Title PRC, California Pub. Res. Code

The lands included in a district shall be those that further the purpose of this chapter, including, but not limited to, those purposes specified in Sections 9001 and 9151. (Amended by Stats. 2022, Ch. 585, Sec. 7. (AB 1902) Effective January 1, 2023.)

The lands included in any one district need not be contiguous. No lands may be included in more than one district. (Amended by Stats. 2022, Ch. 585, Sec. 8. (AB 1902) Effective January 1, 2023.)

The lands included in any one district may be situated in one or more counties. (Added by Stats. 1975, Ch. 513.)

The lands included in a district may be publicly owned or privately owned. (Repealed and added by Stats. 1975, Ch. 513.)

A district may do all of the following: (a) Sue and be sued. (b) Make, amend, and repeal bylaws. (c) Have a seal. (d) Exercise all powers necessary or incidental to carry out the purposes of this division. (Added by Stats. 1979, Ch. 1118.)

A district may obtain, hire, purchase, or rent office space and equipment. (Added by Stats. 1979, Ch. 1118.)

Within the territorial limits of the district, or for the purposes set forth in this division, a district may acquire real property or any interest therein by eminent domain. (Added by Stats. 1979, Ch. 1118.)

A district may purchase, lease, obtain an option upon, acquire by gift, grant, bequest, or devise, or otherwise acquire any property or any interest in property. (Added by Stats. 1979, Ch. 1118.)

A district may sell, lease, exchange, assign, encumber, or otherwise dispose of property or any interest in property. (Added by Stats. 1979, Ch. 1118.)

The district may enter into contracts and agreements with the United States, any state or local unit of government, public agency, including any other geologic hazard abatement district or public district, private organization, or any person in furtherance of the purposes of the …

The district may: (a) Acquire, construct, operate, manage, or maintain improvements on public or private lands. Such improvements shall be with the consent of the owner, unless effected by the exercise of eminent domain pursuant to Section 26576. (b) Accept such improvements unde…

The district may make improvements to existing public or private structures where the board of directors determines that it is in the public interest to do so. (Added by Stats. 1980, Ch. 771, Sec. 4.)

At any time following the adoption of the resolution pursuant to Section 26567, the board of directors may proceed to annex territory to the district. The proceedings for annexation shall follow the procedure contained in Article 3 (commencing with Section 26550) and Article 4 (c…

In carrying out the requirement of Section 4 of Article X of the California Constitution, maximum access, which shall be conspicuously posted, and recreational opportunities shall be provided for all the people consistent with public safety needs and the need to protect public ri…

Development shall not interfere with the public’s right of access to the sea where acquired through use or legislative authorization, including, but not limited to, the use of dry sand and rocky coastal beaches to the first line of terrestrial vegetation. (Amended by Stats. 1976,…

(a) Public access from the nearest public roadway to the shoreline and along the coast shall be provided in new development projects except where (1) it is inconsistent with public safety, military security needs, or the protection of fragile coastal resources, (2) adequate acces…

Wherever appropriate and feasible, public facilities, including parking areas or facilities, shall be distributed throughout an area so as to mitigate against the impacts, social and otherwise, of overcrowding or overuse by the public of any single area. (Added by Stats. 1976, Ch…

Lower cost visitor and recreational facilities shall be protected, encouraged, and, where feasible, provided. Developments providing public recreational opportunities are preferred. The commission shall not: (1) require that overnight room rentals be fixed at an amount certain fo…

(a) The public access policies of this article shall be implemented in a manner that takes into account the need to regulate the time, place, and manner of public access depending on the facts and circumstances in each case including, but not limited to, the following: (1) Topogr…

The Director of Resources Recycling and Recovery shall be appointed by, and hold office at the pleasure of, the Governor. The director’s appointment shall be subject to confirmation by the Senate. The director shall receive the annual salary provided for by Chapter 6 (commencing …

The Director of Resources Recycling and Recovery may appoint those deputies, officers, and other employees that he or she finds necessary for the performance of the functions of the Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery. The staff of the department shall be subject to th…

The Attorney General shall represent the board and the state in litigation concerning affairs of the board, unless the Attorney General represents another state agency that is a party to the action. In that case, the Attorney General may represent the board with the written conse…

(a) For the initial source reduction and recycling element of a countywide integrated waste management plan which is required to be submitted to the board pursuant to Section 41791, the county waste characterization component shall identify the constituent materials which compris…

Any waste characterization component prepared by a county pursuant to Section 41330, and any other information submitted by a county to the board on the quantities of solid waste generated, diverted, and disposed of, shall include data which is as accurate as possible, on the qua…

For the first revision, and any subsequent revision, of a source reduction and recycling element of a countywide integrated waste management plan which is required to be submitted to the board pursuant to Section 41770, the county waste characterization component shall identify t…

