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2023 California Code › Public Resources Code - PRC › DIVISION 5.8 - CALIFORNIA WILDLIFE, COASTAL, AND PARK LAND CONSERVATION ACT › CHAPTER 3 - Miscellaneous Provisions › Section 5924.

5924. (a) Any lands acquired pursuant to subparagraph (C) of paragraph (1) of subdivision (b) of Section 5907 or pursuant to other sections of this act for acquisition of other lands of the Agua Caliente Indian Reservation shall be subject to this section. After that acquisition, the state shall convey title to all those lands to the United States in trust for the Agua Caliente Band of Cahuilla Indians as part of the Agua Caliente Indian Reservation on the conditions that (1) the lands be administered by the Agua Caliente Band of Cahuilla Indians as additions to the existing tribal reserves established by Section 3(c) of the act of September 21, 1959 (73 Stat. 603, P.L. 86-339), (2) the lands be open to the public, subject to reasonable restrictions such as those presently in effect for the above existing tribal reserves, and (3) the lands be used for protection of wildlife habitat and other resources, preservation of open space, recreation, preservation of the native palms and other plants and animals native to the area, and the preservation in place or respectful public display, at the option of the Agua Caliente Band of Cahuilla Indians, of the archeological and cultural resources of the lands.
Existing tribal reserve lands shall not be acquired, and acquisition within the reservation shall be limited to the southerly three-fourths of Section 2 and Sections 3, 11, 12, 14, 16, 22, 26, 29, 34, and 36 of Township 5 south; range 4 east, San Bernardino base and meridian, unless otherwise approved by the Agua Caliente Indian Reservation Tribal Council. No acquisition within the boundaries of the Aqua Caliente Indian Reservation shall be made without the approval of the Aqua Caliente Band of Cahuilla Indians Tribal Council.
(b) Lands acquired pursuant to paragraph (5) of subdivision (a) of Section 5907 shall not be acquired through the use of eminent domain.
(c) Reasonable public access to lands acquired in fee with funds made available pursuant to this division shall be provided except where that access may interfere with habitat protection.
(Added June 7, 1988, by initiative Proposition 70.)
2023 California Code › Public Resources Code - PRC › DIVISION 5.8 - CALIFORNIA WILDLIFE, COASTAL, AND PARK LAND CONSERVATION ACT › CHAPTER 3 - Miscellaneous Provisions › Section 5924.5.

5924.5. In addition to the purposes specified in Section 5924, funds appropriated in subparagraph (C) of paragraph (1) of subdivision (b) of Section 5907 for Palm and Andreas Canyons may also be encumbered for interpretative facilities and minimal facilities necessary to facilitate public access if approved by the Tribal Council of the Agua Caliente Band of Cahuilla Indians.
(Added by Stats. 1988, Ch. 1623, Sec. 1. Effective September 30, 1988.)
2023 California Code › Public Resources Code - PRC › DIVISION 5.8 - CALIFORNIA WILDLIFE, COASTAL, AND PARK LAND CONSERVATION ACT › CHAPTER 3 - Miscellaneous Provisions › Section 5925.

5925. With respect to funds allocated pursuant to subparagraph (L) of paragraph (3) of subdivision (b) of Section 5907, if it is not possible to acquire the entire Pogonip property, the funds shall be distributed to the entities listed in the priority established in subparagraph (L) of paragraph (3) of subdivision (b) of Section 5907 for the acquisition of portions of the Pogonip property and the balance, if any, for other greenbelt lands located in the City of Santa Cruz and the County of Santa Cruz as defined in the 1979 City of Santa Cruz Greenbelt Ordinance. If any of these entities fails to accomplish the acquisition of all or portions of the Pogonip property by January 1, 1991, the Department of Parks and Recreation shall acquire all or a portion of the Pogonip property as an addition to Henry Cowell Redwoods State Park. Acquisition shall be deemed to have occurred if a binding contract is entered into on or before January 1, 1991, notwithstanding the fact that a transfer of title shall occur subsequent to that date.
(Added June 7, 1988, by initiative Proposition 70.)
2023 California Code › Public Resources Code - PRC › DIVISION 5.8 - CALIFORNIA WILDLIFE, COASTAL, AND PARK LAND CONSERVATION ACT › CHAPTER 3 - Miscellaneous Provisions › Section 5926.

5926. None of the funds allocated pursuant to subparagraph (G) of paragraph (3) of subdivision (b) of Section 5907 for acquisition of land for the Baldwin Hills State Recreation Area or paragraph (1) of subdivision (d) of Section 5907 for expansion of Bolsa Chica Linear Park shall be used to acquire lands from which oil or gas is presently being extracted or from which oil or gas is capable of being extracted.
(Added June 7, 1988, by initiative Proposition 70.)
2023 California Code › Public Resources Code - PRC › DIVISION 5.8 - CALIFORNIA WILDLIFE, COASTAL, AND PARK LAND CONSERVATION ACT › CHAPTER 3 - Miscellaneous Provisions › Section 5927.

5927. The qualification for or allocation of a grant or grants to a local agency under one subdivision, paragraph, or subparagraph of Section 5907 shall not preclude eligibility for an additional allocation of grant funds to the same local agency pursuant to another subdivision, paragraph, or subparagraph of Section 5907 or pursuant to Section 2720 of the Fish and Game Code.
(Added June 7, 1988, by initiative Proposition 70.)
2023 California Code › Public Resources Code - PRC › DIVISION 5.8 - CALIFORNIA WILDLIFE, COASTAL, AND PARK LAND CONSERVATION ACT › CHAPTER 3 - Miscellaneous Provisions › Section 5928.

