CHAPTER 11. Master Plan Construction [7000. - 7050.]

Cal. Penal Code - PEN 11.

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Cal. Penal Code - PEN § 7000. Section 7000.

(a) The Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation shall prepare plans for, and construct facilities and renovations included within, its master plan for which funds have been appropriated by the Legislature. (b) “Master plan” means the department’s “Facility Requirements Plan,” dated April 7, 1980, and any subsequent revisions.

Cal. Penal Code - PEN § 7001. Section 7001.

Any power, function, or jurisdiction for planning or construction of facilities or renovations pursuant to the master plan which is conferred by statute upon the Department of General Services shall be deemed to be conferred upon the department.

Cal. Penal Code - PEN § 7002. Section 7002.

The department may transfer the responsibility for undertaking any aspect of the master plan to the Department of General Services or the Office of the State Architect which, upon such transfer, shall perform those functions with all deliberate speed.

Cal. Penal Code - PEN § 7003. Section 7003.

For each facility or project included within its master plan, at least 30 days prior to submission of preliminary plans to the State Public Works Board, the department shall submit to the Joint Legislative Budget Committee all of the following: (a) A preliminary plan submittal package, as defined by the State Administrative Manual. (b) An estimate of the annual operating costs of the facility. (c) A staffing plan for the operation of the facility. (d) A plan for providing medical, mental health, and dental care to inmates. (e) A plan for inmate programming at the facility, including education, work, and substance abuse programming. If the committee fails to take any action with respect to the submitted plans within 45 days after submittal, this inaction shall be deemed to be approval for purposes of this section.

Cal. Penal Code - PEN § 7003.5. Section 7003.5.

(a) The department shall provide the Joint Legislative Budget Committee with quarterly reports on the progress of funded projects consistent with the requirements outlined in the State Administrative Manual. This report shall include new prisons, projects to construct inmate housing and other buildings at, or within, existing prison facilities, prison medical, mental health, and dental facilities, reentry facilities, and infrastructure projects at existing prison facilities. (b) On January 10 of each year, the department shall provide a report to the Joint Legislative Budget Committee that includes the status of each project that is part of the master plan, including projects planned, projects in preliminary planning, working, drawing and construction phases, and projects that have been completed. The report shall include new prisons; projects to construct inmate housing and other buildings at or within existing prison facilities; prison medical, mental health, and dental facilities; reentry facilities; and infrastructure projects at existing prison facilities. (c) This section applies to regular prison facilities; projects to expand existing prison facilities; prison medical, mental health, and dental facilities; reentry facilities; and infrastructure projects at existing prison facilities, whether or not built or operated exclusively by the department. (d) The report required in subdivision (b) shall include the following information for adult and juvenile facilities: (1) The department’s plans to remove temporary beds in dayrooms, gyms, and other areas, as well as plans to permanently close or change the mission of the facilities. (2) The department’s plans to construct new facilities, including reentry facilities. (3) The department’s plans to renovate existing facilities and renovate, improve, or expand infrastructure capacity at existing prison facilities. (4) The scope of each project identified in the master plan. (5) The budget for each project identified in the master plan. (6) The schedule for each project identified in the master plan. (7) A master schedule for the overall plan to deliver the department’s capital outlay program including planned versus actual progress to date. (8) Staffing plans for each project identified in the master plan, including program, custody, facilities management, administration, and health care. (9) Total estimated cost of all projects in the master plan by funding source, including planned versus actual expenditures to date. (10) Projected versus actual population plotted against projected versus actual housing capacity in aggregate and by security level.

Cal. Penal Code - PEN § 7004. Section 7004.

The plans required pursuant to Section 7000 shall contain the department’s plan for soliciting and receiving local public comment regarding the placement of a correctional facility in any particular community. The plan shall include provision for notice to a community, including the city, county, or city and county, under consideration for construction of a facility within 30 days after the department has identified a possible site for the proposed facility, public hearings on the proposed facility, and dissemination of the response of the department to comments of the community on the proposed facility. The plan developed by the department concerning public comment on placement of correctional facilities shall be submitted to the Legislature and the Governor within 60 days of the effective date of this section. The plan shall be implemented as of the date of submission to the Governor and Legislature with respect to all prospective placements of correctional facilities. The Legislature and the Governor shall also be sent any subsequent changes or revisions of the plan by the department.

