(a)
After certification by the commission, the local protection program, or any component thereof, may be amended by the appropriate local government or district, or the Solano County Local Agency Formation Commission if appropriate. Any such amendment shall meet, in all respects, the requirements of, and be in conformity with, this division and the policies of the protection plan.
(b)
Any proposed amendment to the local protection program, or any component thereof, shall be submitted directly to the commission by the appropriate local government or district, or the Solano County Local Agency Formation Commission if appropriate. If the amendment would affect any area in the marsh, it shall be processed by the commission in accordance with the provisions of Sections 29413, 29414, 29415, and 29416.
(c)
The commission shall establish, by regulation, a procedure whereby amendments proposed by a local government, district, or the Solano County Local Agency Formation Commission to the local protection program, or any component thereof, may be reviewed and designated by the executive director of the commission as being minor in nature. Proposed amendments designated as minor shall not be subject to the provisions of Sections 29412, 29413, 29414, 29415, and 29416 and shall take effect on the 10th working day after such designation. Amendments that allow changes in uses may not be designated as minor.
(d)
For the purpose of this section an amendment of the local protection program, or any component thereof, includes, but is not limited to, any action by a local government, district, or the Solano County Local Agency Formation Commission that authorizes a use of a parcel of land other than that designated in the local protection program as a permitted use of such parcel.