BILL NUMBER: AB 113	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  MARCH 14, 2013

INTRODUCED BY   Committee on Budget (Blumenfield (Chair), Bloom,
Bonilla,  Campos,  Chesbro, Daly, Dickinson, Gordon,
Jones-Sawyer, Mitchell, Mullin, Muratsuchi, Nazarian, Rendon, Stone,
and Ting))

                        JANUARY 10, 2013

    An act relating to the Budget Act of 2013.  
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   bill. 


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 113, as amended, Committee on Budget. Budget Act of 
2013.   2012.  
   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.  
   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. 

   This bill would declare that it is to take effect immediately as a
Budget Bill.  
   This bill would express the intent of the Legislature to enact
statutory changes relating to the Budget Act of 2013. 
   Vote: majority. Appropriation:  no   yes
 . Fiscal committee:  no   yes  .
State-mandated local program: no.


THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   SECTION 1.    Item 0890-001-0001 of Section 2.00 of
the   Budget Act of 2012   is amended to read:

0890-001-0001--For support of Secretary of
State...................................... 31,764,000
    Schedule:
    (1)    10-Filings and
           Registrations.......    53,526,000 
                                   55,526,000 
    (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)......   -40,231,000  

                                  -42,231,000 
    (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.
    4.     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. 


   SEC. 2.    Item 0890-001-0228 of Section 2.00 of the
  Budget Act of 2012   is amended to read: 
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................   40,231,000

                                              42,231,000 


   SEC. 3.    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. 

  SECTION 1.    It is the intent of the Legislature
to enact statutory changes relating to the Budget Act of 2013.