BILL NUMBER: SB 1074 AMENDED
BILL TEXT
AMENDED IN SENATE MARCH 28, 2016
INTRODUCED BY Senator Hueso
FEBRUARY 16, 2016
An act to amend Section 11340.2 of the Government Code,
relating to state government. An act to amend Section
25463 of the Public Resources Code, relating to energy, and making an
appropriation therefor.
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
SB 1074, as amended, Hueso. State government.
Energy: Federal Trust Fund.
Existing law authorizes the State Energy Resources Conservation
and Development Commission to administer funds appropriated by the
federal American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (federal act)
for the federal Energy Efficiency and Conservation Block Grant
Program to award contracts, grants, and loans for energy-related
projects.
This bill would, for the fiscal year 2016-17, appropriate to the
commission $13,000,000 from the moneys derived from the federal act
in the Federal Trust Fund for the above purposes. The bill would, for
the fiscal year 2017-18 and each fiscal year thereafter,
continuously appropriate $2,500,000 annually to the commission from
the moneys derived from the federal act in the Federal Trust Fund for
the above purposes, until all of those moneys are encumbered or
expended.
Existing law, for the purpose of reducing and improving
administrative regulations, establishes an Office of Administrative
Law to review adopted regulations. Existing law provides that the
office is under the direction and control of a director, appointed by
the Governor, subject to confirmation by the Senate.
This bill would make nonsubstantive changes to those provisions.
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. Section 25463 of the Public
Resources Code is amended to read:
25463. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this division,
federal funds available to the commission pursuant to this chapter
may be used by the commission to augment funding for any programs or
measures authorized by this division unless otherwise prohibited by
the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (Public Law
111-5). The commission may administer any funds used to augment other
programs using the procedures of the augmented program consistent
with applicable federal law.
(b) This section shall be liberally construed to maximize the
commission's ability to utilize and award federal funds expeditiously
and in accordance with the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of
2009 or federal acts related to the American Recovery and
Reinvestment Act of 2009.
(c) (1) For the fiscal year 2016-17, the sum of thirteen million
dollars ($13,000,000) is hereby appropriated to the commission from
the moneys derived from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of
2009 in the Federal Trust Fund for purposes authorized by Section
25461.
(2) Notwithstanding Section 13340 of the Government Code, for the
fiscal year 2017-18 and each fiscal year thereafter until all moneys
in the Federal Trust Fund derived from the American Recovery and
Reinvestment Act of 2009 have been encumbered or expended, the sum of
two million five hundred thousand dollars ($2,500,000) annually is
hereby continuously appropriated to the commission for the purposes
authorized by Section 25461.
SECTION 1. Section 11340.2 of the Government
Code is amended to read:
11340.2. (a) The Office of Administrative Law is hereby
established in state government in the Government Operations Agency.
The office shall be under the direction and control of an executive
officer who shall be known as the director. There shall also be a
deputy director. The director's term and the deputy director's term
of office shall be coterminous with that of the appointing power,
except that they shall be subject to reappointment.
(b) The director and deputy director shall have the same
qualifications as a hearing officer and shall be appointed by the
Governor, subject to confirmation by the Senate.