SECTIONS 5096.500-5096.501 - California Statutes

PUBLIC RESOURCES CODE

SECTION 5096.500-5096.501

5096.500. The Legislature finds and declares as follows:
(a) It is vital to ensure public confidence in amounts paid, and
procedures used, for the acquisition of property by state agencies
that spend taxpayer or bond funds.
(b) It is important to ensure that an acquisition agency act
expeditiously to purchase critically needed conservation lands for
their preservation and protection.
(c) The purpose of this chapter is to ensure that information on
the acquisition of conservation lands by state agencies is made
available to the public, while ensuring that these lands continue to
be acquired in an efficient and expeditious manner.

5096.501. For purposes of this chapter, the following terms have
the following meanings:
(a) "Acquisition agency" means the Wildlife Conservation Board,
the Department of Parks and Recreation, or a state conservancy.
(b) "Conservation lands" means any land or interest therein to be
acquired by an acquisition agency, or that is owned by the state.
(c) "Major acquisition" means an acquisition where an agency
proposes to spend more than twenty-five million dollars ($25,000,000)
of state funds.