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                                                       Bill No:  AB 
          2329
          
                 SENATE COMMITTEE ON GOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATION
                       Senator Roderick D. Wright, Chair
                           2011-2012 Regular Session
                                 Staff Analysis



          AB 2329  Author:  Olsen
          As Introduced:  February 24, 2012
          Hearing Date:  June 26, 2012
          Consultant:  Paul Donahue


                                     SUBJECT
                                         
                          Electronic Funds Task Force

                                   DESCRIPTION
           
          Repeals the Electronic Funds Task Force (Task Force) and 
          its related functions.

                                   EXISTING LAW

           Establishes the Task Force to study and report to the 
          Legislature by April 1, 2008, a plan for development and 
          implementation of a new payment dispersal system utilizing 
          electronic funds transfer technology.

                                    BACKGROUND
           
          According to the author, "the Task Force is responsible for 
          providing a plan on the development and implementation of a 
          new payment dispersal system using electronic funds 
          transfer technology.  The Task Force is no longer needed 
          because the plan was completed in 2008.  Elimination of the 
          Task Force would help reduce the number of non-operating 
          boards in our state."

          The Board of Equalization reports that the Task Force never 
          produced a report.  The reporting requirement was 
          subsequently repealed.





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                            PRIOR/RELATED LEGISLATION
           
           AB 1585 (Accountability and Administrative Review), Chapter 
          7, Statutes of 2010  revised the procedure for mandatory and 
          voluntary reporting requirements and deleted obsolete 
          reports, the report due from the Task Force related to the 
          plan for the development and implementation of a payment 
          dispersal system utilizing electronic funds transfer 
          technology.

           AB 2098 (Liu), Chapter 818 Statutes of 2006  established the 
          Task Force for the purpose of developing a plan to 
          implement a new electronic payment dispersal system.

           SUPPORT:   

          None on file

           OPPOSE:   

          None on file

           FISCAL COMMITTEE:   Senate Appropriations Committee



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