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CHAPTER 1. State Parks and Monuments [5001. - 5077.8.]

Chapter 1 added by Stats. 1939, Ch. 94.

§§ 5001–5077.8 · 236 sections

  1. ARTICLE 1. State Park System §§ 5001–5019.5 · 125 sections
    • § 5001 (a) The Legislature finds and declares all of the following: (1) California’s state parks are a true reflection of our state’s collective history, natural and…
    • § 5001.1 As used in this division, “department” means the Department of Parks and Recreation and “director” means the Director of Parks and Recreation.
    • § 5001.2 The director shall promote and regulate the use of the state park system in a manner that conserves the scenery, natural and historic resources, and wildlife…
    • § 5001.3 (a) As used in this section: (1) “Event” means a competition event that uses lands or facilities under the jurisdiction of the department. (2) “Prize…
    • § 5001.4 The department may manage state marine reserves, state marine parks, state marine conservation areas, state marine cultural preservation areas, state marine…
    • § 5001.5 Whenever any reference is made to the state park system with respect to a duty, power, purpose, responsibility, or jurisdiction that can be exercised or…
    • § 5001.6 (a) Notwithstanding Section 5001.95, units of the state park system may be located within, and be a part of, a state seashore. However, the unit shall be…
    • § 5001.65 (a) Commercial exploitation of resources in units of the state park system is prohibited, except all of the following is permissible: (1) Slant or directional…
    • § 5001.67 (a) Qualified institutions and individuals shall be encouraged to conduct nondestructive forms of scientific investigation within state park system units, upon…
    • § 5001.7 The landing of aircraft in units of the state park system is subject to the following limitations: (a) Airport facilities and services may be allowed in a unit…
    • § 5001.8 (a) The use of motor vehicles in units of the state park system is subject to the following limitations: (1) In state wildernesses, natural preserves, and…
    • § 5001.9 (a) Any improvement existing within the state park system as of January 1, 1979, which fails to comply with the provisions of former Section 5001.5 as they…
    • § 5001.95 No state park system unit, other than a state wilderness, a natural preserve, or a cultural preserve, shall be located within the boundaries of another state…
    • § 5001.96 Attendance at state park system units shall be held within limits established by carrying capacity determined in accordance with Section 5019.5.
    • § 5002 All parks, public camp grounds, monument sites, landmark sites, and sites of historical interest established or acquired by the State, or which are under its…
    • § 5002.1 Prior to the classification or reclassification of a unit of the state park system into any of the categories specified in Article 1.7 (commencing with Section…
    • § 5002.2 (a) (1) Following classification or reclassification of a unit by the State Park and Recreation Commission, and prior to the development of any new facilities…
    • § 5002.3 A public hearing shall be scheduled by the State Park and Recreation Commission to consider each matter of classification or reclassification of a unit and of…
    • § 5002.4 The department shall furnish a copy of the general plan for any unit of the state park system for which a plan has been prepared to any Member of the…
    • § 5002.45 (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this article, upon completion of the land transfer authorized in Section 6 of Chapter 1234 of the Statutes of 1980,…
    • § 5002.5 The department may accept a gift of title to the Chinese Taoist Temple in Hanford, Kings County, for the state park system in the event such gift of title is…
    • § 5002.6 (a) Notwithstanding any other law, and upon the adoption of a resolution of acceptance pursuant to subdivision (j), the director shall grant to the County of…
    • § 5002.7 (a) The beach bicycle path in the County of Los Angeles, which runs 22.3 miles from its northern end at the Will Rogers State Beach to its southern end in the…
    • § 5002.8 (a) For purposes of this section, the following definitions apply: (1) “Avoidance area” means the lands encompassed within the avoidance area as defined in the…
    • § 5003 The department shall administer, protect, develop, and interpret the property under its jurisdiction for the use and enjoyment of the public. Except as…
    • § 5003.01 The Legislature hereby finds and declares that the East Bay Regional Park District is contemplating the development of extensive new marina facilities at the…
    • § 5003.02.1 (a) The Legislature hereby finds and declares that the department and the City of Grover Beach, in a joint project, are in the process of entering into an…
