BILL ANALYSIS Ó
SENATE COMMITTEE ON BUDGET AND FISCAL REVIEW
Senator Mark Leno, Chair
2015 - 2016 Regular
Bill No: AB 126 Hearing Date: August 27,
2015
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|Author: |Committee on Budget |
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|Version: |August 24, 2015 Amended |
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|Urgency: |No |Fiscal: |Yes |
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|Consultant|Committee Staff |
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Subject: Budget Act of 2015.
Summary: The Legislature passed the 2015 Budget Act on June 15, 2015.
This bill provides for certain adjustments to various budget
items, clarifications of budget bill language, and additional
appropriations.
Proposed
Law: The bill makes certain technical and clarifying changes.
Specifically, this bill:
1.Makes adjustments to the Department of Fish and Wildlife
federal fund authority in 2013-14 and 2015-16, in order to
appropriately reflect funds received.
2.Adds language inadvertently missing from the budget act to
allow Cal FIRE to extend State Recreation Area grants to
locals. Also, added language for the Environmental Laboratory
Accreditation Program's previously approved fee authority.
This program was transferred to the State Water Resources
Control Board when the Drinking Water Program was moved from
the Department of Public Health.
3.Includes $18 million for the Santa Monica Mountains
Conservancy, originally proposed in the January budget, from
the appropriate bond allocation specifically designated for
the Conservancy, rather than for the Los Angeles River.
4.Removes funding for desalination in the State Water Resources
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Control Board that was already appropriated under the
Department of Water Resources.
5.Adds provisional language to specify that the allocation
methodology for an augmentation of $1.962 million in special
education funding shall be based on the federal IDEA formula.
6.Amends provisional language to specify that the $25 million
provided for adult education data activities be expended
pursuant to Education Code section 84920. The language
previously referenced an incorrect code section.
7.Increases the funding amount from $7.07 million General Fund
to $9.0 million General Fund (an increase of $1.9 million
General Fund) for the congregate nutrition program, known also
as "Meals on Wheels." Provides a $670,000 increase in 2015-16
federal funding authority for the Health Insurance Counseling
and Advocacy Program to assist beneficiaries eligible for
CalMediConnect.
8.Increases the amount available for counties to recruit,
retain, and support foster care parents and relative
caregivers to appropriately reflect the initial amounts
included in the Governor's budget.
9.Provides $420,000 (State Parks and Recreation Fund) for Leland
Stanford Mansion operations.
10.Restores language, inadvertently deleted in SB 97 (Budget and
Fiscal Review Committee, Chapter 11, Statutes of 2015),
limiting the amount of savings that may be transferred from
the regional centers purchase-of-services budget to the
Department of Developmental Services budget for the purpose of
administering the Self-Determination Program.
Fiscal
Effect: Contains numerous appropriations for various state government
departments.
Support: None on file.
Opposed: None on file.
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