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.