BILL NUMBER: AB 1962INTRODUCED BILL TEXT INTRODUCED BY Assembly Member Chesbro FEBRUARY 17, 2010 An act to repeal Section 5044 of the Public Resources Code, relating to state parks. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST AB 1962, as introduced, Chesbro. State parks: Columbia Historic State Park. Existing law authorizes the Department of Parks and Recreation to enter into a contract with a natural person, corporation, partnership, or association, for construction, maintenance, and operation of a concession within a unit of the state park system. Existing law requires the department, at the request of the concessionaire, to extend until January 1, 1984, the term of any concession contract within Columbia Historic State Park. This bill would repeal that obsolete provision with regard to a concession contract within Columbia Historic State Park. Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: no. State-mandated local program: no. THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: SECTION 1. Section 5044 of the Public Resources Code is repealed.5044. Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter or any other provision of law, the term of any concession contract within Columbia Historic State Park in effect on the effective date of this section which expires before January 1, 1984, shall, at the request of the concessionaire, be extended by the department until January 1, 1984.