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          Date of Hearing:   May 12, 2010

                        ASSEMBLY COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS
                                Felipe Fuentes, Chair

               AB 2437 (V. Manuel Perez) - As Amended:  April 28, 2010 

          Policy Committee:                              Jobs, Econ.  
          Development and the Economy                   Vote: 6 - 0 

          Urgency:     No                   State Mandated Local Program:  
          No     Reimbursable:              

           SUMMARY  

          This bill creates the California Manufacturing Competitiveness  
          Loan and Loan Guarantee Program under the authority of the  
          California Industrial Development Financing Advisory Commission.  
          Specifically, this bill: 

          1)Requires the California Industrial Development Financing  
            Advisory Commission (CIDFAC) to establish the California  
            Manufacturing Competitiveness Loan and Loan Guarantee Program  
            for purpose of attracting, retaining and expanding  
            manufacturing facilities with more than 200 employees.

          2)Allows CIDFAC to make loans or provide lines of credit for the  
            purpose of acquiring, constructing, or rehabilitating  
            facilities.

          3)Establishes a maximum loan limit of $5 million and a maximum  
            loan guarantee of $10 million. 

          4)Establishes a $5,000 nonrefundable application fee and an  
            administrative fee equal to one-half of one percent of the  
            total requested guarantee amount. 

          5)Sunsets this loan program on January 1, 2016. 

           FISCAL EFFECT  

           1)Loan Program  . 

             a)   Assuming an average loan request of $2.5 million, if 25  
               businesses applied for the loan each year, a continuous  








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               appropriation of $62.5 million GF would be needed. 

             b)   A conservative default rate of 5% on these loans would  
               cost over $3 million GF per year.

             c)   There is no available federal funding or private funding  
               for this program; therefore the loans would need to be GF  
               loans. 

             d)   Assuming a fee of $5,000 paid to the commission for  
               every guarantee that is completed, if 25 firms sought these  
               guarantees each year, the fee would generate $125,000 in  
               revenue and a 0.5% annual fee on 25 $2.5 million loans  
               would generate an additional $300,000 to administer the  
               program. 

           2)Loan Guarantee Program  . 

             a)   Assuming an average investment of $5 million, and the  
               fact that state funds can be leveraged four-to-one, if 25  
               businesses applied for assistance, $31.25 million GF would  
               be needed.

             b)   A conservative default rate of 5% on these loans would  
               cost approximately $1.5 million GF per year.

             c)   There is no available federal funding or private funding  
               for this program; therefore the loan guarantees would need  
               to be secured with GF. 

             d)   Assuming a fee of $5,000 paid to the commission for  
               every guarantee that is completed, if 25 firms sought these  
               guarantees each year, the fee would generate $125,000 in  
               revenue to cover the cost of the program.

          3)One-time costs associated with developing the loan program  
            would be approximately $200,000 GF.  On-going administrative  
            costs, in the range of $200,000 could be covered by fee and  
            administrative revenue. 

           COMMENTS  

           1)Purpose  . The purpose of this legislation is to create a loan  
            program that will prove to be an enticement for manufacturers  
            who may be looking at locating their businesses in California.  








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            The program is limited to large manufacturers and establishes  
            a preference for loan applications that are developed jointly  
            by manufacturers and the unions that represent their  
            employees.  In addition, it prioritizes companies that offer  
            higher paying, skilled jobs. 
           
          2)Related Legislation  . In 2007, AB 1431 (Arambula) proposed  
            creating an Early Stage Investment Guarantee Program. That  
            bill was held on this committee's Suspense File.

            Also in 2007, AB 1455 (Arambula) proposed creating a loan  
            program for small businesses operating in newly created Air  
            Quality Zones.  That bill was amended by this committee to  
            remove the loan program. 

            Finally, in 2007, AB 1506 (Arambula) established business  
            incentives to encourage businesses to purchase new equipment  
            that result in measurable reductions of greenhouse gas (GHG).  
            Those incentives included a loan guarantee program to provide  
            loans and loan guarantees for capital expenditures that reduce  
            GHG emissions and generate renewable energy and a loan program  
            within the California Infrastructure and Economic Development  
            Bank (I-Bank) to make loans for equipment at interest rates  
            that are below market rates if the proceeds are used to  
            purchase or retrofit equipment that will result in a  
            measurable reduction in GHG emissions. Both of those loan  
            programs were removed from the bill by this committee. 

           Analysis Prepared by  :    Julie Salley-Gray / APPR. / (916)  
          319-2081