BILL NUMBER: SB 1906 CHAPTERED 09/28/04 CHAPTER 838 FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE SEPTEMBER 28, 2004 APPROVED BY GOVERNOR SEPTEMBER 28, 2004 PASSED THE SENATE AUGUST 26, 2004 PASSED THE ASSEMBLY AUGUST 24, 2004 AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY AUGUST 23, 2004 INTRODUCED BY Senator Sher (Coauthor: Senator Vasconcellos) (Coauthor: Assembly Member Cohn) MARCH 8, 2004 An act to add and repeal Section 17463.6 of the Education Code, relating to public schools. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST SB 1906, Sher. Surplus school property: use of proceeds: Santa Clara Unified School District. Existing law, the Leroy F. Greene School Facilities Act of 1998 (the Greene Act of 1998), requires the State Allocation Board to allocate to applicant school districts, prescribed per-unhoused-pupil state funding for construction and modernization of school facilities, including hardship funding, and supplemental funding for site development and acquisition. Existing law requires a school district to use the funds derived from the sale of surplus property for capital outlay or for costs of maintenance of school district property that the governing board of the school district determines will not recur within a 5-year period. Existing law authorizes a school district having an average daily attendance of less than 10,001 in any fiscal year to deposit any and all interest earned on those funds into the general fund of the district if the district meets certain conditions. This bill would, notwithstanding any other law, and until January 1, 2007, authorize the Santa Clara Unified School District to use the proceeds from the sale of surplus real and personal property, as provided, to deposit the proceeds into the general fund of the school district or county office of education, and to use the proceeds from that transaction for any one-time general fund purpose. If the purchase of the property was made using the proceeds of a general obligation bond act or revenue derived from developer fees, the bill would prohibit the amount deposited into the general fund of the school district or county office of education from exceeding the difference between the purchase price of the property and the proceeds of the transaction divided by the amount of the proceeds of the transaction, as defined. This bill would declare that, due to the special circumstances applicable to the Santa Clara Unified School District, a general statute cannot be made applicable within the meaning of Section 16 of Article IV of the California Constitution, and the enactment of a special statute is therefore necessary. THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: SECTION 1. The Legislature finds and declares all of the following: (a) Santa Clara Unified School District sold properties surplus to their needs. (b) The properties in question described in subdivision (a) were unsuitable for school district use or school construction purposes. (c) The properties were purchased entirely with local funds. SEC. 2. Section 17463.6 is added to the Education Code, to read: 17463.6. (a) Notwithstanding any other law, the Santa Clara Unified School District may use the proceeds from the sale of surplus real property, together with any personal property located thereon, if purchased entirely with local funds and may deposit the proceeds thereof into the general fund of the school district or county office of education for any one-time general fund purpose. If the purchase of the property was made using the proceeds of a general obligation bond act or revenue derived from developer fees, the amount of the proceeds of the transaction that may be deposited into the general fund of the school district or county office of education may not exceed the percentage computed by the difference between the purchase price of the property and the proceeds from the transaction, divided by the amount of the proceeds of the transaction. For the purposes of this section, proceeds of the transaction means either of the following, as appropriate: (1) The amount realized from the sale of property minus reasonable expenses related to the sale. (2) For any transaction that did not result in a lump-sum payment of the proceeds of the transaction, the proceeds of the transaction shall be calculated as the net present value of the transaction. (b) The State Allocation Board shall reduce an apportionment of hardship assistance awarded to the Santa Clara Unified School District pursuant to Article 8 (commencing with Section 17075.10) by an amount equal to the amount of the sale of surplus real property used for a one-time expenditure of the school district pursuant to this section. (c) If the Santa Clara Unified School District exercises the authority granted pursuant to this section, the district is ineligible for hardship funding from the State School Deferred Maintenance Fund under Section 17587 for five years after the date of sale. (d) Before the Santa Clara Unified School District exercises the authority granted pursuant to this section, the governing board of the school district shall first submit to the State Allocation Board documents certifying the following: (1) The district has no major deferred maintenance requirements not covered by existing capital outlay resources. (2) The sale of real property pursuant to this section does not violate any provisions of a local bond act. (3) The real property is not suitable to meet any projected school construction need for the next 10 years. (e) Before the Santa Clara Unified School District exercises the authority granted pursuant to this section, the governing board of the school district shall at a regularly scheduled meeting present a plan for expending one-time resources pursuant to this section. The plan shall identify the source and use of the funds and describe the reasons why the expenditure will not result in ongoing fiscal obligations for the district. (f) This section is repealed on January 1, 2007, unless a later enacted statute that becomes operative on or before January 1, 2007, deletes or extends the date on which it is repealed. SEC. 3. The Legislature finds and declares that a special law is necessary and that a general law cannot be made applicable within the meaning of Section 16 of Article IV of the California Constitution because of the financial circumstances of the Santa Clara Unified School District.