Bill Text: CA AB1656 | 2013-2014 | Regular Session | Chaptered
Bill Title: Department of General Services: State buildings.
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1)
Status: (Passed) 2014-09-19 - Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 451, Statutes of 2014. [AB1656 Detail]
Download: California-2013-AB1656-Chaptered.html
BILL NUMBER: AB 1656 CHAPTERED
BILL TEXT
CHAPTER 451
FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE SEPTEMBER 19, 2014
APPROVED BY GOVERNOR SEPTEMBER 19, 2014
PASSED THE SENATE AUGUST 28, 2014
PASSED THE ASSEMBLY AUGUST 29, 2014
AMENDED IN SENATE AUGUST 22, 2014
AMENDED IN SENATE AUGUST 5, 2014
AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY MAY 23, 2014
AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY MARCH 28, 2014
INTRODUCED BY Assembly Member Dickinson
FEBRUARY 11, 2014
An act to add Section 14669.16 to the Government Code, relating to
the Department of General Services.
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
AB 1656, Dickinson. Department of General Services: State
buildings.
Existing law creates the Department of General Services to provide
centralized services, including, but not limited to, planning,
acquisition, construction, and maintenance of state buildings and
property, purchasing, printing, architectural services,
administrative hearings, and accounting services. Existing law
provides that the department is under the control of an executive
officer known as the Director of General Services.
This bill would require, by July 1, 2015, the Department of
General Services to complete a long-range planning study of the
state-controlled and owned office buildings in the County of
Sacramento and the City of West Sacramento, including the
headquarters of the State Board of Equalization (BOE), for the
management of the state's space needs in the Sacramento region, as
specified. The bill would require the Director of General Services to
issue one or more requests for proposals for the planning, design,
construction, and acquisition of facilities recommended by the
Legislature based on the planning study.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. The Legislature hereby finds and declares all of the
following:
(a) The Department of General Services operates and manages 34
state-controlled and owned office buildings totaling over 8,000,000
net square feet in the County of Sacramento and the City of West
Sacramento. At least 4,000,000 gross square feet located in 21
buildings are over 40 years old, many of which have antiquated
systems and will eventually experience failure and for which
replacement parts will not exist in the future. The state has been
repairing and replacing critical building systems when necessary, but
for some of the older buildings, this approach to handling building
deficiencies is no longer sufficient.
(b) Therefore, it is the intent of the Legislature that the
Department of General Services perform a study developing a
long-range plan for the Sacramento region. The 2014 Budget Act
appropriated funding in the amount of $2.5 million to the Department
of General Services for this purpose. This study will determine the
best course of action to address the state's infrastructure
deficiencies and space needs within the region, while focusing on
long-term asset management. In addition to developing a long-range
plan for the Sacramento region, the study will also serve as the
framework to develop the recommendations and detailed cost and scope
information necessary for future budget proposals.
SEC. 2. Section 14669.16 is added to the Government Code, to read:
14669.16. (a) The Department of General Services shall, by July
1, 2015, complete a long-range planning study of the state-controlled
and owned office buildings in the County of Sacramento and the City
of West Sacramento, including the Board of Equalization's
headquarters, for the management of the state's space needs in the
Sacramento region.
(b) The planning study shall contain, but is not limited to, the
following:
(1) Evaluation of the overall state facility needs in the
Sacramento region, including the capacity of currently owned and
leased space.
(2) Evaluation of each building including, but not limited to,
condition, age, building use, and the extent that it meets the
business needs and location of the state entity occupying the space.
(3) The impact the building's age and design has on potential
reconfiguration and consolidation for state needs.
(4) The viability of antiquated building infrastructure systems,
including the present and probable future availability of replacement
parts for the systems in the buildings.
(5) Evaluation of office buildings in need of major repairs or
renovations to correct deficiencies, including estimated costs for
fire and life safety, accessibility, seismic safety, and other
building code compliance issues, and known existence of encapsulated
hazardous materials and lead-based paint.
(6) Other considerations deemed appropriate by the Department of
General Services, in consultation with the state entity occupying the
building, may be included.
(7) The development of a logical sequencing plan for renovation,
replacement, or both, of existing state office buildings and new
office development in the Sacramento region to guide the state over
the next 25 years.
(c) The findings in this long-range planning study shall be used
as the basis for recommendations and developing detailed cost and
scope information to be considered in future budget proposals.
(d) Beginning with the three buildings with the most significant
and immediate renovation or replacement needs, including highest cost
of total maintenance and repair to usable space, and other related
costs identified in the long-range planning study, the Director of
General Services shall issue one or more requests for proposals for
the planning, design, construction, and acquisition of facilities
that have been recommended by the Legislature based on the planning
study completed under this section. The Director of General Services
shall issue the requests for proposals within 12 months of the
Legislature making the recommendation described in this subdivision.
