California

Public Resources Code - PRC

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

• § 26577 — A district may purchase, lease, obtain an option upon, acquire by gift, grant, bequest, or devise, or otherwise acquire any property or any interest in property.
• § 26578 — A district may sell, lease, exchange, assign, encumber, or otherwise dispose of property or any interest in property.
• § 26579 — The district may enter into contracts and agreements with the United States, any state or local unit of government, public agency, including any other geologic hazard abatement district or public dist
• § 26580 — The district may: (a) Acquire, construct, operate, manage, or maintain improvements on public or private lands.
• § 26580.1 — The district may make improvements to existing public or private structures where the board of directors determines that it is in the public interest to do so.
• § 26581 — At any time following the adoption of the resolution pursuant to Section 26567, the board of directors may proceed to annex territory to the district.
• § 26582 — (a) A district shall keep a record of the proceedings of its meetings.
• § 26583 — Following the four-year term of the initially appointed board of directors formed pursuant to Section 26567 and composed of owners of real property within the district, the board of directors shall be
• § 26584 — The board of directors shall appoint a clerk of the district.
• § 26585 — The board of directors shall appoint a treasurer of the district.
• § 26586 — The board of directors may appoint other officers of the district and delegate thereto such powers of the district as may be appropriate in the circumstances.
• § 26587 — A district may use the Improvement Act of 1911 (commencing with Section 5000 of the Streets and Highways Code) or the Municipal Improvement Act of 1913 (commencing with Section 10000 of the Streets an
• § 26588 — The powers and duties conferred by the Improvement Act of 1911 or the Municipal Improvement Act of 1913 or the Improvement Bond Act of 1915 on the various boards, officers, and agents of cities shall
• § 26589 — In the application of the Improvement Act of 1911 or the Municipal Improvement Act of 1913 or the Improvement Bond Act of 1915 to proceedings instituted by a district, the terms used in the Improvemen
• § 26590 — Any certificates or documents required by the Improvement Act of 1911 or the Municipal Improvement Act of 1913 or the Improvement Bond Act of 1915 to be filed or recorded in the office of the superint
• § 26591 — A district may accept financial or other assistance from any public or private source and may expend any funds so accepted for any of the purposes of this division.
• § 26592 — Contributions by a local agency, the state, or any instrumentality or political subdivision thereof, are hereby declared to be for a public purpose.
• § 26593 — A district may borrow money from or otherwise incur an indebtedness to a local agency, the state, any instrumentality or political subdivision thereof, the federal government, or any private source, a
• § 26594 — A district may repay any financial assistance accepted pursuant to Section 26591.
• § 26595 — A district may reimburse the local agency for all or any part of the cost and expenses incurred by the local agency in formation of the district.
• § 26600 — The board of directors may negotiate improvement contracts or may award such contracts by competitive bidding pursuant to procedures approved by the board of directors.
• § 26601 — Improvement caused to be undertaken pursuant to this division, and all activities in furtherance thereof or in connection therewith, shall be deemed to be specific actions necessary to prevent or miti
• § 26650 — A district may levy and collect assessments pursuant to this chapter to pay for the cost and expenses of the maintenance and operation of any improvements acquired or constructed pursuant to this divi
• § 26651 — The board of directors shall adopt a resolution declaring its intention to order that the cost and expenses of maintaining and operating an improvement acquired or constructed pursuant to this divisio
• § 26652 — The board of directors shall cause a notice of the adoption of the resolution described in Section 26651 to be mailed by first class mail to each owner of real property within the district as shown on
• § 26653 — At the hearing, the board of directors shall hear and consider all protests.
• § 26653.5 — If assessments are proposed to increase from the maximum amount levied in any previous year, the board of directors shall comply with the notice, protest, and hearing procedures in Section 53753 of th
• § 26654 — Following the order by resolution of the levy and collection of assessments by the board of directors, the clerk shall cause to be recorded a notice of assessment, as provided for in Section 3114 of t
• § 2690 — This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the Seismic Hazards Mapping Act.
