BILL ANALYSIS AB 22 X4 Page 1 (Without Reference to File) CONCURRENCE IN SENATE AMENDMENTS AB 22 X4 (Evans) As Amended July 23, 2009 2/3 vote. Urgency ----------------------------------------------------------------- |ASSEMBLY: | |(July 9, 2009) |SENATE: | |(July 23, | | | | | | |2009) | ----------------------------------------------------------------- (vote not relevant) (vote not available) Original Committee Reference: RLS. SUMMARY : Changes the way the state holds, leases, sells and reports on real property. The Senate amendments delete the Assembly version of this bill, and instead: 1)Authorize the California Department of General Services (DGS) to lease property under control of a state agency, department or district agricultural association if the Director of DGS determines that the property is of no immediate need to the state and exempts from these provisions lands under control of the State Lands Commission; the State Coastal Conservancy or any other state conservancy; the Department of Transportation; Department of Fish and Game; Department of Parks and Recreation; California State University System; or, Regents of the University of California. 2)Authorize DGS to sell all or any portion of the Orange County Fairgrounds pursuant to a public bidding process that is designed to obtain the highest and most certain return for the state, as specified. 3)Require the state annually report on its inventory of surplus property to include additional information relative to the programmatic uses of the property, to what extent the property is utilized, leasing information, if applicable, and increases reporting requirements on the projected uses from over the next three years to over the next five years, as specified. AB 22 X4 Page 2 4)Authorize DGS to enter into a sale or long-term lease of 17 specified state office buildings or properties and to determine the terms and conditions for each sale and lease, and requires that each property sold pursuant to this authorization be for no less than fair market value. Exempts these leases from California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) when lease is made on an "as is" basis or is otherwise subject to CEQA through local government land use restrictions. 5)Authorize the Director of Finance to loan $10 million from the GF to DGS to carry out these provisions. 6)Urgency Clause: Declares this bill take effect immediately as an urgency statute. AS PASSED BY THE ASSEMBLY , this was a vehicle for the budget trailer bill. Analysis Prepared by : Christopher Moore / BUDGET / (916) 319-2099 FN: 0002089