AB 1900, as amended, Jones-Sawyer. San Pedrobegin insert superiorend insert 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 other law, specifically authorize the Judicial Council to sell the San Pedro superior courthouse, as specified, if the sale complies with certain requirements applicable to the disposal ofbegin delete surplusend delete court facilities and the Judicial Council consults with, and first offers the right to purchase the property to, the County of Los Angeles. The bill would require the net proceeds from the sale of the courthouse to be deposited into thebegin delete Special Fund for Economic Uncertainties, and then transferred to, and appropriated from, theend delete Immediate and Critical Needs Account of the State Court Facilities Constructionbegin delete 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.end deletebegin insert Fundend insertbegin insert. The bill would state that the disposition of this property is not a sale or other disposition of surplus state property within the meaning of the California Constitution.end insert
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: begin deleteyes end deletebegin insertnoend insert.
Fiscal committee: yes.
State-mandated local program: no.
The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
It is the intent of the Legislature, in enacting this
2begin delete legislation,end deletebegin insert act,end insert to specifically authorize the Judicial Council, with
3certain participation by the County of Los Angeles, to sell property
4known as the San Pedrobegin insert superiorend insert courthouse, a surplus court
5facility that is unsuitable for the needs of the judicial branch, and
6begin delete appropriateend deletebegin insert
transferend insert those sale proceeds to the Judicialbegin delete Council begin insert Council’s Immediate
7for the planning, design, construction, rehabilitation, renovation,
8replacement, or acquisition of court facilities.end delete
9and Critical Needs Account of the State Court Facilities
10Construction Fund.end insert
Section 70395 is added to the Government Code, 12immediately following Section 70394, to read:
(a) Notwithstanding any other law, the Judicial Council
14may sell the property, at fair market value and upon the terms and
15conditions and subject to the reservations the Judicial Council
P3 1deems in the best interests of the state, if all of the following
2requirements are satisfied:
3(1) The sale complies with Section 70391 of the Government
4Code, as applicable.
5(2) The Judicial Council consults with the County of Los
6Angeles concerning the sale of the property.
7(3) The Judicial Council offers the County of Los Angeles the
8right to purchase
the property at fair market value before otherwise
9offering the property for sale.
10(b) Notwithstanding any other law, the net proceeds from the
11sale of the property shall be deposited into thebegin delete Special Fund for
12Economic Uncertainties, established by Section 16418 of the
13Government Code, and then be immediately transferred to theend delete
14 Immediate and Critical Needs Account of the State Court Facilities
15Construction Fund, established by Section 70371.5 of the
16Government Code.begin delete The net proceeds from the sale of the property
17are hereby appropriated from the Immediate and Critical Needs
18Account of the State Court Facilities Construction Fund to the
19Judicial Council for the purposes set forth in paragraph (1) of
20subdivision (a) of Section 70371.5 of the Government Code.end delete
21(c) For purposes of this act, “property” means the San Pedro
22superior courthouse located at 505 South Centre Street, in the City
23of Los Angeles and the County of Los Angeles, Assessor Parcel
24Number 7455-013-901.
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(d) The disposition of the property authorized in this section
26does not constitute a sale or other disposition of surplus state
27property within the meaning of Section 9 of Article III of the
28California Constitution and shall not be subject to subdivision (g)
29of Section 11011 of the Government Code.
This act is an urgency statute necessary for the
31immediate preservation of the public peace, health, or safety within
32the meaning of Article IV of the Constitution and shall go into
33immediate effect. The facts constituting the necessity are:
34To enable the sale of thebegin delete surplusend delete San Pedro court facility to occur
35as soon as possible, it is necessary that this act take effect
36immediately.
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