• § 2691 — The Legislature finds and declares all of the following: (a) The effects of strong ground shaking, liquefaction, landslides, or other ground failure account for approximately 95 percent of economic lo
• § 2692 — (a) It is the intent of the Legislature to provide for a statewide seismic hazard mapping and technical advisory program to assist cities and counties in fulfilling their responsibilities for protecti
• § 2692.1 — The State Geologist may include in maps compiled pursuant to this chapter information on the potential effects of tsunami and seiche when information becomes available from other sources and the State
• § 2693 — As used in this chapter: (a) “City” and “county” includes the City and County of San Francisco.
• § 2694 — (a) A person who is acting as an agent for a transferor of real property that is located within a seismic hazard zone, as designated under this chapter, or the transferor, if the person is acting with
• § 2695 — (a) The board, in consultation with the survey and the commission, shall develop all of the following: (1) Guidelines for the preparation of maps of seismic hazard zones in the state.
• § 2696 — (a) The State Geologist shall compile maps identifying seismic hazard zones, consistent with the requirements of Section 2695.
• § 2697 — (a) Cities and counties shall require, prior to the approval of a project located in a seismic hazard zone, a geotechnical report defining and delineating any seismic hazard.
• § 2698 — Nothing in this chapter is intended to prevent cities and counties from establishing policies and criteria which are more strict than those established by the board.
• § 2699 — Each city and county, in preparing the safety element to its general plan pursuant to subdivision (g) of Section 65302 of the Government Code, and in adopting or revising land use planning and permitt
• § 2699.5 — (a) There is hereby created the Seismic Hazards Identification Fund, as a special fund in the State Treasury.
• § 2699.6 — This chapter shall become operative on April 1, 1991.
• § 2700 — There is hereby established in the State of California a strong-motion instrumentation program for the purpose of administering the program and of acquiring strong-motion instruments and installing an
• § 2701 — The survey shall organize and monitor the program with the advice of the Seismic Safety Commission.
• § 2702 — The survey shall purchase, install, and maintain instruments in representative structures and geologic environments throughout the state, and shall process the data obtained from those instruments res
• § 2703 — The survey shall maintain and service the strong-motion instruments installed, shall collect and interpret all records from the instruments, including records that support earthquake early warning and
• § 2704 — It is the intent of the Legislature in enacting this chapter to provide adequate instrumentation throughout California.
• § 2705 — (a) A city, county, and city and county shall collect a fee from each applicant for a building permit.
• § 2705.5 — The California Geological Survey shall advise counties and cities as to that portion of the total fees allocated to the Strong-Motion Instrumentation and Seismic Hazards Mapping Fund, so that this inf
• § 2707 — The survey, upon the advice of the Seismic Safety Commission, whenever it determines that an adequate instrumentation program has been achieved, may reduce the fee levied against building permits as p
• § 2709 — Any city or county that has been exempted from the provisions of Section 2705 by Section 2708 may participate in the state strong-motion instrumentation program by a written request to the State Geolo
• § 2709.1 — (a) No strong-motion instrumentation shall be installed pursuant to this chapter in the structural types identified in subdivision (b) unless funds proportionate to the construction value as called fo
• § 2710 — This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the Surface Mining and Reclamation Act of 1975.
• § 2711 — (a) The Legislature hereby finds and declares that the extraction of minerals is essential to the continued economic well-being of the state and to the needs of the society, and that the reclamation o
• § 2712 — It is the intent of the Legislature to create and maintain an effective and comprehensive surface mining and reclamation policy with regulation of surface mining operations so as to assure that: (a) A
• § 2713 — It is not the intent of the Legislature by the enactment of this chapter to take private property for public use without payment of just compensation in violation of the California and United States C
• § 2714 — This chapter does not apply to any of the following activities: (a) Excavations or grading of lands conducted for farming.
• § 2715 — No provision of this chapter or any ruling, requirement, or policy of the board is a limitation on any of the following: (a) On the police power of any city or county or on the power of any city or co
• § 2715.5 — (a) The Cache Creek Resource Management Plan, in conjunction with a site specific plan deemed consistent by the lead agency with the Cache Creek Resource Management Plan, shall be considered to be a f
• § 2715.6 — (a) For purposes of this section, the following definitions apply: (1) “Metropolitan Water District” means the Metropolitan Water District of Southern California.
• § 2716 — (a) Any interested person may commence an action on his or her own behalf against the board, the lead agency, the State Geologist, the supervisor, or the director for a writ of mandate pursuant to Cha
• § 2717 — (a) Notwithstanding Section 10231.
