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                                   THIRD READING 


          Bill No:  AB 127
          Author:   Committee on Budget  
          Amended:  8/24/15 in Senate
          Vote:     21  

           SENATE BUDGET & FISCAL REVIEW COMMITTEE:  10-4, 8/27/15
           AYES:  Leno, Allen, Block, Hancock, Monning, Moorlach, Pan,  
            Pavley, Roth, Wolk
           NOES:  Nielsen, Anderson, Nguyen, Stone
           NO VOTE RECORDED:  Beall, Mitchell

           ASSEMBLY FLOOR:  Not relevant

           SUBJECT:   State government


          SOURCE:    Author

          DIGEST:   This bill makes various statutory changes necessary to  
          implement the state administration related provisions of the  
          Budget Act of 2015.

          ANALYSIS:    This bill 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.









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          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  
            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:   Appropriation:    Yes         Fiscal  
          Com.:YesLocal:   No


          SUPPORT:   (Verified8/28/15)


          None received


          OPPOSITION:   (Verified8/28/15)


          None received





          Prepared by:Committee Staff / B. & F.R. / (916) 651-4103
          8/31/15 10:57:37


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