Title PRC, California Pub. Res. Code

If any conditions not contained in the petition for inclusion are prescribed by the directors the real property shall not be included until two-thirds in number of the petitioners approve the conditions in writing. (Repealed and added by Stats. 1975, Ch. 513.)

The director, upon the recommendation of the board, may accept on behalf of the state gifts of land suitable for forestry purposes or suitable for the purposes of reforestation or afforestation, and may receive contributions from any source for the purchase, or the care and maint…

The acceptance of the land or contributions shall be subject to such conditions or restrictions as the board deems advisable. Any conditions or restrictions required by the board shall be clearly set forth in the resolution of the board which recommends acceptance of the land or …

Before accepting conveyance of the land, the director shall have the title examined. The director shall not accept title unless a good and merchantable title free and clear of all taxes, liens, or other financial encumbrances is shown to be vested in the grantor or donor. The tit…

In a district containing an improvement district the directors and all of the officers of the district each respectively has all the rights, powers, and privileges as to the improvement district, its real property, and the proceedings in relation to the improvement district that …

The directors may also hold property used or acquired in connection with the improvement in the name of the directors and their successors in office as trustees for the improvement district. (Repealed and added by Stats. 1975, Ch. 513.)

The directors of a district in which an improvement district exists may allow on terms that may be agreed upon any person to carry water through any conduit for the improvement of which the improvement district was formed and may cancel the right in the event that payments are no…

The work of improvement provided for in this chapter and the purchase of all supplies, material, and equipment therefor shall be performed by the district, or in the discretion of the directors contracts may be made for the work and material after notice calling for bids, as pres…

The directors may, in lieu in whole or in part of levying assessments for the operation of improvement district works, fix and collect reasonable charges for the use of water or for any other service furnished by means of the improvement district works. (Repealed and added by Sta…

All such tolls, connections charges, and additional assessments shall be held and applied upon and reduce the last installment or installments of the improvement district assessment. (Repealed and added by Stats. 1975, Ch. 513.)

The directors may provide for the maintenance and operation of the works of an improvement district from the funds of the resource conservation district in lieu of levying further improvement district assessments for such purposes. (Repealed and added by Stats. 1975, Ch. 513.)

Notwithstanding any other provision of this code, the directors of a district in which an improvement district exists may establish facilities use charges for the use of the facilities in such improvement district and, in establishing such charges, may provide that water shall be…

On behalf of an improvement district the directors may do any or all acts necessary or desirable to carry out the purposes of the improvement district, including, but not limited to any or all of the following: (a) Acquire without cost to the United States such land, easements, o…

On behalf of an improvement district, the directors may cooperate and contract with the United States, or with any officer, department, bureau, or agency thereof, to accomplish any of the purposes of the improvement district, or to exercise any of the powers of the directors in r…

As used in this article: (a) “Owner” includes any individual, partnership, corporation, or association. (b) “Timberland” means any land which has enough timber, standing or down, to constitute, in the judgment of the board, an insect or pine beetle infestation breeding ground or …

Pine beetles and other insect pests or plant diseases which are harmful, detrimental and injurious to timber and forest growth are a public nuisance. (Added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1144.)

Every owner of timber or timberlands shall control or eradicate the insect pests or plant diseases on lands owned by the owner or under the owner’s control. If the owner does not do so the work may be performed as provided in this article. (Amended by Stats. 2021, Ch. 133, Sec. 9…

The movement of eucalyptus wood containing live Eucalyptus Longhorn Borers or their larvae in trucks or trailers is prohibited. A violation of this section is a misdemeanor punishable by a fine of not more than one thousand dollars ($1,000), or by imprisonment in a county jail fo…

The department, in accordance with policy established by the board, may enter into agreements with any owner and with any agency of government, including the federal government, for the purpose of controlling or eradicating forest insects or plant diseases damaging or threatening…

(a) Whenever the director determines that there exists an area that is infested or infected with insect pests or plant diseases injurious to timber or forest growth and that the infestation or infection is of such a character as to be a menace to the timber or timberlands of adja…

The department may make the necessary surveys and appraisals to obtain pertinent data and information on insect infestations and disease infections. The department may make expenditures for that purpose. (Amended by Stats. 1976, Ch. 1300.)

If the director determines that insect or disease control work within the designated zone of infestation or infection is no longer necessary or feasible the director shall, with the approval of the board, dissolve the zone. (Amended by Stats. 2021, Ch. 133, Sec. 94. (SB 272) Effe…

A district may issue improvement district warrants signed by its president and secretary in face amount not exceeding in the aggregate the cost of the improvements exclusive of interest and amounts paid prior to the issuance of these warrants on the assessment levied to pay for t…

Improvement district warrants shall be made payable in amounts and at the times corresponding substantially to the amounts and times of payment of the installments of the improvement district assessment. (Repealed and added by Stats. 1975, Ch. 513.)

