Title PRC, California Pub. Res. Code

All meetings of the governing board shall be conducted pursuant to Chapter 9 (commencing with Section 54950) of Part 1 of Division 2 of Title 5 of the Government Code. (Added by Stats. 1992, Ch. 822, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 1993.)

The governing board shall do all of the following: (a) Adopt an annual budget following the public hearing required under Section 35136, hire an independent staff of its own, and fix the compensation of its officers and employees. (b) Adopt an administrative code, by ordinance, w…

(a) Notice of the time and place of the public hearing for the adoption of the annual budget shall be published pursuant to Section 6061 of the Government Code, and shall be published not later than 30 days prior to the date of the hearing. (b) The proposed annual budget shall be…

The authority may enter into a contract with the Board of Administration of the Public Employees’ Retirement System to include the employees of the authority in that retirement system who are eligible for membership therein, and the employees shall be entitled to the same benefit…

(a) The Ocean Protection Council is established in state government. The council consists of the Secretary of the Natural Resources Agency, the Secretary for Environmental Protection, the Chair of the State Lands Commission, and two members of the public appointed by the Governor…

The Secretary of the Natural Resources Agency shall serve as the chairperson of the council, and the Secretary for Environmental Protection shall serve as the vice chairperson of the council. The Assistant Secretary for Coastal Matters at the Natural Resources Agency shall be des…

One Member of the Senate, appointed by the Senate Committee on Rules, and one Member of the Assembly, appointed by the Speaker of the Assembly, shall meet with the council as nonvoting, ex officio members. (Added by Stats. 2004, Ch. 719, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 2005.)

(a) The council’s meetings shall be open to the public. (b) The council may sponsor conferences, symposia, and other public forums, to seek a broad range of public advice when establishing priorities for ocean resource protection, enhancement, and restoration. (Added by Stats. 20…

The council shall do all of the following: (a) (1) Coordinate activities of state agencies that are related to the protection and conservation of coastal waters and ocean ecosystems to improve the effectiveness of state efforts to protect ocean resources within existing fiscal li…

(a) Subject to the availability of funding, the council shall develop and implement a coastal climate change adaptation, infrastructure, and readiness program to do all of the following: (1) Recommend best practices and strategies to improve the climate change resiliency of the s…

(a) The Ocean Protection Council shall develop and implement a voluntary sustainable seafood promotion program for the state. (b) The program shall consist of all of the following: (1) A protocol to guide entities on how to be independently certified to internationally accepted s…

(a) Consistent with this chapter, and subject to the availability of funding, the council shall support state agencies’ use and sharing of scientific and geospatial information for coastal- and ocean-relevant decisionmaking, including marine spatial planning, by taking all of the…

Consistent with the council’s authority and responsibility under this chapter to coordinate activities of state agencies with ocean or coastal management interests or regulatory authority, to improve the effectiveness of state efforts to protect ocean resources, and to establish …

(a) Under the direction of the Secretary of the Natural Resources Agency, the council shall administer its affairs, and provide the staff services that the council needs to carry out this division, including, but not limited to, both of the following: (1) Administering grants and…

Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, any well hereafter drilled for oil or gas, or hereafter drilled and permitted to produce oil or gas, which is located within 100 feet of an outer boundary of the parcel of land on which the well is situated, or within 100 feet of a pu…

Where several contiguous parcels of land in one or different ownerships are operated as a single oil or gas lease or operating unit, the term “outer boundary line” means the outer boundary line of the lands included in the lease or unit. In determining the contiguity of any such …

Where a parcel of land contains one acre or more, but is less than 250 feet in width, there may be drilled on the parcel of land not more than one well to each acre of the area if the surface location of any well or wells is so placed as to be as far from the lateral boundary lin…

Where a parcel of land contains one acre or more and the hydrocarbons to be developed are too heavy or viscous to produce by normal means, and the supervisor so determines, the supervisor may approve proposals to drill wells at whatever locations he deems advisable for the purpos…

In determining the area of parcels of land for the purposes of this chapter, the area of the oil and gas mineral estate shall be used exclusively. (Added by Stats. 1957, Ch. 405.)

For the purposes of this chapter, an alley which intersects or lies within any block or other subdivision unit is not a public street or road. (Repealed and added by Stats. 1947, Ch. 1559.)

Each day in which the drilling of any well is carried on, or on which it is permitted to produce oil or gas in violation of this chapter is a separate nuisance. (Repealed and added by Stats. 1947, Ch. 1559.)

The provisions of this chapter do not apply to any field producing oil or gas on August 14, 1931. (Repealed and added by Stats. 1947, Ch. 1559.)

