Title PRC, California Pub. Res. Code

The commission may eject from any tide and submerged lands, beds of navigable channels, streams, rivers, creeks, lakes, bays, and inlets under its jurisdiction, any person, firm, or corporation, trespassing upon any such lands, through appropriate action in the courts of this sta…

(a) (1) The commission may take immediate action, without notice, to remove from areas under its jurisdiction a vessel that is left unattended and is moored, docked, beached, or made fast to land in a position as to obstruct the normal movement of traffic or in a condition as to …

(a) The commission shall, in consultation with other relevant state and local agencies directly involved in the removal of abandoned vessels, by July 1, 2019, develop a plan for the removal of abandoned commercial vessels. (b) The plan required to be developed pursuant to subdivi…

(a) The commission, at a properly noticed commission hearing, may take title to an abandoned vessel subject to disposal pursuant to Section 6302.1 for the sole purpose of abatement, without satisfying any lien on the property, and may cause the property to be sold, destroyed, or …

(a) At the request of the commission, an employee or agent of the commission or a peace officer of the federal or state government or a city, county, or other political subdivision of the state shall have the authority to board a vessel for the purposes of carrying out Section 63…

(a) The commission may grant the privilege of depositing material upon or removing or extracting material from swamp, overflowed, marsh, tide or submerged lands, beds of navigable streams, channels, rivers, creeks, bays, or inlets owned by the state, for improvement of navigation…

Any person who knowingly and willfully fills, dredges, or reclaims any state-owned land under the jurisdiction of the commission underlying any navigable waters, or who erects, maintains, removes, or alters any structure on such land, without written authorization from the commis…

The commission may cooperate with the Coastal Engineering Research Board of the United States Army Corps of Engineers, and may expend such moneys as are necessary for cooperative work with that board out of any appropriation made for the purposes of this section. (Amended by Stat…

The powers granted by this chapter to the commission as to leasing or granting of rights or privileges with relation to the lands owned by the state are hereby conferred upon the local trustee of granted public trust lands to which those lands have been granted. (Amended by Stats…

(a) For purposes of this division, “local trustee of granted public trust lands” means a county, city, or district, including a water, sanitary, regional park, port, or harbor district, or any other local, political, or corporate subdivision that has been granted, conveyed, or tr…

Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the State Lands Commission and the City of Los Angeles, acting by and through its Board of Harbor Commissioners, may take all actions which are necessary for mitigation of expansion of the Port of Los Angeles by the enhancement, restora…

(a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, in order to mitigate the effects of the project which is the subject of the Department of the Army Permit No. 14003E48B, issued July 23, 1986, the City of Oakland, acting by and through its Board of Port Commissioners, may use reven…

(a) The commission may enter into an exchange, with any person or any private or public entity, of filled or reclaimed tide and submerged lands or beds of navigable waterways, or interests in these lands, that are subject to the public trust for commerce, navigation, and fisherie…

(a) This section applies only to land in which California has a sovereign interest that lies within the boundaries of the State of Arizona and land in which Arizona has a sovereign interest that lies within the boundaries of the State of California, as a result of changes in the …

If an action or proceeding is commenced by or against a county, city, or other political subdivision or agency of the state involving the title to or the boundaries of tidelands or submerged lands that have been or may hereafter be granted to it in trust by the Legislature, the S…

(a) The commission shall administer the Shipwreck and Historic Maritime Resources Program, which consists of the activities of the commission pursuant to this section and Sections 6313 and 6314. (b) The commission has exclusive jurisdiction with respect to salvage operations over…

Whenever tide and submerged lands granted in trust to a county by the Legislature are included within a city’s boundaries as the result of that city’s incorporation, trust title to such lands shall pass to such city only upon specific authorization and direction of the Legislatur…

It is hereby declared to be the policy of this state that any grant of tidelands or submerged lands made after January 1, 1971, within an area which has been designated by the Division of Boating and Waterways within the Department of Parks and Recreation as the location of a sma…

(a) For the purposes of this section, the following terms shall have the following meanings: (1) “Local trustee” means a local trustee of granted public trust lands that is a county, city, or district, including water, sanitary, regional park, port, or harbor district, or any oth…

Neither the state, nor any political subdivision thereof, shall take possession of lawful improvements on validly granted or patented tidelands or submerged lands without the tender of a fair and just compensation for such lawful improvements as may have been made in good faith b…

(a) The title to all abandoned shipwrecks and all archaeological sites and historic resources on or in the tide and submerged lands of California is vested in the state. All abandoned shipwrecks and all submerged archaeological sites and submerged historic resources of the state …

(a) A person who removes, without authorization from the commission, or a person who destroys or damages an archaeological site or a historic resource, that is located on or in the submerged lands of, and that is the property of, the state, is guilty of a misdemeanor, which shall…

No application for the purchase of state lands shall be accepted for filing for land situated in more than one county, or land situated in more than one United States land district or for any section or portion of a section of school land or land obtained in lieu thereof belongin…

Each application for lands shall be accompanied by a reasonable filing fee, not in excess of one hundred dollars ($100), as prescribed by the commission by rule or regulation, and no application shall be filed, or noted in any way until the fee is paid. (Amended by Stats. 1975, C…

As used in this article, “person” includes individuals, companies, partnerships and associations. (Added by Stats. 1943, Ch. 609.)

