Title PRC, California Pub. Res. Code

Until the permittee applies for a lease as to that portion of the area described in the permit herein provided, the permittee shall pay to the state 20 percent of the gross value of the minerals secured from the lands embraced within the permit and sold or otherwise disposed of o…

(a) All deposits of minerals, other than oil, gas, and geothermal resources in lands belonging to the state, which have been classified by the commission as lands containing commercially valuable mineral deposits and all deposits of those minerals within lands embraced within a p…

Leases under this article shall be for terms not to exceed 20 years. (Amended by Stats. 2023, Ch. 120, Sec. 7. (AB 706) Effective January 1, 2024.)

Notwithstanding Section 6898, any lease in effect on July 1, 1991, of lands, within the bed of Owens Lake for the development of minerals other than oil and gas and geothermal resources may be immediately extended by the commission for an additional 20 years beyond its current ex…

The commission shall prescribe additional terms and conditions, consistent with the provisions of this chapter, of permits and leases issued under this article as will in its opinion effectually protect the interests of the state in the mineral deposits reserved to it by this cha…

(a) Notwithstanding Section 6890, the commission or a local trustee of granted public trust lands shall not grant leases or issue permits for the extraction or removal of hard minerals from state waters subject to tidal influence, except for waters situated east of the Carquinez …

(a) New residential, commercial, or industrial development, except as otherwise provided in this division, shall be located within, contiguous with, or in close proximity to, existing developed areas able to accommodate it or, where such areas are not able to accommodate it, in o…

The scenic and visual qualities of coastal areas shall be considered and protected as a resource of public importance. Permitted development shall be sited and designed to protect views to and along the ocean and scenic coastal areas, to minimize the alteration of natural land fo…

The location and amount of new development should maintain and enhance public access to the coast by (1) facilitating the provision or extension of transit service, (2) providing commercial facilities within or adjoining residential development or in other areas that will minimiz…

New development shall do all of the following: (a) Minimize risks to life and property in areas of high geologic, flood, and fire hazard. (b) Assure stability and structural integrity, and neither create nor contribute significantly to erosion, geologic instability, or destructio…

New or expanded public works facilities shall be designed and limited to accommodate needs generated by development or uses permitted consistent with the provisions of this division; provided, however, that it is the intent of the Legislature that State Highway Route 1 in rural a…

Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the commission may not impose any term or condition on the development of any sewage treatment plant which is applicable to any future development that the commission finds can be accommodated by that plant consistent with this division…

Coastal-dependent developments shall have priority over other developments on or near the shoreline. Except as provided elsewhere in this division, coastal-dependent developments shall not be sited in a wetland. When appropriate, coastal-related developments should be accommodate…

The county education and public information component shall describe to the board how the county will educate and inform its citizens about the source reduction, recycling, and composting programs. (Amended by Stats. 1990, Ch. 1355, Sec. 17. Effective September 27, 1990.)

Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, the right to extract sodium chloride, contained in any lands belonging to the State, or which may become the property of the State, situate in any of the townships described in Section 6931, which may be necessary or convenient…

The terms so fixed shall be operative for 20 years from the date of the grant. Upon the expiration of such 20-year period and each succeeding period of 20 years the commission or other duly constituted authority, may prescribe for each ensuing period of 20 years a different royal…

The purchaser shall acquire no right to sell any such sodium chloride, but may extract it solely for public use in carrying out the public functions herein specifed. (Added by Stats. 1941, Ch. 548.)

Any metropolitan water district may apply to the commission to purchase the right to extract sodium chloride from any such State lands. The application shall describe the lands and the proposed use to be made of the sodium chloride to be extracted therefrom, and shall be accompan…

If the sale is made, the right to extract from the lands, such sodium chloride as is found by the commission to be necessary or convenient for the purposes herein specified, together with the right to occupy and use so much of the land and to employ such methods as may be necessa…

The provisions of this article shall apply only to lands belonging to the State, or which may become the property of the State, situate in one or more of the following townships, all of which are of the San Bernardino Base and Meridian: T. 5 N., in R. 11 E.; T. 1 N., 4 N. and 5 N…

Any right granted under this article to extract sodium chloride from State lands shall terminate upon the expiration of 99 years from the date of the issuance of the patent unless sooner terminated as herein otherwise provided. (Added by Stats. 1941, Ch. 548.)

