California Public Resources Code

§ 5097.94

PRC § 5097.94 Effective Jan 1, 2025Div. 5 · Ch. 1.75

Statute text

The commission shall have the following powers and duties:

(a)To identify and catalog places of special religious or social significance to Native Americans, and known graves and cemeteries of Native Americans on private lands. The identification and cataloguing of known graves and cemeteries shall be completed on or before January 1, 1984. The commission shall notify landowners on whose property the graves and cemeteries are determined to exist, and shall identify the Native American group most likely descended from those Native Americans who may be interred on the property.

(b)To make recommendations relative to Native American sacred places that are located on private lands, are inaccessible to Native Americans, and have cultural significance to Native Americans for acquisition by the state or other public agencies for the purpose of facilitating or assuring access to those sacred places by Native Americans.

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Legislative history

Amended by Stats. 2024, Ch. 80, Sec. 112. (SB 1525) Effective January 1, 2025.