California Legislature—2015–16 Regular Session

Assembly Bill No. 1968

Introduced by Assembly Member Steinorth

February 16, 2016

An act to amend Section 5541.1 of the Public Resources Code, relating to parks.

LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL’S DIGEST

AB 1968, as introduced, Steinorth. East Bay Regional Park District.

Existing law authorizes the East Bay Regional Park District to plan, adopt, lay out, plant, develop, and otherwise improve, extend, control, operate, and maintain vehicular recreational areas and trails for the use and enjoyment of the inhabitants of the district. Existing law prohibits the board of directors of the district from interfering with the control of a vehicular recreational area or trail that is existing, owned, or controlled by a municipality or county in the district, except with the consent of the governing body of the municipality or county, and upon terms as may be mutually agreed upon between the board and the governing body.

This bill would make nonsubstantive changes to those 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 5541.1 of the Public Resources Code is
amended to read:

5541.1.  

begin insert (a) end insert begin insert   end insert The East Bay Regional Park District may begin delete plan, end delete begin insert do
all of the following: end insert

begin insert (1) end insert begin insert   end insert begin insert Plan, end insert adopt, lay out, plant, develop, and otherwise improve,
extend, control, operate, and maintain vehicular recreational areas
and trails for the use and enjoyment of all begin insert of end insert the inhabitants of the
begin delete district, and it may select, end delete begin insert district. end insert

begin insert (2) end insert begin insert   end insert begin insert Select, end insert designate, and acquire land, or rights in land, within
or without the district, to be used and appropriated for begin delete such
purposes. The East Bay Regional Park District may cause such end delete
begin insert the purposes described in paragraph (1). end insert

begin insert (3) end insert begin insert   end insert begin insert Cause the end insert vehicular recreational areas and trails begin insert described
in paragraph (1) end insert to be opened, altered, widened, extended, graded
or regraded, paved or repaved, planted or replanted, repaired, and
otherwise improved.

begin delete

The

end delete

begin insert (b) end insert begin insert   end insert begin insert The end insert Board of Directors of the East Bay Regional Park
District shall not interfere with the control of begin delete any end delete begin insert a end insert vehicular
recreational area or trail that is existing, owned, or controlled by
a municipality or county in the district, except with the consent of
the governing body of the municipality, or of the county if the
begin delete same end delete begin insert vehicular recreational area or trail end insert is in unincorporated
territory, and upon begin delete such end delete begin insert those end insert terms as may be mutually agreed
upon between the board of directors of the district and the
governing body.