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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 6212.3.

6212.3. (a) The commission may authorize, by permit, the conduct of geophysical surveys on state lands under its jurisdiction, including granted and ungranted tidelands and submerged lands and the beds of navigable waterways, subject to terms and conditions as the commission shall specify to ensure public safety and protection of the environment.
(b) No permit shall be required by the commission for any geophysical survey performed in support of dredging to maintain or increase the depth of navigation channels, anchorages, or berthing areas.
(c) The commission shall adopt regulations to aid in the implementation of subdivision (a). The regulations shall include conditions that address and minimize the potential impacts to aquatic life or to the marine and coastal environment that might arise from geophysical surveys performed on state lands under its jurisdiction, including granted and ungranted tidelands and submerged lands and the beds of navigable waterways.
(d) The commission may promote compliance with the permit requirements through appropriate actions, including any of the following:
(1) Providing educational outreach to increase awareness of permitting regulations and enforcement actions.
(2) Making a toll-free telephone number available to the public to report permit violators.
(3) Issuing cease and desist orders to permit violators.
(Added by Stats. 2015, Ch. 600, Sec. 2. (AB 1274) Effective January 1, 2016.)
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 6213.

6213. Whenever it appears by final decree of any court of competent jurisdiction that title to any land subject to sale by the State was obtained, or sought to be obtained, by fraudulent means, or in any manner contrary to the laws of this State relating to the acquisition of its public domain, all payments made in the interest of the fraudulent title shall revert to the State without suit. The commission shall thereupon cancel all evidence of title to any such land and shall restore the land to public entry.
(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 6213.5.

6213.5. (a) (1) The commission shall consult, and enter into any necessary negotiations, with the owners of the property known as Martins Beach, consisting of two parcels of land, APN: 066-330-230 and APN: 066-330-240, in the unincorporated area of the County of San Mateo, to acquire a right-of-way or easement, pursuant to Section 6210.9, for the creation of a public access route to and along the shoreline, including the sandy beach, at Martins Beach at the South Cabrillo Highway.
(2) This section does not prohibit the owners of the property from voluntarily providing public access to and along the shoreline at Martins Beach upon terms acceptable to the commission.
(b) If the commission is unable to reach an agreement to acquire a right-of-way or easement or the owners do not voluntarily provide public access pursuant to subdivision (a) by January 1, 2016, the commission may acquire a right-of-way or easement, pursuant to Section 6210.9, for the creation of a public access route to and along the shoreline, including the sandy beach, at Martins Beach at the South Cabrillo Highway, in accordance with the procedures set forth in Title 7 (commencing with Section 1230.010) of Part 3 of the Code of Civil Procedure.
(c) The commission shall consult and enter into negotiations with local stakeholders, including, but not limited to, nonprofit entities and local and regional governments and governmental entities, to address the ongoing management and operation of any property acquired pursuant to this section.
(Added by Stats. 2014, Ch. 922, Sec. 1. (SB 968) Effective January 1, 2015.)
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 6214.

6214. Fees shall be charged and collected by the commission pursuant to its rules and regulations for the following:
(a) Certificates of purchase or duplicates thereof,
(b) Patents and certified copies of records thereof,
(c) For certifying a contested case to superior court,
(d) For certifying copies of papers,
(e) Such other fees as are allowed by law.
(Amended by Stats. 1968, Ch. 981.)
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 6215.

6215. As to lands heretofore sold by this State with a reservation to the State of a one-sixteenth interest in the oil and gas or other minerals therein, pursuant to Chapter 303 of the Statutes of 1921, and where it appears that there are or may be deposits of oil and gas in such lands the commission may enter into agreements with respect thereto in the manner provided by Section 6815 of this code with respect to lands owned by the State, or the commission may consent to the inclusion of such lands with the lands of other persons under a cooperative or unit plan of development or operation of a pool or field if it appears that the purpose of such plan is the conserving of the natural resources of any single oil or gas pool or field and if it is determined by the commission to be necessary or advisable in the public interest.
(Added by Stats. 1941, Ch. 685.)
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 6216.

