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THIRD READING
Bill No: AB 1480
Author: Assembly Budget Committee
Amended: 6/25/12 in Senate
Vote: 21
SENATE BUDGET & FISCAL REVIEW COMMITTEE : 10-2, 6/25/12
AYES: Leno, Alquist, DeSaulnier, Hancock, Liu, Lowenthal,
Negrete McLeod, Simitian, Wolk, Wright
NOES: Anderson, La Malfa
NO VOTE RECORDED: Emmerson, Evans, Fuller, Gaines
ASSEMBLY FLOOR : Not relevant
SUBJECT : Public Safety Realignment Budget Trailer Bill
SOURCE : Author
DIGEST : This bill provides an overall financing
structure for the 2011 Public Safety Realignment. The
funding structure includes the creation of accounts and
rules that govern the flexibility of counties to transfer
monies between accounts. This bill also directs the
allocation of funding among accounts, including the
allocation of growth funding.
ANALYSIS : AB 118 (Assembly Budget Committee), Chapter
40, Statutes of 2011, enacted 2011 Public Safety
Realignment that transferred approximately $5.6 billion in
state fiscal responsibilities for public safety programs
from the state to local governments. This realignment also
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designated 1.0625 of a state special fund sales and use tax
to support $5.1 billion of the realignment starting in the
2011-12 fiscal year and redirected $453.4 million in
vehicle license fee revenues in SB 89 (Senate Budget
Committee), Chapter 35, Statutes of 2011, from the state to
local governments to specifically support local law
enforcement programs previously funded by the state. The
Schools and Local Public Safety Protection Act of 2012 is a
proposed constitutional amendment that is qualified for the
November 6, 2012 general election that will
constitutionally protect the revenues transferred to local
governments as part of the enactment of 2011 Public Safety
Realignment. This constitutional amendment, among other
things, also provides various protections for the state and
counties and guidance related to cost sharing of future
changes to federal entitlement programs realigned to the
counties.
AB 118 which provided the framework for the 2011
Realignment provided for a temporary financing structure
for the 2011-12 fiscal year only. AB 1480 enacts a
permanent financing structure for the 2011 Realignment,
including account structures, funding allocations among
accounts and counties, allocations of available growth
funding, and various other issues. Specifically, this bill
does the following:
1. Creates Account Structure in the State Treasury . This
bill amends the current account structure created in the
Local Revenue Fund 2011 within the State Treasury and
directs the transfer of all remaining funds in the
original funds to designated successor funds.
Specifically, this bill abolishes all of the original
accounts in the Local Revenue Fund 2011 except for the
Mental Health Account. This bill also creates and
designates permanent successor accounts. It creates
three main accounts within the Local Revenue Fund - the
Support Services Account, the Law Enforcement Services
Account, and the Sales and Use Tax Growth Account.
The Support Services Account includes the Protective
Services Subaccount and Behavioral Health Subaccount and
this bill directs the deposit of funds from the original
subaccounts into the new subaccounts and special
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accounts as follows:
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| Original Subaccount | Successor Subaccount |
|-------------------------------+-----------------------|
|Adult Protective Services |Protective Services |
|Subaccount | Subaccount |
|-------------------------------+-----------------------|
|Foster Care Assistance | |
| Subaccount | |
|-------------------------------+-----------------------|
|Foster Care Administration | |
| Subaccount | |
|-------------------------------+-----------------------|
|Child Welfare Services | |
| Subaccount | |
|-------------------------------+-----------------------|
|Adoptions Subaccount | |
|-------------------------------+-----------------------|
|Adoption Assistance Program | |
| Subaccount | |
|-------------------------------+-----------------------|
|Child Abuse Prevention | |
| Subaccount | |
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| Original Subaccount | Successor Subaccount |
|-------------------------------+-----------------------|
|Drug Court Subaccount |Behavioral Health |
| | Subaccount |
|-------------------------------+-----------------------|
|Nondrug Medi-Cal Substance | |
|Abuse Treatment Services | |
|Subaccount | |
|-------------------------------+-----------------------|
|Drug Medi-Cal Subaccount | |
|-------------------------------+-----------------------|
|Women and Children's |Women's and Children's |
|Residential Treatment Services |Residential Treatment |
|Subaccount |Services Special |
| |Account |
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The successor Women's and Children's Residential
Treatment Services Special Account is created as a
special account within the Behavioral Health Subaccount.
The Support Services Account also includes the creation
of a new County Intervention Support Services
Subaccount.
The Law Enforcement Services Account has the following
Subaccounts and this bill directs the deposit of funds
from the original funds into the new subaccounts and
special accounts as follows:
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| Original Fund | Successor Subaccount |
|-------------------------------+------------------------|
|Trial Court Security Account |Trial Court Security |
| |Subaccount |
|-------------------------------+------------------------|
|Local Community Corrections |Community Corrections |
|Account |Subaccount |
|-------------------------------+------------------------|
|Local Law Enforcement Services |Enhancing Law |
|Account |Enforcement Activities |
| |Subaccount |
|-------------------------------+------------------------|
|District Attorney and Public |District Attorney and |
|Defender Account |Public Defender |
| |Subaccount |
|-------------------------------+------------------------|
|Juvenile Justice Account |Juvenile Justice |
| |Subaccount |
|-------------------------------+------------------------|
|Youthful Offender Block Grant |Youthful Offender Block |
|Subaccount |Grant Special Account |
|-------------------------------+------------------------|
|Juvenile Reentry Grant |Juvenile Reentry Grant |
|Subaccount |Special Account |
| | |
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The successor Youthful Offender Block Grant Special
Account and Juvenile Reentry Grant Special Account are
both created as special accounts within the Juvenile
Justice Subaccount. The Vehicle License Fee revenues
dedicated to 2011 Realignment by SB 89 (Senate Budget
Committee), Chapter 35, Statutes of 2011, are deposited
directly in the Enhancing Law Enforcement Activities
Subaccount.
This bill creates the Sales and Use Tax Growth Account
in the Local Revenue Fund 2011. Within this Account is
created the Support Services Growth Subaccount and the
Law Enforcement Services Growth Subaccount. The Support
Services Growth Subaccount contains two special
accounts, the Protective Services Growth Special Account
and the Behavioral Health Services Growth Special
Account. The Law Enforcement Services Growth Subaccount
contains four special accounts, as follows - Trial Court
Security Growth Special Account, Community Corrections
Growth Special Account, District Attorney and Public
Defender Growth Special Account and Juvenile Justice
Growth Special Account.
