25351.3
. In addition to its other powers and duties, the board of
supervisors may do any or all of the following:
(a) Acquire land for and construct, lease, sublease, build,
furnish, refurnish, or repair buildings for municipal or superior
courts and for convention and exhibition halls, trade and industrial
centers, auditoriums, opera houses, music halls and centers, motion
picture and television museums, and related facilities used for
public assembly purposes for the use, benefit and enjoyment of the
public, including offstreet parking places for motor vehicles, ways
of ingress and egress, and any other facilities and improvements
necessary or convenient for their use.
(b) Acquire land and construct buildings, structures and
facilities thereon, in whole or in part, with county funds or it may,
by contract or lease with any nonprofit association or corporation,
provide for the acquisition of land or the construction of buildings,
structures and facilities, or all or any part thereof, for public
assembly purposes, upon the terms the board may determine.
(c) Lease, pursuant to Section 25371, any real property owned by
the county and available for public assembly purposes to any person,
firm, corporation, or nonprofit association or corporation for public
assembly purposes, with the person, firm, corporation, or nonprofit
association or corporation to lease the real property, as improved,
back to the county for use for the purposes stated in the lease. Any
lease authorized by the board under this subdivision, except leases
for municipal or superior courts, which may be entered into without
advertising for bids, shall be awarded to the lowest responsible
bidder after public competitive bidding conducted in the manner
determined by the board. Notice inviting bids shall be published
pursuant to Section 6066 in a newspaper as the board may direct.
(d) Enter into a lease or sublease, without advertising for bids
therefor, of buildings, structures, and facilities or any of them
with any nonprofit association or corporation which agrees to use the
buildings, structures, and facilities so leased to it for the public
assembly purposes for which they were or are to be built; or
contract, without advertising, for bids with any nonprofit
association or corporation for the maintenance, operation, and
management of the buildings, structures, and facilities, or any part
thereof used for public assembly purposes, including the scheduling
and promotion of events therein, for a specified term, not to exceed
40 years, upon terms and conditions as may be agreed upon. The
leases, subleases, or contracts shall provide that, at least
annually, there shall be paid to the county the net revenue, if any,
from the operation and use of the facilities, remaining after the
payment of expenses and costs, if any, for maintenance, operation or
management, interest, and principal payments upon loans to the
nonprofit corporation or association for purposes of maintenance,
operation, or management, and any other expenses, and after providing
maintenance and operation reserves. The lease, sublease, or contract
shall also provide that, upon its expiration, all of the assets of
the nonprofit association or corporation after payment or discharge
of its indebtedness and liabilities shall be transferred to the
county.
(e) If the county has a population in excess of 4,000,000, without
advertising for bids therefor, grant any real property owned by the
county, or lease, for a term not to exceed 99 years, any real
property owned by the county, to any city, district, or other public
entity for any of the above public assembly purposes, without
consideration, except the agreement of the grantee or lessee to use
the real property for the public assembly purposes specified, and
upon terms and conditions which may be agreed upon by the board and
the grantee or lessee.
The amendment to this section enacted by Chapter 755 of the
Statutes of 1963 shall not be construed to affect or modify the duty
of any county or board of supervisors to provide adequate quarters
for courts but is intended to provide an alternative method of
financing the acquisition of property and buildings for use for
courthouse purposes.