California Public Resources Code

§ 6707

PRC § 6707 Effective Jan 1, 2014Div. 6 · Part 2 · Ch. 2

Statute text

(a)The Legislature finds and declares that to promote and accommodate public trust uses, including commerce, navigation, and fisheries, proper management of granted public trust lands may require the local trustee to conduct dredging of navigational channels and vessel berths on granted lands, including on those granted lands in which the state reserves mineral interests, and that those dredging activities are consistent with the public trust.

(b)A local trustee of tide and submerged lands or an applicant for dredging on granted tide and submerged lands that intends to commence dredging on granted public trust lands, upon which any right to minerals on those lands is reserved by the state, shall notify the commission, in writing, no later than 120 days prior to the time dredging is commenced. The notice shall contain all of the following information:

(1)A description of the dredging to be conducted on those lands, including a map and land description showing the area and project site.

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Legislative history

Added by Stats. 2013, Ch. 104, Sec. 3. (AB 727) Effective January 1, 2014.