Cal. PRC § 5016
This is the official text of Cal. PRC § 5016, part of California’s Public Resources Code — covers environmental protection, state parks, and natural resource management.
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Official statutory text
In order to eliminate or acquire privately owned lands situated within the exterior boundaries of the Anza-Borrego Desert State Park, the department is authorized to exchange for such lands other lands of approximately equal value which have been or may hereafter be patented to the state for park purposes by the federal government. In making the exchanges the department may comply with all rules prescribed by the Secretary of the Interior relating thereto.
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