Any waste characterization component prepared by a county pursuant to Section 41332, and any other information submitted by a county to the board on the quantities of solid waste disposed of, shall include data which is as accurate as practicable, on the quantities of solid waste…

Consistent with the policy goal established in Section 41780.01 and consistent with the waste hierarchy established in Section 40051, producers of covered material sold, offered for sale, imported, or distributed in the state shall achieve all of the following with respect to the…

(a) By January 1, 2024, producers of covered material shall form and join a PRO for the purposes of complying with this chapter. The governing body of the PRO shall submit an application to the department describing how the PRO meets the requirements to be an approved PRO pursuan…

(a) As a condition of producer responsibility plan approval, the PRO plan shall comply with the regulations adopted by the department pursuant to Section 42060. The PRO shall submit a plan and budget that includes the provisions necessary for the department to ensure producers co…

(a) Before submitting the plan to the department for approval, the PRO shall submit a proposed plan to the advisory board for review and comment pursuant to subdivision (h) of Section 42070. The advisory board may provide written comments within 60 calendar days. The PRO shall co…

(a) (1) A PRO shall annually submit to the department and make publicly available on its internet website an annual report and budget that describes how the PRO is implementing the approved plan and how the PRO has complied with the requirements of this chapter and its implementi…

(a) A PRO shall register in the department’s Recycling and Disposal Reporting System, or an alternative reporting system established by the department, and annually submit to the system all of the following information on behalf of each producer who participates in the PRO’s appr…

(a) (1) As part of its producer responsibility plan pursuant to Section 42051.1, a PRO shall establish a fee for its participants sufficient to ensure the requirements of this chapter are met by the PRO and the plan is fully implemented. The fee shall be based on a fee schedule t…

(a) (1) On or before the end of the 2026–27 fiscal year, and once every three months thereafter, a PRO shall pay to the department the California circular economy administrative fee. The department shall set the fee at an amount adequate to cover the department’s and any other st…

(a) A PRO shall keep minutes, books, and records that clearly reflect the activities and transactions of the PRO. (b) The accounting books of the PRO shall be audited at least once per calendar year at the PRO’s expense by an independent public accountant certified in the United …

(a) Except as provided in subdivision (c), an action specified in subdivision (b) that is taken by a PRO or its participants is not a violation of the Cartwright Act (Chapter 2 (commencing with Section 16700) of Part 2 of Division 7 of the Business and Professions Code), the Unfa…

(a) A PRO, as part of its producer responsibility plan, shall set up a trust fund or an escrow account in California, into which it shall deposit all unexpended funds for use in accordance with this section if the plan terminates or is revoked or the PRO dissolves in accordance w…

(a) (1) By January 1, 2032, a PRO acting on behalf of participants of the PRO’s approved plan shall develop and implement a plan to achieve the 25-percent reduction by weight and 25 percent by plastic component source reduction requirement for covered material sold, offered for s…

(a) The enforcement agency, in issuing or reviewing a solid waste facilities permit or in connection with an action relating to a solid waste facilities permit or as otherwise authorized by this division, may investigate the operation of a solid waste facility, a transfer or proc…

(a) In the investigation, the enforcement agency may inspect the facility, equipment, or vehicle used for storage, collection, transportation, processing, or disposal of solid waste, as necessary to ensure compliance with this division and to determine that the terms and conditio…

(a) For those facilities that accept only hazardous wastes, or that accept only low-level radioactive wastes, or that accept both, a solid waste facilities permit issued by the enforcement agency is not required. A single hazardous waste facilities permit or low-level radioactive…

(a) The board shall maintain an inventory of solid waste facilities which violate state minimum standards. To the extent it is practicable to do so, the board shall incorporate in this inventory existing information collected in the course of previous surveys of this type and sim…

(a) The enforcement agency shall develop a compliance schedule for a solid waste facility included in the inventory prepared pursuant to Section 44104. The compliance schedule shall ensure that diligent progress will be made to bring the solid waste facility into compliance. (b) …

(a) A solid waste facility, as defined in Section 40194, sending materials to a biomass conversion facility, shall ensure that the materials are limited to those listed in subdivision (a) of Section 40106. The enforcement agency may inspect solid waste facilities and operations f…

(a) The commission may permit geological or geophysical surveys on state lands and may grant permits therefor, but the permit shall not give the permittee any preferential right to an oil and gas lease. The taking of cores and other samples may be conducted on and under state lan…

The State Lands Commission shall not permit the taking of cores or other samples by means of drilling operations on or under the tide and submerged lands described in subdivision (c), (d), or (f) of Section 6871.2 or on tide or submerged lands of the state along the coast of the …