There is also created in the Enhancing Law Enforcement
Activities Subaccount an Enhancing Law Enforcement
Growth Special Account where any vehicle license fee
revenues allocated by SB 89 (Senate Budget Committee),
Chapter 35, Statues of 2011, are deposited above $489.9
million.
As of September 15, 2012, all of the funds in the
original funds and subaccounts are transferred to the
successor subaccounts and special account.
2. Directs Creation of County Account Structure . This bill
directs the county treasurer to amend the current
account structure created in the County Local Revenue
Fund 2011. The account structure largely mirrors the
subaccount and special account structure at the state
level, but does not direct the creation of the County
Intervention Support Services Subaccount. This bill
also directs the creation of a Support Services Reserve
Subaccount in the Support Services Account.
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The bill also directs the creation of a Contract Special
Account within the Protective Services Subaccount for a
designated county to support funding of multi-county or
statewide contracts. The bill also directs the creation
of a Local Innovation Subaccount within the Law
Enforcement Services Account in 2015-16. Starting in
2015-16, the funds deposited in this account will be
able to be used more flexibly for eligible public safety
related activities.
This bill requires only the counties of Alameda, Los
Angeles, Marin, San Diego, San Francisco, and San
Joaquin to create County Women and Children's
Residential Treatment Services Special Accounts within
their Behavioral Health Subaccount.
As of September 15, 2012, all of the funds in the county
original funds and subaccounts are transferred to the
county successor subaccounts and special accounts and
the original funds and on September 30, 2012, the
2011-12 subaccounts are abolished. The accounts mirror
those created in the state treasury with the
aforementioned exceptions.
3. Transferability Between Subaccounts in Support Services
Account . This bill authorizes the counties to allocate
up to 10% between subaccounts in the Support Services
Account. The 10% is based on the amount deposited in
the subaccount in the previous year with the lowest
balance. The authorization to make this transfer must
occur in a regularly scheduled public hearing of the
board of supervisors and must be based on the most cost
effective use of available resources to maximize client
outcomes. Any reallocations made shall only be in
effect for the fiscal year in which the allocation was
made and shall not be considered a permanent funding
allocation or a permanent funding source for any program
or service receiving the reallocation. These transfers
must be documented annually to the State Controller and
reported to the Legislature. This bill allows counties
authorized to operate an integrated and comprehensive
county health and human services system to not withstand
the transferability rules set up in this bill.
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4. Use of Support Services Reserve Account . This bill
authorizes a county's board of supervisors to reallocate
funds from the Protective Services Subaccount or
Behavioral Health Subaccount, or both to the Support
Services Reserve Subaccount. The amount of these
transfers may not exceed 5% of the total funds allocated
to the Protective Services Subaccount or Behavioral
Health Subaccount in the State Treasury (excludes
growth). The authorization to make allocations to the
Support Services Reserve Account must occur in a
regularly scheduled public hearing of the board of
supervisors. The allocations to the reserve accounts
must be documented annually to the State Controller and
reported to the Legislature.
5. Specifies Eligible Uses for Funds Deposited in 2011
Realignment Subaccounts and Special Accounts . This bill
requires that all funds deposited in the County Local
Revenue Fund 2011 be used exclusively for public safety
services, as defined by this bill and Article XIII of
the Constitution as proposed in The Schools and Local
Public Safety Protection Act of 2012. Existing law
restricts the expenditure of funds deposited in the
original funds and accounts created for 2011
Realignment. This bill updates those accounts to the
new successor subaccounts and special accounts and
subjects these updated subaccounts and special accounts
to the same restrictions, including funding in the
various growth special accounts.
In addition, this bill adds planning, implementation and
training costs for revocation proceedings as an eligible
use of funds deposited in the District Attorney and
Public Defender Subaccount and associated growth special
account.
This bill also specifies that funding in the Enhancing
Law Enforcement Activities Subaccount and associated
growth special account shall be used to provide grants
and funding to local law enforcement as provided by
statute.
This bill also specifies that funds deposited in the
Local Innovation Subaccount within the Law Enforcement
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Services Account shall be used to fund local needs,
which include any eligible expenditure in the Juvenile
Justice Subaccount, the District Attorney and Public
Defender Subaccount, the Community Corrections
Subaccount, and the Trial Court Security Subaccount.
This bill defines that the counties have 100% of the
nonfederal share of costs of programs that are part of
2011 Realignment. These costs shall be covered by funds
deposited in the Local Revenue Fund 2011. Also
specifies that funds shall be expended in a manner that
maintains eligibility for federal funding.
This bill adds Medi-Cal specialty health services,
including the Early and Periodic Screening, Diagnosis,
and Treatment Program and mental health managed care to
the list of programs funded from within 2011
Realignment. These programs were funded outside of
2011 Realignment in 2011-12.
This bill directs the expenditure of any residual funds
remaining in the Reserve Account and Undistributed
Account of the Local Revenue Fund 2011 to fund
entitlements for the 2011-12 fiscal year. After these
accounts are liquidated they are abolished on January 1,
2013.
6. Community Corrections Grant Program . This bill
specifies that the monies in the Community Corrections
Subaccount and the Community Corrections Growth Special
Account constitute funding for the Community Corrections
Grant Program established by AB 109 (Assembly Budget
Committee), Chapter 15, Statutes of 2011.
7. Defines 2011 Realignment Legislation . This bill defines
"2011 Realignment Legislation" as legislation entitled
2011 Realignment and provides for the assignment to
local agencies responsibilities for public safety
services. This legislation must be enacted by September
30, 2012. Furthermore, this bill also provides that no
new program may be assigned to local agencies after
January 1, 2012, except for the Early and Periodic
Screening, Diagnosis, and Treatment program and mental
health managed care. This statutory framework is
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provided until Article XIII of the Constitution is added
per The Schools and Public Safety Protection Act of 2012
on the November 6, 2012 statewide general election.
8. Mandate Protection for State . This bill provides
statutory guidance directing that any mandate of a new
program or higher level of service on a local agency
imposed by 2011 Realignment Legislation shall be paid
from the from funding provided in the Local Revenue Fund
2011. This statutory framework is provided until
Article XIII of the Constitution is added per The
Schools and Public Safety Protection Act of 2012 on the
November 6, 2012 statewide general election.
