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I The following excerpts from Cali!'ornia law concerning Native American remains are Section 27491 of the Government Code or any other provided for your reference: related provisions of law concerning investigation of the circumstances, manner and cause of any death,and From Chapter 1492, Statutes of 1982, which the recommendations concerning the treatment and i added Section 7050.5 to the Health and Safer disposition of the human remains have been made to amended Section 5097.94 of the Public Resources the person responsible for the excavation,or to his or Code and added Sections 5097.98 and 5097.99 the her authorized representative, in the manner provided in r Public Resources Code: Section 5097.98 of the Public Resources Code. The t coroner shall make his or her determination within two (a) The Legislature finds as follows: working days from the time the Person the excavation,or his or her authorized representative, notifies the coroner of the discovery or recognition of (1) Native American human burials and skeletal remains are subject to vandalism and inadvertent the human remains. destruction at an increasing rate. (2) State laws do not provide for the protection (c) the coroner determines that the remains are not Of these burials and remains from vandalism and subject to his or her authority and if the coroner destruction. recognizes the human remains to be those of a Native (3) There is no regular means at this time b American,or has reason to believe that they are those which Native American descendents can make known of a Native American,he or she shall contact, by their concerns re garding o treatment and di telephone within 24 hours, the Native American of Native American burials,skeletal remains audition Heritage Commission. l items associated with Native American burials. From Section 5097.94 of the Public (b)The purpose of this act is: Resources Code: (1) To provide The commission shall have the following powers and human burials and skeletal remains from vandalism duties: and inadvertent destruction. (2) To provide a re (k) To mediate, upon application of either of the can make]mown their concerns parties,disputes arising between landowners and American descendents c regarding the need for sensitive treatment and known descendents relating to the treatment and disposition of Native American b disposition of Native American human burials, remains,and items associated with burials, American skeletal remains,and items associated with Native burials. American burials. From Section 70505 of the Health and The agreements shall provide protection to Native Safety Code: American human burials and skeletal remains from vandalism and inadvertent destruction and provide for (b) In the event of discovery or recognition of any sensitive treatment and disposition of Native American 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 shall be no further excavation or disturbance of the site or any nearby area reasonably project on, the land. uspected to overlie adjacent remains until the coroner of the county in which the human remains are �) TO assist interested landowners in developing � discovered has determined,in accordance with Chapter agreements with appropriate Native American groups 10(commencing with Section 27460)of part 3 of p for treating or disposing, with appropriate dignity, of Division 2 of Title 3 of the Government Code, that the remains and any items associated with the remains are not subject to the provisions of Native American burials.