AB 354, as introduced, Committee on Accountability and Administrative Review. Director of General Services: state leases: notification.
Existing law prohibits the Director of General Services from entering into a building lease if the state’s obligation as lessee is for the occupancy of a state agency with a lease period of 5 years or longer and an annual rental in excess of $10,000 unless, at least 30 days prior to entering into the lease, the director notifies, in writing, the chairperson of the committee in each house of the Legislature that considers appropriations and the Chairperson of the Joint Legislative Budget Committee, as specified.
This bill would require the Director of General Services to also notify the chairperson of the appropriate policy committee in each house of a pending building lease, as described above.
Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: yes. State-mandated local program: no.
The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
Section 13332.10 of the Government Code is
2amended to read:
The Director of General Servicesbegin delete mayend deletebegin insert shallend insert not enter
4into a lease agreement between the state and another entity, public
5or private, in which the state is lessee if the agreement is to be for
6the lease of a building or building space, or both, which will be
7for the occupancy of any agency or agencies of the state with a
8firm lease period of five years or longer and an annual rental in
9excess of ten thousand dollars ($10,000), unless not less than 30
10days prior to entering into the lease the Director of General Services
11notifies the chairperson of the committee in each housebegin delete whichend deletebegin insert
of
12the Legislature thatend insert considers appropriationsbegin insert, the chairperson of
13the appropriate policy committee in each house,end insert and the
14Chairperson of the Joint Legislative Budget Committee, or his or
15her designee, in writing of the director’s intention to enter into the
16agreement, or not sooner thanbegin delete suchend deletebegin insert aend insert lesser time as the Chairperson
17of the Joint Legislative Budget Committee, or his or her designee,
18may in each instance determine.begin delete No fundsend deletebegin insert Fundsend insert appropriated in
19any Budget Actbegin delete mayend deletebegin insert
shall notend insert be encumbered or expended for any
20lease entered into on or after July 1, 1979, for office space in the
21County of Sacramento unless all solicitations for leases for office
22space in the County of Sacramento under the above-described
23conditions contain the statement, “The state is anticipating capital
24construction in the City of Sacramento and intends to eventually
25reduce the use of space on a leased basis.”
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