(a) Coastal-dependent industrial facilities shall be encouraged to locate or expand within existing sites and shall be permitted reasonable long-term growth where consistent with this division. (b) Notwithstanding subdivision (a), where new or expanded coastal-dependent industria…

Multicompany use of existing and new tanker facilities shall be encouraged to the maximum extent feasible and legally permissible, except where to do so would result in increased tanker operations and associated onshore development incompatible with the land use and environmental…

(a) New or expanded oil and gas development shall not be considered a coastal-dependent industrial facility for the purposes of Section 30260, and may be permitted only if found to be consistent with all applicable provisions of this division and if all of the following condition…

(a) New or expanded refineries or petrochemical facilities shall not be considered a coastal-dependent industrial facility for the purposes of Section 30260, and may be permitted only if found to be consistent with all applicable provisions of this division. (b) New or expanded r…

Notwithstanding any other provision of this division except subdivisions (b) and (c) of Section 30413, new or expanded thermal electric generating plants may be constructed in the coastal zone if the proposed coastal site has been determined by the State Energy Resources Conserva…

The Legislature finds and declares all of the following: (a) Transportation studies have concluded that pipeline transport of oil is generally both economically feasible and environmentally preferable to other forms of crude oil transport. (b) Oil companies have proposed to build…

(a) The Governor, or the Governor’s designee, shall coordinate activities concerning the transport and refining of offshore oil. Coordination efforts shall consider public health risks, the ability to achieve short-term and long-term air emission reduction goals, the potential fo…

The county funding component shall identify and specifically describe projected costs, revenues, and revenue sources the county will use to implement all components of the county source reduction and recycling element. (Amended by Stats. 1990, Ch. 145, Sec. 39. Effective June 19,…

(a) The board of directors shall consist of five, seven, or nine directors. The number of directors may be changed by resolution adopted by a majority of the members of the board of directors after publication of notice of the intended change at least once in a newspaper of gener…

(a) Notwithstanding Section 9301, the local agency formation commission, in approving either a consolidation of districts or the reorganization of two or more districts into a single resource conservation district may, pursuant to subdivisions (k) and (n) of Section 56886 of the …

Each director shall take the oath of office. (Added by Stats. 1975, Ch. 513.)

The directors shall receive no compensation for their services as such, but each shall be allowed reasonable and necessary expenses incurred in attendance at meetings of the directors or when otherwise engaged in the work of the district at the direction of the board of directors…

No director or other officer of the district shall be interested directly or indirectly in the sale of equipment, materials, or services to the district. (Added by Stats. 1975, Ch. 513.)

After all have qualified the directors first elected shall meet and classify themselves by lot into two classes as nearly equal in number as possible. The term of office of those in the class having the least number shall expire at noon on the last Friday in November of the next …

After such classification the directors shall organize and elect a president from their number who shall serve as such at the pleasure of the directors. (Added by Stats. 1975, Ch. 513.)

The directors shall appoint a secretary who shall serve at the pleasure of, and whose compensation shall be fixed by, the directors. (Added by Stats. 1975, Ch. 513.)

The directors shall select a date, time, and place at which regular monthly meetings of the directors shall be held. Upon the completion of all the foregoing determinations by the directors, the district shall be declared to be organized. (Added by Stats. 1975, Ch. 513.)

The directors may, by resolution, change the time or place of regular meeting but no such change shall be effective until after a notice of the change is published pursuant to Section 6061 of the Government Code in the principal county and in each other county in which any portio…

Special meetings of the directors may be held as required when ordered by a majority of the directors. The order shall be entered in the records of the district and five days notice of the meeting shall be given by mail by the secretary to each director not joining in the order. …

The order for a special meeting shall specify the business to be transacted. No other business shall be transacted at a special meeting unless all of the directors are present, in which case matters not specified may be considered by unanimous consent and acted upon. (Added by St…

A majority of the directors shall constitute a quorum but on all questions requiring a vote there shall be a concurrence of at least the number constituting a quorum, except that a number less than a quorum may adjourn or adjourn to a stated time. (Added by Stats. 1975, Ch. 513.)…

(a) All meetings of the directors shall be open to the public. All records of the district shall be open to public inspection during business hours. (b) A district may destroy a record pursuant to Chapter 7 (commencing with Section 60200) of Division 1 of Title 6 of the Governmen…

(a) The term of office of the directors, except those first elected, shall be four years. The expiration of the term of any director does not constitute a vacancy, and the director shall hold office until his or her successor has qualified. (b) (1) As an alternative to the electi…

Resignations of directors shall be made in writing to the board of supervisors of the principal county. (Added by Stats. 1975, Ch. 513.)

In case of a vacancy in the office of director appointed pursuant to Section 9314, the vacancy shall be filled, as provided in Section 9314, by appointment for the unexpired term by the board of supervisors of the principal county. (Amended by Stats. 1991, Ch. 831, Sec. 12.)