2011 California Code
Public Resources Code
DIVISION 27. OCEAN RESOURCES MANAGEMENT [36000 - 36995]
CHAPTER 2. Definitions
Section 36108


CA Pub Res Code § 36108 (through 2012 Leg Sess) What's This?

State waters means the zone as measured from the mean high tide line to three nautical miles offshore, as set forth by the Submerged Lands Act (43 U.S.C. Sec. 1311) in which the United States released to adjacent coastal states title, ownership, and the right to manage natural resources from the mean high tide line seaward to three miles.

(Added by Stats. 1989, Ch. 1215, Sec. 1.)

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