    • § 5003.03 (a) It is the intent of the Legislature, in enacting this section, to provide for the acquisition, planning, and operation of a state park project located on…
    • § 5003.05 Rules and regulations adopted pursuant to Section 5003 shall also apply on any granted or ungranted tidelands or submerged lands abutting property of the…
    • § 5003.06 (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the director may grant, in trust, and subject to the conditions set forth in this section, all of the rights,…
    • § 5003.1 The Legislature finds and declares that it is in the public interest to permit hunting, fishing, swimming, trails, camping, campsites, and rental vacation…
    • § 5003.2 Without limiting any statutory powers of the Department of Parks and Recreation, real property which is in the control and possession and under the…
    • § 5003.3 The State Park and Recreation Commission shall allow, in accordance with Section 5003.1, waterfowl hunting annually from the opening day of hunting season for…
    • § 5003.35 Notwithstanding Section 5003.1, waterfowl hunting shall be allowed at the Lake Earl and Lake Talawa project in accordance with the existing interagency…
    • § 5003.4 (a) There shall be provided in each state park in which camping is permitted those parking facilities for recreational vehicles, as defined by Section 18010 of…
    • § 5003.5 The department is authorized to provide means of ingress to and egress from all state parks in order to provide ready access thereto by the public and to…
    • § 5003.6 The planning, design, and construction of a boating facility within the state park system shall be the responsibility of the Division of Boating and Waterways…
    • § 5003.6.5 (a) Notwithstanding Article 4 (commencing with Section 10335) of Chapter 2 of Part 2 of Division 2 of the Public Contract Code, the department may negotiate a…
    • § 5003.7 (a) For due, owing, and unpaid charges or fees for water, sewage, gas, electricity, garbage, or other utility services furnished by the Department of Parks and…
    • § 5003.8 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)…
    • § 5003.10 (a) The department may convey, in trust for the development, improvement, operation, and maintenance of trails, to the County of San Mateo, for administration…
    • § 5003.11 (a) Notwithstanding the provisions of Division 3 (commencing with Section 11000) of Title 2 of the Government Code that relate to the disposition of…
    • § 5003.12 The department may convey, in trust for the development, improvement, operation, and maintenance of trails, to the Midpeninsula Regional Open Space District…
    • § 5003.13 (a) The director may grant, in trust, an easement, subject to an agreement reached between the department and the County of Santa Cruz, of 420 feet of Aptos…
    • § 5003.14 (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the director may grant, in trust and subject to the conditions set forth in this section, all of the rights,…
    • § 5003.15 The net proceeds of any sale made on behalf of the department pursuant to Section 11011 of the Government Code of any real property originally acquired for…
    • § 5003.16 (a) Subject to subdivisions (b) to (f), inclusive, and notwithstanding the provisions of Division 3 (commencing with Section 11000) of Title 2 of the…
    • § 5003.17 (a) The department may lease, for any use, all or any portion of any parcel of real property acquired for state park system purposes, if the director finds…
    • § 5003.18 (a) The director may lease to the City of Los Angeles a parcel, not to exceed 20 acres of unimproved real property situated in the City of Los Angeles, that…
    • § 5003.19 (a) Notwithstanding the provisions of Division 3 (commencing with Section 11000) of Title 2 of the Government Code that relate to the disposition of…
    • § 5004 The department shall gather, digest, and summarize, in its annual reports to the Governor, information concerning the State Park System and the relation to it…
    • § 5004.5 (a) The California Youth Soccer and Recreation Development Program is hereby created in the department. The department shall administer the program, which is…
    • § 5005 (a) The department may receive and accept in the name of the people of the state any gift, dedication, devise, grant, or other conveyance of title to or any…
    • § 5005.01 (a) The Department of Parks and Recreation shall, after consultation with appropriate Native American groups, receive and accept a donation of Indian artifacts…
    • § 5005.1 The Department of Parks and Recreation may with approval of the Department of General Services transfer, sell or otherwise dispose of personal property under…
    • § 5005.3 The department shall identify a site on its lands at the head of Bodega Bay, which shall be mutually agreed upon by the department and the Board of Directors…
    • § 5005.6 The department has exclusive jurisdiction with respect to property salvage and recovery operations in and upon the lands of the state park system. The…
