Bill Text: CA AB1900 | 2015-2016 | Regular Session | Chaptered

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Bill Title: San Pedro superior courthouse.

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2)

Status: (Passed) 2016-09-23 - Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 510, Statutes of 2016. [AB1900 Detail]

Download: California-2015-AB1900-Chaptered.html

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BILL NUMBER: AB 1900	CHAPTERED
	BILL TEXT

	CHAPTER  510
	FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE  SEPTEMBER 23, 2016
	APPROVED BY GOVERNOR  SEPTEMBER 23, 2016
	PASSED THE SENATE  AUGUST 23, 2016
	PASSED THE ASSEMBLY  AUGUST 29, 2016
	AMENDED IN SENATE  AUGUST 19, 2016
	AMENDED IN SENATE  AUGUST 16, 2016
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  MARCH 31, 2016

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Members Jones-Sawyer and O'Donnell

                        FEBRUARY 11, 2016

   An act to add Section 70395 to the Government Code, relating to
court facilities, and declaring the urgency thereof, to take effect
immediately.



	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 1900, Jones-Sawyer. San Pedro superior courthouse.
   (1) Existing law authorizes the Judicial Council to dispose of
surplus court facilities pursuant to a specified process that
requires, among other things, the Judicial Council to consult with
the county where the court facility is located, offer the facility to
the county at a fair market value before offering it to another
state or local government agency, and deposit the funds received from
a sale into the State Court Facilities Construction Fund. The
process further requires the Judicial Council, if the court facility
was previously the responsibility of a county, to comply with certain
requirements applicable to the sale of surplus state property.
Existing law establishes the Immediate and Critical Needs Account
within the State Court Facilities Construction Fund. The California
Constitution requires the proceeds from the sale of surplus state
property to be deposited into the Special Fund for Economic
Uncertainties, a continuously appropriated fund.
   This bill would, notwithstanding any other law, specifically
authorize the Judicial Council to sell the San Pedro superior
courthouse, as specified, if the sale complies with certain
requirements applicable to the disposal of court facilities and the
Judicial Council consults with, and first offers the right to
purchase the property to, the County of Los Angeles. The bill would
require the net proceeds from the sale of the courthouse to be
deposited into the Immediate and Critical Needs Account of the State
Court Facilities Construction Fund. The bill would state that the
disposition of this property is not a sale or other disposition of
surplus state property within the meaning of the California
Constitution.
   The bill would make legislative findings in support of its
provisions.
   (2) This bill would declare that it is to take effect immediately
as an urgency statute.



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

  SECTION 1.  It is the intent of the Legislature, in enacting this
act, to specifically authorize the Judicial Council, with certain
participation by the County of Los Angeles, to sell property known as
the San Pedro superior courthouse, a surplus court facility that is
unsuitable for the needs of the judicial branch, and transfer those
sale proceeds to the Judicial Council's Immediate and Critical Needs
Account of the State Court Facilities Construction Fund.
  SEC. 2.  Section 70395 is added to the Government Code, immediately
following Section 70394, to read:
   70395.  (a) Notwithstanding any other law, the Judicial Council
may sell the property, at fair market value and upon the terms and
conditions and subject to the reservations the Judicial Council deems
in the best interests of the state, if all of the following
requirements are satisfied:
   (1) The sale complies with Section 70391 of the Government Code,
as applicable.
   (2) The Judicial Council consults with the County of Los Angeles
concerning the sale of the property.
   (3) The Judicial Council offers the County of Los Angeles the
right to purchase the property at fair market value before otherwise
offering the property for sale.
   (b) Notwithstanding any other law, the net proceeds from the sale
of the property shall be deposited into the Immediate and Critical
Needs Account of the State Court Facilities Construction Fund,
established by Section 70371.5 of the Government Code.
   (c) For purposes of this act, "property" means the San Pedro
superior courthouse located at 505 South Centre Street, in the City
of Los Angeles and the County of Los Angeles, Assessor Parcel Number
7455-013-901.
   (d) The disposition of the property authorized in this section
does not constitute a sale or other disposition of surplus state
property within the meaning of Section 9 of Article III of the
California Constitution and shall not be subject to subdivision (g)
of Section 11011 of the Government Code.
  SEC. 3.  This act is an urgency statute necessary for the immediate
preservation of the public peace, health, or safety within the
meaning of Article IV of the Constitution and shall go into immediate
effect. The facts constituting the necessity are:
   To enable the sale of the San Pedro court facility to occur as
soon as possible, it is necessary that this act take effect
immediately.