Cal. Penal Code - PEN § 7004.5. Section 7004.5.

The Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation shall meet with representatives of cities or, if the prison is located in an unincorporated location, counties, whenever the Legislature authorizes the planning, design, or construction of new permanent housing units. The meeting shall take place prior to the completion of the review required by Division 13 (commencing with Section 21000) of the Public Resources Code. The department shall describe the scope of the project and the project schedule, and shall consider comments from the city or county representatives regarding the project’s impact.

Cal. Penal Code - PEN § 7005. Section 7005.

Notwithstanding any other provision of law, mitigation funding shall be distributed to any local education agency, or any city, county, or city and county as a result of the construction of new permanent prison housing facilities, the activation of temporary beds as part of the Emergency Bed Program authorized by the Budget Acts of 1995 and 1996, and any future emergency bed expansions by the Department of Corrections if funds for that purpose are appropriated to the department in the annual Budget Act or any other act approved by the Legislature.

Cal. Penal Code - PEN § 7005.5. Section 7005.5.

(a) Any funds appropriated for mitigation costs pursuant to Section 7005 shall be divided as follows: one-half for allocation among any impacted local education agency, and one-half for allocation among any impacted city, county, or city and county. (b) Any funds appropriated for mitigation of costs of a city, county, or city and county shall be divided among any city, county, or city and county impacted by the prison construction or expansion. (c) Funds to be allocated among any impacted city, county, or city and county shall be paid directly to each impacted entity by the Department of Corrections upon receipt of resolutions adopted by the governing body of each impacted city, county, or city and county indicating agreement by an entity regarding the specific allocations to that entity. Only a local impacted entity whose current approved sphere of influence includes the site of increased inmate housing capacity shall be deemed to be a jurisdiction eligible for mitigation pursuant to Section 7005. (d) Funds to be allocated among any impacted local education agency shall be disbursed to the county superintendent of schools for allocation among any impacted local education agency.

Cal. Penal Code - PEN § 7006. Section 7006.

(a) The Department of the Youth Authority is authorized to transfer to the Department of Corrections title to any property of the Preston School of Industry at Ione not currently being used by the Department of the Youth Authority. (b) The Department of the Youth Authority is authorized to transfer to the Department of Corrections title to any property of the Northern California Youth Center near Stockton not currently being used by the Department of the Youth Authority.

Cal. Penal Code - PEN § 7008. Section 7008.

(a) Division 13 (commencing with Section 21000) of the Public Resources Code shall not apply to the addition of 150 Level I and Level II beds authorized by Section 5 of this act at San Gabriel Canyon, provided that the department has made the following finding with respect to that facility: (1) The increase in bed capacity, if any, shall not exceed, 5 percent of the total capacity of the facility prior to the increase. (2) Any modifications made to existing structures are internal only. No external additions to existing structures or construction of new structures shall be done. Modular structures used exclusively for prisoner program activity shall be exempt from this requirement. (3) Any modifications to a facility shall not result in a significant depletion in water, sewage, or other environmental resources. The department shall present substantial evidence that this requirement has been met in the findings described in subdivision (b). (b) The department shall make findings that the requirements of subdivision (a) have been met, and shall make the findings available to the public.

Cal. Penal Code - PEN § 7010. Section 7010.

(a) The Director of Corrections may solicit bids for any lease or lease-purchase for the establishment of a prison facility for a site in Los Angeles County. (b) The director may not accept any lease or lease-purchase bid or execute any lease or lease-purchase agreement unless and until the bid or agreement is submitted for review and approval under the procedure described in Section 7003. (c) Any lease or lease-purchase agreement executed pursuant to this section shall contain, as a condition of the agreement, stipulations requiring compliance with the provisions of Chapter 1 (commencing with Section 1720) of Part 7 of the Labor Code in the construction of any facility within the scope of the agreement.

Cal. Penal Code - PEN § 7011. Section 7011.

