BILL ANALYSIS
AB 621
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Date of Hearing: April 29, 2009
ASSEMBLY COMMITTEE ON LOCAL GOVERNMENT
Anna Marie Caballero, Chair
AB 621 (Saldana) - As Amended: April 20, 2009
SUBJECT : County Budget Act.
SUMMARY : Names as the "County Budget Act" the act that
prescribes the procedures that county officials are required to
follow when adopting their annual budgets and clarifies
statutory definitions and their consistent uses for purposes of
that act.
EXISTING LAW establishes the procedures that county officials
are required to follow when adopting their annual budgets.
FISCAL EFFECT : None
COMMENTS : The act that establishes the procedures that county
officials are required to follow when adopting their annual
budgets has remained relatively unchanged since the Legislature
revised these procedures nearly 25 years ago (AB 820, Cortese,
1985). Starting in January 2007, a subcommittee of the State
Controller's Advisory Committee on County Accounting Procedures
reviewed the statutory requirements and recommended numerous
changes. The Advisory Committee looked for ways to reduce the
counties' costs of complying with redundant reporting and filing
requirements. AB 621 revises the statutes that spell out the
procedures that county officials are required to follow when
adopting their annual budgets.
REGISTERED SUPPORT / OPPOSITION :
Support
None on file
Opposition
None on file
Analysis Prepared by : Jennifer R. Klein / L. GOV. / (916)
319-3958