BILL NUMBER: SB 679	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN SENATE  MAY 5, 2009

INTRODUCED BY   Senator Wolk

                        FEBRUARY 27, 2009

   An act to add Section 5013.2 to the Public Resources Code,
relating to state parks.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SB 679, as amended, Wolk. State parks: acquired land: limits on
disposition or use.
   The Department of Parks and Recreation, with the consent of the
Department of Finance, is authorized to acquire title to or any
interest in real property that the department deems necessary or
proper for the extension, improvement, or development of the state
park system. The department is also authorized to accept monetary and
real property gifts to be used in any connection with the state park
system.
   This bill would prohibit land acquired  on and after January
1, 2010,  for the state park system, through public funds or
gifts, from being disposed of or used for other than park purposes
without the express authority of an act of the Legislature. 
A request   This bill would require the California Parks
and Recreation Commission to certify that all requests  for
that authority  would be required to  provide for
the substitution of other  lands   land  of
equal environmental value  or other value for which the park was
established  and fair market value and reasonably equivalent
usefulness and location to those to be disposed of or used for other
than park purposes.
   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 5013.2 is added to the Public Resources Code,
to read:
   5013.2.  (a) Land acquired for the state park system with public
funds or through receipt of gifts or bequests from individuals or
private entities with the express purpose of  growing
  expanding  or maintaining the state park system
shall not be disposed of or used for other than park purposes without
the express authority of an act of the Legislature.
    (b)  A request   The California Parks and
Recreation   Commission shall certify that all requests
for authority to dispose of or use for other than park purposes
land described in subdivision (a) shall provide for the substitution
of other  lands   land  of equal
environmental value  or other value for which the park was
established  and fair market value and reasonably equivalent
usefulness and location to those to be disposed of or used for other
than park purposes.
   (c) Gifts or bequests received on and after January 1, 2010, for
the purposes described in subdivision (a) are subject to disposal or
use for other than park purposes if the substitution requirements in
subdivision (b) are met.