BILL NUMBER: AB 1273INTRODUCED BILL TEXT INTRODUCED BY Assembly Member Hagman FEBRUARY 27, 2009 An act relating to prison construction. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST AB 1273, as introduced, Hagman. Prison construction. Existing law authorizes the financing and construction of state prison facilities using lease-purchase financing arrangements by means of the issuance of state revenue bonds, as specified. This bill would declare the intent of the Legislature to enact legislation to sell state land held by the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation in Chino, California and use the proceeds for the construction of a new prison facility. Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: no. State-mandated local program: no. THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: SECTION 1. It is the intent of the Legislature to enact legislation to sell state land held by the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation in Chino, California and use the proceeds for the construction of a new prison facility.