BILL ANALYSIS                                                                                                                                                                                                    Ó



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          Date of Hearing:   May 15, 2013

                        ASSEMBLY COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS
                                  Mike Gatto, Chair

                  AB 826 (Jones-Sawyer) - As Amended:  May 9, 2013 

          Policy Committee:                               
          AccountabilityVote:9-4

          Urgency:     No                   State Mandated Local Program:  
          No     Reimbursable:               

           SUMMARY  

          This bill authorizes the Department of General Services (DGS) to  
          dispose of two surplus parcels of state property. Specifically,  
          this bill authorizes the director of DGS to sell, exchange or  
          lease the following:

          1)A 15-acre portion of the Preston Youth Correctional Facility  
            in Ione (Amador County).

          2)160 acres, known as the Estrella Youth Correctional Facility  
            in Paso Robles (San Luis Obispo County).

           FISCAL EFFECT  

          Unknown one-time GF revenue, at least in the millions of  
          dollars, from the net proceeds of disposition of the two  
          properties.

           COMMENTS  

           1)Purpose  . This is the annual DGS surplus property bill. Current  
            law requires all state agencies to annually review and  
            determine if any lands under their jurisdiction are in excess  
            of need. This information is reported to DGS, which first  
            determines if any properties can be used by another state  
            agency, and if not, seeks legislative authorization to dispose  
            of the properties. Upon such authorization, DGS must first  
            offer each surplus property to the relevant local agencies,  
            and next to nonprofit affordable housing sponsors prior to  
            offering the property to private entities through a bidding  
            process. 








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            The Preston facility was closed on June 30, 2011 and the  
            property being surplused was the employee housing. The Paso  
            Robles facility was closed in 2008.

           2)Prior Legislation  . The most recently enacted surplus property  
            bills sponsored by DGS were: 

             a)   SB 1580 (Senate Governmental Organization  
               Committee)/Chapter 798 of 2012 
             b)   AB 1272 (Butler)/Chapter 178 of 2011
             c)   SB 136 (Huff)/Chapter 136 of 2009

           Analysis Prepared by  :    Chuck Nicol / APPR. / (916) 319-2081