California Code
Public Resources Code - PRC
DIVISION 1 - ADMINISTRATION

CHAPTER 1 - Department of Parks and Recreation

ARTICLE 1 - Organization and General Powers

Section 500. - 500. As used in this chapter, “department” means the Department...

Section 501. - 501. There is in the Resources Agency, the Department of...

Section 503. - 503. The department succeeds to and is vested with all...

Section 504. - 504. The department may expend the money in any appropriation...

Section 505. - 505. The department shall have possession and control of all...

Section 506. - 506. The provisions of Chapter 2 (commencing with Section 11150),...

Section 507. - 507. There shall be one Deputy Director of Parks and...

Section 507.1. - 507.1. For the purpose of administration, the director shall organize...

Section 508. - 508. The director, with approval of the Director of Finance,...

Section 508.5. - 508.5. Notwithstanding Section 14, or any other provision of law,...

Section 509. - 509. Whenever the department has received and deposited any money...

Section 510. - 510. The department may adopt, alter, change or amend any...

Section 511. - 511. The department, with the approval of the Department of...

Section 512. - 512. For the purpose of disseminating information relating to its...

Section 513. - 513. (a) The department, as a means of furthering the...

Section 513.1. - 513.1. The department may provide space and facilities for schools...

Section 514. - 514. Notwithstanding any other provision of this code or of...

ARTICLE 1.5 - Park Support Organization

Section 520. - 520. For purposes of this article, the following terms shall...

Section 521. - 521. (a) The department may enter into a statewide agreement...

Section 522. - 522. The director and the Director of Finance, or their...

Section 522.5. - 522.5. The park support organization is not a state agency...

Section 523. - 523. (a) If the department enters into an agreement with...

Section 524. - 524. (a) In order to advance the purposes described in...

Section 525. - 525. Nothing in this article shall be interpreted as a...

ARTICLE 2 - State Park and Recreation Commission

Section 530. - 530. (a) There is in the department the State Park...

Section 531. - 531. The members of the commission shall be selected from...

Section 533. - 533. In case of any vacancy, the appointment shall be...

Section 534. - 534. The commission shall elect a chair from its number...

Section 534.5. - 534.5. The Director of the Department of Parks and Recreation...

Section 535. - 535. The commission shall report annually to the Governor, through...

Section 535.5. - 535.5. (a) The commission shall evaluate and assess the department’s...

Section 536. - 536. The members of the commission may receive a salary...

Section 538. - 538. The commission may designate, delete, or modify state marine...

Section 539. - 539. The commission shall establish general policies for the guidance...

Section 540. - 540. (a) The commission shall cause to be studied and...

Section 541. - 541. In accordance with the general policies established by the...

Section 541.5. - 541.5. (a) The department shall not close, or propose to...

Section 541.6. - 541.6. (a) There is hereby appropriated ten million dollars ($10,000,000)...

Section 542. - 542. The department may encourage and render assistance in the...

Section 543. - 543. The department may assist every department, commission, board, agency...

Section 546. - 546. The director may authorize any employee of the department...

ARTICLE 3 - City of Pismo Beach Seawall Repair

Section 560. - 560. The department may participate or contract with the United...

Section 561. - 561. The department shall permit the United States, if it...

Section 562. - 562. The department, with the approval of the Director of...

Section 563. - 563. Notwithstanding Article 2.5 (commencing with Section 65) of Chapter...

CHAPTER 2 - Department of Conservation

ARTICLE 1 - Organization and General Powers

Section 600. - 600. As used in this chapter, “department” means the Department...

Section 601. - 601. There is in the Resources Agency the Department of...

Section 603. - 603. The department succeeds to and is vested with all...

Section 603.1. - 603.1. The director is hereby vested with all the duties,...

Section 604. - 604. The department may expend the money in any appropriation...

Section 605. - 605. The department shall have possession and control of all...

Section 606. - 606. The provisions of Chapter 2 (commencing with Section 11150),...

Section 607. - 607. The work of the department shall be divided into...

Section 608. - 608. The director, with approval of the Director of Finance,...

Section 609. - 609. Whenever the department has received and deposited any money...

Section 610. - 610. For the purpose of disseminating information relating to its...

Section 611. - 611. Notwithstanding any other provision of this code or of...

Section 612. - 612. The department shall prepare, update, and maintain Important Farmland...

Section 612.5. - 612.5. (a) The Legislature hereby finds and declares all of...

Section 613. - 613. The department, through the California Resources Information System and...

Section 614. - 614. The department may do any of the following: (a)...

Section 615. - 615. Grants administered by the department, including, but not limited...

Section 617. - 617. Upon an appropriation by the Legislature, or as other...

ARTICLE 2 - State Mining and Geology Board

Section 660. - 660. There is in the department a State Mining and...

Section 661. - 661. As used in this article, “board” means the State...

Section 662. - 662. (a) One member of the board shall be a...

Section 663. - 663. (a) No member of the board shall participate in...

Section 663.1. - 663.1. (a) For the purposes of this section, “ex parte...

Section 663.2. - 663.2. (a) No board member shall make, participate in making,...

Section 664. - 664. Each member of the board shall hold office for...

Section 667. - 667. Each member of the board shall receive one hundred...

Section 668. - 668. The board shall maintain its headquarters in Sacramento and...

Section 669. - 669. The Governor shall designate the chair of the board...

Section 670. - 670. The board may appoint an executive officer who shall...

Section 671. - 671. The director shall have no power to amend or...

Section 672. - 672. The board shall represent the state’s interest in the...

Section 673. - 673. The board shall also serve as a policy and...

Section 675. - 675. The board may provide for a statewide program of...

Section 676. - 676. The board shall provide for a public information program...

