California Public Resources Code

§ 37015

PRC § 37015 Effective Jan 1, 2001Div. 28 · Ch. 5

Statute text

The board shall approve only contributions of properties that meet one or more of the following criteria:

(a)The property will help meet the goals of a habitat conservation plan, multispecies conservation plan, natural community conservation plan, or any other similar plan subsequently authorized by statute that is designed to benefit native species of plants, including, but not limited to, protecting forests, old growth trees, or oak woodlands, and animals and development. In proposing and approving the acceptance of contributed property pursuant to this subdivision, the recovery benefits for listed species, the habitat value of the property, the value of the property as a wildlife corridor, and similar habitat-related considerations shall be the criteria on which the acceptance is based.

(b)The property will provide corridors or reserves for native plants and wildlife that will help improve the recovery possibilities of listed species and increase the chances that the species will recover sufficiently to be eligible to be removed from the list, or will help avoid the listing of species pursuant to the California Endangered Species Act (Chapter 1.5 (commencing with Section 2050) of Division 3 of the Fish and Game Code) or the federal Endangered Species Act (16 U.S.C. Sec. 1531 et seq.), or protect wetlands, waterfowl habitat, or river or stream corridors, or promote the biological viability of important California species.

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Legislative history

Amended (as added by Stats. 2000, Ch. 113) by Stats. 2000, Ch. 900, Sec. 7. Effective January 1, 2001.