BILL NUMBER: SB 948	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Senator Wyland
   (Principal coauthor: Senator Denham)

                        FEBRUARY 4, 2010

   An act relating to state property.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SB 948, as introduced, Wyland. state property.
   Existing law requires the Department of General Services to
maintain an inventory of real property held by the state, and
prescribes the disposition of surplus state property.
   This bill would declare the intent of the Legislature to enact
legislation that would require the department identify $1,000,000,000
worth of state property that can be sold immediately to help close
the state's budget deficit, and that would require state agencies and
departments that may be affected by the sale of land or structures
to determine the costs and benefits of leasing back their existing
space or finding new space.
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: no.
State-mandated local program: no.


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

  SECTION 1.  (a) It is the intent of the Legislature to enact
legislation that would require the Department of General Services to
identify one billion dollars ($1,000,000,000) worth of state
property, including, but not limited to, land and structures, that
can be sold immediately for the purpose of providing additional funds
to assist in closing the state's budget deficit.
   (b) It is the further intent of the Legislature to enact
legislation that would require state agencies and departments that
may be affected by the sale of land or structures that they inhabit
to determine the costs and benefits of leasing back their existing
space or finding new, more cost-effective space in which to conduct
business.