CHAPTER 1. Department of Parks and Recreation [500. - 563.]

Chapter 1 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1144.

§§ 500–563 · 45 sections

1. ARTICLE 1. Organization and General Powers §§ 500–514 · 17 sections

   • § 500 As used in this chapter, “department” means the Department of Parks and Recreation and “director” means the Director of Parks and Recreation.
   • § 501 There is in the Resources Agency, the Department of Parks and Recreation. The department shall be conducted under the control of an executive officer known as…
   • § 503 The department succeeds to and is vested with all of the duties, powers, purposes, responsibilities, and jurisdiction vested in the Department of Natural…
   • § 504 The department may expend the money in any appropriation or in any special fund in the State Treasury made available by law for the administration of the…
   • § 505 The department shall have possession and control of all records, books, papers, offices, equipment, supplies, moneys, funds, appropriations, land and other…
   • § 506 The provisions of Chapter 2 (commencing with Section 11150), Part 1, Division 3, Title 2 of the Government Code apply to the director. The director may…
   • § 507 There shall be one Deputy Director of Parks and Recreation who shall be a civil executive officer and shall be appointed by the Governor and serve at the…
   • § 507.1 For the purpose of administration, the director shall organize the department with the approval of the Governor in the manner he deems necessary to segregate…
   • § 508 The director, with approval of the Director of Finance, may accept on behalf of the department federal grants for the purposes for which the department is…
   • § 508.5 Notwithstanding Section 14, or any other provision of law, the City and County of San Francisco shall be considered both a city and a county by the Department…
   • § 509 Whenever the department has received and deposited any money in the State Treasury to the credit of the General Fund in an excessive amount or in error, or…
   • § 510 The department may adopt, alter, change or amend any state master plan of shoreline development.
   • § 511 The department, with the approval of the Department of General Services, may procure insurance on vessels owned or operated by the department against the usual…
   • § 512 For the purpose of disseminating information relating to its activities, powers, duties, or functions, the department may issue publications, construct and…
   • § 513 (a) The department, as a means of furthering the interpretive and educational functions of the state park system, may enter into an agreement to act…
   • § 513.1 The department may provide space and facilities for schools to use for environmental education purposes within units of the state park system.
   • § 514 Notwithstanding any other provision of this code or of law and except as provided in the State Building Standards Law, Part 2.5 (commencing with Section 18901)…
2. ARTICLE 1.5. Park Support Organization §§ 520–525 · 7 sections

   • § 520 For purposes of this article, the following terms shall have the following meanings: (a) “Park support organization” means a nonprofit organization that meets…
   • § 521 (a) The department may enter into a statewide agreement with a park support organization to facilitate the implementation of reforms recommended by the Parks…
   • § 522 The director and the Director of Finance, or their respective designees, may serve as ex officio, nonvoting members of the park support organization’s board of…
   • § 522.5 The park support organization is not a state agency or state body.
   • § 523 (a) If the department enters into an agreement with a park support organization pursuant to Section 521, the department and the park support organization shall…
   • § 524 (a) In order to advance the purposes described in subdivision (a) of Section 521, an agreement between the department and the park support organization…
   • § 525 Nothing in this article shall be interpreted as a limitation on the ability of the park support organization to apply for, receive, or administer grants,…
3. ARTICLE 2. State Park and Recreation Commission §§ 530–546 · 17 sections

   • § 530 (a) There is in the department the State Park and Recreation Commission. The members shall be selected as follows: (1) Nine members, as follows, shall be…
   • § 531 The members of the commission shall be selected from areas distributed throughout the state and because of their interest in park, recreation, conservation,…
   • § 533 In case of any vacancy, the appointment shall be for the remainder of the unexpired term. All appointments of members made when the Legislature is not in…
   • § 534 The commission shall elect a chair from its number who shall serve as chair for one year and until a successor is elected.
   • § 534.5 The Director of the Department of Parks and Recreation shall act as secretary of the commission and shall appoint such assistants as are necessary to carry out…
   • § 535 The commission shall report annually to the Governor, through the director, on existing and operating recreational facilities, programs and activities of the…
   • § 535.5 (a) The commission shall evaluate and assess the department’s deferred maintenance obligations. After public notice and at a public hearing, following a…
   • § 536 The members of the commission may receive a salary for their services in an amount of fifty dollars ($50) for each day, up to a maximum salary of one hundred…
   • § 538 The commission may designate, delete, or modify state marine reserves, state marine parks, state marine conservation areas, state marine cultural preservation…
   • § 539 The commission shall establish general policies for the guidance of the director in the administration, protection and development of the state park system.
   • § 540 (a) The commission shall cause to be studied and shall consider the whole problem of recreation of the people of the State of California as it affects and may…
   • § 541 In accordance with the general policies established by the commission, and as requested by the director, the Department of Parks and Recreation shall: (a)…
   • § 541.5 (a) The department shall not close, or propose to close, a state park in the 2012–13 or 2013–14 fiscal year. The commission and the department shall recommend…
   • § 541.6 (a) There is hereby appropriated ten million dollars ($10,000,000) from the Safe Drinking Water, Water Quality and Water Supply, Flood Control, River and…
   • § 542 The department may encourage and render assistance in the promotion of training programs for volunteer and professional recreation leaders in cooperation with…
   • § 543 The department may assist every department, commission, board, agency and officer of the state in rendering recreational services in conformity with their…
   • § 546 The director may authorize any employee of the department to exercise any power granted to, or to perform any duty imposed upon, the director.
4. ARTICLE 3. City of Pismo Beach Seawall Repair §§ 560–563 · 4 sections

   • § 560 The department may participate or contract with the United States Army Corps of Engineers, the County of San Luis Obispo, or the City of Pismo Beach, or any or…
   • § 561 The department shall permit the United States, if it agrees to accomplish all or part of the work, to use the necessary real property, or any interest therein,…
   • § 562 The department, with the approval of the Director of Finance and on terms satisfactory to the department, may advance moneys appropriated for purposes of this…
   • § 563 Notwithstanding Article 2.5 (commencing with Section 65) of Chapter 2 of Division 1 of the Harbors and Navigation Code and Part 6 (commencing with Section…