California 2015-2016 Regular Session

California Senate Bill SB86 Latest Draft

Bill / Amended Version Filed 02/22/2016

 BILL NUMBER: SB 86AMENDED BILL TEXT AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY FEBRUARY 22, 2016 INTRODUCED BY Committee on Budget and Fiscal Review JANUARY 9, 2015  An act relating to the Budget Act of 2015.   An act to amend the Budget Act of 2015 (Chapters 10 and 11 of the Statu   tes of 2015), by amending Item 6440-001-0001 of, and adding Items 2660-013-0001, 3970-001-0001, and 9651-001-0001 to, Section 2.00 of, and amending Section 39.00 of, that act, relating to the state budget, and making an appropriation therefor, to take effect immediately, budget bill.  LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST SB 86, as amended, Committee on Budget and Fiscal Review. Budget Act of 2015.  The Budget Act of 2015 appropriated specified amounts for the support of state government for the 2015-16 fiscal year.   This bill would amend the Budget Act of 2015 by adding and amending items of appropriation.   This bill would declare that it is to take effect immediately as a Budget Bill.   This bill would express the intent of the Legislature to enact statutory changes relating to the Budget Act of 2015.  Vote: majority. Appropriation:  no   yes  . Fiscal committee:  no   yes  . State-mandated local program: no. THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:  SECTION 1.   Item 2660-013-0001 is added to Section 2.00 of the   Budget Act of 2015   , to read:   2660-013-0001--For transfer by the   Controller from the General Fund, to   the Traffic Congestion Relief Fund,   upon order of the Director of Finance .. (173,000,000)   Provisions:   1. Notwithstanding existing law,   these funds shall be   transferred and allocated by   the Director of Finance no   later than January 1, 2017,   and will affect the General   Fund reserve in the fiscal  year the transfer is made.   Funds shall be allocated as   follows:   (a) $148,000,000 for   specified local   Traffic Congestion   Relief Program   projects.   (b) $11,000,000 for trade   corridor improvements.   (c) $9,000,000 for the   Transit and Intercity   Rail Capital Program.   (d) $5,000,000 for the   State Highway   Operations and   Protection Program.   2. Notwithstanding any other   law, this amount shall be   repaid from the General Fund   pursuant to subdivision (c)   of Section 20 of Article XVI   of the California   Constitution and applied to   debt payments as required for   the 2016-17 fiscal year.   SEC. 2.   Item 3970-001-0001 is added to Section 2.00 of the   Budget Act of 2015   , to read:   3970-001-0001--For support of Department   of Resources Recycling and Recovery ...... 105,000,000   Schedule:   (1) 3700-Waste   Reduction and   Management.......... 105,000,000   Provisions:   1. The funds appropriated in   Schedule (1) shall be made   available for fire recovery and   debris removal and management   costs to mitigate the threat to   lives, public health, safety,   and the environment.   2. Notwithstanding any other law,   upon request of the Director of   the Department of Resources   Recycling and Recovery, the   Director of Finance may augment   the amount available for   expenditure in this item to pay   for fire debris removal and   management costs to mitigate the   threat to lives, public health,   safety, and the environment. The   augmentation may be made no   sooner than 10 days after   notification in writing to the   chairpersons of the committees   in each house of the Legislature   that consider appropriations and   the Chairperson of the Joint   Legislative Budget Committee.   The amount of funds augmented   pursuant to the authority of   this provision shall be   consistent with the amount   approved by the Director of   Finance based on review of the   estimated costs.   SEC. 3.   Item 6440-001-0001 of Section 2.00 of the   Budget Act of 2015   is amended to read:  6440-001-0001--For support of University of California.............................  3,056,138,000   3,057,993,000  Schedule: (1) 5440-Support.........  3,056,138,00     3,     057,993,00  0 Provisions: 1. This appropriation is exempt from Sections 6.00 and 31.00. 2. (a) The Legislature finds and declares all of the following: (1) The Regents of the University of California endorsed, on May 21, 2015, the framework for long- term funding agreed upon by the Governor and the President of the University, pursuant to which tuition will not increase in the 2015-16 and 2016-17 academic years and the university will implement reforms to reduce the cost structure of the university and improve access, quality, and outcomes. (2) The reforms included in the framework endorsed by the Regents will create capacity for all campuses of the university to serve more resident students, including by easing transfer from the community colleges, reducing the amount of time it takes students to complete programs, and using technology and data to improve allocation of available resources. (3) In addition to the funds included in this appropriation and those described in the framework, other funds, including existing resources that can be redirected to higher priorities, such as those currently being used to provide financial aid to nonresident students, are also available to enable more resident students to enter the university at all of its campuses. (4) Furthermore, it is the intent of the Legislature that those funds generated by an increase in the number of nonresident