BILL NUMBER: AB 315 AMENDED
BILL TEXT
AMENDED IN SENATE JUNE 21, 2010
AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY JUNE 1, 2009
AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY MAY 6, 2009
AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY APRIL 14, 2009
INTRODUCED BY Assembly Member De Leon
FEBRUARY 18, 2009
An act to add Section 8222.2 to the Education Code,
relating to child care and development services. An
act to add Section 33217 to the Public Resources Code, relating to
public resources.
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
AB 315, as amended, De Leon. Child care and development
services: alternative payment programs. Public
resources: Santa Monica Mountains Conservancy: Los Angeles River
parkway projects.
Existing law establishes the Santa Monica Mountains Conservancy in
the Natural Resources Agency and specifies the authority and
purposes of the conservancy.
This bill would require the conservancy to develop a feasibility
study on or before June 30, 2011, for the creation of Los Angeles
River Parkway projects in the Los Angeles State Historic Park and Rio
de Los Angeles State Park (Bowtie Parcel). The bill would require
the conservancy to use existing budget resources and voluntary
private and nonprofit resources when preparing the study, and to
request voluntary cooperation of other governmental authorities with
jurisdiction over the Los Angeles State Historic Park and Bowtie
Parcel. The bill would require the study to provide for, among other
things, the acquisition of real property in and abutting the Los
Angeles State Historic Park and the Bowtie Parcel, and the subsequent
lease, rental, sale, or other transfer of that property for park
purposes.
The Child Care and Development Services Act, administered by the
State Department of Education, requires the Superintendent of Public
Instruction to administer child care and development programs that
offer a full range of services for eligible children from infancy to
13 years of age. The act authorizes funds appropriated for purposes
of the act to be used for alternative payment programs to allow for
maximum parental choice.
This bill would require the department to consider developing
guidelines for alternative payment programs on specified matters,
including timeliness of payment to child care providers.
Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: yes.
State-mandated local program: no.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. Section 33217 is added to the
Public Resources Code , to read:
33217. (a) On or before June 30, 2011, the conservancy shall
develop a feasibility study for the creation of Los Angeles River
parkway projects in the Los Angeles State Historic Park and Rio de
Los Angeles State Park (Bowtie Parcel). The study shall include, but
not be limited to, all of the following:
(1) Establish objectives for extending regional wildlife linkages
and exploring river recreational activities.
(2) Establish objectives for riparian habitat conservation, water
quality improvements, and in-channel reconfiguration.
(3) Analyze the potential of connecting Central High School #13,
which is expected to open in the Fall of 2011, to the Bowtie Parcel.
(4) Analyze the potential of linking the network of parks and
local schools through trails, bikeways, nature kiosks, and user
access points.
(b) In preparing the study required by subdivision (a), the
conservancy shall use existing budget resources and voluntary private
and nonprofit local resources, and request voluntary cooperation of
the other governmental authorities with jurisdiction over the Los
Angeles State Historic Park and the Bowtie Parcel.
(c) The study required by subdivision (a) shall provide for both
of the following:
(1) Acquisition of real property in and abutting the Los Angeles
State Historic Park and the Bowtie Parcel, and the subsequent lease,
rental, sale, or other transfer of that property for park purposes.
(2) A means by which to apply for grants or loans to purchase or
restore park, recreation, conservation, or open-space opportunities
in the Los Angeles State Historic Park and the Bowtie Parcel.
(d) The Legislature intends that at the beginning of its new
charge to prepare a study pursuant to subdivision (a), the
conservancy do so within its existing budgetary resources. As
opportunities become available, the Legislature intends that the
conservancy apply for grants described in paragraph (2) of
subdivision (c). In instances when it cannot apply for grants due to
ineligibility, the Legislature encourages the conservancy to partner
with community-based organizations with an interest in seeing the
establishment of the Los Angeles River parkway projects in the Los
Angeles State Historic Park and the Bowtie Parcel.
(e) For purposes of this section, the following terms have the
following meanings:
(1) "Los Angeles State Historic Park" means the 32 acres of open
space directly adjacent to Chinatown and east of Elysian Park.
(2) "Rio de Los Angeles State Park (Bowtie Parcel)" means the 18.6
acres of undeveloped land directly adjacent to one of the few
remaining soft-bottomed stretches of the Los Angeles River Channel
and located within the 58-acre park along the Los Angeles River,
north of downtown Los Angeles.
SECTION 1. It is the Legislature's intent to:
(a) Eliminate late and inaccurate payments to child care
providers.
(b) Eliminate ambiguities that have led to changing guidelines.
(c) Eliminate insufficient communication about policies, and the
lack of a system that addresses child care provider payment problems
that has led to more experienced, quality providers choosing not to
accept subsidized children, thereby reducing parental choice and
availability of care for families relying on the subsidized child
care system.
(d) Create a uniform and timely system of payments to child care
providers by providing clear and consistent directives for
alternative payment programs.
SEC. 2. Section 8222.2 is added to the
Education Code, to read:
8222.2. In developing regulations on provider payments, the
department shall consider developing guidelines for alternative
payment programs on all of the following:
(a) Timeliness of payments to child care providers.
(b) Due process and complaint process.
(c) Filling out attendance records.
(d) Manner of issuing payments to child care providers, and
whether an alternative payment program may issue a single check for
multiple children.
(e) Timeliness of notice to providers when a child is no longer
eligible to receive subsidies.
(f) Administrative recourse and penalties for late payments to
child care providers. If a penalty is assessed against an alternative
payment program, the program shall use only administrative and
support service funds received pursuant to Section 8223 to pay the
penalty.