Section 677. - 677. The board shall nominate, and the director shall appoint,...

Section 678. - 678. The director may authorize the State Geologist to exercise...

ARTICLE 3 - Geologic Energy Management Division

Section 690. - 690. The Geologic Energy Management Division shall be in charge...

CHAPTER 2.5 - Department of Forestry and Fire Protection

ARTICLE 1 - Organization and General Powers

Section 700. - 700. As used in this chapter: (a) “Board” means the...

Section 701. - 701. (a) There is in the Resources Agency the Department...

Section 701.5. - 701.5. Notwithstanding Section 701, Section 12805 of the Government Code,...

Section 701.6. - 701.6. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, on and...

Section 702. - 702. (a) Pursuant to Section 13100 of the Health and...

Section 703. - 703. The director shall appoint a cultural burning liaison who...

Section 705. - 705. The department may expend the money in any appropriation...

Section 705.5. - 705.5. (a) The director may authorize advance payments to a...

Section 706. - 706. The department shall have possession and control of all...

Section 707. - 707. Whenever the department has received and deposited any money...

Section 707.1. - 707.1. (a) Any moneys recovered by the department in a...

Section 708. - 708. For the purpose of disseminating information relating to its...

Section 709. - 709. The provisions of Chapter 2 (commencing with Section 11150)...

Section 710. - 710. The director shall have no power to amend or...

Section 711. - 711. The director, with approval of the Director of Finance,...

Section 712. - 712. Notwithstanding any other provision of this code or of...

Section 713. - 713. The department is responsible for the fire protection, fire...

Section 714. - 714. The department is responsible for all of the following:...

Section 715. - 715. The Department of Forestry and Fire Protection, in cooperation...

Section 716. - 716. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Department...

Section 717. - 717. (a) The Secretary of the Natural Resources Agency shall...

ARTICLE 2 - State Board of Forestry and Fire Protection

Section 730. - 730. (a) There is in the department a State Board...

Section 731. - 731. All members of the board shall be appointed and...

Section 731.1. - 731.1. The Legislature declares that some individuals appointed as members...

Section 732. - 732. Each member of the board shall hold office for...

Section 735. - 735. Each member of the board shall receive compensation for...

Section 736. - 736. The board shall maintain its headquarters in Sacramento and...

Section 737. - 737. (a) A member of the board shall not participate...

Section 738. - 738. The Governor shall designate the chair of the board...

Section 739. - 739. The board may appoint an executive officer who shall...

Section 740. - 740. The board shall represent the state’s interest in the...

Section 741. - 741. (a) The board shall appoint a Range Management Advisory...

Section 743. - 743. State agencies shall submit to the board plans for,...

Section 745. - 745. The board shall implement a public information program on...

ARTICLE 3 - Professional Foresters

Section 750. - 750. This article may be known and cited as the...

Section 751. - 751. The purpose of this article is to declare the...

Section 752. - 752. (a) “Professional forester,” as used in this article, means...

Section 753. - 753. “Forestry,” as used in this article, refers to the...

Section 754. - 754. “Forested landscapes” means those tree dominated landscapes and their...

Section 755. - 755. “Person” as used in this article means any natural...

Section 756. - 756. Nothing in this article prohibits any person from engaging...

Section 757. - 757. This article does not apply to a landowner who...

Section 758. - 758. This article shall not be construed to authorize a...

Section 759. - 759. The board may by regulation adopt such rules and...

Section 760. - 760. The board shall consider matters pertaining to the registration...

Section 760.5. - 760.5. The board may hire the clerical and secretarial employees,...

Section 761. - 761. The board shall keep a complete record of all...

Section 762. - 762. The board may by regulation provide for the issuance...

Section 763. - 763. (a) The board shall establish an examining committee of...

Section 764. - 764. A person appointed to serve upon the examining committee...

Section 765. - 765. The examining committee shall adhere to the rules and...

Section 766. - 766. On and after July 1, 1973, it shall be...

Section 767. - 767. An applicant for a license pursuant to this article...

Section 768. - 768. The board shall require an applicant to demonstrate such...

Section 769. - 769. An applicant shall meet all of the following qualifications:...

Section 770. - 770. (a) Examinations shall be given by the board as...

Section 771. - 771. An applicant failing in an examination may be examined...

Section 772. - 772. Instead of being registered as a professional forester, an...

Section 773. - 773. Licenses and specialty certificates issued pursuant to this article...

Section 774. - 774. (a) Issuance of a license may be denied if...

Section 775. - 775. The board may upon its own motion, and shall...

Section 776. - 776. Any accusation against a registrant or a certificant shall...

Section 777. - 777. (a) If the board finds against the registrant, the...

Section 778. - 778. A registrant or certificant is subject to disciplinary action...

Section 778.5. - 778.5. The board shall develop criteria to determine whether a...

Section 779. - 779. Any person who violates any of the provisions of...

Section 780. - 780. The fees received pursuant to this article shall be...

Section 781. - 781. All fees received pursuant to this article shall be...

Section 782. - 782. The board shall establish by regulation the amount of...

Section 783. - 783. In case a person defaults in payment of the...

CHAPTER 3 - Powerplant Siting

Section 800. - 800. It is the policy of the State of California...

Section 801. - 801. In accordance with state policy, it shall be the...

CHAPTER 4 - Aquaculture Development

Section 825. - 825. This chapter shall be known and may be cited...

Section 826. - 826. The Legislature finds and declares that it is in...

Section 827. - 827. The purpose of this chapter is to establish a...

Section 828. - 828. As used in this chapter, “aquaculture” means the culture...

Section 829. - 829. As used in this chapter, “director” means the Director...

Section 830. - 830. As used in this chapter, “department” means the Department...