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CA Pub Res Code § 4741 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Resources Code - PRC|DIVISION 4 - FORESTS, FORESTRY AND RANGE AND FORAGE LANDS|PART 2 - PROTECTION OF FOREST, RANGE AND FORAGE LANDS|CHAPTER 10 - Protection of Forest and Lands|ARTICLE 8 - Wildland Fire Prevention and Vegetation Management|Section 4741.

4741.  (a) In accordance with policies established by the board, the department shall assist local governments in preventing future high-intensity wildland fires and instituting appropriate fuels management by making its wildland fire prevention and vegetation management expertise available to local governments to the extent possible within the department’s budgetary limitations.(b) Any department recommendations made pursuant to subdivision (a) shall be advisory in nature and local governments shall not be required to follow those recommendations. (c) This section does not alter the existing obligations of a local government or affect the existing liability of any local government.(d) For purposes of this section, “local governments” include cities, counties, and special districts. (Amended by Stats. 2021, Ch. 755, Sec. 2. (AB 1570) Effective January 1, 2022.)
CA Pub Res Code § 4742 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Resources Code - PRC|DIVISION 4 - FORESTS, FORESTRY AND RANGE AND FORAGE LANDS|PART 2 - PROTECTION OF FOREST, RANGE AND FORAGE LANDS|CHAPTER 10 - Protection of Forest and Lands|ARTICLE 8 - Wildland Fire Prevention and Vegetation Management|Section 4742.

4742.  (a) The state recognizes the problem of recruitment and retention of foresters who engage in fuel reduction at the department. Due to the continuing need to recruit new foresters to fill vacancies, retain seasoned fuel reduction experts, reduce turnover rates, and provide comparability in pay to effectively compete with other positions at the department and ensure necessary staffing levels, salaries and classifications should be improved and maintained by the department.(b) To carry out the intent of subdivision (a), the department shall take into consideration the salary, classification, and recruitment efforts for its personnel that conducts fuel reduction to fill vacancies and retain seasoned fuel reduction experts.(c) The department shall, to the extent feasible, engage in recruitment efforts with California Native American tribes, tribal organizations, and cultural fire practitioners to fill vacancies in positions that engage in fuel reduction on behalf of the department. (Added by Stats. 2021, Ch. 375, Sec. 15. (AB 642) Effective January 1, 2022.)
CA Pub Res Code § 4750 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Resources Code - PRC|DIVISION 4 - FORESTS, FORESTRY AND RANGE AND FORAGE LANDS|PART 2 - PROTECTION OF FOREST, RANGE AND FORAGE LANDS|CHAPTER 10 - Protection of Forest and Lands|ARTICLE 9 - Sudden Oak Death Management Act of 2002|Section 4750.

4750.  This article shall be known and may be cited as the Sudden Oak Death Management Act of 2002.(Added by Stats. 2002, Ch. 854, Sec. 1. Effective September 25, 2002.)
CA Pub Res Code § 4750.2 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Resources Code - PRC|DIVISION 4 - FORESTS, FORESTRY AND RANGE AND FORAGE LANDS|PART 2 - PROTECTION OF FOREST, RANGE AND FORAGE LANDS|CHAPTER 10 - Protection of Forest and Lands|ARTICLE 9 - Sudden Oak Death Management Act of 2002|Section 4750.2.

4750.2.  As used in this article, “task force” means the California Oak Mortality Task Force.(Added by Stats. 2002, Ch. 854, Sec. 1. Effective September 25, 2002.)
CA Pub Res Code § 4750.3 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Resources Code - PRC|DIVISION 4 - FORESTS, FORESTRY AND RANGE AND FORAGE LANDS|PART 2 - PROTECTION OF FOREST, RANGE AND FORAGE LANDS|CHAPTER 10 - Protection of Forest and Lands|ARTICLE 9 - Sudden Oak Death Management Act of 2002|Section 4750.3.

