2005 California Public Resources Code Sections 5830-5835 CHAPTER 9. BUSHY LAKE PRESERVATION

5830.  This chapter may be cited as the Bushy Lake Preservation Act.
5831.  As used in this chapter, unless the context clearly requires
a different meaning:
   (a) "California Exposition flood plain" means that portion of
state-owned California Exposition land in the American River flood
plain as it exists on January 1, 1977.
   (b) "Bushy Lake area" means that portion of the California
Exposition flood plain bounded by the continuous line enclosing Bushy
Lake, which line is 100 feet outside the 25-foot elevation contour
line as limited on the north side by the waterside toe of the levee
and as limited on the west side by a line 100 feet east of State
Highway Route 80 as it exists on January 1, 1977.
   (c) "Bushy Lake" means a body of water in the Bushy Lake area with
approximately 11 acres of water surface in the summer and
approximately 80 acres in the winter.
   (d) "Lower American River" means that portion of the American
River between Nimbus Dam and the confluence of the American River
with the Sacramento River.
5832.  The Legislature finds and declares that:
   (a) The lower American River is in the California Wild and Scenic
Rivers System as designated in subdivision (e) of Section 5093.54,
and has thus been determined by the Legislature as possessing
extraordinary scenic, recreational, fishery, and wildlife values.
   (b) The County of Sacramento and the City of Sacramento have
developed the American River Parkway, a 23-mile open-space greenbelt
in the lower American River flood plain, and have promulgated land
use regulations to prevent urban and other incompatible encroachment
into the parkway.
   (c) The California Exposition flood plain contains an unprotected
block of significant riparian habitat remaining in the lower American
River flood plain, and the United States Fish and Wildlife Service
has determined that this riparian habitat is of vital importance and
an integral part of the American River.
5833.  The California Exposition and State Fair Board of Directors
shall preserve, for public day use and enjoyment, the California
Exposition flood plain in a manner consistent with the definition of
a state park in accordance with the provisions of Section 5019.53,
except that the parking of public and private vehicles may be
permitted only during the State Fair and only on the flood plain land
abutting the riverside toe of the levee as it exists on January 1,
1977, beginning at least 400 feet east of the Bushy Lake area and
extending not more than 1,500 feet along the toe of such levee
eastward of the Bushy Lake area and extending not more than a
distance of 300 feet riverward from such levee.
5834.  The California Exposition and State Fair Board of Directors
shall preserve the Bushy Lake area in accordance with the provisions
of Section 5019.71, except that it may allow group picnics and
vehicles found essential for the picnics in an area designated by it
on the north side of Bushy Lake, commonly known as "picnic island."
5835.  In enacting this chapter, it is not the intent of the
Legislature to require removal, or preclude use, repair, or
additional construction of, highways, electric transmission lines,
sewage lines, or waterlines through the California Exposition flood
plain.  Further, it is not the intent of the Legislature to preclude
the use of emergency vehicles, maintenance vehicles, or vehicles
necessary for the construction of parkway facilities.