BILL ANALYSIS Ó
SENATE COMMITTEE ON BUDGET AND FISCAL REVIEW
Senator Mark Leno, Chair
2015 - 2016 Regular
Bill No: AB 127 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: State government.
Summary: This measure makes various statutory changes necessary to
implement the state administration related provisions of the
Budget Act of 2015.
Proposed
Law: This measure includes the following key changes:
1.Authorizes the Department of Personnel Administration to
determine the salary levels for members of the Board of Parole
Hearings.
2.Clarifies that the funding limits established for counties
under the community services recidivism reduction grant
program are per year, per budget allocation and are not the
total allocation amounts for the duration of the program.
3.Makes a technical change regarding the Health Benefit Exchange
Board's exemption from the State Contract Act, authorized by
SB 75 (Committee on Budget and Fiscal Review), Chapter 18,
Statutes of 2015. SB 75 exempted the board from the
requirements regarding only public works procurements instead
of all board contracts (including its goods and services
contracts and its information technology contracts), as
intended as part of the 2015-16 budget.
4.Clarifies that loans are not included in gross income for
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income tax purposes (with reference to programs administered
by the California Residential Mitigation Program or the
California Earthquake Authority), and corrects the existing
definition of residential structures for purposes of excluding
grant awards for structural seismic risk mitigation from gross
income.
Fiscal
Effect: The funding related to the changes in this bill is
contained in the 2015-16 budget. In addition, the bill would
appropriate $400,000 General Fund from the State Department of
Public Health Licensing and Certification Program Fund for the
Department of Aging's Long-Term Care Ombudsman Program.
Support: None on file.
Opposed: None on file.
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