2025 California Code
Public Resources Code - PRC
DIVISION 5 - PARKS AND MONUMENTS
CHAPTER 1 - State Parks and Monuments
ARTICLE 4 - Hostel Facilities
Section 5052.

Universal Citation:
CA Pub Res Code § 5052 (2025)
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5052. As used in this article, unless the context clearly requires a different meaning:

(a) “Hostel facility” means a supervised overnight lodging or sleeping accommodation provided primarily for use by persons, including bicyclists and hikers, arriving at state park system units and local and regional parks and recreation areas. Hostel facilities shall include sleeping areas for individuals or groups, water, washrooms, sanitary facilities, and means by which the users of hostel facilities may prepare their own meals.

(b) “Recreational trail” means a pathway situated and constructed so as to provide safe and convenient means for persons, including bicyclists, hikers, and horsemen, to travel to and between state park system units other than by motor vehicle.

(Amended by Stats. 1976, Ch. 1440.)

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