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THIRD READING
Bill No: AB 894
Author: Furutani (D)
Amended: 5/11/09 in Assembly
Vote: 21
SENATE ELECTIONS, REAP. & CONST. AMEND. COMM. : 5-0, 7/7/09
AYES: Hancock, Walters, DeSaulnier, Liu, Strickland
SENATE APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE : Senate Rule 28.8
ASSEMBLY FLOOR : 77-0, 5/21/09 - See last page for vote
SUBJECT : Ballot measures: fiscal impact statements
SOURCE : State Controller
DIGEST : This bill requires the Legislative Analysts
Office, when preparing the required fiscal analyses for
measures on the statewide ballot, to provide specified
additional information.
ANALYSIS : According to the bills sponsor, the State
Controller, this bill is intended to enable voters to
better understand the measure's costs. According to the
sponsor, "The recent budget crisis demonstrates the need to
make more transparent the costs to taxpayers of
establishing new programs or locking in formulaic spending,
especially via ballot box budgeting. By presenting costs
in the manner proposed by this bill, voters will be better
able to assess and understand the benefits versus the costs
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of the measure on which they are deciding."
This bill:
1. Requires the Legislative Analyst's Office (LAO), if it
estimates that a measure will increase state costs, to
provide an analysis of the measure's impact on the
state, and an estimate of the percentage of the General
Fund that would be expended by the measure if
applicable.
2. Requires that any estimate of increased cost to the
state or local governments be set out in boldface print
in the ballot pamphlet.
3. Requires the LAO, in preparing the fiscal impact summary
for a measure on the ballot, to attempt using standard
descriptions of changes in revenues or costs for measure
so that comparison between measures can be easier for
the average voter to understand.
4. Requires the fiscal impact statement and any estimated
amount of an increase or decrease in revenues or costs
to the state or local government included in the title
and summary prepared by the AG for a state initiative
measure to be in boldface type.
FISCAL EFFECT : Appropriation: No Fiscal Com.: Yes
Local: No
SUPPORT : (Verified 7/20/09)
State Controller (source)
Service Employees International Union
ASSEMBLY FLOOR :
AYES: Adams, Ammiano, Anderson, Arambula, Beall, Bill
Berryhill, Tom Berryhill, Blakeslee, Block, Blumenfield,
Brownley, Buchanan, Caballero, Charles Calderon, Carter,
Chesbro, Conway, Cook, Coto, Davis, De La Torre, De Leon,
DeVore, Duvall, Emmerson, Eng, Evans, Feuer, Fletcher,
Fong, Fuller, Furutani, Gaines, Galgiani, Garrick,
Gilmore, Hagman, Hall, Harkey, Hayashi, Hernandez, Hill,
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Huber, Huffman, Jeffries, Jones, Knight, Krekorian, Lieu,
Logue, Bonnie Lowenthal, Ma, Mendoza, Miller, Monning,
Nestande, Niello, Nielsen, John A. Perez, V. Manuel
Perez, Portantino, Price, Ruskin, Salas, Silva, Skinner,
Smyth, Solorio, Audra Strickland, Swanson, Torlakson,
Torres, Torrico, Tran, Villines, Yamada, Bass
NO VOTE RECORDED: Fuentes, Nava, Saldana
DLW:mw 7/20/09 Senate Floor Analyses
SUPPORT/OPPOSITION: SEE ABOVE
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