BILL NUMBER: AB 1077	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Carter

                        FEBRUARY 18, 2011

   An act to add Section 5006.10 to the Public Resources Code,
relating to state parks.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 1077, as introduced, Carter. State parks: Colonel Allensworth
State Historic Park.
   Existing law provides for a state park system of which the Colonel
Allensworth State Historic Park in Tulare County is a unit.
   This bill would prohibit a person from developing any of the area
within 21/2 miles of the boundary of Colonel Allensworth State
Historic Park in Tulare County in a manner that would be incompatible
with the historic or recreational significance of the park. This
prohibition would not apply to a development in Tulare County that
was approved by the county on or before March 1, 2011.
   The bill would make legislative findings as to the necessity of a
special statute.
   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.  The Legislature finds and declares all of the
following:
   (a) The state park system was created for the purposes of
preserving outstanding natural, scenic, and cultural values,
including areas of historic significance.
   (b) The recent centennial of Colonel Allensworth State Historic
Park in Tulare County has brought its state and national significance
to the forefront.
   (c) Given the natural and cultural resources present at and around
Colonel Allensworth State Historic Park and the unique environmental
and geological conditions of the area, a two-and-one-half-mile-wide
buffer from an incompatible use is appropriate.
  SEC. 2.  Section 5006.10 is added to the Public Resources Code, to
read:
   5006.10.  (a) A person shall not develop any of the area within
two-and-one-half miles of the boundary of Colonel Allensworth State
Historic Park in Tulare County in a manner that would be incompatible
with the historic or recreational significance of the park.
   (b) This section does not apply to a development in Tulare County
that was approved by the county on or before March 1, 2011.
  SEC. 3.  The Legislature finds and declares that a special law is
necessary and that a general law cannot be made applicable within the
meaning of Section 16 of Article IV of the California Constitution
because of the necessity to ensure in perpetuity the unique
recreational and historic significance of Colonel Allensworth State
Historic Park in Tulare County.