BILL NUMBER: AB 2247	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Williams

                        FEBRUARY 18, 2016

   An act to amend Section 439.1 of the Military and Veterans Code,
relating to armories.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 2247, as introduced, Williams. Armories.
    Existing law requires the Military Department to submit an annual
report to the Legislature on the status of all California armories.
Existing law requires this report to include, among other things,
information on the utilization of the facilities of the armory for
military missions, emergency response, and community and social
services.
   This bill would require the report to additionally include
information on the utilization of the armory for educational
services.
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: yes.
State-mandated local program: no.


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

  SECTION 1.  Section 439.1 of the Military and Veterans Code is
amended to read:
   439.1.  (a) The Legislature hereby finds and declares that the
Military Department is unable to perform its security, emergency
response, and social and community missions due to deficiencies in
the physical condition and suitability of some of its armories, and
according to a 2006 Bureau of State Audit report, at least 87 percent
of the 109 armories in California are in need of improvement.
   (b) It is the intent of the Legislature to ensure that the
Military Department has adequate facilities to perform its security,
emergency response, and social and community missions.
   (c) The Military Department shall, on or before April 1, 2008, and
each year thereafter, submit a report to the Legislature on the
status of all California armories. For each armory, the report shall
include:
   (1) The location of the armory.
   (2) The utilization of the facilities of the armory for military
missions, emergency response, and  community  
community, educational,  and social services.
   (3) The physical condition of the facilities of the armory for its
current missions and uses.
   (4) Any identified improvement, renovation, and modernization
projects for the facilities of the armory, and the total estimated
costs to complete these projects.
   (5) The status of recent improvements undertaken at the facilities
of the armory.
   (6) An 18-month projection of all work and improvements that will
be completed on the facilities of the armory.
   (7) The projected workload and staffing necessary for the
maintenance, repairs, improvements, and operating expenses of the
facilities of the armory.