Correctional facilities: construction.

(1) Existing law authorizes the Board of State and Community Corrections (BSCC) , a participating county, as defined, and the State Public Works Board to acquire, design, and construct an adult local criminal justice facility, as specified, and requires them to enter into an agreement for each facility that provides related performance expectations of the parties, guidelines and criteria for the use and application of the financing instruments used to pay for the facility, and ongoing maintenance and staffing responsibilities for the term of the financing. Existing law also authorizes the State Public Works Board and the BSCC to borrow funds from the Pooled Money Investment Account or from another appropriate source for project costs of an adult local criminal justice facility. Existing law authorizes the BSCC and a participating county, with the consent of the State Public Works Board, to enter into leases, contracts, or other agreements for property use, maintenance, or operation of an adult local criminal justice facility. This bill would also authorize the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation to participate in the financing program with participating counties and the State Public Works Board for the acquisition, design, and construction of adult local criminal justice facilities, to enter into the required agreements, to borrow funds, and to enter into leases, contracts, or other agreements for these purposes, as specified. (2) Existing law authorizes the Board of State and Community Corrections, the State Public Works Board, and a participating county, as defined, to acquire, design, and construct an adult local criminal justice facility approved by the Board of State and Community Corrections, or to acquire a site or sites owned by, or subject to a lease option to purchase held by, a participating county. Existing law authorizes the State Public Works Board to issue up to $500,000,000 in revenue bonds, notes, or bond anticipation notes to finance the acquisition, design, and construction of approved adult local criminal justice facilities. The funds derived from those revenue bonds, notes, or bond anticipation notes are continuously appropriated for those purposes. Existing law establishes the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation to oversee the state prison system. Existing law authorizes the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation to design, construct, or renovate housing units, support buildings, and programming space in order to add capacity to facilities under its jurisdiction. This bill would enact provisions similar to the provisions described above authorizing the Board of State and Community Corrections or the department, the State Public Works Board, and a participating county, as defined, to acquire, design, and construct an adult local criminal justice facility, as defined. The bill would authorize the State Public Works Board to issue up to $500,000,000 in revenue bonds, notes, or bond anticipation notes to finance the acquisition, design, and construction of approved adult local criminal justice facilities, and would continuously appropriate the funds for those purposes. The bill would establish procedures for approving and funding these projects. (3) This bill would declare that it is to take effect immediately as a bill providing for appropriations related to the Budget Bill.