BILL NUMBER: AB 2534	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Block

                        FEBRUARY 24, 2012

   An act to amend Section 5009.1 of the Public Resources Code,
relating to state parks.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 2534, as introduced, Block. State parks: maintenance and
operation.
   Existing law authorizes the Department of Parks and Recreation to
enter into an agreement to receive money from any entity for the
maintenance or operation, on a nonprofit basis, of a designated state
park unit or facility. Existing law requires the money received to
be deposited into a separate account in the State Park Contingent
Fund to be used to supplement existing resources for enhancing the
maintenance and operation of the unit or facility.
   This bill would make technical, 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 5009.1 of the Public Resources Code is amended
to read:
   5009.1.  (a) The department may enter into an agreement to accept
funds from any person, corporation or other business entity, or
organization for the maintenance or operation, on a nonprofit basis,
of a designated state park system unit or facility.  Any
funds   Funds  so received shall be deposited in a
separate account in the State Park Contingent Fund. The funds
received shall supplement existing resources for the purpose of
enhancing the maintenance or operation of the unit or facility, with
priority given to preventing closure or reduced hours of service to
the public. The department and the sponsoring person, entity, or
organization shall specify in the agreement the level of service
 which   that  is to be performed.
   (b) The department may enter into an agreement to accept services
from any person, corporation or other business entity, or
organization for the cleanup, repair, or enhancement of any
designated state park system unit or facility. Under the direction of
the department, these services shall supplement existing staff
resources for the purpose of enhancing the maintenance and operation
of the unit or facility.
   (c) The director may authorize the erection of an appropriate sign
in recognition of the sponsorship, consistent with existing law and
with the rules and regulations of the department regarding signs in
units of the state park system.