    • § 5006 (a) The department, with the consent of the Department of Finance, and subject to Section 15853 of the Government Code, may acquire title to or any interest in…
    • § 5006.1 (a) (1) Before submitting a proposal pursuant to subdivision (f) of Section 5006, for an appropriation for the acquisition of real property in excess of five…
    • § 5006.10 (a) The department shall notify the State Parks and Recreation Commission of any proposed development that may substantially impact the historical, cultural,…
    • § 5006.15 The department may acquire real property by donation or purchase that is subject to a conservation easement, deed restriction, or other limitation, if the…
    • § 5006.2 The Director of Parks and Recreation with the consent of the Director of Finance may acquire by gift, purchase or condemnation any interest, including options,…
    • § 5006.25 The Director of Parks and Recreation is authorized to convey and grant to the County of Santa Cruz, for a site for a dam and reservoir in Aptos Creek, that…
    • § 5006.3 The department shall acquire sites for wayside campgrounds adjacent to the Westside Freeway, State Highway Route 5. The following general vicinities shall be…
    • § 5006.4 (a) The department may acquire, on behalf of the state, a fee or lesser interest in real and personal property located near Hollister in San Benito County for…
    • § 5006.41 The department may enter into agreements with the Department of Water Resources and the Department of Fish and Game to plan, develop, and administer real and…
    • § 5006.42 (a) On or before February 1, 2002, the director shall establish the Cornfield State Park Advisory Committee, which shall be responsible for assisting the…
    • § 5006.45 (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Director of General Services may acquire, on behalf of the state, a fee or lesser interest in such real and…
    • § 5006.47 (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Director of General Services may acquire, on behalf of the state, a fee or lesser right or interest in such…
    • § 5006.48 (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Director of General Services may acquire, on behalf of the state, a fee or lesser right or interest in real…
    • § 5006.49 Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the California State Mining and Mineral Museum located in the City of Mariposa, including all assets, exhibits, and…
    • § 5006.5 The department may lease any interest in real or personal property that the department deems necessary or proper for the extension, improvement, or development…
    • § 5006.6 The department, with the approval of the Administrator of the Resources Agency and the Department of Finance, is authorized to cooperate and participate with…
    • § 5006.7 Pursuant to the provisions of Chapter 1.5 (commencing with Section 5094) of this division, the Administrator of the Resources Agency may indicate in writing…
    • § 5007 (a) It is the intent of the Legislature that the department consistently operate the state park system to preserve public access and provide protection of…
    • § 5007.1 (a) Lands purchased or otherwise acquired by the department at the Pan Pacific project, which are to be operated and maintained by other public agencies under…
    • § 5007.2 Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a contract for services under the amount of fifty thousand dollars ($50,000) to restore artifacts at the Hearst San…
    • § 5007.3 (a) In planning, developing, managing, and operating lands acquired for the Citrus Heritage Park at Mockingbird Canyon, the department and the State Park and…
    • § 5007.4 Consistent with the general plan for the unit, the department may enter into an operating agreement, at no cost to the state, with a qualified nonprofit…
    • § 5007.5 Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the department shall have the right to remove and dispose of all floating logs, timber, lumber, and other debris…
    • § 5008 (a) The department shall protect the state park system and the state vehicular recreation area and trail system from damage and preserve the peace therein. (b)…
    • § 5008.1 (a) When it is determined by the director to be in the public interest, and subject to the fees, rules, and regulations of the department, visitors to units of…
    • § 5008.2 (a) Peace officers and other designated employees of the department may capture any animal (1) which is not confined or under the immediate control of a person…
    • § 5008.4 Moneys deposited in the State Parks and Recreation Fund pursuant to Section 1463.02 of the Penal Code are available, when appropriated by the Legislature, only…
    • § 5008.5 In any prosecution charging a violation within any unit of the state park system of the rules and regulations of the department, Section 655.2 or Chapter 5…
