BILL ANALYSIS Ó
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Date of Hearing: August 10, 2016
ASSEMBLY COMMITTEE ON BUDGET
Philip Ting, Chair
SB
853 (Committee on Budget and Fiscal Review) - As Amended August
5, 2016
SENATE VOTE: 25-11
SUBJECT: Budget Act of 2016
SUMMARY: Amends and makes technical and substantive provisional
language changes to the Budget Act of 2016 (SB 826, Chapter 23,
Statutes of 2016). Specifically, this bill:
1. Clarifies that the requirement for the University of
California Board of Regents to develop a nonresident
student enrollment policy is intended for undergraduate
students.
2. Corrects a technical error in the community college
budget that references the incorrect year regarding one
suspended mandate. The year will be changed from 1985 to
1995.
3. Deletes the outdated maximum standard reimbursement rate
for part-day state preschool programs and corrects the
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implementation date for the additional full-day state
preschool slots provided in the 2016 Budget Act from March
to April, which was the agreed upon timeframe.
4. Updates references to pending legislation with
references to the enacted education trailer bill and makes
other technical changes.
5. Includes provisional language indicating a $3 million
expenditure related to atmospheric rivers that was
inadvertently omitted from the budget bill.
6. Corrects provisional language related to the Department
of Water Resources to conform with language adopted
previously.
7. Increases expenditure authority to allow the Energy
Commission to spend remaining federal funds of $5.3 million
in 2016-17.
8. Includes budget control section language that was
inadvertently omitted from the budget bill related to the
California Automated Travel Expense Reimbursement System
(CalATERS). Specifically, this language allows the
Department of Finance to adjust amounts in any
appropriation item to reimburse the Controller for the
costs to use CalATERS.
9. Clarifies the Legislatures intent to ensure in-person
interpreters are provided during court proceedings, unless
no reasonable options exist.
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10. Provides the appropriate level of resources to ensure
the California Highway Patrol's Ventura Area Office
Replacement project is able to proceed as proposed,
increasing expenditure authority by $1,650,000 pursuant to
recent cost determinations by the Department of General
Services.
11. Repeals a $705,000 appropriation from the Department of
Rehabilitation for independent living centers (ILCs), which
is proposed to be included in a separate budget trailer
bill.
12. Includes provisional language to authorize the transfer
of funds for activities related to implementation of the
Resource Family Approval Program from the counties to the
Department of Social Services (DSS), for the state to
perform these activities on behalf of counties in certain
circumstances. Specifies that funds shall only be
transferred after consultation with the County Welfare
Directors Association of California and with written
notification.
13. Authorizes DSS to reimburse foster family agencies,
counties, group homes, and short-term residential treatment
centers for accreditation fees after August 1, 2016,
notwithstanding existing law that specified the later date
of January 1, 2017 for this purpose.
14. Includes $226,000 General Fund to provide one-time
reimbursements to tribal agencies that do not have federal
Title IV-E agreements with the state for the purchase of
electronic fingerprinting equipment.
15. Repeals the control section that referenced the
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Architectural Revolving Fund, as this fund's deficit has
been largely eliminated and therefore the assessment is no
longer needed.
16. Makes other various technical changes to reflect the
correct amount of funding in the Department of Finance's
system and to accurately reflect the distribution of
resources across spending categories.
FISCAL EFFECT: Reflects $1.65 million in additional special
fund costs not assumed in the 2016 Budget package.
COMMENT: This bill amends the 2016 budget act (SB 826, Chapter
23, Statutes of 2016) to reflect technical, conforming, and
other changes necessary to correctly impact the 2016 Budget
Agreement.
REGISTERED SUPPORT / OPPOSITION:
None on file.
Analysis Prepared by:Nicole Vazquez / BUDGET / (916)
319-2099
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