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2007 California Public Resources Code Chapter 2. Land Bank Fund
CA Codes (prc:8610-8618)
PUBLIC RESOURCES CODESECTION 8610-8618
8610. There is in the State Treasury the Land Bank Fund, which fund is hereby created. All moneys in the fund are appropriated to the commission for expenditure, without regard to fiscal years, for the purposes of Section 8625. When performing the powers and duties set forth in this division, the commission shall be known as the Land Bank Trustee. 8611. The commission shall be responsible for carrying out the provisions of this division. 8612. The trustee is authorized to acquire real property or any interest in real property for the purposes of facilitating title settlements and, with respect to a project requiring mitigation, to facilitate such mitigation. 8612.5. The trustee is authorized to manage and improve real property for purposes of providing open space, habitat for plants and animals, and public access. 8613. (a) Moneys in the fund shall be available for expenditure by the trustee to purchase outstanding interests in tide and submerged lands whether or not they have been filled, diked, or cut off from tidal waters, lands which have been or may be converted to wetlands, or adjoining or nearby lands where the public use and ownership of the land is necessary or extremely beneficial for furtherance of public trust purposes. (b) Moneys deposited in the fund pursuant to subdivision (b) or (c) of Section 8625 shall be available for expenditure by the trustee for management and improvement of real property held by the trustee to provide open space, habitat for plants and animals, and public access. 8614. The acquisition and subsequent management of the real property shall be consistent with the San Francisco Bay Plan specified in Section 66603 of the Government Code, the Suisun Marsh Protection Plan as defined in Section 29113 of the Public Resources Code, and any land use plan of a local agency, including, but not limited to, a port district, regional park, park and open-space, or open-space district, or recreation and park district, whose jurisdiction includes in whole or in part the acquired real property. 8615. The trustee shall act only at an open, scheduled public meeting, subject to all provisions of Division 6 (commencing with Section 6000) relating to meetings of the commission. The trustee may combine its meetings with the meetings of the commission. 8616. The provisions of this division are not intended as exclusive, and shall not restrict the commission in otherwise meeting its responsibilities for resolving title disputes in lieu of litigation or in settlement of litigation, in whole or in part, by land bank agreements, or otherwise, or any other responsibilities and jurisdiction the commission may presently have by law. 8617. The trustee is authorized to accept gifts of real property or money for the purposes of this division. 8618. On or before January 2 of each year, the trustee shall prepare and submit to the Governor and the Legislature a report describing its progress in achieving the objectives of this division, including the status of property acquisitions and an accounting of the moneys in the fund.
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