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                                    THIRD READING


          Bill No:  AB 1478
          Author:   Assembly Budget Committee
          Amended:  8/11/14 in Senate
          Vote:     21


           SENATE BUDGET & FISCAL REVIEW COMMITTEE  :  12-3, 8/14/14
          AYES:  Leno, Nielsen, Beall, Berryhill, Block, Corbett, Jackson,  
            Liu, Mitchell, Monning, Roth, Torres
          NOES:  Anderson, Morrell, Wyland
          NO VOTE RECORDED:  Hancock

           ASSEMBLY FLOOR  :  Not relevant


           SUBJECT  :    Resources Omnibus Trailer Bill Technical Adjustments

           SOURCE  :     Author


           DIGEST  :    This bill makes various technical adjustments to the  
          resources, environmental protection, energy, and agriculture  
          budget actions.

           ANALYSIS  :    As part of the 2014-15 Budget package, AB 1466  
          makes various statutory changes to implement the budget act.   
          Specifically, this bill makes the following technical changes:

          1.Corrects various technical statutory references related to the  
            drinking water program and provides appropriate liquidation  
            periods as intended by the budget actions.

          2.Clarifies that specified water and wastewater projects are  
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            eligible to receive funding from the State Water Pollution  
            Control Revolving Fund.

          3.Clarifies that $10 million, previously appropriated to the  
            Department of Housing and Community Development for  
            housing-related drought relief, continues to be appropriated,  
            as provided in Chapter 3, of the Statutes of 2014.

          4.Provides a subaccount for greenhouse gas emission funding  
            through the State Energy Conservation Assistance Account for  
            purposes of tracking and provides that the loans within this  
            program may be used by state agencies, including the  
            University of California and the California State University.

          5.Includes an appropriation to the Natural Resources Agency for  
            the purpose of implementing elements of the scoping plan  
            adopted by the Air Resources Board that was inadvertently  
            omitted from the Budget Act.

           Comments
           
          This bill provides the necessary statutory references to enact  
          the 2014-15 Budget related to resources, environmental  
          protection, energy, and agriculture.

           FISCAL EFFECT  :    Appropriation:  Yes   Fiscal Com.:  Yes    
          Local:  No

          According to the Senate Budget and Fiscal Review Committee, this  
          bill should not result in any substantive changes to the Budget  
          Act or related budget actions.


          JA:e  8/18/14   Senate Floor Analyses 

                         SUPPORT/OPPOSITION:  NONE RECEIVED

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