BILL ANALYSIS Ó
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CONCURRENCE IN SENATE AMENDMENTS
AB 77 (Budget Committee)
As Amended June 14, 2013
Majority vote. Budget Bill Appropriation Takes Effect
Immediately
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|ASSEMBLY: | |(May 13, 2013) |SENATE: |25-10|(June 15, |
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Original Committee Reference: BUDGET
SUMMARY : Contains necessary statutory and technical changes to
implement the Budget Act of 2013 related to resources.
The Senate amendments delete the Assembly version and instead:
1)Shift the Ocean Protection Council to the Natural Resources
Agency and consolidates ocean programs under the Secretary for
Natural Resources.
2)Allow revenues from agricultural leases provided to the state
to be directed to the management of those leases rather than
for the future purchase of state lands.
3)Provide a change to the Architectural Paint Recovery Program
and Carpet Stewardship Program at the Department of Resources
Recycling and Recovery (CalRecycle) to allow the
administrative fees supporting these programs to be paid
quarterly in arrears rather than yearly.
4)Reform the Beverage Container Recycling Program at CalRecycle
in order to: a) create a more stringent certification
process, b) provide a new, formal training and technical
assistance program, mandate the use of certain updated
information technology tools, and, c) restrict recycling
centers to only redeeming beverage containers for which a
California Redemption Value has been paid.
5)Make technical statutory changes to the Department of Forestry
and Fire Protection to eliminate the non-critical functions,
and reduce the statutory responsibilities of the department,
in order to meet workload within its authorized spending
levels.
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6)Provide the necessary statutory changes to shift the Education
and the Environment Initiative from the Secretary for Cal-EPA
to the CalRecycle.
7)Require Joint Legislative Budget Committee notification within
30 days of any hydroelectric power project relicensing
proposal by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission that, if
approved by the department, would obligate the General Fund in
the future.
8)Require the California Alternative Energy and Advanced
Transportation Financing Authority to develop and administer a
risk mitigation program for Property Assessed Clean Energy
(PACE) loans.
9)Provide for the transfer of a CalTrans building to the
Department of Parks and Recreation for incorporation into the
capital development plan for the San Diego State Historic
Park.
10)Extend a concession agreement at Will Rogers State Beach to
exceed 20 years in order to allow the concessionaire to
amortize improvements over a longer period of time.
11)Eliminate the term limits on voting members of the Delta
Stewardship Council.
12)Require the California Energy Commission, in administering
the Electric Program Investment Charge as developed by the
California Public Utilities Commission, to develop and
administer this program with a focus on ratepayers and with
annual reporting to the Legislature. Does not change the
authorization status of the program.
13)Make several changes to the California Public Utilities
Commission (CPUC) including: a) approves $30 million for
cyber-security research at the Lawrence Livermore National
Laboratory; b) provides for a zero-based budgeting exercise at
the CPUC to be reported to the Legislature in 18-months; c)
creates the Office of Ratepayer Advocates as a separate
budgetary program at the CPUC with separate budget and
positions; and, d) requires notice to the Legislature of
future litigation settlements.
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14)Contain an appropriation allowing this bill to take effect
immediately upon enactment.
COMMENTS : This bill provides the necessary statutory references
to enact the 2013-14 Budget related to resources, environmental
protection, energy and agriculture.
There are two differences between this bill and the Assembly
version on the Resources Omnibus trailer bill. The first is
that the Senate version deletes a provision from the Conference
Committee compromise that allows members of the Legislature to
designate an alternate to sit on Natural Resources Agency boards
and Commissions.
The second difference is the start date for the prohibition of a
currently seated CPUC Commissioner acting as an owner, director,
or an officer of a non-state entity which was created by the
CPUC. The Senate version's operational date is January 1,
2015. The Assembly version has an earlier start date for the
prohibition, January 1, 2014. The early start date means that
the prohibition would apply to current Commissioners.
Analysis Prepared by : Gabrielle Meindl / BUDGET / (916)
319-2099
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