§ 5015.8. — 5015.8. (Added by Stats. 2021, Ch. 760, Sec. 1.)

(a)
The department shall provide assistance acquiring and accepting land immediately adjacent to, and that expands, Chino Hills State Park, by transferring three properties into the state park system. The properties are known as First National Investment Properties, which consists of nine parcels, Eastbridge, which consists of four parcels, and Beattie, which is one parcel. The department shall agree to accept and manage each of these properties as a part of the Chino Hills State Park. All acquisitions shall come from willing landowners.
(b)
The department shall manage the properties and parcels acquired pursuant to subdivision (a) with funds held for that purpose or
obtained through the Metropolitan Water District of Southern California settlement agreement. Only 131 acres, which shall consist of the Beattie property and the northern most 120-acre parcel of the First National Investment Properties, shall be managed as mitigation lands compliant with that settlement agreement. The remaining parcels of the First National Investment Properties and the Eastbridge parcels shall be managed simply as additional parklands.

Legislative History

Added by Stats. 2021, Ch. 760, Sec. 1. (SB 266) Effective January 1, 2022.