BILL NUMBER: SB 1217 INTRODUCED BILL TEXT INTRODUCED BY Senator Dutton FEBRUARY 23, 2012 An act to repeal and add Section 14672.95 of the Government Code, relating to state hospitals. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST SB 1217, as introduced, Dutton. State hospitals: Patton State Hospital. Existing law authorizes the Department of General Services to perform various duties relating to state real property, including leasing a building located at Patton State Hospital to a private nonprofit corporation or local government, for a period not to exceed 20 years, for the purpose of providing services to elderly persons. This bill would reauthorize the department to lease the specified premises, as described above. 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 Section 14672.95 of the Government Code is repealed.14672.95. Notwithstanding Section 14670, the Director of General Services, with the consent of the State Department of Mental Health, may let to a nonprofit corporation or local government, for a period not to exceed 20 years, and for the purpose of providing services to elderly persons, a building located at Patton State Hospital.SEC. 2. Section 14672.95 is added to the Government Code, to read: 14672.95. Notwithstanding Section 14670, the Director of General Services, with the consent of the State Department of Mental Health, may let a building located at Patton State Hospital to a nonprofit corporation or local government, for a period not to exceed 20 years, for the purpose of providing services to elderly persons.