California Government Code 65943.5 – (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, any …
(a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, any appeal pursuant to subdivision (c) of Section 65943 involving a permit application to a board, office, or department within the California Environmental Protection Agency shall be made to the Secretary for Environmental Protection.
(b) Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, any appeal pursuant to subdivision (c) of Section 65943 involving an application for the issuance of an environmental permit from an environmental agency shall be made to the Secretary for Environmental Protection under either of the following circumstances:
Terms Used In California Government Code 65943.5
- Appeal: A request made after a trial, asking another court (usually the court of appeals) to decide whether the trial was conducted properly. To make such a request is "to appeal" or "to take an appeal." One who appeals is called the appellant.
- Process: includes a writ or summons issued in the course of judicial proceedings of either a civil or criminal nature. See California Government Code 22
- Subdivision: means a subdivision of the section in which the term occurs unless some other section is expressly mentioned. See California Government Code 10
(1) The environmental agency has not adopted an appeals process pursuant to subdivision (c) of Section 65943.
(2) The environmental agency declines to accept an appeal for a decision pursuant to subdivision (c) of Section 65943.
(c) For purposes of subdivision (b), “environmental permit” has the same meaning as defined in § 71012 of the Public Resources Code, and “environmental agency” has the same meaning as defined in § 71011 of the Public Resources Code, except that “environmental agency” does not include the agencies described in subdivisions (c) and (h) of § 71011 of the Public Resources Code.
(Added by Stats. 1993, Ch. 419, Sec. 3. Effective January 1, 1994.)