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The fuilu«ino excerpts from California lacy Secuon ,x-91 of the Govcmr.ienc Code or anv other concernino Native American remains are related Provisions f law c n p o o c_m, cng investigation or pn}sided for your reference: the c,rcumstances, manner and;cruse of an death.and the recommendations conccrnin; the treaunent and From Chapter 1492. Statutes of 1982. �.vhich disposition of the human remains have been made to . added _c�c:.en 705 0.5 co the Health and Safety Code. the person resporsibla Cor tl:e excavation, or to his or amended Sec.ior. 5097.9 of the Public Resources �v her authorized re resentau a to 4ye manner anner provided in Code and added Sections 5097.98 and 5097.99 to the Section 5097.98 of the Public Resources Code. The Public Resources Code: coroner shall make his or her determination within two working days from the time the person responsible for (a) The L:gisld=e finds as follows: the excavation, or his or her authorized representative, notifies the coroner of the discovery or recognition of (1) Nadve American human burials and skeletal the human remains. remains are subject to vandalism and inadvertent destruction at an increasingrate. c If the coroner determines that the remairu art n ( ) of (2) State Laws do not provide for the protection subject to his or her auhori and if the coroner p P lec tY of these burials and remains from vandalism and recognizes the human remains to be those of a Native de msction. American,or has reason to believe that they are those (3) There is no regular means at this time by of a Native American,he or she shall contact, by which Native American descendents can make known telephone within 24 hours,the dative American their concerns regarding the treatment and disposidon Heritage Commissiom t of Native American burials,skeletal remains, and items associated with Native American burials. From Section 5097.94 of the Public Resources Code: (b) The purpose of this act is: The commission shat] have the following powers and (1) To provide protection to Native American duties: human burials and skeletal remains from vandalism and inadvertent destruction. (k) To mediate, upon appUcadon of either of the (2) To provide a regular means by which Native parties,disputes arising between landowners and American descendents can make known their concerns known descendents relating to the treatment and regarding the need for sensitive treatment and disposition of Nadve American human burials, i disposition of Nadve American burials, skeletal skeletal remains, and items associated with Native remains, and items associated with Native American American burials. burials. The agreements shall provide protection to Native From Section 70505 or the Health and American human burials and skeletal remains from Safety Code: vandalism and inadvertent desavcdon and provide for sensitive treatment and disposition of Native American (b) In the event of discovery or recognition of any burials, skeletal remains, and associated grave goods human remains in any location other than a dedicated consistent with the planned use of,or the approved cemetery, there shat: be no further excavation or project on,the land. disturbance of the site or any nearby area reasonably suspected to overlie adjacent remains until the coroner 0) To assist interested landowners in developing of the county in which the human remains are agreements with appropriate Native American groups discovered has determined, in accordance with ChapW for creating or disposing, with appropriate dignity,of 10 (commencing with Section 27=60) of Part 3 of the human remains and any items associated with pivisian 2 of Title 3 of the Go,cmmcnt Code, that Native American burials. Oic rcmain., arc not suthjcct to the provisions of