Bill Text: CA AB720 | 2023-2024 | Regular Session | Introduced

California Assembly Bill 720

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Bill Title: California Rangeland, Grazing Land, and Grassland Protection Program: grants for local programs.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Engrossed) 2023-09-01 - In committee: Held under submission. [AB720 Detail]

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CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE— 2023–2024 REGULAR SESSION

Assembly Bill

No. 720

Introduced by Assembly Member Addis

February 13, 2023

An act to amend Section 5011 of the Public Resources Code, relating to state parks.

LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST

AB 720, as introduced, Addis. State parks: discount programs: Golden Bear Pass.

Existing law authorizes the Department of Parks and Recreation to collect fees, rents, and other returns for use of any state park system area, as provided. Existing law establishes the “Golden Bear Pass” as a discount program available to persons who meet specified criteria for the use of state park facilities. Existing law requires the department to waive, until July 1, 2024, the $5 fee to obtain the “Golden Bear Pass.”

This bill would make a nonsubstantive change regarding the “Golden Bear Pass” discount program.

Vote: MAJORITY Appropriation: NO Fiscal Committee: NO Local Program: NO

The people of the State of California do enact as follows:

SECTION 1.

Section 5011 of the Public Resources Code is amended to read:

5011.

(a) Any person receiving aid to the aged, blind, or disabled under Chapter 3 (commencing with Section 12000) of Part 3 of Division 9 of the Welfare and Institutions Code, any person receiving aid to families with dependent children under Chapter 2 (commencing with Section 11200) of Part 3 of Division 9 of the Welfare and Institutions Code, or any person over 62 years of age whose total monthly income from all sources, including any old age assistance payments, does not exceed the amount specified in subdivision (c) of Section 12200 of the Welfare and Institutions Code for a single person, or in subdivision (d) of that section for married persons, as adjusted pursuant to Section 12201 of that code, upon application therefor and payment of five dollars ($5) to the Department of Parks and Recreation, shall be issued a “Golden Bear Pass” that is valid for the specified year and ~~that~~ entitles the bearer and spouse to free use on any day of the day-use facilities in units of the state park system, except Hearst San Simeon State Historical Monument, Sutter’s Fort State Historic Park, and the California State Railroad Museum, under limitations as may be determined by departmental regulation regarding peak hours and contractual arrangements with vendors. The pass shall entitle the bearer and spouse to have access only to day-use facilities and not to the use of any other facilities.

(b) The department shall not grant half price privileges or offer any discount for the use of state park system facilities on the basis of the pass authorized by this section.

(c) Notwithstanding subdivision (b), the department shall develop and implement, on or before January 1, 1986, a senior discount program for the use of state park system facilities. The program may be modified after January 1, 1991, to include a “Golden Bear Senior Pass” available to any person over 62 years of age for an annual fee fixed by the department, valid for the specified year, and entitling the bearer and spouse to the use of day and camping facilities as specified by the department. The department shall set the fee for the “Golden Bear Senior Pass” and shall specify the facilities and times for which the pass is valid so as to minimize any loss in total annual park revenues to the department.

(d) (1) Notwithstanding subdivision (b), on and after July 1, 2021, the department shall waive the five-dollar ($5) fee to obtain the “Golden Bear Pass” described in subdivision (a).

(2) This subdivision shall become inoperative on July 1, 2024.