SECTIONS 35000-35003 - California Statutes

PUBLIC RESOURCES CODE

SECTION 35000-35003

35000. This division shall be known and may be cited as the Coastal
Resources and Energy Assistance Act.

35001. The Legislature finds and declares that it is essential that
the state, in cooperation with local governments, invest a portion
of federal revenues derived from the extraction of publicly owned,
nonrenewable offshore energy resources for the sound protection and
management of the state's renewable ocean and coastal resources.

35002. The Legislature further finds and declares that the federal
government's accelerated and expanded federal offshore leasing
program, in conjunction with the State Lands Commission's submerged
lands leasing program, have placed a greater strain on state and
local government efforts to plan for and manage the ocean and coastal
impacts caused by offshore oil and gas development.

35003. The Legislature further finds and declares, therefor, that a
portion of federal revenues derived from the extraction of offshore
energy resources should be expended by the state to further the
following goals:
(a) Provision of financial assistance to coastal counties and
cities affected by federal and state offshore energy development.
(b) Assistance to local governments to exercise their
responsibility for improving the management of the state's coastal
resources.