Community college facilities.

Existing law generally requires the approval of the Department of Finance and the State Public Works Board before a state agency, including, among others, the California Community Colleges, may expend funds from an appropriation for capital outlay purposes. With respect to the California Community Colleges, this approval is only required for the allocation of state capital outlay funds appropriated by the Legislature. This bill would authorize a community college district to receive reimbursement for amounts incurred by the community college district through the expenditure of local funds for capital outlay projects, before revenues are available from a state general obligation bond approved by the electorate, after the date of the final project proposal approval by the Board of Governors of the California Community Colleges, after approval of preliminary plans by the Department of Finance and the State Public Works Board, and after an appropriation by the Legislature of funds for one or more specified project phases. The bill would apply specified requirements to the receipt of this reimbursement. The bill would make these provisions inoperative on January 1, 2016.