BILL ANALYSIS Ó SENATE COMMITTEE ON NATURAL RESOURCES AND WATER Senator Fran Pavley, Chair 2015 - 2016 Regular Bill No: AB 232 Hearing Date: July 14, 2015 ----------------------------------------------------------------- |Author: |Travis Allen | | | ----------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------- |Version: |February 4, 2015 Introduced | ----------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------- |Urgency: |No |Fiscal: |Yes | ----------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------- |Consultant:|William Craven | | | | ----------------------------------------------------------------- Subject: Parks and monuments: operating leases or agreements. BACKGROUND AND EXISTING LAW 1)Authorizes the Department of Parks and 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. 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; AB 232 (Travis Allen) Page 2 of ? 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. iii) Reports the action to the Legislature in the next Governor's Budget. PROPOSED LAW 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. ARGUMENTS IN SUPPORT The author indicates he has introduced this bill to provide more time for public review of lease agreements for state parks. ARGUMENTS IN OPPOSITION None received. COMMENTS 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 (Board), when proposed agreements are proposed after the budget has been enacted and AB 232 (Travis Allen) Page 3 of ? 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. SUPPORT None Received OPPOSITION None Received -- END --