California Code
DIVISION 5 - PARKS AND MONUMENTS
CHAPTER 1 - State Parks and Monuments

ARTICLE 1 - State Park System

Section 5001. - 5001. (a) The Legislature finds and declares all of the...

Section 5001.1. - 5001.1. As used in this division, “department” means the Department...

Section 5001.2. - 5001.2. The director shall promote and regulate the use of...

Section 5001.3. - 5001.3. (a) As used in this section: (1) “Event” means...

Section 5001.4. - 5001.4. The department may manage state marine reserves, state marine...

Section 5001.5. - 5001.5. Whenever any reference is made to the state park...

Section 5001.6. - 5001.6. (a) Notwithstanding Section 5001.95, units of the state park...

Section 5001.65. - 5001.65. (a) Commercial exploitation of resources in units of the...

Section 5001.67. - 5001.67. (a) Qualified institutions and individuals shall be encouraged to...

Section 5001.7. - 5001.7. The landing of aircraft in units of the state...

Section 5001.8. - 5001.8. (a) The use of motor vehicles in units of...

Section 5001.9. - 5001.9. (a) Any improvement existing within the state park system...

Section 5001.95. - 5001.95. No state park system unit, other than a state...

Section 5001.96. - 5001.96. Attendance at state park system units shall be held...

Section 5002. - 5002. All parks, public camp grounds, monument sites, landmark sites,...

Section 5002.1. - 5002.1. Prior to the classification or reclassification of a unit...

Section 5002.2. - 5002.2. (a) (1) Following classification or reclassification of a unit...

Section 5002.3. - 5002.3. A public hearing shall be scheduled by the State...

Section 5002.4. - 5002.4. The department shall furnish a copy of the general...

Section 5002.45. - 5002.45. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this article, upon...

Section 5002.5. - 5002.5. The department may accept a gift of title to...

Section 5002.6. - 5002.6. (a) Notwithstanding any other law, and upon the adoption...

Section 5002.7. - 5002.7. (a) The beach bicycle path in the County of...

Section 5002.8. - 5002.8. (a) For purposes of this section, the following definitions...

Section 5003. - 5003. The department shall administer, protect, develop, and interpret the...

Section 5003.01. - 5003.01. The Legislature hereby finds and declares that the East...

Section 5003.02.1. - 5003.02.1. (a) The Legislature hereby finds and declares that the...

Section 5003.03. - 5003.03. (a) It is the intent of the Legislature, in...

Section 5003.05. - 5003.05. Rules and regulations adopted pursuant to Section 5003 shall...

Section 5003.06. - 5003.06. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the director...

Section 5003.1. - 5003.1. The Legislature finds and declares that it is in...

Section 5003.2. - 5003.2. Without limiting any statutory powers of the Department of...

Section 5003.3. - 5003.3. The State Park and Recreation Commission shall allow, in...

Section 5003.35. - 5003.35. Notwithstanding Section 5003.1, waterfowl hunting shall be allowed at...

Section 5003.4. - 5003.4. (a) There shall be provided in each state park...

Section 5003.5. - 5003.5. The department is authorized to provide means of ingress...

Section 5003.6. - 5003.6. The planning, design, and construction of a boating facility...

Section 5003.7. - 5003.7. (a) For due, owing, and unpaid charges or fees...

Section 5003.8. - 5003.8. Notwithstanding any other provision of this code or of...

Section 5003.10. - 5003.10. (a) The department may convey, in trust for the...

Section 5003.11. - 5003.11. (a) Notwithstanding the provisions of Division 3 (commencing with...

Section 5003.12. - 5003.12. The department may convey, in trust for the development,...

Section 5003.13. - 5003.13. (a) The director may grant, in trust, an easement,...

Section 5003.14. - 5003.14. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the director...

Section 5003.15. - 5003.15. The net proceeds of any sale made on behalf...

