The director is hereby vested with all the duties, powers, purposes, responsibilities, and jurisdiction of the State Geologist as Chief of the California Geological Survey of the department. The director may appoint an assistant or deputy director to exercise any powers and duties in the administration of the California Geological Survey that the director may delegate to that person.

(Amended by Stats. 2006, Ch. 869, Sec. 8. Effective January 1, 2007.)

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Terms Used In California Public Resources Code 603.1

  • department: means the Department of Conservation and "director" means the Director of Conservation. See California Public Resources Code 600
  • Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
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