CHAPTER 4. Administration and Control of Swamp, Overflowed, Tide, or Submerged Lands, and Structures Thereon [6301. - 6360.]
Chapter 4 added by Stats. 1941, Ch. 548.
§§ 6301–6360 · 52 sections
ARTICLE 1. Administration and Control Generally §§ 6301–6314 · 27 sections
- § 6301 The commission has exclusive jurisdiction over all ungranted tidelands and submerged lands owned by the State, and of the beds of navigable rivers, streams,…
- § 6301.2 Notwithstanding any of the provisions of the Governor’s Reorganization Plan No. 2 of 1969 for the Reorganization of the Executive Branch of California State…
- § 6301.5 The commission may act in behalf of the State of California pursuant to Section 7 of the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act, an Act of Congress approved by the…
- § 6301.6 If any funds are impounded pursuant to Section 6301.5 under the custody and control of the State of California, such impounded funds may be invested and…
- § 6301.7 The commission may negotiate with, and with the approval of the Governor may enter into agreements with, the United States, or any official, agency, licensee,…
- § 6302 The commission may eject from any tide and submerged lands, beds of navigable channels, streams, rivers, creeks, lakes, bays, and inlets under its…
- § 6302.1 (a) (1) The commission may take immediate action, without notice, to remove from areas under its jurisdiction a vessel that is left unattended and is moored,…
- § 6302.2 (a) The commission shall, in consultation with other relevant state and local agencies directly involved in the removal of abandoned vessels, by July 1, 2019,…
- § 6302.3 (a) The commission, at a properly noticed commission hearing, may take title to an abandoned vessel subject to disposal pursuant to Section 6302.1 for the sole…
- § 6302.4 (a) At the request of the commission, an employee or agent of the commission or a peace officer of the federal or state government or a city, county, or other…
- § 6303 (a) The commission may grant the privilege of depositing material upon or removing or extracting material from swamp, overflowed, marsh, tide or submerged…
- § 6303.1 Any person who knowingly and willfully fills, dredges, or reclaims any state-owned land under the jurisdiction of the commission underlying any navigable…
- § 6304 The commission may cooperate with the Coastal Engineering Research Board of the United States Army Corps of Engineers, and may expend such moneys as are…
- § 6305 The powers granted by this chapter to the commission as to leasing or granting of rights or privileges with relation to the lands owned by the state are hereby…
- § 6306 (a) For purposes of this division, “local trustee of granted public trust lands” means a county, city, or district, including a water, sanitary, regional park,…
- § 6306.1 Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the State Lands Commission and the City of Los Angeles, acting by and through its Board of Harbor Commissioners,…
- § 6306.2 (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, in order to mitigate the effects of the project which is the subject of the Department of the Army Permit No.…
- § 6307 (a) The commission may enter into an exchange, with any person or any private or public entity, of filled or reclaimed tide and submerged lands or beds of…
- § 6307.1 (a) This section applies only to land in which California has a sovereign interest that lies within the boundaries of the State of Arizona and land in which…
- § 6308 If an action or proceeding is commenced by or against a county, city, or other political subdivision or agency of the state involving the title to or the…
- § 6309 (a) The commission shall administer the Shipwreck and Historic Maritime Resources Program, which consists of the activities of the commission pursuant to this…
- § 6310 Whenever tide and submerged lands granted in trust to a county by the Legislature are included within a city’s boundaries as the result of that city’s…
- § 6311 It is hereby declared to be the policy of this state that any grant of tidelands or submerged lands made after January 1, 1971, within an area which has been…
- § 6311.5 (a) For the purposes of this section, the following terms shall have the following meanings: (1) “Local trustee” means a local trustee of granted public trust…
- § 6312 Neither the state, nor any political subdivision thereof, shall take possession of lawful improvements on validly granted or patented tidelands or submerged…
- § 6313 (a) The title to all abandoned shipwrecks and all archaeological sites and historic resources on or in the tide and submerged lands of California is vested in…
