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SB-461 • 2026

State real property: City of Imperial.

State real property: City of Imperial.

Budget
Enacted

This bill passed the Legislature and reached final enactment based on the latest official action.

Sponsor
Padilla
Last action
2025-10-13
Official status
Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 759, Statutes of 2025.
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

Checked against official source text during the last sync.

State Real Property: Sale or Lease to City of Imperial

This law allows the Director of General Services to sell, exchange, or lease a specific California Highway Patrol property in Imperial to the city under certain conditions.

What This Bill Does

  • Allows the Director of General Services to sell, exchange, or lease the California Highway Patrol El Centro Area office located at 2331 U.S. Highway 86 in Imperial to the City of Imperial.
  • Requires that any proceeds from selling or leasing this property be used for bond payments and other costs related to the transaction.
  • Exempts the sale, exchange, or lease of this property from certain environmental laws.
  • Deposits remaining funds into a special fund after paying off bonds issued under the Economic Recovery Bond Act.

Who It Names or Affects

  • The City of Imperial
  • The Department of General Services
  • The California Highway Patrol

Terms To Know

Special Fund for Economic Uncertainties
A fund where money is kept to be used for unexpected economic problems.
California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA)
A law that requires government agencies to consider the environmental effects of their actions before making decisions.

Limits and Unknowns

  • The bill does not specify when the sale or lease must take place.
  • It is unclear how much money will be generated from selling or leasing this property.

Bill History

  1. 2025-10-13 California Legislative Information

    Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 759, Statutes of 2025.

  2. 2025-10-13 California Legislative Information

    Approved by the Governor.

  3. 2025-09-23 California Legislative Information

    Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 2 p.m.

  4. 2025-09-13 California Legislative Information

    Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 3033.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.

  5. 2025-09-13 California Legislative Information

    In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.

  6. 2025-09-12 California Legislative Information

    Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 3392.) Ordered to the Senate.

  7. 2025-09-04 California Legislative Information

    Ordered to third reading.

  8. 2025-09-04 California Legislative Information

    Read third time and amended.

  9. 2025-09-03 California Legislative Information

    Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

  10. 2025-09-02 California Legislative Information

    Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading.

  11. 2025-08-29 California Legislative Information

    From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (August 29).

  12. 2025-07-16 California Legislative Information

    July 16 set for first hearing. Placed on APPR. suspense file.

  13. 2025-06-26 California Legislative Information

    From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 22. Noes 0.) (June 25). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

  14. 2025-06-05 California Legislative Information

    Referred to Com. on G.O.

  15. 2025-05-29 California Legislative Information

    In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk.

  16. 2025-05-29 California Legislative Information

    Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 1326.) Ordered to the Assembly.

  17. 2025-05-27 California Legislative Information

    Ordered to special consent calendar.

  18. 2025-05-23 California Legislative Information

    Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

  19. 2025-05-23 California Legislative Information

    From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 6. Noes 0. Page 1201.) (May 23).

  20. 2025-05-16 California Legislative Information

    Set for hearing May 23.

  21. 2025-04-21 California Legislative Information

    April 21 hearing: Placed on APPR. suspense file.

  22. 2025-04-10 California Legislative Information

    Set for hearing April 21.

  23. 2025-04-09 California Legislative Information

    Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

  24. 2025-04-09 California Legislative Information

    Withdrawn from committee.

  25. 2025-04-08 California Legislative Information

    From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on L. GOV. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 15. Noes 0. Page 703.) (April 8). Re-referred to Com. on L. GOV.

  26. 2025-03-27 California Legislative Information

    Set for hearing April 8.

  27. 2025-03-24 California Legislative Information

    From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on G.O.

  28. 2025-03-12 California Legislative Information

    March 25 hearing postponed by committee.

  29. 2025-03-07 California Legislative Information

    Set for hearing March 25.

  30. 2025-02-26 California Legislative Information

    Referred to Coms. on G.O. and L. GOV.

  31. 2025-02-20 California Legislative Information

    From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 22.

  32. 2025-02-19 California Legislative Information

    Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print.

Official Summary Text

SB 461, Padilla.
State real property: City of Imperial.
Existing law requires a state agency to review all proprietary state lands under its jurisdiction, as specified, to determine what land is in excess of its needs, and to report on these lands to the Department of General Services. Existing law prescribes a process for the disposition of surplus state property.
This bill would, notwithstanding those provisions, authorize the Director of General Services to sell, exchange, or lease to the City of Imperial, upon those terms and conditions the director determines are in the best interest of
the state, all or any part of the property known as the California Highway Patrol El Centro Area office located at 2331 U.S. Highway 86, Imperial, in the County of Imperial. To the extent the property involves specified bonds, the bill would require the proceeds of the sale or lease to be expended on bond payments, as specified, and other costs, including costs for the review of the sale or lease of the property and bond counsel. The bill would exempt the sale, exchange, or lease of the property from the California Environmental Quality Act.
The California Constitution requires that the proceeds from the sale of surplus state property be used to pay the principal and interest on bonds issued pursuant to the Economic Recovery Bond Act, until the principal and
interest on those bonds are paid in full, the final payment of which was made in the 2015–16 fiscal year, after which these proceeds are required to be deposited into the Special Fund for Economic Uncertainties. Under existing law, moneys in the fund are continuously appropriated for specified purposes, except as provided.
By depositing the proceeds attributable to the sale or lease of the above-described property into the Special Fund for Economic Uncertainties, this bill would make an appropriation.
This bill would make legislative findings and declarations as to the necessity of a special statute for the City of Imperial.

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