Bill Text: CA AB2349 | 2021-2022 | Regular Session | Introduced

California Assembly Bill 2349 (Prior Session Legislation)

Introduced

Bill Title: State facilities.

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2022-03-31 - Referred to Com. on RLS. [AB2349 Detail]

Download: California-2021-AB2349-Introduced.html

CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE— 2021–2022 REGULAR SESSION

Assembly Bill

No. 2349

Introduced by Assembly Member Cooley

February 16, 2022

An act to amend Section 9105.5 of the Government Code, relating to state facilities.

LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST

AB 2349, as introduced, Cooley. State facilities.

Existing law establishes design standards for state buildings, including the State Capitol Building Annex and any newly constructed state capitol building annex.

This bill would clarify that any work of construction of a state capitol building annex or the restoration, rehabilitation, renovation, or reconstruction of the State Capitol Building Annex incorporate design elements complementary to the historic State Capitol.

Vote: MAJORITY Appropriation: NO Fiscal Committee: NO Local Program: NO

The people of the State of California do enact as follows:

SECTION 1.

Section 9105.5 of the Government Code is amended to read:

9105.5.

(a) Any work of construction, restoration, rehabilitation, renovation, or reconstruction undertaken pursuant to Article 5.2 (commencing with Section 9112) shall do all of the following:

(1) Incorporate design elements complementary to the historic State ~~Capitol,~~ Capitol; elements to make the newly constructed state capitol building annex or the restored, rehabilitated, renovated, or reconstructed State Capitol Building Annex efficient and ~~sustainable,~~ sustainable; and historic elements from the existing State Capitol Building Annex described in Section 9105.

(2) Integrate within its design elements that educate and impress upon visitors the rich heritage of symbolism that earlier generations of Californians made a vital part of the palette of the historic State Capitol design so as to convey the meaning of California’s self-governance and the state’s unique and ever-distinctive heritage.

(3) Incorporate symbolic treasures, as is befitting the heritage of symbols left by California’s founders for current and future generations to enjoy and explore, so as to ensure that the legislative and executive branch working spaces in the newly constructed state capitol building annex or the restored, rehabilitated, renovated, or reconstructed State Capitol Building Annex are no longer barren and devoid of the enriching presence of those symbols of self-governance.

(b) It is the intent of the Legislature that any newly constructed state capitol building annex or the restored, rehabilitated, renovated, or reconstructed State Capitol Building Annex be designed to welcome all visitors to a safe, healthful, accessible, and working State Capitol, including historic chambers supported by needed caucusing spaces, offices for the Chief Clerk of the Assembly, the Secretary of the Senate, and the Legislative Counsel; hearing spaces to facilitate the convenient conduct of hearings during sessions, and space for the Sergeants at Arms so that all Californians may effectively engage with their elected representatives and their state government in meaningful, participatory, and deliberative democracy.