BILL ANALYSIS Ó AB 728 Page 1 CONCURRENCE IN SENATE AMENDMENTS AB 728 (Hadley) As Amended July 2, 2015 Majority vote -------------------------------------------------------------------- |ASSEMBLY: | 77-0 | (May 7, 2015) |SENATE: | 39-0 | (July 9, 2015) | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | -------------------------------------------------------------------- Original Committee Reference: A. & A.R. SUMMARY: Requires state agencies to post their State Leadership Accountability Act (SLAA) reports on their Web sites within five days of finalization. The Senate amendments make technical non-substantive changes to incorporate the chaptering of a budget trailer bill that affected the same code section in this bill. EXISTING LAW: 1)Requires agency heads covered by SLAA to conduct reviews and issue SLAA reports about internal controls and monitoring processes. 2)Requires agencies to submit SLAA reports to various state AB 728 Page 2 entities, including the State Library, where reports are required to be available for public inspection. FISCAL EFFECT: According to the Senate Appropriations Committee, pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8, negligible state costs. COMMENTS: This bill requires state agencies to post SLAA reports on their Web sites within five days of finalization. These reports, which are due by the end of each odd-number calendar year, assess an agency's systems of internal controls and monitoring practices. State agencies are currently required to submit SLAA reports to the Legislature, State Auditor, Controller, Department of Finance (Finance), the Secretary of Government Operations, and to the State Library where they must be available for public inspection. Senate amendments incorporate language in SB 84 (Budget and Fiscal Review Committee), Chapter 25, Statutes of 2015, a budget trailer bill, which change the name of the Financial Integrity and State Manager's Accountability Act of 1983 (FISMA) to SLAA. Analysis Prepared by: Scott Herbstman / A. & A.R. / (916) 319-3600 FN: 0001184 AB 728 Page 3