Exposition Park: Holocaust memorial.

Plain English Breakdown

The official source does not specify when the memorial will be completed.

Holocaust Memorial at Exposition Park

This law allows a nonprofit organization to build and maintain a Holocaust memorial in Exposition Park, with help from state agencies.

What This Bill Does

• Allows the Natural Resources Agency to give money to a nonprofit group for building the memorial without competition.
• Requires the nonprofit to work with the agency, Legislature, and Department of General Services when planning and constructing the memorial.
• Needs the nonprofit to ensure that construction documents comply with all applicable laws.
• Asks the nonprofit to create plans for long-term maintenance and security of the memorial.

Who It Names or Affects

• The Natural Resources Agency
• Exposition Park (Sixth District Agricultural Association)
• Department of General Services
• A specific nonprofit organization

Terms To Know

Noncompetitive grant

Money given to a group without having to compete with other groups for it.

Holocaust memorial

A place built to remember the people who died or survived during the Holocaust.

Limits and Unknowns

• The law needs money from the Legislature to start.
• It does not specify when the memorial will be completed.
• It only applies if a nonprofit group is chosen and agrees to build it.

Official Summary Text

AB 644, as amended, Gabriel.
Exposition Park:
Holocaust memorial.
Existing law establishes the Natural Resources Agency, composed of departments, boards, conservancies, and commissions responsible for the restoration, protection, and management of the state’s natural and cultural resources.
Existing law establishes within the Natural Resources Agency the Sixth District Agricultural Association, known as Exposition Park.
Existing law establishes the Department of General Services in the Government Operations Agency for purposes of providing centralized services of state government, including, among other things, planning, acquiring, constructing, and maintaining state buildings and property.
This bill would authorize
the agency to enter into a noncompetitive grant with
a nonprofit organization, as
defined,
specified. The bill would authorize the nonprofit organization,
in consultation with the agency,
the Legislature, and the department,
to plan, construct, and maintain a memorial to the victims and survivors of the
Holocaust,
Holocaust at Exposition Park,
as specified.
The bill would require Exposition Park to consult with the Legislature for any issues that may arise between the planning and design of the memorial and the operating policies and procedures at Exposition Park.
The bill would require the
agency,
department,
in consultation with the nonprofit
organization,
organization and the agency,
to, among other things, review
final construction documents to ensure that the documents comply with all applicable laws and to inspect all construction performed by the contractor selected by the nonprofit organization.
the preliminary design plans to identify potential maintenance concerns. The bill would require the nonprofit organization, in consultation with Exposition Park and the Legislature, and with the approval of the agency, and the department, to prepare certain items, including an agreement for the long-term maintenance and security of the memorial.
The bill would require its provisions to be implemented only upon appropriation by the Legislature.
The bill would make findings related to the above provisions.

Current Bill Text

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