Improvement district warrants shall bear interest at the rate fixed at the time of the levy of the improvement district assessment, and the interest may be made payable semiannually. (Repealed and added by Stats. 1975, Ch. 513.)

Coupons for the interest on these warrants may be attached to them. (Repealed and added by Stats. 1975, Ch. 513.)

Improvement district warrants may be made payable to any of the following: (a) Bearer. (b) Persons furnishing work, labor, or material. (c) The contractor if the work of improvement is to be done under contract. (Repealed and added by Stats. 1975, Ch. 513.)

Improvement district warrants may be sold by the district for not less than par at either public or private sale. (Repealed and added by Stats. 1975, Ch. 513.)

Any surplus funds and any money held by a district in a sinking or depreciation fund may in the discretion of its directors be invested in the warrants of any improvement district within the district. (Added by Stats. 1975, Ch. 513.)

Except as otherwise provided by law, the cost of constructing, acquiring, or improving works of an improvement district shall be paid only out of the proceeds of an improvement district assessment levied upon and collected from the real property in the improvement district for su…

Improvement district warrants shall be paid only out of the proceeds of an improvement district assessment levied upon and collected from the real property within the improvement district for improvement purposes. (Added by Stats. 1975, Ch. 513.)

Improvement district warrants or their proceeds shall be used solely for making the improvements for which the improvement district was formed and the necessary incidental expenses. (Repealed and added by Stats. 1975, Ch. 513.)

It is the policy of the state to preserve as far as possible the species Sequoia gigantea in the interest of conservation, both of soil and of the species itself, and for the benefit of present and future generations. (Added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1144.)

Upon the finding of the Department of Parks and Recreation or the director, or both, that any Sequoia gigantea grove is suitably situated and is of a size and character which justifies its preservation by and for the public, it is the policy of the state to acquire the grove for …

Pursuant to Sections 4721 and 4722, the Department of Parks and Recreation, or the department, on favorable recommendation of the board, may acquire any forested lands on which are found growing trees of the species Sequoia gigantea when, in the opinion of the commission or the b…

Nothing in this article shall be construed as establishing a policy to acquire any such Sequoia gigantea groves for preservation and conservation out of any money appropriated for acquisition of land for park purposes by Chapter 1422, Statutes of 1945. (Added by Stats. 1965, Ch. …

Any person who willfully cuts down, strips of its bark, or destroys by fire, any tree “over 16 feet in diameter,” in the groves of big trees situated in the Counties of Fresno, Tulare, or Kern, is guilty of a misdemeanor, and is punishable by fine of not less than one hundred dol…

Upon the arrest and conviction of any person for violation of Section 4726, the party informing is entitled to one-half of the fines collected. (Added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1144.)

At any time before improvement district warrants are issued, the amount of any improvement district assessment on any real property, exclusive of interest and the 10 percent added for anticipated delinquencies, may be paid in money to the treasurer of the principal county of the …

Real property on which the amount of the improvement district assessment has been paid pursuant to Section 9901 shall not be subject to the annual installments of the assessments levied for the purposes of the improvement, but it shall be and remain liable for any assessments lev…

Any owner of real property of an improvement district who desires at any time to lessen or remove the lien upon his real property of any improvement district assessment may deliver to the treasurer of the principal county for cancellation warrants payable out of the assessment. (…

The directors may require warrants delivered to lessen or remove an improvement district assessment lien to be substantially of the average maturities of the issue of warrants. (Repealed and added by Stats. 1975, Ch. 513.)

The treasurer of the principal county shall notify the directors of the amount of the principal and interest due and to become due on the warrants delivered for cancellation. The directors shall thereupon cause the proper cancellation and proper record and credit to be made again…

Corporations may be formed under the general corporation laws of this state for the protection and development of forest and other renewable natural resources, except as the provisions of such laws are modified or extended by the provisions of this article. (Added by Stats. 1965,…

All shares of stock issued by the corporation shall have a par value, and, in addition to other requirements prescribed by law, the articles of incorporation shall set forth all of the following: (a) That one of the purposes for which the corporation is formed is the protection a…

No shareholder of any corporation formed pursuant to this article shall receive or accept from the corporation in repayment of his investment in its shares any sum in excess of the par value of the shares together with current dividends of not to exceed 7 percent per annum of the…