9. County Protection against New State Imposed Costs for
Realigned Programs . This bill provides that any
legislation enacted after September 30, 2012, that has
the overall effect of increasing the costs for programs
or levels of service mandated by the 2011 Realignment
Legislation shall apply to local agencies only to the
extent that the State provides annual funding for the
cost increase. This bill also provides that any
regulations, executive orders, or administrative
directives, implemented after October 9, 2011, that are
not necessary to implement 2011 Realignment and have the
overall effect of increasing the costs for programs or
levels of service mandated in 2011 Realignment shall
apply to local agencies only to the extent that he state
provides annually funding for the cost increase. This
bill also limits the state from submitting to the
federal government any plans or waivers, or amendments
to those plans or waivers that have an overall effect of
increasing the cost by a local agency for programs or
levels of service mandated by 2011 Realignment except in
specified circumstances.
This bill clarifies that that the state is not required
to provide funds for a mandate that is imposed by the
state at the request of a local agency or to comply with
federal law. This bill also makes it clear that any new
mandates imposed by the state shall not be funded from
2011 Realignment, ad valorem property tax, or 1991
Realignment. This bill also clarifies that it is a
county option to provide a new program or a higher level
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of service, but it does not require a subvention of
funds from the state.
10. Cost Sharing Provisions for Unanticipated New Program
Costs . The 2011 Realignment includes realignment of
programs and funding for federal entitlement programs.
This bill provides that the state shall provide at least
50% of the nonfederal share of costs of changes in
federal statutes or regulations that alter the
conditions under which federal matching funds are
obtained.
For the federal entitlement programs that are part of
2011 Realignment, this bill also requires the state to
pay for 50% on the nonfederal share of costs related to
federal, judicial or administrative orders that impose a
cost in the form of a monetary penalty. Payment is not
required if the state determines that the settlement or
order relates to one or more local agencies failing to
perform a legal obligation in good faith. This bill
states that judicial complaints related to a state or
local agency's failure to perform under 2011 Realignment
shall have priority over all other civil matters in
state judicial proceedings.
11. Conditions of Expenditure of 2011 Realignment Funds .
This bill directs that funds deposited in the County
Local Revenue Fund 2011 be spent in a manner designed to
maximize the state's eligibility for federal matching
funds and ensure compliance with applicable federal
standards governing the provision of services included
in 2011 Realignment.
Funds deposited in the County Local Revenue Fund 2011
may not be used by local agencies to supplant other
funding for public safety services.
12. Public Notification of Reductions to Optional and
Discretionary Programs . This bill requires that
significant reductions ("significant" defined as 10% in
one year or 25% over the previous three years) made to
optional or discretionary behavioral health, adult
protective services, and child welfare services programs
that are part of 2011 Realignment must be made in an
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open session of a duly noticed meeting of the board of
supervisors.
13. Share of Costs Definition . This bill specifies that for
the programs realigned as part of 2011 Realignment the
state shall not have a share of costs. The funding
provided is specifically intended to be in an amount
sufficient to fund the cost of the state mandates. This
bill requires that the county first exhaust funding
provided in 2011 Realignment and then 1991 Realignment
for any state mandated costs related to 2011
Realignment. This statutory framework is provided until
Article XIII of the Constitution is added per The
Schools and Public Safety Protection Act of 2012 on the
November 6, 2012 statewide general election.
This bill also specifies that that state does not have a
share of costs for programs described in 2011
Realignment that were originally funded by 1991
Realignment. This provision shall become operative if
Article XIII of the Constitution is added per The
Schools and Public Safety Protection Act of 2012 on the
November 6, 2012 statewide general election.
14. Reporting by the State Controller . The State Controller
is required to post monthly the amounts received by the
Local Revenue Fund 2011. The State Controller shall
also post the amounts allocated to every account,
subaccount and special account within the Local Revenue
Fund 2011. Annually, the State Controller shall provide
detailed information as to the source of the funding
deposited in each account, subaccount and special
account. Also, the State Controller is required to
report the highest amount ever allocated to the
subaccounts in the Local Revenue Fund 2011 and how much
growth funding may need to be provided as restoration in
a future fiscal year to achieve that level. Annually,
the State Controller shall post a detailed report on how
much each county, city and city and county received in
each subaccount.
15. Clarifications on Entitlement Programs . This bill
clarifies that nothing in 2011 Realignment impacts in
any way the rights provided by federal entitlement
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programs. This bill also specifies that counties shall
fund Medi-Cal Specialty Mental Health Services,
including Early and Periodic Screening, Diagnosis and
Treatment from monies received from the Behavioral
Health Subaccount and the Behavioral Health Growth
Special Account. Funding for this program shall also
come from 1991 Realignment funds and to the extent
permissible under the Mental Health Services Act, the
Mental Health Services Fund. This bill requires that
the provision of services for these mental health
programs be based on the requirement of law.
16. Technical Amendments to 2011-12 Funding Allocations .
This bill makes technical amendments to the 2011-12
funding allocations for 2011 Realignment. Mainly these
amendments clarify that cash for any given fiscal year
include cash received until August 15, 2012, to account
for the timing of sales tax revenues.
17. Makes 2012-13 Funding Allocations . This bill makes
funding allocations to the accounts and subaccounts
within the Local Revenue Fund 2011 for the 2012-13
fiscal year. The first allocations made from the Local
Revenue Fund 2011 are as follows:
(in Millions)
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| Account | Amount |
|------------------------------+-------------------------|
|Mental Health Account |$1,120.6 |
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| Account | Amount |
|------------------------------+-------------------------|
|Enhancing Law Enforcement |$489.9 from Vehicle |
|Activities |License Fee (VLF) |
| |revenues and if VLF |
| |revenues are not enough |
| |to reach this level |
| |additional funds from |
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| |sales tax revenues |
| |deposited in the Local |
| |Revenue Fund 2011 |
|------------------------------+-------------------------|
|Enhancing Law Enforcement |Any remaining VLF |
|Growth Special Account |revenue above $489.9 |
| | |
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After the above allocations are made the remaining funds
deposited in the Local Revenue Fund 2011 are allocated
as follows for the 2012-13 fiscal year:
(in Millions)
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| Account | Amount |
|------------------------------+-------------------------|
|Support Services Account |64.1975% or up to |
| | $2,604.9 |
|------------------------------+-------------------------|
|Law Enforcement Services |35.8025% or up to |
| Account |$1,452.7 |
| | |
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The following allocations are then made from the
accounts above to the following subaccounts for the
2012-13 fiscal year:
(in Millions)
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| Support Services Account | Amount |
|------------------------------+-------------------------|
|Behavioral Health Subaccount |37.0264% or up to $964.5 |
|------------------------------+-------------------------|
|Protective Services |62.9736% or up to |
| Subaccount |$1,640.4 |
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| Law Enforcement Services | Amount |
| Account | |
|------------------------------+-------------------------|
|Trial Court Security |34.1721% or up to $496.4 |
| Subaccount | |
|------------------------------+-------------------------|
|Community Corrections |58.0217% or up to $842.9 |
| Subaccount | |
|------------------------------+-------------------------|
|District Attorney and Public |1.0050% or up to $14.6 |
|Defender Subaccount | |
|------------------------------+-------------------------|
|Juvenile Justice Subaccount |6.8012% or up to |
| |$98.8 |
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From the Behavioral Health Subaccount an amount of $5.1
million is allocated to the Women and Children's
Residential Treatment Services Special Account.
