CHAPTER 7.5. Wildlife and Natural Areas Conservation Program [2700. - 2729.]

Chapter 7.5 added June 7, 1988, by initiative Proposition 70, a bond act.

§§ 2700–2729 · 13 sections

1. ARTICLE 1. General Provisions §§ 2700–2702 · 3 sections

   • § 2700 This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the Wildlife and Natural Areas Conservation Act.
   • § 2701 (a) The fundamental requirement for healthy, vigorous populations of fish and wildlife is habitat. Without adequate habitat, efforts to conserve and manage…
   • § 2702 As used in this chapter, the following terms have the following meanings: (a) “Acquisition” means the acquiring of any interest in real property. (b) “Fund”…
2. ARTICLE 2. Habitat Conservation Program §§ 2720–2729 · 10 sections

   • § 2720 Moneys available for the purposes of this chapter pursuant to Chapter 4 (commencing with Section 5930) of Division 5.8 of the Public Resources Code shall be…
   • § 2721 Funds available pursuant to subdivision (a) of Section 2720 shall be expended to acquire, enhance, restore, or protect lands in California on which any of the…
   • § 2722 (a) Whenever the application of the criteria specified in Section 2721 results in the identification of two or more parcels of land that are essentially…
   • § 2723 (a) Of the total amount available pursuant to subdivision (a) of Section 2720, not more than five million dollars ($5,000,000) may be encumbered for any single…
   • § 2724 (a) In choosing among two or more parcels of land to be acquired, enhanced, restored, or protected with funds available pursuant to subdivision (b) or (c) of…
   • § 2725 No funds available pursuant to this chapter shall be encumbered for any lands that, due to their degraded character, will not sustain plants or wildlife or…
   • § 2726 With respect to any lands which may be acquired, enhanced, restored, or protected with funds under this chapter and which could also be eligible for funds…
   • § 2727 No funds available for appropriation under this chapter may be encumbered for any purpose described in Section 1353 of the Fish and Game Code.
   • § 2728 An annual amount, not to exceed three hundred fifty thousand dollars ($350,000) may be appropriated from the fund in the 1988–89 through 1998–99 fiscal years,…
   • § 2729 (a) For the purpose of administering this chapter, the Wildlife Conservation Board and the department shall augment its existing staff, whenever possible, by…