6216. This section is enacted for the purpose of declaring the scope and extent of the powers, duties, purposes, responsibilities and jurisdiction of the State Lands Commission, but nothing herein shall be construed as limiting any power, duty, purpose, responsibility or jurisdiction heretofore or by this code vested in or conferred upon the commission.
(a) Upon the enacting of the State Lands Act of 1938 the Legislature intended to and did vest in the commission all those powers, duties, purposes, responsibilities and jurisdiction of the Department of Finance as set forth in Section 6102 of this code, and of the Chief of the Division of State Lands, and the Division of State Lands, including the full authority, as provided by law, to administer, sell, lease or dispose of the public lands owned by this state or under its control, including not only school lands but tidelands, submerged lands, swamp and overflowed lands, and beds of navigable rivers and lakes. The commission was further authorized to provide for the extraction of minerals and oil and gas from any or all of such lands, but its authority and jurisdiction over such lands was not and is not now limited thereto.
(b) The provisions of Section 48 of the State Lands Act of 1938, added thereto by Chapter 646 of the Statutes of 1939, as codified in Section 6301 of this code, shall hereafter supersede and control over any other provisions of law, whether general or special, relating to any tidelands or submerged lands or the beds of navigable rivers, streams, lakes, bays, estuaries, inlets or straits, without regard to whether any of such lands contain or may contain oil, gas or other minerals, and any such other provisions of law in conflict therewith are repealed.
(c) Any and all acts of the State Lands Commission heretofore performed by it in pursuance of Section 48 of the State Lands Act of 1938 are hereby confirmed, ratified and validated, without regard to whether the lands affected thereby contain or might contain oil, gas or other minerals.
(Amended by Stats. 1970, Ch. 607.)
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 6216.1.

6216.1. The commission may remove or cause to be removed any artificial structures or obstructions from ungranted lands under its jurisdiction if the commission determines that the removal is appropriate and the Attorney General advises that there is no legal recourse to compel other responsible parties to effect that removal.
(Amended by Stats. 2018, Ch. 742, Sec. 10. (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 6216.5.

6216.5. The commission may prescribe such rules and regulations for the noncommercial hobby collection of minerals from state lands as are in the best interests of the state. Nothing in this section shall prevent other state agencies from setting more definitive limits on hobby collecting on lands over which they have a proprietary interest.
(Added by Stats. 1975, Ch. 313.)
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 6217.

6217. With the exception of revenue derived from state school lands and from sources described in Sections 6217.6, 6301.5, 6301.6, 6855, and Sections 8551 to 8558, inclusive, and Section 6404 (insofar as the proceeds are from property that has been distributed or escheated to the state in connection with unclaimed estates of deceased persons), the commission shall deposit all revenue, money, and remittances received by the commission under this division, and under Chapter 138 of the Statutes of 1964, First Extraordinary Session, in the General Fund. Out of those funds deposited in the General Fund, sufficient moneys shall be made available each fiscal year for the following purposes:
(a) Payment of refunds, authorized by the commission, out of appropriations made for that purpose.
(b) Payment of expenditures of the commission as provided in the annual Budget Act.
(c) Payments to cities and counties of the amounts specified in Section 6817 for the purposes specified in that section, out of appropriations made for that purpose.
(d) Payments to cities and counties of the amounts agreed to pursuant to Section 6875, out of appropriations made for that purpose.
(e) (1) For the 2018–19 fiscal year, the sum of two million dollars ($2,000,000) shall be transferred to the Land Bank Fund and, notwithstanding Section 8610, shall be available, upon appropriation in the annual Budget Act, for the purpose of implementing the commission’s coastal hazard and legacy oil and gas well removal and remediation program provided in Section 6212.
(2) For each fiscal year from the 2019–20 fiscal year to the 2027–28 fiscal year, inclusive, an amount sufficient to bring the unencumbered balance of the Land Bank Fund available for the purpose of implementing the commission’s coastal hazard and legacy oil and gas well removal and remediation program provided in Section 6212 to two million dollars ($2,000,000) shall be transferred to the Land Bank Fund and, notwithstanding Section 8610, shall be available, upon appropriation in the annual Budget Act, for the purpose of implementing the commission’s coastal hazard and legacy oil and gas well removal and remediation program provided in Section 6212.
(Amended by Stats. 2017, Ch. 645, Sec. 3. (SB 44) Effective January 1, 2018.)
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 6217.2.

