Section 5095.2 - DefinitionsAs used in this chapter, the following terms have the following meanings:
(a) "Active recreational purpose" means an activity that requires athletic fields, courts, gymnasiums, or other recreational venues for youth soccer, baseball, football, basketball, tennis, or swimming, or any activity the department identifies as meeting this definition.(b) "Department" means the Department of Parks and Recreation.(c) "Director" means the Director of Parks and Recreation.(d) "Facility" includes a place for organized team sports, outdoor recreation, permanent play structures, and multipurpose structures designed to meet the special recreational, educational, vocational, and social needs of youth. "Facility" also includes the acquisition of properties or development of venues for the furtherance of the purposes of Section 5095.4 where existing state conservancies or state, community, or regional parks are not readily accessible.(e) "Fund" means the State Urban Parks and Healthy Communities Fund.(f) "Nonurbanized local agency" means any city, county, or district that qualifies as a nonurbanized area as defined in subdivision (e) of Section 5621 and that is eligible for grant funding pursuant to Chapter 3.2 (commencing with Section 5620).(g) "Special district" means a regional park district, regional park and open-space district, or regional open-space district formed pursuant to Article 3 (commencing with Section 5500) of Chapter 3, or a recreation and park district formed pursuant to Chapter 4 (commencing with Section 5780).(h) "State agency" includes the Department of Parks and Recreation and the state conservancies in existence on the effective date of the act adding this section during the 2001 portion of the 2001-02 Regular Session.(i) "Urbanized or heavily urbanized local agencies" include cities, counties, or a city and county, or special districts as determined by the Department of Finance according to the latest verifiable census data pursuant to subdivisions (c) and (d) of Section 5621.Ca. Pub. Res. Code § 5095.2
Amended by Stats 2002 ch 664 (AB 3034), s 181, eff. 1/1/2003.Added by Stats 2001 ch 877 (SB 359), s 3, eff. 1/1/2002.