BILL NUMBER: SB 372	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN SENATE  MAY 6, 2009
	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 a modification or adjustment  o 
 f boundaries or uses  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
require the concurrence of the Fish and Game Commission for
restrictions to be placed upon the use of living marine resources.
   (b) A modification or adjustment  of boundaries or uses 
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.