BILL ANALYSIS Ó
SENATE COMMITTEE ON BUDGET AND FISCAL REVIEW
Senator Mark Leno, Chair
2015 - 2016 Regular
Bill No: AB 1623 Hearing Date: August 11,
2016
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|Author: |Committee on Budget |
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|Version: |August 10, 2016 As amended |
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|Urgency: |No |Fiscal: |Yes |
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|Consultant|Samantha Lui |
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Subject: Budget Act of 2016
Summary: The Legislature passed the 2016 Budget Act on June 15, 2016.
This bill provides specified adjustments and clarifications to
various budget items, budget bill language, and additional
appropriations.
Background and Proposed
Law: The bill makes the following changes to implement the 2016
budget.
1.Provides a technical adjustment to the California Science
Center budget to reflect a decreased lease revenue amount that
was approved but not correctly reflected in the original
budget bill.
2.Adjusts federal fund transfer and expenditure authority to
allow the California Energy Commission to expend $5.3 million
that was awarded under the American Reinvestment and Recovery
Act, but unable to be expended, for existing program purposes.
3.Provides technical adjustments to the Department of Water
Resources to reflect an approved decrease in authority bond
expenditures and provides the conference version of
provisional language for Atmospheric Rivers that was
inadvertently left out of the original budget bill.
4.Increases budget authority by $1.65 million for purposes of
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assuring continuing project activities for the Ventura Area
Office Replacement Project of the California Highway Patrol
(CHP).
5.Deletes language that allows the Department of Rehabilitation
to allocate funds to Independent Living Centers that receive
less state-based funding than other centers.
6.Makes various adjustments related to the Continuum of Care
Reform, including language that:
a) Allows funding budgeted in local assistance for Resource
Family Approval (RFA) to be transferred to state operations
so the Department of Social Services can perform the RFA
function on behalf of counties.
b) Allows reimbursements to foster family agencies, group
homes and short-term residential treatment providers, and
counties for accreditation fees paid to comply with
licensure requirements to be made after August 1, 2016.
c) Provides one-time reimbursements to tribal agencies that
do not have federal Title IV-E agreements with the state
for the purchase of electronic fingerprinting equipment.
1.Increases authority for the Department of Social Services for
the purpose of funding activities related to new requirements
regarding child near fatalities.
2.Eliminates the Architectural Revolving Fund control section,
as the deficit has been largely eliminated and the assessment
is no longer needed.
3.Requires courts to use in-person interpreters whenever
possible. This language was inadvertently omitted from the
Budget Act.
4.Establishes a budget control section that allows Department of
Finance to adjust department budgets to account for funds
formerly designated to reimburse the State Controller for
expenses related to California Automated Travel Expense
Reimbursement System (CalATERS).
5.Specifies that the requirement for the University of
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California Board of Regents to develop a nonresident student
enrollment policy is related to undergraduates.
6.Makes other technical funding adjustments and clarifications
of budget bill language to implement the Budget Act of 2016.
Fiscal
Effect: This bill results in budgeted General Fund expenditures of
$22.7 million.
Support: None on file.
Opposed: None on file.
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