It is the intent of the Legislature that courts, consistent with generally accepted rules of statutory interpretation, shall not interpret this division or the state guidelines adopted pursuant to Section 21083 in a manner which imposes procedural or substantive requirements beyond those explicitly stated in this division or in the state guidelines.
Cal. Pub. Res. Code § 21083.1
General
Known as the California Environmental Quality Act
The act spans §§ 21000–21189 (300 sections).
Applied in 9 court decisions — leading case 82 Cal. App. 4th 511 - Friends of Mammoth v. Town of Mammoth Lakes Redevelopment Agency (2000)
Most recently applied in Aqualliance v. U.S. Bureau of Reclamation (February 2018)
Added by Stats. 1993, Ch. 1070, Sec. 2
How often courts cite this section
Court decisions citing this, by year. The dip in the last several years is a data-coverage gap, not a real trend — our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so recent citations are undercounted.
Official source: California Legislative Information. Reproduced from public-domain California statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.