Pub. Resources Code, § 5920 · Chapter 3. Miscellaneous Provisions
Pub. Resources Code, § 5920
Text — As published in the Legislative Counsel's database, tables dated October 18, 2026 (pubinfo_2025.zip)
(a) All real property acquired pursuant to this division shall be acquired in compliance with Chapter 16 (commencing with Section 7260) of Division 7 of Title 1 of the Government Code. The administering agency shall prescribe procedures sufficient to assure compliance by local public agencies and nonprofit organizations which receive funds under Section 5907.
(b) For the purposes of this division, acquisition may include gifts, purchases, leases, easements, the exercise of eminent domain if expressly authorized, the transfer or exchange of property for other property of like value, transfers of development rights or credits, and purchases of development rights and other interests.
(c) All grants, gifts, devises, or bequests to the state, conditional or unconditional, for park, conservation, recreational, agricultural, or other purposes for which real property may be acquired or developed pursuant to this division, may be accepted and received on behalf of the state by the appropriate departmental director with the approval of the Director of Finance. The grants, gifts, devises, or bequests are available, when appropriated by the Legislature, for expenditure for the purposes specified in Section 5907.
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History
Added June 7, 1988, by initiative Proposition 70.
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