5928. (a) Funds available pursuant to paragraph (5) of subdivision (e) of Section 5907 shall be used solely for Monterey County’s acquisition, as specified in subdivision (b) of Section 5920, of critical viewshed properties along the Big Sur Coast, and shall be expended in strict compliance with the policies of the 1988 Bond Act Account, which was established by resolution by the County of Monterey on March 17, 1987. The policies of the 1988 Bond Act Account shall not be modified or amended. Monterey County shall make an annual report to the Director of Finance on the disbursement of these funds. The Director of Finance shall assure that the County of Monterey expends the funds in accordance with this division.
(b) All lands acquired with these funds shall remain as natural lands in their present state in perpetuity and shall not be developed in any manner by any person or entity, public or private, except that this subdivision shall not apply to California Department of Transportation projects which are essential to maintain Highway One in its existing use as a rural, two lane, Scenic Highway.
(Added June 7, 1988, by initiative Proposition 70.)
2023 California Code › Public Resources Code - PRC › DIVISION 5.8 - CALIFORNIA WILDLIFE, COASTAL, AND PARK LAND CONSERVATION ACT › CHAPTER 3 - Miscellaneous Provisions › Section 5929.

5929. (a) Prior to recommending the acquisition of lands that are located on or near tidelands, submerged lands, swamp or overflowed lands, or other wetlands, whether or not those lands have been granted in trust to a local public agency, any state or local agency or nonprofit agency receiving funds under this division shall submit to the State Lands Commission any proposal for the acquisition of those lands pursuant to this division. The State Lands Commission shall, within three months of submittal, review the proposed acquisition, make a determination as to the state’s existing or potential interest in the lands, and report its findings to the entity making the submittal and to the Department of General Services.
(b) No wetlands or riparian habitat acquired pursuant to paragraph (7) of subdivision (c) of Section 5907 shall be used as a dredge spoil area or shall be subject to revetment which damages the quality of the habitat for which the property was acquired.
(c) No provision of this division shall be construed as authorizing the condemnation of state lands.
(Added June 7, 1988, by initiative Proposition 70.)
2023 California Code › Public Resources Code - PRC › DIVISION 5.8 - CALIFORNIA WILDLIFE, COASTAL, AND PARK LAND CONSERVATION ACT › CHAPTER 4 - Fiscal Provisions › Section 5930.

5930. Bonds in the total amount of seven hundred sixty-eight million six hundred seventy thousand dollars ($768,670,000), or so much thereof as is necessary, may be issued and sold to be used for carrying out the purposes expressed in this division and in Chapter 7.5 (commencing with Section 2700) of Division 3 of the Fish and Game Code and to be used to reimburse the General Obligation Bond Expense Revolving Fund pursuant to Section 16724.5 of the Government Code. A sum, not to exceed seven hundred twenty-six million dollars ($726,000,000) of the bond proceeds, shall be deposited in the California Wildlife, Coastal, and Park Land Conservation Fund of 1988 for the purposes of this division, and a sum, not to exceed fifty million dollars ($50,000,000) of bond proceeds, shall be deposited in the Wildlife and Natural Areas Conservation Fund for the purposes of the Wildlife and Natural Areas Conservation Program (Chapter 7.5 (commencing with Section 2700) of Division 3 of the Fish and Game Code). The bonds shall, when sold, be and constitute a valid and binding obligation of the State of California, and the full faith and credit of the State of California is hereby pledged for the punctual payment of both principal and interest as they become due and payable.
(Amended by Stats. 2012, Ch. 39, Sec. 93. (SB 1018) Effective June 27, 2012. Note: This section was added on June 7, 1988, by initiative Prop. 70.)
2023 California Code › Public Resources Code - PRC › DIVISION 5.8 - CALIFORNIA WILDLIFE, COASTAL, AND PARK LAND CONSERVATION ACT › CHAPTER 4 - Fiscal Provisions › Section 5931.

5931. The bonds authorized by this division shall be prepared, executed, issued, sold, paid, and redeemed as provided in the State General Obligation Bond Law (Chapter 4 (commencing with Section 16720) of Part 3 of Division 4 of Title 2 of the Government Code), and all provisions of that law shall apply to the bonds and are hereby incorporated in this division as though set forth in full in this division.
(Added June 7, 1988, by initiative Proposition 70.)
2023 California Code › Public Resources Code - PRC › DIVISION 5.8 - CALIFORNIA WILDLIFE, COASTAL, AND PARK LAND CONSERVATION ACT › CHAPTER 4 - Fiscal Provisions › Section 5932.

5932. (a) Solely for the purpose of authorizing the issuance and sale, pursuant to the State General Obligation Bond Law, of the bonds authorized by this division, the California Wildlife, Coastal, and Park Land Conservation Program of 1988 Finance Committee is hereby created. For purposes of this division, the California Wildlife, Coastal, and Park Land Conservation Program of 1988 Finance Committee is “the committee” as that term is used in the State General Obligation Bond Law. The committee shall consist of the Controller, the Director of Finance, and the Treasurer, or their designated representatives. The Treasurer shall serve as chairperson of the committee. A majority of the committee may act for the committee.
(b) For purposes of this division and Chapter 7.5 (commencing with Section 2700) of Division 3 of the Fish and Game Code and the State General Obligation Bond Law, the Wildlife Conservation Board, the Department of Parks and Recreation, the Department of Water Resources, the Department of Forestry, the Department of Fish and Game, the Santa Monica Mountains Conservancy, or the State Coastal Conservancy, depending on which agency has jurisdiction, is hereby designated as “the board.”
(Added June 7, 1988, by initiative Proposition 70.)
2023 California Code › Public Resources Code - PRC › DIVISION 5.8 - CALIFORNIA WILDLIFE, COASTAL, AND PARK LAND CONSERVATION ACT › CHAPTER 4 - Fiscal Provisions › Section 5933.

