CHAPTER 7. Public Resources
Chapter 7 added by Stats. 1947, Ch. 424.
§§ 25600–25733 · 67 sections
ARTICLE 1. Wild Flowers §§ 25600–25602 · 3 sections
- § 25600 By a four-fifths vote the board of supervisors may designate as wild flower reserves, during appropriate times of the year for not to exceed ninety (90) days…
- § 25601 The board may protect any land designated as wild flower reserves by prohibiting any person from driving, herding, or grazing herbivorous animals in groups of…
- § 25602 This article does not apply to any public grazing land within the scope of an act of Congress entitled “An act to stop injury to the public grazing lands by…
ARTICLE 2. Forestry and Trees §§ 25620–25643 · 24 sections
- § 25620 This article may be cited as the Shade Tree Law of 1909.
- § 25621 The board of supervisors may appoint a county board of forestry, to consist of no less than three persons who shall serve without compensation.
- § 25622 In any county in which a planning commission has been created, the board of supervisors may appoint a county board of forestry, to consist of the members of…
- § 25623 Whenever the board of supervisors desires to avail itself of this article, it shall by resolution or ordinance so declare.
- § 25624 Within two months after the adoption of the resolution or ordinance, the board of supervisors shall appoint a county board of forestry or designate the members…
- § 25625 The term of office of the members of the county board of forestry is four years, except that the persons first appointed shall so classify themselves by lot…
- § 25626 Within 10 days after notice of their appointment, the members of the county board of forestry shall organize by the election of one of their members as…
- § 25627 The county board of forestry may employ a suitable and competent person as county forester to serve during the pleasure of the board and prescribe his duties.
- § 25628 The county board of forestry may also employ, or authorize the county forester to employ, a deputy county forester.
- § 25629 The board of supervisors may fix the compensation of the county forester.
- § 25630 Whenever the members of the county planning commission have been designated as the county board of forestry, it shall not employ or appoint a county forester,…
- § 25631 When appointed the forester shall execute a bond to the county board of forestry in the sum of one thousand dollars ($1,000) for the faithful performance of…
- § 25632 The board of forestry has exclusive charge and jurisdiction, with the exception of areas included within the limits of any city or fire protection district…
- § 25633 In the exercise of its powers and the performance of its duties, the board of forestry shall not interfere with the jurisdiction of the board of supervisors…
- § 25634 This article does not confer upon any county board of forestry, or other local authority however constituted or appointed, any jurisdiction over or within the…
- § 25635 In any county where a county board of forestry has been created and appointed, it is unlawful for any person except the county board of forestry or its…
- § 25636 All money received as penalties for the violation of this article shall be paid into the county treasury to the credit of the county board of forestry fund,…
- § 25637 Whenever this article is availed of, the board of supervisors shall appropriate money for the use of the county board of forestry sufficient to pay the…
- § 25638 By a resolution or ordinance adopted by a four-fifths vote, the board of supervisors may repeal any resolution or ordinance previously enacted whereby it…
- § 25639 Any county may appropriate and expend money from the general fund of the county, either within or without the county, for cooperation with the State Board of…
- § 25640 The board of supervisors may plant shade and ornamental trees on or about the public grounds and buildings of the county and provide for their care. The cost…
- § 25641 Under such regulations as it may adopt, the board of supervisors may encourage the planting and preservation of shade and ornamental trees on and about the…
- § 25642 The board of supervisors may appropriate in any one year such sum of money as the board of supervisors deems necessary for the purpose of providing fire…
- § 25643 The board of supervisors of a county shall determine each year such sum of money as the board of supervisors deems necessary for fire protection services…
ARTICLE 3. Fish §§ 25660–25662 · 3 sections
- § 25660 On the application of any person interested, the board of supervisors may by ordinance declare all or any portion of any slough, river, or stream to be a…
- § 25661 If any owner of land adjacent to or across which the slough, river, or stream declared to be a highway for fishing flows does not consent to its use for such…
- § 25662 If the right of passage cannot be purchased at a satisfactory price, the board may authorize condemnation proceedings to be commenced to procure the right.
