BILL NUMBER: AB 2351	ENROLLED
	BILL TEXT

	PASSED THE SENATE  AUGUST 20, 2010
	PASSED THE ASSEMBLY  MAY 6, 2010
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  APRIL 15, 2010

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Chesbro

                        FEBRUARY 19, 2010

   An act to amend Sections 4652 and 4799.13 of the Public Resources
Code, relating to forest resources.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 2351, Chesbro. Forest resources: demonstration state forests:
campgrounds: user fees.
   Existing law authorizes money in the Forest Resources Improvement
Fund (fund) to be expended, upon appropriation by the Legislature,
for the cost of operations associated with the management of state
lands operated as demonstration state forests by the Department of
Forestry and Fire Protection. Existing law requires, among other
things, that receipts from the sales of forest products be deposited
on a monthly basis with the State Treasurer in the fund.
   This bill would authorize the department to collect recreational
user fees for overnight camping and reserved group activities in a
demonstration state forest, in the amount that would reimburse the
department's costs related to maintaining and improving, among other
things, campground facilities. The bill would require the fees to be
deposited into the fund.
   This bill would make other, conforming changes.


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

  SECTION 1.  Section 4652 of the Public Resources Code is amended to
read:
   4652.  (a) The department may collect recreational user fees for
overnight camping and reserved group activities in a demonstration
state forest. The department shall not charge a fee that exceeds the
amount necessary to reimburse the department's costs for maintenance
and improvement of campground facilities, associated recreational
facilities, natural environment, and access thereto.
   (b) All recreational user fees received by the department during
each fiscal year shall be deposited into the Forest Resources
Improvement Fund and shall be used, upon appropriation by the
Legislature, to reimburse the department's cost of maintaining and
improving the campground facilities, associated recreational
facilities, natural environment, and access thereto.
   (c) Receipts from the sales of forest products and recreational
user fees shall be deposited monthly with the State Treasurer in the
Forest Resources Improvement Fund. The Controller shall keep a record
of accounts of such receipts separately.
  SEC. 2.  Section 4799.13 of the Public Resources Code is amended to
read:
   4799.13.  (a) There is hereby created in the State Treasury, the
Forest Resources Improvement Fund. The money in the Forest Resources
Improvement Fund may only be expended, upon appropriation by the
Legislature, for the cost of operations associated with management of
lands held in trust by the state and operated as demonstration state
forests by the department pursuant to Section 4646, including
restoration activities, and to reimburse the department's cost of
maintaining and improving the campground facilities, associated
recreational facilities, natural environment, and access thereto,
pursuant to subdivision (b) of Section 4652.
   (b) The Forest Resources Improvement Fund shall be the depository
for all revenue derived from the repayment of loans made or interest
received pursuant to Chapter 1 (commencing with Section 4790), the
receipts from the sale of forest products, as defined in Section
4638, from the state forests to support the operations described in
subdivision (a), and revenue received from recreational user fees,
pursuant to subdivision (a) of Section 4652. Money in the fund in
excess of the amount needed to support those operations shall be
deposited in the General Fund.
   (c) The director may accept grants and donations of equipment,
seedlings, labor, materials, or funds from any source for the purpose
of supporting or facilitating activities undertaken pursuant to this
part. Any funds received shall be deposited by the director in the
Forest Resources Improvement Fund.
   (d) Each proposed expenditure by the department of money from the
Forest Resources Improvement Fund shall be included as a separate
item and scheduled individually in the Budget Bill for each fiscal
year for consideration by the Legislature. These appropriations shall
be subject to all of the limitations contained in the Budget Bill
and to all other fiscal procedures prescribed by law with respect to
the expenditure of state funds.