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SB-1025 State regulations: review.(2011-2012)

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Amended  IN  Assembly  August 24, 2012
Amended  IN  Assembly  June 13, 2012

CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE— 2011–2012 REGULAR SESSION

Senate Bill
No. 1025

Introduced  by Committee on Budget and Fiscal Review Senator Lowenthal
 (Principal Coauthor(s): Assembly Member Nestande)

February 06, 2012

An act to amend the Budget Act of 2011 (Chapter 33 of the Statutes of 2011) by augmenting Item 9840-001-0001 of Section 2.00 of that act, relating to the State Budget, and making an appropriation therefor, to take effect immediately, Budget Bill. add Section 11342.5 to the Government Code, relating to state government.


LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


SB 1025, as amended, Committee on Budget and Fiscal Review Lowenthal. Budget Act of 2011: augmentation. State regulations: review.
Existing law authorizes various state entities to promulgate and implement administrative regulations, subject to specified criteria.
This bill would require, no later than December 31, 2013, each state entity that promulgates regulations to review those regulations, and repeal or report to the Legislature those identified as duplicative, archaic, or inconsistent with statute or other regulations. The bill would also require these entities to report to the Legislature by that date on regulations deemed to inhibit economic growth in the state.

The Budget Act of 2011 appropriated specified amounts from the General Fund for the support of state government.

This bill would appropriate $1,096,918,436 from the General Fund in augmentation of a specified appropriation in the Budget Act of 2011, regarding augmentations for contingencies and emergencies, and would require the Controller to allocate this additional amount according to a specified schedule.

This bill would declare that it is to take effect immediately as a Budget Bill.

Vote: MAJORITY   Appropriation: YESNO   Fiscal Committee: YES   Local Program: NO  

The people of the State of California do enact as follows:


SECTION 1.

 Section 11342.5 is added to the Government Code, to read:

11342.5.
 Each state entity that promulgates regulations shall review those regulations, and no later than December 31, 2013, do either or both of the following, as applicable:
(a) Identify regulations it deems to be duplicative, archaic, or inconsistent with statute or other regulations and do either of the following:
(1) Repeal the regulations as authorized by law, if possible.
(2) If it is not possible to repeal the regulations, report to the Legislature on the legislative or other action needed to repeal them.
(b) Identify and report to the Legislature on regulations it deems would inhibit economic growth in the state.

SECTION 1.

The sum of one billion ninety-six million nine hundred eighteen thousand four hundred thirty-six dollars ($1,096,918,436) is hereby appropriated from the General Fund for expenditure for the 2011–12 fiscal year in augmentation of Item 9840-001-0001 of Section 2.00 of the Budget Act of 2011 (Chapter 33 of the Statutes of 2011). Notwithstanding Provision 7 of Item 9840-001-0001, these funds shall be allocated by the Controller in accordance with the following schedule:

(a)Seven hundred fifty-nine million six hundred thousand dollars ($759,600,000) to Schedule (3) 20.10.030-Benefits (Medical Care and Services), of Item 4260-101-0001.

(b)Forty-one million seven hundred ninety-three thousand dollars ($41,793,000) to Schedule (2) 20.20-Long-Term Care Services—Penal Code and Judicially Committed, of Item 4440-011-0001.

(c)Two hundred ninety-five million four hundred thousand dollars ($295,400,000) to Item 5225-002-0001, according to the following schedule:

(1)Forty-six million two hundred thousand dollars ($46,200,000) to Schedule (2) 25-Adult Corrections and Rehabilitation Operations—General Security.

(2)One hundred sixty-three million two hundred thousand dollars ($163,200,000) to Schedule (3) 50.10-Medical Services—Adult.

(3)Eighty-six million dollars ($86,000,000) to Schedule (6) 50.40-Ancillary Health Care Services—Adult.

(d)One hundred twenty-five thousand four hundred thirty-six dollars ($125,436) to Item 9300-101-0001.

SEC. 2.

Any unencumbered balances, as of June 30, 2012, of the funds appropriated within any of the items identified in Section 1 shall revert to the General Fund.

SEC. 3.

This act is a Budget Bill within the meaning of subdivision (e) of Section 12 of Article IV of the California Constitution and shall take effect immediately.