6217.2. Notwithstanding Section 16304.1 of the Government Code, a disbursement in liquidation of an encumbrance for a project funded pursuant to the Coastal Watershed Salmon Habitat Program, as identified in Section 6217.1, may be made before or during the four years following the last day an appropriation is available for encumbrance.
(Added by Stats. 2003, Ch. 734, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 2004.)
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 6217.3.

6217.3. (a) The Legislature finds and declares all of the following:
(1) The Safe Drinking Water, Water Quality and Supply, Flood Control, River and Coastal Protection Bond Act of 2006, an initiative approved by the voters at the November 7, 2006, statewide general election, makes available the sum of one hundred eighty million dollars ($180,000,000) in bond funds for bay-delta and coastal fishery restoration projects.
(2) Of the funds made available, up to forty-five million dollars ($45,000,000) is available for coastal salmon and steelhead fishery restoration projects that support the development and implementation of species recovery plans and strategies for salmonid species listed as threatened or endangered under state or federal law.
(b) From the forty-five million dollars ($45,000,000) available for coastal salmon and steelhead fishery restoration projects pursuant to subdivision (a) of Section 75050, five million two hundred ninety-three thousand dollars ($5,293,000) is appropriated to the Department of Fish and Game for the purposes of coastal salmon and steelhead fishery restoration projects, including the Coastal Salmonid Monitoring Plan. The Department of Fish and Game shall not allocate more than two million five hundred twenty thousand dollars ($2,520,000) of these funds for the Coastal Salmonid Monitoring Plan.
(c) (1) Except for the funds annually appropriated for the Coastal Salmonid Monitoring Plan, and as provided in paragraph (3), the process governing the expenditure of funds described in Section 6217.1 shall be applied to the expenditure of funds available for coastal salmon and steelhead fishery restoration projects pursuant to subdivision (a) of Section 75050 that are allocated by the Department of Fish and Game pursuant to subdivision (b).
(2) The funds annually allocated to the Coastal Salmonid Monitoring Plan are exempt from the requirements of Section 6217.1.
(3) If there is a conflict between a provision of this section and a provision of Division 43 (commencing with Section 75001), the provision of Division 43 shall govern.
(Amended by Stats. 2008, Ch. 760, Sec. 15. Effective September 30, 2008.)
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 6217.5.

6217.5. Except for the revenues distributed pursuant to Section 3826, all net revenues, moneys, and remittances from the use of school lands and lieu lands shall be deposited in the State Treasury to the credit of the Teachers’ Retirement Fund and shall be expended pursuant to Section 24412 of the Education Code.
(Amended by Stats. 2012, Ch. 864, Sec. 20. (AB 2663) Effective January 1, 2013.)
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 6217.6.

6217.6. All rental income received for surface uses, including, but not limited to, surface drilling rights, upon lands under the jurisdiction of the State Lands Commission shall be deposited in the State Treasury to the credit of the General Fund, except as follows:
(a) Income from state school lands, as provided in Section 6217.5.
(b) Royalties received from extraction of minerals on the surface of those lands, as provided in Section 6217.
(c) (1) All rental income from surface uses for lands at Lake Tahoe.
(2) The rental income specified in paragraph (1) shall be deposited into the Lake Tahoe Science and Lake Improvement Account, for expenditure upon appropriation by the Legislature pursuant to Section 6217.6.1.
(Amended by Stats. 2014, Ch. 71, Sec. 142. (SB 1304) Effective January 1, 2015.)
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 6217.7.

6217.7. All net revenues, moneys, and remittances from the sale of school lands and lieu lands shall be deposited in the State Treasury to the credit of the School Land Bank Fund.
(Added by Stats. 1984, Ch. 879, Sec. 2.)
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 6217.8.

