Title PRC, California Pub. Res. Code

The county source reduction component shall evaluate and identify rate structures and fees to reduce the amount of wastes that generators produce, and other source reduction strategies, including, but not limited to, programs and economic incentives to reduce the use of nonrecycl…

(a) By January 1, 2025, the department shall adopt regulations necessary to implement and enforce this chapter and to ensure that the requirements of this chapter and in particular the requirements established in Section 42050 and the policy goal established in Section 41780.01 a…

(a) Except as provided in subdivisions (b), (c), (d), and (e), all local jurisdictions or recycling service providers shall include in their collection and recycling programs all covered material contained on the lists published pursuant to subdivisions (c) and (d) of Section 420…

The department shall do all of the following: (a) (1) By July 1, 2024, the department shall establish and post on its internet website a list of covered material categories. The department may consider material types and forms referenced in waste characterization studies or mater…

(a) The department shall approve a PRO that meets the requirements of this chapter and both of the following: (1) The PRO has a governing board consisting of producers that represent the diversity of covered material placed in the market by those entities. The governing board sha…

(a) Commencing in the 2026 calendar year, and every two years thereafter, the department shall review, in consultation with the advisory board, relevant data to assess whether the recycling rate established in subdivision (c) of Section 42050 should be adjusted. The department sh…

(a) In accordance with Sections 42051.2 and 42051.3, the department shall review a plan, plan amendment, or annual report submitted by a PRO for compliance with this chapter and shall approve, conditionally approve, or reject the document within 90 calendar days of receipt of the…

(a) (1) The environmental mitigation surcharge imposed by this section shall be collected annually by the California Department of Tax and Fee Administration in accordance with the Fee Collection Procedures Law (Part 30 (commencing with Section 55001) of Division 2 of the Revenue…

(a) A person from whom the environmental mitigation surcharge imposed pursuant to Section 42064 is determined to be due by that section may petition for a redetermination of whether this chapter applies to that person within 30 days after service upon them of a notice of the dete…

(a) The department shall report to the Legislature every two years its progress in implementing this chapter, including, but not limited to, a description of efforts to adopt regulations under subdivision (a) of Section 42060 and whether PROs are on track to meet the requirements…

(a) The department shall prepare one or more initial statewide needs assessments designed to determine the necessary steps and investment needed for covered material, by covered material category, to achieve the requirements of this chapter. Needs assessments, or components there…

(a) The enforcement agency shall not issue or revise a solid waste facilities permit for any proposed project which proposes to use transformation, as defined in Section 40201, unless the project complies with all of the following conditions: (1) The proposed project meets all of…

Any solid waste facility, located outside of any city, shall be maintained in compliance with the flammable clearance provisions of Chapter 5 (commencing with Section 4371) of Part 2 of Division 4. (Amended by Stats. 1992, Ch. 1293, Sec. 25. Effective January 1, 1993.)

No enforcement agency shall issue or revise a permit for a solid waste facility which exclusively uses transformation until the board has concluded in writing that the proposed permit is consistent with the state’s minimum standards for solid waste facilities. (Amended by Stats. …

As used in this article, the following definitions apply: (a) “District” means any regional park district, regional park and open-space district, or regional open-space district formed pursuant to this article. (b) “He” or “he or she” means they. (c) “Him” or “him or her” means t…

A district may be created pursuant to, and it may exercise the powers granted by, this article. (Amended by Stats. 1975, Ch. 813.)

(a) Three or more cities, together with any parcel or parcels of city or county territory, whether in the same or different counties, may organize and incorporate. All the territory in the proposed district shall be contiguous. (b) Notwithstanding subdivision (a), one or more cit…

Whenever it is desired to form a district, a petition requesting the creation and maintenance of a district, and describing the exterior boundaries of the proposed district shall be signed by at least 5,000 electors residing within the territory proposed to be included in the dis…

(a) In lieu of a petition described in Section 5503, a proposal to form a new district may also be made by the adoption of a resolution of application by the legislative body of any county or city that contains the territory proposed to be included in the district. (b) The resolu…

A petition may consist of any number of separate instruments, all of which together shall constitute one petition. Each instrument shall contain the affidavit of the person who circulated it, certifying that each signature is the true signature of the person whose name it purport…

If the petition contains names of electors residing in a county other than the one having the largest area within the proposed district, and does not contain the requisite number of signatures of electors residing in the county having the largest area within the proposed district…

If the petition contains sufficient signatures of electors residing in the county having the largest area within the proposed district, but the petition includes land within another county or other counties, the clerk of the board of supervisors of the county having the largest a…

(a) (1) The Legislature hereby finds and declares that the population of Sacramento County continues to grow at an increasing rate, and already the county is far behind in providing adequate park, recreational, and open-space facilities for its residents. Formation of a regional …

