Bill Text: CA AB2128 | 2021-2022 | Regular Session | Amended
Bill Title: State parks: California Admission Day: discounted admission.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2022-08-11 - In committee: Held under submission. [AB2128 Detail]
Download: California-2021-AB2128-Amended.html
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Amended
IN
Senate
June 15, 2022 |
CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE—
2021–2022 REGULAR SESSION
Assembly Bill
No. 2128
| Introduced by Assembly Member Cooley |
February 15, 2022 |
An act to add and repeal Section 5011.4 to of the Public Resources Code, relating to parks.
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
AB 2128, as amended, Cooley.
State parks: California Admission Day: discounted admission.
Existing law requires the Department of Parks and Recreation to administer, protect, develop, and interpret the property under its jurisdiction in the state park system for the use and enjoyment of the public. Existing law provides for the department to charge various fees for use of state parks, but requires the department to offer free or reduced-rate admission to eligible persons under certain circumstances.
Existing law establishes September 9 of each year as “Admission Day.”
This bill would would, until December 31, 2025,
require the department to grant to the general public a 50%-discounted admission to the general public to each unit of the state park system on September 9, operated by the department on California Admission Day. Day, which would be defined for this purpose as the 2nd Saturday in September of each year. The bill would require the department, on or before January 1, 2026, to submit a report to the relevant policy committees of the Legislature on the impact of the discounted
admission program, as specified.
Digest Key
Vote: MAJORITY Appropriation: NO Fiscal Committee: YES Local Program: NOBill Text
The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
SECTION 1.
Section 5011.4 is added to the Public Resources Code, to read:(a)The department shall grant 50 percent-discounted admission to the general public to each unit of the state park system operated by the department on September 9, California Admission Day.
(b)
5011.4.
(a) For(1) “California Admission Day” means the second Saturday in September of each year.
(2) “Discounted admission program” means the discount provided pursuant to subdivision (b).
(3) “Fifty percent-discounted admission” means a 50-percent reduction in the price of the general public vehicle admission, parking, and day use fees and shall be subject only to those limitations as the department deems necessary to manage the state park system to avoid overcrowding and damage to natural and cultural resources and for public health and safety. The reduction in fees under this section does not apply to camping fees, tour fees, swimming pool fees, fees for the use of boating facilities, museum and special event fees, any supplemental fees, or special event parking fees.
(b) On California Admission Day, the
department shall grant to the general public a 50 percent-discounted admission to each unit of the state park system operated by the department. This subdivision shall become inoperative on December 31, 2025.
(c) On or before January 1, 2026, the department shall submit a report to the relevant policy committees of the Legislature on the impact of the discounted admission program, which shall include, at minimum, all of the following for each year:
(1) The number of park users that used the discounted admission program.
(2) The number of park units impacted by the discounted admission program.
(3) The names of the park units impacted by the discounted admission program.
(4) The estimated
fiscal impact on the department, including on fee revenues and associated planning and staffing costs.
(5) Any other costs and benefits of the discounted admission program.
(d) (1) A report to be submitted pursuant to subdivision (c) shall be submitted in compliance with Section 9795 of the Government Code.
(2) This section is repealed on January 1, 2027.
