Title PRC, California Pub. Res. Code

(a) The cooperative agreement shall provide that the state or tribe may bring an appropriate civil action in a court of competent jurisdiction to enforce the terms of the cooperative agreement as a contract, and shall not limit the availability to either party of any remedy at la…

A cooperative agreement executed pursuant to this article shall be executed for the express benefit of the citizens of this state. (Added by Stats. 1991, Ch. 805, Sec. 4.)

Any person may commence a civil action on the person’s own behalf against any of the public agencies specified in subdivision (b) of Section 44203, or against the secretary, who is alleged to have approved or certified the sufficiency of any cooperative agreement or permit in vio…

Notwithstanding this article, a cocomposting facility located in Indian country with a memorandum of agreement adopted November 29, 1989, with the California Regional Water Quality Control Board, Colorado River Basin Region 7, shall be allowed to continue to operate under the ter…

(a) This article shall be known, and may be cited, as the East Bay Hills Conservation Program. (b) The Legislature finds and declares all of the following: (1) The East Bay Hills encompass a unique landscape providing wildlife habitat, recreational opportunities, and significant …

(a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, no leases shall be let for the extraction of oil and gas from coastal tidelands or submerged lands in state waters within the Santa Barbara Channel unless the commission determines that such a lease will not result i…

Tide and submerged lands and beds of navigable rivers and lakes may be leased by the commission for the extraction of oil and gas in accordance with the provisions of this article and of this chapter insofar as not in conflict with the provisions of this article. No political sub…

Whenever it appears to the commission that it is for the best interests of the State to lease lands subject to the provisions of Section 6871.1 or 6877 of this code for the production of oil or gas therefrom, or whenever a person who possesses the qualifications provided in this …

The commission may divide the lands within the area proposed to be leased into parcels of convenient size and shape and shall prepare a form of lease or leases therefor embracing not to exceed 5,760 acres in any one lease. (Amended by Stats. 1957, Ch. 2166.)

(a) If an application for oil and gas development in state waters that is determined to be incomplete by the commission continues to remain incomplete one year after the date of the first incomplete notice sent to the applicant by the commission, the application shall be consider…

Whenever it appears to the commission that oil and gas deposits are known or believed to be contained in any such lands as are described in Section 6871.2, subdivision (b), of this code or in tide and submerged lands along the coast of the Pacific Ocean south of the northerly cit…

If the commission determines that any tide and submerged lands belonging to the state in the area hereinafter referred to should be drilled pursuant to the terms of Section 6872.1 of this code, then, notwithstanding the provisions of Section 6874 of this code, in order to preserv…

The commission may adjust the boundaries of existing leases to encompass all of a field partially contained within the existing lease subject to both of the following conditions: (a) The commission makes all of the following findings: (1) The adjustment will permit more efficient…

When leasing tide or submerged lands or beds of navigable rivers or lakes, the commission shall prepare a form of lease which shall contain, in addition to other provisions deemed desirable and necessary by the commission, appropriate provisions contained in this chapter and the …

Filled lands shall include, but not be limited to, tide or submerged lands or beds of navigable rivers or lakes, reclaimed artificially through raising such lands above the highest probable elevation of the tides, or high water line on the river banks or shore, to form dry land, …

In carrying out the requirements of subdivision (b) of Section 6873 and the California Environmental Quality Act (Division 13 (commencing with Section 21000)), the commission shall, prior to leasing tide and submerged lands or the beds of navigable rivers or lakes for oil and gas…

(a) In carrying out the requirements of subdivision (b) of Section 6873 and the California Environmental Quality Act, the commission shall, prior to the adoption of a form of lease for leasing offshore tide and submerged lands between the mean high tide line and the three-mile ju…

Each bid shall be accompanied by information giving a description of the location or locations, structure or structures, from which the bidder proposes to drill. In awarding a lease, the commission shall not discriminate between bidders by prohibiting drilling from upland, littor…

If the Legislature has transferred to any city or county the administration of the trust, whether or not limited, under which tide or submerged lands or beds of navigable rivers and lakes are held by the State, the commission, pursuant to this chapter, may enter into agreements u…

Should it appear to the commission that any person, association of persons, or corporation, has drilled, or is making preparation to drill, wells upon or into tide or submerged lands of which the State is the owner, or from which the State has the right to extract oil or gas or b…

All the beds of navigable rivers and lakes belonging to the State may be leased pursuant to Section 6871.3 of this code for the production of oil and gas, subject to the same limitations and conditions imposed by this article, and in accordance with the provisions of this chapter…

Nothing in this chapter limits the effect of any grant of tide or submerged lands made prior to June 11, 1938, to any city, county or other political subdivision, nor in any manner to prejudice whatever claim the state, on the one hand, or such city, county or political subdivisi…

Whenever tide and submerged lands of the State have been granted to a city, county or city and county by a grant which does not reserve to the State the right to produce oil and gas therefrom, and such grantee shall determine that it is in the interest of increasing the ultimate …

(a) Contingent upon an appropriation of funds by the Legislature for this purpose, the commission shall develop, on or before December 31, 2024, a cost study that evaluates the fiscal impact of a voluntary relinquishment of any lease interests in actively producing state offshore…

The initial board of directors of a district formed on or after January 1, 1992, shall be determined pursuant to this article. (Added by Stats. 1991, Ch. 831, Sec. 7.)