students enrolled in the 2015-16 academic year, compared to the number of nonresident students enrolled in the 2014-15 academic year, and increases in nonresident supplemental tuition, as approved by the Regents on May 21, 2015, be used specifically to support an increase in the number of resident students enrolled. (b) To address immediate needs, the university is expected to enroll, no later than the 2016-17 academic year, at least 5,000 more resident undergraduate students than the number enrolled in the 2014-15 academic year. (c) If the Regents provide sufficient evidence to the Director of Finance on or before May 1, 2016, to demonstrate that the university will satisfy the expectation enumerated in subdivision (b), the Director of Finance shall increase this appropriation by $25,000,000 and notify the Joint Legislative Budget Committee. 2.1. No later than April 1, 2016, the Regents of the University of California shall report to the Director of Finance and, in conformity with Section 9795 of the Government Code, to the Legislature on its use of these funds for targeted support services to increase systemwide and campus four-year and six-year graduation rates and two-year and three-year transfer graduation rates of low-income and underrepresented student populations. 2.2. The Regents of the University of California shall improve transparency regarding the university's budget. The Regents shall ensure that information is posted on the website of the Office of the President that details subcategories of personnel within the Managers and Senior Professional personnel category and disaggregates all personnel categories by fund source. 2.3. No later than December 10, 2015, the Regents of the University of California shall report to the Director of Finance and, in conformity with Section 9795 of the Government Code, to the Legislature, all of the following: (a) All university fund sources legally allowable to support costs for undergraduate, graduate academic, and graduate professional education. (b) The factors the university considers to determine which funds to use for educational activities and how much of those funds to use. (c) The sources of the funds included in the calculation of expenditures reported pursuant to Section 92670 of the Education Code. 2.4. (a) The Regents of the University of California shall implement further measures to reduce the university's cost structure. (b) The Legislature finds and declares that many state employees hold positions with comparable scope of responsibilities, complexity, breadth of job functions, experience requirements, and other relevant factors to those employees designated to be in the Senior Management Group pursuant to existing Regents policy. (c) (1) Therefore, at a minimum, the Regents shall, when considering compensation for any employee designated to be in the Senior Management Group, use a market reference zone that includes state employees. (2) At a minimum, the Regents shall identify all comparable positions from the lists included in subdivision (l) of Section 8 of Article III of the California Constitution and Article 1 (commencing with Section 11550) of Chapter 6 of Part 1 of Division 3 of Title 2 of the Government Code. 3. (a) The Regents of the University of California shall approve a plan that includes at least all of the following: (1) Projections of available resources in the 2016-17, 2017-18, and 2018- 19 fiscal years. In projecting General Fund appropriations and student tuition and fee revenues, the university shall use any assumptions provided by the Department of Finance. The Department of Finance shall provide any assumptions no later than August 1, 2015. (2) Projections of expenditures in the 2016-17, 2017-18, and 2018-19 fiscal years and descriptions of any changes to current operations necessary to ensure that expenditures in each of those years are not greater than the available resources projected for each of those years pursuant to paragraph (1). (3) Projections of resident and nonresident enrollment in the 2016-17, 2017-18, and 2018-19 academic years, assuming implementation of any changes described in paragraph (2). (4) The university's goals for each of the measures listed in subdivision (b) of Section 92675 of the Education Code for the 2016-17, 2017-18, and 2018- 19 academic years, assuming implementation of any changes described in paragraph (2). It is the intent of the Legislature that these goals be challenging and quantifiable, address achievement gaps for underrepresented populations, and align the educational attainment of California's adult population to the workforce and economic needs of the state, pursuant to the legislative intent expressed in Section 66010.93 of the Education Code. (b) The plan approved pursuant to subdivision (a) shall be submitted no later than November 30, 2015, to the Director of Finance, the chairpersons of the committees in each house of the Legislature that consider the State Budget, the chairpersons of the budget subcommittees in each house of the Legislature that consider appropriations for the University of California, the chairpersons of the committees in each house of the Legislature that consider appropriations, and the chairpersons of the policy committees in each house of the Legislature with jurisdiction over bills relating to the university. 