AgdaPkt 2009-08-10 - Laserfiche WebLink

Browse Search

8A Page 6 ABx4 8—Human Services.The bill measure makes�arious changes related to the Ca(W�RKs and Supplernental Security IncomelState Supplementary Payment(SSl1SSP}programs at the state and county implementation levels. ABx4 9—Developmenta! Senrices.The bill imp(ements various measures to reduce Genera! Fund cos#s#ot-programs administered under fihe Department of Developmental Services, incl�ding those provided under#he California Ear�y Intervention Senrices Act. ABx414—Transportation.This bill makes changes to the encumbrance dead(ine related to Prop. 1 B LocaC S#reets and Roads projects and supplements the state revenues by shifting program do![ars from transportation projects and increasing DMV drivers'iicense application and renewal fees. ln the 2008-09 Bu�get Act, signed in September�0�8, cities were appropriated$�87 miiiion as a second allocation of Proposition 'I B �.ocal Streets a�d Road {rnprovement Account of 2Q06 fund�ng. Une of the requiremen#s was#hat cities recei�ing these funds had to encumber(assign to an efigibfe project}the#und�ng�y July 1, 2009.ABx4'Ep extends the encumbrance deadGne by one year, until July 1, 2t}10. Eligibility and reporting requirernents have not changed. It also makes various cuts and transfers program dollars to the state Generaf Fund, including the $876 million from f'ublic Transii Accaun�for bond-debt repaymen#and$4 million from - Aeronautics Account,which is desigr�a#ed�to provide grants to loca!airports. ln addi#ion,this bifl re�ises the 2008-09 Budget Act to direct gasoline tax"spilEover"re�enues(derived when sales taxes on gasoline are propo�ionatefy higher in relationship#o revenue derived from a11 other taxable sales}from the Public Transit Accour�t to the Mass Transpartation Fund. Las#ly,this bilf increase�DMV application and renewaEs on most commercia!drivers' licenses by $2 to$6 dollars, and increased the application and renewal fee for firefghting equipment drivers' licenses by�5 dolfars AB x411 —Resources Trailer Bill.This bil!includes a number of technical provisions dealing with the state's public reso�rrces. �t is imporkant to note that this bill was an�rgency measure which means it wifl take effect immediately.Among the issues within this trailer bill of interest to cities are: 1} The bi11 allows the use of American Recovery and Reinvestment Act(ARRA)of 20a9 funds for fores#ry managemen�activities of the Departmen#of Forestry and Fire Protection. 2} The bill raises the state's voluntary Environmental License Plate Fund fee�y$8 pefi personalized Iicense pla�e, increasing the curren#cost#o$48 for new personalized license plates and$38#or renewa(s of personalized license plates.The fee increase is expecfed to generate approximately$3 million annualfy which wiEl be used to offset#he state Resource Agency cuts. 3) The bil!also inciudes language to aliow any city that did not receive funding through the Federal Energy Efficiency and Conservation Block Grant doliars(through ARRA)#a be etigibie for funding through the Caiifornia Energy Commissson(CEC}. The CEC,which is expected to receive about$49 miilion doliars through ARRA, is required under law to pass on no iess fihan 60 percen#of the funds to sma11 local governments. In additiort,fhe CEC wili receive about$300 mi[fion in State Energy Fund do!lars which may afso be a�ailabie for grants or foans for energy efficiency pragrams. Finalfy,the biEl inclt�des lang�age to clarify#hat local go�ernments wha receive funds through the CEC may use khe#unds for climate change pfanning.The CEC is currently in the process of developing guidelines for aHoca#ing the federal doflars. For more information, please visit: www.enerqy.ca.�a�lrecovery. ABx4'[2-General Government.This bif! changes a wide variety of laws that affect state reve�ues. lfems#hat affect loca[governments ir�clude increasing(slightly)local admi�istration costs refated#o receiving Bradley Burns Local Sales and Use Tax,authorizirtg fihe Director of Finance to identify locaf c�sts related to implementing Meghan's Law�Prop. 83}, red�cing the amount of time that animals must be housed at an animal shelter from six#o three days;and allowing focal ager�cies to set fire inspec�ion fees for residential care facilifiies at#fie actuaE cost 8