CHAPTER 1. General Provisions [93000 - 93006]
( Chapter 1 added by Stats. 1989, Ch. 1085, Sec. 1. )
(a) This title shall be known and may be cited as the Great Redwood Trail Agency Act.
(b) This section shall become operative on March 1, 2022.
(Repealed (in Sec. 3) and added by Stats. 2021, Ch. 423, Sec. 4. (SB 69) Effective January 1, 2022. Operative March 1, 2022, by its own provisions.)
(a) For purposes of this title, the following definitions apply:
(1) “Agency” means the Great Redwood Trail Agency.
(2) “Dividing line” means the county line separating the Counties of Mendocino and Sonoma at or near mile post 89.
(b) This section shall become operative on March 1, 2022.
(Repealed (in Sec. 6) and added by Stats. 2021, Ch. 423, Sec. 7. (SB 69) Effective January 1, 2022. Operative March 1, 2022, by its own provisions.)
(a) The agency is a local agency for purposes of the Disaster Assistance Act (Chapter 7.5 (commencing with Section 8680) of Division 1 of Title 2).
(b) This section shall become operative on March 1, 2022.
(Repealed (in Sec. 8) and added by Stats. 2021, Ch. 423, Sec. 9. (SB 69) Effective January 1, 2022. Operative March 1, 2022, by its own provisions.)
(a) State moneys shall not be used to initiate or operate rail service on the North Coast Railroad Authority’s, the Great Redwood Trail Agency’s, or any successor in interest’s rail rights-of-way north of the City of Willits or for a project that is designed to rehabilitate, modernize, maintain, or repair an existing operation or facility, including a rail terminal, a railyard, a rail facility, and rail infrastructure, except for trail design or construction or to satisfy railbanking requirements, on the North Coast Railroad Authority’s, the Great Redwood Trail Agency’s, or any successor in interest’s rail rights-of-way north of the City of Willits.
(b) State moneys, including proceeds from the sale of general obligation bonds, shall not be spent
for any new bulk coal terminal projects within the County of Humboldt.
(c) For purposes of this section, “new bulk coal terminal” means a terminal that stores, handles, or transports coal in bulk to a degree or significance that is categorized as having the potential for significant impacts in an environmental document prepared pursuant to the California Environmental Quality Act (Division 13 (commencing with Section 21000) of the Public Resources Code) as a result of the storage, handling, or transportation of coal in bulk.
(Added by Stats. 2022, Ch. 981, Sec. 1. (SB 307) Effective January 1, 2023.)