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THIRD READING
Bill No: AB 1476
Author: Assembly Budget Committee
Amended: 8/28/14 in Senate
Vote: 21
SENATE BUDGET & FISCAL REVIEW COMMITTEE : 13-2, 8/14/14
AYES: Leno, Nielsen, Beall, Berryhill, Block, Corbett, Jackson,
Liu, Mitchell, Monning, Roth, Torres, Wyland
NOES: Anderson, Morrell
NO VOTE RECORDED: Hancock
SENATE BUDGET & FISCAL REVIEW COMMITTEE : 9-3, 8/29/14
AYES: Leno, Beall, Block, Corbett, Jackson, Liu, Monning, Roth,
Torres
NOES: Nielsen, Morrell, Wyland
NO VOTE RECORDED: Anderson, Berryhill, Hancock, Mitchell
ASSEMBLY FLOOR : Not relevant
SUBJECT : Budget Act of 2014
SOURCE : Author
DIGEST : This bill amends the Budget Act of 2014 by revising
various items of appropriation and making other necessary
changes.
ANALYSIS : The Legislature passed the 2014 Budget Act (SB 852,
Senate Budget and Fiscal Review Committee, Chapter 25) on June
15, 2014. The legislation was signed by the Governor on June
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20, 2014. This bill provides for certain technical adjustments
to various Budget items, clarifications of Budget Bill language,
and additional appropriations.
This bill provides for the following:
1.K-12 Education Administrator Induction Programs . Clarifies
that $600,000 in one-time carryover funds, provided to support
administrator induction programs approved by the Commission on
Teacher Credentialing (CTC), are to be transferred to the CTC
by the Department of Education (CDE). Further, specifies that
CDE shall not use any of the funds for indirect administrative
costs.
2.K-12 High-Speed Network . Re-appropriates $26.7 million to
CDE, for allocation to the K-12 High-Speed Network, for
specified activities related to Internet network connectivity.
3.Special Education Expenditures . Re-appropriates $12.9 million
for CDE to allocate to local educational agencies for special
education-related expenditures. This action is necessary in
order to implement the Legislature's approval of the
Governor's proposed appropriation of $12.9 million in
one-time, rather than ongoing, Proposition 98 funds for
special education.
4.State Preschool Program Rate . Specifies that the part-day,
per-student rate for the state preschool program is $22.28
per-day, rather than $22.81. This reflects the 5% rate
increase that was agreed upon as part of the 2014-15 Budget
(rather than a 7% increase that was erroneously included).
5.Child Care Facilities Revolving Fund . Specifies that $10
million in Proposition 98 General Fund for facilities-related
loans to state preschool program providers must be transferred
to the Child Care Facilities Revolving Fund. The amendment
ensures that this funding remains in the revolving fund,
rather than reverting.
6.Regional Market Rate . Clarify that the regional market rate,
which is used to reimburse child care providers who accept
vouchers, is set at the 85th percentile of the 2009 Regional
Market Rate Survey, as reduced by a deficit factor of 10.11%.
This amendment aligns the deficit factor to the amount of
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funding appropriated in SB 852 (Senate Budget and Fiscal
Review Committee,
Chapter 25, Statutes of 2014).
7.Office of Planning and Research . Eliminates $5 million in
funding from the Office of Planning and Research budget, for
social innovation bonds designed to reduce prison recidivism.
The $5 million will be shifted to the Board of State and
Community Corrections in AB 1479 (Budget), the public safety
clean-up trailer bill, for the same purpose.
8.Department of Transportation, Intercity Rail Contracts .
Increases the appropriation for the intercity passenger rail
service operated by Amtrak to reflect the previously approved
$10.4 million increase in operating expenses.
9.Judicial Branch . Appropriates $27 million from the Judicial
Branch's Immediate and Critical Needs Account for preliminary
plans and working drawings for the New Sacramento Court House.
10.County Probation Departments . Clarifies that additional
funding provided to county probation departments is intended
as a limited-term increase to address the population increase
that resulted from the Three Judge Panel court issued order on
February 10, 2014.
