ARTICLE 1. General Provisions [1775. - 1779.5.]

Article 1 added by Stats. 1993, Ch. 1254, Sec. 1.

§§ 1775–1779.5 · 10 sections

• § 1775 This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the Sacramento-San Joaquin Valley Wetlands Mitigation Bank Act of 1993.
• § 1776 The Legislature finds and declares the following: (a) Wetlands are an important natural resource of the Sacramento-San Joaquin Valley because they provide…
• § 1776.5 It is the intent of the Legislature that the funds necessary to cover the costs of administering this chapter be provided by the purchase of credits in…
• § 1777 Unless the context otherwise requires, the definitions in this article govern the construction of this chapter.
• § 1777.2 “Bank site” or “mitigation bank site” means a publicly or privately owned and operated site on which wetlands have been or will be created in accordance with…
• § 1777.5 “Credit” means a numerical value that represents the wetland acreage and habitat values of a mitigation bank site.
• § 1778 “Operator” means the department, or a public or private person or entity approved by the department, to administer a wetlands mitigation bank site.
• § 1778.5 “Permittee” means a public or private person or entity that meets all of the following conditions: (a) Has received a permit pursuant to Section 404 of the…
• § 1779 “Qualifying urban area” means any of the following when they occur within the Sacramento-San Joaquin Valley: (a) A geographical area having a population of…
• § 1779.5 “Sacramento-San Joaquin Valley” means the central valley region, as defined in subdivision (g) of Section 13200 of the Water Code.