5933. The committee shall determine whether or not it is necessary or desirable to issue bonds authorized pursuant to this division in order to carry out the actions specified in Section 5907 of this code and Section 2720 of the Fish and Game Code, and, if so, the amount of bonds to be issued and sold. Successive issues of bonds may be authorized and sold to carry out those actions progressively, and it is not necessary that all of the bonds authorized to be issued be sold at any one time.
(Added June 7, 1988, by initiative Proposition 70.)
2023 California Code › Public Resources Code - PRC › DIVISION 5.8 - CALIFORNIA WILDLIFE, COASTAL, AND PARK LAND CONSERVATION ACT › CHAPTER 4 - Fiscal Provisions › Section 5934.

5934. There shall be collected annually in the same manner and at the same time as other state revenue is collected, in addition to the ordinary revenues of the state, a sum in an amount required to pay the principal of, and interest on, the bonds each year, and it is the duty of all officers charged by law with any duty in regard to the collection of the revenue to do and perform each and every act which is necessary to collect that additional sum.
(Added June 7, 1988, by initiative Proposition 70.)
2023 California Code › Public Resources Code - PRC › DIVISION 5.8 - CALIFORNIA WILDLIFE, COASTAL, AND PARK LAND CONSERVATION ACT › CHAPTER 4 - Fiscal Provisions › Section 5935.

5935. Notwithstanding Section 13340 of the Government Code, there is hereby appropriated from the General Fund, for the purposes of this division, an amount that will equal the total of the following:
(1) The sum annually necessary to pay the principal of, and interest on, bonds issued and sold pursuant to this division, as the principal and interest become due and payable.
(2) The sum which is necessary to carry out the provisions of Section 5936, appropriated without regard to fiscal years.
(Added June 7, 1988, by initiative Proposition 70.)
2023 California Code › Public Resources Code - PRC › DIVISION 5.8 - CALIFORNIA WILDLIFE, COASTAL, AND PARK LAND CONSERVATION ACT › CHAPTER 4 - Fiscal Provisions › Section 5936.

5936. For the purposes of carrying out this division and Chapter 7.5 (commencing with Section 2700) of Division 3 of the Fish and Game Code, the Director of Finance may authorize the withdrawal from the General Fund of an amount or amounts not to exceed the amount of the unsold bonds which have been authorized to be sold for the purpose of carrying out those provisions. Any amounts withdrawn shall be deposited in the California Wildlife, Coastal, and Park Land Conservation Fund of 1988 or the Wildlife and Natural Areas Conservation Fund, as appropriate. Any money made available under this section shall be returned to the General Fund, plus the interest that the amounts would have earned in the Pooled Money Investment Account, from money received from the sale of bonds which would otherwise be deposited in that fund.
(Added June 7, 1988, by initiative Proposition 70.)
2023 California Code › Public Resources Code - PRC › DIVISION 5.8 - CALIFORNIA WILDLIFE, COASTAL, AND PARK LAND CONSERVATION ACT › CHAPTER 4 - Fiscal Provisions › Section 5936.5.

5936.5. Notwithstanding any other provision of this bond act, or of the State General Obligation Bond Law (Chapter 4 (commencing with Section 16720) of Part 3 of Division 4 of Title 2 of the Government Code), if the Treasurer sells bonds pursuant to this bond act that include a bond counsel opinion to the effect that the interest on the bonds is excluded from gross income for federal tax purposes under designated conditions, the Treasurer may maintain separate accounts for the bond proceeds invested and the investment earnings on those proceeds, and may use or direct the use of those proceeds or earnings to pay any rebate, penalty, or other payment required under federal law, or take any other action with respect to the investment and use of those bond proceeds, as may be required or desirable under federal law in order to maintain the tax-exempt status of those bonds and to obtain any other advantage under federal law on behalf of the funds of this state.
(Added by Stats. 1991, Ch. 652, Sec. 25.)
2023 California Code › Public Resources Code - PRC › DIVISION 5.8 - CALIFORNIA WILDLIFE, COASTAL, AND PARK LAND CONSERVATION ACT › CHAPTER 4 - Fiscal Provisions › Section 5937.

5937. All money derived from premium and accrued interest on bonds sold shall be reserved and shall be available for transfer to the General Fund as a credit to expenditures for bond interest.
(Added June 7, 1988, by initiative Proposition 70.)
2023 California Code › Public Resources Code - PRC › DIVISION 5.8 - CALIFORNIA WILDLIFE, COASTAL, AND PARK LAND CONSERVATION ACT › CHAPTER 4 - Fiscal Provisions › Section 5938.

5938. The people of California hereby find and declare that, inasmuch as the proceeds from the sale of bonds authorized by this division are not “proceeds of taxes” as that term is used in Article XIII B of the California Constitution, the disbursement of these proceeds is not subject to the limitation imposed by that article.
(Added June 7, 1988, by initiative Proposition 70.)
2023 California Code › Public Resources Code - PRC › DIVISION 6 - PUBLIC LANDS › PART 1 - ADMINISTRATION AND CONTROL OF STATE LANDS › CHAPTER 1 - General Provisions › Section 6005.

