California Health and Safety Code

§ 8012

HSC § 8012 Effective Jan 1, 2021Div. 7 · Part 2 · Ch. 5 · Art. 2

Statute text

Terms used in this chapter have the same meaning as defined in the federal Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (25 U.S.C. Sec. 3001 et seq.), and as interpreted by federal regulations, except that the following terms have the following meaning:

(a)“Agency” means a division, department, bureau, commission, board, council, city, county, city and county, district, or other political subdivision of the state.

(b)“Burial site” means, except for cemeteries and graveyards protected or recognized under another state law, a natural or prepared physical location, whether originally below, on, or above the surface of the earth, into which human remains were deposited as a part of the death rites or ceremonies of a culture.

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Legislative history

Repealed and added by Stats. 2020, Ch. 167, Sec. 5. (AB 275) Effective January 1, 2021.