4750.3.  It is hereby declared to be the policy of the state, to the extent feasible, to stop the spread of sudden oak death and conserve oak trees and other plant species affected by the disease. The purpose of this article is to accomplish all of the following:(a) Prevent the introduction and spread within this state of sudden oak death caused by Phytophthora ramorum.(b) Reduce or eliminate the loss of oak trees and other plant species infected with Phytophthora ramorum.(c) Encourage the coordination of efforts between federal, state, and local agencies and organizations to effectively allocate resources to manage Phytophthora ramorum.(Added by Stats. 2002, Ch. 854, Sec. 1. Effective September 25, 2002.)
CA Pub Res Code § 4750.4 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Resources Code - PRC|DIVISION 4 - FORESTS, FORESTRY AND RANGE AND FORAGE LANDS|PART 2 - PROTECTION OF FOREST, RANGE AND FORAGE LANDS|CHAPTER 10 - Protection of Forest and Lands|ARTICLE 9 - Sudden Oak Death Management Act of 2002|Section 4750.4.

4750.4.  (a) (1) The department shall implement a program to detect, remove, and treat, if possible, trees infected with Phytophthora ramorum. This program shall encourage tree management and replanting in urban and other infected areas and assist counties in seeking innovative solutions to problems caused by Phytophthora ramorum.(2) The department is primarily responsible for carrying out the intent of this article in cooperation with the task force and other private and public entities or persons and appropriate local, state, and federal agencies.(b) (1) The department shall cooperate with those agencies of the federal government that have powers and duties concerning forestry, and shall perform all actions necessary to secure for this state the benefits of federal forestry programs.(2) To facilitate the implementation of this article, the director may enter into agreements and contracts with any public or private entity, including any local agency, that has forestry related jurisdictional responsibilities. The director may consult with those entities and agencies when carrying out the objectives of this article.(c) The director shall take all necessary steps to prevent or retard the introduction, establishment, and spread of Phytophthora ramorum.(d) The department and the Department of Food and Agriculture shall cooperate in setting quarantine boundary lines, if necessary, and in enforcing the provisions relating to plant quarantine and pest control in Division 4 (commencing with Section 5001) of the Food and Agricultural Code if a quarantine is established with regard to Phytophthora ramorum.(Added by Stats. 2002, Ch. 854, Sec. 1. Effective September 25, 2002.)
CA Pub Res Code § 4750.5 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Resources Code - PRC|DIVISION 4 - FORESTS, FORESTRY AND RANGE AND FORAGE LANDS|PART 2 - PROTECTION OF FOREST, RANGE AND FORAGE LANDS|CHAPTER 10 - Protection of Forest and Lands|ARTICLE 9 - Sudden Oak Death Management Act of 2002|Section 4750.5.

4750.5.  (a) The department shall provide information and technical assistance to cities, counties, districts, regional entities, homeowner neighborhood groups, and nonprofit organizations on Phytophthora ramorum.(b) The department and any other state agency may assist local tree maintenance programs by loaning surplus equipment for regional and local urban forestry. Eligible programs shall include, but are not limited to, urban tree care by nonprofit organizations.(Added by Stats. 2002, Ch. 854, Sec. 1. Effective September 25, 2002.)
CA Pub Res Code § 4750.6 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Resources Code - PRC|DIVISION 4 - FORESTS, FORESTRY AND RANGE AND FORAGE LANDS|PART 2 - PROTECTION OF FOREST, RANGE AND FORAGE LANDS|CHAPTER 10 - Protection of Forest and Lands|ARTICLE 9 - Sudden Oak Death Management Act of 2002|Section 4750.6.

4750.6.  The director, with advice from the task force, may enter into contracts to provide assistance for project costs associated with the implementation of this article. Eligible projects shall include all of the following:(a) Infected tree detection, including coordination of local agency efforts and citizen involvement.(b) Funding for seedlings, tree stock, and replanting.(c) Other categories of projects recommended by the task force and approved by the director.(Added by Stats. 2002, Ch. 854, Sec. 1. Effective September 25, 2002.)
CA Pub Res Code § 4770 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Resources Code - PRC|DIVISION 4 - FORESTS, FORESTRY AND RANGE AND FORAGE LANDS|PART 2 - PROTECTION OF FOREST, RANGE AND FORAGE LANDS|CHAPTER 10 - Protection of Forest and Lands|ARTICLE 11 - California Wildfire and Forest Resilience Action Plan Goals|Section 4770.

4770.  For purposes of this article, “task force” has the same meaning as the task force described in Section 4005.(Added by Stats. 2021, Ch. 387, Sec. 2. (SB 456) Effective January 1, 2022.)
CA Pub Res Code § 4781 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Resources Code - PRC|DIVISION 4 - FORESTS, FORESTRY AND RANGE AND FORAGE LANDS|PART 2 - PROTECTION OF FOREST, RANGE AND FORAGE LANDS|CHAPTER 11 - Range and Forage Lands|ARTICLE 2 - Land Protection and Improvement|Section 4781.

