CHAPTER 2. Department of Conservation [600. - 690.]

Chapter 2 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1144.

§§ 600–690 · 37 sections

1. ARTICLE 1. Organization and General Powers §§ 600–617 · 18 sections

   • § 600 As used in this chapter, “department” means the Department of Conservation and “director” means the Director of Conservation.
   • § 601 There is in the Resources Agency the Department of Conservation. The department shall be conducted under the control of an executive officer known as the…
   • § 603 The department succeeds to and is vested with all of the duties, powers, purposes, responsibilities, and jurisdiction vested in the Department of Natural…
   • § 603.1 The director is hereby vested with all the duties, powers, purposes, responsibilities, and jurisdiction of the State Geologist as Chief of the California…
   • § 604 The department may expend the money in any appropriation or in any special fund in the State Treasury made available by law for the administration of the…
   • § 605 The department shall have possession and control of all records, books, papers, offices, equipment, supplies, moneys, funds, appropriations, land and other…
   • § 606 The provisions of Chapter 2 (commencing with Section 11150), Part 1, Division 3, Title 2 of the Government Code apply to the director. The director may…
   • § 607 The work of the department shall be divided into at least the following: (a) California Geological Survey. (b) (1) Geologic Energy Management Division. (2) Any…
   • § 608 The director, with approval of the Director of Finance, may accept on behalf of the various divisions of the department federal grants for the purposes for…
   • § 609 Whenever the department has received and deposited any money in the State Treasury to the credit of the General Fund in an excessive amount or in error, or…
   • § 610 For the purpose of disseminating information relating to its activities, powers, duties, or functions, the department may issue publications, construct and…
   • § 611 Notwithstanding any other provision of this code or of law and except as provided in the State Building Standards Law, Part 2.5 (commencing with Section 18901)…
   • § 612 The department shall prepare, update, and maintain Important Farmland Series maps as defined in subdivision (f) of Section 65560 of the Government Code and…
   • § 612.5 (a) The Legislature hereby finds and declares all of the following: (1) It is in the state’s public interest to have an accurate inventory of the state’s soil…
   • § 613 The department, through the California Resources Information System and as budgetary resources permit, may provide informational assistance to local agencies…
   • § 614 The department may do any of the following: (a) Advise a city, county, city and county, special district, including a resource conservation district, state…
   • § 615 Grants administered by the department, including, but not limited to, those awarded pursuant to Division 9 (commencing with Section 9001), Division 10.2…
   • § 617 Upon an appropriation by the Legislature, or as other funds become available and are appropriated for these purposes, the department may provide grants and…
2. ARTICLE 2. State Mining and Geology Board §§ 660–678 · 18 sections

   • § 660 There is in the department a State Mining and Geology Board consisting of nine members appointed by the Governor, subject to confirmation by the Senate.
   • § 661 As used in this article, “board” means the State Mining and Geology Board and “division” means the California Geological Survey of the department.
   • § 662 (a) One member of the board shall be a professional geologist with background and experience in mining geology; one member shall be a mining engineer with…
   • § 663 (a) No member of the board shall participate in any action of the board or attempt to influence any decision of the board that involves himself or herself, or…
   • § 663.1 (a) For the purposes of this section, “ex parte communication” means any oral or written communication between a member of the board and an interested person…
   • § 663.2 (a) No board member shall make, participate in making, or in any other way attempt to use his or her official position to influence a board decision about…
   • § 664 Each member of the board shall hold office for four years. Vacancies shall be immediately filled by the Governor.
   • § 667 Each member of the board shall receive one hundred dollars ($100) for each day during which the member is engaged in the performance of official duties. The…
   • § 668 The board shall maintain its headquarters in Sacramento and shall hold meetings at such times and at such places as shall be determined by it. Five members of…
   • § 669 The Governor shall designate the chair of the board from among the members of the board. The person designated as the chair shall hold the office at the…
   • § 670 The board may appoint an executive officer who shall be exempt from civil service. The board may also employ the clerical assistance necessary for the proper…
   • § 671 The director shall have no power to amend or repeal any order, ruling, or directive of the board.
   • § 672 The board shall represent the state’s interest in the development, utilization, and conservation of the mineral resources of the state and the reclamation of…
   • § 673 The board shall also serve as a policy and appeals board for the purposes of Chapter 7.5 (commencing with Section 2621) of Division 2.
   • § 675 The board may provide for a statewide program of research regarding the technical phases of reclaiming mined lands which may be delegated to it by law and may…
   • § 676 The board shall provide for a public information program on matters involving the state’s terrain, mineral resources, mining, the reclamation of mined lands,…
   • § 677 The board shall nominate, and the director shall appoint, the State Geologist, who shall either be registered in compliance with the Geologist and Geophysicist…
   • § 678 The director may authorize the State Geologist to exercise his power to appoint employees of the division in accordance with the State Civil Service Act. The…
3. ARTICLE 3. Geologic Energy Management Division § 690 · 1 section

   • § 690 The Geologic Energy Management Division shall be in charge of a chief, known as the State Oil and Gas Supervisor.