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                                 THIRD READING


          Bill No:  AB 1489
          Author:   Assembly Budget Committee  
          Amended:  8/22/12 in Senate
          Vote:     21

           
           ASSEMBLY FLOOR  :  Not relevant


           SUBJECT  :    Budget Trailer Bill:  state government

           SOURCE  :     Author


           DIGEST  :    This bill eliminates the following government 
          entities as included in the Governors May Revision to the 
          2012-13 Budget:  (1) Accountancy Board Advisory Committee 
          on Ethics Curriculum; (2) Advisory Committee on Automobile 
          Insurance Fund; (3) Committee on Executive Salaries; (4) 
          Crime Lab Review Task Force; (5) Lead in Candy Interagency 
          Collaborative; (6) Naturopathic Childbirth Attendance 
          Advisory Subcommittee, and (7) State Social Services 
          Advisory Board Committee on Welfare and Social Services.  
          This bill appropriates $1,000 from the General Fund to the 
          Department of Finance for administrative costs related to 
          this bill.

           Senate Floor Amendments  of 8/22/12 delete the prior version 
          of the bill which expressed intent to pass a Budget Trailer 
          Bill and instead replace it with the above language.

           ANALYSIS  :    The bill eliminates the following entities as 
          included in the Governor's May Revision to the 2012-13 
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          Budget.  After further review the Senate Budget and Fiscal 
          Review Committee staff has determined that the following 
          entities have either completed their assigned task, are 
          redundant, or inactive. 

           Accountancy Board Advisory Committee on Ethics Curriculum  .  
          The Committee was created in 2009 under the jurisdiction of 
          the California Board of Accountancy to develop guidelines 
          for new units of ethics study required for licensure.  The 
          Committee submitted its report on July 21, 2011, thus 
          completing its task.

           Advisory Committee on Automobile Insurance Fraud  .  The 
          Committee was created in 1994 to advise the Department of 
          Insurance on ways to coordinate the investigation, 
          prosecution and prevention of automobile insurance claims 
          fraud.  The Committee has not met in seven to eight years.

           Committee on Executive Salaries  .  Created in the early 
          1970s, the Committee is intended to investigate and study 
          all pertinent data regarding salary changes of state 
          personnel and similar executive positions in private and 
          other government organizations in order to assist the 
          Governor and the Legislature in maintaining equitable 
          salary relations internally among the various executives.  
          It is difficult to determine when the Committee last met, 
          or if it ever met.  The Administration notes that some 
          executive salaries are set in statute, while other salaries 
          for positions exempt from collective bargaining are 
          determined by the Department of Human Resources.

           Crime Lab Review Task Force  .  The task force was created to 
          review and make recommendations as to how best to 
          configure, fund, and improve the delivery of state and 
          local crime laboratory services in the future.  The task 
          force was required to publish a report in 2009 regarding 
          its ecommendations, which it did.  It has not met since 
          then.

           Lead in Candy Interagency Collaborative  .  The purpose of 
          the collaborative is to provide oversight and 
          recommendations to the Department of Public Health and the 
          Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment in the 
          implementation of this bill's provisions and the 

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          development and revision of regulatory standards for lead 
          in candy.  The collaborative may periodically consult with 
          federal agencies such as the United States Food and Drug 
          Administration and United States Consumer Products Safety 
          Commission, the candy industry, and recognized experts in 
          the field.  This Committee last met in 2007.

           Naturopathic Childbirth Attendance Advisory Subcommittee  .  
          The Subcommittee was created to issue recommendations to 
          the Osteopathic Medical Board of California concerning the 
          practice of naturopathic childbirth attendance based on 
          review of naturopathic medical education and training.  The 
          Subcommittee has submitted its recommendations to the 
          Legislature.

           State Social Services Advisory Board Committee on Welfare 
          and Social Services  .  This Committee was eliminated in 1993 
          but a statutory reference remains in the Welfare and 
          Institutions Code (Welfare and Institutions Code 10605.2.). 
           The Administration is seeking a technical clean-up that 
          would eliminate this reference.

           FISCAL EFFECT  :    Appropriation:  Yes   Fiscal Com.:  Yes   
          Local:  No

          Appropriates $1,000 from the General Fund.


          DLW:k  8/23/12   Senate Floor Analyses 

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