Bill Text: CA SB536 | 2023-2024 | Regular Session | Amended

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Bill Title: Surplus state real property: Heman G. Stark Youth Correctional Facility.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)

Status: (Passed) 2024-09-27 - Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 768, Statutes of 2024. [SB536 Detail]

Download: California-2023-SB536-Amended.html

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Amended  IN  Assembly  June 03, 2024

Amended  IN  Senate  January 03, 2024

CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE— 2023–2024 REGULAR SESSION

Senate Bill

No. 536

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Introduced by Senator Rubio

February 14, 2023

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An act to amend add Section 19596.2 of 11011.31 to the Business and Professions Government Code, relating to horse racing. state government, and making an appropriation therefor.

LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST

SB 536, as amended, Rubio. Horse racing: out-of-state thoroughbred races: Delaware Handicap. Surplus state real property: Heman G. Stark Youth Correctional Facility.

Existing law requires a state agency to review all proprietary state lands under its jurisdiction, as specified, to determine what land is in excess of its needs, and to report on these lands to the Department of General Services. Existing law prescribes a process for the disposition of surplus state property.

This bill would authorize the Director of General Services to sell or lease property, of an unspecified acreage, known as the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation Heman G. Stark Youth Correctional Facility, located in the City of Chino, in the County of San Bernardino, to the City of Chino at fair market value upon terms and conditions the director determines are in the best interests of the state.

This bill would require that the proceeds of the sale or lease be expended on bond payments, as specified, and other costs, including costs for the review of the sale of the property and bond counsel. The bill would authorize the director, notwithstanding those provisions, to sell the property below fair market value for purposes of providing housing to persons and families of low or moderate income, subject to reporting specified information 30 days before the sale to the chairpersons of the fiscal committees of the Legislature.

This bill would exempt the sale of the property from the California Environmental Quality Act. The bill would require the net proceeds of the sale to be deposited into the Special Fund for Economic Uncertainties, a continuously appropriated fund. By authorizing the deposit of proceeds into a continuously appropriated fund, the bill would make an appropriation.

The Horse Racing Law authorizes a thoroughbred racing association or fair to distribute the audiovisual signal and accept wagers on the results of out-of-state thoroughbred races conducted in the United States during the calendar period the association or fair is conducting a race meeting, including days on which there is no live racing being conducted by the association or fair, without the consent of the organization that represents horsemen and horsewomen participating in the race meeting and without regard to the amount of purses. Under that law, the total number of thoroughbred races imported by associations or fairs on a statewide basis under these provisions is required to not exceed 50 per day on days when live thoroughbred or fair racing is being conducted in the state, with the exception of prescribed races.

This bill would exempt from the 50 imported race per day limitation races imported that are part of the race card of the Delaware Handicap.

Digest Key

Vote: MAJORITY2/3   Appropriation: NOYES   Fiscal Committee: NOYES   Local Program: NO  

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Bill Text

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

SECTION 1.

 Section 11011.31 is added to the Government Code, to read:

11011.31.

 (a) Notwithstanding Section 11011.1, the Director of General Services may sell, at fair market value, to the City of Chino, upon those terms and conditions the director determines are in the best interests of the state, all or any part of the following real property:

Approximately 130 acres of property, known as the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation Heman G. Stark Youth Correctional Facility, located in the City of Chino, in the County of San Bernardino.

(b) To the extent bonds issued by the State Public Works Board involve the property to be sold or leased pursuant to this section, all issuer-related and trustee-related costs associated with the review of any proposed sale or lease, together with the costs related to the defeasance or retirement of any bonds, which may include the cost of nationally recognized bond counsel, shall be paid from the proceeds of any sale or lease authorized by this section.

(c) Notwithstanding subdivision (a), in setting the purchase price for the property, the director may permit a sales price at less than fair market value if the director determines that such a discount will enable the provision of additional housing for persons and families of low or moderate income. For the purposes of this section, fair market value is established by an appraisal or economic evaluation conducted by the department and approved by the department.

(d) Thirty days prior to executing a transaction for a sale of the surplus state real property for less than fair market value for affordable housing, the director shall report to the chairpersons of the fiscal committees of the Legislature all of the following:

(1) The financial terms of the transaction.

(2) A comparison of fair market value for the surplus state real property and the terms listed in paragraph (1).

(3) The basis for agreeing to terms and conditions other than fair market value.

(e) Any sale of the property to the City of Chino pursuant to this section is exempt from Division 13 (commencing with Section 21000) of the Public Resources Code.

(f) Net proceeds of the sale shall be deposited pursuant to subdivision (g) of Section 11011.

SECTION 1.Section 19596.2 of the Business and Professions Code is amended to read:

19596.2.

(a)Notwithstanding any other law and except as provided in Section 19596.4, a thoroughbred racing association or fair may distribute the audiovisual signal and accept wagers on the results of out-of-state thoroughbred races conducted in the United States during the calendar period the association or fair is conducting a race meeting, including days on which there is no live racing being conducted by the association or fair, without the consent of the organization that represents horsemen and horsewomen participating in the race meeting and without regard to the amount of purses. Further, the total number of thoroughbred races imported by associations or fairs on a statewide basis under this section shall not exceed 50 per day on days when live thoroughbred or fair racing is being conducted in the state. The limitation of 50 imported races per day does not apply to any of the following:

(1)Races imported for wagering purposes pursuant to subdivision (c).

(2)Races imported that are part of the race card of the Kentucky Derby, the Kentucky Oaks, the Preakness Stakes, the Belmont Stakes, the Jockey Club Gold Cup, the Travers Stakes, the Arlington Million, the Breeders’ Cup, the Dubai World Cup, the Arkansas Derby, the Delaware Handicap, the Apple Blossom Handicap, the Blue Grass Stakes, or the Haskell Invitational.

(3)Races imported into the northern zone when there is no live thoroughbred or fair racing being conducted in the northern zone.

(4)Races imported into the combined central and southern zones when there is no live thoroughbred or fair racing being conducted in the combined central and southern zones.

(b)Any thoroughbred association or fair accepting wagers pursuant to subdivision (a) shall conduct the wagering in accordance with the applicable provisions of Sections 19601, 19616, 19616.1, and 19616.2.

(c)No thoroughbred association or fair may accept wagers pursuant to this section on out-of-state races commencing after 7 p.m., Pacific standard time, without the consent of the harness or quarter horse racing association that is then conducting a live racing meeting in the Counties of Orange or Sacramento.