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CONSENT
Bill No: AB 1625
Author: Nazarian (D)
Amended: As introduced
Vote: 21
SENATE GOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATION COMMITTEE : 9-0, 5/13/14
AYES: Correa, Berryhill, Cannella, De Le�n, Galgiani, Lieu,
Padilla, Torres, Vidak
NO VOTE RECORDED: Hernandez, Vacancy
SENATE APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE : Senate Rule 28.8
ASSEMBLY FLOOR : 75-0, 4/24/14 (Consent) - See last page for
vote
SUBJECT : California Arts Council Contribution and Donations
Fund
SOURCE : Author
DIGEST : This bill establishes the California Arts Council
Contribution and Donations Fund to receive monies donated to the
California Arts Council (CAC).
ANALYSIS :
Existing law:
1.Provides for the CAC with the purpose of encouraging artistic
awareness, participation, and expression; assisting
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independent local groups to develop art programs; promoting
the employment of artists in both the public and private
sectors; and providing for the exhibition of artwork in public
buildings and to enlist the aid of all state agencies in the
task of ensuring the fullest expression of artistic potential.
2.Provides that the CAC consists of 11 members who serve
four-year staggered terms. Nine members are appointed by the
Governor, subject to Senate confirmation, and one member each
is appointed by the Senate Rules Committee and the Speaker of
the Assembly. The members serve without salary, elect their
own chair, and meet throughout the state to encourage public
attendance.
3.Requires the Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) to issue, for
fees in specified amounts, a special interest license plate
bearing a full-plate graphic design that depicts a significant
feature or quality of the State of California and is approved
by the DMV in consultation with the CAC.
4.Grants the CAC the authority to accept unrestricted gifts,
donations, and grants to help fulfill the CAC's statutory
requirements. Such donations are currently deposited in the
Art Council Donations Account in the Special Deposit Fund.
This bill:
1.Creates in the State Treasury, the continuously appropriated
California Arts Council Contribution and Donations Fund to
receive gifts and donations made to the CAC for the purpose of
fulfilling its mission.
2.Provides that any monies in the Art Council Donations Account
must be transferred to the California Arts Council
Contribution and Donations Fund.
Comments
The author's office notes that a special deposit fund is a trust
fund in the State Treasury and provides a depository for money
received for a specific liability and is considered a temporary
fund. The CAC currently has an active special deposit fund
titled California Arts Council Donations that must be renewed
every two years. In May 2013, the CAC was given a two-year
extension on its special deposit fund account, with instructions
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from the State Controller's Office and the Department of Finance
for the CAC to establish a new continuous special revenue fund
in statute.
FISCAL EFFECT : Appropriation: Yes Fiscal Com.: Yes
Local: No
SUPPORT : (Verified 6/23/14)
California Alliance for Arts Education
California Arts Council
ARGUMENTS IN SUPPORT : According to the author's office, this
bill was introduced to simply establish a continuous special
revenue fund, referred to as the California Arts Council
Contribution and Donations Fund, to replace the Art Council
Donations Account in the Special Deposit Fund. The author's
office states that the change will create a continuous special
revenue fund and allow the CAC's program expenditures to be
accounted for in the state budget and provide a more effective
administration of private and public donations. The author's
office emphasizes that the CAC's ability to accept donations
ensures that it can act swiftly to address new opportunities and
support special projects and leadership initiatives that focus
on arts education and local programming.
ASSEMBLY FLOOR : 75-0, 4/24/14
AYES: Achadjian, Alejo, Allen, Ammiano, Atkins, Bigelow, Bloom,
Bocanegra, Bonilla, Bonta, Bradford, Brown, Buchanan, Ian
Calderon, Campos, Chau, Ch�vez, Chesbro, Conway, Cooley,
Dababneh, Dahle, Daly, Dickinson, Donnelly, Eggman, Fong, Fox,
Frazier, Beth Gaines, Garcia, Gatto, Gomez, Gonzalez, Gordon,
Gorell, Grove, Hagman, Hall, Roger Hern�ndez, Holden, Jones,
Jones-Sawyer, Levine, Linder, Logue, Lowenthal, Maienschein,
Medina, Melendez, Mullin, Muratsuchi, Nestande, Olsen, Pan,
Patterson, Perea, V. Manuel P�rez, Quirk, Quirk-Silva, Rendon,
Ridley-Thomas, Rodriguez, Salas, Skinner, Stone, Ting, Wagner,
Waldron, Weber, Wieckowski, Wilk, Williams, Yamada, John A.
P�rez
NO VOTE RECORDED: Gray, Harkey, Mansoor, Nazarian, Vacancy
MW:e 6/23/14 Senate Floor Analyses
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SUPPORT/OPPOSITION: SEE ABOVE
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