BILL NUMBER: SB 221	CHAPTERED  08/28/06

	CHAPTER  173
	FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE  AUGUST 28, 2006
	APPROVED BY GOVERNOR  AUGUST 28, 2006
	PASSED THE ASSEMBLY  AUGUST 10, 2006
	PASSED THE SENATE  JANUARY 26, 2006
	AMENDED IN SENATE  JANUARY 4, 2006

INTRODUCED BY   Senator Runner

                        FEBRUARY 15, 2005

   An act to amend Section 11093.5 of the Government Code, relating
to data analysis.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SB 221, Runner  Data analysis: Antelope Valley.
   Existing law requires the Employment Development Department and
the Department of Finance, in the preparation and maintenance of any
statistical analyses by county, to make a separate breakdown of the
Antelope Valley.
   This bill would instead require these departments to make a
separate breakdown of the Antelope Valley for any statistical
analysis performed by city, rather than by county. It would require
the departments to make this separate breakdown only to the extent
that data is available from federal, state, or local sources, and
specifies that the departments are not required to develop or collect
data for this purpose. It also would prescribe parameters for the
use of data developed for federal programs.


THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:


  SECTION 1.  Section 11093.5 of the Government Code is amended to
read:
   11093.5.  (a) (1) The Employment Development Department shall, in
the preparation and maintenance of any statistical analyses and data,
by city, either by population, fiscal, or other bases, make a
separate breakdown of the Antelope Valley using the boundaries
described in subdivision (b). The statistical analyses and data shall
include, but is not limited to, the following: wages, consumer price
index, prevailing wage, unemployment, occupational wages, and median
income.
   (2) The Department of Finance shall, in the preparation and
maintenance of any statistical analyses and data, by city, either by
population, fiscal, or other bases, make a separate breakdown of the
Antelope Valley using the boundaries described in subdivision (b).
The department shall provide statistical analyses and data from any
additional information it receives from the cities that are affected
by this section and the information it receives through the census.
   (3) If the use of a tax area code is required in order to comply
with paragraphs (1) and (2), an alternate method shall be used to
determine the separate breakdown of the Antelope Valley. An alternate
method shall include the sum of the taxable sales attributable to
all of the incorporated cities in the Antelope Valley and the taxable
sales attributable to the unincorporated areas of the Counties of
Kern and Los Angeles that are part of the Antelope Valley.
   (b) For purposes of this section, the Antelope Valley is the
census tracts or ZIP Codes that are closely bounded by the base of
the Tehachapi Mountains moving southwesterly to Interstate Highway 5,
down the base of the San Gabriel Mountains moving southeasterly to
the San Bernardino County line, follow the San Bernardino County line
north, to the northern line of California City, then west to the
base of the Tehachapi Mountains.
   (c) The Legislature encourages the Counties of Kern and Los
Angeles to voluntarily provide data for the purposes of this section.

   (d) The Department of Finance and the Employment Development
Department are required to implement the data reporting and analysis
requirements of subdivision (a) only to the extent that data is
available from the federal, state, or local sources that provide data
for other jurisdictions or is provided by Kern and Los Angeles
Counties. The departments are not required to develop or collect
data. No data shall be reported that would violate data
confidentiality agreements or rules. The departments are not required
to report data that would not meet the statistical accuracy
standards for the publication or data series to which they relate.
The departments may report special analyses or data compilations for
Antelope Valley, if reimbursement or other funding is provided.
   (e) The Employment Development Department shall request authority
to use data and analysis tools developed for federal programs, as
needed, to provide the analyses described in subdivision (a). The
department shall not be required to use federal funds or federally
controlled resources for the purposes of this section, unless that
use is allowed under federal rules.