CHAPTER 7.5. Sierra Nevada-Cascade Conservation Grant Program [5819. - 5819.8.]

Chapter 7.5 added by Stats. 2004, Ch. 230, Sec. 15.

§§ 5819–5819.8 · 9 sections

• § 5819 Unless the context requires otherwise, the following definitions govern this chapter: (a) “Acquisition” means obtaining fee title or a lesser interest in real…
• § 5819.1 (a) This chapter establishes the Sierra Nevada-Cascade Conservation Grant Program in the Resources Agency. (b) The secretary shall administer the program. (c)…
• § 5819.2 (a) The secretary shall administer the program consistent with authorized funding, and collaborate and cooperate with local governments and interested parties.…
• § 5819.3 (a) The secretary may undertake projects and activities to further the purposes identified in Section 5819.2. Those projects and activities may include…
• § 5819.4 To implement Section 79544 of the Water Code, the secretary may provide grants to local public agencies, local water districts, and nonprofit organizations,…
• § 5819.5 The secretary shall require an applicant for a grant for land or water resource acquisition to include in the grant application a proposal for the long-term…
• § 5819.6 An acquisition made pursuant to this chapter shall be from a willing seller.
• § 5819.7 All regulations, criteria, and procedural guides that the secretary adopts to implement this chapter are exempt from Chapter 3.5 (commencing with Section…
• § 5819.8 It is the intent of the Legislature to provide in any legislation that establishes a Sierra Nevada Conservancy an appropriate transition from the program…