Section 5003.16. - 5003.16. (a) Subject to subdivisions (b) to (f), inclusive, and...

Section 5003.17. - 5003.17. (a) The department may lease, for any use, all...

Section 5003.18. - 5003.18. (a) The director may lease to the City of...

Section 5003.19. - 5003.19. (a) Notwithstanding the provisions of Division 3 (commencing with...

Section 5004. - 5004. The department shall gather, digest, and summarize, in its...

Section 5004.5. - 5004.5. (a) The California Youth Soccer and Recreation Development Program...

Section 5005. - 5005. (a) The department may receive and accept in the...

Section 5005.01. - 5005.01. (a) The Department of Parks and Recreation shall, after...

Section 5005.1. - 5005.1. The Department of Parks and Recreation may with approval...

Section 5005.3. - 5005.3. The department shall identify a site on its lands...

Section 5005.6. - 5005.6. The department has exclusive jurisdiction with respect to property...

Section 5006. - 5006. (a) The department, with the consent of the Department...

Section 5006.1. - 5006.1. (a) (1) Prior to submitting a proposal pursuant to...

Section 5006.10. - 5006.10. (a) The department shall notify the State Parks and...

Section 5006.15. - 5006.15. The department may acquire real property by donation or...

Section 5006.2. - 5006.2. The Director of Parks and Recreation with the consent...

Section 5006.25. - 5006.25. The Director of Parks and Recreation is authorized to...

Section 5006.3. - 5006.3. The department shall acquire sites for wayside campgrounds adjacent...

Section 5006.4. - 5006.4. (a) The department may acquire, on behalf of the...

Section 5006.41. - 5006.41. The department may enter into agreements with the Department...

Section 5006.42. - 5006.42. (a) On or before February 1, 2002, the director...

Section 5006.45. - 5006.45. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Director...

Section 5006.47. - 5006.47. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Director...

Section 5006.48. - 5006.48. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Director...

Section 5006.49. - 5006.49. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the California State...

Section 5006.5. - 5006.5. The department, with the consent of the Department of...

Section 5006.6. - 5006.6. The department, with the approval of the Administrator of...

Section 5006.7. - 5006.7. Pursuant to the provisions of Chapter 1.5 (commencing with...

Section 5007. - 5007. (a) It is the intent of the Legislature that...

Section 5007.1. - 5007.1. (a) Lands purchased or otherwise acquired by the department...

Section 5007.2. - 5007.2. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a contract for...

Section 5007.3. - 5007.3. (a) In planning, developing, managing, and operating lands acquired...

Section 5007.4. - 5007.4. Consistent with the general plan for the unit, the...

Section 5007.5. - 5007.5. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the department shall...

Section 5008. - 5008. (a) The department shall protect the state park system...

Section 5008.1. - 5008.1. (a) When it is determined by the director to...

Section 5008.2. - 5008.2. (a) Peace officers and other designated employees of the...

Section 5008.4. - 5008.4. Moneys deposited in the State Parks and Recreation Fund...

Section 5008.5. - 5008.5. In any prosecution charging a violation within any unit...

Section 5008.6. - 5008.6. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the judge before...

Section 5008.7. - 5008.7. Every person convicted of a violation of any rule...

Section 5008.8. - 5008.8. After January 1, 1989, every peace officer authorized pursuant...

Section 5008.10. - 5008.10. (a) For purposes of this section, the following definitions...

Section 5009. - 5009. The State Park Contingent Fund is continued in existence....

Section 5009.1. - 5009.1. (a) (1) The department may enter into an agreement...

Section 5009.2. - 5009.2. (a) The department may enter into an agreement to...

Section 5009.3. - 5009.3. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the department may...

Section 5010. - 5010. (a) The department may collect fees, rents, and other...

Section 5010.1. - 5010.1. (a) All fees, rents, and other returns for the...

Section 5010.2. - 5010.2. The department shall not collect from any group of...