6217.8. (a) For purposes of this section, “fund” means the Oil Trust Fund established pursuant to subdivision (b).
(b) The Oil Trust Fund is hereby established in the State Treasury, and the moneys in the fund are hereby appropriated to the commission in accordance with this section.
(c) (1) On or before March 1, 2006, the City of Long Beach shall pay to the commission all money, including both principal and interest, in the abandonment reserve fund that the city created in 1999 and that was the subject of the litigation in State of California ex rel. California State Lands Commission v. City of Long Beach (2005) 125 Cal.App.4th 767.
(2) The Controller shall deposit in the fund any funds paid to the commission pursuant to paragraph (1).
(3) On the last day of each month beginning January 31, 2023, the Controller shall transfer to the fund the amount of two million dollars ($2,000,000) or 50 percent of remaining oil revenue, as described in subdivision (d) of Section 4 of Chapter 138 of the Statutes of 1964, First Extraordinary Session, whichever is less.
(d) (1) All interest earned on the money in the abandonment reserve fund specified in paragraph (1) of subdivision (c) shall be transferred to the fund.
(2) The commission shall expend the money from the fund solely to finance the costs of well abandonment, pipeline removal, facility removal, remediation, and other costs associated with removal of oil and gas facilities from the Long Beach tidelands that are not the responsibility of other parties.
(3) All money remaining in the fund after completion of all activities described in paragraph (2) shall be transferred to the General Fund.
(e) The moneys deposited in the fund are hereby appropriated to the commission commencing when all of the following conditions are met:
(1) The City of Long Beach adopts a resolution declaring that the oil revenue described in subdivision (d) of Section 4 of Chapter 138 of the Statutes of 1964, First Extraordinary Session, is insufficient to fund the costs of activities described in paragraph (2) of subdivision (d) of this section.
(2) The City of Long Beach transmits to the commission a copy of the resolution and all necessary accompanying documentation, including a plan for expenditures for the activities described in paragraph (2) of subdivision (d).
(3) The commission reviews the material provided in paragraph (2) and notifies the Controller within 60 calendar days of receiving the material specified in paragraph (2), that expenditure from the fund may be made so that activities described in paragraph (2) of subdivision (d) can begin. The commission shall provide a schedule for expenditures for disbursement of moneys from the fund to the City of Long Beach. The commission shall submit a copy of the schedule to the Department of Finance and to the fiscal and appropriate policy committees of the Legislature.
(Amended by Stats. 2022, Ch. 516, Sec. 1. (AB 353) Effective January 1, 2023.)
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 6218.

6218. The commission may charge and collect reasonable fees for services performed by it, not exceeding the actual cost to the state of such services. In any case where the commission, either pursuant to law or rule of the commission, requires the publication of advertisements for bids or the publication of any notice in connection with the sale or leasing of state lands, the commission may, by rule, require that the cost of such publication be advanced by any applicant or bidder and be paid by the successful applicant or bidder.
(Amended by Stats. 1968, Ch. 981.)
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 6219.

6219. The commission may, if it determines it is in the best interests of the state, accept on behalf of the state any gift, devise, grant, quitclaim, or other conveyance of title to, or interest in, real property. Such land, when acquired, shall be examined for significant environmental values as defined pursuant to Section 6370.1, and classified and administered according to the rules and regulations of the commission.
(Added 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 6220.

6220. Whenever authority is not vested in another officer, agency or commission to accept quitclaim deeds on behalf of the State, the authority is vested in the State Lands Commission.
(Added by Stats. 1943, Ch. 641.)
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 6221.

6221. Any instrumentality, district, agency, or political subdivision of the state occupying or using, pursuant to law, lands owned by the state and under the jurisdiction of the commission shall comply with the provisions of this division, and the commission shall issue a permit for occupancy of such land upon application. The commission shall prescribe, by rule or regulation, a reasonable filing fee which shall accompany the application, but such fee may not exceed the average of the commission’s actual costs of receiving applications and making the initial title review for such permits. The application shall include:
(a) A description of the state lands involved, giving sufficient details or a survey tied to a record survey or monument in order to locate it accurately.
(b) The public use to be made of the land.
(c) Completed environmental documents prepared pursuant to the commission’s rules and regulations.
(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 6222.

6222. No county, city, district, political subdivision, agency or officer of the State shall request or make application to have any lands owned or controlled by the United States withdrawn or reserved from settlement, location, sale, entry or other forms of disposal under federal law until 30 days after written notice of such proposed application or request has been filed with the State Lands Commission.
(Added by Stats. 1955, Ch. 1496.)
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 6223.

