BILL ANALYSIS Ó
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(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
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|Committee |Votes|Ayes |Noes |
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|Budget |25-2 |Weber, Melendez, |Patterson, Wilk |
| | |Travis Allen, | |
| | |Bigelow, Bloom, | |
| | |Bonta, Campos, | |
| | |Chávez, Chiu, Cooper, | |
| | |Gordon, Grove, Jones, | |
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| | |Jones-Sawyer, Kim, | |
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| | |Lackey, McCarty, | |
| | |Mullin, Nazarian, | |
| | |Obernolte, O'Donnell, | |
| | |Rodriguez, Thurmond, | |
| | |Ting, Williams | |
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|----------------+-----+----------------------+--------------------|
|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 | |
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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.
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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:
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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.
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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.
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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
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