BILL NUMBER: AB 837 AMENDED
BILL TEXT
AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY MAY 1, 2013
INTRODUCED BY Assembly Member Campos
( Coauthors: Assembly Members
Fong and Fox )
FEBRUARY 21, 2013
An act to add Section 12096.4.9 to the Government Code, relating
to economic development.
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
AB 837, as amended, Campos. Economic development programs:
reporting.
The Economic Revitalization Act establishes the Governor's Office
of Business and Economic Development, also known as "GO-Biz," to
serve the Governor as the lead entity for economic strategy and the
marketing of California on issues relating to business development,
private sector investment, and economic growth.
This bill would require an administrative lead center,
the State Chair of the California Small Business
Development Center Leadership Council, established under a
specified federal program, to report specific
information to GO-Biz and the Legislature for
relating to any year that state funds
are appropriated to support an Administrative Lead Center under
that federal program , and make legislative findings
and declarations in this regard. This bill , and
would also , in turn,
require the director of GO-Biz to provide that report to the
Legislature and post a the report
required under these provisions on the
office's GO-Biz Internet Web site. This
bill would also require the state chair, as a condition of accepting
state funds, to allow access to other information about the program
under certain conditions. This bill would make legislative
findings and declarations in this regard.
Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: yes.
State-mandated local program: no.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. The Legislature finds and declares all of the
following:
(a) The California Small Business Development Center Program, a
part of the federal Small Business Development Center Program, plays
a primary role in providing technical assistance to the state's small
businesses and provides verified positive outcomes to the state's
economy.
(b) Within the state, the California Small Business Development
Center Program is administered through six Regional Small Business
Development Center Networks, as follows: Northern California,
Northeastern California, Central California, Orange County/Inland
Empire, Los Angeles, and San Diego. Each regional network is managed
by an Administrative Lead Center, designated by the federal Small
Business Administration through a cooperative agreement, and
affiliated with one of the following public
institutions institution of higher
education : California State University, Humboldt;
California State University, Chico; University of California, Merced;
Long Beach Community College District; California State University,
Fullerton; and Southwestern Community College District .
The centers are responsible for securing required one-to-one matching
funds to draw down federal appropriations, according to a
population-based formula determined by the United States Census, and
the regional networks are held accountable for their productivity and
required to submit regular performance reports to the Office of
Small Business Development Centers, within the federal Small Business
Administration.
(c) Throughout the six regional networks there are more than 30
full-time Small Business Development Centers, with multiple
additional outreach locations serving small businesses in this state.
These centers provide assistance to existing businesses in the areas
of financing, government contracting, business planning and
management, marketing, international trade, energy efficiency and
sustainability, and disaster preparedness. The centers also provide
expert advice to technology companies in the areas of business and
financial plan preparation, angel and venture capital presentation
preparation, funding strategies, product positioning, market launch
strategies, applications for federal grants, technology transfers
with research universities, intellectual property issues, and
strategic partnerships. The centers work in collaboration with
various partners to provide these services, including, but not
limited to, community colleges, grantees of the federal
Minority Business Development Agency, the federal Small
Business Administration, the United States Department of
Commerce, the United States Department of Agriculture, the Governor's
Office of Business and Economic Development, the California
Innovation Hub Program, the California Community
Colleges Economic and Workforce Development Program,
Colleges, the California State University, the University of
California, local workforce investment boards, economic
developers, cities, counties, and chambers of commerce.
(d) The California Small Business Development Center Leadership
Council is comprised of the directors of the six Regional
Small Business Development Center Networks.
Administrative Lead Centers that coordinate the regional networks of
small business development centers. The council is the
statewide entity tasked with negotiating partnerships on behalf of
the California Small Business Development Center Program, leveraging
operational and technical assistance for best practices across the
six regions, and working with the state government to maximize the
economic impact of the federal Small Business Development Center
Program within the state.
SEC. 2. Section 12096.4.9 is added to the Government Code, to
read:
12096.4.9. (a) On or before August 30 following any year that
state funds are appropriated to an Administrative Lead Center for
the support of the California Small Business Development
Center Program, the Administrative Lead Center that oversees
the Regional Small Business Development Center Network that received
that state funding shall State Chair of
the California Small Business Development Center Leadership Council
shall provide a written report to the office
and the Legislature, in compliance with Section 9795, on the
activities and performance goals of the California Small Business
Development Center Program in that region. An Administrative Lead
Center accepts this reporting requirement as a condition of receiving
the state funds described in this subdivision.
consistent with the requirements of this section.
(b) Each Administrative Lead Center accepts the reporting
requirement in this section as a condition of receiving state funds.
As a further condition for receiving state funds, the State Chair of
the California Small Business Development Center Leadership Council
shall arrange to provide the office with access to similar
information, in both a similar timeframe and format, that an
Administrative Lead Center may provide to the federal Small Business
Administration on client services and the economic impact of the
California Small Business Development Center Program. Information
provided to the office shall meet applicable privacy standards and
shall not disclose the name of an individual business.
(b)
( c) A report prepared pursuant to
subdivision (a) shall include, but not be limited to, all of the
following data:
(1) Number of businesses assisted.
(2) Number of employees employed by those businesses at the
time those businesses were assisted .
(3) Number of jobs created.
(4) Number of jobs retained.
(5) Number Estimated amount of state
tax dollars generated from those businesses.
(6) Industry sectors of the businesses assisted ,
as reported by the assisted businesses .
(7) Increase in sales reported by businesses assisted as a result
of the program.
(8) The amount of capitol infusion, in both debt and equity,
obtained by assisted businesses.
(7)
(9) Total amount of federal funds allocated to the
region during the reporting period.
(c)
( d) The director shall submit a copy
of the report required pursuant to subdivision (a) to the
Legislature in compliance with Section 9795 and post the report
on the office's Internet Web site no later than 30 days after the
report is transmitted to the Governor and Legislature
office receives the report .