6223. Applications for purchase, or lease of state lands shall be given the priority of time of filing; except that applications filed by any county, city, or officer of the State shall have priority over all other applications regardless of time of filing.
Priorities between cities, counties, or officers of the State shall be established by the time of filing of their respective applications.
(Amended by Stats. 1961, Ch. 357.)
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 6224.

6224. The commission may adopt rules and regulations which provide for the payment of either a penalty or interest, or both, by any person who fails to pay the commission any sum when it is due under a lease or agreement. The rules and regulations may provide for the assessment, nonassessment, or waiver by the commission of the penalty or interest, or both. Penalties assessed by the commission shall not exceed 5 percent of the principal sum due and the rate of interest shall not exceed 1
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percent per month from the date on which the sum became due and payable until the date of payment. Penalties and interest assessed pursuant to this section shall be payable to the commission.
(Repealed and added by Stats. 1982, Ch. 1463, Sec. 2.)
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 6224.1.

6224.1. Any person who trespasses upon any lands owned or controlled by the state and under the jurisdiction of the commission, including, but not limited to, tidelands, submerged lands, the beds of navigable rivers, streams, lakes, bays, estuaries, inlets, or straits, or any school lands, lieu lands, or swamp and overflowed lands, without lawful authority, is liable to the state for the amount of damages which may be assessed therefor, in any civil action, in any court having jurisdiction.
(Added by Stats. 1975, Ch. 1081.)
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 6224.2.

6224.2. (a) Except as otherwise provided in subdivision (b), any person who appropriates or converts any mineral deposits reserved to, or owned by, the state and under the jurisdiction of the commission, including, but not limited to, oil and gas, other gases (including, but not limited to, nonhydrocarbon and geothermal gases), oil shale, coal, phosphate, sodium, gold, silver, alumina, silica, uranium, trona, fossils of all geological ages, metals and their compounds, alkali, alkali earth, sand, clay, gravel, salts, mineral waters, or any geothermal resources, without lawful authority, is liable to the state for treble the amount of damages which may be assessed therefor, in any civil action, in any court having jurisdiction.
(b) If the appropriation or conversion of any such mineral deposit was involuntary, or if the defendant in any action brought under this section had probable cause to believe that the land on which the appropriation or conversion was committed was his own or the land of the person in whose service or by whose direction such act was done, the measure of damages shall be the sum as would compensate for the actual damages.
(c) Damages awarded pursuant to this section shall be limited to those determined to have occurred within the five-year period immediately preceding the date of commencement of the action.
(Amended by Stats. 1976, Ch. 1280.)
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 6224.4.

6224.4. (a) Before the commission considers whether to pursue a remedy provided under Section 6224.3, the commission shall first provide a written notice to the person against whom the commission seeks to impose the penalty. The notice shall include an opportunity for a hearing before the commission at a properly noticed public meeting. The commission shall send the notice not less than 30 days before the date set for conducting a hearing pursuant to this section. A notice shall include all of the following:
(1) The date, time, and location of the commission hearing where the person may appear and be heard.
(2) A statement of the authority and jurisdiction under which the hearing is to be held.
(3) A reference to the particular sections of the statutes and rules involved.
(4) A short and plain statement of the matters asserted or charged, including a description of the violation complained of with reasonable certainty as to its character and location.
(5) A statement indicating whether and under what circumstances an order by default may be entered.
(b) In lieu of personal service, service of notice may be made by registered mail and by posting a copy of the notice on the structure or facility that is in violation of subdivision (a) of Section 6224.3.
(c) If the person fails to appear at the noticed hearing, the commission may issue an order.
(d) A hearing shall be scheduled as a regular calendar item at a properly noticed commission meeting. A commission member shall serve as a presiding officer at a hearing held pursuant to this section and conduct the hearing in accordance with Chapter 4.5 (commencing with Section 11400) of Part 1 of Division 3 of Title 2 of the Government Code, including Article 10 (commencing with Section 11445.10) of that chapter.
(e) A person against whom the commission has issued an order imposing a remedy provided in Section 6224.3 may seek review of the order pursuant to Section 1094.5 of the Code of Civil Procedure by filing a petition for writ of mandate within 60 days after the commission’s action has become final.
(Added by Stats. 2012, Ch. 247, Sec. 2. (AB 2082) Effective January 1, 2013.)
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 6224.5.

