Regional park and open-space districts: general manager: powers.

Existing law generally authorizes the general manager of any park or open-space district, with district board approval, to bind the district, in accordance with board policy, and without advertising, for the payment for supplies, materials, labor, or other valuable consideration for any purpose in amounts not exceeding $25,000. However, existing law grants that authority to the general managers of the East Bay Regional Park District and the Midpeninsula Regional Open Space District with respect to the payment of amounts not exceeding $50,000. This bill would also grant that authority with respect to the payment of amounts not exceeding $50,000 to the general manager of the Sonoma County Agricultural Preservation and Open Space District. This bill would make legislative findings and declarations as to the necessity of a special statute for the Sonoma County Agricultural Preservation and Open Space District.