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Ph- IS' BUDGET BILLS from page 10 ... mentation of a high -speed inter -city rail service. AB 1765 would adopt the Governor's proposal to reverse the consolidation of the Authority with Caltrans, for an increase in special fund expen- diture of $2 million. AB 1749, SS 1044 and Other Public Safety Impacts program, which provides partial reimbursement to local agencies for costs associated with the training of correctional officers. Law Enforcement High Technology Grants: The California Law Enforcement Equipment Program has been eliminated. The funds were to be specifically used for high technology equipment for law enforcement purposes. AB 1749 (DEFEATED) - Booking Fees: The Assembly did not take up the trailer bill (AB 1749) that would have eliminated the booking fee subvention and repealed counties' authority (under Government Code Section 29550 at seq.) to charge a booking fee. We are left with the status quo: counties retain their authority to charge actual administrative booking costs, and cities and special districts will continue to receive a backfill for these charges. SB 1044 (Sent to Senate for concur- rence) - Rural and Small County Law En- forcement Program The Assembly budget package rejects the proposed two -year sus- pension of the $500,000 appropriation to 37 specified small and rural county sheriffs' depart- ments for law enforcement purposes. Accord- ingly, the budget will maintain the continuous appropriation of $18.5 million for this purpose. COPS /Juvenile Justice Programs. The budget contains a reduction of $16.3 million from both the Citizens' Option for Public Safety (COPS) and Juvenile Justice for Crime Preven- tion Act ( JJCPA), leaving $100 million for each program. In addition, the Board of Corrections' (BOC) administrative costs ($275,000), which in previous years have been covered by a sepa- rate general fund appropriation, will be funded directly out of the JJCPA allocation. A provision also is included to specify that $176,000 of the BOC's administrative costs may be used for juvenile facility inspections. Standards and Training for Corrections (STC). The Assembly budget restores the Board of Corrections' budget by $16.1 million, representing the reinstatement of the STC POST Training Reimbursement The budget contains a reinstatement of $22.5 million to the Commission for Peace Officers Stan- dards and Training (POST) budget for purposes of reimbursing local law enforcement agencies for peace officer training. Category Current monthly Proposed of Offense fee fee Categories I -IV $150 $176 Category V $1,300 $1,521 Category VI $1,950 $2,281 Category VII $2,600 $3,042 Additional City Impacts Public Libraries: AB 1765 reduces state General Fund support to local public libraries to $15.8 million, which equates to a 50 percent reduction from the Budget Act of 2002, and a 72 percent reduction from the $56.9 million pro- vided in 2000 -01. State Funded Mandates: The state de- ferred, suspended and repealed various man- dates. We are still compiling a complete list. For updated information, please visit the State Budget page on the League's website: www.cacities.org /budget. We will provide updates as new information becomes available. Visit the League's Official Web Site -- www.cacities.org PRIORITY FOCUS /PAGE 11 a a a a a s a a a a a a a a a s a a a a a a a a a 0 0 4 a a a a a a a• a