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UNFINISHED BUSINESS
Bill No: SB 84
Author: Senate Budget and Fiscal Review Committee
Amended: 6/24/13
Vote: 21
SENATE FLOOR : Not relevant
ASSEMBLY FLOOR : 50-24, 7/3/13 See last page for vote
SUBJECT : Budget Act of 2013: public resources
SOURCE : Author
DIGEST : This bill contains necessary statutory and technical
changes to implement the Budget Act of 2013 related to
resources.
Assembly Amendments delete the Senate version of the bill and
add the current language.
ANALYSIS :
This bill:
1. Shifts the Ocean Protection Council to the Natural Resources
Agency (Agency) and consolidates ocean programs under the
Secretary for Natural Resources.
2. Allows revenues from agricultural leases provided to the
state to be directed to the management of those leases rather
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than for the future purchase of state lands.
3. Allows the Speaker of the Assembly or the Senate Rules
Committee to appoint a Member of the Legislature or
legislative staff to serve as an alternate for a Member of
the Legislature appointed to a state board or commission
within the Agency in the Member's absence. Because these
members are ex-officio and do not vote, the alternates would
have the same restrictions as the sitting members.
4. Provides a change to the Architectural Paint Recovery
Program and Carpet Stewardship Program at the Department of
Resources Recycling and Recovery (CalRecycle) to allow the
administrative fees supporting these programs to be paid
quarterly in arrears rather than yearly.
5. Reforms the Beverage Container Recycling Program at
CalRecycle in order to: (a) create a more stringent
certification process, (b) provide a new, formal training and
technical assistance program, mandate the use of certain
updated information technology tools, and (c) restrict
recycling centers to only redeeming beverage containers for
which a California Redemption Value has been paid.
6. Makes technical statutory changes to the Department of
Forestry and Fire Protection to eliminate the non-critical
functions, and reduce the statutory responsibilities of the
department, in order to meet workload within its authorized
spending levels.
7. Provides the necessary statutory changes to shift the
Education and the Environment Initiative from the Secretary
for California Environmental Protection Agency to CalRecycle.
8. Requires Joint Legislative Budget Committee notification
within 30 days of any hydroelectric power project relicensing
proposal by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission that, if
approved by the Department of Water Resources, would obligate
the General Fund in the future.
9. Requires the California Alternative Energy and Advanced
Transportation Financing Authority to develop and administer
a risk mitigation program for Property Assessed Clean Energy
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loans.
10.Provides for the transfer of a Department of Transportation
building to the Department of Parks and Recreation for
incorporation into the capital development plan for the San
Diego State Historic Park.
11.Extends a concession agreement at Will Rogers State Beach to
exceed 20 years in order to allow the concessionaire to
amortize improvements over a longer period of time.
12.Eliminates the term limits on voting members of the Delta
Stewardship Council.
13.Requires the California Energy Commission, in administering
the Electric Program Investment Charge as developed by the
Public Utilities Commission (PUC), to develop and administer
this program with a focus on ratepayers and with annual
reporting to the Legislature. Does not change the
authorization status of the program.
14.Makes several changes to the PUC including: (a) approves
$30 million for cyber-security research at the Lawrence
Livermore National Laboratory, (b) provides for a zero-based
budgeting exercise at the PUC to be reported to the
Legislature in 18-months, (c) creates the Office of Ratepayer
Advocates as a separate budgetary program at the PUC with
separate budget and positions, and (d) requires notice to the
Legislature of future litigation settlements.
FISCAL EFFECT : Appropriation: Yes Fiscal Com.: Yes
Local: Yes
ASSEMBLY FLOOR : 50-24, 7/3/13
AYES: Alejo, Atkins, Bloom, Bocanegra, Bonilla, Bonta,
Bradford, Brown, Buchanan, Ian Calderon, Campos, Chau,
Chesbro, Cooley, Daly, Dickinson, Eggman, Fong, Fox, Frazier,
Garcia, Gatto, Gomez, Gonzalez, Gordon, Gray, Hall, Roger
Hernández, Holden, Jones-Sawyer, Levine, Lowenthal, Medina,
Mitchell, Mullin, Muratsuchi, Nazarian, Pan, V. Manuel Pérez,
Quirk, Quirk-Silva, Rendon, Salas, Skinner, Stone, Ting,
Weber, Wieckowski, Yamada, John A. Pérez
NOES: Allen, Bigelow, Chávez, Conway, Dahle, Donnelly, Beth
Gaines, Gorell, Grove, Hagman, Harkey, Jones, Linder, Logue,
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Maienschein, Mansoor, Melendez, Morrell, Nestande, Olsen,
Patterson, Wagner, Waldron, Wilk
NO VOTE RECORDED: Achadjian, Ammiano, Perea, Williams
RM:k 7/3/13 Senate Floor Analyses
SUPPORT/OPPOSITION: NONE RECEIVED
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