California Public Resources Code ARTICLE 2 - State Park and Recreation Commission

• Section 530.
  (a) There is in the department the State Park and Recreation Commission. The members shall be selected as follows:(1) Nine members, as follows, shall be appointed by...
• Section 531.
  The members of the commission shall be selected from areas distributed throughout the state and because of their interest in park, recreation, conservation, and boating...
• Section 533.
  In case of any vacancy, the appointment shall be for the remainder of the unexpired term. All appointments of members made when the Legislature is...
• Section 534.
  The commission shall elect a chair from its number who shall serve as chair for one year and until a successor is elected.(Amended by Stats....
• Section 534.5.
  The Director of the Department of Parks and Recreation shall act as secretary of the commission and shall appoint such assistants as are necessary to...
• Section 535.
  The commission shall report annually to the Governor, through the director, on existing and operating recreational facilities, programs and activities of the state park system,...
• Section 535.5.
  (a) The commission shall evaluate and assess the department’s deferred maintenance obligations. After public notice and at a public hearing, following a presentation by the relevant...
• Section 536.
  The members of the commission may receive a salary for their services in an amount of fifty dollars ($50) for each day, up to a...
• Section 538.
  The commission may designate, delete, or modify state marine reserves, state marine parks, state marine conservation areas, state marine cultural preservation areas, and state marine...
• Section 539.
  The commission shall establish general policies for the guidance of the director in the administration, protection and development of the state park system.(Amended by Stats....
• Section 540.
  (a) The commission shall cause to be studied and shall consider the whole problem of recreation of the people of the State of California as it...
• Section 541.
  In accordance with the general policies established by the commission, and as requested by the director, the Department of Parks and Recreation shall:(a) Assist the commission...
• Section 541.5.
  (a) The department shall not close, or propose to close, a state park in the 2012–13 or 2013–14 fiscal year. The commission and the department shall...
• Section 541.6.
  (a) There is hereby appropriated ten million dollars ($10,000,000) from the Safe Drinking Water, Water Quality and Water Supply, Flood Control, River and Coastal Protection Bond...
• Section 542.
  The department may encourage and render assistance in the promotion of training programs for volunteer and professional recreation leaders in cooperation with other agencies, organizations...
• Section 543.
  The department may assist every department, commission, board, agency and officer of the state in rendering recreational services in conformity with their respective authorized powers...
• Section 546.
  The director may authorize any employee of the department to exercise any power granted to, or to perform any duty imposed upon, the director.(Amended by...

Last modified: October 22, 2018