    • § 5008.6 Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the judge before whom any person is tried for a violation of any provision of this code within the jurisdiction of…
    • § 5008.7 Every person convicted of a violation of any rule or regulation adopted by the department pursuant to this division prohibiting the leaving, depositing,…
    • § 5008.8 After January 1, 1989, every peace officer authorized pursuant to Section 5008, shall have satisfactorily completed, prior to the date he or she is first…
    • § 5008.10 (a) For purposes of this section, the following definitions apply: (1) “Cigar” has the same meaning as defined in Section 104550 of the Health and Safety Code…
    • § 5009 The State Park Contingent Fund is continued in existence. All moneys collected or received from contractual agreements, donations, gifts, bequests, or local…
    • § 5009.1 (a) (1) The department may enter into an agreement to accept funds from any person, educational institution, tribal government, corporation or other business…
    • § 5009.2 (a) The department may enter into an agreement to accept funds from any person, business entity, educational institution, tribal government, or organization…
    • § 5009.3 Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the department may enter into an agreement or agreements with private, nonprofit public benefit corporations or…
    • § 5009.5 (a) For purposes of this section, the following definitions apply: (1) “Community access agreement” means an agreement entered into pursuant to this section…
    • § 5010 (a) The department may collect fees, rents, and other returns for the use of any state park system area, the amounts to be determined by the department. The…
    • § 5010.1 (a) All fees, rents, and other returns for the use of any state park system area are the property of the state or the public agency operating a state park…
    • § 5010.1.5 (a) On and after January 1, 2024, any contract the department enters into for purposes of managing the department’s reservation system pursuant to subdivision…
    • § 5010.1.6 (a) On or before January 1, 2025, the department shall implement a reservation drawing for up to five of the most popular units of the state park system. The…
    • § 5010.2 The department shall not collect from any group of pupils in kindergarten or grades 1 to 12, inclusive, or their escorts, including, but not limited to,…
    • § 5010.2.5 (a) The department may establish the California State Park Adventure Pass. The pass shall be available, upon application to the department, to any child in…
    • § 5010.3 The department may waive all fees for the use, including camping where permitted, of any unit of the state park system by students of the California Cadet…
    • § 5010.4 (a) The department may license, sell, or license and sell, its branded merchandise, images, and other state-park-related merchandise, directly to the public…
    • § 5010.5 The director may authorize the refund of moneys received or collected by himself or by the department illegally, or by mistake, inadvertence, or error. Claims…
    • § 5010.6 (a) For purposes of this section, “subaccount” means the State Parks Revenue Incentive Subaccount created pursuant to this section. (b) The State Parks Revenue…
    • § 5010.7 (a) The department shall develop a revenue generation program as an essential component of a long-term sustainable park funding strategy. On or before July 1,…
    • § 5011 (a) Any person receiving aid to the aged, blind, or disabled under Chapter 3 (commencing with Section 12000) of Part 3 of Division 9 of the Welfare and…
    • § 5011.5 (a) A veteran of a war in which the United States has been, or may be engaged, who is a resident of this state, upon presentation to the department of proof of…
    • § 5011.6 The department may offer a reduced fee or free day use of any unit of the state park that is operated by the state and accessible with a vehicle day use annual…
    • § 5011.7 (a) The Legislature finds and declares that the use of conservation easements can assist the department in protecting the natural resources of the state park…
    • § 5012 The department may, upon application by the proper authorities, grant permits and easements for the following purposes and upon the terms as the department may…
    • § 5012.1 In any lease, easement, right-of-way, license, or permit entered into whereby the department leases real property, obtains a license, permit, or a grant of…
    • § 5012.2 (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, subsequent to the creation of an easement for a roadway connecting to Mulholland Drive through the Mulholland…
    • § 5013 The department may acquire, purchase, and obtain objects of historical interest, and it may purchase sites for and establish and maintain museums for such…
