Amended in Senate August 6, 2014

Amended in Assembly January 21, 2014

Amended in Assembly January 6, 2014

California Legislature—2013–14 Regular Session

Assembly Bill No. 585

Introduced by Assembly Member Fox

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(Coauthors: Assembly Members Brown, Garcia, and Williams)

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(Coauthor: Senator Cannella)

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February 20, 2013

An act to add Section 713 to the Military and Veterans Code, relating to veterans.

LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL’S DIGEST

AB 585, as amended, Fox. Department of Veterans Affairs: use of real property.

Under existing law, the Department of Veterans Affairs has specified powers and duties relating to various programs serving veterans. The department constitutes a public corporation that is authorized to hold property on behalf of the state.

This bill would require the department, by July 1, 2016, to begin delete develop a master plan for the use end delete begin insert create a prioritized list end insert of unused or underutilized nonresidential real property owned by the department, begin delete for purposes end delete begin insert and to propose one or more potential uses end insert that will benefit California veterans, as begin delete specified, and to make a preferred recommendation for use of the property. The bill would specify the required contents of the master plan. end delete begin insert specified. The bill would require the department to consider its inventory of properties as an integrated system, and to address how prospective uses of the properties could complement each other. This bill would include a legislative finding and declaration that after a use option for a given location is identified pursuant to the bill’s provisions, further study and evaluation may be necessary in order to determine the feasibility of that use option and take steps toward its implementation. end insert

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 713 is added to the Military and Veterans
Code, to read:

713.  

(a) By July 1, 2016, the department shall begin delete develop a master
plan for the use of unused or underutilized nonresidential real
property owned by the department, including property on or near
the premises of existing department facilities, for purposes that
will benefit California veterans. end delete begin insert do both of the following: end insert

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(1) Create a list of unused or underutilized nonresidential real
property owned by the department, including property on or near
the premises of existing department facilities.

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(b) The master plan shall include an evaluation of use options,
and make a preferred recommendation for use of the property,

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begin insert (2) end insert begin insert   end insert begin insert Propose one or more potential uses of those properties that
will benefit California veterans and make a preferred
recommendation for use of each property, and in doing so, consider
uses end insert including, but not limited to, the following services for
veterans:

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(1)

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begin insert (A) end insert  Housing.

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(2)

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begin insert (B) end insert  Supportive services.

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(3)

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begin insert (C) end insert  Health care and mental health care.

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(c) The master plan shall consider the department’s

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begin insert (b) end insert begin insert   end insert begin insert When identifying the unused or underutilized nonresidential
real properties, the department shall consider its end insert inventory of
properties as an integrated system, and shall address how
prospective uses of the properties could complement each other.

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(d)

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begin insert (c) end insert  The begin delete master plan shall include end delete begin insert list of options shall be
structured as end insert a prioritized list of projects determined by the
department to constitute appropriate uses for the properties
identified in the plan.

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(d) The Legislature finds and declares that after a use option
for a given location is identified pursuant to this section, further
study and evaluation may be necessary in order to fully determine
the feasibility of that use option and take steps toward its
implementation.

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