Amended in Assembly May 30, 2013

Amended in Senate April 1, 2013

Senate Bill No. 695

Introduced by Senator Wright

February 22, 2013

An act to amend Section 4106 of, and to add Section 4109 to, the Food and Agricultural Code, relating to the California Science Center, and declaring the urgency thereof, to take effect immediately.

LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL’S DIGEST

SB 695, as amended, Wright. California Science Center: parking facilities.

Existing law establishes the Sixth District Agricultural Association, also known as the California Science Center, and requires the California Science Center to manage or operate its parking facilities in a manner that preserves and protects the interests of itself and the California African American Museum, and recognizes the cultural and educational character of Exposition Park. Existing law requires all revenues received by the California Science Center from its parking facilities to be deposited in the Exposition Park Improvement Fund in the State Treasury, and specifies that the funds may only be used, upon appropriation by the Legislature, for improvements to Exposition Park.

This bill would provide that the California Science Center shall not delegate to the University of Southern California the power to manage and operate its parking facilities, and would specify that those provisions are declaratory of existing law. begin insert The bill would require the California Science Center to establish the minimum and maximum parking rates that may be charged at parking facilities in Exposition Park. end insert The bill would also prohibit the California Science Center from entering into any sale of, or lease for a term of more than 10 years for the use of, its parking facilities, the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum, or the Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena, unless the Legislature authorizes the proposed sale or lease by statute begin insert , except if the lease contains terms that require the lessee to perform substantial capital improvements end insert .

This bill would declare that it is to take effect immediately as an urgency statute.

Vote: ²⁄₃. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: yes. State-mandated local program: no.

The people of the State of California do enact as follows:

SECTION 1.  

Section 4106 of the Food and Agricultural Code,
as amended by Section 6 of Chapter 137 of the Statutes of 2012,
is amended to read:

4106.  

(a) The California Science Center shall work with the
Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum Commission, the City of Los
Angeles, and the County of Los Angeles to develop additional
parking facilities in Exposition Park to the extent necessary to
allow for expansion of the park.

(b) (1) The California Science Center shall manage or operate
its parking facilities in a manner that preserves and protects the
interests of itself and the California African American Museum
and recognizes the cultural and educational character of Exposition
Park.

(2) The California Science Center shall not delegate to the
University of Southern California the power to manage and operate
its parking facilities. This paragraph is declaratory of existing law.

begin insert

(3) The California Science Center shall establish the minimum
and maximum parking rates that may be charged at parking
facilities in Exposition Park.

end insert

(c) The Exposition Park Improvement Fund is hereby created
in the State Treasury. All revenues received by the California
Science Center from its parking facilities, from rental of museum
facilities, or from other business activities shall be deposited in
the Exposition Park Improvement Fund.

(d) The moneys in the Exposition Park Improvement Fund may
only be used, upon appropriation by the Legislature, for
improvements to Exposition Park, including, but not limited to,
maintenance of existing parking and museum facilities, replacement
of museum equipment, supplies and wages expended to generate
revenues from rental of museum facilities, development of new
parking facilities, and acquisition of land within or adjacent to
Exposition Park.

(e) (1) The Legislature hereby finds and declares that there is
a need for development of additional park, recreation, museum,
and parking facilities in Exposition Park. The Legislature
recognizes that the provision of these needed improvements as
identified in the California Science Center Exposition Park Master
Plan may require the use of funds provided by other governmental
agencies or private donors.

(2) The California Science Center may accept funds from other
governmental agencies or private contributions for the purpose of
implementation of the California Science Center Exposition Park
Master Plan. The private contributions and funds from
governmental agencies other than state governmental agencies
shall be deposited in the Exposition Park Improvement Fund in
the State Treasury and shall be available for expenditure without
regard to fiscal years by the California Science Center for
implementation of the California Science Center Exposition Park
Master Plan. Funds from other state governmental agencies shall
be deposited in the Exposition Park Improvement Fund and shall
be available for expenditure, upon appropriation, by the California
Science Center for implementation of the California Science Center
Exposition Park Master Plan. However, any expenditure is not
authorized sooner than 30 days after notification in writing of the
necessity therefor to the chairperson of the committee in each
house that considers appropriations and the Chairperson of the
Joint Legislative Budget Committee, or not sooner than whatever
lesser time as the chairperson of the joint committee, or his or her
designee, may in each instance determine. Neither the City of Los
Angeles nor the County of Los Angeles shall impose any tax upon
tickets purchased authorizing the use of parking facilities owned
by the California Science Center.

SEC. 2.  

Section 4109 is added to the Food and Agricultural
Code, to read:

4109.  

begin insert (a) end insert begin insert   end insert Notwithstanding any other law, begin insert and except as
specified in subdivision (b), end insert the California Science Center shall
not enter into, and the Director of General Services shall not
approve, any sale of, or lease for a term of more than 10 years for
the use of, its parking facilities, the Los Angeles Memorial
Coliseum, or the Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena, unless the
Legislature authorizes the proposed sale or lease by statute.

begin insert

(b) Notwithstanding subdivision (a), a lease for a term of more
than 10 years does not require authorization by the Legislature if
the terms of the lease obligate the lessee to perform substantial
capital improvements to the facility so that the lessee may be
afforded the opportunity to obtain a reasonable return on
investment.

end insert

SEC. 3.  

This act is an urgency statute necessary for the
immediate preservation of the public peace, health, or safety within
the meaning of Article IV of the Constitution and shall go into
immediate effect. The facts constituting the necessity are:

In order to ensure that the state maintains the operations and
fiscal integrity of state resources, it is necessary for this act to take
effect immediately.