6005. Whenever permissive authority or discretion is vested in any public officer or body under this division, such authority or discretion is subject to the condition that it be exercised in the best interests of the State.
(Added by Stats. 1941, Ch. 548.)
2023 California Code › Public Resources Code - PRC › DIVISION 6 - PUBLIC LANDS › PART 1 - ADMINISTRATION AND CONTROL OF STATE LANDS › CHAPTER 1 - General Provisions › Section 6006.

6006. The repeal of Chapter 303 of the Statutes of 1921 and of Chapter 227 of the Statutes of 1923 effected by the State Lands Act of 1938 shall not affect any existing rights thereunder or any permit, lease, or agreement entered into under any provision of either chapter, nor shall it affect the rights or duties of any purchaser of State lands prior to June 11, 1938, the effective date of the State Lands Act of 1938.
(Added by Stats. 1941, Ch. 548.)
2023 California Code › Public Resources Code - PRC › DIVISION 6 - PUBLIC LANDS › PART 1 - ADMINISTRATION AND CONTROL OF STATE LANDS › CHAPTER 1 - General Provisions › Section 6007.

6007. The repeal by this code of any provision of law codified herein shall not affect any existing vested rights thereunder or any contract, permit, lease, or agreement entered into under any such provision of law, nor shall it affect the rights or duties of any purchaser of State lands sold prior to the effective date of such codification.
(Added by Stats. 1941, Ch. 548.)
2023 California Code › Public Resources Code - PRC › DIVISION 6 - PUBLIC LANDS › PART 1 - ADMINISTRATION AND CONTROL OF STATE LANDS › CHAPTER 1 - General Provisions › Section 6008.

6008. In order to protect the public’s access to, and use of, all state-owned lands in Humboldt Bay, no right to the use of any state lands, including, but not limited to, tide and submerged lands, in and adjacent to Humboldt Bay south of the entrance to the bay shall be sold.
This section shall not be applicable to settlements of title or boundary problems by the commission or to exchanges in connection therewith.
(Amended by Stats. 1987, Ch. 1132, Sec. 2. Effective September 25, 1987.)
2023 California Code › Public Resources Code - PRC › DIVISION 6 - PUBLIC LANDS › PART 1 - ADMINISTRATION AND CONTROL OF STATE LANDS › CHAPTER 1 - General Provisions › Section 6009.

6009. The Legislature finds and declares all of the following:
(a) Upon admission to the United States, and as incident of its sovereignty, California received title to the tidelands, submerged lands, and beds of navigable lakes and rivers within its borders, to be held subject to the public trust for statewide public purposes, including commerce, navigation, fisheries, and other recognized uses, and for preservation in their natural state.
(b) The state’s power and right to control, regulate, and utilize its tidelands and submerged lands when acting within the terms of the public trust is absolute.
(c) Tidelands and submerged lands granted by the Legislature to local entities remain subject to the public trust, and remain subject to the oversight authority of the state by and through the State Lands Commission.
(d) Grantees are required to manage the state’s tidelands and submerged lands consistent with the terms and obligations of their grants and the public trust, without subjugation of statewide interests, concerns, or benefits to the inclination of local or municipal affairs, initiatives, or excises.
(e) The purposes and uses of tidelands and submerged lands is a statewide concern.
(Added by Stats. 2010, Ch. 330, Sec. 3. (SB 1350) Effective January 1, 2011.)
2023 California Code › Public Resources Code - PRC › DIVISION 6 - PUBLIC LANDS › PART 1 - ADMINISTRATION AND CONTROL OF STATE LANDS › CHAPTER 1 - General Provisions › Section 6010.

6010. The repeal of any provision of law codified in this division shall not affect any existing vested rights under those repealed provisions or under any contract, permit, lease, or agreement entered into under those repealed provisions, or the rights of any purchaser of school lands sold before the effective date of that repeal.
(Added by Stats. 2020, Ch. 311, Sec. 1. (SB 1472) Effective January 1, 2021.)
2023 California Code › Public Resources Code - PRC › DIVISION 6 - PUBLIC LANDS › PART 1 - ADMINISTRATION AND CONTROL OF STATE LANDS › CHAPTER 2 - The State Lands Commission and the Division of State Lands › Section 6101.

6101. There is a State Lands Commission in the Resources Agency, consisting of the Controller, the Lieutenant Governor, and the Director of Finance.
(Amended by Stats. 1975, Ch. 770.)
2023 California Code › Public Resources Code - PRC › DIVISION 6 - PUBLIC LANDS › PART 1 - ADMINISTRATION AND CONTROL OF STATE LANDS › CHAPTER 2 - The State Lands Commission and the Division of State Lands › Section 6102.

6102. The commission is the successor to, and is vested with all the powers, duties, purposes, responsibilities and jurisdiction formerly vested in the Department of Finance as successor to the Surveyor General, Register of the State Land Office, and State Land Office, and of the Division of State Lands in the Resources Agency (formerly in the Department of Conservation). Whenever, by any statute or law now in force or that may be hereafter enacted, a duty or jurisdiction is imposed or authority conferred upon the Surveyor General, Register of the State Land Office, or State Land Office, or upon the Department of Finance as successor thereto, or upon the Chief of the Division of State Lands, or the Division of State Lands, such duty, jurisdiction, and authority are hereby transferred to, imposed and conferred upon the commission and the appropriate officers and employees thereof with the same force and effect as though the title of the State Lands Commission had been specifically set forth and named therein in lieu of the Surveyor General, Register of the State Land Office, State Land Office, Department of Finance, Chief of the Division of State Lands, or Division of State Lands, as the case may be.
(Amended by Stats. 1975, Ch. 770.)
2023 California Code › Public Resources Code - PRC › DIVISION 6 - PUBLIC LANDS › PART 1 - ADMINISTRATION AND CONTROL OF STATE LANDS › CHAPTER 2 - The State Lands Commission and the Division of State Lands › Section 6103.

