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UNFINISHED BUSINESS
Bill No: SB 1038
Author: Senate Budget and Fiscal Review Committee
Amended: 6/25/12
Vote: 21
PRIOR VOTES NOT RELEVANT
ASSEMBLY FLOOR : Not available
SUBJECT : 2012-13 Budget Trailer Bill: Government
Operations and
Efficiencies
SOURCE : Author
DIGEST : This bill provides the necessary statutory
references to enact the 2012-13 Budget related to the
consolidation, reorganization and restructuring of state
entities.
Assembly Amendments delete the Senate version of the bill
and insert the above language.
ANALYSIS : This bill includes the following key changes
necessary to implement the Government Operations and
Efficiencies related provisions of the Budget Act:
1. Revision of the Commission of the Status of Women and
Girls . Restructures the mission and construct of the
Commission on the Status of Women and Girls.
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2. Commission on Uniform State Laws . Consolidates the
Commission on Uniform State Laws within the Legislative
Counsel Bureau.
3. Elimination of the Fair Employment and Housing
Commission . Consolidates the Fair Employment and
Housing Commission within the Department of Fair
Employment and Housing and constructs a council within
the Department that will conduct public hearings and
take regulatory action when necessary. Also allows the
courts to award reasonable attorney's fees and costs to
the Department. Creates a special fund for the deposit
of awarded costs that, upon appropriation by the
Legislature, transfer to the General Fund or support
departmental functions.
4. Eliminate Technology Services Advisory Board . Repeals
provisions establishing the Technology Services Board.
Currently, the Secretary of the California Technology
Agency is required to submit the proposed rates of the
Office of Technology Services' to the Board for
consideration. The Secretary is also required to submit
any rate change to the Department of Finance.
5. Eliminate the Electronic Funds Transfer Task Force .
Eliminates a Task Force that was responsible for
devising a plan on the development and implementation of
a new payment dispersal system using electronic funds
transfer technology. AB 1585 (Assembly Accountability
and Administrative Review Committee), Chapter 7,
Statutes of 2010, defines the report as obsolete thus
making the Task Force mission obsolete.
6. Transfer State Mediation and Conciliation Services to
Public Employment Relations Board . Makes the necessary
conforming, technical changes to statute to effectuate
the transfer of the State Mediation and Conciliation
Service from the Department of Industrial Relations to
the Public Employment Relations Board. This is one of
several government efficiency proposals contained in the
2012 Budget Act. This request has a net-zero budget
impact between the two budget items but results in the
reduction of one limited-term position.
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7. Department of Industrial Relations Reorganization:
Consolidated Public Works Enforcement . Eliminates the
Division of Labor Statistics and Research and
establishes consolidated public works enforcement within
the Division of Labor Standards Enforcement within the
Department of Industrial Relations. This is one of
several government efficiency proposals contained in the
2012 Budget Act. This consolidation will result in the
reduction of one position and on-going savings of
$231,000 in the General Fund.
8. California Unemployment Insurance Appeals Board
Reforms . Reduces the size of the California
Unemployment Insurance Appeals Board by two members
(from a total of seven to five) and increases the
qualifications of the Board members to require that
they, at a minimum, be an attorney and have one year of
experience in conducting judicial hearings or five years
of experience in the practice of law. This is one of
several government efficiency proposals contained in the
2012 Budget Act. The proposal also retains the Board
level review of the appeals caseload and eliminates
vacant positions; when combined with the reduction in
the size of the Board, results in savings of $1.2
million (other funds) in 2013-14 and on-going.
FISCAL EFFECT : Appropriation: Yes Fiscal Com.: Yes
Local: Yes
According to the Senate Budget and Fiscal Review Committee,
this bill should not result in any changes to the Budget
Act in related budget actions.
DLW:m 6/26/12 Senate Floor Analyses
SUPPORT/OPPOSITION: NONE RECEIVED
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