ARTICLE 2. Indemnity Land Selections [7400. - 7404.]

Cal. Public Resources Code - PRC 2.

in effect

Cal. Public Resources Code - PRC § 7400. Section 7400.

The Legislature finds and declares that, as of January 1, 2020, the commission has acquired roughly 81,643 acres of indemnity school lands and is owed roughly 51,000 additional acres of indemnity school lands.

Cal. Public Resources Code - PRC § 7401. Section 7401.

The commission shall ascertain from time to time the number of acres of land to which the state is entitled as indemnity and shall keep on file a statement showing of what those bases consist.

Cal. Public Resources Code - PRC § 7402. Section 7402.

Whenever the commission determines it to be in the best interest of the state, the commission may select lands of the United States equal in area to the number of acres or as otherwise provided under federal law to which the state is entitled as indemnity for any losses sustained by the state to its school land grants.

Cal. Public Resources Code - PRC § 7403. Section 7403.

The commission is the general agent of the state for the selection of indemnity lands in lieu of the losses sustained by the state to its school land grants.

Cal. Public Resources Code - PRC § 7404. Section 7404.

The commission may accept the benefits of the act of Congress approved July 17, 1914, enacted as Section 121 of Title 30 of the United States Code.

Source: CA Legislative Counsel Bulk DataURL: https://downloads.leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/pubinfo_2025.zipFetched: 6/27/2026