BILL NUMBER: AB 1222	CHAPTERED  09/14/04

	CHAPTER  499
	FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE  SEPTEMBER 14, 2004
	APPROVED BY GOVERNOR  SEPTEMBER 14, 2004
	PASSED THE ASSEMBLY  AUGUST 24, 2004
	PASSED THE SENATE  MARCH 18, 2004
	AMENDED IN SENATE  JULY 13, 2004
	AMENDED IN SENATE  MARCH 15, 2004
	AMENDED IN SENATE  JULY 17, 2003

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Montanez

                        FEBRUARY 21, 2003

   An act to add Section 5626.3 to the Public Resources Code,
relating to parks and recreation, and declaring the urgency thereof,
to take effect immediately.



	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 1222, Montanez.  Parks and recreation:  Roberti-Z'berg-Harris
Urban Open-Space and Recreation Program Act:  Los Angeles County:
parkland exchange.
   The Roberti-Z'berg-Harris Urban Open-Space and Recreation Program
Act, administered by the Department of Parks and Recreation,
authorizes grants to be made by the department to cities, counties,
and districts for recreational or open-space purposes.  The act
requires property acquired or developed under the act to be used by
the grant recipient only for the purpose for which the grant moneys
were requested and prohibits any other use of the area, except as
authorized by the Legislature.
   This bill would authorize the County of Los Angeles to convert to
a use not authorized under the act not more than 9.67 acres of
parkland in El Cariso Park, if the county complies with the Public
Park Preservation Act of 1971, and submits to the department a copy
of all documents evidencing the county's interest in the substitute
parkland required under the act.
   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.  Section 5626.3 is added to the Public Resources Code,
to read:
   5626.3.  Notwithstanding Sections 5625 and 5626, the County of Los
Angeles may convert to a use not authorized under those provisions
not more than 9.67 acres of parkland in El Cariso Park, if the county
complies with the Public Park Preservation Act of 1971 (Chapter 2.5
(commencing with Section 5400)), and submits to the department a copy
of  all documents evidencing the county's interest in the substitute
parkland required under the act.
  SEC. 2.  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 to ensure that Mission College may expand in a timely
manner to accommodate projected growth in student enrollment, it is
necessary that this act take effect immediately.