SECTIONS 21159.9 - California Statutes

PUBLIC RESOURCES CODE

SECTION 21159.9

21159.9. The Office of Planning and Research shall implement,
utilizing existing resources, a public assistance and information
program, to ensure efficient and effective implementation of this
division, to do all of the following:
(a) Establish a public education and training program for
planners, developers, and other interested parties to assist them in
implementing this division.
(b) Establish and maintain a data base to assist in the
preparation of environmental documents.
(c) Establish and maintain a central repository for the
collection, storage, retrieval, and dissemination of notices of
exemption, notices of preparation, notices of determination, and
notices of completion provided to the office, and make the notices
available through the Internet. The office may coordinate with
another state agency for that agency to make the notices available
through the Internet.
(d) Commencing January 1, 2003, copies of any documents submitted
in electronic format to the Office of Planning and Research pursuant
to this division shall be furnished by the office to the California
State Library. The California State Library shall be the repository
for those electronic documents, which shall be made available for
viewing by the general public upon request.