Amended in Assembly February 22, 2016

Senate Bill No. 93

Introduced by begin delete Committee on Budget and Fiscal Review end delete begin insert Senators De León and Lara end insert

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(Principal coauthors: Assembly Members Cristina Garcia, Gomez, Rendon, and Santiago)

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January 9, 2015

begin delete An act relating to the Budget Act of 2015. end delete begin insert An act to amend the Budget Act of 2015 by amending Item 3960-001-0557 of Section 2.00 of that act, relating to the state budget, and making an appropriation therefor, to take effect immediately, budget bill. end insert

LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL’S DIGEST

SB 93, as amended, begin delete Committee on Budget and Fiscal Review end delete   begin insert De León end insert . Budget Act of 2015.

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The Budget Act of 2015 appropriated $55,136,000 from the Toxic Substances Control Account to the Department of Toxic Substances Control for support of the department.

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This bill would increase this appropriation by $176,600,000 to $231,736,000. The bill would require this increase to be used for costs related to the cleanup and testing of contaminated properties in the communities surrounding the Exide Technologies facility in the City of Vernon. The bill would require the Director of Finance to make a loan of $176,600,000 from the General Fund to the account and would require all funds received through cost recovery efforts from responsible parties associated with the hazardous substance contamination in communities surrounding the Exide Technologies facility in the City of Vernon to be used to repay the loan.

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This bill would declare that it is to take effect immediately as a Budget Bill.

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This bill would express the intent of the Legislature to enact statutory changes relating to the Budget Act of 2015.

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Vote: majority. Appropriation:  begin delete no end delete begin insert yes end insert . Fiscal committee:  begin delete no end delete begin insert yes end insert . State-mandated local program: no.

The people of the State of California do enact as follows:

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begin insert SECTION 1. end insert   

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begin insert Item 3960-001-0557 of Section 2.00 of the end insert begin insert Budget
Act of 2015 end insert begin insert is amended to read: end insert

 

3960-001-0557--For support of Department of Toxic Substances Control, payable from the Toxic Substances Control Account    begin delete end delete

begin delete 55,136,000 end delete begin delete end delete begin insert 231,736,000 end insert

Schedule:

(1)

3620011-Other Site Mitigation Activities

49,441,000

(2)

3630-Safer Consumer Products

13,946,000

(2.1)

3625-Hazardous Waste Management

3,326,000

(2.5)

9900100-Administration

204,000

(2.6)

9900200-Administration --Distributed

−204,000

(3)

Reimbursements to 3620011-Other Site Mitigation Activities

−11,433,000

(4)

Reimbursements to 3630-Safer Consumer Products

−144,000

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begin insert Exide Technologies facility contamination cleanup end insert

begin insert 176,600,000 end insert

Provisions:

1.

The amount appropriated in this item includes revenues derived from the assessment of fines and penalties imposed as specified in Section 13332.18 of the Government Code.

2.

The amount appropriated in this item includes state oversight costs at military installations. The expenditure of these funds shall not relieve the federal government of the responsibility to pay for all state oversight costs. The Department of Toxic Substances Control shall take all steps necessary to recover these costs from the federal government, including, but not limited to, filing civil actions authorized by state and federal law.

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begin insert The funds appropriated in Schedule (5) shall be used for costs related to the cleanup and testing of contaminated properties in the communities surrounding the Exide Technologies facility in the City of Vernon. end insert

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begin insert The Director of Finance shall make a loan of $176,600,000 from the General Fund to the Toxic Substances Control Account, consistent with the following: end insert

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begin insert All funds received through cost recovery efforts from responsible parties associated with the hazardous substance contamination in communities surrounding the Exide Technologies facility in the City of Vernon shall be used to repay the loan. end insert

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begin insert To the extent the amount of moneys received from the cost recovery efforts is insufficient to fully repay the loan, the Director of Finance may forgive any remaining balance, if, at least 90 days before forgiving any balance, the Director of Finance submits a notice and report of that action to the Joint Legislative Budget Committee. end insert

 

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begin insert SEC. 2. end insert   

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begin insert This act is a Budget Bill within the meaning of
subdivision (c) of Section 12 of Article IV of the California
Constitution and shall take effect immediately. end insert

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SECTION 1.  

It is the intent of the Legislature to enact statutory
changes relating to the Budget Act of 2015.

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