BILL NUMBER: AB 151	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  JANUARY 26, 2010
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  SEPTEMBER 10, 2009

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Jones
   (Principal coauthor: Senator Runner)

                        JANUARY 23, 2009

   An act relating to the Department of General Services.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 151, as amended, Jones. Department of General Services:
authorization.
   Existing law authorizes the Department of General Services to
acquire and convey real property for the state, whenever that
transfer of the real property is authorized or contemplated by law.
   This bill would authorize the department to investigate 
and negotiate  the  potential  terms of a sale,
exchange, lease, or any combination thereof, of all or a portion of
specified real property in Sacramento that is used for state offices,
including offices used by the State Board of Equalization. The bill
would further authorize the department to investigate  and
negotiate  the use of anticipated net proceeds to acquire a
headquarters for the State Board of Equalization. The bill specifies
that the department is not authorized to dispose of the specified
property or  to  acquire land and facilities. The bill would
also state the intent of the Legislature, in the 2010-11 Budget Act,
to transfer operating funds from the State Board of Equalization to
the department to pay for the department's actual reasonable costs
for actions taken pursuant this authorization.
   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.  (a) The Legislature finds and declares that the state
owns, within the City of Sacramento, approximately 610,000 gross
square feet of office space, with improvements, on city blocks
bounded by "N" Street on the north, 5th Street on the east, "O"
Street on the south, and 4th Street on the west, that is currently
used for state offices, including offices of the State Board of
Equalization.
   (b) For purposes of this act, the following terms shall have the
following meanings:
   (1) "Department" means the Department of General Services.
   (2) "Lease" or "leases" means the selection and acquisition of a
lease-purchase, lease-purchase finance, or lease with an option to
purchase.
   (3) "Sacramento property" means the real property described in
subdivision (a).
   (c) The department is authorized to investigate  and
negotiate  the  potential  terms of a sale,
exchange, lease, or any combination thereof, of all or a portion of
the Sacramento property, and the use of anticipated net proceeds,
after all obligations associated with the Sacramento property have
been satisfied, of a sale, exchange, or lease made to acquire the
land and facilities necessary to serve as a headquarters for the
State Board of Equalization. The department is not authorized to
dispose of the Sacramento property or  to  acquire land and
facilities.
   (d) It is the intent of the Legislature, in the 2010-11 Budget
Act, to transfer operating funds from the State Board of Equalization
to the department to pay for the department's actual reasonable
costs for actions taken pursuant to subdivision (c).