BILL NUMBER: AB 1333INTRODUCED BILL TEXT INTRODUCED BY Assembly Member Achadjian FEBRUARY 18, 2011 An act relating to state parks. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST AB 1333, as introduced, Achadjian. State parks: local authorities. Under existing law, the Department of Parks and Recreation has control of the state park system. Existing law authorizes the department to enter into agreements with an agency of the United States, a city, county, district, or other public agency, for the care maintenance, administration, and control of state park lands that are under the jurisdiction of a party to the agreement for purposes of the state park system. This bill would provide that it is the intent of the Legislature to enact legislation that would require the state to give a right of first refusal to a local authority with a state park in its jurisdiction, to purchase the park or enter into an operating agreement for the operation of the park in the event that the park is subject to closure pursuant to the annual Budget Act. 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. It is the intent of the Legislature to enact legislation that would require the state to give a right of first refusal to a local authority with a state park in its jurisdiction, to purchase the park or enter into an operating agreement for the operation of the park in the event that the park is subject to closure pursuant to the annual Budget Act.