California Code of Regulations › Title 2 - Administration › Division 3 - State Property Operations › Chapter 1 - State Lands Commission › Article 14 - Administrative Hearings › Section 3001 - Definitions

Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 28, July 12, 2024
(a) As used in
				  these regulations, words in the singular shall include the plural and words in
				  the plural shall include the singular, unless the context otherwise requires.
				  The following words, terms and phrases, when used in this Article, shall have
				  the following meanings, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise:
(1) "Advisory Staff" means the Commission's
				  Executive Officer and his or her designees. The Advisory Staff provides legal
				  and technical advice to the Commission related to an enforcement matter under
				  this Article.
(2) "Commission"
				  means the California State Lands Commission.
(3) "Commissioner" means a California State
				  Lands Commissioner specified in Section
				  6101
				  of the Public Resources Code, or a designated alternate under Section
				  7.6 of the
				  Government Code.
(4) "Commission
				  Authorization" means a currently valid and unexpired, written and executed
				  authorization to occupy State Lands, issued by the Commission.
(5) "Commission Meeting" means a
				  regularly-noticed public meeting of the Commission.
(6) "Day" means calendar day. If a deadline
				  falls on a weekend or state holiday, then the deadline will be deemed to be the
				  next business day.
(7) "Enforcement
				  Staff' means the Chief or Assistant Chief of the Commission's Land Management
				  Division and his or her designees. The Enforcement Staff is responsible for
				  issuing the Notice of Violation and representing Commission staff before the
				  Commission.
(8) "Mail" means to
				  send documents via the United States Postal Service, or reputable private
				  carrier. The Respondent and Enforcement Staff may, and are encouraged to agree
				  to service by electronic means including electronic mail or facsimile. Where
				  such an agreement exists, "Mail" will include the agreed to method of
				  electronic transmission. As between the Enforcement Staff, Advisory Staff,
				  and/or the Commission, "Mail" includes any means reasonably calculated to
				  ensure the documents arrive at their destination including hand delivery or
				  courier.
(9) "Notice of Violation"
				  means the Notice of Violation (SLC 100.202 Rev. 09/2016) hereby incorporated by
				  reference.
(10) "Presiding Officer"
				  means the Commissioner designated to conduct the hearings under this
				  Article.
(11) "Respondent" shall
				  mean a person or entity suspected of violating Section
				  6224.3
				  of the Public Resources Code.
(12)
				  "State Lands" means land under Commission jurisdiction, held in fee by the
				  state of California. "State Lands" excludes those lands legislatively granted
				  in trust to local jurisdictions, and lands where the underlying fee is not held
				  by the state, but a public trust easement exists.
(13) "Structure" means any human
				  construction, including but not limited to: buildings, boat houses, docks,
				  piers, buoys, revetments, fill, pilings, pipelines, groins, jetties, seawalls,
				  breakwaters, bulkheads; along with all similar
				  constructions.