California Boating Law

HARBORS AND NAVIGATION CODE

This program is to build launching facilities in areas not normally considered by other state agencies as suitable to provide for conservation, propagation, and utilization of the fish and game resources of the state. The department shall submit any project for which it recommends any grant be made to the Governor for inclusion in the Budget Bill. 72.6. Commission consent concerning transfers, loans and grants. Transfers pursuant to Section 70, loans pursuant to Section 71.4, and grants pursuant to Section 72.5 shall be made by the department with the advice and consent of the commission. 72.7. Floating restrooms. (a) The department may grant funds to any public agency for the construction or procurement of floating restrooms and ancillary items. (b) The department may prepare plans and arrange for the procurement of floating restrooms and ancillary items for later transfer to other public agencies. All procure- ments shall be conducted under the supervision of the Department of General Services, in accordance with the requirements for state procurement of materials, supplies, and equipment established in Chapter 2 (commencing with Section 10290) of Part 2 of Division 2 of the Public Contract Code. (c) The department shall establish general policies for determining appropriate bodies of water and locations thereon for placing floating restrooms. The department may adopt such rules and regulations as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of this section. (d) It is the intent of the Legislature that the purpose of this section is to furnish restroom facilities on bodies of water where conventional restrooms cannot meet the needs of boaters and where the presence of floating restrooms may lessen environ- mental degradation of those bodies of water. 72.75. Pumpout facility grants. (a) The department may grant funds to any public agency for the construction or procurement of vessel pumpout or dump stations and ancillary items. (b) The department shall establish general policies for determining appropriate bodies of water and locations thereon for placing vessel pumpout or dump stations. The department may adopt rules and regulations that it finds necessary to carry out this section. (c) The Legislature finds and declares that the purpose of this section is to furnish vessel pumpout or dump station facilities on bodies of water where needed to meet the needs of boaters and where the presence of the vessel pumpout or dump stations may lessen environmental degradation of those bodies of water. 72.8. Grants for rafting facilities. The department, subject to a line item appro- priation by the Legislature for each proposed project, may grant funds to a county, city, district, or federal agency for the construction of waterway public access facilities used primarily by rafters, canoeists, tubers, and kayakers. Funds used to implement this section shall be derived from any bond act approved by the voters. 72.9. Property acquisition for rafting facilities. The department, subject to a line item appropriation by the Legislature for each proposed project, may acquire property to provide for waterway public access facilities used primarily by rafters, canoeists, tubers, and kayakers, and may also provide for the construction of those facilities, subject to the approval of any state agency that owns the property upon which the facilities will be constructed. Funds used to implement this section shall be derived from any bond act approved by the voters.

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