Parks and recreation: County of San Bernardino: Big Morongo Canyon Preserve.

The Cameron-Unruh Beach, Park, Recreational, and Historical Facilities Bond Act of 1964 authorized the issuance and sale of $150,000,000 in state general obligation bonds to finance the acquisition and development of lands for recreational purposes. The act established the State Park and Recreation Finance Committee for the purpose of authorizing the issuance and sale of the bonds authorized by the act. The State Beach, Park, Recreational, and Historical Facilities Bond Act of 1974, also known as the Z'berg-Collier Park Bond Act, authorized the issuance and sale of $250,000,000 in state general obligation bonds to finance the acquisition and development of lands for recreational purposes. The act established the State Park and Recreation Finance Committee for the purpose of authorizing the issuance and sale of the bonds authorized by the act. The Safe Neighborhood Parks, Clean Water, Clean Air, and Coastal Protection Bond Act of 2000 (the Villaraigosa-Keeley Act) authorizes the issuance of bonds for the purpose of financing a program for the acquisition, development, improvement, rehabilitation, restoration, enhancement, and protection of park, recreational, cultural, historical, fish and wildlife, lake, riparian, reservoir, river, and coastal resources, as specified. That bond act prohibits the use of the grant funds unless the applicant has agreed to certain conditions, including, but not limited to, using the property only for the purposes for which the grant was made and making no other use or sale or other disposition of the property, except as authorized by a specific act of the Legislature. This bill would authorize the County of San Bernardino to convey fee title in lands within the Big Morongo Canyon Preserve acquired with grant moneys from these bond acts, as provided, to the United States Bureau of Land Management, as specified. This bill would make legislative findings and declarations as to the necessity of a special statute for the County of San Bernardino.