(a) It is the intent of the Legislature that the land and improvements comprising the Camarillo State Hospital be transferred to the trustees to be developed and improved as a campus of the California State University in order to make public postsecondary education more available to qualified persons in the Ventura County area as well as throughout the state.

(b) Upon approval by the trustees, the Department of General Services shall transfer the land and improvements comprising the Camarillo State Hospital to the trustees. The Department of General Services shall be reimbursed for its administrative costs incurred in connection with the transfer, and an amount not to exceed five thousand dollars ($5,000) is hereby appropriated from the General Fund to the department for that purpose.

Terms Used In California Education Code 89009

  • Fiscal year: The fiscal year is the accounting period for the government. For the federal government, this begins on October 1 and ends on September 30. The fiscal year is designated by the calendar year in which it ends; for example, fiscal year 2006 begins on October 1, 2005 and ends on September 30, 2006.
  • Lease: A contract transferring the use of property or occupancy of land, space, structures, or equipment in consideration of a payment (e.g., rent). Source: OCC
  • Real property: Land, and all immovable fixtures erected on, growing on, or affixed to the land.
  • trustees: means the Trustees of the California State University, created under Section 66600. See California Education Code 89000

(c) In order to raise revenues to assist in building a campus of the California State University and to provide a source of funding for the program thereof, the trustees may sell and lease interests in real property included within the land comprising Camarillo State Hospital that are not needed for campus purposes. The proceeds from any sale or lease pursuant to this section shall be deposited in local trust accounts and are available for expenditure for the improvement of real property of the campus and funding the programs of the campus. Funds so deposited and maintained may be invested in accordance with state law and are continuously appropriated without regard to fiscal year for the purpose of building, maintaining, and funding a campus of the California State University in Ventura County at the site of the Camarillo State Hospital.

(d) This section shall be liberally construed to accomplish the intent of the Legislature.

(e) This section does not apply to the approximately 57-acre noncontiguous parcel of the Camarillo State Hospital property located on Lewis Road in Ventura County.

(Amended by Stats. 2009, Ch. 386, Sec. 17. (AB 1182) Effective January 1, 2010.)