BILL NUMBER: AB 1114	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Gilmore

                        FEBRUARY 27, 2009

   An act to add Section 503.5 to the Public Resources Code, relating
to the Department of Parks and Recreation.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 1114, as introduced, Gilmore. Department of Parks and
Recreation.
   Existing law establishes the Department of Parks and Recreation in
the Natural Resources Agency. Existing law states that the
department has control of the state park system and imposes various
responsibilities on the department with respect to parks and
recreation.
   This bill would declare that the primary function of the
department is to provide services to those persons who use facilities
that are operated by the department for camping or other outdoor
recreational experiences.
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: no.
State-mandated local program: no.


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

  SECTION 1.  Section 503.5 is added to the Public Resources Code, to
read:
   503.5.  Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the primary
function of the department is to provide services to those persons
who use facilities that are operated by the department for camping or
other outdoor recreational experiences.