California Public Resources Code

§ 71552

PRC § 71552 Effective Jan 1, 2011Div. 37 · Ch. 5

Statute text

(a)The purpose of the endowment is to create a permanent source of funding for projects and programs that will conserve, protect, restore, and enhance the coastal and marine resources of the state, with an emphasis on open coastal marine resources, and that will improve the sustainability of marine activities and encourage and support environmentally sustainable marine activities. To achieve this objective, the endowment board may award grants to public agencies and nonprofit organizations to support any or all of the following activities:

(1)Applied research, including, but not limited to, monitoring and data collection in support of projects to conserve, protect, restore, and enhance the open coastal marine resources of the state. In so doing, the board shall take maximum advantage of the scientific research expertise available from the University of California, the California State University, other institutions of higher learning, and marine science research institutions with expertise in marine resource issues. No more than 10 percent of funds awarded by the endowment in any fiscal year shall be awarded for research.

(2)Projects in open coastal waters that enhance environmentally sustainable marine activities.

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Legislative history

Added by Stats. 2010, Ch. 687, Sec. 2. (AB 2503) Effective January 1, 2011.