{"data":{"id":"us-ca/prc-2731","jurisdiction":"us-ca","citation":"PRC § 2731","heading":"","body":"“Operator” means any person who is engaged in surface mining operations, himself, or who contracts with others to conduct operations on his behalf, except a person who is engaged in surface mining operations as an employee with wages as his sole compensation.","path":["Public Resources Code - PRC","DIVISION 2. GEOLOGY, MINES AND MINING [2001. - 2815.]","CHAPTER 9. Surface Mining and Reclamation Act of 1975 [2710. - 2796.5.]","ARTICLE 2. Definitions [2725. - 2736.]"],"source_url":"https://downloads.leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/pubinfo_2025.zip","current_through":"2026-09-13","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T05:56:33Z","sha256":"a2298a9d135a00aba87e65204b83488a1df3261e4091e8856b8ddb7aac6c5b31","source_id":"us-ca","stale":false,"prev":"us-ca/prc-2730","next":"us-ca/prc-2732"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}