Cal. PRC § 5096.162

This is the official text of Cal. PRC § 5096.162, part of California’s Public Resources Code — covers environmental protection, state parks, and natural resource management.

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Official statutory text

(a) Any Member of the Legislature, the State Park and Recreation Commission, the California Coastal Commission, or the Secretary of the Resources Agency may nominate any project to be funded under this article for study by the Department of Parks and Recreation. Any of the commissions shall make nominations by vote of its membership.

(b) The Department of Parks and Recreation shall study any project so nominated.

(c) Projects proposed for appropriation for the state park system pursuant to subdivision (b) of Section 5096.151 shall be subject to the favorable recommendation of the State Park and Recreation Commission. Projects recommended by the commission shall be forwarded to the Director of Finance for inclusion in the Budget Bill.

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