Title PRC, California Pub. Res. Code

(a) In prioritizing the sites for cleanup pursuant to Section 48020, the board shall consider the degree of risk to public health and safety and the environment posed by conditions at a site, the ability of the site owner to clean up the site without monetary assistance, the abil…

The Legislature finds and declares all of the following: (a) Pursuant to the legal framework and definitions pertaining to solid waste contained in this division, the board and the local enforcement agencies have general authority and responsibility for responding to environmenta…

(a) For the purposes of this section, the following terms have the following meanings, unless the context clearly requires otherwise: (1) “Burn dump site” means a solid waste disposal site that meets all of the following conditions: (A) Was operated prior to 1972. (B) Is closed. …

(a) If the board expends any funds pursuant to this article, the board shall, to the extent feasible, seek repayment from responsible parties in an amount equal to the amount expended, a reasonable amount for the board’s cost of contract administration, and an amount equal to the…

(a) In addition to the remedies authorized under Section 48023, any costs or damages incurred under this article by the board constitute a lien upon the real property owned by any responsible party that is subject to the remedial action. The lien shall attach regardless of whethe…

Any contract entered into by the board pursuant to Section 48021 or 48022 is exempt from approval by the Department of General Services pursuant to Section 10295 of the Public Contract Code. (Added by Stats. 1993, Ch. 655, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 1994.)

The board may adopt regulations for the implementation of this article. (Added by Stats. 1993, Ch. 655, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 1994.)

All expenses which are incurred by the board in carrying out this article shall be payable solely from the trust fund. No liability or obligation is imposed upon the state pursuant to this part, and the board shall not incur a liability or obligation beyond the extent to which mo…

(a) (1) The Legislature hereby finds and declares that effective response to cleanup at solid waste disposal and codisposal sites requires that the state have sufficient funds available in the trust fund created pursuant to subdivision (b). (2) The Legislature further finds and d…

Any funds appropriated for the purpose of the program that are not expended shall remain in the trust fund for future expenditure by the board for the purposes of this article or until this article is repealed. (Amended by Stats. 1999, Ch. 496, Sec. 3. Effective January 1, 2000.)…

Every city and every county may accept title to real property for museum or art gallery purposes, or permit the erection of buildings and improvements for such purposes on lands owned by the city or county. (Added by Stats. 1941, Ch. 1171.)

Whenever any donation of real property has been made to a city or county for museum or art gallery purposes, or any building or improvements therefor have been erected upon public lands by an individual or corporation without cost to the city or county, the governing body of the …

In every instance of such delegation of power the governing body of the city or county shall require: (a) That all members of the public shall be admitted to the gallery or museum at reasonable times, which times shall be specifically approved by the governing body of the city or…

The governing body of the city or county may appropriate and expend funds for the improvement, operation, expansion and support of any such art gallery or museum, and shall have, in addition to the powers specified in this article, the same powers in respect thereto that a county…

In addition to its other powers the board of supervisors of any county with a population of four million or more may: (a) Acquire land for and construct, lease or otherwise acquire, furnish, refurnish, maintain or repair buildings for special or technical schools or institutes fo…

A lease or sublease entered into pursuant to subdivision (c) of Section 5140 shall provide that the net revenue, if any, from the operation and use of the facilities, remaining after the payment of any expenses and costs for maintenance, operation, or management, payment of inter…

The Legislature finds and declares all of the following: (a) The biodiversity of California is comprised of the plants, animals, including humans, and fungi that reside within the state, as well as its rivers, lakes, beaches, deserts, forests, mountain ranges, and other natural l…

(a) It is hereby declared to be the established policy of the state to: (1) Ensure that all Californians have equitable opportunities to safe and affordable access to nature and access to the benefits of nature. (2) Maximize public access to public lands, including the state’s cu…

(a) Notwithstanding any other law, all state agencies implementing this state policy shall do so in a manner consistent with the mission of their agency that protects the health and safety of the public and that conserves natural and cultural resources. This section shall not pro…

(a) The California Farmland Conservancy Program Fund is hereby created. (b) (1) Except as provided in paragraph (2), the moneys in the fund shall, upon appropriation by the Legislature in the annual Budget Act, be used for the purposes of the program. (2) Notwithstanding paragrap…

(a) The California Farmland Conservancy Program is hereby established in the department. (b) The program may offer financial assistance, including grants or contracts, for projects and activities on agricultural lands that support agricultural conservation and sustainable land ma…

(a) Funding shall be used in accordance with the expenditures and distribution authorized, required, or otherwise provided in the program for grants for the acquisition of agricultural conservation easements or fee title. (b) The department may pay direct costs associated with th…

The department may accept donations of funds if the department is the designated beneficiary of the donation and it agrees to use the funds for purposes of the program in a county specified by the donor. Any donation made to the department pursuant to this section is subject to t…

