Amended in Assembly March 14, 2013

California Legislature—2013–14 Regular Session

Assembly Bill No. 113

Introduced by Committee on Budget (Blumenfield (Chair), Bloom, Bonilla, begin insert Campos, end insert Chesbro, Daly, Dickinson, Gordon, Jones-Sawyer, Mitchell, Mullin, Muratsuchi, Nazarian, Rendon, Stone, and Ting)

January 10, 2013

begin delete An act relating to the Budget Act of 2013. end delete begin insert An act to amend the Budget Act of 2012 by amending Items 0890-001-0001 and 0890-001-0228 of Section 2.00 of that act, relating to the state budget, and making an appropriation therefor, to take effect immediately, budget end insert begin insert bill. end insert

LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL’S DIGEST

AB 113, as amended, Committee on Budget. Budget Act of begin delete 2013. end delete begin insert 2012. end insert

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The Budget Act of 2012 appropriated $53,526,000 to the Secretary of State for purposes of filings and registrations during the 2012-13 fiscal year.

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This bill would increase this appropriation by $2,000,000 to $55,526,000. The bill would require that this increase be used for costs associated with reducing the processing time for business filings and require the Secretary of State to report on the 30th day of each month to the Joint Legislative Budget Committee on the Secretary of State’s progress in achieving those reductions.

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This bill would declare that it is to take effect immediately as a Budget Bill.

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This bill would express the intent of the Legislature to enact statutory changes relating to the Budget Act of 2013.

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Vote: majority. Appropriation:  begin delete no end delete begin insert yes end insert . Fiscal committee:  begin delete no end delete begin insert yes end insert . State-mandated local program: no.

The people of the State of California do enact as follows:

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begin insert SECTION 1. end insert   

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begin insert Item 0890-001-0001 of Section 2.00 of the end insert begin insert Budget
Act of 2012 end insert begin insert is amended to read: end insert

 

0890-001-0001--For support of Secretary of State

31,764,000

Schedule:

(1)

10-Filings and Registrations    begin delete end delete

begin delete 53,526,000 end delete begin delete end delete begin insert 55,526,000 end insert

(2)

20-Elections

36,014,000

(3)

30-Archives

10,897,000

(4)

40-Department of Justice Legal Services

333,000

(5)

50.01-Administration and Technology

23,962,000

(6)

50.02-Distributed Administration and Technology

−23,962,000

(7)

Reimbursements

−10,575,000

(8)

Amount payable from the Secretary of State’s Business Fees Fund (Item 0890-001-0228)    begin delete end delete

begin delete −40,231,000 end delete begin delete end delete begin insert -42,231,000 end insert

(9)

Amount payable from the Federal Trust Fund (Item 0890-001-0890)

−16,602,000

(10)

Amount payable from the Victims of Corporate Fraud Compensation Fund (Corporations Code 1502.5)

−1,598,000

Provisions:

1.

The Secretary of State may not expend any special handling fees authorized by Chapter 999 of the Statutes of 1999 which are collected in excess of the cost of administering those special handling fees unless specifically authorized by the Legislature.

2.

Of the amounts appropriated in this item, $16,602,000 shall be used for operational costs associated with implementation of the Help America Vote Act of 2002 (42 U.S.C. Sec. 15301 et seq.).

3.

Of the funds appropriated in this item, $5,733,000 is available for preparing, printing, and mailing the state ballot pamphlet pursuant to Article 7 (commencing with Section 9080) of Chapter 1 of Division 9 of the Elections Code. Any unexpended funds pursuant to this provision shall revert to the General Fund.

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begin insert The $2,000,000 increase to Schedule (1) made by Assembly Bill 113 of the 2013-14 Regular Session shall be used for costs associated with reducing the processing time for business filings. The Secretary of State shall report to the Joint Legislative Budget Committee on the 30th day of each month regarding the Secretary of State’s progress on reducing the processing time for business filings. end insert

 

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begin insert SEC. 2. end insert   

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begin insert Item 0890-001-0228 of Section 2.00 of the end insert begin insert Budget Act
of 2012 end insert begin insert is amended to read: end insert

 

0890-001-0228--For support of Secretary of State, for payment to Item 0890-001-0001, payable from the Secretary of State’s Business Fees Fund    begin delete end delete

begin delete 40,231,000 end delete begin delete end delete begin insert 42,231,000 end insert

 

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begin insert SEC. 3. end insert   

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This act is a Budget Bill within the meaning of
subdivision (e) of Section 12 of Article IV of the California
Constitution and shall take effect immediately.

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SECTION 1.  

It is the intent of the Legislature to enact statutory
changes relating to the Budget Act of 2013.

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