BILL NUMBER: AB 1205	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  MARCH 26, 2015

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Gomez

                        FEBRUARY 27, 2015

   An act  to add Section 39719.5 to the Health and Safety Code,
 relating to parks.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 1205, as amended, Gomez. Park access.
   Existing law provides various sources of funds for community
parks.  Existi   ng law creates the Active
Transportation Program in the Department of Transportation for the
purpose of encouraging increased use of active modes of
transportation, including biking and walking, and provides for
funding of various types of projects, including recreational trails,
trailheads, and park projects that facilitate trail linkages or
connectivity to nonmotorized corridors.  
   Existing law requires all moneys, except for fines and penalties,
collected by the State Air Resources Board from the auction or sale
of allowances as part of a market-based compliance mechanism relative
to reduction of greenhouse gas emissions, commonly known as cap and
trade revenues, to be deposited in the Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund,
and to be used, upon appropriation by the Legislature, for specified
purposes. 
   This bill would  create a program in the Department of
Transportation to develop pathways between community parks, including
local parks and state parks, and to connect those parks to public
transportation systems, for the purpose of reducing greenhouse gas
emissions. The bill would provide for moneys to be available to the
department for the program from the Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund.
The bill would also  state the intent of the Legislature to
create a park access program to increase access to community parks.
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee:  no
  yes  . State-mandated local program: no.


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

   SECTION 1.    Section 39719.5 is added to the 
 Health and Safety Code   , to read:  
   39719.5.  (a) It is the intent of the Legislature to create a park
access program to increase access to community parks.
   (b) A program is hereby created in the Department of
Transportation to develop pathways between community parks, including
local parks and state parks, and to connect those parks to public
transportation systems, for the purpose of reducing greenhouse gas
emissions. Upon appropriation in the annual Budget Act, moneys from
the fund shall be available to the department for the program. 

  SECTION 1.    It is the intent of the Legislature
to create a park access program to increase access to community
parks.