CHAPTER 4.5. Development of State Lands [6370. - 6378.]

Cal. Public Resources Code - PRC 4.5.

in effect

Cal. Public Resources Code - PRC § 6370. Section 6370.

The commission, acting in concert with the Resources Agency and the Office of Planning and Research, and in cooperation with other appropriate state, federal, and local agencies, shall inventory unconveyed state school and tide and submerged lands and identify such lands which possess significant environmental values, including scenic, historic, natural, or aesthetic values of statewide interest. The commission, upon identification of such lands, shall adopt regulations necessary to assure permanent protection to these lands.

Cal. Public Resources Code - PRC § 6370.1. Section 6370.1.

The Office of Planning and Research shall, for purposes of Section 6370, define “significant environmental values”, which definition shall include, but not be limited to, the criteria developed pursuant to Section 65041 of the Government Code. Such definition shall be submitted to the commission for its approval and adoption at a public hearing. The commission shall submit the adopted definition, including reasons in support of the adopted definition, to the Legislature no later than January 15, 1974.

Cal. Public Resources Code - PRC § 6370.2. Section 6370.2.

The commission shall submit a final report to the Legislature by January 15, 1975, which identifies those lands determined by the commission to possess significant environmental values and sets forth the applicable criteria upon which such determinations were made, including the findings and regulations adopted pursuant to Section 6370. The report shall further contain recommended additional actions necessary to assure permanent protection of such lands. In its investigation, the commission shall consider the California Protected Waterways Plan required pursuant to the provisions of Chapter 1278 of the Statutes of 1968, and any and all other reports and plans relating to the protection of scenic, historic, natural, or aesthetic values.

Cal. Public Resources Code - PRC § 6371. Section 6371.

Until submission of the report required in Section 6370.2 the State Lands Commission shall not sell any of the lands under its jurisdiction unless it has made a finding at a public meeting that such sale is necessary for the health, welfare or safety of the people of the state or a finding that such land would not meet the intent of environmentally significant lands indicated in Section 6370; provided, however, that this section and Sections 6372, 6373, 6374, and 6375 shall not be applicable to settlements of title and boundary problems by the commission and exchanges in connection therewith. The commission shall not lease any of the lands under its jurisdiction unless it shall have complied with the environmental impact report requirements of Division 13 (commencing with Section 21000) and rules and regulations adopted by the commission pursuant to Section 21082.

Cal. Public Resources Code - PRC § 6373. Section 6373.

At least 10 days before the commission authorizes a conveyance of state lands to a private party or other governmental agency, the commission shall notify, by letter, the chair of the relevant policy committees of the Legislature and each Member of the Legislature in whose district any part of the state lands is located of the proposed conveyance and make the information regarding the proposed conveyance publicly available on the commission’s internet website.

Cal. Public Resources Code - PRC § 6376. Section 6376.

It is the intent of the Legislature that any inventory prepared pursuant to this chapter shall be solely for informational purposes and not to establish rights of ownership. Any boundaries mapped or described by the commission in any such inventory shall not be binding upon any upland owner or other party affected thereby.

Cal. Public Resources Code - PRC § 6377. Section 6377.

The provisions of this chapter shall not apply to tidelands transferred pursuant to Chapter 1333 of the Statutes of 1968, to tidelands and submerged lands heretofore granted to the City of Long Beach or to oil revenues and dry gas revenues whose disposition is governed by Chapter 138 of the Statutes of 1964, First Extraordinary Session, or to any sovereign or other state lands transferred to the City of Oakland in trust by the state for port purposes.

Cal. Public Resources Code - PRC § 6378. Section 6378.

The commission shall determine the ownership of all salmon and steelhead spawning areas as designated by Section 1505 of the Fish and Game Code. All areas found to be state property shall be permanently protected by the state, and no sale, lease or disposal of material shall be made as to such areas, except that rights-of-way and easements may be granted to, and leases entered into with, public utilities for the installation, operation, and maintenance of public utility facilities unless the Director of Fish and Game shall determine that such facilities would prove deleterious to fishlife.

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