniques for which FGCS specifications or other accepted specifications have not yet been published.
• § 8890 — Orthometric heights within the State of California that are based on the North America Vertical Datum of 1988 and conforming to the provisions of this chapter shall be known as “California Orthometric
• § 8891 — As used in this chapter: (a) “NGS” means National Geodetic Survey or its successor.
• § 8892 — The phrase “California Orthometric Heights of 1988” or any abbreviation, such as “COH88,” thereof shall be used only in reference to orthometric heights based on NAVD88 and conforming to the provision
• § 8893 — COH88 values shall be expressed in meters and decimals of a meter or in feet and decimals of a foot.
• § 8894 — COH88 values that are determined from differential leveling surveys shall be known as “leveled COH88” values.
• § 8895 — When a geoid model is used to determine derived COH88 values, it shall be the latest geoid model published by NGS.
• § 8896 — The accuracy of derived COH88 values may be improved by applying a “local orthometric height correction” to the geoid height determined from the latest, applicable geoid model published by NGS.
• § 8897 — The survey that establishes a COH88 value or values shall meet all of the following requirements: (a) The survey shall be referenced to and shall have field-observed statistically independent connecti
• § 8898 — If an accuracy is claimed for a COH88 value or values, the survey that established the value or values shall be documented on a map, record of survey, corner record, or other document that includes, a
• § 8899 — When a COH88 value or values are shown on any document, the document shall include the following: (a) A statement that the orthometric height or heights shown are a COH88 value or values; exceptions s
• § 8900 — The use of COH88 by any person, firm, or governmental agency is optional.
• § 8901 — This chapter does not impair or invalidate land titles, legal descriptions, or jurisdictional or land boundaries and, further, this chapter does not impair or invalidate references to, or the use of,