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Pub. Resources Code, § 5924 · Chapter 3. Miscellaneous Provisions

Pub. Resources Code, § 5924

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Text — As published in the Legislative Counsel's database, tables dated October 18, 2026 (pubinfo_2025.zip)

(a) Any lands acquired pursuant to subparagraph (C) of paragraph (1) of subdivision (b) of Section 5907 or pursuant to other sections of this act for acquisition of other lands of the Agua Caliente Indian Reservation shall be subject to this section. After that acquisition, the state shall convey title to all those lands to the United States in trust for the Agua Caliente Band of Cahuilla Indians as part of the Agua Caliente Indian Reservation on the conditions that (1) the lands be administered by the Agua Caliente Band of Cahuilla Indians as additions to the existing tribal reserves established by Section 3(c) of the act of September 21, 1959 (73 Stat. 603, P.L. 86-339), (2) the lands be open to the public, subject to reasonable restrictions such as those presently in effect for the above existing tribal reserves, and (3) the lands be used for protection of wildlife habitat and other resources, preservation of open space, recreation, preservation of the native palms and other plants and animals native to the area, and the preservation in place or respectful public display, at the option of the Agua Caliente Band of Cahuilla Indians, of the archeological and cultural resources of the lands.

Existing tribal reserve lands shall not be acquired, and acquisition within the reservation shall be limited to the southerly three-fourths of Section 2 and Sections 3, 11, 12, 14, 16, 22, 26, 29, 34, and 36 of Township 5 south; range 4 east, San Bernardino base and meridian, unless otherwise approved by the Agua Caliente Indian Reservation Tribal Council. No acquisition within the boundaries of the Aqua Caliente Indian Reservation shall be made without the approval of the Aqua Caliente Band of Cahuilla Indians Tribal Council.

(b) Lands acquired pursuant to paragraph (5) of subdivision (a) of Section 5907 shall not be acquired through the use of eminent domain.

(c) Reasonable public access to lands acquired in fee with funds made available pursuant to this division shall be provided except where that access may interfere with habitat protection.

Notes and commentary — not statutory text

History

Added June 7, 1988, by initiative Proposition 70.

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