California Assembly Bill AB2380 Introduced / Bill

 BILL NUMBER: AB 2380INTRODUCED BILL TEXT INTRODUCED BY Assembly Member Huber FEBRUARY 24, 2012 An act to amend Section 9147.7 of the Government Code, relating to state government. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST AB 2380, as introduced, Huber. State government: agency repeals. Existing law establishes the Joint Sunset Review Committee to identify and eliminate waste, duplication, and inefficiency in government agencies and to conduct a comprehensive analysis of every eligible agency, as defined, to determine if the agency is still necessary and cost effective. Existing law requires each eligible agency scheduled for repeal to submit a report to the committee containing specified information on or before December 1 prior to the year it is set to be repealed. This bill would require an eligible agency to submit a report to the committee on or before the December 1 2 years prior to the year it is set to be repealed. This bill would also make technical, nonsubstantive changes to these provisions. 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. Section 9147.7 of the Government Code is amended to read: 9147.7. (a) For the purpose of this section, "eligible agency" means  any   an  agency, authority, board, bureau, commission, conservancy, council, department, division, or office of state government, however denominated, excluding an agency that is constitutionally created or an agency related to postsecondary education, for which a date for repeal has been established by statute on or after January 1, 2011. (b) The Joint Sunset Review Committee is hereby created to identify and eliminate waste, duplication, and inefficiency in government agencies. The purpose of the committee is to conduct a comprehensive analysis over 15 years, and on a periodic basis thereafter, of every eligible agency to determine if the agency is still necessary and cost effective. (c)  Each   An  eligible agency  scheduled for repeal  shall submit to the committee, on or before December 1  two years  prior to the year it is set to be repealed, a complete agency report covering the entire period since last reviewed, including, but not limited to, the following: (1) The purpose and necessity of the agency. (2) A description of the agency budget, priorities, and job descriptions of employees of the agency. (3) Any programs and projects under the direction of the agency. (4) Measures of the success or failures of the agency and justifications for the metrics used to evaluate successes and failures. (5) Any recommendations of the agency for changes or reorganization in order to better fulfill its purpose. (d) The committee shall take public testimony and evaluate the eligible agency prior to the date the agency is scheduled to be repealed. An eligible agency shall be eliminated unless the Legislature enacts a law to extend, consolidate, or reorganize the eligible agency.  No eligible   An eligible  agency shall  not  be extended in perpetuity unless specifically exempted from  the provisions of  this section. The committee may recommend that the Legislature extend the statutory sunset date for no more than one year to allow the committee more time to evaluate the eligible agency. (e) The committee shall be comprised of 10 members of the Legislature. The Senate Committee on Rules shall appoint five members of the Senate to the committee, not more than three of whom shall be members of the same political party. The Speaker of the Assembly shall appoint five members of the Assembly to the committee, not more than three of whom shall be members of the same political party. Members shall be appointed within 15 days after the commencement of the regular session. Each member of the committee who is appointed by the Senate Committee on Rules or the Speaker of the Assembly shall serve during that committee member's term of office or until that committee member no longer is a Member of the Senate or the Assembly, whichever is applicable. A vacancy on the committee shall be filled in the same manner as the original appointment. Three Assembly Members and three Senators who are members of the committee shall constitute a quorum for the conduct of committee business. Members of the committee shall receive no compensation for their work with the committee. (f) The committee shall meet not later than 30 days after the first day of the regular session to choose a chairperson and to establish the schedule for eligible agency review provided for in the statutes governing the eligible agencies. The chairperson of the committee shall alternate every two years between a Member of the Senate and a Member of the Assembly, and the vice chairperson of the committee shall be a member of the opposite house as the chairperson. (g) This section shall not be construed to change the existing jurisdiction of the budget or policy committees of the Legislature.