18. Makes 2013-14 Funding Allocations . This bill makes
funding allocations to the accounts and subaccounts
within the Local Revenue Fund 2011 for the 2013-14
fiscal year. The first allocations made from the Local
Revenue Fund 2011 are as follows:
(in Millions)
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| Account | Amount |
|------------------------------+-------------------------|
|Mental Health Account |$1,120.6 |
| | |
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| Account | Amount |
|------------------------------+-------------------------|
|Enhancing Law Enforcement |$489.9 from Vehicle |
| Activities | License Fee (VLF) |
| | revenues and if VLF |
| | revenues are not |
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| | enough to reach this |
| | level additional |
| | funds from sales tax |
| | revenues deposited in |
| | the Local Revenue |
| | Fund 2011 |
|------------------------------+-------------------------|
|Enhancing Law Enforcement |Any remaining VLF |
| Growth Special Account |revenue above $489.9 |
| | |
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After the above allocations are made the remaining funds
deposited in the Local Revenue Fund 2011 are allocated
as follows for the 2013-14 fiscal year:
(in Millions)
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| Account | Amount |
|------------------------------+-------------------------|
|Support Services Account |2012-13 amount + $20.4 + |
| | |
| |2012-13 Growth |
|------------------------------+-------------------------|
|Law Enforcement Services |2012-13 amount + $158.5 |
| Account |+ |
| |2012-13 Growth for Trial |
| |Court Security |
| |Subaccount and Juvenile |
| |Justice Subaccount only |
| | |
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The following allocations are then made from the
accounts above to the following subaccounts for the
2013-14 fiscal year:
(in Millions)
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| Support Services Account | Amount |
|------------------------------+-------------------------|
|Behavioral Health Subaccount |36.7391% or up to |
| |2012-13 amount + 2012-13 |
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| |Growth |
|------------------------------+-------------------------|
|Protective Services |63.2609% or up to |
| Subaccount |2012-13 amount + $20.4 + |
| |2012-13 Growth |
| | |
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| Law Enforcement Services | Amount |
| Account | |
|------------------------------+-------------------------|
|Trial Court Security |30.8105% or up to |
| Subaccount |2012-13 amount + 2012-13 |
| |Growth |
|------------------------------+-------------------------|
|Community Corrections |61.9960% or up to $998.9 |
| Subaccount | |
|------------------------------+-------------------------|
|District Attorney and Public |1.0613% or up to $17.1 |
|Defender Subaccount | |
|------------------------------+-------------------------|
|Juvenile Justice Subaccount |6.1322% or up to 2012-13 |
| |amount + 2012-13 Growth |
| | |
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From the Behavioral Health Subaccount an amount of $5.1
million is allocated to the Women and Children's
Residential Treatment Services Special Account.
The special adjustments made to the Protective Services
Subaccount adjust the base funding level for the
implementation of AB 12 (Beall), Chapter 559, Statutes
of 2010, that provides for supportive transitional
services to foster youth until the age of 21. The
adjustments made to the Community Corrections Subaccount
and the District Attorney and Public Defender Subaccount
are based on caseload adjustments being made according
to the implementation of AB 109 (Assembly Budget
Committee), Chapter 15, Statutes of 2011.
19. Makes 2014-15 Funding Allocations . This bill makes
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funding allocations to the accounts and subaccounts
within the Local Revenue Fund 2011 for the 2014-15
fiscal year. The first allocations made from the Local
Revenue Fund 2011 are as follows:
(in Millions)
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| Account | Amount |
|------------------------------+-------------------------|
|Mental Health Account |$1,120.6 |
| | |
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| Account | Amount |
|------------------------------+-------------------------|
|Enhancing Law Enforcement |$489.9 from Vehicle |
| Activities |License Fee (VLF) |
| |revenues and if VLF |
| |revenues are not enough |
| |to reach this level |
| |additional funds from |
| |sales tax revenues |
| |deposited in the Local |
| |Revenue Fund 2011 |
|------------------------------+-------------------------|
|Enhancing Law Enforcement |Any remaining VLF |
|Growth Special Account |revenue above $489.9 |
| | |
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After the above allocations are made the remaining funds
deposited in the Local Revenue Fund 2011 are allocated
as follows for the 2014-15 fiscal year:
(in Millions)
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| Account | Amount |
|------------------------------+-------------------------|
|Support Services Account |2013-14 amount + $15.3 + |
| | |
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| |2013-14 Growth |
|------------------------------+-------------------------|
|Law Enforcement Services |2013-14 amount - $66.1 + |
| Account | |
| |2013-14 Growth for Trial |
| |Court Security |
| |Subaccount and Juvenile |
| |Justice Subaccount only |
| | |
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The following allocations are then made from the
accounts above to the following subaccounts for the
2014-15 fiscal year:
(in Millions)
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| Support Services Account | Amount |
|------------------------------+-------------------------|
|Behavioral Health Subaccount |36.5258% or up to |
| |2013-14 amount + 2013-14 |
| |Growth |
|------------------------------+-------------------------|
|Protective Services |63.4742% or up to |
| Subaccount |2013-14 amount + $15.3 + |
| |2013-14 Growth |
| | |
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| Law Enforcement Services | Amount |
| Account | |
|------------------------------+-------------------------|
|Trial Court Security |32.1286% or up to |
| Subaccount |2013-14 amount + 2013-14 |
| |Growth |
|------------------------------+-------------------------|
|Community Corrections |60.4543% or up to $934.1 |
| Subaccount | |
|------------------------------+-------------------------|
|District Attorney and Public |1.0226% or up to $15.8 |
|Defender Subaccount | |
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|Juvenile Justice Subaccount |6.3945% or up to 2013-14 |
| |amount + 2013-14 Growth |
| | |
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From the Behavioral Health Subaccount an amount of $5.1
million is allocated to the Women and Children's
Residential Treatment Services Special Account.
