SECTIONS 71520 - California Statutes

PUBLIC RESOURCES CODE

SECTION 71520

71520. Unless the context requires otherwise, the following
definitions govern the construction of this division:
(a) "Board" or "endowment board" means the Board of Directors of
the California Endowment for Marine Preservation.
(b) "Endowment" means the California Endowment for Marine
Preservation.
(c) "Exclusive economic zone (EEZ)" means the zone as measured
from the mean high tide line seaward to 200 nautical miles as set
forth in the Presidential Proclamation 5030 of March 10, 1983, in
which the United States proclaimed jurisdiction over the resources of
the ocean within 200 miles of the coastline.
(d) "Nonprofit organization" means any nonprofit corporation
qualified to do business in California, and qualified under Section
501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code.
(e) "Open coastal marine resource" means those marine resources
that use open coastal waters as their habitat.
(f) "Open coastal waters" means the area composed of the submerged
lands of the state that are below the mean lower low water extending
seaward to the boundaries of the exclusive economic zone.