BILL NUMBER: AB 505	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  MAY 27, 2011
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  APRIL 25, 2011
	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: 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   4  years
thereafter, to conduct a performance audit of all programs funded
through special or General Fund sources and administered by the
department.
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: 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
  four  years thereafter, the Bureau of State
Audits shall conduct a performance audit of all programs funded
through special or General Fund sources and administered by the
department.