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THIRD READING
Bill No: AB 1623
Author: Committee on Budget
Amended: 8/10/16 in Senate
Vote: 21
SENATE BUDGET AND FISCAL REVIEW COMMITTEE: 15-0, 8/11/16
AYES: Leno, Nielsen, Allen, Anderson, Beall, Block, Glazer,
Mitchell, Monning, Moorlach, Nguyen, Pan, Pavley, Roth, Wolk
NO VOTE RECORDED: Hancock, Stone
ASSEMBLY FLOOR: Not relevant
SUBJECT: Budget Act of 2016
SOURCE: Author
DIGEST: This bill provides specified adjustments and
clarifications to various budget items, budget bill language,
and additional appropriations relative to the 2016 Budget Act
passed by the Legislature on June 15, 2016.
ANALYSIS: This 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
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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
assuring continuing project activities for the Ventura Area
Office Replacement Project of the California Highway Patrol.
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:
7) 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.
8) 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.
9) 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.
10)Increases authority for the Department of Social Services
for the purpose of funding activities related to new
requirements regarding child near fatalities.
11)Eliminates the Architectural Revolving Fund control section,
as the deficit has been largely eliminated and the assessment
is no longer needed.
12)Requires courts to use in-person interpreters whenever
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possible. This language was inadvertently omitted from the
Budget Act.
13)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.
14)Specifies that the requirement for the University of
California Board of Regents to develop a nonresident student
enrollment policy is related to undergraduates.
15)Makes other technical funding adjustments and clarifications
of budget bill language to implement the Budget Act of 2016.
FISCAL EFFECT: Appropriation: Yes Fiscal
Com.:YesLocal: No
According to the Senate Budget and Fiscal Review Committee, this
bill results in budgeted General Fund expenditures of $22.7
million.
SUPPORT: (Verified8/11/16)
None received
OPPOSITION: (Verified8/11/16)
None received
Prepared by:Samantha Lui / B. & F.R. / (916) 651-4103
8/15/16 20:26:53
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