Title PRC, California Pub. Res. Code

(a) Directors shall be registered voters in the state. (b) Except as provided in subdivision (d), directors shall (1) reside within the district and either own real property in the district or alternatively have served, pursuant to the district’s rules, for two years or more as a…

Except as otherwise provided in the chapter, districts governed by this chapter are subject to the provisions of the Uniform District Election Law. (Added by Stats. 1975, Ch. 513.)

Elected directors shall qualify within 20 days from the date of receipt of their certificates of election by taking the oath. (Amended by Stats. 1996, Ch. 994, Sec. 4. Effective January 1, 1997.)

The directors so elected and qualified shall take office at noon on the last Friday in November following their election. (Added by Stats. 1975, Ch. 513.)

(a) Except as provided in subdivision (b), directors shall be elected at large. (b) A district may, by ordinance, provide for the election of directors by division. In order to reduce election costs, the divisions shall be established along the boundaries of existing voting preci…

Members of county boards of supervisors shall not be eligible to simultaneously hold office as a district director. (Added by Stats. 1991, Ch. 831, Sec. 16.)

Nomination of candidates shall be in writing and signed by at least five landowners of the district. Nominations shall be filed with the county elections official of the principal county. (Amended by Stats. 2003, Ch. 811, Sec. 27. Effective January 1, 2004.)

Except as election of directors by division may be provided pursuant to Section 9356, all registered voters in a district shall be qualified electors and eligible to vote in district elections. (Added by Stats. 1991, Ch. 831, Sec. 18.)

The county solid waste facility capacity component shall include, but is not limitied to, a projection of the amount of disposal capacity which will be needed to accommodate the solid waste generated within the unincorporated area of the county preparing the element for a 15-year…

The board of directors of a district shall manage and conduct the business and affairs of the district. (Repealed and added by Stats. 1975, Ch. 513.)

The directors shall be empowered to conduct surveys, investigations, and research relating to the conservation of resources and the preventive and control measures and works of improvement needed, publish the results of such surveys, investigations, or research, and disseminate i…

The directors may accept gifts and grants of money from any source whatsoever to carry out the purposes of the district. (Repealed and added by Stats. 1975, Ch. 513.)

The directors may establish and charge fees for services provided by the district to, and upon the request of, persons or governmental entities. No fee shall exceed the cost reasonably borne by the district in providing the service. (Added by Stats. 1991, Ch. 831, Sec. 19.)

The directors may execute all necessary contracts. They may employ such agents, officers, and employees as may be necessary, prescribe their duties, and fix their compensation. (Repealed and added by Stats. 1975, Ch. 513.)

The directors may acquire by purchase, lease, contract, or gift all lands and property necessary to carry out the plans and works of the district. The directors may acquire conservation easements as provided in Chapter 4 (commencing with Section 815) of Title 2 of Part 2 of Divis…

The directors may take conveyances, leases, contracts, or other assurances for all property acquired by the district, in the name, and for the uses and purposes, of the district. (Repealed and added by Stats. 1975, Ch. 513.)

The directors may sue and be sued in the name of the district and may appear in person or by counsel. (Repealed and added by Stats. 1975, Ch. 513.)

(a) The directors may cooperate and enter into contracts or agreements with the state, the United States, any county, any city, any other resource conservation or other public district in this state, any person, or the commission, in furtherance of the provisions of this division…

The directors may make improvements or conduct operations on public lands, with the cooperation of the agency administering and having jurisdiction thereof, and on private lands, with the consent of the owners thereof, in furtherance of the prevention or control of soil erosion, …

The directors may operate and maintain, independently or in cooperation with the United States or this state or any state agency or political subdivision or any person, any and all works constructed by the district. (Added by Stats. 1975, Ch. 513.)

The directors may disseminate information relating to soil and water conservation and erosion stabilization, and those purposes identified in Sections 9001 and 9151, and may conduct demonstrational projects within, or adjacent to, the district on public land, with the consent of …

Each district may provide technical assistance to private landowners or land occupants within the district to support practices that minimize soil and related resource degradation and support increased resiliency and adaptation to climate change. When in the judgment of the direc…

(a) Each district may develop a long-range work plan, annual work plan, and annual district report, as provided in this section. These plans and the annual district report shall address the full range of projects and programs pursuant to Section 9151 that are found to occur in th…

