BILL NUMBER: AB 1362	CHAPTERED  07/27/07

	CHAPTER  147
	FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE  JULY 27, 2007
	APPROVED BY GOVERNOR  JULY 27, 2007
	PASSED THE SENATE  JULY 16, 2007
	PASSED THE ASSEMBLY  MAY 17, 2007

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Smyth

                        FEBRUARY 23, 2007

   An act to amend Section 5018.1 of the Public Resources Code,
relating to parks and recreation.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 1362, Smyth. Parks and recreation.
   Existing law authorizes the Department of Finance to delegate to
the Department of Parks and Recreation the right to exercise the same
authority granted to the Division of the State Architect and the
Real Estate Services Division in the Department of General Services,
to plan, design, construct, and administer contracts and professional
services for legislatively approved capital outlay projects. This
provision is repealed as of January 1, 2009.
   This bill would extend the repeal date to January 1, 2014.



THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  SECTION 1.  Section 5018.1 of the Public Resources Code is amended
to read:
   5018.1.  (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the
Department of Finance may delegate to the department the right to
exercise the same authority granted to the Division of the State
Architect and the Real Estate Services Division in the Department of
General Services, to plan, design, construct, and administer
contracts and professional services for legislatively approved
capital outlay projects.
   (b) Any right afforded to the department pursuant to subdivision
(a) to exercise project planning, design, construction, and
administration of contracts and professional services may be revoked,
in whole or in part, by the Department of Finance at any time prior
to January 1, 2014.
   (c) This section shall remain in effect only until January 1,
2014, and as of that date is repealed, unless a later enacted
statute, that is enacted before January 1, 2014, deletes or extends
that date.