All agencies, departments, institutions, and commissions, shall cooperate fully with the Department in the preservation, protection, excavation, and evaluation of specimens and sites and to that end:

(a) When any agency finds or is made aware by an appropriate historical or archaeological authority that is operation in connection with any territory, territory assisted, territory licensed, or contracted project, activity, or program adversely affects or may adversely affect scientific, historical, or archaeological data, such agency shall notify the Department and shall provide the Department with appropriate information concerning the project, program, or activity. The provisions of this section shall be made known to contractors by the territorial agencies doing the contracting.

SOURCE: GC § 13985.23 enacted by P.L. 12-126 (May 3, 1974). Subsections (b) and (c) repealed by P.L. 20-151:25 (Mar. 21, 1990).