CHAPTER 2. The State Lands Commission and the Division of State Lands [6101. - 6111.]

Cal. Public Resources Code - PRC 2.
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Cal. Public Resources Code - PRC § 6102. Section 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.

Cal. Public Resources Code - PRC § 6103. Section 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.

Cal. Public Resources Code - PRC § 6103.2. Section 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.

Cal. Public Resources Code - PRC § 6103.4. Section 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.

Cal. Public Resources Code - PRC § 6103.6. Section 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.

Cal. Public Resources Code - PRC § 6103.8. Section 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.

Cal. Public Resources Code - PRC § 6104. Section 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.

Cal. Public Resources Code - PRC § 6105. Section 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.

Cal. Public Resources Code - PRC § 6107. Section 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.

Cal. Public Resources Code - PRC § 6108. Section 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.

Cal. Public Resources Code - PRC § 6110. Section 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.

Cal. Public Resources Code - PRC § 6111. Section 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.
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