Notwithstanding any other provisions of this chapter, where a parcel of land contains one acre or more and where all or substantially all of the surface of such parcel of land is unavailable for the surface location of oil or gas wells, there may be drilled or produced not more t…

The 150-foot restriction in Sections 3600 and elsewhere in this chapter shall apply only to wells drilled and producing from the same zone or pool; provided, however, that the well density shall not exceed one well per acre unless the supervisor shall determine that more than one…

The prohibition set forth in Section 3600 against drilling within 100 feet of any public street or highway shall not apply in the case of any street or highway which is opened through a field in which drilling was commenced prior to the opening of the street or highway. (Repealed…

Where land aggregating less than one acre is surrounded by other lands, which other lands are subject to an oil and gas lease aggregating one acre or more, and if, under the provisions of Sections 3600 to 3607, inclusive, of the Public Resources Code, the drilling or producing of…

The owner or operator of any leasehold, into which land has been included under the provisions of Section 3608, shall cause to be recorded an appropriate quitclaim to such land in the proper county recorder’s office when such leasehold has been terminated. (Added by Stats. 1957, …

Notwithstanding any other provisions of this chapter, if the supervisor determines, pursuant to rules and regulations and after a public hearing, that the development of a pool discovered after the effective date of this section for the production of oil and gas, or either, requi…

To ensure the conservation and development of ocean resources consistent with purposes of this division, a coordinated program of ocean resources planning and management is established. (Added by Stats. 1989, Ch. 1215, Sec. 1.)

The California Ocean Resources Management Program consists of all of the following: (a) The Ocean Resources Task Force. (b) The California Ocean Resources Advisory Committee. (c) The report and plan prepared and adopted pursuant to Chapter 6 (commencing with Section 36500). (Amen…

(a) The State of California is hereby authorized to participate with the States of Alaska, Hawaii, Oregon, and Washington in a joint liaison program with the Center for Ocean Analysis and Prediction of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, with the objective of ass…

The Wildlife Conservation Board shall implement the program. The board may request staff services from any department that submits an application and a proposal for a donation of property to the board. (Amended (as added by Stats. 2000, Ch. 113) by Stats. 2000, Ch. 900, Sec. 2. E…

(a) Under the program, upon approval by the board, a donor may contribute qualified property to a donee and receive a tax credit for a portion of the value of the property, as provided in Sections 17053.30 and 23630 of the Revenue and Taxation Code. (b) The board shall adopt guid…

This chapter does not apply to any placer mine operator who holds a permit to operate from the California Debris Commission. (Added by Stats. 1988, Ch. 259, Sec. 11.)

Any person, firm, or corporation who engages in the operation of a placer mine on any stream or on the watershed of any stream tributary directly or indirectly to the Sacramento River or the San Joaquin River shall record a verified statement in the office of the county recorder …

The verified statement shall be verified by the operator or by someone in his or her behalf and shall contain all of the following information: (a) A description of the ground proposed to be mined by placer mining methods, described by United States government subdivisions if pos…

Within 10 days after an owner or operator changes his or her address, or transfers the ownership or changes the operator of any mining property, a notice setting forth the names and addresses of the new owners or operators shall be filed in the office of the county recorder. (Add…

No placer mining operator shall mine by the placer process on any stream or on the watershed of any stream tributary directly or indirectly to the Sacramento River or the San Joaquin River without taking both of the following precautions to prevent pollution of the stream by the …

Notwithstanding subdivision (b) of Section 3964, any placer miner who is operating by dredging process, and who desires to transport his or her dredger across a stream, may conduct the dredger across the stream without constructing a settling pond, if he or she is of the opinion …

Any person, firm, or corporation who violates this chapter is guilty of a misdemeanor. (Added by Stats. 1988, Ch. 259, Sec. 11.)

The operation of any placer mine on ground not covered by a permit issued to the operator from the California Debris Commission, without compliance with this chapter, is declared to be a public nuisance which may be enjoined upon suit brought by the district attorney of the count…

Nothing in this chapter deprives the state, any city, county, district, person, firm, or corporation of any right to maintain any action or proceeding, in any jurisdiction, which it was entitled to maintain prior to April 8, 1953, or to receive or obtain in the action any remedy …

(a) A person who owns, leases, controls, operates, or maintains a building or structure in the state responsibility area shall at all times do all of the following: (1) (A) Maintain defensible space of 100 feet from each side and from the front and rear of the structure, but not …

(a) Notwithstanding Section 4021, a violation of Section 4291 is an infraction punishable by a fine of not less than one hundred dollars ($100), nor more than five hundred dollars ($500). If a person is convicted of a second violation of Section 4291 within five years, that perso…

(a) Subject to any other applicable law, a state or local fire official, at their discretion, may authorize an owner of property, or the owner’s agent, to construct a firebreak, or implement appropriate vegetation management techniques, to ensure that defensible space is adequate…

(a) For purposes of this section, the following definitions apply: (1) “Home hardening” means the replacement or repair of structural features that are affixed to the property with features that are in compliance with Chapter 7A (commencing with Section 701A.1) of Title 24 of the…