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THIRD READING
Bill No: AB 1489
Author: Assembly Budget Committee
Amended: 8/21/12 in Senate
Vote: 21
ASSEMBLY FLOOR : Not relevant
SUBJECT : Budget Trailer Bill: state government
SOURCE : Author
DIGEST : This bill eliminates the following government
entities as included in the Governors May Revision to the
2012-13 Budget: (1) Accountancy Board Advisory Committee
on Ethics Curriculum; (2) Advisory Committee on Automobile
Insurance Fund; (3) Committee on Executive Salaries; (4)
Crime Lab Review Task Force; (5) Lead in Candy Interagency
Collaborative; (6) Naturopathic Childbirth Attendance
Advisory Subcommittee, and (7) State Social Services
Advisory Board Committee on Welfare and Social Services.
This bill appropriates $1,000 from the General Fund to the
Department of Finance for administrative costs related to
this bill.
ANALYSIS : The bill eliminates the following entities as
included in the Governor's May Revision to the 2012-13
Budget. After further review the Senate Budget and Fiscal
Review Committee staff has determined that the following
entities have either completed their assigned task, are
redundant, or inactive.
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Accountancy Board Advisory Committee on Ethics Curriculum .
The Committee was created in 2009 under the jurisdiction of
the California Board of Accountancy to develop guidelines
for new units of ethics study required for licensure. The
Committee submitted its report on July 21, 2011, thus
completing its task.
Advisory Committee on Automobile Insurance Fraud . The
Committee was created in 1994 to advise the Department of
Insurance on ways to coordinate the investigation,
prosecution and prevention of automobile insurance claims
fraud. The Committee has not met in seven to eight years.
Committee on Executive Salaries . Created in the early
1970s, the Committee is intended to investigate and study
all pertinent data regarding salary changes of state
personnel and similar executive positions in private and
other government organizations in order to assist the
Governor and the Legislature in maintaining equitable
salary relations internally among the various executives.
It is difficult to determine when the Committee last met,
or if it ever met. The Administration notes that some
executive salaries are set in statute, while other salaries
for positions exempt from collective bargaining are
determined by the Department of Human Resources.
Crime Lab Review Task Force . The task force was created to
review and make recommendations as to how best to
configure, fund, and improve the delivery of state and
local crime laboratory services in the future. The task
force was required to publish a report in 2009 regarding
its ecommendations, which it did. It has not met since
then.
Lead in Candy Interagency Collaborative . The purpose of
the collaborative is to provide oversight and
recommendations to the Department of Public Health and the
Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment in the
implementation of this bill's provisions and the
development and revision of regulatory standards for lead
in candy. The collaborative may periodically consult with
federal agencies such as the United States Food and Drug
Administration and United States Consumer Products Safety
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Commission, the candy industry, and recognized experts in
the field. This Committee last met in 2007.
Naturopathic Childbirth Attendance Advisory Subcommittee .
The Subcommittee was created to issue recommendations to
the Osteopathic Medical Board of California concerning the
practice of naturopathic childbirth attendance based on
review of naturopathic medical education and training. The
Subcommittee has submitted its recommendations to the
Legislature.
State Social Services Advisory Board Committee on Welfare
and Social Services . This Committee was eliminated in 1993
but a statutory reference remains in the Welfare and
Institutions Code (Welfare and Institutions Code 10605.2.).
The Administration is seeking a technical clean-up that
would eliminate this reference.
FISCAL EFFECT : Appropriation: Yes Fiscal Com.: Yes
Local: No
Appropriates $1,000 from the General Fund.
DLW:k 8/22/12 Senate Floor Analyses
SUPPORT/OPPOSITION: NONE RECEIVED
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