4. (a) The University of California shall allocate from this appropriation the amount necessary to pay in full the fees anticipated to become due and payable during the fiscal year associated with lease-revenue bonds issued by the State Public Works Board on its behalf and the amount of general obligation bond debt service attributable to the university. (b) The Controller shall transfer funds from this appropriation upon receipt of the following reports: (1) The State Public Works Board shall report to the Controller the fees anticipated to become due and payable in the fiscal year associated with any lease-revenue bonds that were issued on behalf of the university. (2) The Department of Finance shall report to the Controller the amount of general obligation bond debt service anticipated to become due and payable in the fiscal year attributable to the university. (3) The State Public Works Board or the Department of Finance shall submit a revised report if either entity determines that an amount previously reported to the Controller is inaccurate. If necessary pursuant to any revised reports, the Controller shall return funds to this appropriation. 4.5. Of the funds appropriated in this item: (a) $6,000,000 shall be allocated to the centers for labor research and education at the Berkeley and Los Angeles campuses. (b) $1,000,000 shall be allocated to the Wildlife Health Center at the Davis campus and used for grants to local marine mammal stranding networks. These funds are provided on a one-time basis. (c) $770,000 shall be allocated for the Statewide Database.  (d) $1,855,000 shall be   allocated for the San   Joaquin Valley Medical   Program. The program shall   enroll 48 students. These   funds shall be available   for expenditure through   June 30, 2017.  4.6. The University of California shall continue planning for a School of Medicine at the Merced campus in accordance with the action approved by the Regents of the University of California on May 14, 2008, and shall allocate up to $1,000,000 from this appropriation or other funds available to the university for this purpose. 4.7. This item includes funds for the California DREAM Loan Program. 5. Payments made by the state to the University of California for each month from July through April shall not exceed one-twelfth of the amount appropriated in this item, less the amount that is specified in Provision 2 and the amount that is allocated pursuant to subdivision (a) of Provision 4. Transfers of funds pursuant to subdivision (b) of Provision 4 shall not be considered payments made by the state to the university. 6. The funds appropriated in this item shall not be available to support auxiliary enterprises or intercollegiate athletic programs.  SEC. 4.   Item 9651-001-0001 is added to Section 2.00 of the   Budget Act of 2015   , to read:  9651-001-0001--For support of Prefunding   of Health and Dental Benefits for   Annuitants ............................... 240,000,000   Schedule:   (1) 7755-Prefunding   Health and Dental   Benefits............ 240,000,000   Provisions:   1. The amount appropriated in this   item is to supplement, and not   supplant, funding that would   otherwise be made available to   pay for the employer share of   prefunding health and dental   benefits identified in memoranda   of understanding, or for   employees excluded from   collective bargaining, in   accordance with salary and   benefit schedules established by   the Department of Human   Resources.   2. No later than November 1, 2016,   the Director of Finance shall   certify the memoranda of   understanding that include   employer and employee   contributions for prefunding   health and dental benefits, and   have been approved by the   Legislature and the bargaining   unit membership. Upon   certification, the Director of   Finance shall determine the   proportionate share of this   appropriation based on the   actuarially determined   liabilities of other   postemployment benefits for each   bargaining unit included in the   certification, and notify the   Controller's office, which shall   provide the amount specified by   the Director of Finance to the   designated state subaccount of   the Annuitants' Health Care   Coverage Fund, as defined in   Section 22940 of the Government   Code.   3. This appropriation is available   for expenditure or encumbrance   until June 30, 2017.   SEC. 5.   Section 39.00 of the   Budget Act of 2015   is amended to read:  SEC. 39.00. The Legislature hereby finds and declares that the following bills are other bills providing for appropriations related to the Budget Bill within the meaning of subdivision (e) of Section 12 of Article IV of the California Constitution: AB 94, AB 95, AB 104, AB 105, AB 106, AB 107, AB 108, AB 109, AB 110, AB 111, AB 112, AB 113, AB 114, AB 115, AB 116, AB 117, AB 118, AB 119, AB 120, AB 121, AB 122, AB 123, AB 124, AB 125, AB 127, AB 128, AB 129, AB 130, AB 131, AB 132, AB 133, AB 134, AB 135, AB 136, AB 137, AB 138, SB 70, SB 71, SB 72, SB 73, SB 74, SB 75, SB 76, SB 77, SB 78, SB 79, SB 80, SB 81, SB 82, SB 83, SB 84, SB 85,  SB 86,  SB 87, SB 88, SB 89, SB 90, SB 91, SB 92, SB 93, SB 94, SB 95, SB 96, SB 98, SB 99, SB 100, SB 102, SB 103, SB 104, SB 105, SB 106, SB 107, SB 108, and SB 109, in the form that these bills existed at the time that the act amending this section of the Budget Act of 2015 took effect.  SEC. 6.   This act is a Budget Bill within the meaning of subdivision (c) of Section 12 of Article IV of the California Constitution and shall take effect immediately.   SECTION 1.   It is the intent of the Legislature to enact statutory changes relating to the Budget Act of 2015.