CaliforniaSchool facilities: Civic Center Act: direct costs.
What it does
The Civic Center Act authorizes, and in some instances requires, the governing board of a school district to allow the use of school facilities or grounds as a civic center, for specified purposes. The act authorizes or requires, as applicable, the governing board of a school district to charge a fee, not to exceed the school district's direct costs, as defined, for use of its school facilities or grounds. Existing law, for these purposes, defines "direct costs" to mean the costs of supplies, utilities, janitorial services, services of school district employees, and salaries paid to school district employees directly associated with the administration of this section necessitated by the entity's use of the school facilities or grounds.
More detail
Existing law, until January 1, 2025, expanded the definition of direct costs to include a specified share of the operating and maintenance costs proportional to the entity's use of the school facilities or grounds and a share of the costs for maintenance, repair, restoration, and refurbishment of the school facilities or grounds proportional to that entity's use of the school facilities or grounds, as specified.
This bill would restore, indefinitely, the above-described expanded definition of direct costs that was repealed as of January 1, 2025. The bill would require funds collected relating to maintenance, repair, restoration, and refurbishment to be deposited into a special fund and to be used only for certain purposes.
This bill would declare that it is to take effect immediately as an urgency statute.
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- Introduced
- Passed Assembly
- Passed Senate
- To Governor
- Became Law
Looking ahead
No hearings or votes scheduled.
History
- 2025
- Oct 1Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 156, Statutes of 2025.Latest
- Oct 1Approved by the Governor Gavin Newsom.Became Law
- Sep 9Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.To Governor
- Sep 2In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling.Minor
- Vote recorded 3rd Reading AB503 Mark González By Pérez Urgency Clause. Result: pass.Upper
- Sep 2Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 2411.).Passed Senate
- Jun 12Read second time. Ordered to third reading.Minor
- Jun 11From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (June 11).Minor
- Vote recorded Do pass. Result: pass.Upper
- May 7Referred to Com. on ED.Minor
- Apr 24In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment.Minor
- Vote recorded AB 503 Mark González Consent Calendar Second Day. Result: pass.Lower
- Apr 24Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 75. Noes 0. Page 1280.).Passed Assembly
- Apr 21Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar.Minor
- Apr 10From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (April 9).Minor
- Apr 9
- Vote recorded Do pass. To Consent Calendar. Result: pass.Lower
- Feb 26Re-referred to Com. on ED.Minor
- Feb 25From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on ED. Read second time and amended.Major
- Feb 24Referred to Com. on ED.Minor
- Feb 11From printer. May be heard in committee March 13.
- Feb 10Read first time. To print.Introduced