(a) The Department of Corrections shall submit to the Joint Legislative Prison Committee, the Kings County Board of Supervisors, the Corcoran City Council, and the State Public Works Board, at least 30 days prior to the acquisition of real property for a prison facility to be located in the vicinity of Corcoran in Kings County, an environmental assessment study, which shall include a discussion of impacts and mitigation measures, if necessary, for the following areas: (1) Geology. (2) Hydrology—groundwater. (3) Water quality—surface waters. (4) Plant and animal life—endangered and rare species. (5) Air quality. (6) Noise. (7) Light and glare. (8) Transportation and circulation. (9) Utilities—gas, electricity, telephone, solid waste, sewage disposal, and drinking water. (10) Archaeology. (11) Energy. (b) The factors set forth in subdivision (a) shall be assessed only as they relate to the direct impacts caused off the site as a result of the construction, operation, and maintenance of the prison facility upon completion and occupancy. (c) Notwithstanding any other provisions of law, other than Section 7003 and those provisions of the Government Code that require the approval of the State Public Works Board, the Department of Finance, or the Director of Finance for capital outlay projects, the approval of the study by the State Public Works Board is the only approval required for the acquisition of real property, planning, design, and construction of the prison facility and the operation and maintenance of the facility. The State Public Works Board shall not act on the study until it receives a recommendation from the Joint Legislative Prison Committee. Approval of the study by the State Public Works Board shall be final and binding on all parties. (d) If the committee does not, by a majority vote of the committee membership, take any action on the study within 30 days after submittal, that inaction shall be deemed to be a recommendation of concurrence for the purposes of this section. (e) Prior to providing a recommendation to the State Public Works Board, but within the 30-day period specified in subdivision (d), the committee shall hold a public hearing in Corcoran. Notice of the hearing shall be published in a newspaper of general circulation in, or adjacent to, Corcoran. The notice shall be at least one-quarter page in size. The Corcoran City Council and the Kings County Board of Supervisors shall be invited to participate in the hearing.

Cal. Penal Code - PEN § 7012. Section 7012.

(a) The Department of Corrections shall submit to the Joint Legislative Prison Committee, the State Public Works Board, the appropriate county board of supervisors, and the local city council at least 30 days prior to the acquisition of real property for prison facilities to be located in Riverside and Del Norte Counties, an environmental assessment study, which shall include a discussion of impacts and mitigation measures, if necessary, for the following areas: (1) Geology. (2) Hydrology-groundwater. (3) Water quality-surface waters. (4) Plant and animal life-endangered and rare species. (5) Air quality. (6) Noise. (7) Light and glare. (8) Utilities-gas, electricity, telephone, solid waste, sewage disposal, and drinking water. (9) Archaeology. (10) Energy. (b) The factors set forth in subdivision (a) shall be assessed only as they relate to the direct impacts caused off the site as a result of the construction, operation, and maintenance of the prison facility upon completion and occupancy. (c) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, other than Section 7003, the approval of the study by the State Public Works Board is the only approval required for compliance with any applicable environmental requirements. The Public State Works Board shall not act on the study until it receives a recommendation from the Joint Legislative Prison Committee. Approval of the study by the State Public Works Board shall be final and binding on all parties. (d) If the committee does not, by a majority vote of the committee membership, take any action on the study within 30 days after submittal, that inaction shall be deemed to be a recommendation of concurrence for the purposes of this section. (e) Prior to providing a recommendation to the State Public Works Board, but within the 30-day period specified in subdivision (d), the committee shall hold a public hearing in the community in the vicinity of the proposed site. Notice of the hearing shall be published in a newspaper of general circulation in, or adjacent to, that community. The notice shall be at least one-quarter page in size. The city council and the county board of supervisors shall be invited to participate in the hearing.

Cal. Penal Code - PEN § 7013. Section 7013.

The Department of Corrections shall contract, or make a good-faith effort to contract, with the Department of Water Resources or the Bureau of Reclamation, or both, to secure a water supply for the prison at Avenal.

Cal. Penal Code - PEN § 7015. Section 7015.

