California Senate Bill SB365 Introduced / Bill

 BILL NUMBER: SB 365INTRODUCED BILL TEXT INTRODUCED BY Senator Ducheny FEBRUARY 25, 2009 An act to amend Section 17070.20 of the Education Code, and to amend Section 15490 of, to add Section 15490.5 to, and to repeal Section 14620 of, the Government Code, relating to the State Allocation Board. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST SB 365, as introduced, Ducheny. State Allocation Board: Office of Public School Construction. Existing law establishes the State Allocation Board (board) and specifies its membership and duties. Existing law establishes numerous responsibilities for the board with respect to the allocation and expenditure of state funds for the construction of public school facilities. Existing law provides that the board consists of the Director of Finance, the Director of General Services, a person appointed by the Governor, the Superintendent of Public Instruction, and 3 members from each house of the Legislature. Existing law establishes the Office of Public School Construction in the Department of General Services, and specifies the duties and officers of that agency. This bill would retain the Superintendent, or his or her designee, as a member of the board, but would increase the number of gubernatorial appointments to the board to 4, specifying that these appointees would serve staggered terms, and would be required to have expertise in educational facilities construction, engineering, architecture, or finance, or expertise in compliance with the federal Americans with Disabilities Act or other planning and construction standards for pupils with special needs. The bill would also reduce the number of members appointed by each house of the Legislature from 3 to 2, and give the legislative appointing authorities the option to appoint public members instead of Members of the Legislature. The bill would make the Director of Finance and the Director of General Services, or their respective designees, nonvoting members of the board. The bill would transfer the functions, officers, and employees of the Office of Public School Construction from the Department of General Services to the board, effective January 1, 2010, and would provide for the retention of the civil service rights of those employees. Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: yes. State-mandated local program: no. THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: SECTION 1. Section 17070.20 of the Education Code is amended to read: 17070.20. The  Director of General Services   board  shall administer this chapter  and   . The Director of General Services  shall provide assistance to the board as it requires. SEC. 2. Section 14620 of the Government Code is repealed.  14620. There is in the department a general services planning officer, a procurement officer, and an executive officer of the Office of Public School Construction. Each officer or executive director may be appointed by the Governor, upon recommendation of the director, and shall serve at the pleasure of the director. His or her salary shall be fixed by the director in accordance with law. Each officer or executive officer shall have any duties that may be assigned to him or her by, and shall be responsible to, the director for the performance of those duties. It is the intent of the Legislature that this section is not to result in an increase in the number of positions in the department.  SEC. 3. Section 15490 of the Government Code is amended to read: 15490. (a) There is in the state government the State Allocation Board, consisting of  the Director of Finance, the Director of General Services, a person appointed by Governor, and the   all of the following:   (1)     The  Superintendent of Public Instruction  or his or her designee  .  The board shall also include three  (2)     Two  Members of the Senate  or pub   lic members  appointed by  , and serving at the pleasure of,  the Senate Committee on Rules  , two of whom shall belong to the majority party and one of whom shall belong to the minority party and three   . The Senate Committee on Rules may   appoint one Member of the Senate and one public member to the board under this paragraph.   (3)     Two  Members of the Assembly  or public members  appointed by  , and serving at the pleasure of,  the Speaker of the Assembly  , two   one   of whom shall belong to the majority party and one of whom shall belong to the minority party   . The Speaker of the Assembly may appoint one Member of the Assembly and one public member to the board under this paragraph  .  (4) (A) Four public members appointed by the Governor. The public members appointed pursuant to this paragraph shall have relevant experience, including, but not necessarily limited to, experience in either of the following:   (i) Educational facilities construction, engineering, or finance.   (ii) Expertise in compliance with the federal Americans with Disabilities Act (42 U.S.C. Sec. 12101 et seq.) or other planning and construction standards for pupils with special needs.   (B) The members appointed under this paragraph shall serve staggered terms. With respect to the public members appointed immediately after the operative date of the act that adds this paragraph, the terms of two of the public members shall be for two years and the terms of the other two public members appointed under this paragraph shall be for four years. Upon the expiration of these terms, subsequent public members shall serve four-year terms.   (C) A member appointed under this paragraph may be appointed to an additional term or terms.   (5) The Director of Finance or his or her designee, and the Director of General Services or his or her designee, shall serve as nonvoting members of the board.  (b) The members of the board  and the Members of the Legislature meeting with the board  shall receive no compensation for their services  ,  but shall be reimbursed for their actual and necessary expenses incurred in connection with the performance of their duties. (c) The  Director   Department  of General Services shall provide assistance to the board as the board requires  , including, but not necessarily limited to, the provision of the office space necessary to administer the affairs of the boa  rd at a cost and in an amount comparable to the accommodations of the board as of January 1, 2009  .  The   (d)     The  board  may  , by a majority vote of  all   the voting  members  do one or more of   , shall elect a chair and vice chair from its membership to serve one-year terms.   The chair and vice chair shall be eligible to serve no more than two consecutive terms.   (e)     The board, by a majority vote of the voting members, shall do all of  the following: (1) Appoint an  employee to report directly to the board as assistant  executive officer  , who shall serve at the pleasure of the board  . (2)  Fix   Determine  the salary and other compensation of the  assistant  executive officer. (3) Employ additional staff members, and secure office space and furnishings, as necessary to support the  assistant  executive officer in the performance of his or her duties. SEC. 4. Section 15490.5 is added to the Government Code, to read: 15490.5. (a) On January 1, 2010, the Office of Public School Construction shall be transferred from the jurisdiction of the Department of General Services to that of the State Allocation Board. Effective January 1, 2010, the civil service staff of the Office of Public School Construction shall be transferred to the board with no loss of civil service rights and privileges that pertained to those employees prior to that date. (b) Effective January 1, 2010, the general services planning officer, procurement officer, and executive officer of the Office of Public School Construction shall be transferred to the board. On and after January 1, 2010, each of these officers shall serve at the pleasure of the board. On and after January 1, 2010, a vacancy in any of these positions shall be filled through an appointment by the Governor, upon recommendation of the board. The duties and salary of each officer shall be determined by the board.