BILL NUMBER: SB 386	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  JUNE 30, 2011
	AMENDED IN SENATE  APRIL 25, 2011
	AMENDED IN SENATE  MARCH 25, 2011

INTRODUCED BY   Senator Harman

                        FEBRUARY 15, 2011

   An act to add Section  5080.42   5080.44
 to the Public Resources Code, relating to state parks, and
declaring the urgency thereof, to take effect immediately.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SB 386, as amended, Harman. State parks: proposed closures: public
notice.
   (1) Existing law authorizes the Department of Parks and Recreation
to enter into agreements between the department and federal and
local governments and other public agencies for the care,
maintenance, administration, and control of lands under the
jurisdiction of any party to this agreement for the purpose of the
state park system, as prescribed.
   This bill would require the department to post on its Internet Web
site, at least 30 days prior to the date the department plans to
close  all, or a significant portion, of  a unit of the
state park system to public access, specified information about the
proposed park closure,  as defined,  including information
about how to contact the department in writing if an individual or
other party is interested in entering into negotiations with the
department for a contract or agreement to lease, operate, maintain,
or provide concessions at a unit of the state park system that is
proposed to be closed. The bill would require the department to
respond in writing to any inquiry received in connection with the
information provided pursuant to those provisions.
   (2) This bill would declare that it is to take effect immediately
as an urgency statute.
   Vote: 2/3. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: yes.
State-mandated local program: no.


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

  SECTION 1.  Section  5080.42   5080.44 
is added to the Public Resources Code, to read: 
   5080.42.  (a) The department shall post on its Web site, at least

    5080.44.    (a)     The department
shall post on its Internet Web site, at least  30 days prior to
the date the department plans to close  all or a significant
portion of  a unit of the state park system to public access,
all of the following information:
   (1) The name of the park system unit proposed to be closed.
   (2) The approximate date of proposed closure.
   (3) Information about how to contact the department in writing if
an individual or other party is interested in entering into
negotiations with the department for a contract or agreement to
lease, operate, maintain, or provide concessions at a unit of the
park system that is proposed to be closed.
   (b) The department shall respond in writing to any inquiry
received in connection with the information provided pursuant to
subdivision (a). 
   (c) For purposes of this section "closure" means any significant
reduction in public access to all or a substantial portion of a state
park unit. 
  SEC. 2.  This act is an urgency statute necessary for the immediate
preservation of the public peace, health, or safety within the
meaning of Article IV of the Constitution and shall go into immediate
effect. The facts constituting the necessity are:
   In order that statutory changes are made to require the Department
of Parks and Recreation to provide timely notice to the public on
its Internet Web site of proposed closures of units of the state park
system at the earliest possible time, it is necessary that this act
take effect immediately.