BILL NUMBER: SB 93	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  FEBRUARY 22, 2016

INTRODUCED BY    Committee on Budget and Fiscal Review
  Senators   De León   and Lara
    (   Principal   coauthors:  
Assembly Members   Cristina Garcia,   Gomez, 
 Rendon,   and Santiago   ) 

                        JANUARY 9, 2015

    An act relating to the Budget Act of 2015.  
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. 



	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


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

   This bill would declare that it is to take effect immediately as a
Budget Bill.  
   This bill would express the intent of the Legislature to enact
statutory changes relating to the Budget Act of 2015. 
   Vote: majority. Appropriation:  no   yes
 . Fiscal committee:  no   yes  .
State-mandated local program: no.


THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   SECTION 1.    Item 3960-001-0557 of Section 2.00 of
the   Budget Act of 2015   is amended to read:

3960-001-0557--For support of Department
of Toxic Substances Control, payable from
the Toxic Substances Control Account.......   55,136,000

                                              231,736,000 
    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
     (5)    Exide Technologies 
            facility 
            contamination 
            cleanup ............. 176,600,000 
    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.
     3.     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. 
     4.     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: 
            (a)     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. 
            (b)     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. 


   SEC. 2.    This act is a Budget Bill within the
meaning of subdivision (c) of Section 12 of Article IV of the
California Con   stitution and shall take effect
immediately.  
  SECTION 1.    It is the intent of the Legislature
to enact statutory changes relating to the Budget Act of 2015.