Title PRC, California Pub. Res. Code

(a) “District,” as defined by subdivision (b) of Section 5096.228, includes a district agricultural association or a citrus fruit fair which is authorized to provide park, recreational, or open-space services, or a combination of those services, of a character commonly provided b…

All money deposited in the Parklands Fund of 1984 shall be available for appropriation in the manner set forth in Section 5096.260 for the purposes set forth below in amounts not to exceed the following: (a) For grants to counties, cities, and districts for the acquisition, devel…

All money deposited in the State Coastal Conservancy Fund of 1984, not to exceed fifty million dollars ($50,000,000), shall be available for appropriation in the manner set forth in Section 5096.260 for the purposes set forth below in amounts not to exceed the following: (a) Fift…

(a) All of the funds authorized in categories (1) and (2) of subdivision (a) of Section 5096.231 shall be available for grants on a competitive basis for projects which will fulfill one or more of the following objectives: rehabilitation or restoration of existing facilities, dev…

Funds appropriated for local assistance grants pursuant to subdivision (a) of Section 5096.231 shall be encumbered by the recipient within three years of the date when the appropriation became effective, regardless of the date when each project was approved pursuant to subdivisio…

(a) Funds available for appropriation for local assistance grants pursuant to category (3) of subdivision (a) of Section 5096.231 may be expended for the acquisition, development, rehabilitation, or restoration of parks, beaches, open-space lands, recreational trails, or recreati…

(a) An application for a local assistance grant pursuant to this article shall be submitted to the Director of Parks and Recreation for review. Except for an application for a grant under category (4) or (5) of subdivision (a) of Section 5096.231, the application shall be accompa…

(a) No state grant funds authorized under Section 5096.231 may be disbursed until the applicant agrees that any property acquired, developed, rehabilitated, or restored with the funds shall be used by the applicant only for the purpose for which the funds were requested and that …

The Legislature recognizes that public financial resources are inadequate to meet all capital outlay needs of the state park system and that the development of recently acquired units of the state park system has proceeded at a rate that has prevented their full potential for pub…

(a) Any Member of the Legislature, the State Park and Recreation Commission, the California Coastal Commission, or the Secretary of the Resources Agency may nominate any project to be funded under this article for study by the Department of Parks and Recreation. The State Park an…

(a) Acquisition for the state park system by purchase or by eminent domain shall be under the Property Acquisition Law (commencing with Section 15850 of the Government Code). (b) Work efforts for stewardship purposes may include, but are not limited to, such objectives as the con…

(a) The State Coastal Conservancy shall prepare and adopt priorities, criteria, and procedures for the making of grants to local public agencies or nonprofit organizations pursuant to Section 5096.232. The procedures shall specify the categories of expenditures for grants, and sh…

Projects authorized for the purposes set forth in subdivisions (b) and (c) of Section 5096.231 shall be subject to augmentation as provided in Section 16352 of the Government Code, as limited by any provision of the Budget Act. The unexpended balance in any appropriation made pay…

The Department of General Services, if the Director of Parks and Recreation finds that the use would be compatible with the ultimate use of the real property as a unit, or part of a unit, of the state park system and with the sound management and conservation of resources within …

All real property acquired pursuant to this chapter shall be acquired in compliance with the provisions of Chapter 16 (commencing with Section 7260) of Division 7 of Title 1 of the Government Code. The Department of Parks and Recreation shall prescribe procedures sufficient to as…

For the purposes of this chapter, acquisition may include gifts, purchases, leases, easements, the exercise of eminent domain if expressly authorized, the transfer or exchange of property for other property of like value, and purchases of development rights and other interests. (…

All grants, gifts, devises, or bequests to the state, conditional or unconditional, for park, conservation, recreation, or other purposes for which real property may be acquired or developed pursuant to this chapter, may be accepted and received on behalf of the state by the appr…

Real property acquired by the state shall consist predominantly of open or natural lands, including lands under water capable of being utilized for multiple recreational purposes, and lands necessary for the preservation of coastal or historical resources. No funds derived from t…

(a) Prior to recommending the acquisition of lands that are located on or near tidelands, submerged lands, swamp or overflowed lands, or other wetlands, whether or not those lands have been granted in trust to a local public agency, the Director of Parks and Recreation or the Exe…

Bonds in the total amount of three hundred sixty-eight million nine hundred thousand dollars ($368,900,000), or so much thereof as is necessary, may be issued and sold to provide a fund to be used for carrying out the purposes expressed in this chapter and to be used to reimburse…

There shall be collected each year and in the same manner and at the same time as other state revenue is collected such a sum in addition to the ordinary revenues of the state as shall be required to pay the principal and interest on the bonds maturing each year, and it is hereby…

There is hereby appropriated from the General Fund in the State Treasury for the purpose of this chapter, such an amount as will equal the following: (a) Such sum annually as will be necessary to pay the principal and interest on bonds issued and sold pursuant to the provisions o…

The proceeds of bonds issued and sold pursuant to this chapter shall be deposited in the Parklands Fund of 1984 or the State Coastal Conservancy Fund of 1984, which are hereby created. The money in the Parklands Fund of 1984 may be expended only for the purposes specified in this…

For the purposes of carrying out the provisions of this article, the Director of Finance may by executive order authorize the withdrawal from the General Fund of an amount or amounts not to exceed the amount of the unsold bonds which have been authorized to be sold for the purpos…

Notwithstanding any other provision of this bond act, or of the State General Obligation Bond Law (Chapter 4 (commencing with Section 16720) of Part 3 of Division 4 of Title 2 of the Government Code), if the Treasurer sells bonds pursuant to this bond act that include a bond coun…

(a) Except for proposed appropriations under Section 5096.232, proposed appropriations for the program shall be included in a section in the Budget Bill for the 1984–85 fiscal year and each succeeding fiscal year for consideration by the Legislature and shall bear the caption “Pa…

The bonds authorized by this chapter shall be prepared, executed, issued, sold, paid, and redeemed as provided in the State General Obligation Bond Law (Chapter 4 (commencing with Section 16720) of Part 3 of Division 4 of Title 2 of the Government Code), and all of the provisions…

For the purpose of authorizing the issuance and sale, pursuant to the State General Obligation Bond Law, of the bonds authorized by this chapter, the Parklands Program Finance Committee is hereby created. The committee consists of the Governor, the Controller, the Director of Fin…

As used in this chapter, and for the purposes of the State General Obligation Bond Law, “state grant” or “state grant moneys” means moneys received by the state from the sale of bonds authorized by this chapter which are available for grants to counties, cities, districts, local …

All money deposited in the fund or the State Coastal Conservancy Fund of 1984 which is derived from premium and accrued interest on bonds sold shall be reserved in those depositories and shall be available for transfer to the General Fund as a credit to expenditures for bond inte…

Commencing with the Budget Bill for the 1993–94 fiscal year, the balances remaining in the fund and the State Coastal Conservancy Fund of 1984 may be appropriated by the Legislature for expenditure, without regard to the maximum amounts allocated to each element of the program, f…

The Legislature hereby finds and declares that, inasmuch as the proceeds from the sale of bonds authorized by this chapter are not “proceeds of taxes” as that term is used in Article XIII B of the California Constitution, the disbursement of these proceeds is not subject to the l…

If any provision of this chapter or the application thereof to any person or circumstances is held invalid, that invalidity shall not affect other provisions or applications of the chapter which can be given effect without the invalid provision or application, and to this end, th…