Article 1. Horseback Riding of California Government Code >> Division 2. >> Title 5. >> Part 1. >> Chapter 5. >> Article 1.

Upon application to the Department of Transportation, a flood control district, county, or city, and subject to any conditions imposed by it, permission may be granted to any person, or riding club to enter, traverse, and use for horseback riding, any trail, right of way, easement, river, flood control channel, or wash, owned or controlled by the state, a city, or county.

A fee shall not be charged for the use of such bridle paths.

An equestrian group may be granted the right to erect and maintain suitable trail markers for the convenience and guidance of horseback riders, but a structure shall not be erected on state-owned property without the approval of the State Lands Commission.

It is unlawful for any person to remove, deface, or destroy the markers, or to erect fences, barbed wire, or other obstructions on the bridle trails.

The granting power may extend, terminate, or modify its permission at any time.