BILL NUMBER: AB 838	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Blakeslee

                        FEBRUARY 22, 2007

   An act to add Section 5011.7 to the Public Resources Code,
relating to parks and recreation.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 838, as introduced, Blakeslee. Parks and recreations:
easements.
   Under existing law, the Department of Parks and Recreation has
control of the state park system, and is authorized to grant
easements for specified purposes.
   This bill would authorize the department to acquire or make grants
for the acquisition of conservation easements on real property, if
the department determines that the conservation easement is necessary
to protect a unit of the state park system from an incompatible use
or to preserve and enhance the natural resource, cultural, or
historic value of the unit of the state park system.
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: yes.
State-mandated local program: no.


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

  SECTION 1.  Section 5011.7 is added to the Public Resources Code,
to read:
   5011.7.  (a) The Legislature finds and declares that the use of
conservation easements can assist the department in protecting the
natural resources of the state park system and prevent incompatible
uses on property at a low cost and while maintaining land in private
ownership and productive use.
   (b) The department may acquire or make a grant for the acquisition
of a conservation easement on real property, if the department
determines that the conservation easement is necessary to protect a
unit of the state park system from an incompatible use or to preserve
and enhance the natural resource, cultural, or historic value of the
unit of the state park system.