California Public Resources Code

§ 5868

PRC § 5868 Effective Jan 1, 2007Div. 5 · Ch. 13

Statute text

Property may be considered for designation if its significant features are either of natural origin and remain largely wild and undisturbed, or have the salient characteristics of natural features, including function and appearance, but have been subject to human intervention or use. The department shall use the following criteria to evaluate whether a property is one of state significance:

(a)Primary criteria for a specific type of natural feature is the main basis for selection of property as being of state significance. Primary criteria consist of both of the following:

(1)Illustrative character, which requires the property to exhibit a combination of well-developed components that are recognized in the appropriate scientific literature as characteristic of a particular type of natural feature. Generally, the property should be unusually illustrative, rather than merely statistically representative.

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Legislative history

Added by Stats. 2006, Ch. 827, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 2007.