BILL NUMBER: SB 93 AMENDED
BILL TEXT
AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY APRIL 6, 2016
AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY APRIL 4, 2016
AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY FEBRUARY 22, 2016
INTRODUCED BY Senators De León and Lara
(Principal coauthors: Assembly Members Cristina Garcia, Gomez,
Rendon, and Santiago)
JANUARY 9, 2015
An act to amend the Budget Act of 2015 (Chapters 10 and 11 of the
Statutes of 2015), by adding Item 3960-011-0001 to Section 2.00 of,
and amending Section 39.00 of, that act, relating to the state
budget,to take effect immediately, budget bill.
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
SB 93, as amended, De León. Budget Act of 2015.
The Budget Act of 2015 appropriated specified amounts for support
of the Department of Toxic Substances Control.
This bill would require the Director of Finance to transfer up to
$176,600,000 as a loan from the General Fund to the Toxic Substances
Control Account for the Department of Toxic Substances Control to use
for activities related to the lead contamination in the communities
surrounding the Exide Technologies facility in the City of Vernon.
This bill would require the department to repay these funds, as
specified, and would authorize the Director of Finance to forgive any
unpaid balance of the loan under specified circumstances.
This bill would declare that it is to take effect immediately as a
Budget Bill.
Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: yes.
State-mandated local program: no.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. Item 3960-011-0001 is added to Section 2.00 of the
Budget Act of 2015, to read:
3960-011-0001--For transfer by the
Controller, upon order of the Director
of Finance, from the General Fund to
the Toxic Substances Control Account ... (176,600,000)
Provisions:
1. The Director of Finance shall
transfer up to $176,600,000
as a loan from the General
Fund to the Toxic Substances
Control Account for the
Department of Toxic
Substances Control to use for
any of the following purposes:
(a) Activities related to
the cleanup and
investigation of
properties
contaminated with lead
in the communities
surrounding the Exide
Technologies facility
in the City of Vernon,
California.
(b) Notwithstanding
Section 25173.6 of the
Health and Safety
Code, job training
activities related to
the cleanup and
investigation of the
properties
contaminated with lead
in the communities
surrounding the Exide
Technologies facility
in the City of Vernon,
California.
(c) Actions taken to
pursue all available
remedies against
potentially
responsible parties,
including, but not
limited to, cost
recovery actions
against entities that
are potentially
responsible, for the
costs related to the
cleanup and
investigation of
properties
contaminated with lead
in the communities
surrounding the Exide
Technologies facility
in the City of Vernon,
California.
2. All funds recovered from the
potentially responsible
parties shall be used to
repay the loan made pursuant
to this item. If the amount
of moneys received from the
cost recovery efforts
is insufficient to fully
repay the loan made pursuant
to this item, the Director of
Finance may forgive any
remaining balance if, at
least 90 days before
forgiving any balance, the
Director of Finance submits a
notification to the Joint
Legislative Budget Committee.
3. The funds identified in this
item shall be available for
transfer until June 30, 2018.
SEC. 2. Section 39.00 of the Budget Act of 2015 is amended to
read:
Sec. 39.00. The Legislature hereby finds and declares that the
following bills are other bills providing for appropriations related
to the Budget Bill within the meaning of subdivision (e) of Section
12 of Article IV of the California Constitution: AB 94, AB 95, AB
104, AB 105, AB 106, AB 107, AB 108, AB 109, AB 110, AB 111, AB 112,
AB 113, AB 114, AB 115, AB 116, AB 117, AB 118, AB 119, AB 120, AB
121, AB 122, AB 123, AB 124, AB 125, AB 127, AB 128, AB 129, AB 130,
AB 131, AB 132, AB 134, AB 135, AB 136, AB 137, AB 138, SB 70, SB 71,
SB 72, SB 73, SB 74, SB 75, SB 76, SB 77, SB 78, SB 79, SB 80, SB
81, SB 82, SB 83, SB 84, SB 85, SB 86, SB 87, SB 88, SB 89, SB 90, SB
91, SB 92, SB 94, SB 95, SB 96, SB 98, SB 99, SB 100, SB 102, SB
103, SB 104, SB 105, SB 106, SB 107, SB 108, and SB 109, in the form
that these bills existed at the time that the act amending this
section of the Budget Act of 2015 took effect.
SEC. 3. This act is a Budget Bill within the meaning of
subdivision (c) of Section 12 of Article IV of the California
Constitution and shall take effect immediately.