BILL ANALYSIS
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UNFINISHED BUSINESS
Bill No: SB 1113
Author: Senate Budget and Fiscal Review Committee
Amended: 7/28/04
Vote: 21
PRIOR SENATE VOTES NOT RELEVANT
ASSEMBLY FLOOR : 69-11, 7/28/04 - See last page for vote
SUBJECT : Budget Act of 2004
SOURCE : Author
DIGEST : Assembly amendments delete prior version of the
bill expressing the intent of the Legislature to enact
statutory changes relating to the 2004-05 Budget Act.
The bill now enacts the 2004-05 State Budget Act.
ANALYSIS :
Budget Process Overview
With the submission of the Governor's Budget, which is
required by January 10 of each year, the chair of the
Senate Budget and Fiscal Review and Assembly Budget
Committees each introduce a Budget Bill which contains
appropriations to finance the program levels proposed in
the Governor's Budget. Throughout the spring, and with the
assistance of committee consultants and the Legislative
Analyst, who prepares a detailed analysis of the Governor's
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Budget, the fiscal committees of each House of the
Legislature hold hearings to determine if changes should be
made in the Governor's Budget. At these hearings,
representatives from the state department whose Budget is
being heard, the State Department of Finance, the
Legislative Analyst, and the public may be called upon to
provide official testimony.
Changes desired by the Administration concerning events
occurring after the Governor's Budget is submitted are
included in "Finance Letters" addressed to and considered
by the Senate and Assembly Budget committees.
In mid-May, the State Department of Finance updates its
estimates of current year, and budget year revenues,
expenditures (including any final Administration
expenditure proposals) and surplus. This provides the
Legislature with the most current estimate of resources
that will be available for expenditure.
At the completion of all the hearings, each House passes
its Budget Bill, a Conference Committee of six legislators
is chosen to receive differences in the two bills and to
incorporate a "Conference Committee Version" into one of
the bills. The bill is then sent to the floor of each
House and, if passed by two-thirds, is enrolled to the
Governor. If it is not passed, a new Conference Committee
is formed and the conference process is repeated.
Sometimes it has become necessary for the Senate Pro Tem,
Assembly Speaker, Senate Minority Leader, Assembly Minority
Leader, and the Governor to meet to resolve major issues.
The Legislature is required under the State Constitution to
pass the Budget by June 15th of each year.
Upon receipt of the Budget Bill, the Governor meets with
his advisors to make reductions or eliminate particular
items of expenditure (known as the item-veto). The
Governor then signs the Budget Bill, and it becomes the
Budget Act. Under the State Constitution, the Governor
must sign the Budget by June 30th of each year. The
Legislature may then consider overriding any vetoes the
Governor has made and may do so by a two-thirds vote of
each House.
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FISCAL EFFECT : Appropriation: Yes Fiscal Com.: Yes
Local: No
ASSEMBLY FLOOR :
AYES: Aghazarian, Bates, Benoit, Berg, Bermudez, Bogh,
Calderon, Campbell, Chan, Chavez, Chu, Cohn, Corbett,
Correa, Cox, Daucher, Diaz, Dutton, Dymally, Firebaugh,
Frommer, Garcia, Goldberg, Hancock, Harman, Haynes,
Jerome Horton, Shirley Horton, Houston, Keene, Kehoe,
Koretz, La Malfa, Laird, Leno, Leslie, Levine, Lieber,
Liu, Longville, Lowenthal, Maddox, Maldonado, Matthews,
McCarthy, Montanez, Mullin, Nakanishi, Nakano, Negrete
McLeod, Oropeza, Pacheco, Parra, Pavley, Plescia, Reyes,
Ridley-Thomas, Runner, Salinas, Samuelian, Spitzer,
Steinberg, Vargas, Wesson, Wiggins, Wolk, Wyland, Yee,
Nunez
NOES: Canciamilla, Cogdill, Dutra, Jackson, La Suer, Maze,
Mountjoy, Nation, Richman, Simitian, Strickland
DLW:sl 7/29/04 Senate Floor Analyses
SUPPORT/OPPOSITION: NONE RECEIVED
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