SB 1120: Director of General Services: state medical facilities: leases.

(1)Existing law authorizes the Director of General Services, with the consent of the State Department of State Hospitals, to lease specified property not exceeding 10 acres located within the Napa State Hospital to a public governmental agency for the purpose of conducting its trainable mentally retarded program consistent with specified requirements.

This bill would update the names of the programs being offered, would increase the allowable acreage to 10.5 acres, and would authorize the lease or leases to be renewed for a term not exceeding 50 years.

(2)Existing law authorizes the Director of General Services, with the consent of the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, to lease specified property located within the Medical Facility at Vacaville to a nonprofit corporation for the purpose of conducting an educational and work program for persons with intellectual disabilities consistent with specified requirements. Existing law authorizes the nonprofit corporation receiving the lease to assign or sublet to a public agency, with the approval of the Director of General Services and the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation.

This bill would additionally authorize the director to lease property within the medical facility to a public governmental agency. The bill would prohibit a renewed lease under these provisions from being assigned. The bill would update the names of the programs being offered. The bill would authorize the lease to be renewed for a term not exceeding 50 years. The bill would require the Director of General Services to review the lease every 5 years, as specified.

The bill would also make technical and conforming changes to these provisions.