CHAPTER 3. Establishment and Functions of the Santa Monica Mountains Conservancy

Chapter 3 added by Stats. 1979, Ch. 1087.

§§ 33200–33215 · 35 sections

§ 33200 (a) The Santa Monica Mountains Conservancy is hereby established within the Natural Resources Agency. The conservancy is composed of nine voting members and…
§ 33200.1 Three Members of the Senate, appointed by the Senate Committee on Rules, and three Members of the Assembly, appointed by the Speaker of the Assembly, shall…
§ 33200.5 Notwithstanding any other provision of law, placement of the conservancy within the Resources Agency shall not confer upon the Secretary of the Resources…
§ 33201 (a) The State Coastal Conservancy, pursuant to Division 21 (commencing with Section 31000), has the prime responsibility for carrying out projects identified…
§ 33202 The conservancy may apply for grants from any source to be used for the purposes of this division, and shall apply for all grants authorized pursuant to…
§ 33202.5 (a) For purposes of this section, “encroachment” means any unauthorized or unlawful interference with, or physical intrusion onto, or alteration of, the…
§ 33203 The conservancy may acquire, pursuant to subdivision (e) of Section 33207.5 and the Property Acquisition Law (Part 11 (commencing with Section 15850) of…
§ 33203.1 Notwithstanding Section 33203 or any other provision of this division, the executive director of the conservancy shall give notice of any proposed acquisition…
§ 33203.5 Notwithstanding any other provision of this division, the conservancy may acquire and improve real property, or any interests therein, anywhere within the zone…
§ 33204 The conservancy may, in accordance with the priorities of the plan, do the following: (a) Award grants or make interest-free loans to cities, counties,…
§ 33204.2 (a) The conservancy may award grants to nonprofit organizations qualified as exempt organizations under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1954…
§ 33204.27 (a) The conservancy may award grants to school districts and other local agencies for any of the purposes for which it may award grants to nonprofit…
§ 33204.3 (a) The Legislature finds and declares all of the following: (1) The existing parks and open space owned by federal, state, and local agencies within the Rim…
§ 33204.4 (a) The Legislature finds and declares all of the following: (1) The boundary of the Rim of the Valley Trail Corridor should be determined exclusively upon the…
§ 33204.5 (a) The conservancy shall conduct a study and implement a program to provide recreational access from downtown Los Angeles and the inner city to the zone in…
§ 33204.7 On January 1, 1984, the Department of Parks and Recreation shall transfer Fryman Canyon, which was acquired pursuant to Section 4 of Chapter 809 of the…
§ 33204.8 (a) (1) Notwithstanding the requirements in Section 33105.5, if the conservancy determines, based on relevant scientific information and land use planning…
§ 33205 The conservancy shall not hold lands acquired in accordance with subdivision (d) of Section 33204 more than 10 years from the time of acquisition. A city,…
§ 33205.5 (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, concurrent with the transfers described in subdivision (b), the Department of Parks and Recreation shall…
§ 33206 The conservancy may lease lands acquired in accordance and for purposes consistent with this division. Revenue from leases of land acquired with funds granted…
§ 33207 (a) Areas offered for open-space dedication or trail easement by any person, and lands offered for sale because of tax delinquency, shall not be lost to public…
§ 33207.1 (a) The conservancy shall, upon the request of a city or county, waive subdivision (b) of Section 33207 if it finds any of the following: (1) The property is…
§ 33207.5 (a) The executive director, on behalf of the conservancy, shall, contemporaneously with the Los Angeles Unified School District completing all procedures and…
§ 33207.6 Notwithstanding any other provision of law, upon receipt of a resolution of the Board of Education of the Las Virgenes Unified School District, the conservancy…
§ 33207.7 Notwithstanding any other provision of the law, upon mutual agreement of the conservancy and the governing body of each local government or special district,…
§ 33208 The conservancy shall annually, beginning on January 1, 1981, transmit to the Governor and the Legislature a two-part report as follows: (a) The first part of…
§ 33209 Every project submitted for funding pursuant to Section 33208 shall have an adopted project plan developed by, or in coordination with, the applicable local…
§ 33210 Upon the request of a city, county, or recreation and park district within the zone, upon the request of the National Park Service, or on its own initiative,…
§ 33211 The conservancy may: (a) Accept any gifts, donations, or bequests from individuals, corporations, or organizations, or accept grants of funds from private or…
§ 33211.5 (a) The following conditions of use apply to property owned or subject to the management of the conservancy: (1) Opening and closing hours shall be posted on…
§ 33211.6 (a) Dumping any refuse matter, except by permit signed by the executive director or the executive director’s authorized representative, on property owned or…
§ 33212 (a) The executive director of the conservancy shall be exempt from civil service and shall be appointed by, and serve at the pleasure of, the conservancy. The…
§ 33213 (a) The Santa Monica Mountains Conservancy Advisory Committee is hereby created. The advisory committee consists of 26 members, as follows: (1) Fifteen…
§ 33214 The conservancy and any city, county, or recreation and park district, in undertaking any project pursuant to subdivision (a) of Section 33204, shall be…
§ 33215 The Santa Monica Mountains Conservancy Fund is hereby established. Money deposited in the fund pursuant to Sections 33202, 33203, 33204, 33205, and 33206 shall…