{"code":"GOV","codeName":"Government Code","section":"93021","citation":"Gov. Code, § 93021","status":"in-force","lawOn":"2026-09-28","headings":[{"name":"TITLE 12. GREAT REDWOOD TRAIL AGENCY ACT [93000. - 93030.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/government-code/title-12"},{"name":"CHAPTER 3. Powers and Duties of Authority [93020. - 93029.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/government-code/title-12/chapter-3"}],"history":"Amended by Stats. 2025, Ch. 424, Sec. 4.   (SB 727)   Effective January 1, 2026.","effective":"2026-01-01","html":"<p>(a) The agency may acquire, own, lease, and operate railroad lines and equipment, including, but not limited to, real and personal property, tracks, rights-of-way, equipment, and facilities, to further the purposes of this title.</p><p>(b) Any railroad track and tie owned by the agency that remains in place within a right-of-way railbanked pursuant to Section <a href=\"/gov/93022\">93022</a> shall not be deemed “waste” for purposes of Section <a href=\"/hsc/25124\">25124</a> of the Health and Safety Code if the right-of-way remains railbanked or is otherwise within the ongoing jurisdiction of the federal Surface Transportation Board or successor agency.</p>","text":"(a) The agency may acquire, own, lease, and operate railroad lines and equipment, including, but not limited to, real and personal property, tracks, rights-of-way, equipment, and facilities, to further the purposes of this title. (b) Any railroad track and tie owned by the agency that remains in place within a right-of-way railbanked pursuant to Section 93022 shall not be deemed “waste” for purposes of Section 25124 of the Health and Safety Code if the right-of-way remains railbanked or is otherwise within the ongoing jurisdiction of the federal Surface Transportation Board or successor agency.","otherVersions":[],"url":"https://blackletter.si/government-code/powers-and-duties-of-authority-93021","source":"California Legislative Information bulk export (pubinfo)"}