BILL NUMBER: SB 211	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Senator Simitian
   (Coauthor: Assembly Member Monning)

                        FEBRUARY 23, 2009

   An act to add Section 5506.14 to the Public Resources Code,
relating to parks and recreation.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SB 211, as introduced, Simitian. Regional district: County of
Santa Cruz.
   Existing law generally authorizes the formation of a district by a
petition requesting the creation and maintenance of a district,
describing the exterior boundaries, signed by at least 5,000 electors
residing within the territory proposed to be included in the
district, and presented to the board of supervisors of the county
containing the largest area within the proposed district.
   Existing law also permits proceedings for the formation of a
regional park district, regional park and open-space district, or
regional open-space district in specified counties of the state to be
initiated by resolution of the county board of supervisors adopted
after a noticed hearing, and specifies the contents of the
resolution, in lieu of the petition and related proceedings required
under the above provisions.
   This bill, in addition, would permit the formation of a regional
district in the County of Santa Cruz to be initiated by a resolution
of the county board of supervisors, after a hearing noticed in
accordance with specified procedures, in lieu of the petition and
related proceedings required under the above provisions.
   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 5506.14 is added to the Public Resources Code,
to read:
   5506.14.  A proceeding for the formation of a regional district in
the County of Santa Cruz may be initiated by resolution of the
county board of supervisors, adopted after a hearing noticed in
accordance with Section 6064 of the Government Code, in lieu of the
petition and related proceedings specified in this article.