In the case of a district which contains only unincorporated territory in a single county, the district board may be elected or may be appointed by the county board of supervisors. (Added by Stats. 1991, Ch. 831, Sec. 7.)

In the case of a district which contains only unincorporated territory in more than one county, the district board may be elected or may be appointed by the boards of supervisors of the counties in which the district is located. If the district board is appointed by the boards of…

In the case of a district which contains unincorporated territory and the territory of one or more cities, the district board may be elected or appointed by the county board of supervisors and the city councils in which the district is located. If the district board is to be appo…

In the case of a district which includes only incorporated territory within a single city, the district board may be elected or appointed by the city council. (Added by Stats. 1991, Ch. 831, Sec. 7.)

In the case of a district which includes only incorporated territory in more than one city, the district board may be elected or appointed by the city councils in which the district is located. If the district board is appointed, the city councils shall appoint directors accordin…

(a) Environmentally sensitive habitat areas shall be protected against any significant disruption of habitat values, and only uses dependent on those resources shall be allowed within those areas. (b) Development in areas adjacent to environmentally sensitive habitat areas and pa…

The maximum amount of prime agricultural land shall be maintained in agricultural production to assure the protection of the areas’ agricultural economy, and conflicts shall be minimized between agricultural and urban land uses through all of the following: (a) By establishing st…

(a) If the viability of existing agricultural uses is an issue pursuant to subdivision (b) of Section 30241 as to any local coastal program or amendment to any certified local coastal program submitted for review and approval under this division, the determination of “viability” …

All other lands suitable for agricultural use shall not be converted to nonagricultural uses unless (1) continued or renewed agricultural use is not feasible, or (2) such conversion would preserve prime agricultural land or concentrate development consistent with Section 30250. A…

The long-term productivity of soils and timberlands shall be protected, and conversions of coastal commercial timberlands in units of commercial size to other uses or their division into units of noncommercial size shall be limited to providing for necessary timber processing and…

Where development would adversely impact archaeological or paleontological resources as identified by the State Historic Preservation Officer, reasonable mitigation measures shall be required. (Added by Stats. 1976, Ch. 1330.)

The county composting component shall include a program and implementation schedule which shows the methods by which the county will, in combination with the source reduction and recycling components, reduce a sufficient amount of solid waste disposed of within the unincorporated…

The county composting component shall describe the types of materials which will be composted under the programs in Section 41400. (Added by Stats. 1989, Ch. 1095, Sec. 22.)

The county composting component shall describe the methods that the county will use to determine the categories of solid wastes to be diverted from disposal at a disposal facility through composting. (Amended by Stats. 1992, Ch. 1292, Sec. 27. Effective January 1, 1993.)

The county composting component shall describe new facilities, and expansion of existing facilities, which will be needed to implement the composting component. (Added by Stats. 1989, Ch. 1095, Sec. 22.)

The county composting component shall describe methods which will be used to increase the markets for composted materials, including, but not limited to, an evaluation of the feasibility of procurement preferences for the purchase of recycled products. Each county may grant a pri…

(a) Failure to comply with the requirements of this chapter, including, but not limited to, failure by a PRO to implement and satisfy the requirements of its plan, shall subject a PRO, producer, wholesaler, or retailer to penalties for violations as set forth in this article or r…

(a) (1) The department may issue a notice of violation to, and impose an administrative civil penalty not to exceed fifty thousand dollars ($50,000) per day per violation on, any entity not in compliance with this chapter or any of the regulations the department adopts to impleme…

(a) The department shall post on its internet website a list of covered material categories, including by material form if applicable, by producer, that are not in compliance with this chapter. The department shall update the list at least once every six months. (b) The departmen…

A producer may offer for sale, sell, distribute, or import covered material in a covered material category that does not meet the recycling rates established pursuant to subdivision (c) of Section 42050 if the producer demonstrates to the department that the producer has achieved…

(a) If the department determines that a producer responsibility organization or producer has not achieved the targets established pursuant to Section 42050 or 42057, the department shall, through a public process, adopt regulations that do both of the following: (1) Place require…