    • § 5014 The Director of Parks and Recreation shall convey to the Hussey Ranch Corporation, upon such terms and conditions as he determines are in the best interests of…
    • § 5015 (a) In recognition of the late Robert H. Meyer’s many contributions to the growth and improvement of the state park system, the El Matador, El Pescador, and La…
    • § 5015.5 The Baldwin Hills State Recreation Area is hereby designated and shall be known as the Kenneth Hahn State Recreation Area. The department shall erect…
    • § 5015.6 In recognition of the late Ed Z’berg’s many contributions to the growth and improvement of the state park system, Sugar Pine Point State Park is hereby…
    • § 5015.8 (a) The department shall provide assistance acquiring and accepting land immediately adjacent to, and that expands, Chino Hills State Park, by transferring…
    • § 5016 In order to eliminate or acquire privately owned lands situated within the exterior boundaries of the Anza-Borrego Desert State Park, the department is…
    • § 5016.1 In order to exchange certain lands patented to the State of California for park purposes situated outside and within 10 miles of the exterior boundaries of the…
    • § 5016.2 (a) Notwithstanding any other law, the Department of Parks and Recreation may enter into an agreement for the acquisition of the “Freeman Property,” as…
    • § 5018 Whenever, after the receipt of a report submitted pursuant to Section 5017 with respect to a state beach or park or recreational area, the Legislature…
    • § 5018.1 (a) Notwithstanding any other law, the Department of Finance may delegate to the department the right to exercise the same authority granted to the Division of…
    • § 5019 When property is deeded to the State for park or beach purposes, oil and mineral rights in such property may be reserved in such deeds by the grantor;…
    • § 5019.5 Before any park or recreational area developmental plan is made, the department shall cause to be made a land carrying capacity survey of the proposed park or…
  2. ARTICLE 1.5. The Parks Project Revolving Fund §§ 5019.10–5019.14 · 5 sections
    • § 5019.10 (a) The Parks Project Revolving Fund is hereby established in the State Treasury. Except as otherwise specified in this section, upon approval of the…
    • § 5019.11 The department shall file against the fund all claims covering expenditures incurred in connection with services, new construction, major construction and…
    • § 5019.12 The department shall keep a record of all expenditures chargeable against each specific portion of the fund. Any unencumbered balance in any portion of the…
    • § 5019.13 At any time, the department, without furnishing a voucher or itemized statement, may withdraw from the fund a sum not to exceed five hundred thousand dollars…
    • § 5019.14 The department shall annually submit to the Department of Finance a report that reconciles, by project, all of the following: (a) Amounts transferred to the…
  3. ARTICLE 1.7. Classification of Units of the State Park System §§ 5019.50–5019.80 · 10 sections
    • § 5019.50 All units that are or shall become a part of the state park system, except those units or parts of units designated by the Legislature as wilderness areas…
    • § 5019.53 State parks consist of relatively spacious areas of outstanding scenic or natural character, oftentimes also containing significant historical, archaeological,…
    • § 5019.56 State recreation units consist of areas selected, developed, and operated to provide outdoor recreational opportunities. The units shall be designated by the…
    • § 5019.59 Historical units, to be named appropriately and individually, consist of nonmarine areas established primarily to preserve objects of historical,…
    • § 5019.62 State seashores consist of relatively spacious coastline areas with frontage on the ocean, or on bays open to the ocean, including water areas landward of the…
    • § 5019.65 State reserves consist of areas embracing outstanding natural or scenic characteristics or areas containing outstanding cultural resources of statewide…
    • § 5019.68 State wildernesses, in contrast with those areas where man and his own works dominate the landscape, are hereby recognized as areas where the earth and its…
    • § 5019.71 Natural preserves consist of distinct nonmarine areas of outstanding natural or scientific significance established within the boundaries of other state park…
    • § 5019.74 Cultural preserves consist of distinct nonmarine areas of outstanding cultural interest established within the boundaries of other state park system units for…
    • § 5019.80 (a) The Marine Managed Areas Improvement Act (Chapter 7 (commencing with Section 36600) of Division 27) establishes a uniform classification system for state…
  4. ARTICLE 1.8. California State Park Stewardship Act of 2012 §§ 5019.90–5019.92 · 3 sections
    • § 5019.90 This article shall be known, and may be cited, as the California State Park Stewardship Act of 2012.
