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          Date of Hearing:   May 6, 2009

                        ASSEMBLY COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS
                                Kevin De Leon, Chair

                  AB 1182 (Brownley) - As Amended:  April 30, 2009 

          Policy Committee:                              Higher  
          EducationVote:9-0 (Consent)

          Urgency:     No                   State Mandated Local Program:  
          No     Reimbursable:               

           SUMMARY  

          This bill revises current reporting requirements of the  
          University of California (UC), the California State University  
          (CSU), and the California Community Colleges (CCC).   
          Specifically, this bill:

          1)Eliminates 19 existing reporting requirements.

          2)Moves 39 non-codified reporting requirements (primarily  
            required by the Supplemental Report of past Budget Acts) into  
            statute.

          3)Stipulates that 10 other non-codified reporting requirements  
            are no longer in effect.

          4)Modifies 14 reporting requirements.

          5)Authorizes the electronic submission reports, unless otherwise  
            specified.

           FISCAL EFFECT  

          Minor savings to each of the segments from reduced reporting and  
          increased use of electronic reporting.

           COMMENTS  

           1)Purpose  .  UC, CSU, and CCC are collectively required to  
            provide an average of 115 annual reports to the Legislature.   
            Some have become obsolete or duplicative, while others do not  
            provide clear direction to the segments as to the content or  








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            legislative recipients of the report.  In addition,  
            supplemental report language associated with past Budget Acts  
            requires many of these reports, but and the applicability of  
            such language from previous years is unclear.

            This bill is intended to restructure and reorganize existing  
            reporting requirements to provide greater clarity and  
            prioritization for the segments and more effective,  
            manageable, and transparent reporting to the Legislature.  It  
            is the result of a working group established last year between  
            the segments, legislative staff, the Department of Finance and  
            the California Postsecondary Education Commission.

           2)Prior Legislation  .  This bill is substantially similar to AB  
            1821 (Brownley) of 2008, which was vetoed.  The governor  
            expressed concerns that the bill would result in significant  
            state-reimbursable mandated costs on CCC by placing reporting  
            requirements from supplemental reports into statute.  The most  
            recent amendments to AB 1182 seek to address the  
            administration's concerns.

           Analysis Prepared by  :    Chuck Nicol / APPR. / (916) 319-2081