The special adjustments made to the Protective Services
Subaccount adjust the base funding level for the
implementation of AB 12 (Beall), Chapter 559, Statutes
of 2010, that provides for supportive transitional
services to foster youth until the age of 21. The
adjustments made to the Community Corrections Subaccount
and the District Attorney and Public Defender Subaccount
are based on caseload adjustments being made as AB 109
(Assembly Budget Committee), Chapter 15, Statutes of
2011, is implemented.
20. Establishes Ongoing Annual Funding Allocation Starting
in 2015-16 . This bill establishes funding allocations
to the accounts and subaccounts within the Local Revenue
Fund 2011 for the 2015-16 fiscal year and each
subsequent year thereafter. The first allocations made
from the Local Revenue Fund 2011 are as follows:
(in Millions)
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| Account | Amount |
|------------------------------+-------------------------|
|Mental Health Account |$1,120.6 |
| | |
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| Account | Amount |
|------------------------------+-------------------------|
|Enhancing Law Enforcement |$489.9 from Vehicle |
|Activities |License Fee (VLF) |
| |revenues and if VLF |
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| |revenues are not enough |
| |to reach this level |
| |additional funds from |
| |sales tax revenues |
| |deposited in the Local |
| |Revenue Fund 2011 |
|------------------------------+-------------------------|
|Enhancing Law Enforcement |Any remaining VLF |
|Growth Special Account |revenue above $489.9 |
| | |
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After the above allocations are made the remaining funds
deposited in the Local Revenue Fund 2011 are allocated
as follows for the 2015-16 fiscal year and each year
subsequent:
(in Millions)
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| Account | Amount |
|------------------------------+-------------------------|
|Support Services Account |Funding + Growth from |
| |immediately preceding |
| |fiscal year |
|------------------------------+-------------------------|
|Law Enforcement Services |Funding + Growth for all |
| Account |accounts from |
| |immediately preceding |
| |fiscal year |
| | |
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The following allocations are then made from the
accounts above to the following subaccounts for the
2014-15 fiscal year and each subsequent fiscal year:
(in Millions)
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| Support Services Account | Amount |
|------------------------------+-------------------------|
|Behavioral Health Subaccount |Funding + Growth from |
| |immediately preceding |
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| |fiscal year |
|------------------------------+-------------------------|
|Protective Services |Funding + Growth from |
| Subaccount |immediately preceding |
| |fiscal year |
| | |
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| Law Enforcement Services | Amount |
| Account | |
|------------------------------+-------------------------|
|Trial Court Security |Funding + Growth from |
| Subaccount |immediately preceding |
| |fiscal year |
|------------------------------+-------------------------|
|Community Corrections |Funding + Growth from |
| Subaccount |immediately preceding |
| |fiscal year |
|------------------------------+-------------------------|
|District Attorney and Public |Funding + Growth from |
|Defender Subaccount |immediately preceding |
| |fiscal year |
|------------------------------+-------------------------|
|Juvenile Justice Subaccount |Funding + Growth from |
| |immediately preceding |
| |fiscal year |
| | |
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From the Behavioral Health Subaccount an amount of $5.1
million is allocated to the Women and Children's
Residential Treatment Services Special Account.
If there are insufficient funds in the Support Services
Account or the Law Enforcement Services Account to make
the allocations to the subaccounts described above the
State Controller shall allocate the funding based on a
proportional share that the subaccounts received in the
immediately preceding fiscal year. The Department of
Finance (DOF) will annually prepare a schedule that
provides the proportional allocations to direct the
Controller's allocation if funds are not sufficient to
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provide the intended allocations described above.
21. Establishes Allocations for Growth Funding . Within the
Local Revenue Fund 2011 is the Sales and Use Tax Growth
Account. This Account receives sales and use tax
revenue growth above the base allocations described in
this bill. This bill establishes an allocation
methodology for these funds to the subaccounts and
special accounts within the Sales and Use Tax Growth
Account for fiscal years 2012-13, 2013-14, and 2014-15.
This bill also specifies a permanent growth allocation
methodology starting in 2015-16 for most of the special
accounts.
For the 2012-13 fiscal year, the Growth is allocated to
the two subaccounts in the account as follows:
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| Account | |
|------------------------------+-------------------------|
|Support Services Growth |65 percent |
| Subaccount | |
|------------------------------+-------------------------|
|Law Enforcement Services |35 |
| Subaccount |percent |
| | |
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Starting in 2013-14, there is a definition of the amount
necessary to provide full base funding and the growth
funds are allocated accordingly to provide full base
funding in each subaccount. If there is not enough
funding to provide full base funding to the subaccounts,
the growth is distributed in the same proportion as the
base allocations were made for the 2013-14 fiscal year.
