BILL ANALYSIS Ó
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CONCURRENCE IN SENATE AMENDMENTS
AB 121 (Budget Committee)
As Amended June 28, 2011
Majority vote. Budget Bill Appropriation Takes Effect
Immediately
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|ASSEMBLY: | |(February 22, |SENATE: |23-17|(June 28, |
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(vote not relevant)
SUMMARY : Provides the necessary statutory changes to make
mid-year revisions to the Budget Act of 2011. The bill allows
the Director of Finance to reimburse the Department of
Corrections and Rehabilitation for implementation of public
safety realignment and reduce the courts' budget to reflect
realignment of Trial Court Security. This bill also outlines
trigger reductions. The trigger reduction sections of this law
Sections 3.94 (b) and (c) shall only be operative if neither the
Legislative Analyst's November 2011 or the Department of
Finance's December 2011 revenue forecast, projects 2011-12
General Fund (GF) revenues to equal or exceed $87,452,500,000.
The Senate amendments delete the Assembly version of this bill,
and instead:
By December 15, 2011, the Director of Finance shall produce an
updated revenue forecast for 2011-12 GF revenues. The Director
shall determine whether the Legislative Analyst's November 2011
or the Department of Finance's December 2011 revenue forecast
for 2011-12 GF revenues is higher. The Director will notify the
Joint Legislative Budget Committee of the determination and
amount of the higher forecast.
If the higher forecast projects revenues, less than
$87,452,500,000 (which is an expected growth of at least $3
billion above the May Revision forecast), then Section 3.94 (b)
will become operative, and on or after January 1, 2012, the
Director of Finance shall:
1) Reduce the University of California budget by not more
than $100,000,000 GF.
2) Reduce the California State University budget by not
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more than $100,000,000 GF.
3) Reduce the Department of Developmental Services by not
more than $100,000,000 GF.
4) Reduce the Department of Education Child Care by not
more than $23,000,000 GF.
5) Reduce funding to California State Libraries by not more
than $15,866,000 GF, thereby eliminating all state funding
to libraries.
6) Reduce the Department of Corrections by not more than
$20,000,000 GF.
7) Reduce the California Emergency Management Agency
Vertical Prosecutions Grants by not more than $15,000,000
GF.
8) Reduce the Department of Social Services In-Home
Supportive Services (IHSS) anti-fraud grants by not more
than $10,000,000 GF.
9) Reduce Community Colleges by not more than $30,000,000
GF and increase the Community College fee by $10.
10) Section 3.94 (b) would also enact reductions outlined in
trailer bill language for IHSS, Medi-Cal, Juvenile Justice
and Community College fees.
If the higher forecast projects revenues, less than
$86,452,500,000 (which is an expected growth of at least $2
billion above the May Revision forecast), then Section 3.94 (c)
will become operative, and on or after January 1, 2012, the
Director of Finance shall:
11)Reduce the Department of Education Home-to-School
Transportation by not more than $248,000,000 GF, thereby
eliminating the transportation service.
12)Reduce the California Community College Apportionment by not
more than $72,000,000 GF.
13)Also a part of Section 3.94 (c) is a reduction of
$1,500,000,000 to education by cutting seven days of school,
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included in the education trailer bill.
Other Provisions
Adds an appropriation allowing this bill to take effect
immediately upon enactment.
AS PASSED BY THE ASSEMBLY , this bill expresses the intent of the
Legislature to enact statutory changes to the 2011 Budget Act.
Analysis Prepared by : Daisy Gonzales / BUDGET / (916)
319-2099
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