BILL ANALYSIS Ó SB 71 Page 1 SENATE THIRD READING SB 71 (Budget and Fiscal Review Committee) As Amended March 14, 2011 2/3 vote. Urgency SENATE VOTE :Vote not relevant SUMMARY : This is the Resources Trailer Bill for the Budget Act of 2011. It makes various changes necessary to implement the Budget Act of 2011. Specifically, this bill : 1)Ensures the continuing cleanup of Santa Susanna Field Laboratory (per existing statute) and allows for the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) process in the new agreements with the federal agencies to occur while prohibiting the transfer of toxic lands to the state. 2)Requires the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) to report by January 10 of every year on its interactions with a newly established foundation, the "CPUC Foundation," including any endorsements, funding, and actual and proposed expenditures by the CPUC, its officers or its staff with the CPUC Foundation. 3)Authorizes the State Water Board and the regional water quality control boards to include the regulatory and programmatic costs for the development of water quality control plans ("basin plans") as recoverable costs. 4)Requires the Governor to submit a zero-based fiscal year budget and programmatic review for 2012-13 for all state agency programs that implement water and ecosystem restoration activities in the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta (Delta), including those related to the CALFED Bay-Delta Program. 5)Eliminates state support for the California Network of Fairs including the annual transfer from the General Fund (GF). Repeals provisions related to the fairs including reporting, auditing, and program management, as well as technical changes necessary to remove state support for the program. 6)Provides for a monthly transfer from the Motor Vehicle Fuel Account to the GF in order to implement a reduction to the Off-Highway Vehicle program. SB 71 Page 2 7)Provides criteria for determining which units of the State Park System will be closed in order to implement the approved State Parks reduction. Provides liability assurances for parks that are closed, partially closed and those with service reductions. 8)Adds an urgency clause allowing this bill to take effect immediately upon enactment. FISCAL EFFECT : Enactment of this bill results in over $65 million in GF solutions, as assumed in the 2011-12 Budget Act. Analysis Prepared by : Christian Griffith / BUDGET / (916) 319-2099 FN: 0000054