If there are additional growth monies after the amount
necessary to provide full base funding, these monies
will be allocated 65% to the Support Services Growth
Subaccount and 35% to the Law Enforcement Services
Subaccount. The amounts necessary to provide full base
funding for each of the accounts is defined as follows
for the 2013-14 fiscal year:
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| Support Services Account | Amount |
|------------------------------+-------------------------|
|Behavioral Health Subaccount |Maximum amount allocated |
| |in 2012-13 |
|------------------------------+-------------------------|
|Protective Services |Maximum amount allocated |
| Subaccount |in 2012-13 |
| | |
--------------------------------------------------------
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| Law Enforcement Services | Amount |
| Account | |
|------------------------------+-------------------------|
|Trial Court Security |Greater of 2011-12 |
| Subaccount |amount or 2012-13 amount |
| |+ 2012-13 growth |
|------------------------------+-------------------------|
|Community Corrections |Maximum amount allocated |
| Subaccount |in 2012-13 |
|------------------------------+-------------------------|
|District Attorney and Public |Maximum amount allocated |
|Defender Subaccount |in 2012-13 |
|------------------------------+-------------------------|
|Juvenile Justice Subaccount |Greater of 2011-12 |
| |amount or 2012-13 amount |
| |+ 2012-13 growth |
| | |
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Starting in 2014-15, the definition of the amount
necessary to provide full base funding for each
subaccount is provided in the table below. If there is
not enough funding to provide full base funding, the
growth is distributed in the same proportion as the base
allocations were made for the 2014-15 fiscal year. If
full base funding is available for each subaccount then
additional growth monies will be allocated 65% to the
Support Services Growth Subaccount and 35% to the Law
Enforcement Services Subaccount. The amounts necessary
to provide full base funding for each of the accounts is
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as follows for the 2014-15 fiscal year:
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| Support Services Account | Amount |
|------------------------------+-------------------------|
|Behavioral Health Subaccount |Greater of the maximum |
| |amount that could be |
| |allocated in 2012-13 or |
| |the largest amounts |
| |received (base + growth) |
| |in any prior year |
| |beginning with 2012-13 |
|------------------------------+-------------------------|
|Protective Services |Greater of the maximum |
| Subaccount |amount that was |
| |allocated in 2012-13 or |
| |the maximum amount that |
| |was allocated in 2013-14 |
| | |
--------------------------------------------------------
--------------------------------------------------------
| Law Enforcement Services | Amount |
| Account | |
|------------------------------+-------------------------|
|Trial Court Security |Greater of 2011-12 |
|Subaccount |amount or the largest |
| |amounts received (base + |
| |growth) in any prior |
| |year beginning with |
| |2012-13 |
|------------------------------+-------------------------|
|Community Corrections |Greatest amount |
|Subaccount |allocated in a single |
| |year beginning with |
| |2012-13 |
|------------------------------+-------------------------|
|District Attorney and Public |Greatest amount |
|Defender Subaccount |allocated in a single |
| |year beginning with |
| |2012-13 |
|------------------------------+-------------------------|
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|Juvenile Justice Subaccount |Greater of 2011-12 |
| |amount or the largest |
| |amounts received (base + |
| |growth) in any prior |
| |year beginning with |
| |2012-13 |
| | |
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Starting in 2015-16, and for each subsequent year, after
the definition of the amount necessary to provide full
base funding for each subaccount is provided in the
table below. If there is not enough funding to provide
full base funding, the growth is distributed in the same
proportion as the base allocations were made for the
2015-16 fiscal year and for each subsequent year. If
there are additional growth monies after the amount
necessary to provide full base funding, these monies
will be allocated 65% to the Support Services Growth
Subaccount and 35% to the Law Enforcement Services
Subaccount. The amounts necessary to provide full base
funding for each of the accounts is as follows:
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| Support Services Account | Amount |
|------------------------------+-------------------------|
|Behavioral Health Subaccount |Greater of the maximum |
| |amount that was |
| |allocated in 2012-13 or |
| |the largest amounts |
| |received (base + growth) |
| |in any prior year |
| |beginning with 2012-13 |
|------------------------------+-------------------------|
|Protective Services |Greater of the maximum |
| Subaccount |amount that was |
| |allocated in 2012-13, |
| |the maximum allocated in |
| |2013-14, or the largest |
| |amounts received (base |
| |and growth) in any prior |
| |year beginning with |
| |2012-13 |
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| | |
--------------------------------------------------------
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| Law Enforcement Services | Amount |
| Account | |
|------------------------------+-------------------------|
|Trial Court Security |Greater of 2011-12 |
|Subaccount |amount or the largest |
| |amounts received (base + |
| |growth) in any prior |
| |year beginning with |
| |2012-13 |
|------------------------------+-------------------------|
|Community Corrections |Greater amount (base + |
|Subaccount |growth) in a single year |
| |beginning with 2014-15 |
| |or highest amount |
| |authorized to receive in |
| |any single fiscal year |
| |beginning with 2012-13 |
|------------------------------+-------------------------|
|District Attorney and Public |Greater amount (base + |
|Defender Subaccount |growth) in a single year |
| |beginning with 2014-15 |
| |or highest amount |
| |authorized to receive in |
| |any single fiscal year |
| |beginning with 2012-13 |
|------------------------------+-------------------------|
|Juvenile Justice Subaccount |Greater of 2011-12 |
| |amount or the largest |
| |amounts received (base + |
| |growth) in any prior |
| |year beginning with |
| |2012-13 |
| | |
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This bill also specifies growth allocation to the
special accounts within the Support Services Growth
Subaccount and the Law Enforcement Services Growth
Subaccount in the Sales and Use Tax Growth Account for
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the 2012-13 fiscal year. Additional growth funding is
dedicated to child welfare services until the Director
of DOF certifies that $200 million has been allocated to
the Protective Services Growth Special Account. The
allocations are as follows:
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| Support Services Growth | |
| Subaccount | |
|------------------------------+-------------------------|
|Mental Health Subaccount |5 percent |
|------------------------------+-------------------------|
|Protective Services Growth |40 percent |
|Special Account for Child | |
|Welfare Services | |
|------------------------------+-------------------------|
|Protective Services Growth |42.03 percent |
|Special Account | |
|------------------------------+-------------------------|
|Behavioral Health Services |12.97 |
|Growth Special Account |percent |
| | |
--------------------------------------------------------
--------------------------------------------------------
| Law Enforcement Services | |
| Growth Subaccount | |
|------------------------------+-------------------------|
|Trial Court Security Growth |10 percent |
|Special Account | |
|------------------------------+-------------------------|
|Community Corrections Growth |75 percent |
|Special Account | |
|------------------------------+-------------------------|
|District Attorney and Public |5 percent |
|Defender Growth Special | |
|Account | |
|------------------------------+-------------------------|
|Juvenile Justice Growth |10 |
|Special Account |percent |
| | |
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Growth will not be added to the base to create a
"rolling base" for the Community Corrections Subaccount
and the District Attorney and Public Defender Subaccount
until 2015-16.
