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          SENATE COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS
                             Senator Ricardo Lara, Chair
                            2015 - 2016  Regular  Session

          AB 2900 (Committee on Jobs, Economic Development, and the  
          Economy) - Small business technical assistance centers
          
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          |Version: May 27, 2016           |Policy Vote: B., P. & E.D. 9 -  |
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          |Urgency: No                     |Mandate: No                     |
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          |Hearing Date: August 11, 2016   |Consultant: Robert Ingenito     |
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          *********** ANALYSIS ADDENDUM - SUSPENSE FILE ***********
             The following information is revised to reflect amendments 
                     adopted by the committee on August 11, 2016






          Bill  
          Summary: AB 2900 would, for contracts awarded between September  
          1, 2017, and December 31, 2021, require a state department that  
          awards state funds to a federal small business technical  
          assistance center to report annually on the outcomes of those  
          contracts.


          Fiscal  
          Impact: 
                 The total fiscal impact of this bill is unknown, but  
               could exceed $150,000 annually (General Fund and/or special  







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          Economy)                                               Page 1 of  
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               funds). Administrative costs would likely total in the low  
               tens of thousands of dollars per contract for agencies to  
               report outcomes of state funds provided to federal small  
               business technical assistance centers. Actual costs would  
               depend on the existing ability of these federal centers to  
               track data.

                 The Governor's Office of Business and Economic  
               Development (GO-Biz) indicates that the reporting  
               requirements included in the proposed amendments would be  
               minor and absorbable. According to GO-Biz, information  
               identifying the primary location of facilities is available  
               in the full awardee list and small businesses are listed in  
               meeting agenda's which are posted online.



          Author  
          Amendments: Narrow the bill's reporting requirements and create  
          three additional disclosure requirements for the California  
          Competes Tax Credit Program (Program) under GO-Biz.


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