BILL NUMBER:  AB 366
  VETOED	DATE: 09/24/2004




To The Members of the California State Assembly:

I am returning Assembly Bill 366 without my signature.

This bill requires the Department of Social Services to operate the
Child Care Substitute Employee Registry Pilot Program until January
1, 2008.  It would clarify that child care workers would be
registered by the Substitute Employee Registry, rather than by the
individual child care facility and that all substitute employee
records would be maintained at the Substitute Employee Registrys
regional office.  This measure would take effect immediately as an
urgency statute.

This bill provides that the Substitute Employee Registries are to be
funded by a combination of licensing fees charged to participating
registries and the reallocation of unearned child care contract
funds, pursuant to Section 8278 of the Education Code.  Despite the
commendable negotiations between the author and the Department of
Social Services, the licensing fees are not adequate for
implementation and the additional funding from Proposition 98 monies
cannot be used for this purpose.  The E ducation Code Section 8278
funds were intended for the provision of direct child care services.


For these reasons I am returning this bill without my signature.

Sincerely,



Arnold Schwarzenegger