California Boating Law

PUBLIC RESOURCES CODE

EXCERPTS FROM THE PUBLIC RESOURCES CODE DIVISION 5. PARKS AND MONUMENTS

CHAPTER 1. STATE PARKS AND MONUMENTS

Article 1. State Park System 5002.6. State beaches; L.A. County. 1 (g) On and after June 30, 1998, it is the intent of the Legislature that any application by the County of Los Angeles Fire Department to secure state funding support for boating safety and enforcement on waters within the County of Los Angeles shall be given priority consideration by the Legislature, unless an alternative source of funding is secured prior to that date which serves the same or similar purposes. (h) This section shall become operative only if the Board of Supervisors of the County of Los Angeles adopts a resolution accepting the fee title grants, in trust for the people of the State of California, in accordance with this section, of the lands and improvements described in subdivision (a). 5003.6. Boating facilities within the State Park system. The planning, design, and construction of a boating facility within the state park system shall be the responsibility of the Department of Boating and Waterways pursuant to subdivision (c) of Section 50 of the Harbors and Navigation Code. Article 6. California Recreational Trails 5070.7. Recreational Trails System Plan. The director shall cause to be pre- pared, and continuously maintained, a comprehensive plan for the development and operation of a statewide system of recreation trails. The plan, which shall be titled the California Recreational Trails System Plan, shall: (a) Assess the present and future demand for trail-oriented recreation uses. (b) Recommend an integrated and interconnecting system of trail routes designed to provide a wide range of recreational opportunities and to assure access and linkage to scenic, natural, historic, and recreational areas of statewide significance. 5071. Plan elements. The plan shall contain, but shall not be limited to, the following elements: (a) Pedestrian trails. (b) Bikeways. (c) Equestrian trails. (d) Boating trails. (e) Trails and areas suitable for use by physically disabled persons, the elderly, and others in need of graduated trails, especially along designated heritage corridors. (f) Cross-country skiing trails. (g) Heritage corridors. 5071.7.(b) Boating trails. The element of the plan relating to boating trails and other segments of the system which are oriented to waterways shall be prepared and maintained by the Department of Boating and Waterways pursuant to Article 2.6 (commencing with Section 68) of Chapter 2 of Division 1 of the Harbors and Navigation Code. Those segments shall be integrated with the California Protected

1 For purposes of space, most of Section 5002.6 has been omitted. Section 5002.6 is concerned with the transfer of eight state beaches to the County of Los Angeles. Subdivision (g) is the only part that is concerned with boating.

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