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DIVISION 26.5. CALIFORNIA OCEAN PROTECTION ACT [35500. - 35651.]

Division 26.5 added by Stats. 2004, Ch. 719, Sec. 1.

§§ 35500–35651 · 23 sections

  1. CHAPTER 1. General Provisions §§ 35500–35515 · 4 sections
    • § 35500 This division shall be known, and may be cited, as the California Ocean Protection Act.
    • § 35505 The Legislature finds and declares all of the following: (a) California’s coastal and ocean resources are critical to the state’s environmental and economic…
    • § 35510 The Legislature finds and declares all of the following: (a) The coastal waters offshore of the state and the ocean ecosystems associated with those waters are…
    • § 35515 The Legislature finds and declares that the purpose of this division is to integrate and coordinate the state’s laws and institutions responsible for…
  2. CHAPTER 2. Definitions § 35550 · 1 section
    • § 35550 Unless the context requires otherwise, the following definitions govern this division: (a) “Council” means the Ocean Protection Council established pursuant to…
  3. CHAPTER 3. Ocean Protection Council §§ 35600–35625 · 10 sections
    • § 35600 (a) The Ocean Protection Council is established in state government. The council consists of the Secretary of the Natural Resources Agency, the Secretary for…
    • § 35605 The Secretary of the Natural Resources Agency shall serve as the chairperson of the council, and the Secretary for Environmental Protection shall serve as the…
    • § 35610 One Member of the Senate, appointed by the Senate Committee on Rules, and one Member of the Assembly, appointed by the Speaker of the Assembly, shall meet with…
    • § 35612 (a) The council’s meetings shall be open to the public. (b) The council may sponsor conferences, symposia, and other public forums, to seek a broad range of…
    • § 35615 The council shall do all of the following: (a) (1) Coordinate activities of state agencies that are related to the protection and conservation of coastal…
    • § 35616 (a) Subject to the availability of funding, the council shall develop and implement a coastal climate change adaptation, infrastructure, and readiness program…
    • § 35617 (a) The Ocean Protection Council shall develop and implement a voluntary sustainable seafood promotion program for the state. (b) The program shall consist of…
    • § 35620 (a) Consistent with this chapter, and subject to the availability of funding, the council shall support state agencies’ use and sharing of scientific and…
    • § 35621 Consistent with the council’s authority and responsibility under this chapter to coordinate activities of state agencies with ocean or coastal management…
    • § 35625 (a) Under the direction of the Secretary of the Natural Resources Agency, the council shall administer its affairs, and provide the staff services that the…
  4. CHAPTER 3.1. Ocean Acidification and Hypoxia Mitigation §§ 35630–35632 · 3 sections
    • § 35630 The Legislature finds and declares all of the following: (a) Ocean acidification and hypoxia, an abnormal deficiency of oxygen in marine environments, are two…
    • § 35631 (a) Subject to the availability of funding, the council may develop an ocean acidification and hypoxia science task force to ensure that decisionmaking is…
    • § 35632 (a) To the extent funds are available from bonds or other sources, the council, in consultation with the State Coastal Conservancy and other relevant entities,…
  5. CHAPTER 3.2. Microplastic Materials § 35635 · 1 section
    • § 35635 (a) The Legislature finds and declares all of the following: (1) Through the adoption of the California Ocean Litter Prevention Strategy, the council has led…
  6. CHAPTER 3.3. Protecting Blue Whales and Blue Skies Program §§ 35640–35641 · 2 sections
    • § 35640 The Legislature finds and declares all of the following: (a) California’s seaports are North America’s primary intermodal gateway to Asia and Transpacific…
    • § 35641 (a) The Legislature finds and declares that expansion of the Protecting Blue Whales and Blue Skies Program by local air pollution control districts and air…
  7. CHAPTER 4. California Ocean Protection Trust Fund §§ 35650–35651 · 2 sections
    • § 35650 (a) The California Ocean Protection Trust Fund is established in the State Treasury. (b) Moneys deposited in the fund may be expended, upon appropriation by…
    • § 35651 The council shall use one million dollars ($1,000,000) of the amount appropriated to it in Item 0540-101-0001 of Section 2.0 of the Budget Act of 2018 (Chapter…