• § 2718 — If any provision of this chapter or the application thereof to any person or circumstance is held invalid, such invalidity shall not affect other provisions or applications of the chapter which can be
• § 2719 — Notwithstanding any other provision of law, neither the state nor any county, city, district, or other political subdivision shall be exempt from any fee imposed upon a mining operation pursuant to su
• § 2725 — Unless the context otherwise requires, the definitions set forth in this article shall govern the construction of this chapter.
• § 2726 — “Area of regional significance” means an area designated by the board pursuant to Section 2790 which is known to contain a deposit of minerals, the extraction of which is judged to be of prime importa
• § 2727 — “Area of statewide significance” means an area designated by the board pursuant to Section 2790 which is known to contain a deposit of minerals, the extraction of which is judged to be of prime import
• § 2727.1 — “Idle” means that an operator of a surface mining operation has curtailed production at the surface mining operation, with the intent to resume the surface mining operation at a future date, for a per
• § 2728 — “Lead agency” means the city, county, San Francisco Bay Conservation and Development Commission, or the board which has the principal responsibility for approving a reclamation plan pursuant to this c
• § 2729 — “Mined lands” includes the surface, subsurface, and ground water of an area in which surface mining operations will be, are being, or have been conducted, including private ways and roads appurtenant
• § 2730 — “Mining waste” includes the residual of soil, rock, mineral, liquid, vegetation, equipment, machines, tools, or other materials or property directly resulting from, or displaced by, surface mining ope
• § 2731 — “Operator” means any person who is engaged in surface mining operations, himself, or who contracts with others to conduct operations on his behalf, except a person who is engaged in surface mining ope
• § 2732 — “Overburden” means soil, rock, or other materials that lie above a natural mineral deposit or in between mineral deposits, before or after their removal by surface mining operations.
• § 2732.5 — “Permit” means any authorization from, or approval by, a lead agency, the absence of which would preclude surface mining operations.
• § 2733 — “Reclamation” means the combined process of land treatment that minimizes water degradation, air pollution, damage to aquatic or wildlife habitat, flooding, erosion, and other adverse effects from sur
• § 2734 — “State policy” means the regulations adopted by the board pursuant to Section 2755.
• § 2735 — “Surface mining operations” means all, or any part of, the process involved in the mining of minerals on mined lands by removing overburden and mining directly from the mineral deposits, open-pit mini
• § 2736 — “Financial assurances” means a current approved financial assurance cost estimate and a financial assurance mechanism that is at least equal to the current approved financial assurance cost estimate.
• § 2740 — In carrying out the provisions of this chapter, the board may establish districts and appoint one or more district technical advisory committees to advise the board.
• § 2741 — The members of the committee shall receive no compensation for their services, but shall be entitled to their actual and necessary expenses incurred in the performance of their duties.
• § 2755 — The board shall adopt regulations that establish state policy for the reclamation of mined lands in accordance with Article 1 (commencing with Section 2710) of this chapter and pursuant to Chapter 3.
• § 2756 — State policy shall apply to the conduct of surface mining operations and shall include, but shall not be limited to, measures to be employed by lead agencies in specifying grading, backfilling, resoil
• § 2757 — The state policy adopted by the board shall be based upon a study of the factors that significantly affect the present and future condition of mined lands, and shall be used as standards by lead agenc
• § 2758 — Such policy shall include objectives and criteria for all of the following: (a) Determining the lead agency pursuant to the provisions of Section 2771.
• § 2759 — The state policy shall be continuously reviewed and may be revised.
• § 2760 — The board shall not adopt or revise the state policy, unless a public hearing is first held respecting its adoption or revision.
