BILL NUMBER: SB 1385	CHAPTERED  09/03/02

	CHAPTER  322
	FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE  SEPTEMBER 3, 2002
	APPROVED BY GOVERNOR  AUGUST 30, 2002
	PASSED THE SENATE  AUGUST 22, 2002
	PASSED THE ASSEMBLY  AUGUST 15, 2002
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  JULY 25, 2002
	AMENDED IN SENATE  APRIL 30, 2002
	AMENDED IN SENATE  APRIL 15, 2002

INTRODUCED BY   Senator Brulte

                        FEBRUARY 12, 2002

   An act to add Chapter 1.697 (commencing with Section 5096.687) to
Division 5 of the Public Resources Code, relating to parks and
recreation, and declaring the urgency thereof, to take effect
immediately.



	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SB 1385, Brulte.   Parks and recreation:  grants:  water
conservation measures.
   Existing law requires the Department of Parks and Recreation to
develop, operate, and maintain state parks and recreation areas.
Existing law further requires the department to award grants for the
acquisition and development of neighborhood, community, and regional
parks and recreation lands and facilities in urban and rural areas.
   This bill would require the criteria and procedures adopted by the
department for evaluating applications for the grants described
above, to include recommendations that the grant applicant consider
water conservation measures in their proposed project.  The bill
would require the department to develop those recommendations in
consultation with the Department of Water Resources.
   This bill would declare that it is to take effect immediately as
an urgency statute.


THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:


  SECTION 1.  The Legislature hereby finds and declares all of the
following:
   (a) The waters of the state are of limited supply and are subject
to ever increasing demands.
   (b) The continued economic prosperity of California is dependent
on the availability of an adequate supply of water for future uses.
   (c) It is the policy of the state to promote the conservation and
efficient use of water and to prevent the waste of this valuable
resource in California's parks and recreational areas.
   (d) Landscape design, installation, and maintenance can and should
be water efficient.
  SEC. 2.  Chapter 1.697 (commencing with Section 5096.687) is added
to Division 5 of the Public Resources Code, to read:

      CHAPTER 1.697.  EFFICIENT WATER USE IN PARKS AND RECREATION
AREAS ACT

   5096.687.  This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the
Efficient Water Use in Parks and Recreation Areas Act.
   5096.688.  It is the intent of the Legislature to promote the
conservation and efficient use of water in California's parks and
recreational areas.
   5096.689.  Criteria and procedures adopted by the department for
evaluating applications for grants made available pursuant to
subdivisions (a), (b), and (c) of Section 5096.620 for the
development of neighborhood, community, and regional parks and
recreation lands and facilities in urban and rural areas shall
include recommendations that grant applicants consider the
implementation or installation of water conservation measures as part
of their proposed project.  The department shall develop those
recommendations in consultation with the Department of Water
Resources.
  SEC. 3.  This act is an urgency statute necessary for the immediate
preservation of the public peace, health, or safety within the
meaning of Article IV of the Constitution and shall go into immediate
effect.  The facts constituting the necessity are:
   In order for the Department of Parks and Recreation to promote the
efficient use of limited supplies of water by preventing its waste
in California's parks and recreational areas, it is necessary that
this act take effect immediately.