2014 California Code
Public Resources Code - PRC
GENERAL PROVISIONS

1.  

This act shall be known as the Public Resources Code.

(Enacted By Stats. 1939, Ch. 93.)

2.  

The provisions of this code, in so far as they are substantially the same as existing provisions relating to the same subject matter, shall be construed as restatements and continuations thereof and not as new enactments.

(Enacted by Stats. 1939, Ch. 93.)

3.  

All persons who, at the time this code goes into effect, hold office under any of the acts repealed by this code, which offices are continued by this code, continue to hold the same according to the former tenure thereof.

(Enacted by Stats. 1939, Ch. 93.)

4.  

No action or proceeding commenced before this code takes effect, and no right accrued, is affected by the provisions of this code, but all procedure thereafter taken therein shall conform to the provisions of this code so far as possible.

(Enacted by Stats. 1939, Ch. 93.)

5.  

Unless the context otherwise requires, the general provisions hereinafter set forth shall govern the construction of this code.

(Enacted by Stats. 1939, Ch. 93.)

6.  

Division, part, chapter, article, and section headings contained herein shall not be deemed to govern, limit, modify or in any manner affect the scope, meaning, or intent of the provisions of any division, part, chapter, article, or section hereof.

(Enacted by Stats. 1939, Ch. 93.)

7.  

Whenever, by the provisions of this code, an administrative power is granted to a public officer or a duty imposed upon such an officer, the power may be exercised or the duty performed by a deputy of the officer or by a person authorized pursuant to law.

(Enacted by Stats. 1939, Ch. 93.)

8.  

Writing includes any form of recorded message capable of comprehension by ordinary visual means. Whenever any notice, report, statement or record is required by this code, it shall be made in writing in the English language.

(Enacted by Stats. 1939, Ch. 93.)

9.  

Whenever any reference is made to any portion of this code or of any other law of this State, such reference shall apply to all amendments and additions thereto now or hereafter made.

(Enacted by Stats. 1939, Ch. 93.)

10.  

“Section” means a section of this code unless some other statute is specifically mentioned.

(Enacted by Stats. 1939, Ch. 93.)

11.  

The present tense includes the past and future tenses; and the future the present.

(Enacted by Stats. 1939, Ch. 93.)

12.  

The masculine gender includes the feminine and neuter.

(Enacted by Stats. 1939, Ch. 93.)

13.  

The singular number includes the plural, and the plural the singular.

(Enacted by Stats. 1939, Ch. 93.)

14.  

“County” includes “city and county.”

(Enacted by Stats. 1939, Ch. 93.)

15.  

“Shall” is mandatory and “may” is permissive.

(Enacted by Stats. 1939, Ch. 93.)

16.  

“Oath” includes affirmation.

(Enacted by Stats. 1939, Ch. 93.)

17.  

“Signature” or “subscription” includes mark when the signer or subscriber can not write, such signer’s or subscriber’s name being written near the mark by a witness who writes his own name near the signer’s or subscriber’s name; but a signature or subscription by mark can be acknowledged or can serve as a signature or subscription to a sworn statement only when two witnesses so sign their own names thereto.

(Enacted by Stats. 1939, Ch. 93.)

18.  

If any provison of this code, or the application thereof to any person or circumstances, is held invalid the remainder of the code, and the application of its provisions to other persons or circumstances, shall not be affected thereby.

(Enacted by Stats. 1939, Ch. 93.)