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          Date of Hearing:   July 3, 2013

                        ASSEMBLY COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS
                                  Mike Gatto, Chair

           SB 745 (Committee on Transportation and Housing) - As Amended:   
                                   June 25, 2013 

          Policy Committee:                             Housing and  
          Community Development                         Vote: 7-0

          Urgency:     No                   State Mandated Local Program:  
          No     Reimbursable:              

           SUMMARY  

          This bill makes technical and non-controversial changes to  
          various sections of the law dealing with housing.  Specifically,  
          this bill:  

           FISCAL EFFECT  

          Negligible fiscal impact.

           COMMENTS  

           Purpose of the bill.   The purpose of omnibus bills is to include  
          technical and non-controversial changes to various  
          committee-related statutes into one bill.  This allows the  
          Legislature to make multiple minor changes to statutes in one  
          bill in a cost-effective manner.  The author, the Senate  
          Committee on Transportation and Housing, insists that its  
          housing omnibus bill be a consensus measure.  If there is no  
          consensus on a particular item, it cannot be included.   
          According to the author, there is no known opposition to any  
          item in this bill.
             
           Proposals included in this housing omnibus bill must abide by  
          the Senate Transportation and Housing Committee policy on  
          omnibus committee bills.  The proponent of an item submits  
          proposed language and provides background materials to the  
          committee for the item to be described to legislative staff and  
          stakeholders.   Committee staff provides a summary of the items  
          and the actual legislative language to all majority and minority  
          consultants in both the Senate and Assembly, as well as all  








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          known or presumed interested parties.  If an item encounters  
          opposition and the proponent cannot work out a solution with the  
          opposition, the item is omitted from the bill.  Proposals in the  
          bills must reflect a consensus and be without opposition from  
          legislative members, agencies, and other stakeholders.

           Analysis Prepared by  :    Roger Dunstan / APPR. / (916) 319-2081