Section 15819.22.
Cal. Government Code - GOV § 15819.22.
in effect(a)
The necessary funding for the construction of the California State Prison-Imperial County authorized by Chapter 1220 of the Statutes of 1988 may be obtained through lease-purchase financing arrangements. The provisions of Sections 15819.1 to 15819.13, inclusive, and Section 15819.15 shall apply for that purpose provided that:
(1)
“Prison facility” as used in Section 15819.1 includes the California State Prison-Imperial County.
(2)
Notwithstanding the limitation imposed by
Section 15819.3 regarding the amount of bonds to be issued for construction, acquisition, and financing of prison facilities, the State Public Works Board may issue additional bonds in order to pay the costs of acquiring and constructing or refinancing the California State Prison-Imperial County.
(b)
Notwithstanding Section 13340, funds derived from the lease-purchase financing methods for the California State Prison-Imperial County deposited in the State Treasury, are hereby continuously appropriated to the State Public Works Board on behalf of the Department of Corrections for the purpose of acquiring and constructing or refinancing the prison facility so financed.
The sum of one hundred ninety-three million seven hundred thousand dollars ($193,700,000) shall be available for capital outlay for the California State Prison-Imperial County from funds derived from lease-purchase financing methods. This
amount shall be available as necessary for site acquisition, site studies and suitability reports, environmental studies, master planning, architectural programming, schematics, preliminary plans, working drawings, construction, and long lead and equipment items.
(c)
The State Public Works Board may authorize the augmentation of the cost of the construction of the projects set forth in this section pursuant to the board’s authority under Section 13332.11. In addition, the State Public Works Board may authorize any additional amounts necessary to pay the costs of financing, including the payment of interest during construction of the project, any additional amount as may be authorized by the board to pay the cost of financing a reserve fund, and the cost of issuance of permanent financing for the project. This additional amount may include interest during acquisition or construction of the facility, interest payable on any interim loan for the
facility from the Pooled Money Investment Account pursuant to Section 16312, a reasonably required reserve fund, and the costs of issuance of permanent financing of the facility.
References
referencesCal. Government Code - GOV § 15819.1.
referencesCal. Government Code - GOV § 15819.15.
referencesCal. Government Code - GOV § 15819.3.
referencesCal. Government Code - GOV § 13340.
referencesCal. Government Code - GOV § 13332.11.
referencesCal. Government Code - GOV § 16312.
Source: CA Legislative Counsel Bulk DataURL: https://downloads.leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/pubinfo_2025.zipFetched: 6/27/2026