This bill also specifies the growth allocation to the
special accounts within the Support Services Growth
Subaccount in the Sales and Use Tax Growth Account for
the 2013-14 fiscal year as follows:
--------------------------------------------------------
| Support Services Growth | |
| Subaccount | |
|------------------------------+-------------------------|
|Mental Health Subaccount |5 percent |
|------------------------------+-------------------------|
|Protective Services Growth |40 percent |
|Special Account for Child | |
|Welfare Services | |
|------------------------------+-------------------------|
|Protective Services Growth |21.81 percent |
|Special Account | |
|------------------------------+-------------------------|
|Behavioral Health Services |33.19 |
|Growth Special Account |percent |
| | |
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This bill states that once the Director of DOF has
certified that $200 million in funding has been provided
to county child welfare services programs and the
Protective Services Growth Special Account, the
allocation to the special accounts and subaccounts of
the Support Services Growth Subaccount are as follows:
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| Support Services Growth | |
| Subaccount | |
|------------------------------+-------------------------|
|Mental Health Subaccount |5 percent |
|------------------------------+-------------------------|
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|Protective Services Growth |45 percent |
|Special Account | |
|------------------------------+-------------------------|
|Behavioral Health Services |50 |
|Growth Special Account |percent |
| | |
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22. Creates System of State Intervention for Medi-Cal
Programs in 2011 Realignment . The bill authorizes a
process and procedure for the Department of Health Care
Services to intervene if the department determines that
a county is failing to perform functions and could
jeopardize the receipt of federal funds for these
programs. This bill authorizes, after notification,
that the State Controller deposit the portion of the
county's allocation attributable to the affected program
into the County Intervention Support Services
Subaccount. The amounts deposited in this Subaccount
will then be used by the Department to fund the program
or programs in the county where the county was failing
to perform necessary functions to maintain federal
funds.
23. Protection for Counties if Funding Supporting
Realignment is Reduced or Repealed . This bill requires
the state to annually provide moneys to the Local
Revenue Fund 2011 in an amount equal to or greater than
the aggregate amount that otherwise would have been
provided by the taxes supporting 2011 Realignment if the
taxes are reduced or eliminated. If the state fails to
annually appropriate that amount, the State Controller
shall transfer that amount from the General Fund. A
process for this backfill of funding satisfies a
requirement of Article XIII of the Constitution to be
added per The Schools and Public Safety Protection Act
of 2012 on the November 6, 2012 statewide general
election.
24. Provides Juvenile Justice Subaccount Allocations . This
bill makes technical amendments to the allocation of
funding within the Juvenile Justice Subaccounts for the
2011-12 fiscal year. This bill also proposes to
allocate these funds to the special accounts in 2012-13
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and every subsequent fiscal year as follows:
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| Juvenile Justice Subaccount | |
|------------------------------+-------------------------|
|Youthful Offender Block Grant |96.15 percent |
|Special Account | |
|------------------------------+-------------------------|
|Juvenile Reentry Grant |3.85 |
| Special Account |percent |
| | |
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25. Directs Allocation of Funds from State to County and
Among Counties . This bill specifies that the revenues
collected between August 16 of a year and August 15 of
the following year constitutes a fiscal year for the
purposes of 2011 Realignment. This bill specifies
allocation of the funds to the counties as follows:
Funds in the Mental Health Account shall be allocated on
the 20th of each month to the local Mental Health
Subaccount that was created in 1991 Realignment.
Funds in the Trial Court Security Subaccount shall be
allocated by the State Controller on the 27th of each
month. Money in the Trial Court Security Subaccount
cannot be used to pay for general county administrative
expenses. This bill also provides for an allocation of
the Trial Court Security Subaccount among the counties.
Allocates funding from the Community Corrections
Subaccount to the counties for the 2012-13 and 2013-14
fiscal years only. This allocation was developed by the
California State Association of Counties and allowed
counties to pick the most favorable formula from three
formulas that included (a) caseload; (b) population
between 18 and 64; and (c) the 2011-12 formula, which
was based on a weighted formula composed of caseload,
population, and the SB 678 probation incentive program
success rate. A new methodology and schedule for
allocating funds shall be developed by DOF in
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consultation with the California State Association of
Counties commencing with the 2014-15 fiscal year.
Allocates funding from the from the District Attorney
and Public Defender Subaccount to the counties for the
2012-13 and 2013-14 fiscal years only. A new
methodology and schedule for allocating funds shall be
developed by DOF in consultation with the California
State Association of Counties commencing with the
2014-15 fiscal year.
Funds deposited in the Enhancing Law Enforcement
Activities Subaccount are allocated among counties
according to current law.
On August 25 of each year, funds allocated to the
Enhancing Law Enforcement Activities Growth Special
Account shall be allocated as follows: (a) 38.40% to
the Juvenile Probation and Camps Funding program; (b)
27.08% to the Community Oriented Policing Services
Program; (c) 27.08% to the Juvenile Justice Crime
Prevention Act program; and (d) 7.44% to the Juvenile
Camps and Ranches program.
Directs the monthly allocation of funds from the
Protective Services Subaccount to the County Protective
Services Subaccount. For the 2012-13 fiscal year the
distribution to each county shall be the same as that
used to distribute funds in the 2011-12 fiscal year
adjusted to reflect updated expenditures on Foster Care
Assistance and Adoptions Assistance Program payments and
for the distribution of the estimated funding for
implementation of AB 12 (Beall), Chapter 559, Statutes
of 2010. For the 2013-14 fiscal year, and each year
subsequent, DOF may develop a schedule in consultation
with the California State Association of Counties per
criteria. This bill authorizes up to $32,721,000
annually to be transferred to a Contract Special Account
of a designated county.
26. Directs Deposit of Growth Funds in County Accounts .
This bill directs the growth funds in state growth
special accounts to the appropriate county accounts as
follows:
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| Growth Account | Local Account |
|------------------------------+-------------------------|
|Protective Services Growth |Protective Services |
|Special Account |Subaccount |
|------------------------------+-------------------------|
|Behavioral Health Services |Behavioral Health |
|Growth Special Account |Subaccount |
|------------------------------+-------------------------|
|Trial Court Security Growth |Trial Court Security |
|Special Account |Subaccount |
|------------------------------+-------------------------|
|Community Corrections Growth |Community Corrections |
|Special Account |Subaccount |
|------------------------------+-------------------------|
|District Attorney and Public |District Attorney and |
|Defender Growth Special |Public Defender |
|Account |Subaccount |
|------------------------------+-------------------------|
|Juvenile Justice Growth |Juvenile Justice |
|Special Account |Subaccount |
| | |
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This bill further directs that the growth funds shall be
allocated to the local subaccounts in the percentages
provided. However, if the allocation methodology is not
specified in this bill, the growth funds shall be
allocated in accordance with schedules developed by DOF
in consultation with the California State Association of
Counties and in accordance with any criteria contained
in this bill.