• § 2761 — (a) On or before January 1, 1977, and, at a minimum, after the completion of each decennial census, the Office of Planning and Research shall identify portions of the following areas within the state
• § 2762 — (a) Within 12 months of receiving the mineral information described in Section 2761, and also within 12 months of the designation of an area of statewide or regional significance within its jurisdicti
• § 2763 — (a) If an area is designated by the board as an area of regional significance, and the lead agency either has designated that area in its general plan as having important minerals to be protected purs
• § 2764 — (a) Upon the request of an operator or other interested person and payment by the requesting person of the estimated cost of processing the request, the lead agency having jurisdiction shall amend its
• § 2770 — (a) Except as provided in this section, a person shall not conduct surface mining operations unless a permit is obtained from, a reclamation plan has been submitted to and approved by, and financial a
• § 2770.1 — For the purposes of a borrow pit surface mining operation that is owned or operated by a lead agency solely for use by that lead agency, all of the following shall apply: (a) (1) In addition to the re
• § 2770.5 — Whenever surface mining operations are proposed in the 100-year flood plain for any stream, as shown in Zone A of Flood Insurance Rate Maps issued by the Federal Emergency Management Agency, and withi
• § 2770.6 — (a) Whenever surface mining operations are proposed within the boundaries of the San Gabriel Basin Water Quality Authority that may penetrate the groundwater, and whenever proposed reclamation activit
• § 2771 — Whenever a proposed or existing surface mining operation is within the jurisdiction of two or more public agencies, is a permitted use within the agencies, and is not separated by a natural or manmade
• § 2772 — (a) The reclamation plan shall be filed with the lead agency, on a form provided by the lead agency, by any person who owns, leases, or otherwise controls or operates on all or any portion of any mine
• § 2772.1 — (a) (1) Prior to approving a surface mining operation’s reclamation plan or plan amendment, the lead agency shall submit the reclamation plan or plan amendment to the supervisor for review.
• § 2772.5 — (a) A reclamation plan by any person who owns, leases, or otherwise controls or operates on all, or any portion of any, mined lands within the boundaries of the San Gabriel Basin Water Quality Authori
• § 2772.6 — (a) In addition to meeting the requirements of Section 2773.
• § 2772.7 — (a) A lead agency, upon approval of a reclamation plan or an amendment to a reclamation plan, shall record a “Notice of Reclamation Plan Approval” with the county recorder.
• § 2773 — (a) The reclamation plan shall be applicable to a specific piece of property or properties, shall be based upon the character of the surrounding area and such characteristics of the property as type o
• § 2773.1 — (a) Lead agencies shall require financial assurances of each surface mining operation to ensure reclamation is performed in accordance with the surface mining operation’s approved reclamation plan, as
• § 2773.1.5 — (a) Notwithstanding subdivision (e) of Section 2773.
• § 2773.15 — Notwithstanding Section 2773.
• § 2773.2 — The mineral owner and owner of the surface estate, if legally entitled to do so, shall allow access to the property on which the mining operation is located to any governmental agency or the agent of
• § 2773.3 — (a) In addition to other reclamation plan requirements of this chapter and regulations adopted by the board pursuant to this chapter, a lead agency may not approve a reclamation plan for a surface min
• § 2773.4 — (a) (1) Prior to approving the financial assurance cost estimate for a new reclamation plan or adjustments to the financial assurance cost estimate based on an amendment to a reclamation plan, the lea
• § 2773.5 — Section 2773.
• § 2774 — (a) Every lead agency shall adopt ordinances in accordance with state policy that establish procedures for the review and approval of reclamation plans and financial assurances and the issuance of a p
• § 2774.1 — (a) (1) Except as provided in subdivision (i) of Section 2770, if the lead agency or the supervisor determines, based upon an annual inspection pursuant to Section 2774, or otherwise confirmed by an i
• § 2774.2 — (a) Within 30 days of the issuance of an order setting administrative penalties under subdivision (c) of Section 2774.
• § 2774.2.5 — (a) A lead agency shall submit to the supervisor, in an electronic format determined by the Division of Mine Reclamation, official copies of all of the following: (1) Approved reclamation plans or pla
• § 2774.3 — The board shall review lead agency ordinances which establish permit and reclamation procedures to determine whether each ordinance is in accordance with state policy, and shall certify the ordinance
• § 2774.4 — (a) The board shall exercise some or all of a lead agency’s powers under this chapter pursuant to subdivision (c), except for permitting authority and vested rights determinations, if the board finds
• § 2774.5 — (a) If, upon review of an ordinance, the board finds that it is not in accordance with state policy, the board shall communicate the ordinance’s deficiencies in writing to the lead agency.
• § 2775 — (a) An applicant whose request for a permit to conduct surface mining operations in an area of statewide or regional significance has been denied by a lead agency, or any person who is aggrieved by th
• § 2776 — (a) No person who has obtained a vested right to conduct surface mining operations prior to January 1, 1976, shall be required to secure a permit pursuant to this chapter as long as the vested right c
• § 2777 — Amendments to an approved reclamation plan may be submitted detailing proposed changes from the original plan.
