Title FGC — California Fish & Game Code

(a) This chapter shall be known, and may be cited, as the Salton Sea Restoration Act. (b) The state’s comprehensive management plan for the Salton Sea, established pursuant to the Governor’s directive of May 2015, shall be known, and may be cited, as the John J. Benoit Salton Sea…

(a) It is the intent of the Legislature that the State of California undertake the restoration of the Salton Sea ecosystem and the permanent protection of the wildlife dependent on that ecosystem. (b) This restoration shall be based on the preferred alternative developed as a res…

(a) The construction of facilities to separate fresh water from highly saline water for the purposes of implementing restoration activities pursuant to this chapter shall not be subject to review, approval, inspection, or any fees associated with implementing Division 3 (commenci…

There is hereby established the Salton Sea Restoration Fund which shall be administered by the director. Money deposited in the fund shall be expended, upon appropriation by the Legislature, for the following purposes: (a) Environmental and engineering studies related to the rest…

Of the funds appropriated pursuant to Section 79565 of the Water Code, not less than eight million five hundred thousand dollars ($8,500,000) shall be made available for transfer or direct expenditure for acquisition, grants, or other activities that directly restore the Salton S…

Any moneys made available by paragraph (3) of subdivision (b) of Section 75050 of the Public Resources Code and deposited in the Salton Sea Restoration Fund shall be expended, upon appropriation by the Legislature in the annual Budget Act, for a restoration project at the Salton …

Moneys deposited in the fund created pursuant to Section 2932 shall not be expended for mitigation except for mitigation undertaken by the State of California.

The Department of Water Resources may contract with water suppliers to purchase and sell water made available pursuant to Section 1745.02 of the Water Code to achieve the goals of this chapter.

The Legislature finds and declares all of the following: (a) The Salton Sea is California’s largest inland water body with beneficial uses that include fisheries and wildlife habitat and preservation of endangered species, and is a repository for agricultural drainage. (b) The Sa…

Unless the context requires otherwise, the definitions set forth in this section govern the construction of this article. (a) “Agency” means the Natural Resources Agency. (b) “Habitat mosaics” means two or more proximate habitat types, such as saltwater shoreline abutting riverin…

(a) (1) The secretary, in consultation and coordination with the authority, shall lead the Salton Sea restoration efforts that shall include all of the following: (A) Early start habitat demonstration projects. (B) Biological investigations relating to the restoration of the Salt…

For the purposes of considering local, publicly derived input concerning habitat objectives and actions, types and levels of public access, and integration of air quality management and habitat restoration, the secretary shall seek input from the authority with regard to the foll…

(a) Nothing in this article interferes with or prevents the exercise of authority by a public agency to carry out its programs, projects, or responsibilities. (b) Nothing in this article affects requirements imposed under any other provision of law.

For purposes of this article, the following definitions apply: (a) “Agency” means the Natural Resources Agency. (b) “Disadvantaged community” has the same meaning as defined in Section 80002 of the Public Resources Code. (c) “Nonprofit corporation” means a nonprofit corporation q…

(a) There is hereby created the Salton Sea Lithium Fund within the State Treasury to be administered by the Natural Resources Agency. (b) Pursuant to Section 47100 of the Revenue and Taxation Code, moneys generated by the lithium extraction excise tax imposed pursuant to Section …

(a) Before allocating moneys pursuant to this article, the agency shall develop and adopt project solicitation and evaluation guidelines. (b) The guidelines may include monitoring and reporting requirements, a limit on the dollar amount of grant awards, and other requirements, in…

For purposes of implementing this article, the agency may enter into agreements with other agencies, including the Department of Water Resources.

On or before June 30 of each fiscal year, the agency shall report on its internet website the projected operating and maintenance costs of state-developed or -managed public works or restoration projects at the Salton Sea for the following fiscal year that will be funded through …