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2023 California Code › Public Resources Code - PRC › DIVISION 23 - SANTA MONICA MOUNTAINS CONSERVANCY › CHAPTER 3 - Establishment and Functions of the Santa Monica Mountains Conservancy › Section 33211.6.

33211.6. (a) Dumping any refuse matter, except by permit signed by the executive director or the executive director’s authorized representative, on property owned or managed by the conservancy, and posted against that dumping, shall be a misdemeanor punishable by a fine of not more than one thousand five hundred dollars ($1,500), or imprisonment in the county jail for not more than six months, or both that fine and imprisonment.
(b) Injuring, defacing, or destroying any property owned or managed by the conservancy or any of the natural features thereof, shall be a misdemeanor punishable by a fine of not more than one thousand five hundred dollars ($1,500), or imprisonment in the county jail for not more than six months, or both that fine and imprisonment.
(c) Violation of the posted conditions of use on any property owned or managed by the conservancy is a misdemeanor punishable by imprisonment in the county jail not exceeding 90 days, or by a fine not exceeding one thousand dollars ($1,000), or by both that fine and imprisonment, except that at the time a particular action pursuant to this section is commenced, the judge may, considering the recommendation of the prosecuting attorney, reduce the charged offense from a misdemeanor to an infraction. A person convicted of the offense after a reduction shall be punished by a fine of not less than one hundred dollars ($100), nor more than five hundred dollars ($500).
(Amended by Stats. 2014, Ch. 536, Sec. 1. (AB 1767) Effective January 1, 2015.)
2023 California Code › Public Resources Code - PRC › DIVISION 23 - SANTA MONICA MOUNTAINS CONSERVANCY › CHAPTER 3 - Establishment and Functions of the Santa Monica Mountains Conservancy › Section 33212.

33212. (a) The executive director of the conservancy shall be exempt from civil service and shall be appointed by, and serve at the pleasure of, the conservancy. The executive director serving on the effective date of the amendments to this section enacted at the 1981–82 Regular Session of the Legislature shall continue to serve until an appointment is made by the conservancy.
(b) The executive director shall administer the affairs of the conservancy, employ staff, be responsible to the conservancy for program performance, and shall be considered the head of a department within the meaning of Chapter 2 (commencing with Section 11150) of Part 1 of Division 3 of Title 2 of the Government Code.
(c) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the status and employment of any employee shall not be affected by the appointment of a successor executive director as provided in subdivision (a) until the State Personnel Board has acted under this subdivision. The State Personnel Board shall endeavor to establish such classes of state service as may in its judgment be necessary to ensure that the provisions of this section do not disrupt the essential functions of the conservancy.
(Amended by Stats. 1992, Ch. 1304, Sec. 4. Effective January 1, 1993.)
2023 California Code › Public Resources Code - PRC › DIVISION 23 - SANTA MONICA MOUNTAINS CONSERVANCY › CHAPTER 3 - Establishment and Functions of the Santa Monica Mountains Conservancy › Section 33214.

33214. The conservancy and any city, county, or recreation and park district, in undertaking any project pursuant to subdivision (a) of Section 33204, shall be subject to the provisions of Division 24 (commencing with Section 33000) of the Health and Safety Code.
(Added by Stats. 1979, Ch. 1087.)
2023 California Code › Public Resources Code - PRC › DIVISION 23 - SANTA MONICA MOUNTAINS CONSERVANCY › CHAPTER 3 - Establishment and Functions of the Santa Monica Mountains Conservancy › Section 33215.

33215. The Santa Monica Mountains Conservancy Fund is hereby established. Money deposited in the fund pursuant to Sections 33202, 33203, 33204, 33205, and 33206 shall be available for the purposes of this division, upon appropriation therefor by the Legislature. A separate federal grant account shall be established within the fund. Grants received pursuant to Section 507(n) of the National Parks and Recreation Act of 1978 (16 U.S.C. Sec. 460kk(n)) shall be deposited in the separate federal grant account.
(Amended by Stats. 1992, Ch. 1304, Sec. 5. Effective January 1, 1993.)
2023 California Code › Public Resources Code - PRC › DIVISION 23.3 - SIERRA NEVADA CONSERVANCY › CHAPTER 1 - General Provisions and Definitions › Section 33300.

33300. This division shall be known, and may be cited, as the Laird-Leslie Sierra Nevada Conservancy Act.
(Added by Stats. 2004, Ch. 726, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 2005.)
2023 California Code › Public Resources Code - PRC › DIVISION 23.3 - SIERRA NEVADA CONSERVANCY › CHAPTER 1 - General Provisions and Definitions › Section 33301.