6103. The commission shall administer all laws and statutes committed to it through the Division of State Lands in the Resources Agency, which division is continued in existence. The commission is vested with all the powers conferred upon heads of departments of the state contained in Article 2 (commencing with Section 11150) of Chapter 2 of Part 1 of Division 3 of Title 2 of the Government Code.
The commission may appoint and, with the approval of the Director of Finance, may fix the salaries of the officers and employees in the division.
(Amended by Stats. 1975, Ch. 770.)
2023 California Code › Public Resources Code - PRC › DIVISION 6 - PUBLIC LANDS › PART 1 - ADMINISTRATION AND CONTROL OF STATE LANDS › CHAPTER 2 - The State Lands Commission and the Division of State Lands › Section 6103.2.

6103.2. (a) The State Lands Commission and the Division of State Lands are hereby transferred from the Department of Conservation to the Resources Agency, and, as agencies in the Resources Agency, are vested with all the duties, powers, purposes, responsibilities, and jurisdiction vested in them as agencies of the Department of Conservation.
(b) Any reference in any law to the State Lands Commission or to the Division of State Lands in the Department of Finance or the Department of Conservation shall be considered a reference to the State Lands Commission or to the Division of State Lands, as the case may be, in the Resources Agency unless the context otherwise requires.
(Amended by Stats. 1975, Ch. 770.)
2023 California Code › Public Resources Code - PRC › DIVISION 6 - PUBLIC LANDS › PART 1 - ADMINISTRATION AND CONTROL OF STATE LANDS › CHAPTER 2 - The State Lands Commission and the Division of State Lands › Section 6103.4.

6103.4. The State Lands Commission and the Division of State Lands may, as agencies of the Resources Agency, use the unexpended balances of funds available for use by them as agencies of the Department of Conservation in connection with the performance of the functions vested in them by Section 6103.2 as agencies of the Resources Agency. Such funds shall be used by them only for the purposes for which they were originally appropriated or otherwise made available to them as agencies of the Department of Conservation.
(Amended by Stats. 1975, Ch. 770.)
2023 California Code › Public Resources Code - PRC › DIVISION 6 - PUBLIC LANDS › PART 1 - ADMINISTRATION AND CONTROL OF STATE LANDS › CHAPTER 2 - The State Lands Commission and the Division of State Lands › Section 6103.6.

6103.6. All officers and employees of the State Lands Commission and the Division of State Lands who, on the operative date of this section, are serving in the state civil service, other than as temporary employees, and engaged in the performance of a function of the commission or division as an agency of the Department of Conservation which is vested in the commission or division by Section 6103.2 as an agency of the Resources Agency, shall be transferred to the State Lands Commission and the Division of State Lands in the Resources Agency. The status, positions, and rights of such persons shall not be affected by the transfer, and shall be retained by them as officers and employees of the State Lands Commission and the Division of State Lands in the Resources Agency pursuant to the State Civil Service Act, except as to positions exempt from civil service in the State Lands Commission and the Division of State Lands in the Department of Conservation.
(Amended by Stats. 1975, Ch. 770.)
2023 California Code › Public Resources Code - PRC › DIVISION 6 - PUBLIC LANDS › PART 1 - ADMINISTRATION AND CONTROL OF STATE LANDS › CHAPTER 2 - The State Lands Commission and the Division of State Lands › Section 6103.8.

6103.8. The State Lands Commission and the Division of State Lands, as agencies of the Resources Agency, shall have the possession and control of all records, papers, offices, moneys, funds, appropriations, lands and other property, real or personal, held for the benefit or use of the State Lands Commission and the Division of State Lands as agencies of the Department of Conservation in connection with the performance of the duties, powers, purposes, responsibilities, and jurisdiction of the State Lands Commission and the Division of State Lands as agencies of the Department of Conservation that are transferred to or vested in them by Section 6103.2 as agencies of the Resources Agency.
(Amended by Stats. 1975, Ch. 770.)
2023 California Code › Public Resources Code - PRC › DIVISION 6 - PUBLIC LANDS › PART 1 - ADMINISTRATION AND CONTROL OF STATE LANDS › CHAPTER 2 - The State Lands Commission and the Division of State Lands › Section 6104.

6104. The commission shall meet, upon due notice to all members thereof, at such times and places within the State as are deemed necessary by it for the proper transaction of the business committed to it.
(Added by Stats. 1941, Ch. 548.)
2023 California Code › Public Resources Code - PRC › DIVISION 6 - PUBLIC LANDS › PART 1 - ADMINISTRATION AND CONTROL OF STATE LANDS › CHAPTER 2 - The State Lands Commission and the Division of State Lands › Section 6105.

6105. The commission shall adopt rules governing the conduct of the business of the commission. No action of the commission shall be valid unless authorized by resolution adopted at a meeting after due notice thereof and by at least two of the members of the commission present.
(Added by Stats. 1941, Ch. 548.)
2023 California Code › Public Resources Code - PRC › DIVISION 6 - PUBLIC LANDS › PART 1 - ADMINISTRATION AND CONTROL OF STATE LANDS › CHAPTER 2 - The State Lands Commission and the Division of State Lands › Section 6106.

6106. The commission may, by resolution, authorize any of its employees or officers to execute any instrument in the name of the State.
(Amended by Stats. 1941, Ch. 1241.)
2023 California Code › Public Resources Code - PRC › DIVISION 6 - PUBLIC LANDS › PART 1 - ADMINISTRATION AND CONTROL OF STATE LANDS › CHAPTER 2 - The State Lands Commission and the Division of State Lands › Section 6107.

