BILL NUMBER: AB 505	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  MARCH 31, 2011

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Harkey

                        FEBRUARY 15, 2011

   An act  to add Section 56410 to the Health and Safety Code,
  relating to housing.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 505, as amended, Harkey. Housing  programs. 
 programs: audits. 
   Existing law establishes the Department of Housing and Community
Development which, among other things, administers various programs
providing assistance for multifamily housing, emergency housing,
farmworker housing, and home ownership and downpayment assistance.

   This bill would require the Bureau of State Audits, on or before
January 1, 2013, and every 2 years thereafter, to conduct a
performance audit of all programs administered by the department,
including, but not limited to, programs receiving funding from
federal, bond, special fund, and General Fund sources.  

   The bill would declare the intent of the Legislature to enact
legislation that would shift responsibility of the department's
programs to other public entities. 
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee:  no
  yes  . State-mandated local program: no.


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

   SECTION 1.    Section 56410 is added to the 
 Health and Safety Code   , to read:  
   56410.  On or before January 1, 2013, and every two years
thereafter, the Bureau of State Audits shall conduct a performance
audit of all programs administered by the department, including, but
not limited to, programs receiving funding from federal, bond,
special fund, and General Fund sources.  
  SECTION 1.    It is the intent of the Legislature
to enact legislation that would shift responsibility of programs of
the Department of Housing and Community Development to other public
entities.