33301. The Legislature finds and declares all of the following:
(a) The Sierra Nevada Region is a globally significant area, including many national and state parks, the highest peaks in the 48 contiguous states, and large, pristine areas that are open for public use.
(b) The Sierra Nevada Region is an important part of the state’s economy, providing substantial agricultural products, timber resources, ranching, mining, tourism, and recreation.
(c) The Sierra Nevada Region provides drinking water to 75 percent of Californians and nearly all of the water supply for western Nevada. As California’s principal watershed, the region is the critical source of water for urban and rural parts of northern and southern California.
(d) In cooperation with local governments, private businesses, nonprofit organizations, tribal organizations, federal agencies, other California state governmental entities, and the public, a Sierra Nevada Conservancy can help do all of the following:
(1) Provide increased opportunities for tourism and recreation.
(2) Protect, conserve, and restore the region’s physical, cultural, archaeological, historical, and living resources.
(3) Aid in the preservation of working landscapes.
(4) Reduce the risk of natural disasters, such as wildfires.
(5) Protect and improve water and air quality.
(6) Assist the regional economy through the operation of the conservancy’s program.
(7) Identify the highest priority projects and initiatives for which funding is needed.
(8) Undertake efforts to enhance public use and enjoyment of lands owned by the public.
(9) Support efforts that advance both environmental preservation and the economic well-being of Sierra residents in a complementary manner.
(10) Support efforts that advance climate resilience and equity.
(Amended by Stats. 2023, Ch. 70, Sec. 1. (SB 39) Effective January 1, 2024.)
2023 California Code › Public Resources Code - PRC › DIVISION 23.3 - SIERRA NEVADA CONSERVANCY › CHAPTER 2 - Sierra Nevada Conservancy › Section 33320.

33320. There is in the Natural Resources Agency the Sierra Nevada Conservancy, which is created as a state agency to do all of the following, working in collaboration and cooperation with local governments and interested parties:
(a) Provide increased opportunities for tourism and recreation.
(b) Protect, conserve, and restore the region’s physical, cultural, archaeological, historical, and living resources.
(c) Aid in the preservation of working landscapes.
(d) Reduce the risk of natural disasters, such as wildfires.
(e) Protect and improve water and air quality.
(f) Assist the regional economy through the operation of the conservancy’s program.
(g) Identify the highest priority projects and initiatives for which funding is needed.
(h) Undertake efforts to enhance public use and enjoyment of lands owned by the public.
(i) Support efforts that advance both environmental preservation and the economic well-being of Sierra residents in a complementary manner.
(j) Support efforts that advance climate resilience and equity.
(Amended by Stats. 2023, Ch. 70, Sec. 3. (SB 39) Effective January 1, 2024.)
2023 California Code › Public Resources Code - PRC › DIVISION 23.3 - SIERRA NEVADA CONSERVANCY › CHAPTER 2 - Sierra Nevada Conservancy › Section 33322.

33322. Members and alternates, if any, shall serve terms as follows:
(a) The members appointed pursuant to subparagraphs (C) to (E), inclusive, of paragraph (1) of subdivision (a) of Section 33321 shall serve at the pleasure of the appointing power.
(b) The members and alternates, if any, appointed under subparagraph (F) of paragraph (1) of subdivision (a) of Section 33321 shall serve, as follows:
(1) Members and alternates in the northwest Sierra subregion, the north central Sierra subregion, and the southeast Sierra subregion shall have terms beginning on January 1 in an odd-numbered year and ending on December 31 of the following even-numbered year. All terms shall be for two years.
(2) Members and alternates in the northeast Sierra subregion, the south central Sierra subregion, and the southwest Sierra subregion shall have terms beginning on January 1 in an even-numbered year and ending on December 31 in the following odd-numbered year. Members and alternates who are initially appointed to the board shall serve for a one-year term for the first year. Subsequent terms shall be for two years.
(c) No member of the board, whose appointment to the board was contingent upon meeting a condition of eligibility under this division, shall serve beyond the time when the member ceases to meet that condition.
(Amended by Stats. 2023, Ch. 70, Sec. 4. (SB 39) Effective January 1, 2024.)
2023 California Code › Public Resources Code - PRC › DIVISION 23.3 - SIERRA NEVADA CONSERVANCY › CHAPTER 2 - Sierra Nevada Conservancy › Section 33323.

33323. (a) The voting members appointed or designated under paragraph (1) of subdivision (a) of Section 33321 who are not state employees shall be compensated for attending meetings of the conservancy at the rate of one hundred dollars ($100) per scheduled meeting day.
(b) All members of the board shall be reimbursed for their actual and necessary expenses, including travel expenses, incurred in attending meetings of the conservancy and carrying out the duties of their office.
(Added by Stats. 2004, Ch. 726, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 2005.)
2023 California Code › Public Resources Code - PRC › DIVISION 23.3 - SIERRA NEVADA CONSERVANCY › CHAPTER 2 - Sierra Nevada Conservancy › Section 33324.

33324. Annually, the voting members of the board shall elect from among the voting members a chairperson and vice-chairperson, and other officers as necessary. If the office of the chairperson or vice-chairperson becomes vacant, a new chairperson or vice-chairperson shall be elected by the voting members of the board to serve for the remainder of the term.
(Added by Stats. 2004, Ch. 726, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 2005.)
2023 California Code › Public Resources Code - PRC › DIVISION 23.3 - SIERRA NEVADA CONSERVANCY › CHAPTER 2 - Sierra Nevada Conservancy › Section 33325.

33325. (a) Seven members of the voting members shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of the business of the conservancy. The board shall not transact the business of the conservancy if a quorum is not present at the time a vote is taken. A decision of the board requires an affirmative vote of seven of the voting members, and the vote is binding with respect to all matters acted on by the conservancy.
(b) The board shall adopt rules, regulations, and procedures for the conduct of business by the conservancy.
(c) The voting members of the board appointed or designated pursuant to paragraph (1) of subdivision (a) of Section 33321 and the nonvoting advisers selected pursuant to paragraph (2) of subdivision (a) of Section 33321, shall have the right to attend all meetings of the board, including closed sessions.
(Added by Stats. 2004, Ch. 726, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 2005.)
2023 California Code › Public Resources Code - PRC › DIVISION 23.3 - SIERRA NEVADA CONSERVANCY › CHAPTER 2 - Sierra Nevada Conservancy › Section 33326.