Section 5010.2.5. - 5010.2.5. (a) On or before September 1, 2021, the department...

Section 5010.3. - 5010.3. The department may waive all fees for the use,...

Section 5010.4. - 5010.4. (a) The department may license, sell, or license and...

Section 5010.5. - 5010.5. The director may authorize the refund of moneys received...

Section 5010.6. - 5010.6. (a) For purposes of this section, “subaccount” means the...

Section 5010.7. - 5010.7. (a) The department shall develop a revenue generation program...

Section 5011. - 5011. (a) Any person receiving aid to the aged, blind,...

Section 5011.5. - 5011.5. (a) A veteran of a war in which the...

Section 5011.6. - 5011.6. The department may offer a reduced fee or free...

Section 5011.7. - 5011.7. (a) The Legislature finds and declares that the use...

Section 5012. - 5012. The department may, upon application by the proper authorities,...

Section 5012.1. - 5012.1. In any lease, easement, right-of-way, license, or permit entered...

Section 5012.2. - 5012.2. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, subsequent to...

Section 5013. - 5013. The department may acquire, purchase, and obtain objects of...

Section 5014. - 5014. The Director of Parks and Recreation shall convey to...

Section 5015. - 5015. (a) In recognition of the late Robert H. Meyer’s...

Section 5015.5. - 5015.5. The Baldwin Hills State Recreation Area is hereby designated...

Section 5015.6. - 5015.6. In recognition of the late Ed Z’berg’s many contributions...

Section 5015.8. - 5015.8. (a) The department shall provide assistance acquiring and accepting...

Section 5016. - 5016. In order to eliminate or acquire privately owned lands...

Section 5016.1. - 5016.1. In order to exchange certain lands patented to the...

Section 5016.2. - 5016.2. (a) Notwithstanding any other law, the Department of Parks...

Section 5018. - 5018. Whenever, after the receipt of a report submitted pursuant...

Section 5018.1. - 5018.1. (a) Notwithstanding any other law, the Department of Finance...

Section 5019. - 5019. When property is deeded to the State for park...

Section 5019.5. - 5019.5. Before any park or recreational area developmental plan is...

ARTICLE 1.5 - The Parks Project Revolving Fund

Section 5019.10. - 5019.10. (a) The Parks Project Revolving Fund is hereby established...

Section 5019.11. - 5019.11. The department shall file against the fund all claims...

Section 5019.12. - 5019.12. The department shall keep a record of all expenditures...

Section 5019.13. - 5019.13. At any time, the department, without furnishing a voucher...

Section 5019.14. - 5019.14. The department shall annually submit to the Department of...

ARTICLE 1.7 - Classification of Units of the State Park System

Section 5019.50. - 5019.50. All units that are or shall become a part...

Section 5019.53. - 5019.53. State parks consist of relatively spacious areas of outstanding...

Section 5019.56. - 5019.56. State recreation units consist of areas selected, developed, and...

Section 5019.59. - 5019.59. Historical units, to be named appropriately and individually, consist...

Section 5019.62. - 5019.62. State seashores consist of relatively spacious coastline areas with...

Section 5019.65. - 5019.65. State reserves consist of areas embracing outstanding natural or...

Section 5019.68. - 5019.68. State wildernesses, in contrast with those areas where man...

Section 5019.71. - 5019.71. Natural preserves consist of distinct nonmarine areas of outstanding...

Section 5019.74. - 5019.74. Cultural preserves consist of distinct nonmarine areas of outstanding...

Section 5019.80. - 5019.80. (a) The Marine Managed Areas Improvement Act (Chapter 7...

ARTICLE 1.8 - California State Park Stewardship Act of 2012

Section 5019.90. - 5019.90. This article shall be known, and may be cited,...

Section 5019.91. - 5019.91. The Legislature finds and declares all of the following:...

Section 5019.92. - 5019.92. (a) The department shall develop a prioritized action plan...

