BILL ANALYSIS Ó
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SENATE THIRD READING
SB
1120 (Wolk)
As Amended June 13, 2016
Majority vote
SENATE VOTE: 37-0
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|Committee |Votes|Ayes |Noes |
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|Accountability |8-0 |Cristina Garcia, | |
| | |Lackey, Burke, | |
| | |Frazier, Beth Gaines, | |
| | |Irwin, Medina, | |
| | |Rodriguez | |
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|Appropriations |20-0 |Gonzalez, Bigelow, | |
| | |Bloom, Bonilla, | |
| | |Bonta, Calderon, | |
| | |Chang, Daly, Eggman, | |
| | |Gallagher, Eduardo | |
| | |Garcia, Holden, | |
| | |Jones, Obernolte, | |
| | |Quirk, Santiago, | |
| | |Wagner, Weber, Wood, | |
| | |Chau | |
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SUMMARY: Allows the Director of the Department of General
Services (DGS) to renew existing lease agreements with the Napa
and Solano County Offices of Education (COE) for the operation
of special needs and alternative education programs on land
located within the grounds of Napa State Hospital and adjacent
to the Medical Facility at Vacaville, respectively.
Specifically, this bill:
1)Authorizes the director of DGS, with the consent of the
Department of State Hospitals (DSH) and the California
Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR),
respectively, to enter into lease agreements with a nonprofit
corporation or public governmental agency, for the purpose of
conducting special needs and alternative education programs on
land located within the grounds of Napa State Hospital (NSH)
and adjacent to the Medical Facility at Vacaville,
respectively.
2)Specifies that the leases may be renewed for an additional
period of no more than 50 years.
3)Deletes obsolete provisions relating to the construction of
permanent facilities on the leased land, as they have already
been built.
EXISTING LAW:
1)Permits DGS, with the consent of DSH, to lease specified
property, not to exceed 10 acres, located within the grounds
of NSH, to a public governmental agency for the purpose of
operating a training program for developmentally delayed
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persons, a child-care facility, and an educational park, as
defined, for a period of no more than 50 years.
2)Permits DGS, with the consent of CDCR, to lease specified
property, not to exceed 10 acres, located within the Medical
Facility at Vacaville to a nonprofit corporation for the
purpose of conducting an educational and work program for
persons with intellectual disabilities, for a period of no
more than 50 years.
FISCAL EFFECT: According to the Assembly Appropriations
Committee, minor one-time administrative costs to DGS, to be
reimbursed by the COEs, and minor ongoing lease revenues.
COMMENTS: According to the author, this bill is needed to allow
the sponsors, the Napa and Solano COEs, to continue providing
educational services and learning support to special needs
students at the Napa COE Education Center located on the grounds
of NSH and the Irene Larsen Educational Center located on the
grounds of the Medical Facility at Vacaville.
While current law gives DGS the authority to enter into these
lease arrangements with the Napa and Solano COEs for specified
educational purposes, it does not permit the leases to be
renewed. The Solano COE is particularly concerned because its
lease with DGS is set to expire in January 2018. The author
reports that DGS, CDCR, and the Solano COE all intend to renew
the lease and this bill provides the necessary statutory
authorization to execute a new lease by specifying an additional
50-year lease renewal period.
This bill also clarifies that the COEs can lease directly from
the state (rather than through a nonprofit), and updates
language used to describe these educational programs.
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Specifically, it replaces the outdated phrase "mentally-retarded
program" with the term "special needs and alternative education
programs" instead.
The sponsors add that the 50-year lease renewal provision in
this bill will also allow the COEs to access state funds to
modernize these facilities. They note that COEs do not have
bonding capacity to raise local funds and therefore must qualify
for state funding to meet their facility needs, including a
requirement for the facility to have a lease of at least 40
years.
Analysis Prepared by:
Scott Herbstman / A. & A.R. / (916) 319-3600
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