State Parks Act

The State Parks Act governs the establishment, management, and protection of state park lands, placing them under the jurisdiction of the state's natural resources agency. It empowers that agency to acquire land for park purposes — including through eminent domain — and to adopt rules governing the use, care, improvement, and administration of the lands it controls. The act also restricts the disposal of park land absent specific legislative authorization, and sets ancillary requirements such as boundary fencing with adjoining farmland, procurement preferences for domestically manufactured products, and authority to enter land management agreements covering particular parks.

Editorial summary generated from the text of this act. It is not part of the statute — read the sections below for the operative language.