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                                                                  AB 1495
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          (  Without Reference to File  )

          CONCURRENCE IN SENATE AMENDMENTS
          AB 1495 (Budget Committee)
          As Amended  June 14, 2012
          Majority vote.  Budget Bill Appropriation Takes Effect 
          Immediately

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          |ASSEMBLY:  |     |(March 22,      |SENATE: |25-14|(June 15,      |
          |           |     |2012)           |        |     |2012)          |
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                          (vote not relevant)           

          Original Committee Reference:   BUDGET  

           SUMMARY  :  This bill is a trailer bill that is part of the 
          overall 2012-13 budget package.  This bill is intended be 
          enacted after the passage of either SB 1004 or AB 1464 (the 
          proposed 2012-13 Budget Act) to modify that bill to achieve the 
          solutions assumed in the 2012-13 budget package.  
           
          The Senate amendments  delete the Assembly version of this bill, 
          and instead:  

           1)Reduce a loan from the National Mortgage Settlement deposit 
            fund to the General Fund to offset Department of Justice costs 
            from $100 million to $50 million.

          2)Reduce funding for California Work Opportunities and 
            Responsibility for Kids (CalWORKs) Single Allocation 
            administrative funding to reflect savings associated with 
            reporting requirements from semi-annual to annual for CalWORKs 
            Safety Net cases.

          3)Remove a provision to delay repaying part of a loan from the 
            State Highway Account to the General Fund in 2011-12.

          4)Remove a provision to delay repaying part of a loan from the 
            State Highway Account to the General Fund in the 2012-13.

          5)Remove a provision to delay repaying part of a loan from the 
            California Beverage Container Recycling Fund to the General 
            Fund in 2011-12.









                                                                  AB 1495
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          6)Remove a provision to delay repaying part of a loan from the 
            California Beverage Container Recycling Fund to the General 
            Fund in 2012-13.

          7)Authorize a new loan of $50 million from the State Highway 
            Account to the General Fund that would be repaid in 2015-16.

          8)Remove a provision included in the Budget related to hydraulic 
            fracturing.  This provision was included in last year's budget 
            and retained in the Budget Bill by the Department of Finance.

          9)Add an appropriation allowing this bill to take effect 
            immediately upon enactment.

           AS PASSED BY THE ASSEMBLY  , this bill expressed the intent of the 
          Legislature to enact statutory changes relating to the Budget 
          Act of 2012. 

           COMMENTS  :  The bill is intended to amend the 2012-13 Budget Act, 
          as articulated in SB 1004 and AB 1464, to achieve the overall 
          solutions level assumed in the budget summary.


           Analysis Prepared by  :                           Mark Martin / 
          Budget / (916) 319-2099                                     


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