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        SENATE THIRD READING
        SB 71 (Budget and Fiscal Review Committee)
        As Amended  August 24, 2012
        Majority vote

         SENATE VOTE  :Vote not relevant  
         
         SUMMARY  :  Eliminates, consolidates, or streamlines more than 200 
        reporting requirements for state agencies and departments and 
        eliminates six dormant state boards and committees.  Specifically, 
         this bill  :

        1)Eliminates more than 200 reporting requirements for state agencies 
          and departments and modifies more than 20 reports.

        2)Eliminates the Naturopathic Childbirth Attendance Advisory 
          Subcommittee and the Accountancy Board of Advisory Committee on 
          Ethics Curriculum.  Both entities were created to develop 
          recommendations for state agencies.  Both have completed their 
          task and are no longer necessary.

        3)Eliminates the Lead in Candy Interagency Collaborative, the 
          Advisory Committee on Automobile Insurance Fraud, the Committee on 
          Executive Salaries and the State Social Services Advisory 
          Committee on Welfare and Social Services.  All four entities have 
          not met in several years and are no longer necessary.

        FISCAL EFFECT  :  Minor savings for state government due to fewer 
        reporting requirements.
         
        COMMENTS  :  This bill reflects work done by the Assembly 
        Accountability Administrative Review  Committee (Accountability 
        Committee) and Assembly Budget Subcommittee No. 6 on Budget Process, 
        Oversight and Program Evaluation (Budget Subcommittee).  The 
        Accountability Committee vetted a proposal by the Administration to 
        eliminate or modify 375 reports.  Through public hearings and other 
        stakeholder input, the Accountability Committee recommended 
        retaining about 100 of the 375 reports to ensure the Legislature and 
        public continue to receive the information necessary for proper 
        review and oversight.  The reports included in this bill represent 
        those the Accountability Committee felt were appropriate to 
        eliminate and required legislative action to eliminate.  

        The Budget Subcommittee reviewed an administration proposal to 








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        eliminate boards and committees.  Through a public hearing and other 
        stakeholder input, it found bi-partisan consensus to eliminate six 
        unnecessary entities.  

        While these actions will not result in major savings for state 
        government, it will lessen burdens on state agencies and departments 
        and streamline government operations.


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


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