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          Date of Hearing:  March 25, 2015


           ASSEMBLY COMMITTEE ON ACCOUNTABILITY AND ADMINISTRATIVE REVIEW


                                  Rudy Salas, Chair


          AB 354  
                                (Committee on Accountability and  
                                Administrative Review) - 


                                As Introduced February 17, 2015
          SUBJECT:  Director of General Services:  state leases:   
          notification


          SUMMARY:  Requires the Department of General Services (DGS) to  
          notify the relevant policy committees when it reports to the  
          Legislature on certain state building leases. 


          EXISTING LAW prohibits the Director of DGS from entering into a  
          state building lease that exceeds five years and annual rental  
          revenue of $10,000 unless the Chairs of the Assembly and Senate  
          Appropriations Committees and the Joint Legislative Budget  
          Committee are notified in writing 30 days prior to the start of  
          the lease.  


          FISCAL EFFECT:  Unknown


          COMMENTS:  Current law requires the Director of DGS to provide  
          written notification to the fiscal committees of the Legislature  
          when entering into state building leases that exceed five years  
          and $10,000 in annual rental revenue.  This bill seeks to  








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          increase legislative oversight by requiring DGS to also include  
          the Assembly Accountability and Administrative Review Committee  
          and the Senate Governmental Organization Committee in these  
          notifications. 


          REGISTERED SUPPORT / OPPOSITION:




          Support


          None on file




          Opposition


          None on file




          Analysis Prepared by:Cassie Royce / A. & A.R. / (916) 319-3600



















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