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CONSENT
Bill No: AB 1253
Author: Davis (D)
Amended: 1/4/12 in Assembly
Vote: 21
SENATE GOVERNANCE & FINANCE COMMITTEE : 8-0, 6/13/12
AYES: Wolk, Dutton, DeSaulnier, Fuller, Hernandez, Kehoe,
La Malfa, Liu
ASSEMBLY FLOOR : 69-0, 1/19/12 (Consent) - See last page
for vote
SUBJECT : Counties: recommended budget
SOURCE : Author
DIGEST : This bill allows a county board of supervisors
to revise a recommended budget before its final adoption.
ANALYSIS : State law spells out the procedures that
county officials must follow when adopting an annual
budget. County boards of supervisors annually must approve
a recommended budget on or before June 30 and, after
holding a public hearing on the recommended budget, must
adopt a final budget on or before October 2.
This bill allows a board of supervisors to revise a
recommended budget after the start of a public hearing on
the recommended budget only if the revision is either:
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Proposed in writing and filed with the clerk of the board
before the close of the hearing, or
Approved by a four-fifths vote of the board after the
close of the hearing.
Comments
The Local Government Omnibus Act of 2009 (SB 113, Senate
Local Government Committee, 2009) enacted numerous
revisions to the County Budget Act. These amendments
inadvertently deleted language that (1) authorized county
supervisors to revise a recommended budget before its final
adoption, and (2) specified how supervisors could amend a
recommended budget during a public hearing.
County officials want the Legislature to restore their
authority to revise recommended budgets.
This bill reestablishes counties' statutory authority to
revise an approved recommended budget. Without this bill,
counties could face unnecessary restrictions and
uncertainty in managing their budgetary affairs. Due to
possible fiscal changes at the federal or state level, many
counties wait until the October 2nd deadline to approve a
final budget. This bill will restore vital flexibility for
county supervisors to adjust recommended county budgets in
response to changing economic and programmatic needs.
Without this bill, boards of supervisor will be prevented
from making necessary changes to the recommended budget
until after the adopted budget is approved.
FISCAL EFFECT : Appropriation: No Fiscal Com.: No
Local: No
SUPPORT : (Verified 6/14/12)
California State Association of Counties
State Association of County Auditors
ASSEMBLY FLOOR : 69-0, 1/19/12
AYES: Achadjian, Allen, Ammiano, Atkins, Beall, Bill
Berryhill, Block, Blumenfield, Bonilla, Bradford,
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Brownley, Buchanan, Butler, Charles Calderon, Campos,
Carter, Cedillo, Chesbro, Conway, Cook, Dickinson,
Donnelly, Eng, Feuer, Fletcher, Fong, Fuentes, Beth
Gaines, Galgiani, Garrick, Gatto, Gordon, Grove, Hagman,
Halderman, Harkey, Hayashi, Hill, Huber, Huffman,
Jeffries, Jones, Knight, Logue, Bonnie Lowenthal, Ma,
Mansoor, Miller, Mitchell, Monning, Morrell, Nestande,
Nielsen, Norby, Olsen, Pan, Perea, V. Manuel P�rez,
Portantino, Silva, Skinner, Solorio, Swanson, Valadao,
Wagner, Wieckowski, Williams, Yamada, John A. P�rez
NO VOTE RECORDED: Alejo, Davis, Furutani, Gorell, Hall,
Roger Hern�ndez, Hueso, Lara, Mendoza, Smyth, Torres
AGB:nl 6/14/12 Senate Floor Analyses
SUPPORT/OPPOSITION: SEE ABOVE
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