Title PRC, California Pub. Res. Code

This chapter shall be known, and may be cited, as the Marine Managed Areas Improvement Act. (Added by Stats. 2000, Ch. 385, Sec. 22. Effective January 1, 2001.)

(a) The Legislature finds and declares all of the following: (1) California’s extraordinary ocean and coastal resources provide a vital asset to the state and nation. These resources are important to public health and well-being, ecological health, and ocean-dependent industries.…

The following definitions govern the construction of this chapter: (a) “Committee” is the State Interagency Coordinating Committee established pursuant to Section 36800. (b) “Designating entity” is the Fish and Game Commission, State Park and Recreation Commission, or State Water…

The mission of the state MMA system is to ensure the long-term ecological viability and biological productivity of marine and estuarine ecosystems and to preserve cultural resources in the coastal sea, in recognition of their intrinsic value and for the benefit of current and fut…

This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the Methane Gas Hazards Reduction Act. (Added by Stats. 1987, Ch. 1322, Sec. 3.)

The Legislature finds and declares that methane gas hazards, as identified in the study conducted pursuant to Chapter 4.1 (commencing with Section 3240) of Chapter 1, are a clear and present threat to public health and safety. (Added by Stats. 1987, Ch. 1322, Sec. 3.)

The Legislature further finds and declares that, due to the cost and complexity of methane hazard mitigations, property owners and local governments are often unable to mitigate these hazards. (Added by Stats. 1987, Ch. 1322, Sec. 3.)

The Legislature further finds and declares, therefore, that it is essential that the state, in cooperation with local governments, provide funds to mitigate many of the state’s methane gas hazards. (Added by Stats. 1987, Ch. 1322, Sec. 3.)

(a) Except as provided in subdivision (b), within 120 days from the date of receipt of a countywide or regional integrated waste management plan that the department has determined to be complete, or any element of the plan that the department has determined to be complete, the de…

Before approving or conditionally approving a countywide or regional integrated waste management plan, or any element of the plan, pursuant to Section 41800, the board shall adopt written findings, based on substantial evidence in the record, that implementing the plan or element…

(a) If an element submitted to the board for final review includes the diversion of any solid wastes specified in subdivision (c) of Section 41781.2 for years preceding the year commencing January 1, 1990, and the board is unable to determine whether the requirements of Section 4…

(a) Within 120 days from the date of receipt of a household hazardous waste element, the board shall approve or disapprove the element. (b) The board shall not disapprove a household hazardous waste element if the local agency preparing the element demonstrates to the board that,…

The following definitions govern the construction of this chapter. (Added by Stats. 1989, Ch. 1096, Sec. 2.)

“Retreaded tire” means any tire that utilizes an existing casing for the purpose of vulcanizing new tread to such casing which meets all performance and quality standards specified in the Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standards determined by the United States Department of Transpo…

This article shall be known and may be cited as the Wildland Fire Protection and Resources Management Act of 1978. (Added by Stats. 1978, Ch. 1118.)

The Legislature hereby finds and declares as follows: (a) There has been an increase in the number of uncontrolled fires on the wildlands of this state, resulting in destruction of valuable timber and other vegetation, loss of recreational opportunities and wildlife habitat, eros…

Unless the context clearly requires otherwise, the following definitions govern the construction of this chapter: (a) “Hazardous fuel reduction” means the application of practices to wild lands, the primary impact of which to the vegetation is generally limited to the reduction o…

The Legislature finds that, due to the absence of significant forest resources, lands in the Sutter Buttes in the County of Sutter are not likely to become eligible for classification as a state responsibility area under existing statutory criteria, but that those lands possess a…

The department shall conduct an experimental program of wildland resources management through prescribed burning and other methods in two areas of wildlands. (Added by Stats. 1978, Ch. 1118.)

(a) The department shall prepare two model plans for the initial development and implementation of a program for wildland resources management through prescribed burning and other methods, one of which is appropriate for an area of wildlands in northern California, and one, in so…

(a) Each plan shall include, but shall not be limited to, elements regarding wildland fuel management and reduction, air and water quality, water conservation and watershed improvement, soil conservation, wildlife habitat improvement and protection, range and forage improvement, …

During the prescribed burning season, the department shall maintain at least two prescribed burn crews, one each in northern and southern California, for the purpose of providing prescribed burn back-up in the event of an emergency during prescribed burning operations. The depart…

The department shall furnish a prescribed burn crew, and assume all costs thereof, to any person or group of persons who own or control land in a wildland area for which a plan has been approved pursuant to this article if such a person or group of persons obtains a brush-burning…

No person applying for a brush-burning permit pursuant to Article 3 (commencing with Section 4491) of this chapter, applying for a slash-burning permit pursuant to Section 4423, or conducting timber operations pursuant to the Z'berg-Nejedly Forest Practice Act of 1973 (commencing…

No person shall operate in any city or town any crematory for the destruction by fire heat of garbage, ashes, offal, or other refuse matter, except as provided in this chapter. (Added by Stats. 1989, Ch. 1095, Sec. 22.)