33326. The board may establish advisory boards or committees, hold community meetings, and engage in public outreach using advanced forms of technology, in order to facilitate the decisionmaking process. Members of advisory boards or committees may be reimbursed for the actual and necessary expenses, including travel expenses, that they incur in attending regular meetings of the advisory board or committee of which they are a member.
(Added by Stats. 2004, Ch. 726, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 2005.)
2023 California Code › Public Resources Code - PRC › DIVISION 23.3 - SIERRA NEVADA CONSERVANCY › CHAPTER 2 - Sierra Nevada Conservancy › Section 33327.

33327. The board shall establish and maintain a headquarters office within the region. The conservancy may rent or own real and personal property and equipment pursuant to applicable statutes and regulations.
(Added by Stats. 2004, Ch. 726, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 2005.)
2023 California Code › Public Resources Code - PRC › DIVISION 23.3 - SIERRA NEVADA CONSERVANCY › CHAPTER 2 - Sierra Nevada Conservancy › Section 33328.

33328. The board shall determine the qualifications of, and shall appoint, an executive officer of the conservancy, who shall be exempt from civil service. The board shall employ other staff as necessary to execute the powers and functions provided for under this division.
(Added by Stats. 2004, Ch. 726, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 2005.)
2023 California Code › Public Resources Code - PRC › DIVISION 23.3 - SIERRA NEVADA CONSERVANCY › CHAPTER 2 - Sierra Nevada Conservancy › Section 33329.

33329. The board may enter into contracts with private entities and public agencies to procure consulting and other services necessary to achieve the purposes of this division.
(Added by Stats. 2004, Ch. 726, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 2005.)
2023 California Code › Public Resources Code - PRC › DIVISION 23.3 - SIERRA NEVADA CONSERVANCY › CHAPTER 2 - Sierra Nevada Conservancy › Section 33330.

33330. The conservancy’s expenses for support and administration may be paid from the conservancy’s operating budget and any other funding sources available to the conservancy.
(Added by Stats. 2004, Ch. 726, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 2005.)
2023 California Code › Public Resources Code - PRC › DIVISION 23.3 - SIERRA NEVADA CONSERVANCY › CHAPTER 2 - Sierra Nevada Conservancy › Section 33331.

33331. The board shall conduct business in accordance with the requirements of the Bagley-Keene Open Meeting Act (Article 9 (commencing with Section 11120) of Chapter 1 of Part 1 of Division 3 of Title 2 of the Government Code).
(Added by Stats. 2004, Ch. 726, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 2005.)
2023 California Code › Public Resources Code - PRC › DIVISION 23.3 - SIERRA NEVADA CONSERVANCY › CHAPTER 2 - Sierra Nevada Conservancy › Section 33333.

33333. On or after January 1, 2006, the board shall post agendas for each board meeting on the Internet.
(Added by Stats. 2004, Ch. 726, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 2005.)
2023 California Code › Public Resources Code - PRC › DIVISION 23.3 - SIERRA NEVADA CONSERVANCY › CHAPTER 3 - Powers, Duties, and Limitations › Section 33341.

33341. The conservancy shall carry out projects and activities to further the purposes of this division throughout the region. The board shall make every effort to ensure that, over time, conservancy funding and other efforts are spread equitably across each of the various subregions and among the stated goal areas, with adequate allowance for the variability of costs associated with individual regions and types of projects.
(Added by Stats. 2004, Ch. 726, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 2005.)
2023 California Code › Public Resources Code - PRC › DIVISION 23.3 - SIERRA NEVADA CONSERVANCY › CHAPTER 3 - Powers, Duties, and Limitations › Section 33342.

33342. In carrying out this division, the conservancy shall cooperate with and consult with the city or county where a grant is proposed or an interest in real property is proposed to be acquired; and shall, as necessary or appropriate, coordinate its efforts with other state agencies, in cooperation with the Secretary of the Resources Agency. The conservancy shall, as necessary and appropriate, cooperate and consult with a public water system that owns or operates facilities, including lands appurtenant thereto, where a grant is proposed or an interest in land is proposed to be acquired.
(Added by Stats. 2004, Ch. 726, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 2005.)
2023 California Code › Public Resources Code - PRC › DIVISION 23.3 - SIERRA NEVADA CONSERVANCY › CHAPTER 3 - Powers, Duties, and Limitations › Section 33343.

33343. (a) The conservancy may make grants or loans to public agencies, nonprofit organizations, and tribal organizations in order to carry out the purposes of this division, including grants or loans provided to acquire an interest in real property, including a fee interest in that property. Grant or loan funds shall be disbursed to a recipient entity only after the entity has entered into an agreement with the conservancy, on the terms and conditions specified by the conservancy. After approving a grant, the conservancy may assist the grantee in carrying out the purposes of the grant.
(b) When awarding grants or making loans pursuant to this division, the conservancy may require repayment of those funds on the terms and conditions it deems appropriate. Proceeds from the repayment or reimbursement of amounts granted or loaned by the conservancy shall be deposited in the fund.
(c) An entity applying for a grant from the conservancy to acquire an interest in real property shall specify all of the following in the grant application:
(1) The intended use of the property.
(2) The manner in which the land will be managed.
(3) How the cost of ongoing management will be funded.
(Added by Stats. 2004, Ch. 726, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 2005.)
2023 California Code › Public Resources Code - PRC › DIVISION 23.3 - SIERRA NEVADA CONSERVANCY › CHAPTER 3 - Powers, Duties, and Limitations › Section 33344.

