SECTIONS 30400-30404 - California Statutes

PUBLIC RESOURCES CODE

SECTION 30400-30404

30400. It is the intent of the Legislature to minimize duplication
and conflicts among existing state agencies carrying out their
regulatory duties and responsibilities.
In the absence of a specific authorization set forth in this
division or any other provision of law or in an agreement entered
into with the commission, no state agency, including the Office of
Planning and Research, shall exercise any powers or carry out any
duties or responsibilities established by this division or by the
Federal Coastal Zone Management Act of 1972 (16 U.S.C. 1451 et seq.)
or any amendment thereto. The Director of the Office of Planning and
Research shall, in carrying out his or her duties as set forth in
Section 30415, ensure that the provisions of this section are carried
out.

30401. Except as otherwise specifically provided in this division,
enactment of this division does not increase, decrease, duplicate or
supersede the authority of any existing state agency.
This chapter shall not be construed to limit in any way the
regulatory controls over development pursuant to Chapters 7
(commencing with Section 30600) and 8 (commencing with Section
30700), except that the commission shall not set standards or adopt
regulations that duplicate regulatory controls established by any
existing state agency pursuant to specific statutory requirements or
authorization.

30402. All state agencies shall carry out their duties and
responsibilities in conformity with this division.

30403. It is the intent of the Legislature that the policies of
this division and all local coastal programs prepared pursuant to
Chapter 6 (commencing with Section 30500) should provide the common
assumptions upon which state functional plans for the coastal zone
are based in accordance with the provisions of Section 65036 of the
Government Code.

30404. (a) The commission shall periodically, in the case of the
State Energy Resources Conservation and Development Commission, the
State Board of Forestry and Fire Protection, the State Water
Resources Control Board and the California regional water quality
control boards, the State Air Resources Board and air pollution
control districts and air quality management districts, the
Department of Fish and Game, the Department of Parks and Recreation,
the Department of Boating and Waterways, the California Geological
Survey and the Division of Oil, Gas, and Geothermal Resources in the
Department of Conservation, and the State Lands Commission, and may,
with respect to any other state agency, submit recommendations
designed to encourage the state agency to carry out its functions in
a manner consistent with this division. The recommendations may
include proposed changes in administrative regulations, rules, and
statutes.
(b) Each of those state agencies shall review and consider the
commission recommendations and shall, within six months from the date
of their receipt, to the extent that the recommendations have not
been implemented, report to the Governor and the Legislature its
action and reasons therefor. The report shall also include the state
agency's comments on any legislation that may have been proposed by
the commission.