Chapter 3.2.1. Revenue Bond Financing Of Prison Construction—phase I of California Government Code >> Division 3. >> Title 2. >> Part 10b. >> Chapter 3.2.1.
(a) (1) (A) The Department of Corrections and
Rehabilitation may design and construct new, or renovate existing,
housing units, support buildings, programming space, and any
necessary ancillary improvements in order to add capacity at
facilities under its jurisdiction. The department shall complete site
assessments at facilities at which it intends to construct or
renovate additional housing units, support buildings, programming
space, or ancillary improvements. The department may use the funding
provided in Section 28 of Chapter 7 of the Statutes of 2007 to
complete these site assessments.
(B) The authority contained in subparagraph (A) may be used to
develop new beds including appropriate programmatic space pursuant to
paragraph (2) and, together with the funds appropriated in Section
15819.403 for this purpose, shall constitute the scope of a single
capital outlay project for purposes of calculating augmentations
pursuant to Section 13332.11 or Section 13332.19 as described in
Section 15819.401.
(2) Any new beds constructed pursuant to this section shall be
supported by rehabilitative programming for inmates, including, but
not limited to, education, vocational programs, substance abuse
treatment programs, employment programs, and prerelease planning.
(3) The authority contained in this subdivision may be used to
develop beds and treatment space to serve inmates requiring mental
health or medical services. Any beds developed with a medical or
mental health purpose shall be supported with rehabilitative
programming, as defined in paragraph (2), that is consistent with the
medical or mental health services required by the inmates.
(b) The Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation is authorized
to design and construct new, or renovate existing, buildings and any
necessary ancillary improvements, at facilities under the
jurisdiction of the department to provide medical, dental, and mental
health treatment or housing and, together with the funds
appropriated in Section 15819.403 for this purpose, this shall
constitute the scope and cost of a single capital outlay project for
purposes of calculating augmentations pursuant to Section 13332.11 or
Section 13332.19 as described in Section 15819.401.
(c) (1) The scope and cost of each project authorized by this
chapter shall be established individually by the board. The amount of
the total appropriations in Section 15819.403 that is necessary for
each project shall be allocated to each project. The appropriations
may be allocated based on current estimates. These allocations may be
adjusted commensurate to changes that occur during the progression
of the projects. As allocations are made or adjusted, the anticipated
deficit or savings shall be continuously tracked and reported. Once
the total appropriation has been allocated, any augmentation
necessary to fund an anticipated deficit shall be based on the total
applicable capital outlay appropriation in Section 15819.403 and
applied to each project allocation as necessary.
(2) Concurrent with the request to the board to establish each
project in the Health Care Facility Improvement Program, the
department shall report the associated scope, cost, and schedule
information to the Joint Legislative Budget Committee.
(3) The reporting requirements set forth in Sections 7000 to
7003.5, inclusive, of the Penal Code shall apply separately to each
project authorized pursuant to this chapter.
The scope and costs of the projects authorized by this
chapter shall be subject to approval and administrative oversight by
the board, including augmentations, pursuant to Section 13332.11 or
Section 13332.19. For purposes of this chapter, the availability of
an augmentation for each individual project allocation shall be
calculated based on the total applicable capital outlay appropriation
contained in Section 15819.403 and is not limited to 20 percent of
the individual project allocation.
For all projects authorized by this chapter, the board
may borrow funds for project costs, including studies, design,
construction, and construction-related costs from the Pooled Money
Investment Account pursuant to Sections 16312 and 16313. Except for
preliminary expenditures to develop the scope, budget, programming,
and scheduling for a project, project funds expended prior to project
approval by the board shall not be reimbursable from the proceeds of
the bonds.
(a) The board may issue revenue bonds, negotiable notes,
or negotiable bond anticipation notes pursuant to this part to
finance the design and construction, including, without limitation,
renovation, and the costs of interim financing of the projects
authorized in Section 15819.40. Authorized costs for design and
construction, including, without limitation, renovation, and
construction-related costs for all projects approved for financing by
the board shall not exceed one billion six million three hundred
sixty-nine thousand dollars ($1,006,369,000) for subdivision (a) of
Section 15819.40, and one billion forty-six million five hundred
seventy-nine thousand dollars ($1,046,579,000) for subdivision (b) of
Section 15819.40.
(b) Notwithstanding Section 13340, funds derived from interim
financing, revenue bonds, negotiable notes, or negotiable bond
anticipation notes issued pursuant to this chapter are hereby
continuously appropriated to the board on behalf of the Department of
Corrections and Rehabilitation for the purposes specified in Section
15819.40.
(c) For the purposes of this section, "construction-related costs"
shall include mitigation costs of local government and school
districts and shall be made available pursuant to subdivisions (c)
and (d) of Section 7005.5 of the Penal Code. It is the intent of the
Legislature that any payments made for mitigation shall be made in a
timely manner.
(d) Notwithstanding any other law, the financing authorized in
this section for projects approved pursuant to subdivision (a) of
Section 15819.40 shall only be used for the California Health Care
Facility, Stockton project and the conversion of the DeWitt Nelson
Youth Correctional Facility to a semiautonomous annex facility to the
California Health Care Facility. In addition, the financing
authorized in this section for projects approved pursuant to
subdivision (b) of Section 15819.40 shall only be used for the
following projects:
(1) The California Medical Facility, Vacaville: Intermediate Care
Facility.
(2) The California Institution for Women, Chino:
Acute/Intermediate Care Facility.
(3) The California State Prison Los Angeles County, Lancaster:
Enhanced Outpatient Program Treatment and Office Space.
(4) The California Men's Colony, San Luis Obispo: Mental Health
Crisis Beds Facility.
(5) The California Medical Facility, Vacaville: Enhanced
Outpatient Program Treatment and Office Space.
(6) The California State Prison, Sacramento: Psychiatric Services
Unit Treatment and Office Space.
(7) The California State Prison, Corcoran: Administrative
Segregation Unit/Enhanced Outpatient Program Treatment and Office
Space.
(8) The Salinas Valley State Prison, Soledad: Enhanced Outpatient
Program Treatment and Office Space.
(9) The Central California Women's Facility, Chowchilla: Enhanced
Outpatient Program Treatment and Office Space.
(10) All projects established by the board in the Health Care
Facility Improvement Program.
Notwithstanding Section 15819.403, the amount of revenue
bonds, negotiable notes, or negotiable bond anticipation notes to be
sold may include the following:
(a) The cost of design and construction, including, without
limitation, renovation, or construction management and supervision,
and other costs related to the design and construction, including,
without limitation, renovation, of the facilities, including
augmentations.
(b) Sums necessary to pay interim financing.
(c) In addition to the amount authorized by Section 15819.403, any
additional amount as may be authorized by the board to establish a
reasonable construction reserve and to pay the costs of financing,
including the payment of interest prior to, during, and for a period
of six months after construction of the project, the cost of
financing a debt-service reserve fund, and the cost of issuance of
permanent financing for the project. This additional amount may
include interest payable on any interim loan for the facility from
the General Fund or the Pooled Money Investment Account pursuant to
Sections 16312 and 16313.