- § 6314 (a) A person who removes, without authorization from the commission, or a person who destroys or damages an archaeological site or a historic resource, that is…
ARTICLE 2. Control of Structures §§ 6321–6327 · 8 sections
- § 6321 The commission may, upon written application of the littoral owner, grant authority to any such owner to construct, alter or maintain, groins, jetties, sea…
- § 6321.2 In addition to the fees provided in Section 6321, the commission may fix and collect reasonable charges or rentals for the use of lands upon which any of the…
- § 6322 The commission may also remove or require to be removed, repaired or altered, and may regulate the type, character, design, size, and maintenance of, such…
- § 6323 If accretions are caused or occasioned by any such structure authorized hereunder, no fence, building or other structure of any kind, other than the structure…
- § 6324 If by reason of any grant to any municipality, political subdivision, or district, or by reason of any charter of any city or county, any of the powers and…
- § 6325 The authority granted under this chapter does not obviate the necessity for the applicant to obtain permisssion from the proper federal agencies to construct,…
- § 6326 Nothing in this chapter abridges any right of the State to erect, maintain, or remove the protective structures herein mentioned, upon, across, or over any of…
- § 6327 The commission may, upon written application, grant a permit for the use and occupancy of state lands under the jurisdiction of the commission for the…
ARTICLE 2.5. Survey and Mapping of Ungranted Tide and Submerged Lands §§ 6331–6342 · 13 sections
- § 6331 As used in this article: (a) “Ungranted tidelands” means the tide and submerged lands owned by the State of California which have not been granted in trust to…
- § 6331.5 The commission shall make an inventory to ascertain and describe by metes and bounds the location and extent of all ungranted tidelands. The commission shall,…
- § 6332 The commission shall: (a) Adopt and enforce such rules and regulations as may be necessary or convenient to carry out the purposes of this article in…
- § 6333 The commission shall prepare and adopt, on or before March 31, 1989, a “Preliminary Map of Ungranted Tideland Boundaries in California” based on the inventory…
- § 6334 After completing the “Preliminary Map of Ungranted Tideland Boundaries in California,” the commission shall adopt and prepare a “Preliminary Description of…
- § 6335 On or before December 31, 1989, any local agency or other interested person affected by boundaries described by the “Preliminary Description of Ungranted…
- § 6336 The commission may negotiate with any person or local agency having or claiming an interest in any land affected by boundaries described by the “Preliminary…
- § 6337 Before adopting the Master Map of Ungranted Tideland Boundaries in California and a Description of Ungranted Tideland Boundaries pursuant to Section 6338, the…
- § 6338 On or before December 31, 1992, the commission shall prepare, certify, adopt, and publish in final form a “Master Map of Ungranted Tideland Boundaries in…
- § 6339 (a) Boundaries established by boundary agreements entered into and recorded pursuant to Section 6336, as to all parties thereto, shall be fixed and permanent…
- § 6340 The inventory required by this article shall not extend to, or have any bearing upon, the determination of the seaward boundary separating lands belonging to…
- § 6341 Any boundary line agreement entered into pursuant to Section 6336 or 6357, or any consent recorded pursuant to subdivision (b) of Section 6339, or any exchange…
- § 6342 The commission may enter into boundary line agreements with any person or public entity, describing and defining the boundary line between ungranted tidelands…
ARTICLE 3. Procedure on Establishment of Ordinary High-Water and Low-Water Mark §§ 6357–6360 · 4 sections
- § 6357 The commission may establish the ordinary high-water mark or the ordinary low-water mark of any of the swamp, overflowed, marsh, tide, or submerged lands of…
- § 6358 On receipt of a request from the legislative body of a county, city, or other political subdivision or agency of the State, to which a legislative grant of…
- § 6359 Whenever by legislative enactment tide or submerged lands of the State are granted or conveyed or authorized to be granted or conveyed or whenever a previous…
- § 6360 Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the boundary line of land lying within the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta (as defined in Section 12220 of the Water…