State property: Department of the California Highway Patrol.

Existing law authorizes the Director of General Services to acquire and convey real property for the state, whenever that transfer of the real property is authorized or contemplated by law. This bill would authorize the director to sell, lease, exchange, or any combination thereof, all or a portion of the Fir Street Property, approximately 1.69 acres of real property in the City of Chico, currently used by the Department of the California Highway Patrol as its Chico area office, that is specifically declared not to be surplus to the needs of the state. The bill would also authorize the director to use the proceeds of any sale, lease, exchange, or any combination thereof, of all or a portion of the Fir Street Property to acquire the land and facilities necessary to provide a substitute location for the Chico area office of the Department of the California Highway Patrol capable of accommodating its presently necessary and future expansion, thereby making an appropriation. The bill would require the director to initially offer the Fir Street Property for disposition to the City of Chico for local government purposes and under terms and conditions that provide for continuous operation of the state's facilities at the Fir Street Property until relocation is accomplished. The bill would authorize the director to offer the Fir Street Property to the public through a competitive selection process determined by the director to be in the best interest of the state, if the City of Chico is unable to enter an agreement for the disposition of the Fir Street Property within 120 days after notice from the Department of General Services. The bill would require the Department of General Services to be reimbursed for any reasonable cost or expense incurred in the disposition of the Fir Street Property from the proceeds of the disposition. The bill would also require the Department of General Services to obtain approval from the Department of Finance prior to the execution of any disposition agreement regarding the Fir Street Property, and to notify the Chairperson of the Senate Committee on Appropriations, the Chairperson of the Assembly Committee on Appropriations, and the Chairperson of the Joint Legislative Budget Committee, or his or her designee, in writing of the director's intention to enter into a lease or an agreement, not less than the minimum time that the Chairperson of the Joint Legislative Budget Committee may in each instance determine.