BILL ANALYSIS Ó
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SENATE THIRD READING
SB
853 (Committee on Budget and Fiscal Review)
As Amended August 11, 2016
Majority vote. Budget Bill Appropriation Takes Effect
Immediately
SENATE VOTE: 25-11
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|Committee |Votes|Ayes |Noes |
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|----------------+-----+----------------------+--------------------|
|Budget |21-0 |Ting, Obernolte, | |
| | |Bloom, Bonta, Campos, | |
| | |Chávez, Chiu, Cooper, | |
| | |Gordon, Holden, | |
| | |Irwin, Lackey, | |
| | |McCarty, Melendez, | |
| | |Mullin, Nazarian, | |
| | |O'Donnell, Rodriguez, | |
| | |Thurmond, Wilk, | |
| | |Williams | |
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SUMMARY: Amends and makes technical and substantive provisional
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language changes to the Budget Act of 2016 (SB 826 (Leno),
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3)Deletes the outdated maximum standard reimbursement rate for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
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)Reflects the recent rate increase for preschool in budget
provisional language.
5)Updates references to pending legislation with references to
the enacted education trailer bill and makes other technical
changes.
6)Includes provisional language indicating a $3 million
expenditure related to atmospheric rivers that was
inadvertently omitted from the budget bill.
7)Corrects provisional language related to the Department of
Water Resources to conform with language adopted previously.
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8)Increases expenditure authority to allow the Energy Commission
to spend remaining federal funds of $5.3 million in 2016-17.
9)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.
10)Clarifies the Legislatures intent to ensure in-person
interpreters are provided during court proceedings, unless no
reasonable options exist.
11)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.
12)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.
13)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.
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14)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.
15)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.
16)Repeals the control section that referenced the Architectural
Revolving Fund, as this fund's deficit has been largely
eliminated and therefore the assessment is no longer needed.
17)Includes resources ($120,000 General Fund, $120,000 federal
funds) for DSS to align to new requirements proposed in SB 855
(Committee on Budget and Fiscal Review) of the current
legislative session, the Health and Human Services budget
trailer bill, containing revisions to statute regarding Child
Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act (CAPTA) compliance on the
reporting of near child fatalities. The funding will support
four positions at DSS to provide technical assistance to
counties and review the circumstances surrounding a near child
fatality, among other responsibilities.
18)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.
COMMENTS: This bill amends the 2016 budget act (SB 826 (Leno),
Chapter 23, Statutes of 2016) to reflect technical, conforming,
and other changes necessary to correctly implement the 2016
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Budget Agreement.
Analysis Prepared by:
Nicole Vazquez / BUDGET / (916) 319-2099 FN:
0004431