33344. In the case of a grant of funds to a nonprofit organization or tribal organization to acquire an interest in real property, including, but not limited to, a fee interest, the agreement between the conservancy and the recipient nonprofit organization shall require all of the following:
(a) The purchase price of an interest in real property acquired by the nonprofit organization shall not exceed fair market value as established by an appraisal approved by the conservancy.
(b) The terms under which the interest in real property is acquired shall be subject to the conservancy’s approval.
(c) An interest in real property to be acquired under the grant shall not be used as security for a debt unless the conservancy approves the transaction.
(d) The transfer of an interest in the real property shall be subject to approval of the conservancy, and a new agreement sufficient to protect the public interest shall be entered into between the conservancy and the transferee.
(e) A deed or instrument by which the nonprofit organization acquires an interest in real property under the grant shall include a power of termination on the part of the state, subject to the requirements of Chapter 5 (commencing with Section 885.010) of Title 5 of Part 2 of Division 2 of the Civil Code. The deed or instrument shall provide that the state may exercise the power of termination by notice in the event of the nonprofit organization’s violation of the purpose of the grant through breach of a material term or condition thereof, and that, upon recordation of the notice, full title to the interest in real property identified in the notice shall immediately vest in the state, or in another public agency or a nonprofit organization designated by the conservancy to which the state conveys or has conveyed its interest.
(f) A deed or instrument by which the nonprofit organization acquires an interest in real property under the grant shall provide that the conveyance is subject to a remainder interest vested in the state. If the existence of the nonprofit organization is terminated for any reason, the conservancy may require that the remainder shall become a present interest and that full title to the real property shall vest in the state, or in another public agency or a nonprofit organization designated by the conservancy to which the state conveys or has conveyed its interest.
(Added by Stats. 2004, Ch. 726, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 2005.)
2023 California Code › Public Resources Code - PRC › DIVISION 23.3 - SIERRA NEVADA CONSERVANCY › CHAPTER 3 - Powers, Duties, and Limitations › Section 33345.

33345. The conservancy shall adopt guidelines setting priorities and criteria for projects and programs, based upon its assessment of program requirements, institutional capabilities, and funding needs throughout the region, and federal, state, and local plans, including general plans, recreation plans, urban water management plans, and groundwater management plans. As part of the process of developing guidelines for projects and programs, the conservancy shall undertake and facilitate a strategic program planning process involving meetings and workshops within each of the subregions, with the purpose of formulating strategic program objectives and priorities within that subregion. The strategic program shall be updated regularly, at least once every five years.
(Added by Stats. 2004, Ch. 726, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 2005.)
2023 California Code › Public Resources Code - PRC › DIVISION 23.3 - SIERRA NEVADA CONSERVANCY › CHAPTER 3 - Powers, Duties, and Limitations › Section 33345.1.

33345.1. (a) The Sierra Nevada Watershed Improvement Program is hereby established, to be administered by the conservancy, to protect, conserve, and restore the health and resilience of the watersheds and communities of the region, in support of the purposes and programs described in Section 33301. In implementing this program, the conservancy shall coordinate and collaborate with other state agencies, federal agencies, and local entities and stakeholders.
(b) In implementing the program, notwithstanding Section 33341, the conservancy may test new funding, policy, planning, and implementation approaches with the area covered by an initiative to test new ways of accomplishing the program objectives and goals described in subdivision (a), with the intent of broadening the scope of the initiative to apply to the entire program area.
(c) The conservancy shall include the activities of the program in its annual report required pursuant to Section 33350.
(d) This section shall not be construed as requiring the Legislature to appropriate additional funds.
(Added by Stats. 2018, Ch. 499, Sec. 3. (AB 2849) Effective January 1, 2019.)
2023 California Code › Public Resources Code - PRC › DIVISION 23.3 - SIERRA NEVADA CONSERVANCY › CHAPTER 3 - Powers, Duties, and Limitations › Section 33346.

33346. (a) The conservancy may expend funds and award grants and loans to facilitate collaborative planning efforts and to develop projects and programs that are designed to further the purposes of this division.
(b) The conservancy may provide and make available technical information, expertise, and other nonfinancial assistance to public agencies, nonprofit organizations, and tribal organizations, to support program and project development and implementation.
(c) The recipient of a grant or loan provided by the conservancy pursuant to this division for the acquisition of real property shall provide for the management of the real property to be acquired as specified in the grant agreement.
(Added by Stats. 2004, Ch. 726, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 2005.)
2023 California Code › Public Resources Code - PRC › DIVISION 23.3 - SIERRA NEVADA CONSERVANCY › CHAPTER 3 - Powers, Duties, and Limitations › Section 33346.5.

33346.5. The conservancy may apply for and receive grants to carry out the purposes of this division.
(Added by Stats. 2004, Ch. 726, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 2005.)
2023 California Code › Public Resources Code - PRC › DIVISION 23.3 - SIERRA NEVADA CONSERVANCY › CHAPTER 3 - Powers, Duties, and Limitations › Section 33347.

