CHAPTER 1.75. Native American Historical, Cultural, and Sacred Sites [5097.9. - 5097.991.]

Chapter 1.75 repealed and added by Stats. 1976, Ch. 1332.

§§ 5097.9–5097.991 · 11 sections

• § 5097.9 No public agency, and no private party using or occupying public property, or operating on public property, under a public license, permit, grant, lease, or…
• § 5097.91 There is in state government a Native American Heritage Commission, consisting of nine members appointed by the Governor with the advice and consent of the…
• § 5097.92 At least five of the nine members shall be elders, traditional people, or spiritual leaders of California Native American tribes, nominated by Native American…
• § 5097.93 The members of the commission shall serve without compensation but shall be reimbursed their actual and necessary expenses.
• § 5097.94 The commission shall have the following powers and duties: (a) To identify and catalog places of special religious or social significance to Native Americans,…
• § 5097.95 Each state and local agency shall cooperate with the commission in carrying out its duties under this chapter. Such cooperation shall include, but is not…
• § 5097.96 The commission may prepare an inventory of Native American sacred places that are located on public lands and shall review the current administrative and…
• § 5097.97 In the event that any Native American organization, tribe, group, or individual advises the commission that a proposed action by a public agency may cause…
• § 5097.98 (a) Whenever the commission receives notification of a discovery of Native American human remains from a county coroner pursuant to subdivision (c) of Section…
• § 5097.99 (a) No person shall obtain or possess any Native American artifacts or human remains which are taken from a Native American grave or cairn on or after January…
• § 5097.991 It is the policy of the state that Native American remains and associated grave artifacts shall be repatriated.