BILL NUMBER: AB 585	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN SENATE  AUGUST 6, 2014
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  JANUARY 21, 2014
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  JANUARY 6, 2014

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Fox
    (   Coauthors:   Assembly Members 
 Brown,   Garcia,   and Williams   )

    (   Coauthor:   Senator   Cannella
  ) 

                        FEBRUARY 20, 2013

   An act to add Section 713 to the Military and Veterans Code,
relating to veterans.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 585, as amended, Fox. Department of Veterans Affairs: use of
real property.
   Under existing law, the Department of Veterans Affairs has
specified powers and duties relating to various programs serving
veterans. The department constitutes a public corporation that is
authorized to hold property on behalf of the state.
   This bill would require the department, by July 1, 2016, to
 develop a master plan for the use   create a
prioritized list  of unused or underutilized nonresidential real
property owned by the department,  for purposes 
 and to propose one or more potential   uses  that
will benefit California veterans, as  specified, and to make
a preferred recommendation for use of the property. The bill would
specify the required contents of the master plan.  
specified. The bill would require the department to consider its
inventory of properties as an integrated system, and to address how
prospective uses of the properties could complement each other. This
bill would include a legislative finding and declaration that after a
use option for a given location is identified pursuant to the bill's
provisions, further study and evaluation may be necessary in order
to determine the feasibility of that use option and take steps toward
its implementation. 
   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 713 is added to the Military and Veterans Code,
to read:
   713.  (a) By July 1, 2016, the department shall  develop a
master plan for the use of unused or underutilized nonresidential
real property owned by the department, including property on or near
the premises of existing department facilities, for purposes that
will benefit California veterans.   do both of the
following:  
   (1) Create a list of unused or underutilized nonresidential real
property owned by the department, including property on or near the
premises of existing department facilities.  
   (b) The master plan shall include an evaluation of use options,
and make a preferred recommendation for use of the property,

    (2)     Propose one or more potential uses
of those properties that will benefit California veterans and make a
preferred recommendation for use of each property, and in doing so,
consider uses  including, but not limited to, the following
services for veterans: 
   (1)
    (A)  Housing. 
   (2) 
    (B)  Supportive services. 
   (3) 
    (C)  Health care and mental health care. 
   (c) The master plan shall consider the department's 
    (b)     When identifying the unused or
underutilized nonresidential real properties, the department shall
consider its  inventory of properties as an integrated system,
and shall address how prospective uses of the properties could
complement each other. 
   (d) 
    (c)  The  master plan shall include 
 list of options shall be   structured as  a
prioritized list of projects determined by the department to
constitute appropriate uses for the properties identified in the
plan. 
   (d) The Legislature finds and declares that after a use option for
a given location is identified pursuant to this section, further
study and evaluation may be necessary in order to fully determine the
feasibility of that use option and take steps toward its
implementation.