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          Appropriations Committee Fiscal Summary

                                AB1473  (Hertzberg)

Hearing Date:8/16/99            Amended:8/16/99        
Consultant: Anne Maitland           Policy Vote:Govt Org:  
11-0                     
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BILL SUMMARY: 

AB 1473 requires the Governor to annually submit a 5-year  
infrastructure plan to the Legislature.

                         Fiscal Impact (in thousands)
  
Major Provisions                1999-2000      2000-01        2001-02           Fund  

Various departments   Annual costs in the $1 million range          General
                                    beginning in 2001-02

STAFF COMMENTS:  
This bill meets the criteria to be placed on the Suspense  
file.

Current law requires the Department of Finance to prepare  
an annual report projecting the state's potential need for  
financing major capital outlay and infrastructure projects  
over the next 10 years.  This report is due to the Governor  
and the fiscal committees of the Legislature by February  
1st of each year.  The Legislature is required to review  
the report for the purpose of determining capital outlay  
policies for the state.

AB 1473 repeals the existing report and requires, beginning  
in 2002, that the Governor annually submit a 5-year  
infrastructure plan to the Legislature.  The plan must  
contain:
 Identification of infrastructure requested by agencies
 Aggregate funding for transportation
 Infrastructure needs for K-12
 Instructional facilities needs for UC, CSU, and the  
  Community Colleges
 The cost of providing the infrastructure, sources of  
  funding, and impact on the state's debt position.











AB 1473 states that the plan does not need to specify  
projects for funding but may recommend "the type and  
quantity of infrastructure to be funded."  Staff notes that  
such a general reporting requirement may not provide the  
Legislature with more information than it receives from the  
current infrastructure report.

This plan is intended to be considered by the Legislature  
in conjunction with the Budget Bill.  

Staff notes that AB 1473 is similar to AB 636 (Migden),  
which was placed on the Suspense file at the 8/16 hearing.