6224.5. (a) If, as of January 1, 2013, a person is in violation of subdivision (a) of Section 6224.3, that person shall not be subject to a penalty pursuant to that section, if the person, on or before July 1, 2013, remedies the violation or submits to the commission a completed lease application, including the payment of all fees and costs. The remedy may include, but is not limited to, entering into an appropriate lease with the commission or adequately removing the structure or facility.
(b) A person shall not be subject to a penalty or order pursuant to Section 6224.3, if the person submits a notice to the commission that a structure or facility owned by that person is potentially in violation of subdivision (a) of Section 6224.3 and the person, within six months from the date the notice is received by the commission, remedies the violation or submits to the commission a completed lease application, including the payment of all fees and costs. This subdivision shall apply only if the potential violator submits a notice to the commission before the commission otherwise receives notice or information regarding the potential violation, or takes action against the violator.
(c) If any pole, conduit, cable, wire, pipeline, or associated appurtenance that is owned by an electrical corporation, as defined in Section 218 of the Public Utilities Code, or a gas corporation, as defined in Section 222 of the Public Utilities Code, violates subdivision (a) of Section 6224.3, and the electrical or gas corporation can demonstrate that it has not received actual notice that it does not have adequate existing land rights for its structure or facility located on land under the commission’s jurisdiction, the electrical or gas corporation shall not be subject to a penalty or order pursuant to Section 6224.3 if the electrical or gas corporation remedies the violation or submits to the commission a completed lease application, including the payment of all fees and costs, or files with a court of competent jurisdiction a motion to perfect a prescriptive easement within six months from the date the violation is reported or the mistake is discovered.
(d) The commission may adopt regulations necessary or useful to carry out this section and Sections 6224.3 and 6224.4.
(Amended by Stats. 2013, Ch. 76, Sec. 172. (AB 383) Effective January 1, 2014.)
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 6225.

6225. (a) The commission shall conduct research, investigations, and title searches on the real property in this state of the beaches of Lake Tahoe which is dedicated for public use and make a report of its findings which shall be open for public inspection. For the purpose of this section the commission may contract upon such terms and conditions as will be in the best interest of the people of the state with one or more private persons, firms, associations, organizations, partnerships, corporations, companies, or public agencies to conduct such research, investigations, and title searches.
(b) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, whenever it appears by final decree of any court of competent jurisdiction that title to any beach property of Lake Tahoe, for which the commission in cooperation with the county has conducted a title search, is vested in a county, the county shall dedicate such beach property to the state.
(c) The state shall be under no obligation to operate and maintain the beach property so dedicated to the state. The county or a public agency in which the beach property is situated may, subject to approval of the commission, operate, maintain, or make improvements on such beach property.
(Added by renumbering Section 6224 (as added by Stats. 1968, Ch. 1397) by Stats. 1969, Ch. 1222.)
2023 California Code › Public Resources Code - PRC › DIVISION 6 - PUBLIC LANDS › PART 1 - ADMINISTRATION AND CONTROL OF STATE LANDS › CHAPTER 3.2 - Sea Grant Program › Section 6230.

6230. An amount specified in the annual Budget Act shall be available for distribution for public and private higher education for use as up to two-thirds of the local matching share for projects under the National Sea Grant College and Program Act of 1966 (P.L. 89-688) approved, upon the recommendation of the advisory panel appointed pursuant to Section 6232, by the Secretary of the Resources Agency or the secretary’s designee.
(Amended by Stats. 2001, Ch. 745, Sec. 177. Effective October 12, 2001.)
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6231. There shall be a Sea Grant Advisory Panel consisting of 17 members as provided in Sections 6232, 6233, and 6234. The advisory panel shall do all of the following:
(a) Review all applications for funding under this section and make recommendations based upon the priorities it establishes.
(b) Periodically review progress on sea grant research projects subsequent to their approval and funding under this chapter.
(c) Make recommendations to the Secretary of the Resources Agency with respect to the implementation of this section.
(Amended by Stats. 2001, Ch. 745, Sec. 178. Effective October 12, 2001.)
2023 California Code › Public Resources Code - PRC › DIVISION 6 - PUBLIC LANDS › PART 1 - ADMINISTRATION AND CONTROL OF STATE LANDS › CHAPTER 3.2 - Sea Grant Program › Section 6232.