• § 2777.3 — (a) The construction and operation of a renewable energy generation facility on disturbed mined lands, including all foundations and other installations, facilities, buildings, accessory structures, a
• § 2777.5 — (a) An operator who has failed to properly report a mine’s mineral production or mine status in any previous year, pursuant to the annual reporting requirement in Section 2207, prior to January 1, 201
• § 2778 — (a) Reclamation plans, reports, applications, and other documents submitted pursuant to this chapter are public records, unless it can be demonstrated to the satisfaction of the lead agency that the r
• § 2779 — Whenever one operator succeeds to the interest of another in any incompleted surface mining operation by sale, assignment, transfer, conveyance, exchange, or other means, the successor shall be bound
• § 2790 — After receipt of mineral information from the State Geologist pursuant to subdivision (d) of Section 2761, the board may, by regulation adopted after a public hearing, designate specific geographic ar
• § 2791 — The board shall seek the recommendations of concerned federal, state, and local agencies, educational institutions, civic and public interest organizations, and private organizations and individuals i
• § 2792 — Neither the designation of an area of regional or statewide significance nor the adoption of any regulations for such an area shall in any way limit or modify the rights of any person to complete any
• § 2793 — The board may, by regulation adopted after a public hearing, terminate, partially or wholly, the designation of any area of statewide or regional significance on a finding that the direct involvement
• § 2795 — (a) Notwithstanding any other law, moneys from mining activities on federal lands disbursed by the United States each fiscal year to this state pursuant to Section 35 of the Mineral Lands Leasing Act,
• § 2796.5 — (a) The supervisor, with the consultation of appropriate state and local agencies, may remediate or complete reclamation of abandoned mined lands that meet all of the following requirements: (1) No op
• § 2800 — The Legislature finds and declares all of the following: (a) The state’s major metropolitan areas are subject to potentially devastating large magnitude earthquakes and earth scientists estimate that
• § 28000 — The Legislature hereby finds and declares all of the following: (a) There has long been a public concern for protecting and preserving the natural resources, wildlife habitat, recreational, and other
• § 28001 — It is the intent of the Legislature in enacting this division to do all of the following: (a) Recognize the importance of preserving and enhancing Morro Bay and its watershed as one of the state’s rar
• § 28002 — For purposes of this division, the following terms have the following meanings: (a) “Agency” means the California Environmental Protection Agency.
• § 28003 — Morro Bay and San Diego Bay are each hereby designated a State Estuary.
• § 28004 — (a) (1) The agency shall convene the Morro Bay Management Plan Task Force to develop the plan.
• § 28005 — The plan shall include provisions for the protection and enhancement of every aspect of the health of the bay.
• § 28006 — This division does not provide any funds to carry out the plan.
• § 28007 — At two-year intervals after the plan is submitted to the Legislature, the agency shall call a task force meeting to evaluate the effectiveness of the plan and to make any necessary revisions in the pl
• § 2801 — As used in this chapter: (a) “Long-term prediction” means a prediction of an earthquake that is expected to occur within a few years up to a few decades.
• § 2802 — (a) The department shall develop jointly with the United States Geological Survey a prototype earthquake prediction system along the central San Andreas fault near the City of Parkfield.
• § 2803 — (a) Concurrently with the development of the Parkfield prototype earthquake prediction system, the Office of Emergency Services, in consultation with the California Earthquake Prediction Evaluation Co
• § 2804 — The department and the Seismic Safety Commission may solicit and receive gifts and grants from other public and private agencies for the state’s share of costs under this chapter.
• § 2805 — This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the California Earthquake Education Act of 1984.
• § 2806 — The Legislature hereby finds and declares as follows: (a) California has recently experienced and will continue to experience in the foreseeable future damaging earthquakes of moderate to great magnit
• § 2807 — (a) There is hereby established a project for the implementation of a statewide program of earthquake safety education and preparedness entitled the California Earthquake Education Project (CALEEP).
• § 2808 — The objectives of the project are all of the following: (a) Developing public awareness regarding the causes of earthquakes, the forces and effects of earthquakes, and the need for school and communit
• § 2810 — The Legislature finds and declares all of the following: (a) Most of the state’s major metropolitan areas are subject to potentially devastating, large magnitude earthquakes.
