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                                                                  SB 874
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          SENATE THIRD READING
          SB 874 (Budget and Fiscal Review Committee)
          As Amended August 13, 2013
          Majority vote 

           SENATE VOTE  :Vote not relevant  
           
           SUMMARY  :  Makes various technical adjustments to the resources,  
          environmental protection, energy, and agriculture 2014 budget  
          actions.  Specifically,  this bill  :  

          1)Corrects various technical statutory references related to the  
            drinking water program and provides appropriate liquidation  
            periods as intended by the budget actions.

          2)Clarifies that specified water and wastewater projects are  
            eligible to receive funding from the State Water Pollution  
            Control Revolving Fund.

          3)Clarifies that $10 million, previously appropriated to the  
            Department of Housing and Community Development for  
            housing-related drought relief, continues to be appropriated  
            as provided in SB 104 (Budget and Fiscal Review Committee),  
            Chapter 3, Statutes of 2014.

          4)Provides a subaccount for greenhouse gas emission funding  
            through the State Energy Conservation Assistance Account for  
            purposes of tracking and provides that the loans within this  
            new subaccount may be used by state agencies, including the  
            University of California and California State University.

          5)Modifies eligibility requirements for incentives under the  
            self-generation incentive program (SGIP) to include storage  
            and make technical changes that clarify performance measures  
            under the program.

          6)Includes an appropriation to the Natural Resources Agency for  
            the purpose of implementing elements of the scoping plan  
            adopted by the State Air Resources Board that was  
            inadvertently omitted from the budget act.

           FISCAL EFFECT  :  This bill should not result in any substantive  
          changes to the budget act or related budget actions.









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          COMMENTS  :  This bill provides the necessary statutory references  
          and technical changes to the omnibus resources trailer bill, SB  
          861, Chapter 861, Statutes of 2014, to enact the 2014-15 budget  
          related to resources, environmental protection, energy, and  
          agriculture.


           Analysis Prepared by  :    Gabrielle Meindl / BUDGET / (916)  
          319-2099 


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