33347. (a) The conservancy may acquire from willing sellers or transferors, an interest in any real property, in order to carry out the purposes of this division. However, the conservancy shall not acquire a fee interest in real property by purchase.
(b) The acquisition of an interest in real property under this section is not subject to the Property Acquisition Law (Part 11 (commencing with Section 15850) of Division 3 of Title 2 of the Government Code), unless the value of the interest exceeds two hundred fifty thousand dollars ($250,000) per lot or parcel, as adjusted for annual changes to the Consumer Price Index for the State of California, as calculated by the Department of Finance. However, the conservancy may request the State Public Works Board to review and approve specific acquisitions.
(c) The conservancy shall not exercise the power of eminent domain.
(Amended by Stats. 2005, Ch. 227, Sec. 4. Effective January 1, 2006.)
2023 California Code › Public Resources Code - PRC › DIVISION 23.3 - SIERRA NEVADA CONSERVANCY › CHAPTER 3 - Powers, Duties, and Limitations › Section 33348.

33348. Notwithstanding Section 11005.2 of the Government Code or any other provision of law, the conservancy may lease, rent, sell, exchange, or otherwise transfer, an interest, option, or contractual right in real property, as well as a vested right severable therefrom, that has been acquired under this division, to a person or entity, subject to terms and conditions in furtherance of the conservancy’s purposes.
(Added by Stats. 2004, Ch. 726, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 2005.)
2023 California Code › Public Resources Code - PRC › DIVISION 23.3 - SIERRA NEVADA CONSERVANCY › CHAPTER 3 - Powers, Duties, and Limitations › Section 33349.

33349. (a) The conservancy shall take whatever actions are reasonably necessary and incidental to the management of lands or interests in lands under its ownership or control, and may initiate, negotiate, and participate in agreements for the management of those lands or interests with public agencies or private individuals or entities.
(b) The conservancy may improve, restore, or enhance lands for the purpose of protecting the natural environment, improving public enjoyment of or public access to public lands, or to otherwise meet the objectives of this division, and may carry out the planning and design of those improvements or other measures.
(c) The conservancy may enter into an agreement with a public agency, nonprofit organization, or private entity, for the construction, management, or maintenance of facilities authorized by the conservancy.
(Added by Stats. 2004, Ch. 726, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 2005.)
2023 California Code › Public Resources Code - PRC › DIVISION 23.3 - SIERRA NEVADA CONSERVANCY › CHAPTER 3 - Powers, Duties, and Limitations › Section 33350.

33350. (a) The conservancy shall make an annual report to the Legislature and the Secretary of the Natural Resources Agency regarding expenditures, land management costs, and administrative costs.
(b) The conservancy shall include, in its report regarding expenditures, land management costs, and administrative costs for the year 2022, recommendations to the Legislature for legislation to change the name of the conservancy and board, and to change the structure of the regions, subregions, and board, to align the conservancy with its recent expansion in the Counties of Shasta, Siskiyou, and Trinity.
(c) This section shall remain in effect only until January 1, 2027, and as of that date is repealed.
(Amended by Stats. 2021, Ch. 182, Sec. 2. (SB 208) Effective January 1, 2022. Repealed as of January 1, 2027, by its own provisions. See later operative version added by Sec. 3 of Stats. 2021, Ch. 182.)
2023 California Code › Public Resources Code - PRC › DIVISION 23.3 - SIERRA NEVADA CONSERVANCY › CHAPTER 3 - Powers, Duties, and Limitations › Section 33350.

33350. (a) The conservancy shall make an annual report to the Legislature and the Secretary of the Natural Resources Agency regarding expenditures, land management costs, and administrative costs.
(b) This section shall become operative on January 1, 2027.
(Repealed (in Sec. 2) and added by Stats. 2021, Ch. 182, Sec. 3. (SB 208) Effective January 1, 2022. Operative January 1, 2027, by its own provisions.)
2023 California Code › Public Resources Code - PRC › DIVISION 23.3 - SIERRA NEVADA CONSERVANCY › CHAPTER 3 - Powers, Duties, and Limitations › Section 33351.

33351. The conservancy may expend funds under this division to conduct research and monitoring in connection with development and implementation of the program administered under this division.
(Added by Stats. 2004, Ch. 726, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 2005.)
2023 California Code › Public Resources Code - PRC › DIVISION 23.3 - SIERRA NEVADA CONSERVANCY › CHAPTER 3 - Powers, Duties, and Limitations › Section 33352.

33352. (a) The conservancy may receive gifts, donations, bequests, devises, subventions, grants, rents, royalties, and other assistance and funds from public and private sources.
(b) Except as provided in Section 33347, the conservancy may receive an interest in real or personal property through transfer, succession, or other mode of acquisition generally recognized by law.
(c) All funds or income received by the conservancy shall be deposited in the fund for expenditure for the purposes of this division.
(Amended by Stats. 2005, Ch. 227, Sec. 5. Effective January 1, 2006.)
2023 California Code › Public Resources Code - PRC › DIVISION 23.3 - SIERRA NEVADA CONSERVANCY › CHAPTER 3 - Powers, Duties, and Limitations › Section 33353.

33353. The conservancy may fix and collect a fee for a direct service it renders, provided the service is rendered at the request of the individual or entity receiving the service. The amount of a fee shall not exceed the conservancy’s reasonable costs and expenses of providing the service rendered. All fees received by the conservancy shall be deposited in the fund for expenditure for the purposes of this division.
(Added by Stats. 2004, Ch. 726, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 2005.)
2023 California Code › Public Resources Code - PRC › DIVISION 23.3 - SIERRA NEVADA CONSERVANCY › CHAPTER 3 - Powers, Duties, and Limitations › Section 33354.

