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THIRD READING
Bill No: AB 482
Author: Atkins (D), et al.
Amended: 9/3/13 in Senate
Vote: 21
SENATE NATURAL RESOURCES AND WATER COMMITTEE : 6-1, 7/1/13
AYES: Pavley, Cannella, Hueso, Jackson, Lara, Monning
NOES: Fuller
NO VOTE RECORDED: Evans, Wolk
SENATE APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE : 5-2, 8/30/13
AYES: De Le�n, Hill, Lara, Padilla, Steinberg
NOES: Walters, Gaines
ASSEMBLY FLOOR : 57-19, 5/30/13 - See last page for vote
SUBJECT : California Cultural and Historical Endowment
SOURCE : Author
DIGEST : This bill transfers the California Cultural and
Historical Endowment (CCHE) from the California State Library to
the Natural Resources Agency (Agency) and allows the CCHE to
create a competitive grant program to support small capital
projects in museums and to fund that program with proceeds from
a new specialty license plate.
ANALYSIS : Existing law, the CCHE Act, establishes the CCHE in
the California State Library, and provides that it is chaired by
the State Librarian. Among other things, the CCHE Act
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authorizes the CCHE to make grants and loans on a competitive
basis to public agencies and nonprofit organizations, as
defined, to encourage development of California's historical and
cultural resources and requires the CCHE to undertake a
comprehensive survey of the state of cultural and historical
preservation, accessibility, and interpretation in California.
This bill:
1. This bill transfers the CCHE from the California State
Library to the Agency.
2. Leaves CCHE board membership the same, but make the Agency's
Secretary the chair.
3. Authorizes the CCHE to create a new competitive grant program
to support small capital projects in museums, as specified.
4. If the CCHE creates the new grant program, requires the CCHE
to apply, to the Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) to create
a specialized license plate program whose revenue will be the
sole support of the new grant program. Proceeds from the
plates will be deposited in the fund.
5. Provides that once the revenues are received from the
specialty license plate, the grant program may only be funded
upon appropriation of the Legislature, through specialty
license plate revenues.
Background
The CCHE was established in the State Library in 2003 (AB 716,
Firebaugh, Chapter 1126, Statutes of 2002) to assist and enhance
the services of California's museums and other institutions that
undertake cultural projects. The CCHE is led by a 10-member
board which includes the State Library (as chair), the Agency,
the Director of Finance, three members appointed by the
Governor, two members appointed by the Senate Rules Committee,
and two members appointed by the Assembly Speaker.
The CCHE Fund (Fund) is created in the Education Code Section
20060 and receives monies from gifts, donations, and other
financial support from public and private sources. The Fund is
continuously appropriated to the CCHE.
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Voters approved the California Clean Water, Clean Air, Safe
Neighborhood Parks, and Coastal Protection Act of 2002
(Proposition 40), which made available monies for the
acquisition, restoration, preservation, and interpretation of
California's historical and cultural resources. Over $120
million has been distributed by the CCHE to date. In this
year's budget, the remaining $1.4M of Proposition 40 monies
reserved for historical and cultural resources was appropriated
to CCHE for a final year of grants under its existing grant
program.
Existing law allows any state agency to apply to the DMV to
sponsor a specialized license plate program. The DMV may issue
the new plates if certain conditions are met, including that the
license plate publicizes or promotes the agency or its mission,
at least 7,5000 applications and fees are received within a
24-month period, and plate revenues are exclusively for projects
and programs that promotes the agency's policy, mission, or
work. The sponsoring state agency may use no more than 25% of
the place proceeds on administrative costs or marketing of the
specialized plate.
FISCAL EFFECT : Appropriation: Yes Fiscal Com.: No Local:
No
According to the Senate Appropriations Committee:
Ongoing annual costs, of approximately $400,000 for the CCHE's
administrative costs for the grant program. These costs will
completely be borne by revenues from the specialty license
plate.
