CHAPTER 3. Powers, Duties, and Limitations
Chapter 3 added by Stats. 2004, Ch. 726, Sec. 1.
§§ 33340–33356 · 19 sections
- § 33340 The conservancy’s jurisdiction is limited to the Sierra Nevada Region.
- § 33341 The conservancy shall carry out projects and activities to further the purposes of this division throughout the region. The board shall make every effort to…
- § 33342 In carrying out this division, the conservancy shall cooperate with and consult with the city or county where a grant is proposed or an interest in real…
- § 33343 (a) The conservancy may make grants or loans to public agencies, nonprofit organizations, and tribal organizations in order to carry out the purposes of this…
- § 33344 In the case of a grant of funds to a nonprofit organization or tribal organization to acquire an interest in real property, including, but not limited to, a…
- § 33345 The conservancy shall adopt guidelines setting priorities and criteria for projects and programs, based upon its assessment of program requirements,…
- § 33345.1 (a) The Sierra Nevada Watershed Improvement Program is hereby established, to be administered by the conservancy, to protect, conserve, and restore the health…
- § 33346 (a) The conservancy may expend funds and award grants and loans to facilitate collaborative planning efforts and to develop projects and programs that are…
- § 33346.5 The conservancy may apply for and receive grants to carry out the purposes of this division.
- § 33347 (a) The conservancy may acquire from willing sellers or transferors, an interest in any real property, in order to carry out the purposes of this division.…
- § 33348 Notwithstanding Section 11005.2 of the Government Code or any other provision of law, the conservancy may lease, rent, sell, exchange, or otherwise transfer,…
- § 33349 (a) The conservancy shall take whatever actions are reasonably necessary and incidental to the management of lands or interests in lands under its ownership or…
- § 33350 (a) The conservancy shall make an annual report to the Legislature and the Secretary of the Natural Resources Agency regarding expenditures, land management…
- § 33351 The conservancy may expend funds under this division to conduct research and monitoring in connection with development and implementation of the program…
- § 33352 (a) The conservancy may receive gifts, donations, bequests, devises, subventions, grants, rents, royalties, and other assistance and funds from public and…
- § 33353 The conservancy may fix and collect a fee for a direct service it renders, provided the service is rendered at the request of the individual or entity…
- § 33354 Proceeds from a lease, rental, sale, exchange, or transfer of an interest or option in real property, and all other income, shall be deposited in the fund for…
- § 33355 The Sierra Nevada Conservancy Fund is hereby created in the State Treasury. Moneys in the fund shall be available, upon appropriation by the Legislature, only…
- § 33356 Nothing in this division grants to the conservancy: (a) Any of the powers of a city or county to regulate land use. (b) Any powers to regulate any activities…