33354. Proceeds from a lease, rental, sale, exchange, or transfer of an interest or option in real property, and all other income, shall be deposited in the fund for expenditure for the purposes of this division.
(Added by Stats. 2004, Ch. 726, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 2005.)
2023 California Code › Public Resources Code - PRC › DIVISION 23.3 - SIERRA NEVADA CONSERVANCY › CHAPTER 3 - Powers, Duties, and Limitations › Section 33355.

33355. The Sierra Nevada Conservancy Fund is hereby created in the State Treasury. Moneys in the fund shall be available, upon appropriation by the Legislature, only for the purposes of this division.
(Added by Stats. 2004, Ch. 726, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 2005.)
2023 California Code › Public Resources Code - PRC › DIVISION 23.3 - SIERRA NEVADA CONSERVANCY › CHAPTER 3 - Powers, Duties, and Limitations › Section 33356.

33356. Nothing in this division grants to the conservancy:
(a) Any of the powers of a city or county to regulate land use.
(b) Any powers to regulate any activities on land, except as the owner of an interest in the land, or pursuant to an agreement with, or a license or grant of management authority from, the owner of an interest in the land.
(c) Any powers over water rights held by others.
(Added by Stats. 2004, Ch. 726, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 2005.)
2023 California Code › Public Resources Code - PRC › DIVISION 23.5 - COACHELLA VALLEY MOUNTAINS CONSERVANCY › CHAPTER 1 - Establishment and Purposes › Section 33500.

33500. The Legislature hereby finds and declares that the mountains and natural community conservation lands of the Coachella Valley in Riverside County contain unique and important open-space, wildlife, scenic, environmental, anthropological, cultural, scientific, educational, and recreational resources that should be held in trust for the enjoyment of, and appreciation by, present and future generations.
(Amended by Stats. 1999, Ch. 419, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 2000.)
2023 California Code › Public Resources Code - PRC › DIVISION 23.5 - COACHELLA VALLEY MOUNTAINS CONSERVANCY › CHAPTER 1 - Establishment and Purposes › Section 33501.

33501. The Coachella Valley Mountains Conservancy is hereby created as a state agency within the Resources Agency to acquire and hold, in perpetual open space, mountainous lands surrounding the Coachella Valley and natural community conservation lands within the Coachella Valley, and to provide for the protection of wildlife resources on, and the public’s enjoyment of, and the enhancement of their recreational and educational experiences on, those lands in a manner consistent with the protection of the lands and the resource values specified in Section 33500.
(Amended by Stats. 1999, Ch. 419, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 2000.)
2023 California Code › Public Resources Code - PRC › DIVISION 23.5 - COACHELLA VALLEY MOUNTAINS CONSERVANCY › CHAPTER 1 - Establishment and Purposes › Section 33502.

33502. (a) The territory of the conservancy consists of that portion of Riverside County bounded by a line commencing at the intersection of the highest elevation of the San Jacinto Mountains and the range line common to Range 2 East and Range 3 East, S.B.M., in the vicinity of the western limits of the Sonoran Desert; thence north along that range line to its intersection with the San Bernardino-Riverside County boundary, thence east along the San Bernardino-Riverside County boundary to its intersection with the highest elevation of the Little San Bernardino Mountains; thence meandering southeast and east along the points of highest elevation of the Little San Bernardino Mountains, the Cottonwood Mountains, and the Eagle Mountains to the point of intersection with the range line common to Range 12 East and Range 13 East, S.B.M.; thence south along that range line to its intersection with the township line common to Township 5 South and Township 6 South, S.B.M.; thence east along that township line to its intersection with the range line common to Range 13 East and Range 14 East, S.B.M.; thence south along that range line to its intersection with the boundary of the Chocolate Mountains Aerial Gunnery Range; thence west and south along the boundary of the Chocolate Mountains Aerial Gunnery Range to its intersection with the Imperial-Riverside County boundary; thence west along the Imperial-Riverside County boundary to its intersection with the highest elevation of the Santa Rosa Mountains; thence meandering northwest and north along the points of highest elevation of the Santa Rosa and San Jacinto Mountains to the point of beginning; and as more specifically set forth in that certain map entitled “Coachella Valley Mountains Conservancy” and dated ____ 1999, and placed on file with the Secretary of State, which map is incorporated in this subdivision by this reference.
(b) The governing board of the conservancy may adjust the boundary delineating the territory of the conservancy, but not by more than 500 yards from the boundary as mapped pursuant to subdivision (a), to embrace within the conservancy adjacent lands that have any of the resource values specified in Section 33500. Any adjustment in the boundary shall be reflected in a revision to the map specified in subdivision (a), which revision shall be promptly filed with the Secretary of State.
(Amended by Stats. 1999, Ch. 419, Sec. 3. Effective January 1, 2000.)
2023 California Code › Public Resources Code - PRC › DIVISION 23.5 - COACHELLA VALLEY MOUNTAINS CONSERVANCY › CHAPTER 1 - Establishment and Purposes › Section 33503.