ARTICLE 2 - Historical Resources

Section 5020. - 5020. The Historical Landmarks Advisory Committee is continued in existence...

Section 5020.1. - 5020.1. As used in this article: (a) “California Register” means...

Section 5020.2. - 5020.2. (a) The commission consists of nine members appointed by...

Section 5020.3. - 5020.3. (a) The commission shall meet at least four times...

Section 5020.4. - 5020.4. (a) The commission shall do all of the following:...

Section 5020.5. - 5020.5. (a) The commission shall develop criteria and methods for...

Section 5020.6. - 5020.6. (a) The Governor shall appoint the State Historic Preservation...

Section 5020.7. - 5020.7. The Legislature recognizes that the long-term preservation and enhancement...

Section 5021. - 5021. The department shall consider all recommendations for registration made...

Section 5022. - 5022. The department may contract with or cooperate with public...

Section 5022.5. - 5022.5. There shall be two categories of places of historical...

Section 5022.6. - 5022.6. The department shall adopt standard design and detail for...

Section 5023. - 5023. (a) It shall be the duty of the Department...

Section 5024. - 5024. (a) On or before January 1, 1982, each state...

Section 5024.1. - 5024.1. (a) A California Register of Historical Resources is hereby...

Section 5024.5. - 5024.5. (a) No state agency shall alter the original or...

Section 5024.6. - 5024.6. There is in the department the State Office of...

Section 5025. - 5025. (a) The Legislature hereby finds and declares that there...

Section 5025.11. - 5025.11. The department shall, with the advice of the Historical...

Section 5025.12. - 5025.12. The department is authorized to place suitable markers along...

Section 5025.2. - 5025.2. It shall be the duty of the department to...

Section 5025.3. - 5025.3. The Governor’s Mansion, located at 1526 H Street, Sacramento,...

Section 5026. - 5026. Upon receipt of an application for an entry on...

Section 5027. - 5027. Any building or structure that is listed on the...

Section 5027.1. - 5027.1. (a) As required by Section 5027, the Legislature hereby...

Section 5028. - 5028. (a) No structure that is listed on the National...

Section 5029. - 5029. (a) The commission shall, within 90 days after the...

Section 5029.5. - 5029.5. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, fifty percent...

Section 5029.6. - 5029.6. Notwithstanding the nomination process established pursuant to Section 5021,...

ARTICLE 3 - Qualified Historical Property

Section 5031. - 5031. “Qualified historical property” means privately owned property which is...

Section 5032. - 5032. (a) “Qualified historical property” pursuant to Section 5031 includes:...

Section 5033. - 5033. The department shall adopt all rules and regulations relating...

ARTICLE 3.4 - El Pueblo de Los Angeles State Historic Park

Section 5038. - 5038. (a) It is hereby declared to be the policy...

Section 5038.1. - 5038.1. The parties to the joint powers agreement of April...

Section 5038.2. - 5038.2. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter or...

Section 5038.3. - 5038.3. “Concession,” as used in this article, does not include...

ARTICLE 3.5 - Columbia Historic State Park

Section 5040. - 5040. It is hereby declared to be the policy of...

Section 5041. - 5041. To assure the accomplishment of this policy it is...

Section 5042. - 5042. The Columbia Historic Park Association, a nonprofit corporation, is...

Section 5043. - 5043. Columbia Historic State Park is a unit of the...

ARTICLE 3.6 - Mono Lake Tufa State Reserve

Section 5045. - 5045. (a) The tufa and associated sand structures at Mono...

Section 5046. - 5046. (a) The reserve shall be managed primarily for the...

Section 5047. - 5047. (a) No provision of this article shall be construed...

Section 5048. - 5048. Any disturbance, defacement, displacement, or other interference with any...

Section 5049. - 5049. Natural or artificially caused accretion or reliction of the...

ARTICLE 4 - Hostel Facilities

Section 5050. - 5050. This article shall be known and may be cited...