• § 2811 — As used in this chapter: (a) “Agency” or “office” means the Office of Emergency Services.
• § 2812 — (a) The projects authorized by this chapter shall promote voluntary actions by local jurisdictions, volunteer agencies and associations, and private organizations which address all aspects of seismic
• § 2814 — The earthquake preparedness activities established under this chapter shall be carried out by the Office of Emergency Services.
• § 2815 — The Office of Emergency Services may enter into agreements with local, regional, and federal agencies, councils of government, and private organizations and contractors, and may receive and expend fun
• § 29000 — This division shall be known and may be cited as the Suisun Marsh Preservation Act of 1977.
• § 29002 — The Legislature hereby finds and declares that the Suisun Marsh, consisting of approximately 55,000 acres of marshland and 30,000 acres of bays and sloughs, and comprising almost 10 percent of the rem
• § 29003 — The Legislature further finds and declares that, in order to preserve the integrity and assure continued wildlife use of the Suisun Marsh, including the preservation of its waterfowl-carrying capacity
• § 29004 — The Legislature further finds and declares as follows: (a) That the San Francisco Bay Conservation and Development Commission and the Department of Fish and Game, pursuant to the Nejedly-Bagley-Z’berg
• § 29005 — The Legislature further finds and declares as follows: (a) That, to achieve maximum responsiveness to local conditions, public accountability, and public accessibility, it is necessary to rely heavily
• § 29006 — No provision of this division is a limitation on any of the following: (a) On the power of a city, county, or district, except as otherwise limited by state law, to adopt and enforce regulations, in a
• § 29007 — The Legislature further finds and declares that the public has a right to participate fully in governmental decisions affecting planning, conservation, and development of the Suisun Marsh; that achiev
• § 29008 — The Legislature further finds and declares that the Suisun Marsh Protection Plan is a more specific application of the general, regional policies of the San Francisco Bay Plan prepared and administere
• § 29009 — The Legislature further finds and declares that land within or adjacent to the Suisun Marsh should be acquired for public use or resource management, or both, and facilities suitable for such purposes
• § 29010 — (a) The Legislature further finds that: (1) The Suisun Marsh is located where the saltwater of the Pacific Ocean and the freshwater of the Sacramento and San Joaquin River Delta meet and mix; and beca
• § 29011 — The Legislature further finds and declares that the Suisun Marsh is a fragile ecological system and that, in order to protect wildlife, many areas of the marsh should not be subject to extensive human
• § 29012 — This division shall be liberally construed to accomplish its purposes and objectives.
• § 29013 — The Legislature hereby finds and declares that this division is not intended to authorize, and shall not be construed as authorizing, the commission or local government acting pursuant to this divisio
• § 29014 — The Legislature finds and declares it is not its intent in enacting this division to grant the commission any authority over any development outside the Suisun Marsh, except as expressly authorized in
• § 29100 — Unless the context requires otherwise, the definitions set forth in this chapter govern the interpretation of this division.
• § 29101 — “Suisun Marsh” or “marsh” means water-covered areas, tidal marsh, diked-off wetlands, seasonal marshes, lowland grasslands, upland grasslands, and cultivated lands specified on the map identified in S
• § 29101.5 — Notwithstanding Section 29101, “Suisun Marsh” does not include the real property described as follows: Beginning at a point in the easterly line of Section 32, T5N R1W, M.
• § 29102 — “Primary management area” means water-covered areas, tidal marsh, diked-off wetlands, seasonal marsh, and lowland grassland specified on the map identified in Section 16 of that chapter of the Statute
• § 29103 — “Secondary management area” means the upland grasslands, cultivated lands, and low-lying areas adjacent to the primary management area specified on the map identified in Section 16 of that chapter of
• § 29104 — “Watershed” means the immediate watershed of the marsh upland from the secondary management area and located in the County of Solano, including those creeks, streams, channels, or other water areas in
• § 29105 — “Managed wetland” means those diked areas in the marsh in which water inflow and outflow is artificially controlled or in which waterfowl food plants are cultivated, or both, to enhance habitat condit
• § 29106 — “Commission” means the San Francisco Bay Conservation and Development Commission created by Title 7.