One-time costs of approximately $400,000 from the Motor
Vehicle Account (special) to the DMV to establish a program
for each new plate design that meets the 7,500 application
threshold by January 1, 2015. These costs will be fully
covered by fees paid in advance by applicants. Ongoing DMV
costs to administer the issuance and renewal of the specialty
plate will also be fully covered by fees.
Unknown ongoing revenue, anticipated in the hundreds of
thousands to millions of dollars, to the CCHE Fund (special)
depending on the participation rate in the museum specialty
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license plate.
SUPPORT : (Verified 8/30/13)
Aerospace Museum of California
Autry National Center of the American West
Balboa Art Conservation Center
Bay Area Discovery Museum
Bay Area Electric Railroad Museum/Western Railway Museum
Blackhawk Museum
Cal Humanities
California Association of Museums
California Indian Museum & Cultural Center
Charles M. Schulz Museum & Research Center
Child Creativity Lab
Children's Discovery Museum of San Jose
Children's Museum of Stockton
Conference of California Historical Societies
Costa Mesa Historical Society
Descanso Gardens
East Bay Zoological Society (Oakland Zoo)
Eastern California Museum, County of Inyo
Escondido History Center
Exhibit Envoy
Greater Los Angeles Zoo Association
Japanese American Museum of San Jose
Kidspace Children's Museum
Laguna Art Museum
Maturango Museum, Death Valley Tourist Center
Milliken Museum Society
Monterey County Agricultural & Rural Life Museum
Oakland Museum of California
Rancho Camulos Museum
San Jose Museum of Art
San Mateo County Historical Association
Santa Barbara Museum of Art
Santa Barbara Zoo
Santa Cruz Museum of Natural History
Santa Monica Museum of Art
Shasta Historical Society
Stagecoach Inn Museum
The Haggin Museum
The Museum of Contemporary Art in San Diego
The National Ag Science Center
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Triton Museum of Art
Tustin Area Historical Society
Vacaville Museum
Valley Center Historical Society
William S Hart Museum
ARGUMENTS IN SUPPORT : According to the author, "the [CCHE] is
winding down its grant program administering approximately $122
million for 180 capital projects and planning grants in the
state. An opportunity has arisen for the Agency to move from
the State Library system to the [Agency], which would result in
a cost savings for both the [CCHE] and the State Library. AB
482 has urgency because of the potential $30,000 in annual
administrative savings in moving to the [Agency]."
A proposed special interest license plate program, "would
provide ongoing revenues which could be used to develop a
competitive grant program to support small capital projects in
museums, consistent with the original enabling legislation that
created the [CCHE]."
"Divisions within the [Agency] have experience in overseeing and
managing cultural and historic properties and this move will
allow co-locating the [CCHE] with peer agencies that have
similar missions."
ASSEMBLY FLOOR : 57-19, 5/30/13
AYES: Achadjian, Alejo, Ammiano, Atkins, Bloom, Blumenfield,
Bocanegra, Bonilla, Bonta, Bradford, Brown, Buchanan, Ian
Calderon, Campos, Chau, Ch�vez, Chesbro, Cooley, Daly,
Dickinson, Eggman, Fong, Fox, Frazier, Garcia, Gatto, Gomez,
Gonzalez, Gordon, Gorell, Gray, Hall, Roger Hern�ndez,
Jones-Sawyer, Levine, Lowenthal, Medina, Mitchell, Mullin,
Muratsuchi, Nazarian, Olsen, Pan, Perea, V. Manuel P�rez,
Quirk, Quirk-Silva, Rendon, Salas, Skinner, Stone, Ting,
Weber, Wieckowski, Williams, Yamada, John A. P�rez
NOES: Allen, Bigelow, Dahle, Donnelly, Beth Gaines, Grove,
Hagman, Harkey, Jones, Linder, Logue, Maienschein, Mansoor,
Melendez, Morrell, Nestande, Patterson, Wagner, Waldron
NO VOTE RECORDED: Conway, Holden, Wilk, Vacancy
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SUPPORT/OPPOSITION: SEE ABOVE
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