Section 5051. - 5051. The Legislature finds that a substantial number of Californians...

Section 5052. - 5052. As used in this article, unless the context clearly...

Section 5053. - 5053. (a) The department may provide hostel facilities in any...

Section 5054. - 5054. The department may acquire land for, develop, and maintain...

Section 5055. - 5055. Except as provided in Section 18930 of the Health...

ARTICLE 5 - Lease Contracts for Park and Recreational Areas

Section 5060. - 5060. The department may enter into contracts with individuals or...

Section 5061. - 5061. The term of such a lease shall not exceed...

Section 5062. - 5062. Any such lease contract shall contain an option permitting...

Section 5063. - 5063. Before entering into any such lease contract, the lands...

Section 5064. - 5064. The department for a consideration may assign such options...

Section 5065. - 5065. Lands leased shall be administered as a part of...

Section 5066. - 5066. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the State Department...

Section 5067. - 5067. The department may enter into, for a period not...

ARTICLE 5.5 - Agricultural Leasing

Section 5069. - 5069. The Legislature finds and declares that agricultural lands are...

Section 5069.1. - 5069.1. Any portion of any parcel of real property acquired...

Section 5069.2. - 5069.2. Following approval of the general plan for a unit...

Section 5069.3. - 5069.3. (a) The rent for any real property leased for...

Section 5069.4. - 5069.4. For the purposes of this article, “agricultural purposes” means...

ARTICLE 6 - California Recreational Trails

Section 5070. - 5070. This article shall be known and may be cited...

Section 5070.3. - 5070.3. Unless the context otherwise requires, the following definitions shall...

Section 5070.5. - 5070.5. The Legislature hereby declares that it is the policy...

Section 5070.7. - 5070.7. The director shall cause to be prepared a comprehensive...

Section 5071. - 5071. The plan shall contain, but shall not be limited...

Section 5071.3. - 5071.3. For each of the elements specified in Section 5071,...

Section 5071.5. - 5071.5. In the preparation of an update to the plan,...

Section 5071.7. - 5071.7. (a) (1) In planning the system, the director shall...

Section 5072. - 5072. Upon preparation of an update to the plan, the...

Section 5072.7. - 5072.7. Following an update of the plan as provided in...

Section 5072.8. - 5072.8. (a) The Recreational Trails Fund is hereby created. Moneys...

Section 5073. - 5073. (a) On or before January 1, 2024, the director...

Section 5074.1. - 5074.1. The director shall be responsible for planning and for...

Section 5074.3. - 5074.3. (a) The right of eminent domain may not be...

Section 5074.5. - 5074.5. The location of a route or complementary facility of...

Section 5074.7. - 5074.7. If lands included in the system are outside the...

Section 5075. - 5075. No funds, whether derived from gift, donation, grant-in-aid, or...

Section 5075.3. - 5075.3. In specifying criteria and standards for the design and...

Section 5075.4. - 5075.4. No adjoining property owner is liable for any actions...

Section 5075.5. - 5075.5. The director shall prepare a guidebook or guidebooks, including...

Section 5075.7. - 5075.7. Each study of potential trail routes for inclusion in...

Section 5075.8. - 5075.8. (a) The department may convene a planning task force...

Section 5076. - 5076. In developing the open-space element of a general plan...

Section 5077.2. - 5077.2. In addition to utilizing criteria and standards for the...

Section 5077.5. - 5077.5. (a) Because of California’s unique potential to encourage initial...

Section 5077.6. - 5077.6. Because of its clear function as the interpretive highway...

Section 5077.7. - 5077.7. Because of the unique beauty and natural resources of...

Section 5077.8. - 5077.8. In order to promote disability access along the heritage...

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California Code DIVISION 5 - PARKS AND MONUMENTS CHAPTER 1 - State Parks and Monuments

California Code
DIVISION 5 - PARKS AND MONUMENTS
CHAPTER 1 - State Parks and Monuments