    • § 5019.91 The Legislature finds and declares all of the following: (a) California’s state parks are an essential part of California’s unique heritage, and protect…
    • § 5019.92 (a) The department shall develop a prioritized action plan to increase revenues and collection of user fees at state parks. The plan shall include strategies…
  5. ARTICLE 2. Historical Resources §§ 5020–5029.7 · 30 sections
    • § 5020 The Historical Landmarks Advisory Committee is continued in existence as the State Historical Resources Commission. Any reference in any law to the Historical…
    • § 5020.1 As used in this article: (a) “California Register” means the California Register of Historical Resources. (b) “Certified local government” means a local…
    • § 5020.2 (a) The commission consists of nine members appointed by the Governor. The director, in consultation with the State Historic Preservation Officer, shall submit…
    • § 5020.3 (a) The commission shall meet at least four times per year in places it deems necessary to fulfill its responsibilities. Five members of the commission…
    • § 5020.4 (a) The commission shall do all of the following: (1) Receive and evaluate applications for, and make recommendations with respect to entries on, the National…
    • § 5020.5 (a) The commission shall develop criteria and methods for determining the significance of archaeological sites, for selecting the most important archaeological…
    • § 5020.6 (a) The Governor shall appoint the State Historic Preservation Officer. The director, in consultation with the commission, shall submit to the Governor a list…
    • § 5020.7 The Legislature recognizes that the long-term preservation and enhancement of historical resources is dependent, to a large extent, on the good will and…
    • § 5021 The department shall consider all recommendations for registration made by the commission, and shall register, as state historical landmarks, those buildings,…
    • § 5022 The department may contract with or cooperate with public or private agencies for suitable plaques, markers, and directional signs at the site of, or on the…
    • § 5022.5 There shall be two categories of places of historical significance: the registered historical landmark and the registered point of historical interest. The…
    • § 5022.6 The department shall adopt standard design and detail for the marker and for the plaque which may be erected or raised at registered historical landmarks. The…
    • § 5023 (a) It shall be the duty of the Department of Transportation to keep in repair all objects or markers adjacent to a state highway which have been erected to…
    • § 5024 (a) On or before January 1, 1982, each state agency shall formulate policies to preserve and maintain, when prudent and feasible, all state-owned historical…
    • § 5024.1 (a) A California Register of Historical Resources is hereby established. The California Register is an authoritative guide in California to be used by state…
    • § 5024.5 (a) No state agency shall alter the original or significant historical features or fabric, or transfer, relocate, or demolish historical resources on the…
    • § 5024.6 There is in the department the State Office of Historic Preservation, which is under the direction of the officer. The office shall do all of the following:…
    • § 5025 (a) The Legislature hereby finds and declares that there is a need for state repositories dedicated to the preservation and restoration of historic artifacts…
    • § 5025.11 The department shall, with the advice of the Historical Landmarks Advisory Committee, or, as to certifications on or after January 1, 1975, with the advice of…
    • § 5025.12 The department is authorized to place suitable markers along these certified routes at intervals and at each intersection with a state highway or county road.
    • § 5025.2 It shall be the duty of the department to keep in repair, or cause to be kept in repair, all markers of such historical routes.
    • § 5025.3 The Governor’s Mansion, located at 1526 H Street, Sacramento, shall be under the control and management of the department and shall be named the Old Governor’s…
    • § 5026 Upon receipt of an application for an entry on the National Register of Historic Places and prior to making any evaluation and recommendation with respect to…
    • § 5027 Any building or structure that is listed on the National Register of Historic Places and is transferred from state ownership to another public agency shall not…
    • § 5027.1 (a) As required by Section 5027, the Legislature hereby approves demolition of the Transbay Terminal building at First and Mission Streets in the City and…
    • § 5028 (a) No structure that is listed on the National Register of Historic Places, on the California Register of Historic Places, or on any local public register of…
    • § 5029 (a) The commission shall, within 90 days after the approval by the director of the issuance by the commission of an historical resources designation for an…
    • § 5029.5 (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, fifty percent (50%) of the revenue collected by the Department of Transportation, in each fiscal year, from…
    • § 5029.6 Notwithstanding the nomination process established pursuant to Section 5021, the land known as Nuestra Señora Reina de La Paz, which includes the home and…
    • § 5029.7 (a) Subdivision (f) of Section 5024 shall not apply to the San Quentin Rehabilitation Center, San Quentin: Demolition of Building 38 and Construction of New…
  6. ARTICLE 3. Qualified Historical Property §§ 5031–5033 · 3 sections
    • § 5031 “Qualified historical property” means privately owned property which is not exempt from property taxation, is visually accessible to the public, and which is:…
    • § 5032 (a) “Qualified historical property” pursuant to Section 5031 includes: (1) Individual sites having structures. (2) Façades or portions of entire sites. (3)…
