California Boating Law

GOVERNMENT CODE

EXCERPTS FROM THE GOVERNMENT CODE TITLE 1. GENERAL DIVISION 1. SOVEREIGNTY AND PEOPLE OF THE STATE CHAPTER 1. SOVEREIGNTY OF THE STATE Article 3. State Boundaries

170. Coastal boundary. To give greater precision to the boundary of the State of California as defined in Article XXI of the Constitution, it is hereby declared that the part of the boundary which is described as ‘‘running in a northwesterly direction and following the direction of the Pacific Coast to the forty-second degree of north latitude,’’ and as ‘‘including all the islands, harbors, and bays along and adjacent to the coast,’’ runs and has in the past run three English nautical miles oceanward of lines drawn along the outer sides of the outermost of the islands, reefs and rocks along and adjacent to the mainland and across intervening waters; and where there are harbors, but no such outlying islands, reefs and rocks, it runs and in the past has run three English nautical miles oceanward of lines drawn in front of the harbors along the outermost works and installations thereof, and, in the case of all bays (including inlets and estuaries) three English nautical miles from lines drawn from headland to headland across the mouth of each bay, inlet and estuary, regardless of the length of the lines. Where there are no outlying islands, reefs or rocks and no harbors or bays or inlets or estuaries, the boundary runs and has in the past run three English nautical miles oceanward of the lowest low-water mark on the shore. TITLE 2. GOVERNMENT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA 13332.11. Capital outlay projects; plan approval; exceptions. (a) (1) Except as otherwise specified in paragraph (2), no funds appropriated for capital outlay may be expended by any state agency, including the University of California, the California State University, and the community colleges, until the Department of Finance and the State Public Works Board have approved preliminary plans for the project to be funded from a capital outlay appropriation. (2) Paragraph (1) shall not apply to any of the following: (A) Amounts for acquisition of real property in fee, or any other lesser interest. (B) Amounts for equipment or minor capital outlay projects. (C) Amounts appropriated for preliminary plans, surveys, and studies. (b) Notwithstanding subdivision (a), approvals by the State Public Works Board and the Department of Finance for the University of California and the community colleges shall apply only to the allocation of state capital outlay funds appropriated by the Legislature, including land acquisition and equipment funds. (c) Any appropriated amounts for working drawings or construction where the working drawings or construction have been started by any state agency prior to approval of the preliminary plans by the State Public Works Board, and all amounts not approved by the board under this section shall be reverted to the fund from which the appropriation was made. No major project for which a capital outlay appropriation is made shall be put out to bid until the working drawings have been approved by the DIVISION 3. EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT PART 3. DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE CHAPTER 3. FISCAL AFFAIRS Article 2.5. Provisions Applicable to Appropriations of Funds

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