BILL NUMBER: AB 2591	CHAPTERED  09/27/06

	CHAPTER  506
	FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE  SEPTEMBER 27, 2006
	APPROVED BY GOVERNOR  SEPTEMBER 27, 2006
	PASSED THE ASSEMBLY  AUGUST 31, 2006
	PASSED THE SENATE  AUGUST 30, 2006
	AMENDED IN SENATE  AUGUST 29, 2006
	AMENDED IN SENATE  AUGUST 28, 2006
	AMENDED IN SENATE  AUGUST 7, 2006
	AMENDED IN SENATE  JUNE 20, 2006
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  MAY 26, 2006
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  APRIL 26, 2006
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  APRIL 4, 2006

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Keene
   (Coauthor: Assembly Member Jones)

                        FEBRUARY 24, 2006

   An act to add and repeal Section 13292.5 of the Government Code,
relating to state agencies.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 2591, Keene  State agencies: accounts: reports.
   Existing law requires state agencies to submit various reports to
the Department of Finance regarding state agency operations and
expenditures.
   This bill would, until July 1, 2010, require specified state
agencies to submit to the department an annual report on the status
of that agency's liquidated and delinquent accounts as of the end of
the previous fiscal year and efforts made by the agency to collect
those accounts. It would define liquidated and delinquent accounts
for this purpose as any loans, accounts receivable, fines,
assessments, penalties, or other monetary obligation owed to a state
agency that is unpaid for 180 or more days after the obligation was
first due to that state agency. It would require the director of the
department, by no later than February 28 of each year, to submit to
the Legislature a report on the status of liquidated and delinquent
accounts of state agencies. It would specify that these requirements
apply only if sufficient existing resources of the agencies and
department are available for this purpose.


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


  SECTION 1.  Section 13292.5 is added to the Government Code, to
read:
   13292.5.  (a) No later than October 31 of each year, each state
agency listed in subdivision (d) shall submit a report to the
director that identifies and describes the status of that agency's
liquidated and delinquent accounts as of the end of the previous
fiscal year and efforts made by that agency to collect these accounts
during that previous fiscal year. The report shall identify
receivables that are valid and collectible. For this purpose, "valid"
means due and payable and for which there is no known disagreement
about the amount of the claim at the time it was established, and
"collectible" means due and payable and for which collection has not
been deferred by any other provision of law. The report shall be in a
form prescribed by the director and shall include, by state agency,
but not be limited to, a summary of the total of all of the
following:
   (1)  The total number and aggregate dollar amount of liquidated
and delinquent accounts.
   (2) Liquidated and delinquent accounts, by total number and
aggregate dollar amount, that were not included in the annual report
for the immediately preceding fiscal year.
   (3) Aggregate beginning balance and aggregate ending balance of
all liquidated accounts and of all delinquent accounts.
   (4) Aggregate dollar amount of moneys paid on liquidated and
delinquent accounts.
   (5) Total amount and total number of liquidated and delinquent
accounts that have been discharged from accountability.
   (6) Total dollar amount of liquidated and delinquent accounts
turned over to private collection agencies and total amount collected
by those agencies for the fiscal year that is the subject of the
report.
   (7) An aging of the liquidated and delinquent accounts included in
the report, which, at a minimum, shall identify the total number and
aggregate dollar amount of liquidated and delinquent accounts that
are within the following time periods after the obligation was first
due to a state agency:
   (A) From 180 to 365 days.
   (B) From 366 to 545 days.
   (C) More than 545 days.
   (b) No later than February 28 of each fiscal year, the director
shall submit to the Legislature a report on the status of liquidated
and delinquent accounts of state agencies, which shall be based on
the reports submitted by state agencies pursuant to subdivision (a).

   (c) As used in this section, "liquidated and delinquent accounts"
means any loans, accounts receivable, fines, assessments, penalties,
or other monetary obligation owed to a state agency that is unpaid
for 180 or more days after the obligation was first due to that state
agency.
   (d) Subdivision (a) shall apply to all of the following state
agencies:
   (1) State Board of Equalization.
   (2) Franchise Tax Board.
   (3) State Lands Commission.
   (4) Department of General Services.
   (5) Department of Motor Vehicles.
   (6) Department of Real Estate.
   (7) Department of Corporations.
   (e) A state agency shall not enter into a contract with a private
nongovernmental collection agency to perform the functions required
of a state agency under this section.
   (f) The agencies listed in subdivision (d) and the department
shall use existing resources to comply with the requirements of this
section, which shall apply only if sufficient resources are available
for this purpose.
  (g) This section shall become inoperative on July 1, 2010, and, as
of January 1, 2011, is repealed, unless a later enacted statute, that
becomes operative on or before January 1, 2011, deletes or extends
the dates on which it becomes inoperative and is repealed.