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THIRD READING
Bill No: AB 1473
Author: Assembly Budget Committee
Amended: 6/12/14 in Senate
Vote: 27 - Urgency
SENATE BUDGET & FISCAL REVIEW COMMITTEE : 15-0, 6/15/14
AYES: Leno, Nielsen, Beall, Berryhill, Block, Corbett, Hancock,
Jackson, Liu, Mitchell, Monning, Morrell, Roth, Torres, Wyland
NO VOTE RECORDED: Anderson
ASSEMBLY FLOOR : Not relevant
SUBJECT : Budget Act of 2014: Education Facilities Trailer
Bill
SOURCE : Author
DIGEST : This bill provides statutory changes necessary to
enact education facilities-related provisions of the Budget Act
of 2014.
ANALYSIS : As part of the 2014-15 Budget, AB 1473 makes
statutory changes necessary to implement the Budget Act.
Specifically, this bill:
1.Prohibits the State Allocation Board from approving funding
for specified incentive grants or allocations for projects,
pursuant to the Career Technical Education Facilities Program
after January 1, 2015, and provides for reallocation of the
amounts not yet approved by the board for other purposes,
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including new construction and modernization of school
facilities, and seismic repair, reconstruction, or
replacement, as specified;
2.Requires the Office of Public School Construction to report to
the State Allocation Board and Legislature, by March 1, 2015,
on efforts to streamline and speed up the award of seismic
mitigation funds;
3.Declares that it is consistent with, and furthers the purposes
of, provisions of the bond act related to elementary and
secondary school facilities; and
4.Declares that it is to take effect immediately as an urgency
statute.
FISCAL EFFECT : Appropriation: No Fiscal Com.: Yes
Local: No
According to the Senate Budget and Fiscal Review Committee, this
bill should not result in changes to the Budget Act or related
budget actions. Funds appropriated in this bill would be
applied toward the minimum funding requirements for school and
community college districts imposed by Section 8 of Article XVI
of the California Constitution (Proposition 98).
PQ:e 6/15/14 Senate Floor Analyses
SUPPORT/OPPOSITION: NONE RECEIVED
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