CA Pub Res Code Section 5090.32

The division has the following duties and responsibilities:

(a)

Planning, acquisition, development, conservation, and restoration of lands in the state vehicular recreation areas.

(b)

Direct management, maintenance, administration, and operation of lands in the state vehicular recreation areas.

(c)

Provide for law enforcement and appropriate public safety activities.

(d)

Implementation of all aspects of the program.

(e)

Ensure program compliance with the California Environmental Quality Act (Division 13 (commencing with Section 21000)) in state vehicular recreation areas.

(f)

Provide staff assistance to the commission.

(g)

Prepare and implement plans for lands in, or proposed to be included in, state vehicular recreation areas, including new state vehicular recreation areas. However, a plan shall not be prepared in any instance specified in subdivision (c) of Section 5002.2.

(h)

Conduct, or cause to be conducted, surveys, and prepare, or cause to be prepared, studies that are necessary or desirable for implementing the program.

(i)

Recruit and utilize volunteers to further the objectives of the program.

(j)

Prepare and coordinate safety and education programs.

(k)

Provide for the enforcement of Division 16.5 (commencing with Section 38000) of the Vehicle Code and other laws regulating the use or equipment of off-highway motor vehicles in all areas acquired, maintained, or operated by funds from the fund; however, the Department of the California Highway Patrol shall have responsibility for enforcement on highways.

(l)

Complete by January 1, 2009, a strategic planning process that will identify future off-highway motor vehicle recreational needs, including, but not limited to, potential off-highway motor vehicle parks in urban areas to properly direct vehicle operators away from illegal or environmentally sensitive areas. This strategic planning process shall take into consideration, at a minimum, environmental constraints, infrastructure requirements, demographic limitations, and local, state, and federal land use planning processes. The strategic plan shall be reviewed by the commission and updated periodically.