33503. (a) The governing board of the conservancy consists of the following 20 voting members:
(1) The mayor or a member of the city council of each of the Cities of Cathedral City, Coachella, Desert Hot Springs, Indian Wells, Indio, La Quinta, Palm Desert, Palm Springs, and Rancho Mirage, appointed by a majority of the membership of the respective city council of each city.
(2) The Chairperson of the Tribal Council of the Agua Caliente Band of Cahuilla Indians.
(3) One member of the Board of Supervisors of the County of Riverside, appointed by a majority of the membership of the board of supervisors.
(4) Three members chosen from the general public who reside within the conservancy’s territory, one of whom shall be appointed by the Governor, one of whom shall be appointed by the Senate Committee on Rules, and one of whom shall be appointed by the Speaker of the Assembly.
(5) The Secretary of the Natural Resources Agency.
(6) The Director of Fish and Wildlife.
(7) The Executive Director of the Wildlife Conservation Board.
(8) The Director of Parks and Recreation.
(9) The Director of Finance.
(10) The Vice President, Division of Agriculture and Natural Resources, of the University of California.
(b) Any state official who is a member of the governing board and whose principal office is not within the territory of the conservancy may designate a member of his or her executive staff to vote on his or her behalf and otherwise discharge the duties of the member when the member is not in attendance. Notice of that designation shall be promptly communicated in writing to the chairperson of the conservancy.
(c) Each city council, the Tribal Council of the Agua Caliente Band of Cahuilla Indians, and the Board of Supervisors of the County of Riverside may appoint an alternate member from its respective entity to attend the governing board meetings and vote on behalf of the appointed member and otherwise discharge the duties of the member when that member is not in attendance. Notice of the designation shall be promptly communicated in writing to the chairperson of the conservancy.
(Amended by Stats. 2018, Ch. 742, Sec. 18. (SB 1493) Effective January 1, 2019.)
2023 California Code › Public Resources Code - PRC › DIVISION 23.5 - COACHELLA VALLEY MOUNTAINS CONSERVANCY › CHAPTER 1 - Establishment and Purposes › Section 33505.

33505. (a) The term of each voting member of the governing board shall be two years and until his or her successor is appointed. Any vacancy shall be filled within 60 days of its occurrence by the appointing authority.
(b) Notwithstanding subdivision (a), no supervisor, mayor, or member of a city council shall hold office on the governing board of the conservancy for more than 60 days after ceasing to be that supervisor, mayor, or member of the city council, respectively, and the membership on the board held by that person terminates upon the expiration of that 60-day period. However, any mayor who immediately resumes the office of member of the city council, and any member of a city council who becomes mayor, has not ceased to hold office for the purposes of this subdivision.
(c) The seat of any general public member shall be deemed vacant upon the member’s ceasing to be a resident of the conservancy’s territory, and the membership on the board held by that person shall terminate upon the appointment of his or her successor or the expiration of a period of 60 days after ceasing to be a resident, whichever occurs first.
(Added by Stats. 1990, Ch. 977, Sec. 1.)
2023 California Code › Public Resources Code - PRC › DIVISION 23.5 - COACHELLA VALLEY MOUNTAINS CONSERVANCY › CHAPTER 1 - Establishment and Purposes › Section 33506.

33506. The voting members of the conservancy’s governing board shall elect a chairperson, vice chairperson, and other officers as determined to be necessary, from among the persons designated in paragraphs (1), (2), (3), and (4) of subdivision (a) of Section 33503, to serve for one-year terms.
(Amended by Stats. 1992, Ch. 676, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 1993. Operative January 1, 1994, pursuant to Sec. 13 of Ch. 676, as amended by Stats. 1993, Ch. 1286, Sec. 6.)
2023 California Code › Public Resources Code - PRC › DIVISION 23.5 - COACHELLA VALLEY MOUNTAINS CONSERVANCY › CHAPTER 1 - Establishment and Purposes › Section 33507.

33507. A majority of the members appointed to the governing board of the conservancy shall constitute a quorum, and, except as provided in subdivision (b) of Section 33702, no official action relating to the acquisition of any interest in real property shall be taken by the governing board except in the presence of a quorum and upon the recorded votes of a majority of the members appointed to the governing board. Any official action affecting any matter other than relating to the acquisition of an interest in real property shall be taken by the governing board in the presence of a quorum and upon the recorded votes of a majority of the members appointed to the governing board who are present and voting.
(Amended by Stats. 1996, Ch. 963, Sec. 4. Effective September 27, 1996.)
2023 California Code › Public Resources Code - PRC › DIVISION 23.5 - COACHELLA VALLEY MOUNTAINS CONSERVANCY › CHAPTER 1 - Establishment and Purposes › Section 33508.

33508. Each voting member of the governing board designated in paragraphs (1), (2), (3), and (4) of subdivision (a) of Section 33503 shall receive compensation in an amount set by the governing board, not to exceed seventy-five dollars ($75) for each day, or portion thereof, and not to exceed four hundred fifty dollars ($450) annually, while attending meetings of the governing board, or, upon authorization by the governing board, while on official business of the conservancy, and to receive the actual and necessary expenses incurred in performing those official duties, if that member does not receive compensation on a full-time basis from another source for discharging the responsibilities of any of the offices designated in paragraphs (1), (2), (3), and (4) of subdivision (a) of Section 33503. Any member may waive compensation.
(Amended by Stats. 1992, Ch. 676, Sec. 4. Effective January 1, 1993. Operative January 1, 1994, pursuant to Sec. 13 of Ch. 676, as amended by Stats. 1993, Ch. 1286, Sec. 6.)
2023 California Code › Public Resources Code - PRC › DIVISION 23.5 - COACHELLA VALLEY MOUNTAINS CONSERVANCY › CHAPTER 1 - Establishment and Purposes › Section 33509.

