LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


AB 1022, as amended, Nava. School facilities.
(1) Existing law requires that the funds from the sale of surplus
school real property be used for capital outlay or for costs of
maintenance of prescribed school district property. Existing law
permits a school district to deposit proceeds from a lease of school
district property with an option to purchase in its general fund for
use for any general fund purpose, if approved by the State Allocation
Board and certain conditions are met.
This bill, notwithstanding any other provision of law, would
authorize the Ventura Unified School District to deposit $10,000,000
of the proceeds from the sale of surplus school property, together
with any personal property located on that property, purchased
entirely with local funds and sold before January 1, 2005, into the
general fund of the school district and to use those proceeds for any
one-time general fund purpose consistent with specified
statutory and regulatory provisions . The bill would require
the State Allocation Board to reduce an apportionment of hardship
assistance awarded to that district, as specified. Before exercising
the authority granted by the bill, the governing board of the school
district would be required to submit documents containing specified
certifications to the State Allocation Board and, at a regularly
scheduled meeting, present a plan for expending the proceeds of the
sale. These provisions would remain in effect only until October 31,
2013, and would be repealed on January 1, 2014.
(2) The bill would express the finding and declaration of the
Legislature that, due to the unique circumstances relating to the
Ventura Unified School District, a general statute within the meaning
of a specified provision of the California Constitution cannot be
made applicable, and the enactment of this bill as a special statute
is therefore necessary.