(a) Except as provided in subdivision (b), the Department of Corrections may contract with the City of Folsom for the construction of a courthouse and related facilities, not to exceed one million nine hundred thousand dollars ($1,900,000) in costs. Under this contract, the Department of Corrections is authorized to make payments to the City of Folsom in consideration for the construction of the courthouse, provided that the sums paid to the city are realized from savings to the department by the location of the courthouse in the immediate proximity of Folsom Prison. Under this contract, the Department of Corrections is authorized to make annual payments to the City of Folsom in an amount not to exceed the approximate savings realized in each fiscal year. These funds shall come from the operating budget of the department. In negotiating this contract, the Department of Corrections shall note the extent to which the courthouse will serve the interests of the County of Sacramento independent of matters pertaining to individuals in state custody and shall seek appropriate participation in the funding of the courthouse from the county. (b) The Department of Corrections may not contract with the City of Folsom for a court facility unless a majority of the members of the Sacramento County Board of Supervisors, the presiding judge of the Sacramento County Municipal Court, and the presiding judge of the Sacramento County Superior Court all agree, in writing, to operate a court facility in the City of Folsom as provided by subdivision (a).

Cal. Penal Code - PEN § 7016. Section 7016.

The Department of Corrections may contract with the County of Kern for the construction and financing of a courthouse and related facilities. Under this contract, the Department of Corrections is authorized to make payments to the County of Kern in consideration for the construction and financing of the courthouse and related facilities, provided that the sums paid to the county are realized from savings to the department by the location of the courthouse in the proximity of the California Correctional Facility in Tehachapi. In accordance with the contract, the Department of Corrections is authorized to make annual payments to the County of Kern from the approximate savings realized in each fiscal year. These funds shall come from the operating budget of the department. In negotiating this contract, the Department of Corrections shall note the extent to which the courthouse will serve the interest of the County of Kern independent of matters pertaining to individuals in state custody, and seek appropriate county participation in funding.

Cal. Penal Code - PEN § 7050. Section 7050.

(a) (1) Section 28 of Chapter 7 of the Statutes of 2007 contains an appropriation of three hundred million dollars ($300,000,000) for capital outlay to be allocated to renovate, improve, or expand infrastructure capacity at existing prison facilities. The funds appropriated by that section may be used for land acquisition, environmental services, architectural programming, engineering assessments, schematic design, preliminary plans, working drawings, and construction. (2) These funds may also be used to address deficiencies related to utility systems owned by local government entities and serving state prison facilities subject to the provisions of Section 54999 of the Government Code. The department shall report on any funds to be expended for this purpose to the Joint Legislative Budget Committee. If the committee fails to take any action with respect to each notification within 20 days after submittal, this inaction shall be deemed to be approval for purposes of this section. (3) These funds may also be used for the design and construction of improvements to dental facilities at state prison facilities. (4) These funds may also be used for the design and construction of improvements to medication distribution facilities at state prison facilities. (5) These funds may also be used for the design and construction of projects in the Health Care Facility Improvement Program at state prison facilities. (6) This subdivision authorizes the scope and cost of a single capital outlay project for purposes of calculating augmentations pursuant to Section 13332.11 or 13332.19. (b) The scope and costs of the projects described in subdivision (a) of this section shall be subject to approval and administrative oversight by the State Public Works Board, including augmentations, pursuant to Section 13332.11 or 13332.19 of the Government Code. The availability of an augmentation for each individual project allocation shall be based on the total applicable capital outlay appropriation contained in Section 28 of Chapter 7 of the Statutes of 2007 and is not limited to 20 percent of the individual project allocation. These requirements shall be applied separately to each institution. All of the necessary infrastructure improvements at each institution may be treated as one project such that there would be one infrastructure improvement project at each institution. The scope and cost of each infrastructure improvement project shall be established by the board individually. The amount of the total appropriation in Section 28 of Chapter 7 of the Statutes of 2007 that is necessary for each infrastructure improvement project shall be allocated by institution. The appropriation may be allocated based on current estimates. These initial 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 appropriation and allocated to each project as necessary. Concurrent with the request to the board to establish each project authorized pursuant to this section, the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation shall report the associated scope, cost, and schedule information to the Joint Legislative Budget Committee. (c) The projects authorized pursuant to this section shall be part of the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation’s master plan, as defined in Section 7000. (d) The reporting requirements set forth in Sections 7000 to 7003.5, inclusive, shall apply separately to each project authorized pursuant to this section.

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