State parks: proposed closures: public notice.

(1) Existing law authorizes the Department of Parks and Recreation to enter into agreements between the department and federal and local governments and other public agencies for the care, maintenance, administration, and control of lands under the jurisdiction of any party to this agreement for the purpose of the state park system, as prescribed. This bill would require the department to post on its Internet Web site, at least 30 days prior to the date the department plans to close all, or a significant portion, of a unit of the state park system to public access, specified information about the proposed park closure, as defined, including information about how to contact the department in writing if an individual or other party is interested in entering into negotiations with the department for a contract or agreement to lease, operate, maintain, or provide concessions at a unit of the state park system that is proposed to be closed. The bill would require the department to respond in writing to any inquiry received in connection with the information provided pursuant to those provisions. (2) This bill would declare that it is to take effect immediately as an urgency statute.