The primary location of the Commission’s statutory authority is in Divisions 6, 7, 7.5, 7.7, 7.8, and 36 of the Public Resources Code and Government Code. The links to laws governing the Commission below will take you to the California Legislative website. Those statutes can be found by using the links below to the California Legislature’s website.
Division 6. Public Lands
Part 1. Administration and Control of State Lands
CHAPTER 1. General Provisions 6001-6009.1
CHAPTER 2. The State Lands Commission and the Division of State Lands 6101-6111
CHAPTER 3. Powers and Duties Generally 6201-6226
CHAPTER 3.2. Sea Grant Program 6230-6238
CHAPTER 3.4. California Coastal Sanctuary 6240-6244
CHAPTER 4. Administration and Control of Swamp, Overflowed, Tide, or Submerged Lands, and Structures Thereon
ARTICLE 1. Administration and Control Generally 6301-6320
ARTICLE 2. Control of Structures 6321-6327
ARTICLE 2.5. Survey and Mapping of Ungranted Tide and Submerged Lands 6331-6342
ARTICLE 3. Procedure on Establishment of Ordinary High-Water and Low-Water Mark 6357-6360
CHAPTER 4.5. Development of State Lands 6370-6378
CHAPTER 5. Reservation of Minerals 6401-6407
CHAPTER 6. Exchange of Certain Lands With the Federal Government 6441-6445
CHAPTER 7. Quiet Title Actions 6461-6465
CHAPTER 8. State Teachers’ Retirement Lands Act 6475-6477
Part 2. Leasing of Public Lands
CHAPTER 1. General Leasing Law 6501-6509
CHAPTER 2. Development and Improvement of Granted Tide and Submerged Lands 6701-6707
CHAPTER 3. Oil and Gas and Mineral Leases
ARTICLE 1. Provisions Relating to All State Lands 6801-6819
ARTICLE 2. Provisions Relating to Oil and Gas Leases Generally 6826-6836
ARTICLE 3. Oil and Gas Leases on Lands Other Than Tide and Submerged Lands 6851-6855
ARTICLE 4. Oil and Gas Leases on Tide and Submerged Lands and Beds of Navigable Rivers and Lakes 6870-6879
ARTICLE 5. Minerals Other Than Oil and Gas 6890-6900
ARTICLE 5.5. Geothermal Resources 6901-6925.2
ARTICLE 6. Extraction of Sodium Chloride From Specified Lands 6926-6932
CHAPTER 4.1. Leases for Taking Minerals From Waters and Certain Lands 6991-6996
CHAPTER 5. Oil and Gas and Mineral Leases by Public Agencies 7051-7062
Part 3. Sale of Public Lands
CHAPTER 1. Sale of School Lands and Lieu Lands
ARTICLE 1. Sale of School Lands 7301-7306
ARTICLE 2. Lieu Lands 7401-7424
CHAPTER 2. Sale of Swamp and Overflowed Lands
ARTICLE 1. Swamp and Overflowed Lands subsequent to September 19, 1939 7501
ARTICLE 2. Swamp and Overflowed Lands Sold prior to September 19, 1939 7521-7537
ARTICLE 3. Provisions Relating to All Swamp and Overflowed Lands 7551-7556
CHAPTER 3. Sale of Inland Lake and Unsegregated Swamp and Overflowed Lands 7601-7609
CHAPTER 4. Provisions Relating to Public Lands Generally
ARTICLE 1. Applications for Purchase of Lands 7705-7706
ARTICLE 2. Payments, Certificates of Purchase, and Patents 7723-7733
ARTICLE 6. Contests 7921-7927
ARTICLE 7. Correction of Incorrect Descriptions of Patented Lands 7951-7958
ARTICLE 8. Procedure on Improper Sales and Abandonment of Entries 7971-7977
ARTICLE 9. Miscellaneous Provisions Relating to State Lands 7991-7993
ARTICLE 10. State Maps and Surveys 8001-8025
ARTICLE 11. Exemption From Condemnation 8030
CHAPTER 5. Sale of University Lands 8101-8106
Part 4. Federal Lands
CHAPTER 1. Sites for Aids to Navigation 8301
CHAPTER 3. Conveyances by Counties for National Park Purposes 8401-8403
CHAPTER 4. Grazing Lands
ARTICLE 1. Regulating Grazing on Federal Lands 8501-8508
ARTICLE 2. Cooperation with Federal Agencies in relation to Grazing Lands 8551-8558
Division 7.5. Arroyo Seco Parklands
Arroyo Seco Parklands 8650-8655
Division 36. Marine Invasive Species Act
CHAPTER 1. General Provisions 71200-71202
CHAPTER 2. Ballast Water Management Requirements 71203-71210.5
CHAPTER 3. Research and Program Evaluation 71211-71213
CHAPTER 4. Marine Invasive Species Control Fund 71215
CHAPTER 5. Civil and Criminal Penalties and Liability 71216-71217
CHAPTER 6. Repeal 71271