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          CONCURRENCE IN SENATE AMENDMENTS
          AB 2684 (Bock)
          As Amended August 14, 2000
          Majority vote
           
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          |ASSEMBLY:  |79-0 |(May 30, 2000)  |SENATE: |39-0 |(August 24,    |
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           Original Committee Reference:   L. GOV.  

           SUMMARY  :  Creates a mechanism for allocation of savings realized  
          in the implementation of specified state-mandated local  
          programs.  

           The Senate amendments  :

          1)Limit the Savings Allocation Program (SAP) to two mandates:   
            a) Services to Handicapped Children; and, b) Child Abduction  
            and Recovery.

          2)Require the State Controller (Controller) to report to the  
            Legislature on or before January 1, 2006, on the amount of  
            savings realized through SAP.

          3)Sunset SAP on January 1, 2007, barring prior legislative  
            action that deletes or extends it.

          4)Delete the provision delaying the operative date of the  
            program until January 1, 2003.

           EXISTING LAW  :

          1)Requires the state to reimburse local agencies and school  
            districts for costs incurred in the implementation of  
            state-mandated programs.

          2)Establishes procedures for local agencies and school districts  
            to file claims with the Commission on State Mandates for  
            reimbursement of state-mandated costs.

           AS PASSED BY THE ASSEMBLY  , this bill:

          1)Authorized local agencies and school districts filing claims  








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            for reimbursement for state-mandated local costs to submit  
            findings to the Controller identifying savings realized as a  
            result of efficiencies by the agency or district in  
            implementation of the state-mandated program.

          2)Required the Controller to allocate those savings on the basis  
            of up to one-third each to the local agency or school  
            district, and the balance to the General Fund (GF).

          3)Established SAP, that will develop administrative procedures  
            in accordance with the Administrative Procedures Act.

          4)Limited SAP to GF savings of actual cost mandates.

          5)Became operative on January 1, 2003.

           FISCAL EFFECT  :  Minor costs, possibly offset in whole or part by  
          savings.

           COMMENTS  :  Negotiations between the author, the Controller, and  
          interested parties have resulted in a bill that is considerably  
          more narrow in its application than the one passed by the  
          Assembly.


           Analysis Prepared by  :  J. Stacey Sullivan / L. GOV. / (916)  
          319-3958 
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