4781.  The people of the state have a direct interest in the protection and improvement of public and private lands which are principally used or useful for range or forage purposes for domestic livestock and wildlife. This article is enacted in furtherance of that interest to provide not only for controlled land clearance and revegetation of such lands but also having as its objective fire prevention and protection, watershed protection and conservation, and the prevention of soil erosion.(Added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1144.)
CA Pub Res Code § 4782 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Resources Code - PRC|DIVISION 4 - FORESTS, FORESTRY AND RANGE AND FORAGE LANDS|PART 2 - PROTECTION OF FOREST, RANGE AND FORAGE LANDS|CHAPTER 11 - Range and Forage Lands|ARTICLE 2 - Land Protection and Improvement|Section 4782.

4782.  This article shall be administered by the department.(Amended by Stats. 1976, Ch. 1300.)
CA Pub Res Code § 4783 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Resources Code - PRC|DIVISION 4 - FORESTS, FORESTRY AND RANGE AND FORAGE LANDS|PART 2 - PROTECTION OF FOREST, RANGE AND FORAGE LANDS|CHAPTER 11 - Range and Forage Lands|ARTICLE 2 - Land Protection and Improvement|Section 4783.

4783.  The department may enter into contracts or cooperative agreements with any person, firm, public or private corporation, district, or municipal corporation, or other political subdivision of the state, or any group or combination of them, that owns or controls brush-covered land within any state responsibility area for the purpose of engaging in controlled land clearance and revegetation, including the burning of brush from such lands, or portions of such lands, under the supervision of the department or by the department.(Amended by Stats. 1976, Ch. 1300.)
CA Pub Res Code § 4784 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Resources Code - PRC|DIVISION 4 - FORESTS, FORESTRY AND RANGE AND FORAGE LANDS|PART 2 - PROTECTION OF FOREST, RANGE AND FORAGE LANDS|CHAPTER 11 - Range and Forage Lands|ARTICLE 2 - Land Protection and Improvement|Section 4784.

4784.  In furtherance of such contracts and agreements, and also independently of them, the department shall engage in experimental land clearance and revegetation of such lands in the interests of protection and improvement of range and forage lands and shall also engage in such research in connection with it as will enable it to determine the value of such methods in relation to the several purposes and interests of the people of the state as set forth in this article.(Amended by Stats. 1976, Ch. 1300.)
CA Pub Res Code § 4785 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Resources Code - PRC|DIVISION 4 - FORESTS, FORESTRY AND RANGE AND FORAGE LANDS|PART 2 - PROTECTION OF FOREST, RANGE AND FORAGE LANDS|CHAPTER 11 - Range and Forage Lands|ARTICLE 2 - Land Protection and Improvement|Section 4785.

4785.  The department shall from time to time prepare reports setting forth data as to experiments conducted and the department’s findings and conclusions with reference to those experiments and submit these reports to the board for its guidance and assistance in determining the policy to be followed by the board with reference to range and forage lands.(Amended by Stats. 2013, Ch. 356, Sec. 12. (SB 96) Effective September 26, 2013.)
CA Pub Res Code § 4786 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Resources Code - PRC|DIVISION 4 - FORESTS, FORESTRY AND RANGE AND FORAGE LANDS|PART 2 - PROTECTION OF FOREST, RANGE AND FORAGE LANDS|CHAPTER 11 - Range and Forage Lands|ARTICLE 2 - Land Protection and Improvement|Section 4786.

4786.  In making such experiments and in conducting or supervising land clearance pursuant to the agreements or contracts contemplated by this article, the department shall have available such fire crews and firefighting equipment as it deems reasonably necessary to prevent the spread of any fire from the area proposed to be cleared, if such equipment and fire crews are not needed for the control of wildfire.(Amended by Stats. 1976, Ch. 1300.)
CA Pub Res Code § 4787 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Resources Code - PRC|DIVISION 4 - FORESTS, FORESTRY AND RANGE AND FORAGE LANDS|PART 2 - PROTECTION OF FOREST, RANGE AND FORAGE LANDS|CHAPTER 11 - Range and Forage Lands|ARTICLE 2 - Land Protection and Improvement|Section 4787.

