14669.20. (a) The Department of General Services, with the consent of the Department of the California Highway Patrol, may enter into a lease-purchase agreement, or lease with an option to purchase agreement, for a build-to-suit office facility to replace the Department of the California Highway Patrol area office in the City of Santa Ana in the County of Orange. The new facility shall be located in the Department of the California Highway Patrol’s City of Santa Ana service area on approximately five acres and shall be designed and built to standards prescribed in the Essential Services Buildings Seismic Safety Act of 1986 (Chapter 2 (commencing with Section 16000) of Division 12.5 of the Health and Safety Code). This replacement facility project shall have oversight, testing, and inspection in a manner consistent with state infrastructure projects. The facility shall be anticipated to contain approximately 41,000 square feet of office space together with ancillary improvements to include, but not be limited to, an automotive service area, a fuel island, a truck and bus citation clearance area, a communications tower with radio vault, public parking for the main building, and secured parking for patrol vehicles.
(b) Any lease and all related agreements authorized by this section are subject to Department of Finance approval, the legislative notice requirements prescribed in Section 13332.10, and the Property Acquisition Law (Part 11 (commencing with Section 15850)).
(Added by Stats. 2022, Ch. 71, Sec. 4. (SB 198) Effective June 30, 2022.)