California Public Resources Code

§ 6309

PRC § 6309 Effective Jan 1, 2007Div. 6 · Part 1 · Ch. 4 · Art. 1

Statute text

(a)The commission shall administer the Shipwreck and Historic Maritime Resources Program, which consists of the activities of the commission pursuant to this section and Sections 6313 and 6314.

(b)The commission has exclusive jurisdiction with respect to salvage operations over and upon all tide and submerged lands of the state. The commission may grant the privilege of conducting salvage operations upon or over those lands by the issuance of permits. The commission may adopt rules and regulations in connection with applications for those permits, and the operations to be conducted in the salvage operation, that the commission determines to be necessary to protect those lands and the uses and purposes reserved to the people of the state.

(c)The commission may issue permits for salvage on granted tide and submerged lands only after consultation with the grantee and a determination by the commission that the proposed salvage operation is not inconsistent with the purposes of the grant.

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Legislative history

Amended by Stats. 2006, Ch. 135, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 2007.