4787.  The department, with the approval of the board, may make such regulations as are necessary to effectuate the purposes of this article.(Amended by Stats. 1976, Ch. 1300.)
CA Pub Res Code § 4788 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Resources Code - PRC|DIVISION 4 - FORESTS, FORESTRY AND RANGE AND FORAGE LANDS|PART 2 - PROTECTION OF FOREST, RANGE AND FORAGE LANDS|CHAPTER 11 - Range and Forage Lands|ARTICLE 2 - Land Protection and Improvement|Section 4788.

4788.  The department may accept contributions of money from any private source to carry out the powers and duties imposed upon it by this article.(Amended by Stats. 1976, Ch. 1300.)
CA Pub Res Code § 6301 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Resources Code - PRC|DIVISION 6 - PUBLIC LANDS|PART 1 - ADMINISTRATION AND CONTROL OF STATE LANDS|CHAPTER 4 - Administration and Control of Swamp, Overflowed, Tide, or Submerged Lands, and Structures Thereon|ARTICLE 1 - Administration and Control Generally|Section 6301.

6301.  The commission has exclusive jurisdiction over all ungranted tidelands and submerged lands owned by the State, and of the beds of navigable rivers, streams, lakes, bays, estuaries, inlets, and straits, including tidelands and submerged lands or any interest therein, whether within or beyond the boundaries of the State as established by law, which have been or may be acquired by the State (a) by quitclaim, cession, grant, contract, or otherwise from the United States or any agency thereof, or (b) by any other means. All jurisdiction and authority remaining in the State as to tidelands and submerged lands as to which grants have been or may be made is vested in the commission.The commission shall exclusively administer and control all such lands, and may lease or otherwise dispose of such lands, as provided by law, upon such terms and for such consideration, if any, as are determined by it.The provisions of this section do not apply to land of the classes described in Section 6403, as added by Chapter 227 of the Statutes of 1947.(Amended by Stats. 1951, Ch. 1009.)
CA Pub Res Code § 6301.2 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Resources Code - PRC|DIVISION 6 - PUBLIC LANDS|PART 1 - ADMINISTRATION AND CONTROL OF STATE LANDS|CHAPTER 4 - Administration and Control of Swamp, Overflowed, Tide, or Submerged Lands, and Structures Thereon|ARTICLE 1 - Administration and Control Generally|Section 6301.2.

6301.2.  Notwithstanding any of the provisions of the Governor’s Reorganization Plan No. 2 of 1969 for the Reorganization of the Executive Branch of California State Government, if such reorganization plan becomes effective pursuant to Section 12080.5 of the Government Code, it shall have no effect whatever upon the nonmineral management functions, authorities, and responsibilities of state tidelands and submerged lands lying below such tidelands, and swamp and overflow lands affected by tides, including any such lands granted to a local agency (including, but not limited to, any of the tidelands and submerged lands which have been granted in trust to the City of Long Beach), currently within the jurisdiction of the commission. The Legislative Counsel shall include the exclusion of such functions, authorities, and responsibilities of the commission from the transfers of functions provided for by Reorganization Plan No. 2 of 1969 in preparing the bill required pursuant to Section 12081 of the Government Code.(Added by Stats. 1969, Ch. 1593.)
CA Pub Res Code § 6301.5 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Resources Code - PRC|DIVISION 6 - PUBLIC LANDS|PART 1 - ADMINISTRATION AND CONTROL OF STATE LANDS|CHAPTER 4 - Administration and Control of Swamp, Overflowed, Tide, or Submerged Lands, and Structures Thereon|ARTICLE 1 - Administration and Control Generally|Section 6301.5.

6301.5.  The commission may act in behalf of the State of California pursuant to Section 7 of the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act, an Act of Congress approved by the President on August 7, 1953 (67 Stat. 462, 43 U.S.C. Section 1336), and negotiate, with the concurrence of the Attorney General of California, with the Secretary of the Interior and with the Attorney General of the United States respecting operations under existing mineral leases, if any there be in lands in controversy, and the payment and impounding of rents and other sums payable thereunder, and respecting the issuance or nonissuance of new mineral leases pending the settlement or adjudication of any controversy, which now exists or may arise, between the United States and the State of California as to whether or not lands are subject to the provisions of said act. With the concurrence of the Attorney General of California, the commission also may enter into and execute agreements respecting the said subjects for, in behalf of, and in the name of the State, with the Secretary of the Interior, who, with the concurrence of the Attorney General of the United States, is authorized by the said act to enter into such agreements in behalf of the United States. With the concurrence of the Attorney General of California, the authority vested in the commission by this section extends to and includes all tidelands and submerged lands, or any interest therein, along the coast of the State of California, whether they be within or beyond the boundaries of the State as established by law, which have been or may be acquired by the State in any of the manners enumerated in Section 6301.No agreement entered into pursuant to this section shall become effective unless and until it is approved by the Governor.(Added by Stats. 1956, Ch. 12.)
CA Pub Res Code § 6301.6 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Resources Code - PRC|DIVISION 6 - PUBLIC LANDS|PART 1 - ADMINISTRATION AND CONTROL OF STATE LANDS|CHAPTER 4 - Administration and Control of Swamp, Overflowed, Tide, or Submerged Lands, and Structures Thereon|ARTICLE 1 - Administration and Control Generally|Section 6301.6.