ARTICLE 4. Streams and Flood Waters §§ 25680–25684 · 6 sections
- § 25680 The board of supervisors may appropriate and expend money from the general fund of the county for the following purposes: (a) The construction of works,…
- § 25681 The board may appropriate and expend money from the general or other appropriate funds of the county for the construction of works, improvements, levees, or…
- § 25681.1 A county may reclaim public and private lands therein by levees, bulkheads, breakwaters, fills, embankments, basins, drains, canals, excavations, sluices,…
- § 25682 In connection with flood control work done by the county or by any district therein or agency thereof, highways, bridges, and other public works affected…
- § 25683 This article does not authorize the imposition of any tax or special assessment on any property outside the county doing the flood control work whether the…
- § 25684 The board of supervisors may provide by ordinance for the organization and government of districts: (a) to protect and preserve the banks of rivers and streams…
ARTICLE 5. Water System §§ 25690–25699 · 10 sections
- § 25690 The board of supervisors may acquire, develop, distribute, and sell water to the county and its inhabitants for domestic, irrigation, agricultural, and other…
- § 25691 For purposes of this article the board may acquire water rights by purchase or condemnation and may file applications for the appropriation of unappropriated…
- § 25692 The board may acquire, construct, repair, and manage a water system, pumps, aqueducts, reservoirs, and all other works necessary or proper for supplying water…
- § 25693 For the purposes of this article, the county may incur a bonded indebtedness, upon the conditions, in the manner, and in accordance with the procedure…
- § 25694 Any tax for the purposes of this article may be levied only if a proposal therefor, specifying the purpose, the rate of tax, and the number of years for which…
- § 25695 When the acquisition, improvement, development or construction of a water supply system is completed, and the board of supervisors so finds and determines, the…
- § 25696 In managing and controlling a water system, the board of supervisors has authority, upon such terms and conditions as the board shall prescribe, to establish…
- § 25697 In any year a tax may be levied for the maintenance of the water system in the county at a rate calculated to raise a sum of money equal to the amount of the…
- § 25698 No tax for the purposes of this article may be levied for acquisition, improvement, development, construction, maintenance or operation upon property within…
- § 25699 The board of supervisors may establish a committee or board to advise and make recommendations to the board of supervisors with respect to the water resources…
ARTICLE 6. Reclamation of Water §§ 25701–25705 · 5 sections
- § 25701 The board of supervisors may enter into contracts with municipalities, sanitation districts, sanitary districts or other incorporated bodies within the county,…
- § 25702 The board of supervisors may acquire, construct, repair, manage, and maintain all works necessary or proper for the treatment, purification, and reclamation of…
- § 25703 The board of supervisors may dispose of recycled water and any byproducts of that recycling, pursuant to this article, in any one or more of the following…
- § 25704 The board of supervisors may enter into contracts with cities within the county, water districts within the county of any type or kind, sanitation districts…
- § 25705 For the purposes of this article, the county may incur a bonded indebtedness, upon the conditions, in the manner, and in accordance with the procedure…
ARTICLE 7. Water Resources Management Plan §§ 25710–25719 · 10 sections
- § 25710 The Legislature finds that local circumstances in the County of San Mateo require the preparation of a comprehensive water resources management plan for such…
- § 25711 As used in this article “county” means the County of San Mateo.
- § 25712 As used in this article “comprehensive water resources management plan” means a plan for coordinating and managing the supply and distribution of water for…
- § 25713 The county is hereby authorized to prepare and adopt a comprehensive water resources management plan as prescribed in this article.
- § 25714 Every public agency which is involved in supplying or distributing water for residential, commercial, industrial or other purposes within the county and every…
- § 25715 The comprehensive water resources management plan shall comply with all relevant statutes and with all relevant policies and requirements established pursuant…
- § 25716 The comprehensive water resources management plan shall comply with the provisions of any federal, state or regional plans which apply to water supply and…
- § 25717 The board of supervisors shall provide for public hearings on the proposed comprehensive water resources management plan prior to the adoption thereof. After…
- § 25718 Upon the adoption of the plan by the board of supervisors, it shall be submitted to each affected city within the county for approval or disapproval. In…
- § 25719 If the plan is approved by at least 50 percent of the cities within whose boundaries reside at least 50 percent of the population of the county, the plan shall…
ARTICLE 8. Hydroelectric Facilities §§ 25720–25721 · 2 sections
- § 25720 (a) The Legislature finds that local circumstances in Inyo and Mono Counties require that those counties be given authority to construct, operate, and maintain…
- § 25721 The hydroelectric plant or plants and transmission lines constructed pursuant to Section 25720 may be leased for operation to, or power generated may be sold…
ARTICLE 8.5. Electric Power §§ 25730–25733 · 4 sections
- § 25730 The board of supervisors of any county may construct, acquire, and develop works constructed after September 29, 1981, for the generation of hydroelectric…
- § 25731 The hydroelectric or wind energy plant or plants and transmission lines constructed pursuant to Section 25730 may be leased for operation to, or the power…
- § 25732 The power to construct, acquire, and develop works for the generation of hydroelectric power and to operate and maintain such works shall only apply to works…
- § 25733 The power to construct, acquire, develop, operate, and maintain works and facilities for the generation of hydroelectric or wind energy power shall not…