6107. Whenever the commission, pursuant to authority granted to it by law, enters into any agreement for the compromise or settlement of title or boundary claims, the agreement shall be submitted to the Governor, and if approved by him or her shall thereupon, but not before, be binding upon the state and the other party to the agreement.
(Amended by Stats. 2018, Ch. 742, Sec. 8. (SB 1493) Effective January 1, 2019.)
2023 California Code › Public Resources Code - PRC › DIVISION 6 - PUBLIC LANDS › PART 1 - ADMINISTRATION AND CONTROL OF STATE LANDS › CHAPTER 2 - The State Lands Commission and the Division of State Lands › Section 6108.

6108. The commission may make and enforce all reasonable and proper rules and regulations consistent with law for the purpose of carrying out the provisions of this division and incidental thereto.
The commission may prepare, execute, and deliver all papers, instruments, and documents, and may do any and all things necessary fully and completely to effectuate the purposes of this division.
(Added by Stats. 1941, Ch. 548.)
2023 California Code › Public Resources Code - PRC › DIVISION 6 - PUBLIC LANDS › PART 1 - ADMINISTRATION AND CONTROL OF STATE LANDS › CHAPTER 2 - The State Lands Commission and the Division of State Lands › Section 6110.

6110. The State Lands Commission may, by resolution, designate an officer or employee of the commission to conduct the public hearings which the commission is required to hold under Sections 126 and 11425 of the Government Code, or any other state law.
The designated officer or employee shall act in the commission’s place and stead and the hearings shall be conducted to all intents and purposes as though the commission were actually present. The designated officer or employee shall have no power to adopt, amend, or repeal any rule or regulation of the commission or to make any final determination in the name of the commission. The designated officer or employee shall make a written report to the commission of all relevant matters presented at such hearings and shall transmit to the commission any statements, arguments, or contentions in writing which may be presented.
The commission shall not make any finding or declaration nor adopt, amend, or repeal any regulation which has been considered at a public hearing conducted by a designated officer or employee of the commission until the commission has considered at a public meeting the written report of the officer or employee and any statements, arguments, or contentions in writing which may have been presented at the hearing conducted by such officer or employee, together with any statements, arguments, or contentions which may be presented at the public meeting of the commission.
(Added by Stats. 1957, Ch. 1906.)
2023 California Code › Public Resources Code - PRC › DIVISION 6 - PUBLIC LANDS › PART 1 - ADMINISTRATION AND CONTROL OF STATE LANDS › CHAPTER 2 - The State Lands Commission and the Division of State Lands › Section 6111.

6111. Notwithstanding any other provision of this code or of law and except as provided in the State Building Standards Law, Part 2.5 (commencing with Section 18901) of Division 13 of the Health and Safety Code, on and after January 1, 1980, the State Lands Commission or the Division of State Lands shall not adopt nor publish a building standard as defined in Section 18909 of the Health and Safety Code unless the provisions of Sections 18930, 18933, 18938, 18940, 18943, 18944, and 18945 of the Health and Safety Code are expressly excepted in the statute under which the authority to adopt rules, regulations, or orders is delegated. Any building standard adopted in violation of this section shall have no force or effect. Any building standard adopted before January 1, 1980, pursuant to this code and not expressly excepted by statute from such provisions of the State Building Standards Law shall remain in effect only until January 1, 1985, or until adopted, amended, or superseded by provisions published in the State Building Standards Code, whichever occurs sooner.
(Added by Stats. 1979, Ch. 1152.)
2023 California Code › Public Resources Code - PRC › DIVISION 6 - PUBLIC LANDS › PART 1 - ADMINISTRATION AND CONTROL OF STATE LANDS › CHAPTER 3 - Powers and Duties Generally › Section 6201.

6201. The commission may periodically classify any or all state land for its different possible uses, and, when it is deemed advisable, may require the Department of Parks and Recreation, the Department of Conservation, the Department of Food and Agriculture, or any other officer, organization, agency, or institution of the state government to make that classification. It is the duty of any such officer, organization, agency, or institution to make that classification and to submit a report thereon upon the application of the commission.
(Amended by Stats. 2018, Ch. 742, Sec. 9. (SB 1493) Effective January 1, 2019.)
2023 California Code › Public Resources Code - PRC › DIVISION 6 - PUBLIC LANDS › PART 1 - ADMINISTRATION AND CONTROL OF STATE LANDS › CHAPTER 3 - Powers and Duties Generally › Section 6202.

6202. The commission may make surveys and subdivisions of lands belonging to the state to be sold, leased, or to have the boundary established, and the county recorder shall file maps thereof, made by the commission, without cost to the state.
Such maps shall be the official maps of the surveys and subdivisions, and all patents, leases, or boundary line agreements issued for the lands shall refer to the maps so filed. Such maps of state lands shall be legibly drawn, printed or reproduced by a process guaranteeing a permanent record in black on tracing cloth or polyester base film. If ink is used on a polyester base film, the ink surface shall be coated with a suitable substance to insure permanent legibility. The size of each sheet shall be 18 by 26 inches. A marginal line shall be drawn completely around each sheet, leaving an entire blank margin of one inch. The scale of the map shall be large enough to show all details clearly and enough sheets shall be used to accomplish this end. The particular number of the sheets and the total number of sheets comprising the map shall be stated on each of the sheets and its relationship to each adjoining sheet shall be clearly shown.
(Amended by Stats. 1971, Ch. 1594.)
2023 California Code › Public Resources Code - PRC › DIVISION 6 - PUBLIC LANDS › PART 1 - ADMINISTRATION AND CONTROL OF STATE LANDS › CHAPTER 3 - Powers and Duties Generally › Section 6203.

