California Public Resources Code

§ 5093.36

PRC § 5093.36 Effective Jan 1, 2009Div. 5 · Ch. 1.3

Statute text

(a)Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, a state agency with jurisdiction over an area designated as a wilderness area shall be responsible for preserving the wilderness character of the wilderness area and shall administer the area for the purposes for which it has been established and to preserve its wilderness character. Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, wilderness areas shall be devoted to the public purposes of recreational, scenic, scientific, educational, conservation, and historical use.

(b)Except as specifically provided in this chapter, and subject to private rights existing as of January 1, 1975, there shall be no commercial enterprise and no permanent road within any wilderness area. There shall be no temporary road, no use of motor vehicles, motorized equipment, or motorboats, no landing or hovering of aircraft, no flying of aircraft lower than 2,000 feet above the ground, no other form of mechanical transport, and no structure or installation within any wilderness area, except under either of the following circumstances:

(1)It is necessary in an emergency involving the health and safety of persons within the wilderness area.

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Legislative history

Amended by Stats. 2008, Ch. 689, Sec. 3. Effective January 1, 2009.