    • § 5033 The department shall adopt all rules and regulations relating to standards for qualifying as a historical property. In adopting such rules and regulations, the…
  7. ARTICLE 3.4. El Pueblo de Los Angeles State Historic Park §§ 5038–5038.3 · 4 sections
    • § 5038 (a) It is hereby declared to be the policy of the State of California to establish and preserve, as a unique historical and cultural resource for the people of…
    • § 5038.1 The parties to the joint powers agreement of April 1, 1974, and to subsequent amendments to the agreement regarding the El Pueblo de Los Angeles State Historic…
    • § 5038.2 (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter or any other provision of law, the length of the term of any concession contract or approval within the…
    • § 5038.3 “Concession,” as used in this article, does not include those premises at El Pueblo de Los Angeles State Historic Park which are primarily rented and used for…
  8. ARTICLE 3.5. Columbia Historic State Park §§ 5040–5043 · 4 sections
    • § 5040 It is hereby declared to be the policy of the State of California to establish and preserve as a historical monument representative of the early gold mining…
    • § 5041 To assure the accomplishment of this policy it is directed that: (a) The department shall make a survey based on historical research to determine the type and…
    • § 5042 The Columbia Historic Park Association, a nonprofit corporation, is designated as a committee advisory to the department in the research incident to and…
    • § 5043 Columbia Historic State Park is a unit of the State Park System and shall be administered in accordance with the laws applying thereto subject to the…
  9. ARTICLE 3.6. Mono Lake Tufa State Reserve §§ 5045–5049 · 5 sections
    • § 5045 (a) The tufa and associated sand structures at Mono Lake are a valuable geologic and scientific natural resource and are unique in North America for their…
    • § 5046 (a) The reserve shall be managed primarily for the purpose of protecting the tufa and associated sand structures and providing for their interpretation. The…
    • § 5047 (a) No provision of this article shall be construed to interfere with any reasonable use of land or other activity existing or occurring on or before January…
    • § 5048 Any disturbance, defacement, displacement, or other interference with any tufa or associated sand structure by any person or instrumentality is a misdemeanor,…
    • § 5049 Natural or artificially caused accretion or reliction of the waters of Mono Lake shall not be deemed contrary to the purposes of this article.
  10. ARTICLE 4. Hostel Facilities §§ 5050–5055 · 6 sections
    • § 5050 This article shall be known and may be cited as the Collier-Keene State Hostel Facilities Act.
    • § 5051 The Legislature finds that a substantial number of Californians bicycle and walk for recreational enjoyment and that, given safer routes and more suitable…
    • § 5052 As used in this article, unless the context clearly requires a different meaning: (a) “Hostel facility” means a supervised overnight lodging or sleeping…
    • § 5053 (a) The department may provide hostel facilities in any unit of the state park system where consistent with the general development plan for such unit, and may…
    • § 5054 The department may acquire land for, develop, and maintain recreational trails to and between units of the state park system.
    • § 5055 Except as provided in Section 18930 of the Health and Safety Code, the director shall adopt such rules and regulations as are necessary to administer the…
  11. ARTICLE 5. Lease Contracts for Park and Recreational Areas §§ 5060–5067 · 8 sections
    • § 5060 The department may enter into contracts with individuals or with other governmental agencies or departments for the lease, for park and recreational purposes…
    • § 5061 The term of such a lease shall not exceed twenty years nor be less than two years.
    • § 5062 Any such lease contract shall contain an option permitting the State to purchase the lands under lease. The lease contract shall include provisions: (a) That…
    • § 5063 Before entering into any lease contract, the lands proposed to be leased shall be appraised by the department to determine the fair market value of the lands.…
    • § 5064 The department for a consideration may assign such options to other governmental agencies or departments. The department may accept gifts of money or lands…
    • § 5065 Lands leased shall be administered as a part of the California State park system, subject to existing laws affecting the operation and administration of State…
    • § 5066 Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the State Department of Parks and Recreation shall extend until December 31, 1979 the existing concession…
    • § 5067 The department may enter into, for a period not less than 20 years and not to exceed 25 years, an agreement with the Desert Pacific Council of the Boy Scouts…
  12. ARTICLE 5.5. Agricultural Leasing §§ 5069–5069.4 · 5 sections
    • § 5069 The Legislature finds and declares that agricultural lands are necessary to the conservation of the state’s economic resources and necessary to the maintenance…
    • § 5069.1 Any portion of any parcel of real property acquired for state park system purposes, which had been farmed or grazed, or otherwise used for agricultural…
    • § 5069.2 Following approval of the general plan for a unit of the state park system pursuant to Section 5002.2, all real property which has been designated in the…
    • § 5069.3 (a) The rent for real property leased for agricultural purposes shall be based upon the fair market value of the real property when used for agricultural…
    • § 5069.4 For the purposes of this article, “agricultural purposes” means the growing and harvesting of plant or animal products in a manner not inconsistent with the…
  13. ARTICLE 6. California Recreational Trails §§ 5070–5077.8 · 28 sections
    • § 5070 This article shall be known and may be cited as the California Recreational Trails Act.