6203. On or before the first Monday in March in each year, the commission shall make out and transmit to the assessor of each county where lands or lots lie that have been sold by the State, for which certificates of purchase, patents, or deeds have issued, during the year preceding, certified lists of such lands or lots, giving a description of the lands or lots, the names of the purchasers, and the amount of principal unpaid, if any, on the first Monday in March.
(Added by Stats. 1941, Ch. 548.)
2023 California Code › Public Resources Code - PRC › DIVISION 6 - PUBLIC LANDS › PART 1 - ADMINISTRATION AND CONTROL OF STATE LANDS › CHAPTER 3 - Powers and Duties Generally › Section 6206.

6206. The commission shall provide the necessary record books and cause all lists or patents for lands from the United States to be recorded therein.
(Added by Stats. 1941, Ch. 548.)
2023 California Code › Public Resources Code - PRC › DIVISION 6 - PUBLIC LANDS › PART 1 - ADMINISTRATION AND CONTROL OF STATE LANDS › CHAPTER 3 - Powers and Duties Generally › Section 6206.5.

6206.5. The commission is hereby empowered to apply to the United States Department of the Interior for patents to the numbered school sections in place and to accept patents, in accordance with an act of Congress approved June 21, 1934 (Public No. 440-73d Congress) entitled “An Act Authorizing the Secretary of the Interior to issue patents to the numbered school sections in place, granted to the States by the act approved February 22, 1889, by the act approved January 25, 1927 (44 Stat. 1026), and by any other act of Congress.”
(Amended by Stats. 2009, Ch. 643, Sec. 32. (SB 832) Effective November 2, 2009.)
2023 California Code › Public Resources Code - PRC › DIVISION 6 - PUBLIC LANDS › PART 1 - ADMINISTRATION AND CONTROL OF STATE LANDS › CHAPTER 3 - Powers and Duties Generally › Section 6207.

6207. The commission shall keep separate accounts and records in relation to each class of lands to which the State is entitled, which shall show:
(a) The number of the survey or location, and the date of the approval.
(b) The name of the locator, the description of the lands by legal subdivisions, the price per acre at which they are sold, the amount paid, the date of payment, and the number and date of the certificate of purchase.
(c) The date of the patent, when it has been issued.
(Added by Stats. 1941, Ch. 548.)
2023 California Code › Public Resources Code - PRC › DIVISION 6 - PUBLIC LANDS › PART 1 - ADMINISTRATION AND CONTROL OF STATE LANDS › CHAPTER 3 - Powers and Duties Generally › Section 6210.1.

6210.1. When the commission desires to take testimony under the provisions of the act of Congress to quiet land titles in California, passed July 23, 1866, or any act amendatory or supplementary thereof, it shall request the United States Supervisor of Surveys to fix a place, convenient of access by the witnesses, and the time for taking such testimony.
It may require the Attorney General to attend and represent the State at the taking of such testimony. Not more than one thousand five hundred dollars ($1,500) shall be allowed in any one year for traveling expenses pursuant to this section.
(Added by Stats. 1951, Ch. 655.)
2023 California Code › Public Resources Code - PRC › DIVISION 6 - PUBLIC LANDS › PART 1 - ADMINISTRATION AND CONTROL OF STATE LANDS › CHAPTER 3 - Powers and Duties Generally › Section 6210.2.

6210.2. The commission may withdraw from sale any of the public lands belonging to the State and may restore any or all public lands so withdrawn, or other public lands, for sale.
(Added by Stats. 1941, Ch. 1241.)
2023 California Code › Public Resources Code - PRC › DIVISION 6 - PUBLIC LANDS › PART 1 - ADMINISTRATION AND CONTROL OF STATE LANDS › CHAPTER 3 - Powers and Duties Generally › Section 6210.3.

6210.3. The commission may grant easements and rights-of-way to the Department of Transportation to or over any of the public lands of the state for the purposes of rights-of-way for highways and for use in protecting highways from damage or destruction by natural forces.
(Amended by Stats. 1975, Ch. 1205.)
2023 California Code › Public Resources Code - PRC › DIVISION 6 - PUBLIC LANDS › PART 1 - ADMINISTRATION AND CONTROL OF STATE LANDS › CHAPTER 3 - Powers and Duties Generally › Section 6210.4.

6210.4. No lands owned by the State which lands front upon or are near to any lake, navigable stream or other body of navigable water, convenient access to which is not provided by public road or roads, or otherwise, shall ever be sold, leased or rented, without reserving to the people of the State an easement across the lands for convenient access to such waters.
(Added by renumbering Section 6210.3 (as amended by Stats. 1947, Ch. 887) by Stats. 1949, Ch. 269.)
2023 California Code › Public Resources Code - PRC › DIVISION 6 - PUBLIC LANDS › PART 1 - ADMINISTRATION AND CONTROL OF STATE LANDS › CHAPTER 3 - Powers and Duties Generally › Section 6210.4a.

6210.4a. All conveyances by the State of the sixteenth and thirty-sixth sections, or lands acquired in lieu thereof, or of swamp and overflowed lands shall be made subject to any existing easements or rights-of-way issued by the State prior to the time of conveyance.
(Amended by Stats. 1959, Ch. 240.)
2023 California Code › Public Resources Code - PRC › DIVISION 6 - PUBLIC LANDS › PART 1 - ADMINISTRATION AND CONTROL OF STATE LANDS › CHAPTER 3 - Powers and Duties Generally › Section 6210.5.

