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          Date of Hearing:  April 29, 2015


                        ASSEMBLY COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS


                                 Jimmy Gomez, Chair


          AB  
          1338 (Gomez) - As Introduced February 27, 2015


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          Urgency:  No  State Mandated Local Program:  NoReimbursable:  No


          SUMMARY:


          This bill expands the eligible uses of revenues generated from  
          the recently-enacted domestic violence and sexual assault  
          awareness specialized license plate program to include the  
          sexual assault services program administered by the Office of  








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          Emergency Services (OES).


          FISCAL EFFECT:


          Negligible fiscal impact, as the bill will impact the allocation  
          of program revenues but should not impact overall revenues,  
          unless the expanded eligibility induces more individuals to  
          purchase the specialized license plates.


          COMMENTS:


          Purpose. AB 2321 (Gomez)/Chapter 358, Statutes of 2014, required  
          OES to sponsor a specialized license plate program with the  
          revenues generated from the program to be used to promote  
          awareness of domestic violence and sexual assault, and to also  
          provide additional funding for the OES-administered Family  
          Violence Prevention Program.


          AB 1338 renames the specialized license plate fund created under  
          AB 2321as the California Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault  
          Prevention Fund and clarifies that revenue generated from the  
          license plate program shall be allocated to existing  
          OES-administered domestic violence and sexual assault programs.  
          The author notes the programs that will be funded under the  
          specialized license plate revenue are "designed to ensure that  
          all victims of sexual assault and rape receive comprehensive  
          quality services and aimed to decrease the incidence of sexual  
          assault in California."





          Analysis Prepared by:Chuck Nicol / APPR. / (916)  








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