• § 29107 — “Department” means the Department of Fish and Game.
• § 29108 — “County” means the County of Solano.
• § 29109 — “Local government” means the County of Solano and the Cities of Suisun City, Fairfield, and Benicia.
• § 29110 — “District” means any public agency, other than a local government, formed pursuant to general law or special act for the local performance of governmental or proprietary functions within limited bound
• § 29111 — “Local protection program” means those provisions of general or specific plans; ordinances; zoning district maps; land use regulations, procedures, or controls; or any other programs, procedures, stan
• § 29112 — “Local protection program component” or “component” means a part of the local protection program that is prepared by or submitted to the county pursuant to Section 29411 or prepared by the Suisun Reso
• § 29113 — (a) “Suisun Marsh Protection Plan” or “protection plan” means the Suisun Marsh Protection Plan prepared and adopted by the commission and submitted to the Governor and Legislature pursuant to former C
• § 29114 — (a) “Development” means on land, or in or under water, the placement or erection of any solid material or structure; discharge or disposal of any dredged material or of any gaseous, liquid, solid, or
• § 29115 — “Feasible” means capable of being accomplished in a successful manner within a reasonable period of time, taking into account economic, environmental, social, and technological factors.
• § 29116 — “Permit” means any license, certificate, approval, or other entitlement for use granted or denied by any public agency which is subject to the provisions of this division.
• § 29117 — (a) “Person” means any individual, organization, partnership, limited liability company, or other business association or corporation, including any utility; and the federal government, the state, any
• § 29200 — Unless expressly provided otherwise in this division, the commission shall have the primary state responsibility for the implementation of the provisions of this division and the protection plan.
• § 29201 — In carrying out its responsibilities under this division, and in addition to the specific powers and duties of the commission under Chapters 5 (commencing with Section 29400) and 6 (commencing with Se
• § 29202 — (a) Consistent with this division, the commission may amend the protection plan.
• § 29203 — Not later than March 1, 1978, the commission shall prepare and adopt a detailed map for the marsh, on a scale of one inch equals 24,000 inches, which shall show both the primary and secondary manageme
• § 29204 — Not later than July 1, 1978, the commission shall make any necessary changes in the San Francisco Bay Plan and in existing priority use area boundaries established pursuant to Section 66611 of the Gov
• § 29205 — (a) The marsh shall be considered part of the commission’s segment of the California coastal zone, and this division shall be part of the commission’s segment of California’s coastal zone management p
• § 29300 — It is the intent of the Legislature to minimize duplication and conflicts among existing state agencies carrying out their regulatory duties and responsibilities in connection with the subject matter
• § 29301 — Except as otherwise expressly provided in this division, enactment of this division does not increase, decrease, duplicate, or supersede the authority of any existing state agency.
• § 29302 — (a) This division imposes a judicially enforceable duty on state agencies to comply with, and to carry out their duties and responsibilities in conformity with, this division and the policies of the p
• § 29303 — It is the intent of the Legislature that the provisions of this division, the protection plan, and the local protection program, or any component thereof, prepared pursuant to Chapter 5 (commencing wi
• § 29304 — (a) The commission may periodically submit to any state agency recommendations designed to encourage such agency to carry out its functions in a manner consistent with the policies of the protection p
• § 29305 — The Wildlife Conservation Board shall acquire title to, or a lesser right or interest in, land or water that the board determines is appropriate for the purposes of the protection plan.
• § 29306 — (a) The department and the Fish and Game Commission are the state agencies that are primarily responsible for the establishment and control of wildlife and fishery management programs, and the San Fra
• § 29307 — (a) The State Lands Commission shall have the primary responsibility, in accordance with the provisions of Division 6 (commencing with Section 6001), for carrying out the management recommendations in
• § 29308 — All federal agencies, to the extent permitted under federal law or regulations or the United States Constitution, shall comply with this division and the policies of the protection plan.
• § 29400 — The county shall prepare the local protection program for the marsh.
• § 29401 — Within the marsh the local protection program shall include, but not be limited to, the following: (a) Any amendments to general or specific plans applicable to any area within the marsh necessary to
• § 29402 — Outside the marsh, but within the watershed, the local protection program shall include only ordinances controlling grading, erosion, sedimentation, runoff, and creekside development that meet the req