Section 4101 - Exposition Park(a) The Sixth District Agricultural Association shall also be known as Exposition Park. It is in the Natural Resources Agency and is deemed to be a tax-exempt organization as an instrumentality of this state in accordance with Section 23706 of the Revenue and Taxation Code.(b) All of the following shall apply to Exposition Park:(1) The Board of Directors of the Sixth District Agricultural Association shall be the Board of Directors for Exposition Park and for the California Science Center, except with respect to those matters delegated to the Exposition Park Manager pursuant to Section 4108 or the Board of Directors of the California African American Museum pursuant to Section 4104.(2) Property or other interests presently held in title by the Sixth District Agricultural Association, also known as the California Science Center, except as detailed in paragraph (3), shall vest in Exposition Park on behalf of the State of California.(3) Upon the effective date of the change in name referred to in subdivision (a), there shall be deemed located within Exposition Park an entity referred to as the California Science Center, which shall include the Samuel Oschin Space Shuttle Endeavour Display Pavilion; the 3D IMAX Theater; the Dr. Theodore T. Alexander, Jr. Science Center School; the Wallis Annenberg Building; Phase I and Phase II of the California Science Center; and any additional construction developed pursuant to Phase III of the Master Plan developed and approved for Exposition Park, including any development authorized pursuant to Sections 4103 and 4103.5. The California Science Center shall manage, lease, and dispose of the property identified in this paragraph consistent with existing state law, in coordination with the Exposition Park Manager, and with approval of the Exposition Park Board, and all contracts or other agreements for this property that identify the California Science Center as the contracting party.(4) Notwithstanding Section 3964, the Exposition Park Manager appointed pursuant to Section 4108 shall be considered the executive director and manager of the board of directors of Exposition Park, except that the executive director of the California Science Center shall be considered the executive director and manager of the board of directors for matters within the sole jurisdiction of the California Science Center.(5) Consistent with Section 4060, and all other applicable state law, a state officer or employee of the Sixth District Agricultural Association, including any officer or employee of any state entity located in Exposition Park, shall not accept any compensation from any nonprofit organization for work performed in part or in full without prior written approval from the Secretary of the Natural Resources Agency.Ca. Food and Agric. Code § 4101
Amended by Stats 2018 ch 37 (AB 1817),s 4, eff. 6/27/2018.Amended by Stats 2012 ch 137 (AB 1019),s 1, eff. 7/17/2012, op. 7/1/2013.