6210.5. No lands owned by the State, which lands provide the only convenient means of access to other lands owned by the State, shall ever be sold, leased or rented without reserving therefrom to the State and its successors in interest in the other lands, an easement for convenient access to the other lands.
(Added by renumbering Section 6210.4 by Stats. 1949, Ch. 269.)
2023 California Code › Public Resources Code - PRC › DIVISION 6 - PUBLIC LANDS › PART 1 - ADMINISTRATION AND CONTROL OF STATE LANDS › CHAPTER 3 - Powers and Duties Generally › Section 6210.6.

6210.6. Notwithstanding Section 6210.5, the commission is not required to reserve an easement on school lands if it determines that selling the school lands without the easement is in the best interests of the state.
(Added by Stats. 2021, Ch. 715, Sec. 3. (AB 1390) Effective January 1, 2022.)
2023 California Code › Public Resources Code - PRC › DIVISION 6 - PUBLIC LANDS › PART 1 - ADMINISTRATION AND CONTROL OF STATE LANDS › CHAPTER 3 - Powers and Duties Generally › Section 6210.7.

6210.7. The commission may amend or terminate any lease, easement, or contract under its jurisdiction, with the consent of the other party thereto.
(Added by renumbering Section 6210.6 by Stats. 1951, Ch. 332.)
2023 California Code › Public Resources Code - PRC › DIVISION 6 - PUBLIC LANDS › PART 1 - ADMINISTRATION AND CONTROL OF STATE LANDS › CHAPTER 3 - Powers and Duties Generally › Section 6210.8.

6210.8. Whenever a navigable river or slough becomes abandoned and is no longer useful for navigation, the commission may sell, for cash, or exchange for lands having equal or greater value, such abandoned river or slough channel to the abutting property owners or to anyone having an equitable interest therein. A patent for the land sold shall be issued in the name of the applicant. The commission shall send the patent to the Governor, together with a certificate stating that the laws in relation thereto have been complied with, that payment in full has been made, and that the person named in the prepared patent is entitled to it. The patent so issued shall inure to the benefit of the assigns, grantees, or successors in interest of said original applicant.
(Amended by Stats. 1975, Ch. 1205.)
2023 California Code › Public Resources Code - PRC › DIVISION 6 - PUBLIC LANDS › PART 1 - ADMINISTRATION AND CONTROL OF STATE LANDS › CHAPTER 3 - Powers and Duties Generally › Section 6210.9.

6210.9. If the commission has public land, including school land, tide or submerged lands, and lands subject to the public trust for commerce, navigation, and fisheries, to which there is no access available, it may, in the name of the state, acquire by purchase, lease, gift, exchange, or, if all negotiations fail, by condemnation, a right-of-way or easement across privately owned land or other land that it deems necessary to provide access to such public land.
(Amended by Stats. 1975, Ch. 1205.)
2023 California Code › Public Resources Code - PRC › DIVISION 6 - PUBLIC LANDS › PART 1 - ADMINISTRATION AND CONTROL OF STATE LANDS › CHAPTER 3 - Powers and Duties Generally › Section 6211.

6211. (a) Whenever a parcel of timbered land under the jurisdiction of the commission is totally surrounded by, or is contiguous to, a national forest or a state forest, the commission may, if it is in the best interests of the state to do so, and after 10 days’ prior notice to the Secretary of the Resources Agency for the receipt of comments, provide for the harvesting of timber from that land at the same time as the orderly harvesting of the surrounding or adjacent federal-owned or state-owned timber is conducted. In carrying out this section, the commission may enter into agreements with the United States or the Department of Forestry and Fire Protection for the inclusion of timbered lands under the jurisdiction of the commission within a total parcel to be offered for timber harvesting contracts.
(b) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, timber from lands under the jurisdiction of the commission shall not be sold to any California division of a primary manufacturer, or to any person for resale to a primary manufacturer, who does either of the following:
(1) Uses that timber at any plant not located within the United States, unless it is sawn on four sides to dimensions not greater than 4 inches by 12 inches.
(2) Within one year prior to the bid date and one year after the termination of the contract, sells unprocessed timber which is harvested from private timberlands and is exported into foreign commerce. For the purposes of this section, “unprocessed timber” has the same meaning as set forth in subdivision (d) of Section 4650.1.
(c) Any purchaser of timber from lands under the jurisdiction of the commission who makes use of the timber in violation of paragraph (1) of subdivision (b) is prohibited from making any further purchases of timber from any such lands for a period of five years.
(d) The commission may adopt appropriate regulations to prevent the substitution of timber from lands under its jurisdiction for timber exported from private timberlands.
(Amended by Stats. 2001, Ch. 745, Sec. 176. Effective October 12, 2001.)
2023 California Code › Public Resources Code - PRC › DIVISION 6 - PUBLIC LANDS › PART 1 - ADMINISTRATION AND CONTROL OF STATE LANDS › CHAPTER 3 - Powers and Duties Generally › Section 6212.2.

6212.2. The commission may, under such rules and regulations as it may prescribe, issue permits for the taking of cores or other samples by means of drilling operations or other methods on or under any lands under the jurisdiction of the commission for the purpose of obtaining geological information to be used in assessing the nature and extent of any mineral interest reserved to the state, preparing environmental documents, locating nuclear or other energy-related plant sites, making soil surveys, conducting foundation exploration and oceanographic research, and making studies of geological hazards, flood control, harbor works, and other similar matters not involving an activity of commercial exploration or exploitation.
(Added by Stats. 1978, Ch. 747.)