5096.500-5096.501
PUBLIC RESOURCES CODE
SECTION 5096.500-5096.501
5096.500. The Legislature finds and declares as follows: (a) It is vital to ensure public confidence in amounts paid, and procedures used, for the acquisition of property by state agencies that spend taxpayer or bond funds. (b) It is important to ensure that an acquisition agency act expeditiously to purchase critically needed conservation lands for their preservation and protection. (c) The purpose of this chapter is to ensure that information on the acquisition of conservation lands by state agencies is made available to the public, while ensuring that these lands continue to be acquired in an efficient and expeditious manner. 5096.501. For purposes of this chapter, the following terms have the following meanings: (a) "Acquisition agency" means the Wildlife Conservation Board, the Department of Parks and Recreation, or a state conservancy. (b) "Conservation lands" means any land or interest therein to be acquired by an acquisition agency, or that is owned by the state. (c) "Major acquisition" means an acquisition where an agency proposes to spend more than twenty-five million dollars ($25,000,000) of state funds.