California Public Resources Code ARTICLE 6 - California Recreational Trails

• Section 5070.
  This article shall be known and may be cited as the California Recreational Trails Act.(Repealed and added by Stats. 1974, Ch. 1461.)
• Section 5070.3.
  Unless the context otherwise requires, the following definitions shall govern construction of this article:(a) “Affirmative access area” means an area of already existing disability access improvements...
• Section 5070.5.
  The Legislature hereby declares that it is the policy of the state to:(a) Increase accessibility and enhance the use, enjoyment, and understanding of California’s scenic, natural,...
• Section 5070.7.
  The director shall cause to be prepared, and continuously maintained, a comprehensive plan for the development and operation of a statewide system of recreation trails....
• Section 5071.
  The plan shall contain, but shall not be limited to, the following elements:(a) Pedestrian trails.(b) Bikeways.(c) Equestrian trails.(d) Boating trails.(e) Trails and areas suitable for use by physically disabled persons,...
• Section 5071.3.
  For each of the elements specified in Section 5071, the plan shall:(a) Set forth the role of state government in providing increased opportunities associated with that...
• Section 5071.5.
  In the preparation of the plan, the director shall actively seek participation of other units of state government and of appropriate federal, regional, and local...
• Section 5071.7.
  (a) (1) In planning the system, the director shall consult with and seek the assistance of the Department of Transportation. The Department of Transportation shall plan and...
• Section 5072.
  Upon preparation of a proposed plan, the director shall hold at least four public hearings in different geographical regions of the state to solicit views...
• Section 5072.5.
  The director shall consider any advice offered by the Legislature, and, after considering such advice and making such modifications in the proposed plan as the...
• Section 5072.7.
  Following completion of the plan as provided in Section 5072.5, all state agencies and departments whose operations are affected by, or related to, the goals,...
• Section 5072.8.
  (a) The Recreational Trails Fund is hereby created. Moneys in the Recreational Trails Fund shall be available, upon appropriation by the Legislature, to the department for...
• Section 5073.
  The plan shall be continuously reviewed, revised, and updated by the director. Every two years following completion of the plan pursuant to Section 5072.5, the...
• Section 5074.1.
  The director shall be responsible for planning and for the orderly development and operation of the system. The director shall encourage other public agencies to...
• Section 5074.3.
  (a) The right of eminent domain may not be exercised to acquire property, any interest in property, or use of any property for the trails contemplated...
• Section 5074.5.
  The location of a route or complementary facility of the system across lands under the jurisdiction of a federal agency shall be by contractual agreement...
• Section 5074.7.
  If lands included in the system are outside the boundaries of areas administered by public agencies, the director may enter into agreements with private landowners...
• Section 5075.
  Following review of the plan by the Legislature as provided in Section 5072.3, the director shall prepare a list of recommended priority system projects for...
• Section 5075.3.
  In specifying criteria and standards for the design and construction of trail routes and complementary facilities as provided in subdivisions (b) and (c) of Section...
• Section 5075.4.
  No adjoining property owner is liable for any actions of any type resulting from, or caused by, trail users trespassing on adjoining property, and no...
• Section 5075.5.
  The director shall prepare a guidebook or guidebooks, including trail maps, describing the system. The guidebook, or guidebooks, shall include information regarding the responsibility of...
• Section 5075.7.
  Each study of potential trail routes for inclusion in the system shall include an evaluation of the impact of the proposed trail route on adjacent...
• Section 5075.8.
  (a) The department may convene a planning task force in order to facilitate the development of a comprehensive plan for the San Joaquin River Parkway.The...
• Section 5076.
  In developing the open-space element of a general plan as specified in subdivision (e) of Section 65302 of the Government Code, every city and county...
• Section 5077.2.
  In addition to utilizing criteria and standards for the design, interpretation, and implementation of heritage corridor routes and complementary facilities, as provided in subdivisions (b)...
• Section 5077.5.
  (a) Because of California’s unique potential to encourage initial stages of a nationwide heritage network, the following northern California portions of an eventual nationwide heritage network...
• Section 5077.6.
  Because of its clear function as the interpretive highway of the Gold Rush, and because of outstanding efforts of public agencies and the private sector...
• Section 5077.7.
  Because of the unique beauty and natural resources of the northern California coast, the desire of many Californians to visit the area, the heavy dependence...
• Section 5077.8.
  In order to promote disability access along the heritage corridors, the director shall recognize the South Yuba Independence Trail South Yuba Project as one of...

Last modified: October 22, 2018