BILL NUMBER: AB 1900	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Jones-Sawyer

                        FEBRUARY 11, 2016

   An act relating to court facilities, making an appropriation
therefor, and declaring the urgency thereof, to take effect
immediately.



	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 1900, as introduced, Jones-Sawyer. San Pedro courthouse.
   (1) Existing law authorizes the Judicial Council to dispose of
surplus court facilities pursuant to a specified process that
requires, among other things, the Judicial Council to consult with
the county where the court facility is located, offer the facility to
the county at a fair market value before offering it to another
state or local government agency, and deposit the funds received from
a sale into the State Court Facilities Construction Fund. The
process further requires the Judicial Council, if the court facility
was previously the responsibility of a county, to comply with certain
requirements applicable to the sale of surplus state property.
Existing law establishes the Immediate and Critical Needs Account
within the State Court Facilities Construction Fund. The California
Constitution requires the proceeds from the sale of surplus state
property to be deposited into the Special Fund for Economic
Uncertainties, a continuously appropriated fund.
   This bill would, notwithstanding any law, specifically authorize
the Judicial Council to sell the San Pedro courthouse, as specified,
if the sale complies with certain requirements applicable to the sale
of surplus state property and the Judicial Council consults with,
and first offers the sale of the property to, the County of Los
Angeles. The bill would require the proceeds from the sale of the
courthouse to be deposited into the Special Fund for Economic
Uncertainties, and then transferred to, and appropriated from, the
Immediate and Critical Needs Account of the State Court Facilities
Construction Fund to the Judicial Council for the planning, design,
construction, rehabilitation, renovation, replacement, or acquisition
of court facilities. By appropriating the sale proceeds from the
Immediate and Critical Needs Account of the State Court Facilities
Construction Fund to the Judicial Council for these specified
purposes, this bill would make an appropriation.
   The bill would make legislative findings in support of its
provisions.
   (2) This bill would declare that it is to take effect immediately
as an urgency statute.
   Vote: 2/3. Appropriation: yes. Fiscal committee: yes.
State-mandated local program: no.


THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  SECTION 1.  It is the intent of the Legislature, in enacting this
legislation, to specifically authorize the Judicial Council, with
certain participation by the County of Los Angeles, to sell property
known as the San Pedro courthouse, a surplus court facility that is
unsuitable for the needs of the judicial branch, and appropriate
those sale proceeds to the Judicial Council for the planning, design,
construction, rehabilitation, renovation, replacement, or
acquisition of court facilities.
  SEC. 2.  (a) Notwithstanding any other law, the Judicial Council
may sell the property, at fair market value and upon the terms and
conditions and subject to the reservations the Judicial Council deems
in the best interests of the state, if all of the following
requirements are satisfied:
   (1) The sale complies with Sections 11011, 11011.1, and 11011.5 of
the Government Code, as applicable.
   (2) The Judicial Council consults with the County of Los Angeles
concerning the sale of the property.
   (3) The Judicial Council offers the County of Los Angeles the
purchase of the property at a fair market value before otherwise
offering the property for sale.
   (b) Notwithstanding any other law, the proceeds from the sale of
the property shall be deposited into the Special Fund for Economic
Uncertainties, established by Section 16418 of the Government Code,
and then be immediately transferred to the Immediate and Critical
Needs Account of the State Court Facilities Construction Fund,
established by Section 70371.5 of the Government Code. The proceeds
from the sale of the property are hereby appropriated from the
Immediate and Critical Needs Account of the State Court Facilities
Construction Fund to the Judicial Council for the purposes set forth
in paragraph (1) of subdivision (a) of Section 70371.5 of the
Government Code.
  SEC. 3.  For purposes of this act, "property" shall mean the San
Pedro courthouse located at 505 South Centre Street, in San Pedro,
Los Angeles County, Assessor Parcel Number 7455-013-901.
  SEC. 4.  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:
   To enable the sale of the surplus San Pedro court facility to
occur as soon as possible, it is necessary that this act take effect
immediately.