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THIRD READING
Bill No: AB 102
Author: Assembly Budget Committee
Amended: 8/27/13 in Senate
Vote: 21
SENATE BUDGET & FISCAL REVIEW COMMITTEE : 10-5, 9/9/13
AYES: Leno, Beall, Block, DeSaulnier, Hancock, Hill, Jackson,
Monning, Roth, Torres
NOES: Emmerson, Berryhill, Nielsen, Wright, Wyland
NO VOTE RECORDED: Anderson
ASSEMBLY FLOOR : Not relevant
SUBJECT : Resources Omnibus Trailer Bill
SOURCE : Author
DIGEST : This bill makes various changes to implement the
energy, resources, environmental protection and agriculture
budget actions adopted as part of the 2013-14 Budget package.
ANALYSIS : As part of the 2013-14 Budget package, this bill
makes various statutory changes to implement the Budget Act.
This bill includes the following key changes:
1. Shifts the Ocean Protection Council to the Natural Resources
Agency and consolidates ocean programs under the Secretary
for Natural Resources. Does not impact the ability of the
Department of Fish and Wildlife to regulate the taking of
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species under the Fish and Game Code.
2. Allows 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. Repeals a provision requiring that certain funds appropriated
to the Department of Fish and Wildlife from the California
Environmental License Plate Fund be transferred to the
Department of Parks and Recreation (DPR) for trust purposes.
The intent of the legislation was met in a prior budget act
and is no longer necessary.
4. Allows members of the Legislature to designate an alternate
to sit on Natural Resources Agency boards and commissions.
Because these members are ex-officio and do not vote, the
alternates will have the same restrictions.
5. Prioritizes small, and then medium-sized, local air districts
with regard to the allocation of funding for the retrofit or
replacement of the most polluting school buses because these
districts lack the local funding to bring the remaining
school buses into compliance with the Truck and Bus
Regulation.
6. Provides 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.
7. Reforms 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 redeem beverage containers for
which a California Redemption Value has been paid.
8. Provides technical cleanup to extend the repeal date that
allows the Department of Finance to delegate to the DPR
authority to plan, design, construct and administer contracts
and professional services for legislatively-approved capital
outlay projects, as is consistent with other boards and
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departments.
9. Makes technical statutory changes to eliminate the
non-critical functions of the Department of Forestry and Fire
Protection, and reduce the statutory responsibilities of the
department, in order to meet workload within its authorized
spending levels.
10.Provides the necessary statutory changes to shift the
Education and the Environment Initiative from the Secretary
for the California Environmental Protection Agency to
CalRecycle.
11.Requires 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, obligates the General Fund in the
future.
12.Requires the California Alternative Energy and Advanced
Transportation Financing Authority to develop and administer
a risk mitigation program for Property Assessed Clean Energy
loans.
13.Provides for the transfer of a Department of Transportation
building to DPR for incorporation into the capital
development plan for the San Diego State Historic Park.
14.Extends 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.
15.Eliminates the term limits on voting members of the Delta
Stewardship Council.
16.Requires the California Energy Commission, in administering
the Electric Program Investment Charge as developed by the
Public Utilities Commission (PUC), 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.
17.Makes several changes to the PUC including: (a) approves $35
million for cyber-security research at the Lawrence Livermore
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National Laboratory, (b) provides for a zero-based budgeting
exercise at the PUC to be reported to the Legislature in
18-months, (c) creates the Office of Ratepayer Advocates as a
separate budgetary program at the PUC, with a separate budget
and positions, and, (d) requires notice to the Legislature of
future litigation settlements. Does not make changes to the
commissioner elections or case assignments, nor to the
executive leadership of the PUC.
FISCAL EFFECT : Appropriation: Yes Fiscal Com.: Yes
Local: Yes
According to the Senate Budget and Fiscal Review Committee
analysis, this bill does not result in any changes to the Budget
Act or related Budget actions.
JJA:d 9/10/13 Senate Floor Analyses
SUPPORT/OPPOSITION: NONE RECEIVED
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