California Public Resources Code

§ 5811

PRC § 5811 Effective Jan 1, 2001Div. 5 · Ch. 7

Statute text

The Legislature hereby finds and declares all of the following:

(a)The remaining wetlands of this state are of increasingly critical economic, aesthetic, and scientific value to the people of California, and that the need exists for an affirmative and sustained public policy and program directed at their preservation, restoration, and enhancement, in order that wetlands shall continue in perpetuity to meet the needs of the people.

(b)Although the state established a specific plan in 1979 for the protection, acquisition, restoration, preservation, and management of wetlands to be implemented through the year 2000, a need to update this plan now exists, and the process should include the identification of priorities for wetland conservation through the year 2020.

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Legislative history

Amended by Stats. 2000, Ch. 964, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 2001.