Public Resources Code: Codified in 1939 under the direction of the of the California Code Commission, the Public Resources Code consolidated and revised the law relating to natural resources, the conservation, utilization, and supervision thereof, along with mines and mining, oil and gas, and forestry.
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Public Resources Code Sections
Section 2200: Derived from former uncodified § 16, enacted in 1929.
Section 2621.7: Derived from former Public Resources Code § 2621.8, enacted in 1975.
Section 2727.1: Added in 1990 and amended in 2011.
Section 2770: Derived from former Public Resources Code § 2770, enacted in 1975.
Section 2777.5: Added in 2011 and amended in 2017.
Section 3008: Derived from former uncodified § 15, added in 1915.
Section 3106: Derived from former uncodified § 3, added in 1915.
Section 3203: Derived from former uncodified § 17, enacted in 1915.
Section 3219: Derived from former uncodified § 3, enacted in 1915.
Section 3224: Derived from former uncodified § 8, enacted in 1915.
Section 3228: Derived from former uncodified § 16, enacted in 1915.
Section 3403.5: Added in 1976 and amended in 1984.
Section 4427: Derived from former uncodified § 142, enacted in 1850.
Section 4435: Derived from former Public Resources Code § 4161.5, enacted in 1963.
Section 4628: Added in 1973 and amended in 1984.
Section 5012: Derived from former Political Code § 373k, added in 1933.
Section 5024.5: Added in 1990 and amended in 1992.
Sections 5090.01 et seq.: Derived from former Labor Code §§ 8700 et seq., added in 1980.
Section 5097.94: Added in 1976.
Section 5097.98: Added in 1982.
Sections 5400 et seq.: California Public Park Preservation Act, enacted in 1971.
Section 5600: Added in 1994 and amended in 1995.
Sections 21080.3, 21080.4, and 21167.2: Enacted in 1977.
Section 21080.4. Added in 1977 and amended five times thereafter.
Section 21080.18: Enacted in 1984.
Section 21080.21: Enacted in 1984.
Section 21081.6: Enacted in 1988.
Section 21083.3: Enacted in 1981.
Section 21084: Enacted in 1972.
Section 21092.3: Enacted in 1989.
Section 21167.3: Enacted in 1977.
Section 21168.9: Enacted in 1984.
Section 21174: Enacted in 1972.
Section 21177: Enacted in 1984.
Section 25120: Enacted in 1974.
Section 25540.6: Added in 1978.
Section 30010: Added in 1975 and amended in 1991.
Section 30106: Enacted by initiative in the 1972 General Election.
Section 30213: Added in 1976.
Section 30335.1: Added in 1979 and amended in 1991.
Section 30610: Derived from former Public Resources Code § 27405, added by initiative in the 1972 General Election.
Section 30610.3: Added in 1979 and amended twice thereafter.
Section 30610.6: Added in 1980 and amended in 2006.
Section 30820: Derived from former Public Resources Code §§ 30820 and 30821, enacted in 1976.
Section 30821.6: Added in 1991 and amended in 1993.
Sections 33000 through 33215: Enacted in 1979 as the Santa Monica Mountains Conservancy Act.
Sections 36600 et seq.: Enacted in 2000 as the Marine Managed Areas Improvement Act.
Sections 42356 and 42357: Derived from former Public Resources Code §§ 42356 and 42357, enacted in 2004.
Section 43200.5: Enacted in 2013 and never amended.
Sections 49520 through 49524: Derived in part from former Health and Safety Code §§ 4272 and 4273, enacted in 1976.