(a) The board may issue revenue bonds, negotiable notes, or negotiable bond anticipation notes pursuant to this part to finance the design and construction, including, without limitation, renovation, and the costs of interim financing of the projects authorized in Section 15819.40. Authorized costs for design and construction, including, without limitation, renovation, and construction-related costs for all projects approved for financing by the board shall not exceed one billion six million three hundred sixty-nine thousand dollars ($1,006,369,000) for subdivision (a) of Section 15819.40, and one billion one hundred seventy-one million nine hundred sixty-one thousand dollars ($1,171,961,000) for subdivision (b) of Section 15819.40.
(b) Notwithstanding Section 13340, funds derived from interim financing, revenue bonds, negotiable notes, or negotiable bond anticipation notes issued pursuant to this chapter are hereby continuously appropriated to the board on behalf of the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation for the purposes specified in Section 15819.40.
(c) For the purposes of this section, “construction-related costs” shall include mitigation costs of local government and school districts and shall be made available pursuant to subdivisions (c) and (d) of Section 7005.5 of the Penal Code. It is the intent of the Legislature that any payments made for mitigation shall be made in a timely manner.
(d) Notwithstanding any other law, the financing authorized in this section for projects approved pursuant to subdivision (a) of Section 15819.40 shall only be used for the California Health Care Facility, Stockton project and the conversion of the DeWitt Nelson Youth Correctional Facility to a semiautonomous annex facility to the California Health Care Facility. In addition, the financing authorized in this section for projects approved pursuant to subdivision (b) of Section 15819.40 shall only be used for the following projects:
(1) The California Medical Facility, Vacaville: Intermediate Care Facility.
(2) The California Institution for Women, Chino: Acute/Intermediate Care Facility.
(3) The California State Prison Los Angeles County, Lancaster: Enhanced Outpatient Program Treatment and Office Space.
(4) The California Men’s Colony, San Luis Obispo: Mental Health Crisis Beds Facility.
(5) The California Medical Facility, Vacaville: Enhanced Outpatient Program Treatment and Office Space.
(6) The California State Prison, Sacramento: Psychiatric Services Unit Treatment and Office Space.
(7) The California State Prison, Corcoran: Administrative Segregation Unit/Enhanced Outpatient Program Treatment and Office Space.
(8) The Salinas Valley State Prison, Soledad: Enhanced Outpatient Program Treatment and Office Space.
(9) The Central California Women’s Facility, Chowchilla: Enhanced Outpatient Program Treatment and Office Space.
(10) All projects established by the board in the Health Care Facility Improvement Program.
(e) The amount authorized in subdivision (a) for subdivision (b) of Section 15819.40 reflects an increase of one hundred twenty-five million three hundred eighty-two thousand dollars ($125,382,000) to fund any project established by the board in the Health Care Facility Improvement Program, subject to all of the following:
(1) Each allocation shall be approved by the board.
(2) Not less than 20 days prior to the board’s approval, the Department of Finance shall report to the Chairperson of the Joint Legislative Budget Committee and the chairpersons of the respective fiscal committee of each house of the Legislature the following:
(A) The name of the project, the additional allocation received, the reason for this allocation, and the estimated date of completion.
(B) The amount remaining to be allocated to other projects.
(Amended by Stats. 2020, Ch. 29, Sec. 10. (SB 118) Effective August 6, 2020.)