BILL ANALYSIS �
AB 1578
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ASSEMBLY THIRD READING
AB 1578 (Pan)
As Amended May 27, 2014
Majority vote
ADMINISTRATIVE REVIEW 7-4 APPROPRIATIONS 12-0
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|Ayes:|Frazier, Buchanan, Ian |Ayes:|Gatto, Bocanegra, |
| |Calderon, Cooley, | |Bradford, |
| |Lowenthal, Medina, Salas | | Ian Calderon, Campos, |
| | | |Eggman, Gomez, Holden, |
| | | |Pan, Quirk, |
| | | |Ridley-Thomas, Weber |
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|Nays:|Gorell, Hagman, Olsen, | | |
| |Wagner | | |
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SUMMARY : Requires, upon the full implementation of the
Financial Information System of California (FISCal) program,
that additional information about personal services contracts
that exceed $5,000, is made available to the public on the
FISCal Project Web site. Specifically, this bill :
1)Requires the following information to be made available on the
Web site in a format that allows for searching and sorting:
a) The names of all subcontractors under a contract;
b) The annual amounts, by funding sources, paid or to be
paid under the contract for all fiscal years in which the
contract will be in effect; and
c) The original amount of the contract and the total
projected cost of the contract or maximum cost of the
contract for all fiscal years in which the contract will be
in effect, by funding source.
2)Requires the Department of Finance (DOF) to present contract
information in an annual Personal Services Contractor
Expenditure Budget accompanying the Governor's Budget.
AB 1578
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EXISTING LAW requires, upon the full implementation of FISCal,
that certain information about personal services contracts that
exceed $5,000 is made available to the public on the FISCal
Project Web site.
FISCAL EFFECT : According to the Assembly Appropriations
Committee, incorporating additional data elements not currently
contemplated as part of FISCal could involve significant
additional one-time programming costs. Some departments with
large numbers of contracts may incur significant cost to input
the additional data elements. Annual costs to prepare and
publish the Personal Services Contractor Expenditure Budget
would probably not be significant
COMMENTS : Current law, which was enacted by SB 335 (Yee),
Chapter 757, Statutes of 2013, requires upon the full
implementation of FISCal the public posting of certain
information about personal services contracts that exceed
$5,000. FISCal is slated to be fully implemented by the end of
2017.
This bill requires the public posting of additional data on the
FISCal Web site. Major changes from current law, under this
bill, require that the names of subcontractors and funding
sources for contracts are made publically available.
This bill also requires DOF to present an annual Personal
Services Contractor Expenditure Budget with the Governor's
Budget. Current law does not require this additional reporting.
Analysis Prepared by : Scott Herbstman / A. & A.R. / (916)
319-3600
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