BILL NUMBER: SB 1459INTRODUCED BILL TEXT INTRODUCED BY Senator De Len FEBRUARY 24, 2012 An act to amend Section 5502 of the Public Resources Code, relating to park districts. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST SB 1459, as introduced, De Len. Regional and local park districts: cities and counties. Existing law prescribes procedures for the formation of regional park districts, regional park and open-space districts, or regional open-space districts. Existing law authorizes 3 or more cities, together with any parcel or parcels of city or county territory, whether in the same or different counties, to organize and incorporate, but requires that all the territory in the proposed district be contiguous. This bill would revise the above authorization to instead only allow district formation for 4 or more cities. 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 5502 of the Public Resources Code is amended to read: 5502. (a)ThreeFour or more cities, together with any parcel or parcels of city or county territory, whether in the same or different counties, may organize and incorporate. All the territory in the proposed district shall be contiguous. (b) Notwithstanding subdivision (a), one or more cities, together with any parcel or parcels of city or county territory, whether in the same or different counties, the territory of all of which when combined has a population of at least 50,000, may organize and incorporate. All the territory in the proposed district shall be contiguous.