No crematory described in Section 49600 shall be operated in this state except in a manner which will prevent the propagation of disease through contamination of the atmosphere of any city or town by the gases or fumes arising from the fires or ovens of the crematory. (Added by S…

Every person who burns by fire heat or destroys by cremation any garbage, ashes, offal, or other refuse matter in violation of this article is guilty of a misdemeanor. (Added by Stats. 1989, Ch. 1095, Sec. 22.)

(a) Any person who intentionally or negligently violates any provision of this division shall be subject to a civil fine of not to exceed five thousand dollars ($5,000). (b) In addition to any other penalties, any person who intentionally and knowingly commences any development i…

Except as provided in Section 818 of the Government Code, whenever a person has intentionally and knowingly violated any provision of this division, the commission may maintain an action, in addition to an action under Section 29610, for the recovery of exemplary damages. In dete…

Any moneys recovered by the commission under this article shall be deposited in the Bay Fill Clean-up and Abatement Fund established pursuant to Section 66647 of the Government Code. (Amended by Stats. 1982, Ch. 413, Sec. 6.)

(a) By January 30, 1977, the commission shall, consistent with this chapter, prepare interim procedures for the submission, review, and appeal of coastal development permit applications and of claims of exemption. These procedures shall include, but are not limited to, all of the…

(a) The Coastal Act Services Fund is hereby created in the State Treasury, to be administered by the commission. The moneys in the fund, upon appropriation by the Legislature in the annual Budget Act, shall be expended by the commission in accordance with this chapter to enforce …

The Coastal Access Account is hereby created in the State Coastal Conservancy Fund. The money in the account shall be available, upon appropriation by the Legislature in the annual Budget Act, to the State Coastal Conservancy for grants to public agencies and private nonprofit en…

(a) A local government may exercise the option provided in subdivision (b) of Section 30600, if it does so for the entire area of its jurisdiction within the coastal zone and after it establishes procedures for the issuance of coastal development permits. Such procedures shall in…

The commission shall, not later than August 1, 1978, and after public hearing, adopt public notice and appeal procedures for the review of development projects appealable pursuant to Sections 30603 and 30715. The commission shall send copies of such procedures to every local gove…

(a) The commission shall provide for a de novo public hearing on applications for coastal development permits and any appeals brought pursuant to this division and shall give to any affected person a written public notice of the nature of the proceeding and of the time and place …

The commission shall act upon the coastal development permit application or an appeal within 21 days after the conclusion of the hearing pursuant to Section 30621. (Amended by Stats. 1991, Ch. 285, Sec. 39.)

If an appeal of any action on any development by any local government or port governing body is filed with the commission, the operation and effect of that action shall be stayed pending a decision on appeal. (Amended by Stats. 1991, Ch. 285, Sec. 40.)

(a) The commission shall provide, by regulation, for the issuance of coastal development permits by the executive director of the commission or, where the coastal development permit authority has been delegated to a local government pursuant to Section 30600.5, by an appropriate …

The commission may, after a public hearing, by regulation, adopt procedures for the issuance by the executive director of waivers from coastal development permit requirements for any development that is de minimis. A proposed development is de minimis if the executive director de…

(a) For purposes of this section, “minor development” means a development which a local government determines satisfies all of the following requirements: (1) Is consistent with the certified local coastal program, as defined in Section 30108.6. (2) Requires no discretionary appr…

(a) Except as otherwise specifically provided in Section 30602, any appealable action on a coastal development permit or claim of exemption for any development by a local government or port governing body may be appealed to the commission by an applicant, any aggrieved person, or…

The commission may, by regulation, provide for the reconsideration of the terms and conditions of any coastal development permit granted by the commission solely for the purpose of correcting any information contained in those terms and conditions. (Amended by Stats. 1991, Ch. 28…

(a) The commission shall, by regulation, provide procedures which the commission shall use in deciding whether to grant reconsideration of any of the following: (1) Any decision to deny an application for a coastal development permit. (2) Any term or condition of a coastal develo…

Six classifications for designating managed areas in the marine and estuarine environments are hereby established as described in this section, to become effective January 1, 2002. Where the term “marine” is used, it refers to both marine and estuarine areas. A geographic area ma…

(a) In a state marine reserve, it is unlawful to injure, damage, take, or possess any living geological, or cultural marine resource, except under a permit or specific authorization from the managing agency for research, restoration, or monitoring purposes. While, to the extent f…