6232. The Secretary of the Natural Resources Agency shall appoint the following members of the advisory panel, who shall serve at the pleasure of the secretary:
(a) A representative of the Division of Boating and Waterways within the Department of Parks and Recreation.
(b) A representative of the Department of Conservation.
(c) A representative of the Department of Fish and Wildlife.
(d) The Executive Director of the California Coastal Commission or the executive director’s designee.
(e) A representative of the fish industry.
(f) A representative of the aquaculture industry.
(g) A representative of the ocean engineering industry.
(h) A representative of the University of California.
(i) A representative of the California State University.
(j) A representative of a private California institution of higher education that is participating in the National Sea Grant Program.
(k) A representative of the State Lands Commission.
(l) A representative of the Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment.
(m) A representative of the State Water Resources Control Board.
(n) A representative of the Office of Oil Spill Prevention and Response in the Department of Fish and Wildlife, designated by the administrator for oil spill response.
(Amended by Stats. 2015, Ch. 113, Sec. 8. (AB 1528) Effective January 1, 2016.)
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6233. (a) The Senate Committee on Rules shall appoint one Member of the Senate to the advisory panel, who shall serve at the pleasure of the Senate Committee on Rules.
(b) The Speaker of the Assembly shall appoint one Member of the Assembly to the advisory panel, who shall serve at the pleasure of the Speaker. This member shall not be of the same political party as the member appointed by the Senate Committee on Rules.
(Added by Stats. 1997, Ch. 293, Sec. 5. Effective August 18, 1997.)
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6234. The Secretary of the Resources Agency, or the secretary’s designee shall be a member of the advisory panel and shall serve as chairperson of the advisory panel.
(Added by Stats. 1997, Ch. 293, Sec. 5. Effective August 18, 1997.)
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6236. The Sea Grant research projects selected for the state support under this chapter shall have a clearly defined benefit to the people of the State of California. Those projects, to be conducted by universities, colleges, or other institutions participating in the California Sea Grant College Program, shall be applicable to marine and coastal resources management, policy, science, and engineering issues that face this state now or in the reasonably foreseeable future.
(Added by Stats. 1997, Ch. 293, Sec. 5. Effective August 18, 1997.)
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6237. (a) The Legislature hereby finds and declares that the funding provided by this chapter is needed to stimulate the development and utilization of ocean and coastal resources by working constructively with private sector firms and individuals.
(b) The Legislature further recognizes the high productivity of the California Sea Grant College Program, the only statewide program systematically devoted to supporting fundamental research, education, and extension activities on the diversity of problems related to marine resources protection and development.
(Added by Stats. 1997, Ch. 293, Sec. 5. Effective August 18, 1997.)
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6238. Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to preclude the application for funding of any project that would be eligible for funding under the terms of the National Sea Grant College and Program Act of 1966.
(Added by Stats. 1997, Ch. 293, Sec. 5. Effective August 18, 1997.)
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6240. This chapter shall be known, and may be cited, as the California Coastal Sanctuary Act of 1994.
(Repealed and added by Stats. 1994, Ch. 970, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 1995.)
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6241. The Legislature hereby finds and declares that offshore oil and gas production in certain areas of state waters poses an unacceptably high risk of damage and disruption to the marine environment of the state.
(Repealed and added by Stats. 1994, Ch. 970, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 1995.)
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6242. (a) A California Coastal Sanctuary is hereby created which includes all state waters subject to tidal influence, except as provided in subdivisions (b) and (c).
(b) The California Coastal Sanctuary shall not include any state waters subject to a lease for the extraction of oil or gas in effect on January 1, 1995, unless the lease is deeded or otherwise reverts to the state after that date.
(c) The California Coastal Sanctuary shall not include any state waters situated east of the Carquinez Bridges on Interstate 80.
(Repealed and added by Stats. 1994, Ch. 970, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 1995.)
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6243. Notwithstanding any provision of Article 4 (commencing with Section 6870) of Chapter 3 of Part 2 or any other provision of law, no state agency or state officer shall enter into any new lease for the extraction of oil or gas from the California Coastal Sanctuary, unless the President of the United States has found a severe energy supply interruption and has ordered distribution of the Strategic Petroleum Reserve pursuant to Section 6241(d) of Title 42 of the United States Code, the Governor finds that the energy resources of the sanctuary will contribute significantly to the alleviation of that interruption, and the Legislature subsequently acts to amend this chapter to allow that extraction.
(Repealed and added by Stats. 1994, Ch. 970, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 1995.)
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6244. The commission may enter into any lease for the extraction of oil or gas from state-owned tide and submerged lands in the California Coastal Sanctuary if the commission determines that those oil or gas deposits are being drained by means of producing wells upon adjacent federal lands and the lease is in the best interests of the state.
(Added by Stats. 1994, Ch. 970, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 1995.)
2023 California Code › Public Resources Code - PRC › DIVISION 6 - PUBLIC LANDS › PART 1 - ADMINISTRATION AND CONTROL OF STATE LANDS › CHAPTER 4 - Administration and Control of Swamp, Overflowed, Tide, or Submerged Lands, and Structures Thereon › ARTICLE 1 - Administration and Control Generally › Section 6301.

