BILL ANALYSIS Ó SB 101 Page 1 (Without Reference to File) SENATE THIRD READING SB 101 (Committee on Budget and Fiscal Review) As Amended September 10, 2015 Majority vote. Budget Bill Appropriation Takes Effect Immediately SENATE VOTE: Vote not relevant ------------------------------------------------------------------ |Committee |Votes|Ayes |Noes | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |----------------+-----+----------------------+--------------------| |Budget |25-2 |Weber, Melendez, |Patterson, Wilk | | | |Travis Allen, | | | | |Bigelow, Bloom, | | | | |Bonta, Campos, | | | | |Chávez, Chiu, Cooper, | | | | |Gordon, Grove, Jones, | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |Jones-Sawyer, Kim, | | SB 101 Page 2 | | |Lackey, McCarty, | | | | |Mullin, Nazarian, | | | | |Obernolte, O'Donnell, | | | | |Rodriguez, Thurmond, | | | | |Ting, Williams | | | | | | | | | | | | |----------------+-----+----------------------+--------------------| |Budget |15-9 |Weber, Bloom, Bonta, |Melendez, Travis | | | |Campos, Chiu, Gordon, |Allen, Bigelow, | | | |Jones-Sawyer, |Chávez, Jones, Kim, | | | |McCarty, Mullin, |Lackey, Patterson, | | | |Nazarian, Obernolte, |Wilk | | | |O'Donnell, Rodriguez, | | | | |Thurmond, Ting | | | | | | | | | | | | ------------------------------------------------------------------ SUMMARY: Amends the 2015 Act, AB 123 (Budget Committee) of the current legislative session and SB 97, Chapter 11, Statutes of 2015, to make technical amendments and corrections to budget provisions to adequately reflect the agreement reached by the Legislature and the Governor. Corrects omissions, clarifies previously-ambiguous provisions, provides necessary statutory language for budgetary allocations, and corrects amounts that were previously cited incorrectly. Specifically, this bill: 1)Clarifies that $2 million in State Special Education funds will be used to backfill the reduction of federal assistance funds. 2)Adjusts the federal fund spending authority for the 2013-14 and 2014-15 years for the Department of Fish and Wildlife. 3)Ensures ongoing funding for the Stanford Mansion. SB 101 Page 3 4)Restores an unintentional reduction of $1.9 million General Fund for the Congregate Nutrition "Meals on Wheels" program. 5)Includes $14 million ($508,000 state operations, $13.5 million local assistance) to the Santa Monica Mountains Conservancy, originally proposed in the January budget, from the appropriate bond allocation specifically designated for the Conservancy, rather than the Los Angeles River. 6)Removes funding ($50 million, Proposition 1 of 2014) for Desalination in the State Water Resources Control Board that was already appropriated under the Department of Water Resources. 7)Adds provisional language to clarify that priority for new preschool contracted slots provided in the 2015 Budget would be for contractors in areas where the ratio of publicly subsidized child care and development program services to the need for these services is low or where the overall number of eligible children without access to publicly subsidized child care and development program services is high, as determined by the Superintendent. 8)Provides additional Budget Bill language that authorizes a cash loan for the Commission on Peace Officer Standards Training (POST) in the event that the Commission has a cash flow issue due to their declining fund balance. It is projected that the cash shortfall will occur from December 2015 to February 2016. 9)Appropriates approximately $227 million of Greenhouse Gas Revenue for the following purposes: SB 101 Page 4 a) Forty million dollars to continue funding of existing Water Efficiency programs offered by the Department of Food and Agriculture b) Twenty million dollars to continue funding of existing Water Efficiency programs offered by the Department of Water Resources. c) Ninety million dollars to existing rebates offered to vehicles through the California Energy Commission's Low Carbon Transportation program. This funding will allow the existing rebates to continue until approximately March, 2016. d) Seventy million dollars to continue the Department of Community Services and Development's Weatherization and Energy Efficiency Upgrades Program for disadvantaged communities. This funding insures that the overall spending in 2015 meets to goals of insuring that disadvantaged communities receive the benefit of Cap and Trade expenditures, as outlined in SB 535, Chapter 830, Statutes of 2006. e) Five hundred thousand dollars at the Sustainable Growth Council for technical assistance to disadvantaged communities. f) State staffing to administer the above programs, including establishing disadvantaged community liaison positions at the Strategic Growth Council, the California Air Resources Board, and the High Speed Rail Authority. SB 101 Page 5 COMMENTS: This bill contains necessary statutory and technical changes to amend the 2015 Budget Act AB 93, Chapter 10, Statutes of 2015, as amended by SB 97, Chapter 11, Statutes of 2015, to reflect the budget agreement between the Governor and the Legislature. This bill was amended to include the appropriation of $227 million of Greenhouse Gas Revenues for the following purposes: 1)Forty million dollars to continue funding of existing Water Efficiency programs offered by the Department of Food and Agriculture 2)Twenty million dollars to continue funding of existing Water Efficiency programs offered by the Department of Water Resources . 3)Ninety million dollars to existing rebates offered to vehicles through the California Energy Commission's Low Carbon Transportation program. This funding will allow the existing rebates to continue until approximately March, 2016. 4)Seventy million dollars to continue the Department of Community Services and Development's Weatherization and Energy Efficiency Upgrades Program for disadvantaged communities. This funding insures that the overall spending in 2015 meets to goals of insuring that disadvantaged communities receive the benefit of Cap and Trade expenditures, as outlined in SB 535. 5)Five hundred thousand dollars at the Sustainable Growth Council for technical assistance to disadvantaged communities. SB 101 Page 6 6)State staffing to administer these programs, including establishing disadvantaged community liaison positions at the Strategic Growth Council, the California Air Resources Board, and the High Speed Rail Authority. The above Greenhouse Gas Revenue expenditures leave a large balance of unappropriated funding that could be available for expenditures for expenditure at some later point in the 2015-16 fiscal year. After accounting for the above expenditures and the 60% of revenues that are continuously appropriated, the Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund will have a balance of $1.7 billion. Support: None on file Opposition: None on file Analysis Prepared by: Matthew Cremins and Jazmin Hicks / BUDGET /916-319-2099 FN: 0002415 SB 101 Page 7