BILL ANALYSIS Ó AB 1338 Page 1 Date of Hearing: April 29, 2015 ASSEMBLY COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS Jimmy Gomez, Chair AB 1338 (Gomez) - As Introduced February 27, 2015 ----------------------------------------------------------------- |Policy |Transportation |Vote:|16 - 0 | |Committee: | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |-------------+-------------------------------+-----+-------------| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |-------------+-------------------------------+-----+-------------| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | ----------------------------------------------------------------- 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 AB 1338 Page 2 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) AB 1338 Page 3 319-2081