6301. The commission has exclusive jurisdiction over all ungranted tidelands and submerged lands owned by the State, and of the beds of navigable rivers, streams, lakes, bays, estuaries, inlets, and straits, including tidelands and submerged lands or any interest therein, whether within or beyond the boundaries of the State as established by law, which have been or may be acquired by the State (a) by quitclaim, cession, grant, contract, or otherwise from the United States or any agency thereof, or (b) by any other means. All jurisdiction and authority remaining in the State as to tidelands and submerged lands as to which grants have been or may be made is vested in the commission.
The commission shall exclusively administer and control all such lands, and may lease or otherwise dispose of such lands, as provided by law, upon such terms and for such consideration, if any, as are determined by it.
The provisions of this section do not apply to land of the classes described in Section 6403, as added by Chapter 227 of the Statutes of 1947.
(Amended by Stats. 1951, Ch. 1009.)
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6301.2. Notwithstanding any of the provisions of the Governor’s Reorganization Plan No. 2 of 1969 for the Reorganization of the Executive Branch of California State Government, if such reorganization plan becomes effective pursuant to Section 12080.5 of the Government Code, it shall have no effect whatever upon the nonmineral management functions, authorities, and responsibilities of state tidelands and submerged lands lying below such tidelands, and swamp and overflow lands affected by tides, including any such lands granted to a local agency (including, but not limited to, any of the tidelands and submerged lands which have been granted in trust to the City of Long Beach), currently within the jurisdiction of the commission. The Legislative Counsel shall include the exclusion of such functions, authorities, and responsibilities of the commission from the transfers of functions provided for by Reorganization Plan No. 2 of 1969 in preparing the bill required pursuant to Section 12081 of the Government Code.
(Added by Stats. 1969, Ch. 1593.)
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6301.5. The commission may act in behalf of the State of California pursuant to Section 7 of the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act, an Act of Congress approved by the President on August 7, 1953 (67 Stat. 462, 43 U.S.C. Section 1336), and negotiate, with the concurrence of the Attorney General of California, with the Secretary of the Interior and with the Attorney General of the United States respecting operations under existing mineral leases, if any there be in lands in controversy, and the payment and impounding of rents and other sums payable thereunder, and respecting the issuance or nonissuance of new mineral leases pending the settlement or adjudication of any controversy, which now exists or may arise, between the United States and the State of California as to whether or not lands are subject to the provisions of said act. With the concurrence of the Attorney General of California, the commission also may enter into and execute agreements respecting the said subjects for, in behalf of, and in the name of the State, with the Secretary of the Interior, who, with the concurrence of the Attorney General of the United States, is authorized by the said act to enter into such agreements in behalf of the United States. With the concurrence of the Attorney General of California, the authority vested in the commission by this section extends to and includes all tidelands and submerged lands, or any interest therein, along the coast of the State of California, whether they be within or beyond the boundaries of the State as established by law, which have been or may be acquired by the State in any of the manners enumerated in Section 6301.
No agreement entered into pursuant to this section shall become effective unless and until it is approved by the Governor.
(Added by Stats. 1956, Ch. 12.)