Cal. PRC § 8030
This is the official text of Cal. PRC § 8030, part of California’s Public Resources Code — covers environmental protection, state parks, and natural resource management.
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Official statutory text
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, all 16th and 36th sections, both surveyed and unsurveyed, owned by the state or the United States, which are now or may hereafter be included within the exterior boundaries of a national reservation, a reserve, or lands withdrawn from public entry, are exempt from taking by eminent domain.
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