BILL ANALYSIS Ó ----------------------------------------------------------------- |SENATE RULES COMMITTEE | AB 1906| |Office of Senate Floor Analyses | | |1020 N Street, Suite 524 | | |(916) 651-1520 Fax: (916) | | |327-4478 | | ----------------------------------------------------------------- CONSENT Bill No: AB 1906 Author: Wilk (R), et al. Amended: 6/12/14 in Senate Vote: 21 SENATE EDUCATION COMMITTEE : 6-0, 6/4/14 AYES: Liu, Wyland, Block, Hancock, Huff, Monning NO VOTE RECORDED: Correa, Vacancy, Vacancy SENATE APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE : Senate Rule 28.8 ASSEMBLY FLOOR : 75-0, 4/24/14 (Consent) - See last page for vote SUBJECT : Community college property: direct costs for use SOURCE : College of the Canyons DIGEST : This bill, until January 1, 2020, expands the definition of direct costs, for purposes of determining the amount a governing board of a California Community College (CCC) may charge for the use of its facilities or grounds under the Civic Center Act (Act). ANALYSIS : Existing law, known as the "Act" declares that at every CCC there is a civic center where the governing board of the CCC district may grant various organizations, clubs, and associations, some of which are specified, the opportunity to engage in supervised recreational activities and meet and discuss subjects pertaining to the interests of the citizens of CONTINUED AB 1906 Page 2 the communities in which they reside. The district governing board of a CCC is authorized to set terms and conditions for this use of college facilities or grounds, and some conditions are specified in statute. In addition, the district governing board of a CCC is authorized to charge specified organizations and activities an amount not to exceed the costs of opening and closing facilities, providing for a college employee's presence during the facilities use, janitorial services, and utilities, as specified. For more general uses, the district governing board of a CCC is authorized to charge an amount not to exceed its "direct costs" or not to exceed "fair rental value" of college facilities and grounds under its control. Existing law defines "direct costs" as costs of supplies, utilities, janitorial services, services of any other district employees, and salaries paid school district employees necessitated by the organization's use of the CCC district's facilities/grounds. Existing law defines "fair rental value" as the direct costs to the colleges plus the amortized costs of the facilities or grounds used for the duration of the authorized activity. The district governing board of a CCC is required to charge fair rental value in the following specified cases: 1. When the district authorizes the use of college facilities or grounds by any church or religious organization for the conduct of religious services, as specified. 2. In the case of entertainments or meetings where admission is charged or contributions are solicited and the receipts are not expended for the welfare of the college's students. This bill: 1. Expands the definition of "direct costs," until January 1, 2020, which a CCC district is authorized to charge for the use of its facilities and grounds under the Act to include: A. The share of the costs, as specified, to operate and maintain school facilities or grounds proportional to AB 1906 Page 3 the use of the facilities or grounds by the entity using them. B. The share of the costs for maintenance, repair, restoration and refurbishment, proportional to the use of the facilities (defined as nonclassroom space) or grounds (defined as including but not limited to playing fields, athletic fields, track and field venues, tennis courts, and outdoor basketball courts) by the entity using them. 2. Prohibits the application of share of costs to classroom-based programs that operate after school hours including but not limited to after school programs, tutoring programs, or child care programs, or to organizations retained by the college or district to provide instruction or instructional activities to students during school hours. 3. Requires creation of a special fund for deposit of funds collected pursuant to the bill's provisions and prohibits the use of these funds for purposes other than those prescribed under the Act. 4. Requires, by December 31, 2015, the CCC Chancellor's Office to develop, and the Board of Governors of the CCC to adopt, regulations to be used by local district governing board of a CCC to determine the proportionate share and the specific allowable costs that may be included as direct costs for the bill's purposes. 5. Sunsets these provisions on January 1, 2020. FISCAL EFFECT : Appropriation: No Fiscal Com.: Yes Local: No SUPPORT : (Verified 6/30/14) College of the Canyons (source) California School Employees Association Community College League of California Kern Community College District Los Angeles Community College District Napa Valley College South Orange County Community College District AB 1906 Page 4 Taft College ASSEMBLY FLOOR : 75-0, 4/24/14 AYES: Achadjian, Alejo, Allen, Ammiano, Atkins, Bigelow, Bloom, Bocanegra, Bonilla, Bonta, Bradford, Brown, Buchanan, Ian Calderon, Campos, Chau, Chávez, Chesbro, Conway, Cooley, Dababneh, Dahle, Daly, Dickinson, Donnelly, Eggman, Fong, Fox, Frazier, Beth Gaines, Garcia, Gatto, Gomez, Gonzalez, Gordon, Gorell, Grove, Hagman, Hall, Roger Hernández, Holden, Jones, Jones-Sawyer, Levine, Linder, Logue, Lowenthal, Maienschein, Medina, Melendez, Mullin, Muratsuchi, Nestande, Olsen, Pan, Patterson, Perea, V. Manuel Pérez, Quirk, Quirk-Silva, Rendon, Ridley-Thomas, Rodriguez, Salas, Skinner, Stone, Ting, Wagner, Waldron, Weber, Wieckowski, Wilk, Williams, Yamada, John A. Pérez NO VOTE RECORDED: Gray, Harkey, Mansoor, Nazarian, Vacancy PQ:d 7/1/14 Senate Floor Analyses SUPPORT/OPPOSITION: SEE ABOVE **** END ****