ARTICLE 3. Exclusive Leases

Article 3 repealed and added by Stats. 1984, Ch. 1373, Sec. 2.

§§ 6700–6711 · 12 sections

• § 6700 The commission may lease to any person the exclusive privilege to harvest kelp in any designated kelp bed, or part thereof, if the commission determines that…
• § 6701 Persons wishing to lease the exclusive privilege to harvest kelp shall submit a written application to the commission. An application shall include all of the…
• § 6701.5 A deposit of not less than forty dollars ($40) for each square mile, or fraction thereof, of the total area of the kelp bed or beds which are designated in the…
• § 6702 (a) If the commission finds that the kelp beds included in the application are available for lease and that the lease would be in the public interest, the…
• § 6703 The initial term of a lease for the exclusive privilege of harvesting kelp shall not exceed 20 years. No lessee shall have an exclusive lease, excluding…
• § 6704 (a) Each kelp bed lease shall specify a period prior to expiration when renewal of the lease may be requested by the lessee. If the commission determines that…
• § 6706 Notwithstanding Sections 6703 and 6704, at any time during the term of a lease, the commission and the lessee may negotiate and enter into a new lease on terms…
• § 6707 (a) Each lease shall require, in addition to the license fee required by this chapter, a payment by the lessee or any sublessee of not less than the minimum…
• § 6708 A lease may not be assigned, in whole or in part, by the lessee, either voluntarily or by operation of law, and no subleases or other rights may be granted…
• § 6709 A lease, or any renewal thereof, shall be submitted to, and approved by, the Department of General Services.
• § 6710 When an exclusive privilege to harvest kelp has been granted by lease by the commission, the commission shall furnish a true copy thereof to the department.…
• § 6711 The department shall inform the State Lands Commission of all kelp bed leases executed pursuant to this chapter, and shall furnish the State Lands Commission…