PRIA Logo™
Title 16, ConservationRelease 119-73not60

§460bb–4 Golden Gate National Recreation Area Advisory Commission

Title 16 › Chapter 1— NATIONAL PARKS, MILITARY PARKS, MONUMENTS, AND SEASHORES › Subchapter LXXXVI— GOLDEN GATE NATIONAL RECREATION AREA › § 460bb–4

Last updated Apr 5, 2026|Official source

Summary

Creates the Golden Gate National Recreation Area Advisory Commission. The Secretary appoints 18 members to five‑year terms. Members appointed or reappointed after January 1, 1979 must have terms extended so they do not end before June 1, 1985. Vacancies are filled the same way. Members are unpaid, but the Secretary may reimburse reasonable expenses if the Chairman signs the voucher. The Secretary or a designee must meet the Commission at least once a year to advise on planning, administration, and development for the recreation area and other national park units in Marin, San Mateo, and San Francisco Counties. The Commission acts by majority vote and will end thirty years after October 27, 1972.

Full Legal Text

Title 16, §460bb–4

Conservation, Source: USLM XML via OLRC

(a)There is hereby established the Golden Gate National Recreation Area Advisory Commission (hereinafter referred to as the “Commission”).
(b)The Commission shall be composed of eighteen members appointed by the Secretary for terms of five years each.11 So in original. The period probably should be a colon. Provided, That the terms of those members who have been either appointed or reappointed subsequent to January 1, 1979, shall be extended so as to expire not before June 1, 1985.
(c)Any vacancy in the Commission shall be filled in the same manner in which the original appointment was made.
(d)Members of the Commission shall serve without compensation, as such, but the Secretary may pay, upon vouchers signed by the Chairman, the expenses reasonably incurred by the Commission and its members in carrying out their responsibilities under this subchapter.
(e)The Secretary, or his designee, shall from time to time, but at least annually, meet and consult with the Commission on general policies and specific matters related to planning, administration and development affecting the recreation area and other units of the national park system in Marin, San Mateo, and San Francisco Counties.
(f)The Commission shall act and advise by affirmative vote of a majority of the members thereof.
(g)The Commission shall cease to exist thirty years after October 27, 1972.

Legislative History

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Editorial Notes

Amendments

1992—Subsec. (g). Pub. L. 102–525 substituted “thirty” for “twenty”. 1980—Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 96–607, § 1001(6), substituted “eighteen” for “seventeen”. Pub. L. 96–344, § 4(2), substituted “five” for “three” and inserted proviso that the terms of members appointed or reappointed subsequent to Jan. 1, 1979, be extended so as not to expire before June 1, 1985. Subsec. (e). Pub. L. 96–607, § 1001(7), substituted “Marin, San Mateo,” for “Marin”. Subsec. (g). Pub. L. 96–344, § 4(3), substituted “twenty” for “ten”. 1978—Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 95–625 increased Commission membership from fifteen to seventeen.

Reference

Citations & Metadata

Citation

16 U.S.C. § 460bb–4

Title 16, Conservation

Last Updated

Apr 5, 2026

Release point: 119-73not60