The director shall not approve a grant if the local government requesting a grant has acquired, or proposes to acquire, the agricultural conservation easement through the use of eminent domain, unless requested by the owner of the land. (Added by Stats. 1995, Ch. 931, Sec. 1. Eff…

Each application for a grant pursuant to this division shall contain a matching funding component, as specified in this section, and may be provided in the form of cash or in-kind services, or any combination thereof, as determined by the department. (a) Each application for a gr…

(a) The director shall not disburse any grant funds unless the applicant agrees that the grant funds shall be used by the applicant only for the purpose for which the funds were requested and awarded. For a grant for an agricultural conservation easement, the director shall not d…

The department may establish a payment system for the purchase of an agricultural conservation easement that is mutually satisfactory to the department and the seller of the easement, provided that full payment for the easement is secured. (Added by Stats. 1999, Ch. 503, Sec. 10.…

If the funds are used for the acquisition of an agricultural conservation easement or fee title pursuant to a local transfer of development rights program, upon the sale of the easement or fee title and its attendant development rights, the entity that holds the easement shall re…

The director shall not disburse any grant funds for easement or fee title acquisitions unless the applicant, and in the case of an easement acquisition grant, the seller, agrees to restrict the use of the land in perpetuity. (Amended by Stats. 2022, Ch. 502, Sec. 17. (AB 2964) Ef…

(a) The director shall not disburse any grant funds to acquire agricultural conservation easements that restrict husbandry practices. (b) The following uses and activities shall be deemed consistent and compatible with any agricultural conservation easement funded under this divi…

The director shall disburse funds to an applicant for a grant for the acquisition of fee title to agricultural land only if the applicant agrees to all of the following conditions: (a) Upon acquisition of the property, treat the property as encumbered by an agricultural conservat…

(a) The department shall adopt rules and regulations for the implementation of this division. (b) Rules or regulations adopted by the department pursuant to this section shall be adopted in accordance with the rulemaking provisions of the Administrative Procedure Act (Chapter 3.5…

The department shall adopt the criteria necessary for its approval of grant applications. (Amended by Stats. 2002, Ch. 616, Sec. 14. Effective January 1, 2003.)

The director shall review, and approve or disapprove, all requests for funding under this division. (Amended by Stats. 2022, Ch. 502, Sec. 19. (AB 2964) Effective January 1, 2023.)

A local governmental entity shall not condition the issuance of an entitlement for use on the applicant’s granting of a conservation easement pursuant to this division. (Repealed and added by Stats. 2022, Ch. 502, Sec. 21. (AB 2964) Effective January 1, 2023.)

The program shall reimburse any school district which requests reimbursement for any net loss of property tax revenues occurring as a result of the program. (Added by Stats. 1995, Ch. 931, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 1996.)

Grants may be made for land improvements. Use of these grants shall be limited to the improvement of land protected by a conservation easement or a similar long-term conservation agreement as determined by the director if the improvement will directly benefit the protected land. …

The California Forest Legacy Program is hereby established. The Wildlife Conservation Board may acquire conservation easements on behalf of the department, pursuant to this division. The California Forest Legacy Program may also include those activities eligible for funding under…

Money to fund the California Forest Legacy Program shall be obtained from gifts, donations, federal grants and loans, other appropriate funding sources, and through the allocations for the California Wildlife Conservation Board, including those provided from the sale of general o…

The implementation of the program includes the costs associated with the purchase or facilitated donation of conservation easements, technical assistance provided by the department, technology transfer activities of the department, and administrative costs incurred by the departm…

Easements acquired under this program may be held by federal, state, or local government entities or by nonprofit land trust organizations. The director shall find that any recipient of a conservation easement is qualified to monitor and enforce the terms of the easement. (Added …

The director shall not disburse any funds until the applicant agrees to both of the following: (a) That any conservation easement acquired shall be used by the applicant only for the purpose for which the funds were requested. (b) That the director shall find that any disposition…

If a local, state, or national government agency or nonprofit land trust organization holding the easement is dissolved, the easement shall be transferred to an appropriate public or nonprofit land trust organization that is qualified to monitor and enforce the easement. (Added b…

The easement, or any of its terms, may only be amended with the consent of all of the necessary parties to the easement. The department shall determine that the amendment is consistent with this division. (Added by Stats. 2007, Ch. 657, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 2008.)

The director shall not disburse any funds unless the applicant agrees to restrict the use of the land in perpetuity. (Added by Stats. 2007, Ch. 657, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 2008.)

The board shall adopt rules and regulations for the implementation of this division, including the standards, criteria, and requirements necessary for acquiring conservation easements. (Added by Stats. 2007, Ch. 657, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 2008.)