BILL ANALYSIS Ó
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( Without Reference to File )
CONCURRENCE IN SENATE AMENDMENTS
AB 101 (Budget Committee)
As Amended September 11, 2013
Majority vote. Budget Bill Takes Effect Immediately
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|ASSEMBLY: |51-24|(May 13, 2013) |SENATE: |35-2 |(September 12, |
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Original Committee Reference: BUDGET
SUMMARY : Amends the 2013-14 Budget Act, which was adopted on
June 15, 2013, in AB 110 (Blumenfield), Chapter 20. This bill,
when combined with AB 110 (the main Budget bill), constitutes
the 2013-14 Budget Act.
The Senate amendments delete the Assembly version of this bill,
and instead:
1)Make conforming changes to implement the Active Transportation
Program and remove provisions that froze funding for
human-powered transportation programs which would now be
subject to the Active Transportation Program guidelines.
2)Specify that $24 million of transportation funding through the
Active Transportation Program will be spent on the Safe Routes
to Schools program, with at least $7.2 million being spent on
non-infrastructure grants.
3)Specify $7 million will be spent on the Environmental
Enhancement and Mitigation Program.
4)Remove provisions specifying the number of inmates authorized
to be housed in correctional facilities located outside of
California.
5)Remove the authority to transfer funds appropriated for the
purpose of housing inmates outside of California.
6)Reappropriate $270,000 to the California State Auditor's (CSA)
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Office from the Private Postsecondary Education Administration
Fund to be used by the CSA to conduct a performance audit of
the Bureau for Private Postsecondary Education's operations.
7)Clarify legislative intent that the Secretary of State's
Business Programs Division must report to the Legislature
quarterly at the end of this calendar year, assuming the
five-day processing time is being met for business filings.
8)Eliminate a duplicative appropriation for the State Board of
Education for implementation of the Local Control Funding
Formula (LCFF).
9)Adjust funding for CalWORKs Stage 3 Child Care to correct the
budgeted amount to reflect expected caseload for the program.
10)Add new provisions to state funding for County Veterans
Service Offices (CVSOs) to allow $3 million in new funding
provided in the Budget Act to be dispersed to counties
quickly. The additional funding will be sent to counties
based on 2012-13 workload within 30 days of this bill's
enactment. This will allow CVSOs to quickly ramp up services
to veterans. In addition, $400,000 will be used for a
statewide outreach campaign to alert veterans to federal
benefits that may be available to them.
11)Add $422,000 General Fund to the Community College
Chancellor's Office to create four new positions. The
positions will help implement new programs or oversee
additional duties given to the Chancellor's Office in the
Budget Act, including new information technology programs,
overseeing the distribution of planning grants for regional
adult education consortia, and overseeing an apprenticeship
program that was moved from the Department of Education to the
Chancellor's Office.
12)Clarify legislative intent from the Budget Act that $500,000
in new funding to provide outreach regarding the new Middle
Class Scholarship program does not need to be used in the same
manner as other college outreach programs. Other programs
require local matching funds and a tutoring component; this
new funding will not include the same requirements.
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13)Clarify legislative intent that the Proposition 39 funding
for community colleges shall be dispersed by the Chancellor's
Office per requirements in previous legislation and based on
guidelines created by the Chancellor's Office on May 29, 2013.
14)Clarify legislative intent from the Budget Act that
apprenticeship programs operated by local education agencies
can continue to operate in a similar manner even after the
programs' oversight is transferred to the Community College
Chancellor's Office.
15)Remove the Physical Plant and Instructional Support community
college categorical program from the list of programs that
districts can "flex," or use for any program. The 2013 Budget
Act included an additional $30 million in one-time funding for
this program, signaling legislative intent to use the funds
within this categorical, which supports maintenance and repair
projects and instructional equipment and library materials.
16)Provide early repayment of two General Fund loans totaling
$24.55 million and transfer to the Air Quality Improvement
Fund with direction that these funds be spent by the Air
Resources Board on the Clean Vehicle Rebate Project.
17)Direct the Department of Pesticide Regulation to conduct a
minimum of five risk assessments per year.
18)Allow for the use of State General Fund for the County Health
Initiative Matching Fund program (CHIM).
19)Authorize the transfer of funds to cover the non-federal
share of expenses in the CHIM program in counties that have
been participating in CHIM as of March 23, 2010.
20)Make other clarifying, conforming, and technical changes.
21)Contain an appropriation allowing this bill to take effect
immediately upon enactment.
COMMENTS : This bill amends the original budget bill to achieve
the expenditure levels and solutions assumed in the overall
budget package.
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This bill is identical to SB 95, passed by the Assembly on
September 11, 2013, with the exception of provisions noted in
the above summary as 18) and 19) which allow for State General
Fund support of the CHIM program. These additional provisions
protect the state from the potential loss of substantial federal
funding that could occur if the state violates a federal
maintenance-of-effort requirement as a result of diminishing
local funding for CHIM services.
Analysis Prepared by : Zoe Adler and Andrea Margolis / BUDGET
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