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          Date of Hearing:  April 28, 2015


                  ASSEMBLY COMMITTEE ON WATER, PARKS, AND WILDLIFE


                                 Marc Levine, Chair


          AB 232  
          (Travis Allen) - As Introduced February 4, 2015


          SUBJECT:  Parks and monuments:  operating leases or agreements


          SUMMARY:  Extends from 20 days to 30 days the time period the  
          Legislature has to review a proposed state park lease agreement  
          before it can be approved by the State Public Works Board.   
          Specifically, this bill:


          1)Extends from 20 days to 30 days the time period the  
            Legislature has to review a proposed state park operating  
            lease, agreement or amendment before it can be approved by the  
            State Public Works Board;


          2)Makes other technical corrections to update this code section.  



          EXISTING LAW:


          1)Authorizes the Department of Parks & Recreation (DPR) to enter  
            into an operating or lease agreement with another public  
            agency for the care, maintenance, administration, and control,  
            of lands for the purpose of the state park system.








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          2)Prohibits an operating lease or agreement  between DPR and  
            another public agency from being entered into or amended  
            unless one of the following occurs:


               a)     The Legislature reviews the lease, agreement or  
                 amendment as part of the annual budget process, or


               b)     Following enactment of the annual Budget Act, the  
                 State Public Works Board does all of the following:


                     i.          Determines that the proposed lease or  
                      agreement could not have been presented to the  
                      Legislature for review during the annual budget  
                      process, and it would be adverse to the public  
                      interest to defer the review until the next budget  
                      process; and


                     ii.         Reviews and approves the lease or  
                      agreement not sooner than 20 days after the board  
                      provides written notification to the Chairperson of  
                      the Joint Legislative Budget Committee, the  
                      Chairperson of the Assembly Ways and Means  
                      Committee, and the Chairperson of the Senate Budget  
                      and Fiscal Review Committee.


               c)     Requires that any such action taken by the State  
                 Public Works Board is reported to the Legislature in the  
                 next Governor's Budget. 


          FISCAL EFFECT:  Unknown









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          COMMENTS:  The author indicates he has introduced this bill to  
          provide more time for public review of lease agreements for  
          state parks.  The current law requires that operating agreements  
          and lease agreements between DPR and other public agencies be  
          approved by the Legislature as part of the annual budget  
          process.  The statute provides an alternative process for  
          approval of a lease agreement by the State Public Works Board,  
          when proposed agreements are proposed after the budget has been  
          enacted and the Board determines that it is not in the interest  
          of the public to wait for the agreement to be approved the  
          following year.  In that case, the Board must provide the  
          Legislature with 20 day notice before approving the proposed  
          agreement.  This bill would extend the legislative notice  
          requirement to 30 days.  This bill also makes technical changes  
          to update this code section to reflect the Legislature's current  
          standing committees.  


          REGISTERED SUPPORT / OPPOSITION:




          Support


          None on file.




          Opposition


          None on file.











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          Analysis Prepared by:Diane Colborn / W., P., & W. / (916)  
          319-2096