33509. (a) Meetings of the governing board are subject to the Bagley-Keene Open Meeting Act (Article 9 (commencing with Section 11120) of Chapter 1 of Part 1 of Division 3 of Title 2 of the Government Code).
(b) The governing board shall meet to conduct business of the conservancy only at locations within the territory of the conservancy. This subdivision shall not prohibit members of the governing board, including a quorum thereof, from participating in meetings and conferences conducted outside the territory of the conservancy, so long as those members do not engage in taking official actions of the conservancy while participating in those meetings or conferences.
(Amended by Stats. 1992, Ch. 676, Sec. 5. Effective January 1, 1993. Operative January 1, 1994, pursuant to Sec. 13 of Ch. 676, as amended by Stats. 1993, Ch. 1286, Sec. 6.)
2023 California Code › Public Resources Code - PRC › DIVISION 23.5 - COACHELLA VALLEY MOUNTAINS CONSERVANCY › CHAPTER 2 - Powers and Duties › Section 33600.

33600. The conservancy shall have and may exercise all rights and powers, expressed or implied, necessary to carry out the purposes and intent of this division, including, but not limited to, the rights and powers expressly set forth in this division.
(Added by Stats. 1990, Ch. 977, Sec. 1.)
2023 California Code › Public Resources Code - PRC › DIVISION 23.5 - COACHELLA VALLEY MOUNTAINS CONSERVANCY › CHAPTER 2 - Powers and Duties › Section 33601.

33601. The conservancy may do all of the following:
(a) Sue and be sued.
(b) Determine the qualifications of, recommend the salary of, and appoint, an executive director who shall be exempt from civil service and serve at the pleasure of the conservancy. In addition, the conservancy may employ other staff pursuant to the State Civil Service Act and as may be authorized in the annual state Budget Act.
(c) Enter into contracts pursuant to Article 4 (commencing with Section 19130) of Chapter 5 of Part 2 of Division 5 of Title 2 of the Government Code, for services requiring knowledge, experience, and ability not possessed by the conservancy’s staff.
(d) Enter into other agreements with public agencies, private entities, and persons necessary for the proper discharge of the conservancy’s duties.
(e) In order to further the conservancy’s purposes as set forth in Section 33501, award grants to cities, counties, resource conservation districts, or nonprofit organizations that are described in paragraph (2) of subdivision (f) of Section 33702 and that are qualified as exempt organizations under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 (26 U.S.C.A. Sec. 501(c)(3)).
(Amended by Stats. 1999, Ch. 419, Sec. 5. Effective January 1, 2000.)
2023 California Code › Public Resources Code - PRC › DIVISION 23.5 - COACHELLA VALLEY MOUNTAINS CONSERVANCY › CHAPTER 2 - Powers and Duties › Section 33602.

33602. The conservancy may adopt regulations governing the use by the public of conservancy lands and provide for their enforcement. Any regulation shall authorize only those uses of conservancy lands that are consistent with the protection, enhancement, or restoration of those lands and the resource values specified in Section 33500. The violation of any regulation is a misdemeanor, punishable by a fine of not more than one thousand dollars ($1,000) or imprisonment in the county jail for not more than six months, or both that fine and imprisonment. One-half of the amount of any fine collected shall be remitted to the conservancy for expenditure, upon appropriation, for carrying out the purposes of this division.
(Amended by Stats. 1992, Ch. 676, Sec. 6. Effective January 1, 1993. Operative January 1, 1994, pursuant to Sec. 13 of Ch. 676, as amended by Stats. 1993, Ch. 1286, Sec. 6.)
2023 California Code › Public Resources Code - PRC › DIVISION 23.5 - COACHELLA VALLEY MOUNTAINS CONSERVANCY › CHAPTER 2 - Powers and Duties › Section 33603.

33603. The conservancy may provide interpretive services and facilities and make the minimal improvements necessary to negate the deleterious influence of man on, and to facilitate the public’s enjoyment of, and to enhance the public’s recreational and educational experiences on, conservancy lands. No improvement shall be undertaken unless it is in furtherance of the conservancy’s purposes, as set forth in Section 33501.
(Added by Stats. 1990, Ch. 977, Sec. 1.)
2023 California Code › Public Resources Code - PRC › DIVISION 23.5 - COACHELLA VALLEY MOUNTAINS CONSERVANCY › CHAPTER 2 - Powers and Duties › Section 33604.

33604. Any expenditure by the conservancy that exceeds the amount specified in Section 20162 of the Public Contract Code, except expenditures for the acquisition of land for the purposes of Section 33501, shall be subject to the requirements of Article 4 (commencing with Section 20160) of Chapter 1 of Part 3 of Division 2 of the Public Contract Code.
(Added by Stats. 1990, Ch. 977, Sec. 1.)
2023 California Code › Public Resources Code - PRC › DIVISION 23.5 - COACHELLA VALLEY MOUNTAINS CONSERVANCY › CHAPTER 2 - Powers and Duties › Section 33605.

33605. The conservancy may accept any revenue, money, grants, fees, rents, royalties, goods, services, donations, bequests, or gifts of any interest in real property from any public agency, private entity, or person for any lawful purpose of the conservancy subject to the requirements of Sections 11005 to 11005.7, inclusive, of the Government Code. A gift of personal property that is subject to the requirements of Sections 11005 and 11005.1 of the Government Code shall be deemed approved by the Director of Finance, unless it is disapproved within 60 days of receipt of a request from the executive director of the conservancy to approve the gift.
(Amended by Stats. 1996, Ch. 963, Sec. 6. Effective September 27, 1996.)