6301.6.  If any funds are impounded pursuant to Section 6301.5 under the custody and control of the State of California, such impounded funds may be invested and reinvested by the Director of Finance in bonds or other obligations of the United States. Such securities may be sold or exchanged by the Director of Finance if, in his opinion, such sale or exchange is in the best interests of the State, and shall be sold by him whenever, and to the extent, necessary to effect any required transfer or other disposition of the impounded funds.Securities purchased or otherwise acquired under the authority of this section shall be deposited and held in the custody and safekeeping of the State Treasurer, in the name of the account in the fund from which the investments were made. Interest earned or other increment derived from investments made pursuant to this section shall, on order of the State Controller, be deposited in the fund from which the investments were made to the credit of the account covering the impounded funds, in augmentation of such impounded funds.(Added by Stats. 1957, Ch. 2006.)
CA Pub Res Code § 6301.7 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Resources Code - PRC|DIVISION 6 - PUBLIC LANDS|PART 1 - ADMINISTRATION AND CONTROL OF STATE LANDS|CHAPTER 4 - Administration and Control of Swamp, Overflowed, Tide, or Submerged Lands, and Structures Thereon|ARTICLE 1 - Administration and Control Generally|Section 6301.7.

6301.7.  The commission may negotiate with, and with the approval of the Governor may enter into agreements with, the United States, or any official, agency, licensee, permittee, or lessee thereof, concerning the effect, if any, of any then existing or proposed or projected fill, dredging, or construction operations or other activities on or adjacent to tide and submerged lands within the County of Los Angeles or Ventura upon the boundary between state-owned submerged lands and the outer continental shelf lands under the jurisdiction of the United States, or concerning the location of that boundary. The agreements may include, but are not limited to, a waiver on behalf of the State of California of any state-owned submerged lands which would otherwise inure to the state as a result of any such fill, dredging, or construction operations, or other activities. The commission shall, before entering into any such agreement, find that the agreement is in the public interest.(Amended by Stats. 1983, Ch. 687, Sec. 1. Effective September 11, 1983.)
CA Pub Res Code § 6302 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Resources Code - PRC|DIVISION 6 - PUBLIC LANDS|PART 1 - ADMINISTRATION AND CONTROL OF STATE LANDS|CHAPTER 4 - Administration and Control of Swamp, Overflowed, Tide, or Submerged Lands, and Structures Thereon|ARTICLE 1 - Administration and Control Generally|Section 6302.

6302.  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 state. The commission may recover costs of ejectment through the legal action.(Amended by Stats. 1987, Ch. 969, Sec. 2.)
CA Pub Res Code § 6302.2 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Resources Code - PRC|DIVISION 6 - PUBLIC LANDS|PART 1 - ADMINISTRATION AND CONTROL OF STATE LANDS|CHAPTER 4 - Administration and Control of Swamp, Overflowed, Tide, or Submerged Lands, and Structures Thereon|ARTICLE 1 - Administration and Control Generally|Section 6302.2.

6302.2.  (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 subdivision (a) shall prioritize the removal of vessels based on the risk an abandoned commercial vessel presents to the environment of the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta and to the health and safety of the public.(c) The commission shall implement the plan required to be developed pursuant to subdivision (a) upon receipt by the commission of funds appropriated by the Legislature and any federal or private funds for this purpose.(d) For purposes of this section, “Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta” means the lands within the boundaries of the Counties of Contra Costa, Sacramento, San Joaquin, Solano, and Yolo.(Added by Stats. 2018, Ch. 540, Sec. 1. (AB 2441) Effective January 1, 2019.)