(a) A proceeding for the formation of a regional district in Santa Barbara County may be initiated by resolution of the Board of Supervisors of the County of Santa Barbara, adopted after a hearing noticed in accordance with Section 6064 of the Government Code, in lieu of the peti…

(a) A proceeding for the formation of a regional district in Ventura County may be initiated by resolution of the Board of Supervisors of the County of Ventura, adopted after a hearing noticed in accordance with Section 6064 of the Government Code, in lieu of the petition and rel…

(a) A proceeding for the formation of a regional district in the County of Solano may be initiated by resolution of the Board of Supervisors of the County of Solano, adopted after a hearing noticed in accordance with Section 6064 of the Government Code, in lieu of the petition an…

(a) (1) The Legislature hereby finds and declares that the population of San Diego County continues to grow at an increasing rate, and already the county is far behind other urban areas in the state in providing adequate park, recreational, and open-space facilities for its resid…

(a) Proceedings for the formation of a district with boundaries coterminous with those of Napa County may be initiated by resolution of the Board of Supervisors of Napa County adopted after a hearing noticed in accordance with Section 5511, in lieu of a petition. (b) The resoluti…

(a) If the exterior boundaries of a proposed district are coterminous with the exterior boundaries of the County of Marin or the County of Sonoma, proceedings for formation of that district may, in lieu of a petition, be initiated by resolution of the board of supervisors of the …

The governing body of a district formed pursuant to Section 5506.5 may, by resolution, change the legal name of the district to the “Marin County Open Space District” or the “Sonoma County Agricultural Preservation and Open Space District,” as appropriate. (Amended by Stats. 1990…

(a) Proceedings for the formation of a district in Riverside County may be initiated by resolution of the Board of Supervisors of the County of Riverside, in lieu of a petition. (b) The resolution shall do all of the following: (1) Name the district and state the reasons for form…

(a) Proceedings for the formation of a regional park and open-space or regional open-space district in San Bernardino County may be initiated by resolution of the Board of Supervisors of the County of San Bernardino adopted after a hearing noticed in accordance with Section 6062a…

(a) Proceedings for the formation of a regional park and open-space or regional open-space district with boundaries coterminous with those of Los Angeles County may be initiated by resolution of the Board of Supervisors of the County of Los Angeles adopted after a hearing noticed…

If the clerk’s certificate or certificates indicate that the petition has been properly signed, the board of supervisors of the county or counties not having the largest area within the proposed district shall, by resolution, fix a time and place for a hearing upon the question w…

Notice of the hearing, specifying the time and place, shall be published twice in a newspaper of general circulation in the county conducting the hearing. The first publication shall be at least ten days before the day of the hearing. (Amended by Stats. 1939, Ch. 94.)

The hearing may be continued from time to time, not exceeding four weeks in all. At the conclusion of the hearing the board of supervisors conducting it shall pass a resolution, either approving in whole or in part the inclusion within the proposed district of the territory withi…

The board of supervisors of the county having the largest area within the proposed district shall then, by resolution, fix a time and place for a hearing upon the question whether the petition should be granted and further proceedings taken under this article, and whether the pro…

Notice of the hearing, specifying the time and place, shall be published twice in a newspaper of general circulation in the county conducting the hearing. The first publication shall be at least ten days before the day of the hearing. (Added by Stats. 1939, Ch. 94.)

The hearing may be continued from time to time, not exceeding four weeks in all. At the conclusion of the hearing, the board of supervisors conducting it shall pass a resolution, either approving the petition in whole or in part, or denying it. If the board approves it in part on…

(a) Except as provided in Section 5506.6, the question whether the district shall be named a regional park district, regional park and open-space district, or regional open-space district shall be considered at the hearing conducted by the board of supervisors of the county havin…

Where all the territory described in the petition is located entirely within one county, the board of supervisors of that county shall, after the petition has been checked and certified by the clerk, proceed in the first instance as provided for the county having the largest area…

(a) The board of supervisors of the county having the largest area within the proposed district shall, if the petition, after the hearing, has been approved, in whole or in part, have jurisdiction to proceed further with the calling of an election within the boundaries of the pro…

Before calling the election the board of supervisors shall divide the proposed district into five or seven wards or subdistricts, the boundaries of which shall be so drawn that each contains approximately an equal number of electors. The municipalities and any other territory inc…

Upon establishing the wards the board of supervisors of the county shall give notice of an election to be held within the proposed district for the purpose of determining whether it shall be created and established, and for the purpose of electing directors if established. The no…

The notice shall be published once a week for at least three weeks before the day of the election in each municipality in the proposed district. If no newspaper of general circulation is published in any of the municipalities included in the district, the notice shall be posted f…

Within five days after the district formation election has been called, the legislative body which has called the election shall transmit, by registered mail, a written notification of the election call to the executive officer of the local agency formation commission of the coun…