Title PRC, California Pub. Res. Code

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 within the department pursuant to Section 50 of the Harbors and Navigation Code. (Amended by Stats. 2015, Ch. 113, Sec. 3…

(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 service contract with an entity qualified to do business in the state as a ferry operator, for the transport of passenger…

(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 Recreation or the Department of General Services to real property, the department shall have a lien on that real propert…

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) of Division 13 of the Health and Safety Code), the director, the department, or the State Park and Recreation Commission…

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 of other available means for conserving, developing, and utilizing the scenic and recreational resources of the State. (A…

(a) The California Youth Soccer and Recreation Development Program is hereby created in the department. The department shall administer the program, which is intended to provide assistance to local agencies and community-based organizations with regard to funding, and fostering t…

(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 interest in real property, including water rights, roads, trails, rights-of-way, buildings, facilities, and other improveme…

(a) The Department of Parks and Recreation shall, after consultation with appropriate Native American groups, receive and accept a donation of Indian artifacts found in the vicinity of the Los Encinos State Historic Park. The donation shall consist of a representative sample of a…

The Department of Parks and Recreation may with approval of the Department of General Services transfer, sell or otherwise dispose of personal property under its jurisdiction and may contract with other public agencies for its custody. (Amended by Stats. 1969, Ch. 54.)

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 of the Pacific Coast Federation of Fishermen’s Association, for the Bodega Bay Fisherman’s Memorial. The memorial shall be…

The department has exclusive jurisdiction with respect to property salvage and recovery operations in and upon the lands of the state park system. The department may grant the privilege of conducting salvage and recovery operations in and upon those lands by the issuance of permi…

(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 real property, including personal property incidental to the purchase of real property and options to purchase property,…

(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 million dollars ($5,000,000) in value for any state park system project, the department shall hold a public meeting within…

(a) The department shall notify the State Parks and Recreation Commission of any proposed development that may substantially impact the historical, cultural, or recreational significance of the Colonel Allensworth State Historic Park. Upon receipt of this notification, the commis…

The department may acquire real property by donation or purchase that is subject to a conservation easement, deed restriction, or other limitation, if the director determines that the conservation easement, deed restriction, or other limitation is consistent with and promotes the…

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, in those properties known as Aptos Forest, Santa Cruz County, more particularly described in that deed from Agnes K. Mar…

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 portion hereinafter described of those properties known as Aptos Forest, Santa Cruz County, more particularly described in t…

The department shall acquire sites for wayside campgrounds adjacent to the Westside Freeway, State Highway Route 5. The following general vicinities shall be given first consideration: (a) Kern River. (b) South of Kettleman City. (c) Mercy Springs Road. (d) Orestimba Creek. (e) S…

(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 the state park system. If the property is leased, the lease shall be for such term and for such consideration as is mutua…

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 personal property located in the vicinity of Oroville. The department shall carry out a program in that unit of developmen…

(a) On or before February 1, 2002, the director shall establish the Cornfield State Park Advisory Committee, which shall be responsible for assisting the department, in an advisory capacity, to plan for interim and permanent land uses and facilities through the general planning p…

(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 personal property located in the vicinity of Ocotillo Wells in San Diego County as is designated in writing to the Direc…

(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 real and personal property in the Counties of Los Angeles and Ventura located in the vicinity of Gorman and commonly kno…

(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 and personal property in the Counties of Alameda and San Joaquin located approximately 10 miles east of the City of Live…

Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the California State Mining and Mineral Museum located in the City of Mariposa, including all assets, exhibits, and materials, shall be transferred from the Department of Conservation to the Department of Parks and Recreation for owners…

The department may lease any interest in real or personal property that the department deems necessary or proper for the extension, improvement, or development of the state park system. A lease described in this section shall require the consent of the Department of General Servi…

The department, with the approval of the Administrator of the Resources Agency and the Department of Finance, is authorized to cooperate and participate with the federal government pursuant to Public Law 89-161 in the development of recreation facilities, or with the approval of …

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 the state’s intent to agree to administer the project land and water areas at the Marysville Dam and Reservoir Project on t…

(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 natural, cultural, and historic resources. If budget reductions necessitate changes to the continued operation of state park …

(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 agreements entered into pursuant to Section 5080.30, shall not be subject to Section 5002.1, 5002.2, 5002.3, or 5002.4, o…

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 Simeon State Historical Monument is exempt from Part 2 (commencing with Section 10100) of the Public Contract Code. (Add…

(a) In planning, developing, managing, and operating lands acquired for the Citrus Heritage Park at Mockingbird Canyon, the department and the State Park and Recreation Commission shall adhere to the following requirements: (1) Vehicular and other public access shall be restricte…

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 organization for the California Citrus State Historic Park for purposes to include, but not be limited to, the following: (a) M…

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 deposited on public beaches, waterways or lands within the state park system, when such deposits create a hazard or impedim…

(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) The director may designate any officer or employee of the department as a peace officer. The primary duties of the peace…

(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 the state park system may bring animals into those units. (b) Any animal brought into a state park system unit pursuant …

(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 and, for purposes of this section, may contain any other weed or plant as an alternative or supplement to tobacco or nico…

(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 visiting the unit, (2) which poses a threat to public safety and welfare, to the natural or cultural resources of the un…

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 for the following purposes: (a) The payment of refunds of fines and forfeitures determined by the Controller to have bee…

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 (commencing with Section 650) of Division 3 of the Harbors and Navigation Code, or the rules and regulations of the Division…

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 the department, or regulation adopted pursuant thereto, may, upon the conviction of the accused, order the forfeiture of …

Every person convicted of a violation of any rule or regulation adopted by the department pursuant to this division prohibiting the leaving, depositing, dropping, or scattering of bottles, broken glass, ashes, wastepaper, cans, or other rubbish in any unit of the state park syste…

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 designated a peace officer, the basic training course established by the Commission on Peace Officer Standards and Training. (…

The State Park Contingent Fund is continued in existence. All moneys collected or received from contractual agreements, donations, gifts, bequests, or local government appropriations for improvements or additions to the state park system, shall be deposited in the State Treasury …

(a) (1) The department may enter into an agreement to accept funds from any person, educational institution, tribal government, corporation or other business entity, or organization for the maintenance, operation, restoration, repair, development, improvement, or enhancement of a…

(a) The department may enter into an agreement to accept funds from any person, business entity, educational institution, tribal government, or organization for the maintenance, operation, restoration, repair, development, improvement, or enhancement of a state beach, any other u…