BILL NUMBER: SB 372AMENDED BILL TEXT AMENDED IN SENATE MAY 6, 2009 AMENDED IN SENATE APRIL 20, 2009 INTRODUCED BY Senator Kehoe FEBRUARY 26, 2009 An act to amend Section 5019.50 of the Public Resources Code, relating to state parks. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST SB 372, as amended, Kehoe. State parks system: unit modification, adjustment, or removal. Existing law requires that all units of the state park system be classified by the State Park and Recreation Commission into one of several categories. This bill would prohibit a modification or adjustment o f boundaries or uses of state park units that is incompatible with state park purposes as determined by the Director of Parks and Recreation or the removal of state park units from within the state park system, without the commission making that recommendation to the Legislature and the Legislature enacting legislation approving the recommendation. Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: yes. State-mandated local program: no. THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: SECTION 1. Section 5019.50 of the Public Resources Code is amended to read: 5019.50. (a) 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 pursuant to Chapter 1.3 (commencing with Section 5093.30), or where subject to any other provision of law, including Section 5019.80 and Article 1 (commencing with Section 36600) of Chapter 7 of Division 27, shall be classified by the State Park and Recreation Commission into one of the categories specified in this article. Classification of state marine reserves, state marine parks, and state marine conservation areas require the concurrence of the Fish and Game Commission for restrictions to be placed upon the use of living marine resources. (b) A modification or adjustment of boundaries or uses of state park units that is incompatible with state park purposes, as determined by the Director of Parks and Recreation, or the removal of state park units from within the state park system shall require a recommendation for that modification, adjustment, or removal by the State Park and Recreation Commission to the Legislature and that the Legislature enact legislation approving the recommendation.