27. Creates Local Innovation Subaccount . Starting in
2015-16, each county shall transfer to the Local
Innovation Subaccount 10 percent of the moneys received
during a fiscal year from each of the following state
accounts:
Trial Court Security Growth Special Account
Community Corrections Growth Special Account
District Attorney and Public Defender Growth
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Special Account
Juvenile Justice Growth Special Account
28. Incentive Funding from Protective Services Growth
Special Account . Starting in 2012-13, 10% of the growth
funding from the Protective Services Growth Special
Account shall only be allocated to counties that have
expended in that fiscal year an amount at least
equivalent to that which the county would have had to
spend in the absence of 2011 Realignment Legislation to
access augmentation funding pursuant to Welfare and
Institutions Code Section 10609.9. This determination
will be made as of August 1 of each year with data from
the prior fiscal year. This bill exempts small counties
from this provision. This bill also allocates this
growth funding among the counties per a schedule.
29. Community Corrections Growth Allocation . This bill
requires DOF to develop a schedule for allocating the
growth funding in the Community Corrections Growth
Special Account. The schedule shall reflect priorities
that promote the effective implementation of the 2011
Public Safety Realignment including the following: (a)
minimum allocations for each county; (b) establishment
of appropriate small county minimum allocations; (c)
adjustments for average daily population variations; (d)
other factors; and (e) implementation of 2011 Public
Safety Realignment consistent with cost effective
evidence based practices. This bill requires that DOF
consider a county's commitment to continuing, expanding,
or initiating community corrections practices, programs
and strategies that manage felony offender populations
most cost effectively by using evidence-based practices
when developing this formula to allocate the growth over
the next two years.
30. Re-Enacts Definitions Related to Child Welfare Services .
This bill re-enacts definitions related to child
welfare services that were realigned in the 2011
Realignment. This provision of law is related to 2011
Realignment.
31. Women and Children's Residential Treatment Services
Program . This bill authorizes six counties to establish
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the Women and Children's Residential Treatment Services
Special Account within their Behavioral Health
Subaccount. These six counties currently have
established programs and this bill dedicates money to
these programs in 2012-13 and ongoing. Funding is
allocated to Alameda County, Marin County, Los Angeles
County, San Diego County, San Francisco City and County,
and San Joaquin County for this purpose.
32. Contract Back with State Authorization . This bill
authorizes counties to contract with the Department of
Health Care Services or the Department of Social
Services to provide or administer the Drug Medi-Cal
Treatment Program and the Agency adoptions program.
Contracts would be exempt from certain aspects of the
Public Contract Code and contracts shall include
reimbursement to the state for the cost of providing the
services or activities.
33. Creates Contract Special Account . This bill authorizes
that up to $32,721,000 may be allocated annually to the
Contract Special Account of a designated county. This
account would be used to contract directly with the
Department of Social Services for the following
programs, services, and functions:
The Private Agency Adoptions Reimbursement Program.
The Chafee Post Secondary Education and Training
Voucher Program.
Health Care Oversight for Children in Foster Care.
Training, technical assistance, and other contracts
of statewide benefits.
Other contracts that counties, in consultation with
the Department of Social Services determine are in the
best interests of counties and the state.
Funds in this account shall not be subject to the
reallocation rules. If the funding is not fully
expended in a given fiscal year it shall be retained in
the fund for expenditure in the subsequent fiscal year.
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After consultation with the Department of Social
Services and the California State Association of
Counties, funding may be redistributed back to all
counties in the proportion that it was provided to the
Contract Special Account if it is determined it is not
needed to support the activities described above.
34. Allocations of the Youthful Offender Block Grant and
Juvenile Justice Reentry Grant . This bill directs the
allocation of the Youthful Offender Block Grant Special
Account and the Juvenile Justice Reentry Special Account
to each county according to current law. Under existing
law, the Director of DOF determines allocations that are
distributed monthly to the counties.
35. Reporting . This bill requires transmittal of all
schedules developed by DOF for the allocation of funding
that are transmitted to the State Controller also be
transmitted to the fiscal committees of the Legislature.
36. Mental Health Funding . The 2011 Realignment interacts
with 1991 Realignment by providing $1,120,551,000 from
2011 Realignment to fund mental health services that
were previously funded by 1991 Realignment. The 1991
Realignment funding that is no longer supporting these
mental health funds is transferred at the county to the
county CalWORKS Maintenance of Effort Subaccount in an
amount up to $1,120,551,000. Growth associated with
1991 realignment funding should continue to accrue to
the 1991 Mental Health Subaccount per current law and
practice.
Comments
This bill provides an ongoing statutory framework and
financing structure for 2011 Realignment. By 2014-15, the
2011 Realignment is expect to grow to over $6.8 billion,
which will provide counties with about $1 billion in
additional resources to cover necessary costs related to
2011 Realignment.
According to the Administration, the financing structure
and the allocation methodology for base allocations and
growth allocations were developed in consultation with the
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California State Association of Counties.
FISCAL EFFECT : Appropriation: Yes Fiscal Com.: Yes
Local: No
According to the Senate Budget and Fiscal Review Committee:
Legislation that enacted 2011 Realignment shifted
approximately $5.6 billion in state revenues and funding
responsibilities to local governments. This bill
furthers the implementation of the 2011 Realignment. To
the extent that the revenues realigned to the local
governments are growing beyond the natural growth of
caseload and costs related to the entitlement programs
realigned the counties may be accruing additional funding
beyond what would have reasonably been provided for by
the state in the annual budget act. However, conversely
if revenues are not performing at the level expected when
2011 Realignment was enacted the state may be saving
additional costs that would have otherwise been provided
in the budget act because the county is being required to
manage unfunded program growth in entitlements from
within the designated allocations.
This bill may have minor costs for the State Controller
and the Department of Finance related to creating and
publishing various schedules for allocation of funding as
directed by this bill.
The 2011 Realignment clarifies that reasonable costs
borne by local governments in implementing 2011
Realignment are required to be funded from 2011
Realignment funds. Therefore, this bill does not create
new mandates on local governments.
RJG:m 6/26/12 Senate Floor Analyses
SUPPORT/OPPOSITION: NONE RECEIVED
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