    • § 5070.3 Unless the context otherwise requires, the following definitions shall govern construction of this article: (a) “Affirmative access area” means an area of…
    • § 5070.5 The Legislature hereby declares that it is the policy of the state to: (a) Increase accessibility and enhance the use, enjoyment, and understanding of…
    • § 5070.7 The director shall cause to be prepared a comprehensive plan for the development and operation of a statewide system of recreation trails. The plan, which…
    • § 5071 The plan shall contain, but shall not be limited to, the following elements: (a) Pedestrian trails. (b) Bikeways. (c) Equestrian trails. (d) Boating trails.…
    • § 5071.3 For each of the elements specified in Section 5071, the plan shall: (a) Set forth the role of state government in providing increased opportunities associated…
    • § 5071.5 In the preparation of an update to the plan, the director shall actively seek participation of other units of state government and of appropriate federal,…
    • § 5071.7 (a) (1) In planning the system, the director shall consult with and seek the assistance of the Department of Transportation. The Department of Transportation…
    • § 5072 Upon preparation of an update to the plan, the director shall hold at least four public hearings in different geographical regions of the state to solicit…
    • § 5072.7 Following an update of the plan as provided in Section 5073, all state agencies and departments whose operations are affected by, or related to, the goals,…
    • § 5072.8 (a) The Recreational Trails Fund is hereby created. Moneys in the Recreational Trails Fund shall be available, upon appropriation by the Legislature, to the…
    • § 5073 (a) On or before January 1, 2024, the director shall prepare and provide to the Legislature a full update of the plan. (b) Following the update to the plan…
    • § 5074.1 The director shall be responsible for planning and for the orderly development and operation of the system. The director shall encourage other public agencies…
    • § 5074.3 (a) The right of eminent domain may not be exercised to acquire property, any interest in property, or use of any property for the trails contemplated pursuant…
    • § 5074.5 The location of a route or complementary facility of the system across lands under the jurisdiction of a federal agency shall be by contractual agreement…
    • § 5074.7 If lands included in the system are outside the boundaries of areas administered by public agencies, the director may enter into agreements with private…
    • § 5075 No funds, whether derived from gift, donation, grant-in-aid, or other source, shall be used by the director for state acquisition of private property in…
    • § 5075.3 In specifying criteria and standards for the design and construction of trail routes and complementary facilities as provided in subdivisions (b) and (c) of…
    • § 5075.4 No adjoining property owner is liable for any actions of any type resulting from, or caused by, trail users trespassing on adjoining property, and no adjoining…
    • § 5075.5 The director shall prepare a guidebook or guidebooks, including trail maps, describing the system. The guidebook, or guidebooks, shall include information…
    • § 5075.7 Each study of potential trail routes for inclusion in the system shall include an evaluation of the impact of the proposed trail route on adjacent landowners.…
    • § 5075.8 (a) The department may convene a planning task force in order to facilitate the development of a comprehensive plan for the San Joaquin River Parkway. The task…
    • § 5076 In developing the open-space element of a general plan as specified in subdivision (e) of Section 65302 of the Government Code, every city and county shall…
    • § 5077.2 In addition to utilizing criteria and standards for the design, interpretation, and implementation of heritage corridor routes and complementary facilities, as…
    • § 5077.5 (a) Because of California’s unique potential to encourage initial stages of a nationwide heritage network, the following northern California portions of an…
    • § 5077.6 Because of its clear function as the interpretive highway of the Gold Rush, and because of outstanding efforts of public agencies and the private sector to…
    • § 5077.7 Because of the unique beauty and natural resources of the northern California coast, the desire of many Californians to visit the area, the heavy dependence of…
    • § 5077.8 In order to promote disability access along the heritage corridors, the director shall recognize the South Yuba Independence Trail South Yuba Project as one of…