(a) For each fiscal year, there shall be included in the annual Budget Bill submitted by the Governor an amount not to exceed three million four hundred thousand dollars ($3,400,000) to be appropriated by the Legislature from the Highway Users Tax Account in the Transportation Tax Fund to the State Parks and Recreation Fund.

(b) These funds shall be appropriated to the Department of Parks and Recreation for the maintenance and repair of highways in units of the state park system.

(c) In addition, the money may be used by the Department of Parks and Recreation for construction and improvement on the highways when appropriated for such purposes by the Legislature.

(d) The highway construction and improvement shall be designed in accordance with the standards established by the Department of Parks and Recreation for state park roads, and may be carried out through service agreements with the Department of Transportation.

(e) Any increase in the amount of this appropriation shall be considered in the course of the annual budget process, which shall include review and comment by the Department of Transportation.

(f) For purposes of this section, highways in units of the state park system shall include those routes of motor vehicle travel generally open to public travel and service roads, parking areas, and roads within campgrounds. Nothing in this section shall constitute the highway as a state highway or add it to the state highway system.

(Amended by Stats. 1992, Ch. 1121, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 1993.)