BILL NUMBER: SB 372	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN SENATE  APRIL 20, 2009

INTRODUCED BY   Senator Kehoe

                        FEBRUARY 26, 2009

   An act to amend Section 5019.50 of the Public Resources Code,
relating to state parks.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SB 372, as amended, Kehoe. State parks system: unit modification,
adjustment, or removal.
   Existing law requires that all units of the state park system be
classified by the State Park and Recreation Commission into one of
several categories.
   This bill would prohibit  the   a 
modification or adjustment of state park units  , 
 that is incompatible with state park purposes as determined by
the Director of Parks and Recreation  or the removal of state
park units from within the state park system, without the commission
making that recommendation to the Legislature and the Legislature
enacting legislation approving the recommendation.
   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 5019.50 of the Public Resources Code is amended
to read:
   5019.50.  (a) All units that are or shall become a part of the
state park system, except those units or parts of units designated by
the Legislature as wilderness areas pursuant to Chapter 1.3
(commencing with Section 5093.30), or where subject to any other
provision of law, including Section 5019.80 and Article 1 (commencing
with Section 36600) of Chapter 7 of Division 27, shall be classified
by the State Park and Recreation Commission into one of the
categories specified in this article. Classification of state marine
reserves, state marine parks, and state marine conservation 
areas, requires   areas require  the concurrence of
the Fish and Game Commission for restrictions to be placed upon the
use of living marine resources. 
   (b) The modification or adjustment of state park units, or the

    (b)     A modification or adjustment of
state park units that is incompatible with state park purposes, as
determined by the Director of Parks and Recreation, or the 
removal of state park units from within the state park system
 ,  shall require a recommendation for that
modification, adjustment, or removal by the State Park and Recreation
Commission to the Legislature and that the Legislature enact
legislation approving the recommendation.