BILL NUMBER: AB 1422 AMENDED
BILL TEXT
AMENDED IN SENATE JULY 14, 2011
AMENDED IN SENATE JUNE 28, 2011
AMENDED IN SENATE JUNE 1, 2011
INTRODUCED BY Assembly Member Perea
( Principal coauthors:
Assembly Members Cook, Nielsen, and
Pan )
( Principal coauthors:
Senators La Malfa and Rubio )
MARCH 22, 2011
An act to add Section 7044.3 to the Business and
Professions Code, to amend Sections 11005, 11005.2, 11007.1,
11011.13, and 14255 of the Government Code, to amend Section 1720 of
the Labor Code, and to amend Sections 10106, 10107, and 10295 of the
Public Contract Code, relating to high-speed rail. An
act to add and repeal Section 972.4 of the Military and Veterans
Code, relating to veterans.
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
AB 1422, as amended, Perea. High-speed rail.
Department of Veterans Affairs: administration.
Existing law establishes the Department of Veterans Affairs within
state government and sets forth its powers and duties, including,
but not limited to, administration of veterans benefits programs.
This bill would state the intent of the Legislature that the
Department of Veterans Affairs identify any savings in the operations
of the veterans home system and prioritize the allocation of those
identified savings to offset any program reductions, as specified.
This bill would require the department to make a report to the
Legislature that would include information on the savings and the
programs that were augmented with those identified savings.
Existing law, the California High-Speed Train Act, creates the
High-Speed Rail Authority to develop and implement a high-speed train
system in the state, with specified powers and duties. Existing law,
the Safe, Reliable High-Speed Passenger Train Bond Act for the 21st
Century, approved by the voters as Proposition 1A at the November 4,
2008, general election, provides for the issuance of $9.95 billion in
general obligation bonds for high-speed rail and related purposes.
Existing law generally requires the approval of the Department of
General Services before a state agency may acquire, hire, dispose of,
or let real property in fee or in a lesser interest, subject to
certain exceptions, including real property obtained for highway
purposes by the Department of Transportation. Existing law requires
the Department of General Services to inventory state-owned property,
other than property owned by the Department of Transportation and
certain other state agencies. Existing law provides that property
acquired by the Department of Transportation for highway purposes and
leased back for commercial or business uses to the former owner for
a term exceeding 6 months may be insured for loss by fire at the
request of the former owner with the premium for insurance included
in the rent.
This bill would enact similar exceptions, authorizations, and
exemptions relative to real property obtained for high-speed rail
purposes by the High-Speed Rail Authority. The bill would make
various other additional conforming changes.
Existing law provides that the Department of General Services is
the responsible agency for projects under the Public Contract Code,
and generally requires all contracts entered into by state agencies
to first be approved by the department, except with respect to
projects and contracts under the jurisdiction of other specified
state agencies.
This bill would provide that the High-Speed Rail Authority is the
responsible agency for projects and contracts under its jurisdiction
and does not require the approval of the Department of General
Services in that regard.
Existing law defines "public works" for purposes of requirements
relating to wages, working hours, and other aspects of employment.
This bill would include high-speed rail systems of the High-Speed
Rail Authority within the definition of public works for the purposes
described above.
Existing law provides for the licensing and regulation of
contractors by the Contractors' State License Board.
This bill would provide that these provisions do not apply to an
entity that is a party to a franchise contract with the High-Speed
Rail Authority if all actual construction work under the franchise
contract is performed by licensed contractors.
Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: yes.
State-mandated local program: no.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. Section 972.4 is added to the
Military and Veterans Code , to read:
972.4. (a) It is the intent of the Legislature that any savings
that the Department of Veterans Affairs identifies in the operations
of the veterans home system shall be used by the department to
support the veterans of the State of California. Any funds from the
identified savings shall be used to augment existing programs.
(b) The priority for any funds identified pursuant to subdivision
(a) shall be to offset any reductions or budget cuts to programs
overseen by the Department of Veterans Affairs made by Chapter 33 of
the Statutes of 2011. It is the intent of the Legislature that those
funds first be used to offset the twenty million two hundred thousand
dollar ($20,200,000) decrease achieved by delaying the opening of
the Redding and Fresno veterans homes.
(c) (1) On or before June 30, 2012, the Department of Veterans
Affairs shall provide the Legislature with a report that includes the
amount of any funds identified pursuant to subdivision (a), a list
of programs that received additional funds pursuant to subdivision
(b), and any additional federal funding or other public or private
insurance money available to assist veterans homes.
(2) A report to be submitted pursuant to paragraph (1) shall be
submitted in compliance with Section 9795 of the Government Code.
(d)This section shall remain in effect only until June 30, 2012,
and as of that date is repealed, unless a later enacted statute, that
is enacted before June 30, 2012, deletes or extends that date.
All matter omitted in this version of the bill appears in the bill
as amended in the Senate, June 28, 2011. (JR11)