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Enactment structure, operative effect and source provenance
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Purpose and legislative effect
“This act is named the Public Resources Code.”
The Legislature states that increased requests to take water from state streams, especially for electric energy, may harm streamflows and dependent fish and wildlife resources. The Director of Fish and Game must identify and list state streams and watercourses that need minimum flow levels, include significant ones with findings, rank them by need, and finish the initial list by January 1, 1984. The Director of Fish and Game must prepare proposed streamflow requirements for each identified stream or watercourse and send them to the State Water Resources Control Board. The Director of Fish and Game may review any streamflow requirement and may propose changes, and any proposed change must be sent to the State Water Resources Control Board. The Department of Fish and Game must start studies to develop proposed streamflow requirements, and finish each study within three years.
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Enacted 1939. The date shown identifies this source expression and should not be treated as proof that no later change exists.
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This chapter applies to parts of the Ports of Hueneme, Long Beach, Los Angeles, and San Diego Unified Port District that are within the coastal zone, except certain wetlands, estuaries, and existing recreation areas.
Section 30700.
The Legislature states that funding should support watershed management partnerships using a community-based collaborative approach, with balanced allocation across different watershed types and project types.
Section 30909.
“Public agency” includes several kinds of public bodies, including local, state, and federal agencies, colleges and universities, intergovernmental bodies, and federally recognized Indian tribes.
Section 31017.
When the conservancy awards grants or enters agreements with a federally recognized Indian tribe, it must recognize and respect the tribe’s limited sovereignty.
Section 31120.
Work to plug and abandon wells, decommission production facilities, or remediate well sites must be paid prevailing wages when it is funded or financed by the division under the cited sections and done by outside contractors.
Section 3125.
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Source and current-law status
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Source record from leginfo.legislature.ca.gov · Enacted 1939
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