BILL ANALYSIS Ó
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CONCURRENCE IN SENATE AMENDMENTS
AB
2247 (Williams)
As Amended August 16, 2016
Majority vote
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|ASSEMBLY: |79-0 |(May 5, 2016) |SENATE: |36-0 |(August 19, |
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Original Committee Reference: V.A.
SUMMARY:
This bill requires the Director of the Department of General
Services (DGS), with the approval of the Adjutant General of the
Military Department (CMD), to grant specified cities and school
districts an option to purchase the Santa Barbara Armory,
Brawley Armory, Indio Armory, Lynwood Armory, and Pomona Armory,
as defined.
When it left the Assembly this bill required CMD to first grant
the City of Santa Barbara or the Santa Barbara Unified School
District an option to purchase that armory if the armory should
be sold.
The Senate amendments: 1) add additional armories with similar
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sale term requirements: a) If the CMD should sell the Brawley
Armory, Indio Armory, Lynwood Armory, or Pomona Armory,
specified local governmental entities must receive an option to
purchase the property. b) specify that any purchase agreement
shall include terms and conditions determined by DGS to be in
the best interest of the state based on the fair market value of
the armory, based on the zoning as it existed on March 1, 2016,
c) add Senators Lara, Leyva, and Stone as coauthors, and d) add
Assembly Members Eduardo Garcia and Rodriguez as coauthors.
EXISTING LAW: Military and Veterans Code Section 435 states in
part:
(a)The Director of General Services, with the approval of the
Adjutant General, may lease for not more than 99 years or sell
for fair market value upon terms and conditions and subject to
any reservations and exceptions as may be determined to be in
the best interests of the state any real property held for
armory purposes. Real property shall not be sold or leased
pursuant to this subdivision unless the Legislature, by
statute, approves the sale or lease of the property.
(b) There is in the State Treasury the Armory Fund. All net
proceeds from the sale or lease of an armory shall be
deposited in the fund. The money in the fund is available,
upon appropriation by the Legislature, for the maintenance of
existing armories, and for the acquisition or construction of
new or replacement armories ?
FISCAL EFFECT: According to the Assembly Appropriations
Committee, the approximate fiscal impact for the single sale
(the Santa Barbara Armory) is $25,000, and according to the
Senate Appropriations Committee $35,000. The bill now involves
an additional four armories.
COMMENTS: All of the armories impacted by the bill are already
authorized for sale as a result of the passage of SB 536 (Roth),
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Chapter 355, Statutes of 2015. The options in the bill are at
fair market value, reasonable in their length and terms, and are
granted to local governmental entities. The bill as amended
balances the community interest in the armories with the states'
interest in generating maximum funds from the sale for use in
modernizing California's armory system.
The bill highlights the need for future policy discussion. The
fate of armories the CMD might sell is very important to the
communities in which those armories are located. In the future
if the Legislature authorizes additional armories for sale, it
may be worthwhile to consider requiring a single standardized
process including but not limited to notification to specified
local governmental entities, a fixed time window for their
response, and general terms and conditions balancing the various
stakeholder interests in such sales.
Analysis Prepared by:
John Spangler / V.A. / (916) 319-3550 FN:
0004577