Bill Text: CA AB2704 | 2015-2016 | Regular Session | Chaptered
Bill Title: State Capitol: Mervyn Dymally bust.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 11-0)
Status: (Passed) 2016-09-27 - Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 698, Statutes of 2016. [AB2704 Detail]
Download: California-2015-AB2704-Chaptered.html
BILL NUMBER: AB 2704 CHAPTERED
BILL TEXT
CHAPTER 698
FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE SEPTEMBER 27, 2016
APPROVED BY GOVERNOR SEPTEMBER 27, 2016
PASSED THE SENATE AUGUST 22, 2016
PASSED THE ASSEMBLY MAY 27, 2016
AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY APRIL 26, 2016
INTRODUCED BY Assembly Member Gipson
(Coauthors: Assembly Members Brown, Burke, Cooper, Holden,
Jones-Sawyer, McCarty, Thurmond, and Weber)
(Coauthors: Senators Hall and Mitchell)
FEBRUARY 19, 2016
An act to add Section 14633 to the Government Code, relating to
the State Capitol.
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
AB 2704, Gipson. State Capitol: Mervyn Dymally bust.
Existing law prescribes various duties for the Department of
General Services in connection with development and maintenance of
the park around the State Capitol Building.
This bill would authorize the Mervyn Dymally Memorial Capitol
Foundation, upon establishment, in consultation with the Department
of General Services, to plan a bust of Mervyn Dymally to be placed in
the State Capitol Building Annex. The bill would require the
Department of General Services and the Mervyn Dymally Memorial
Capitol Foundation to approve the design and any other aspect of the
bust. The bill would require that the planning, construction, and
maintenance of the bust be funded with private donations through the
Mervyn Dymally Memorial Capitol Foundation. The bill would prohibit
construction of the bust until the Joint Committee on Rules has
approved and adopted the plan for the bust, and the Joint Committee
on Rules and the Department of Finance have determined that
sufficient private funding is available to construct and maintain the
bust. The bill would provide legislative findings in support of
these provisions.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. The Legislature finds and declares all of the
following:
(a) The late Honorable Mervyn M. Dymally was born in Trinidad on
May 12, 1926. Mr. Dymally moved to California when he was 19 years
old, after spending time studying journalism in Missouri. His work
organizing African American and low-income communities in Los Angeles
earned him an election to the California State Assembly in 1962
where he became the first foreign-born person of African descent to
ever hold a state office in California.
(b) Mr. Dymally later went on to become the first African American
elected to the California State Senate, in 1966, and in 1974 became
the state's first African American lieutenant governor. Mr. Dymally
extended his legacy in serving as a United States Congressman for 12
years, at which point he returned to the California Assembly to
finish his political career. In California, he was considered the
"Dean of Black Politicians," and for almost half a century he
impacted the political environment not only in California and
Washington, D.C., but in Africa, the Caribbean, and as a mentor to a
generation of elected officials.
(c) Mr. Dymally is recognized as a significant and effective
figure in politics, and has a number of institutions that bear his
name. Currently, there are busts of Mr. Dymally at Charles R. Drew
University of Medicine and Science, California State University,
Dominguez Hills, and Mervyn M. Dymally High School. This measure
seeks to build on these previous memorials by establishing a bust in
the California State Capitol to commemorate the Honorable Mervyn M.
Dymally's historic contributions as a leader, not only in the African
American community, but for California as a whole. In tribute to Mr.
Dymally's legacy, this bust shall serve to inspire African Americans
and all Californians as a model of community and political
leadership.
SEC. 2. Section 14633 is added to the Government Code, to read:
14633. (a) The Mervyn Dymally Memorial Capitol Foundation, upon
establishment, may, in consultation with the Department of General
Services, plan a bust of Mervyn Dymally to be placed in the State
Capitol Building Annex.
(b) The Department of General Services, in consultation with the
Mervyn Dymally Memorial Capitol Foundation, shall accomplish the
following goals:
(1) Review the preliminary design plans to identify potential
maintenance concerns.
(2) Ensure Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. Sec.
12101 et seq.) compliance and other safety concerns.
(3) Review and approve proper California Environmental Quality Act
(Division 13 (commencing with Section 21000) of the Public Resources
Code) documents prepared for work at the designated historic
property.
(4) Review final construction documents to ensure that all
requirements are met.
(5) Prepare the right-of-entry permit outlining the final area of
work, final construction documents, construction plans, the
contractor hired to perform the work, insurance, bonding, provisions
for damage to state property, and inspection requirements.
(6) Prepare a maintenance agreement outlining the Mervyn Dymally
Memorial Capitol Foundation's responsibility for the long-term
maintenance of the bust due to aging, vandalism, or relocation.
(7) Inspect the construction performed by the contractor selected
by the Mervyn Dymally Memorial Capitol Foundation.
(c) If the Mervyn Dymally Memorial Capitol Foundation undertakes
responsibility to construct a bust under this section, it shall, in
consultation with the Department of General Services, establish a
schedule for the design, construction, and dedication of the bust,
implement procedures to solicit designs for the bust, devise a
selection process for the choice of the design, and establish a
program for the dedication of the bust.
(d) The Department of General Services and the Mervyn Dymally
Memorial Capitol Foundation shall approve the design and any other
aspect of the bust.
(e) If the Mervyn Dymally Memorial Capitol Foundation undertakes
responsibility to construct a bust under this section, it shall not
begin construction of the bust until the Joint Committee on Rules has
approved and adopted the plan for the bust, and only if the Joint
Committee on Rules and the Department of Finance have determined that
sufficient private funding is available to construct and maintain
the bust.
(f) The planning, construction, and maintenance of the bust shall
be funded exclusively through private donations to the Mervyn Dymally
Memorial Capitol Foundation.
(g) If the Mervyn Dymally Memorial Capitol Foundation undertakes
responsibility to construct a bust under this section, it shall sign
a maintenance agreement with the state, as created under paragraph
(6) of subdivision (b), to maintain the bust with private
contributions.
