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California Public Resources Code Section 513

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(a) The department, as a means of furthering the interpretive
and educational functions of the state park system, may enter into an
agreement to act cooperatively with a nonprofit cooperating
association engaged in educational or interpretive work in a state
park system unit, as the director may designate, whereby the
cooperating association would furnish educational and interpretive
materials, or educational and interpretive services, or educational
and interpretative materials and services, for sale to the public.
   (b) Pursuant to Article 1 (commencing with Section 5080.02) of
Chapter 1.2 of Division 5, a concession may provide materials and
services that are intended to add to the convenience, enjoyment, and
safety of state park system visitors. A concession may also provide,
pursuant to this section, educational and interpretive materials and
services, as described in paragraphs (2) and (3) of subdivision (d),
with the approval of the department.
   (c) A cooperating association may provide, pursuant to this
section, noneducational and noninterpretive materials and services,
as described in paragraph (4) of subdivision (d), as part of its
cooperating association program with the approval of the department,
if the department is unable to obtain, through a good faith effort, a
concessionaire to provide those materials and services.
   (d) For purposes of this section, the following definitions apply:

   (1) "Cooperating association" means a corporation that meets all
of the following criteria:
   (A) The corporation is a nonprofit public benefit corporation,
organized pursuant to Part 2 (commencing with Section 5110) of
Division 2 of Title 1 of the Corporations Code.
   (B) The articles of incorporation of the corporation state that
the specific purpose of the corporation is to provide support for
educational and interpretive programs of the state park system, or
portions of the programs.
   (C) The corporation has a cooperating association program contract
with the department.
   (D) The corporation is in compliance with the department's
policies and guidelines regarding cooperating associations and has
obtained the department's approval for its educational and
interpretive materials and services.
   (2) "Educational and interpretive materials" include items that
promote visitor appreciation, understanding, and knowledge of
natural, cultural, and historic resources of the state park system,
including educational and interpretive gifts and souvenirs.
   (3) "Educational and interpretive services" include those
activities and programs that focus on natural, cultural, and historic
resources of the state park system and are not generally offered by
the department.
   (4) "Educational and interpretive materials and services" do not
include lodging, food service, horse and equipment rentals, camping
supplies, gifts and souvenirs, other than those described in
paragraph (2), transportation, except for equipment owned by the
department, recreational lessons, and the operation of specialized
facilities within a state park unit such as the theater at Hearst San
Simeon State Historic Monument and Old Town San Diego State Historic
Park, golf courses, and marinas.
   (e) The department, at its discretion, may provide the services of
department personnel and shall provide space, if available, for the
sale of cooperating association materials, services, or both, within
a state park unit.
   (f) Subject to rules and regulations that the director shall
adopt, all moneys collected by the cooperating association or
received by the department from the sale of cooperating association
materials, services, or both, provided by a cooperating association
shall be retained by or returned to the cooperating association for
use in the interpretive and educational programs of the state park
system unit that the cooperating association has been designated to
serve.

Last modified: January 12, 2009