11.University of California (UC) and California State University
(CSU) . Provides $100 million General Fund ($50 million to
each the UC and CSU) for one-time purposes, including deferred
maintenance, and includes Legislature intent that, if the
economy continues to recover and General Fund revenues exceed
projections, the augmentation shall become on-going.
12.UC and CSU Sustainability Plans . Clarifies goal-setting
requirements of sustainability plans that must be developed by
the UC and CSU. In addition, specifies that the CSU is to
submit the plan to the Governor and the Legislature by
November 30, 2014. This requirement was inadvertently omitted
from
SB 852.
13.California Community Colleges Student Equity Plans .
Clarifies provisional language by specifying that $70 million
is to be allocated by the California Community College's (CCC)
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pursuant to Student Equity Plans.
14.California Community Colleges Matching Requirement . Removes
a dollar-for-dollar district match requirement for CCC
architectural barrier removal. The Budget Act attempted to
remove all matching requirements from the physical plant and
instructional equipment categorical. This matching
requirement was inadvertently left in SB 852.
15.California Community Colleges Disabled Student Program .
Reduces the amount of CCC Disabled Student Program funding
earmarked for education at state developmental centers from
$1.7 million to $1 million. The number of centers that are
funded through this program has been reduced from three to
two.
16.Employment Training Fund . Appropriates $10 million from the
Employment Training Fund for the Employment Training Panel.
17.State Vision Costs . Appropriates $878,000 ($441,000 General
Fund) to update vision costs in Item 9800, pursuant to the
Affordable Care Act. These costs were mistakenly omitted from
SB 852 when requesting increases for overall statewide
healthcare costs.
18.Unaccompanied Undocumented Minors . Adds $3 million General
Fund ($2.9 million for local assistance and $100,000 for state
operations) to the Department of Social Services'
appropriation for contracts with qualified non-profit legal
organizations to provide legal counsel to unaccompanied
undocumented minors who are transferred to the care and
custody of the federal Office of Refugee Resettlement and
present in California.
19.Information Technology Reporting Requirements . Clarifies
that planned risk/issue mitigation reporting requirements are
the responsibility of the department implementing the
information technology project, rather than the California
Department of Technology.
20.Environmental Justice Grants . Clarifies funding for
environmental justice grants, appropriated to the Secretary
for Environmental Protection, is contingent upon revenues
received.
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21.Marijuana Enforcement . Clarifies that funds appropriated for
marijuana enforcement, from the waste discharge permit fund,
are subject to separate accounting.
22.Intervenor Compensation . Clarifies the appropriation related
to intervenor compensation and allows for the appropriation of
funding to Avondale Glen Elder Neighborhood Association.
23.Groundwater Management . Includes an appropriation for
$500,000 for Salinas Valley groundwater management that was
inadvertently omitted from the Budget bill.
24.Governor's Office of Emergency Services . Includes an
appropriation of $10 million for support of the Office of
Emergency Services for administrative costs associated with
the implementation of the railroad tank car hazardous material
fee pursuant to separate legislation.
25.Public Utilities Commission . Includes a loan of $10 million
from the High-Cost Fund-B Administrative Committee Fund to the
Office of Emergency Services. The loan is required to be
repaid no later than July 1, 2017.
Comments
On August 14, 2014, the Senate Budget and Fiscal Review
Committee heard and passed AB 1476 on a 13-2 vote. AB 1476 was
re-referred to the Committee to review amendments pertaining to
UC and CSU; unaccompanied undocumented minors; the Governor's
Office of Emergency Services; and, the Public Utilities
Commission.
FISCAL EFFECT : Appropriation: Yes Fiscal Com.: Yes
Local: No
According to the Senate Budget and Fiscal Review Committee,
contains various minor appropriations, corrects for a $10.5
million under-appropriation, corrects an error made to a rate
adjustment, and corrects certain other appropriations contained
in the 2014-15 Budget.
SUPPORT : (Verified 8/29/14)
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California Immigrant Policy Center
Catholic Charities of California United
Friends Committee on Legislation of California
Latino Coalition for a Healthy California
League of United Latin American Citizens
National Council of Jewish Women - California
United Farm Workers
JA:e 8/28/14 Senate Floor Analyses
SUPPORT/OPPOSITION: SEE ABOVE
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