It is unlawful to graze livestock on any part of the unreserved and unappropriated public lands of the United States in this State when such grazing will or does prevent, restrict or interfere with the customary use of such land for grazing livestock by any person who, by himself…

Customary or established use as graziers, otherwise than under operation of law, as used in this article, includes the continuously open, notorious, peaceable and public use of such range, seasonally, for a period of five years or longer immediately prior to August 21, 1933, exce…

This article shall not be construed to prohibit any such established user from continuing his grazing use, as established in accordance with such customs. (Added by Stats. 1943, Ch. 609.)

Any person who violates any of the provisions of this article is guilty of a misdemeanor, and independently of the penalty therefor, is liable to any person injured for all damages sustained by reason of such violation, and for such exemplary damages as the circumstances may warr…

The violation of any provision of this article may be restrained by injunction, issued by a court of competent jurisdiction, pursuant to the provisions of law and principles of equity relating to injunctions. (Added by Stats. 1943, Ch. 609.)

Nothing in this article shall be construed to prohibit free transit over and rights in the public domain where such are provided by the acts of Congress. (Added by Stats. 1943, Ch. 609.)

This article is an exercise of the police power of the State, for the protection of the economic welfare and peace of the people of the State, and all of its provisions shall be liberally construed for the accomplishment of its purposes. Nothing in this article shall be construed…

The directors shall, on or before January 1 of the calendar year during which an assessment is to be levied for the first time, notify the State Board of Equalization as provided in Revenue and Taxation Code Sections 756 and 759 and, annually on or before August lst, furnish the …

If the district lies in more than one county the directors shall divide the amount of the estimate in the proportion to the value of the land in the district lying in each county. The value shall be determined from the last assessment rolls of the counties. The directors shall fu…

The total amount of the estimate shall be sufficient to raise the amount of money necessary during the ensuing year to pay the incidental expenses of the district, the costs of the work which the directors may deem advisable to be done during the ensuing year, the estimated costs…

Assessments levied pursuant to this article shall be known as regular assessments. (Added by Stats. 1975, Ch. 513.)

The regular assessment in any one year shall not exceed two cents ($0.02) on each one hundred dollars ($100) of assessed valuation of the land, exclusive of improvements, trees, and mineral rights, within the district. The valuation shall be determined according to the last asses…

The board of supervisors of each county in which there lies any portion of the district shall, annually, at the time of levying county taxes, levy an assessment on the land exclusive of improvements, trees, and mineral rights, within the county and within the district to be known…

The rate, as determined by the board, shall be such as will produce, after due allowance for delinquency, the amount determined as necessary to be raised by taxation on the secured roll. On or before September 1st of each year the board shall fix the rate, composed of the number …

If the board fails to levy the assessment the auditor of the county shall do so, providing the directors have requested the assessment. (Added by Stats. 1975, Ch. 513.)

The assessment shall be computed and entered on the assessment roll by the auditor. (Added by Stats. 1975, Ch. 513.)

The provisions of law relating to the levy and collection of county taxes and the duties of county officers with respect thereto, insofar as they are applicable and not in conflict with this chapter, are hereby adopted and made part of this chapter. Said officers are liable on th…

The treasurers of each of the counties, other than the principal county, shall, not less than twice a year or upon order of the directors, settle with the directors and pay to the treasurer of the principal county all money belonging to the district and in their possession. (Adde…

If during the current fiscal year the directors are not, by reason of the fact that no assessment has been levied, collecting a regular assessment levied during the year immediately preceding, then notwithstanding other provisions of this code, the board of supervisors in each co…

A district may impose a special tax pursuant to Article 3.5 (commencing with Section 50075) of Chapter 1 of Part 1 of Division 1 of Title 5 of the Government Code. The special taxes shall be applied uniformly to all taxpayers or all real property within the district, except that …

(a) The authority shall develop and administer a PACE Reserve program to reduce overall costs to the property owners of PACE bonds issued by an applicant by providing a reserve of no more than 10 percent of the initial principal amount of the PACE bond. (b) The authority shall de…