Each district may enter into an interagency agreement with a state agency, for purposes of this chapter, consistent with the requirements of Chapter 3 (commencing with Section 11250) of Part 1 of Division 3 of Title 2 of the Government Code and the Department of General Services’…

The directors may accept, by purchase, lease, or gift, and administer any project or program consistent with Sections 9001 and 9151 located within the district undertaken by the United States or any of its agencies, or by this state or any of its agencies. (Amended by Stats. 2022…

The directors may manage, as agents of the United States or any of its agencies, or of this state or any of its agencies, any project or program consistent with Sections 9001 and 9151, within or adjacent to the district; and may act as agent for the United States, or any of its a…

The directors may establish standards of cropping and tillage operations and range practices on private land as a condition to expenditure by the district of district or other funds, or to the doing by the district of any work of any nature, on private lands. (Added by Stats. 197…

(a) The directors of any district may cooperate with the directors of any other district in respect to matters of common interest or benefit to the districts. An association of resource conservation districts may be organized to facilitate that cooperation, to provide for the loa…

It is the intent of the Legislature that concerned state agencies, in cooperation with resource conservation districts and other appropriate local entities, work with the agencies of the United States Department of Agriculture and the Department of the Interior, the Environmental…

The directors of any district may call upon the district attorney of the principal county for legal advice and assistance in all matters concerning the district, except that if the principal county has a county counsel, then the directors shall call upon him for such legal advice…

(a) The directors may engage in activities designed to promote a knowledge of the principles of resource conservation throughout the district and for that purpose may develop educational programs both for children and for adults. In the development of those programs, the director…

The board of directors of a district may appoint advisory committees to provide technical assistance in addressing soil and related resource problems, to assist in coordinating conservation programs and activities, and to share information relating to the functions or purposes of…

The legal title to all property acquired by a district under the provisions of this division shall immediately and by operation of law vest in such district, and shall be held by such district for its uses and purposes under this division. (Added by Stats. 1975, Ch. 513.)

The directors are hereby authorized and empowered to hold, use, acquire, manage, occupy and possess property of any kind, and may lease or sell it as provided in this article. (Added by Stats. 1975, Ch. 513.)

The directors may determine by resolution entered upon their minutes that any property, real or personal, held by such district is no longer necessary to be retained for the uses and purposes of the district, and may thereafter sell or lease such property. (Added by Stats. 1975, …

Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in Section 9453, the directors may lease district equipment to any other public district for use by such public district for resource conservation purposes on land within the boundaries of a resource conservation district or on land adjace…

A sale or conveyance of any property held by a resource conservation district, executed by the president and secretary thereof, in accordance with a resolution of the directors of the district, when the property is sold for a valuable consideration, shall convey good title to the…

The proceeds of a sale described in Section 9455 shall be paid into the county treasury of the principal county for the use of the district, or to the district treasury, if the district operates pursuant to subdivision (b) of Section 9521. (Amended by Stats. 2022, Ch. 585, Sec. 1…

The board of directors shall adopt purchasing policies and procedures governing the purchase of supplies and equipment as required by Sections 54201 through 54204, inclusive, of the Government Code. The policies shall be in writing, copies of which shall be available for public d…

The inclusion of additional lands in a district shall be made in accordance with the District Reorganization Act of 1965, Division 1 (commencing with Section 56000) of Title 6 of the Government Code, except that unless otherwise provided in this chapter, the lands included in any…

A district may be dissolved in accordance with the provisions of the District Reorganization Act of 1965, Division 1 (commencing with Section 56000) of Title 6 of the Government Code. (Added by Stats. 1975, Ch. 513.)

This article shall be known and may be cited as the Geothermal Resources Act. (Added by renumbering Section 6902 by Stats. 1978, Ch. 1139.)

The Legislature hereby finds and declares that development of geothermal resources beneath state lands is an essential element in the development of additional energy sources for the State of California. It is further recognized by the Legislature that different parcels of state …

For the purposes of this chapter, “geothermal resources” shall mean the natural heat of the earth, the energy, in whatever form, below the surface of the earth present in, resulting from, or created by, or which may be extracted from, such natural heat, and all minerals in soluti…

Permits and leases for exploration and development of geothermal resources on lands belonging to the state and leases for the development of geothermal resources reserved by the state may be issued by the commission as provided in this article. For purposes of this article, state…

Permits and leases may be issued pursuant to this article only to those who qualify for permits and leases under Section 6801. (Amended by Stats. 1978, Ch. 1139.)