Bill Text: CA SB1307 | 2017-2018 | Regular Session | Amended
Bill Title: High-Speed Rail Authority: property acquisition: capital outlays: public contracts: county assessor’s records.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2018-05-31 - Ordered to inactive file on request of Senator Galgiani. [SB1307 Detail]
Download: California-2017-SB1307-Amended.html
Amended
IN
Senate
March 22, 2018 |
Senate Bill | No. 1307 |
Introduced by Senator Galgiani |
February 16, 2018 |
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
Existing law, the California High-Speed Rail Act, creates the High-Speed Rail Authority to develop and implement a high-speed train system in the state, with specified powers and duties. Existing law, the Safe, Reliable High-Speed Passenger Train Bond Act for the 21st Century, approved by the voters as Proposition 1A at the November 4, 2008, general election, provides for the issuance of $9.95 billion in general obligation bonds for high-speed rail and related purposes.
This bill would state the intent of the Legislature to enact legislation relating to high-speed rail.
Digest Key
Vote: MAJORITY Appropriation: NO Fiscal Committee:Bill Text
The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
SECTION 1.
Section 1245.210 of the Code of Civil Procedure is amended to read:1245.210.
As used in this article, “governing body” means:SEC. 2.
Section 11005 of the Government Code is amended to read:11005.
(a) Unless the Legislature specifically provides that approval is not required, every gift or dedication to the state of personal property, or every gift to the state of real property in fee or in any lesser estate or interest, shall be approved by the Director of Finance, and every contract for the acquisition or hiring of real property in fee or in any lesser estate or interest, entered into by or on behalf of the state, shall be approved by the Director of General Services. Any contract entered into in violation of this section is void. This section applies to any state agency that, by general or specific statute, is expressly or impliedly authorized to enter into transactions referred to in this section.(b)This section does not apply (1) to unconditional gifts of money, (2) to the
SEC. 3.
Section 11005.2 of the Government Code is amended to read:11005.2.
(a) Unless the Legislature specifically provides that approval by the Director of General Services is not required, every conveyance, contract, or agreement whereby an interest of the state in any real property is conveyed, demised, or let to any person, shall, before the conveyance, contract, or agreement is executed or entered into, be approved by the Director of General Services. Any conveyance, contract, or agreement executed or entered into in violation of this section is void. This section shall apply to any state agency which, by general or specific statute, is expressly or impliedly authorized to enter into transactions referred to in this section.SEC. 4.
Section 11011.13 of the Government Code is amended to read:11011.13.
For purposes of Section 11011.15, the following definitions shall apply:SEC. 5.
Section 13332.11 of the Government Code is amended to read:13332.11.
(a) (1) Except as otherwise specified in paragraph (2), funds appropriated for capital outlay shall not be expended by any state agency, including, but not limited to, the University of California, the California State University, the California Community Colleges, and the Judicial Council, until the Department of Finance and the State Public Works Board have approved preliminary plans for the project to be funded from a capital outlay appropriation.SEC. 6.
Section 13332.12 of the Government Code is amended to read:13332.12.
(a) Any acquisition of land or other real property authorized in any appropriation, except an appropriation from the California Water FundSEC. 7.
Section 15853 of the Government Code is amended to read:15853.
(a) The board may select and acquire, in the name of and on behalf of the state, with the consent of the state agency concerned, the fee or any lesser right or interest in any real property necessary for any state purpose or function.SEC. 8.
Section 15855 of the Government Code is amended to read:15855.
(a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, except as provided in subdivision (b), the State Public Works Board is the only state agency that may exercise the power of eminent domain to acquire property needed by any state agency for any state purpose or function.SEC. 9.
Section 10106 of the Public Contract Code is amended to read:10106.
For purposes of this chapter:(6)
SEC. 10.
Section 10107 of the Public Contract Code is amended to read:10107.
Whenever provision is made by law for any project that is not under the jurisdiction of the Department of Water Resources, the Department of Parks and Recreation, the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation pursuant to Chapter 11 (commencing with Section 7000) of Title 7 of Part 3 of the Penal Code, the Department of Transportation, the High-Speed Rail Authority, or the Military Department, the project shall be under the sole charge and direct control of the Department of General Services.SEC. 11.
Section 408 of the Revenue and Taxation Code is amended to read:408.
(a) Except as otherwise provided in subdivisions (b), (c), (d), (e), and (g), any information and records in the assessor’s office that are not required by law to be kept or prepared by the assessor, disabled veterans’ exemption claims, and homeowners’ exemption claims, are not public documents and shall not be open to public inspection. Property receiving the homeowners’ exemption shall be clearly identified on the assessment roll. The assessor shall maintain records which shall be open to public inspection to identify those claimants who have been granted the homeowners’ exemption.SEC. 12.
If the Commission on State Mandates determines that this act contains costs mandated by the state, reimbursement to local agencies and school districts for those costs shall be made pursuant to Part 7 (commencing with Section 17500) of Division 4 of Title 2 of the Government Code.It is the intent of the Legislature to enact legislation relating to high-speed rail.