Bill Text: CA AB27 | 2011-2012 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: State budget.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2012-02-01 - Died pursuant to Art. IV, Sec. 10(c) of the Constitution. From committee: Filed with the Chief Clerk pursuant to Joint Rule 56. [AB27 Detail]

Download: California-2011-AB27-Introduced.html

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BILL NUMBER: AB 27	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Gorell

                        DECEMBER 6, 2010

   An act to amend Sections 13320 and 13321 of, and to add Section
9026.7 to, the Government Code, relating to the state budget.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 27, as introduced, Gorell. State budget.
   Under existing law, no bill other than the Budget Bill may be
heard or acted upon by a committee or either house of the Legislature
until the 31st day after the bill is introduced, unless the house
dispenses with this requirement via a 3/4 vote.
   This bill would require that the Budget Bill be in print and
posted on a publicly accessible Internet Web site for 72 hours before
it could be passed and sent to the Governor.
   Under existing law, a state agency or court for which an
appropriation is made is generally required to submit to the
Department of Finance for approval a complete and detailed budget
setting forth all proposed expenditures and estimated revenues for
the ensuing fiscal year.
   This bill would require each state agency and court for which a
General Fund appropriation is made to submit a budget that reduces
its General Fund appropriation by 20% from the previous year. This
bill would also require each state agency and court to identify any
mandates or capital projects that would be impacted by the reduction
in funding and to develop a system for evaluating the effectiveness
of the agency in meeting its stated core functions that identifies
the impact of the reduction in General Fund funding on those core
functions.
   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.  This act shall be known and may be cited as the
Priority-Based Budgeting Act of 2011.
  SEC. 2.  The Legislature finds and declares all of the following:
   (a) At the November 2, 2010, statewide general election,
California voters approved Proposition 25, which permits the
Legislature to pass a budget with a majority vote. Proposition 25
gives the Legislature substantial flexibility in establishing
spending plans for the various agencies and departments of the state.

   (b) Current budget procedures are inadequate for Members of the
Legislature to determine the likely impacts of budget cuts and to
establish clear priorities during periods of declining state
revenues. The budget process is also inadequate as a means to inform
Members of the Legislature when statutory mandates restrict
legislative prerogatives in making important budget decisions.
   (c) The foundation of successful priority-based budgeting is to
provide greater information to the Legislature and the Governor as
they evaluate the core functions of each agency and department and
determine why each agency and department exists. Providing programs
that achieve relevant results in core functions is the most profound
outcome of priority-based budgeting.
  SEC. 3.  Section 9026.7 is added to the Government Code, to read:
   9026.7.  The Legislature shall not pass, nor send to the Governor
for approval, a Budget Bill that has not been in print and posted
upon a publicly accessible Internet Web site for at least 72 hours
prior to passage.
  SEC. 4.  Section 13320 of the Government Code is amended to read:
   13320.  Every  State   state  agency and
court for which an appropriation has been made  , 
shall submit to the department for approval ,  a
complete and detailed budget at  such   the
 time and in  such   the  form
 as may be  prescribed by the department, setting
forth all proposed expenditures and estimated revenues for the
ensuing fiscal year  in compliance with   Section 13321
 .
  SEC. 5.  Section 13321 of the Government Code is amended to read:
   13321.   The budgets   (a)   
 Each budget submitted  shall show the allotments of
appropriations or other funds available for the fiscal year by
quarter or other period of time and by organization unit.  Any
portion of a budget funded by an appropriation from the General Fund
shall not exceed 80 percent of the General Fund appropriation in the
budget submitted for the prior fiscal year.  Expenditures may be
classified by line item for each program in the detail prescribed by
the department. The department may require the head of the state
agency or court, in making up the budget allotments, to set aside a
reserve for contingencies or other purposes in such amount as the
department determines. 
   (b) Each budget submitted under this section shall include the
following information:  
   (1) Identification of any state or federal mandates that would be
in conflict with the reduction in General Fund appropriation. 

   (2) Identification of the impact of the reduction in General Fund
appropriation on planned or ongoing capital projects.  
   (3) An evaluation system, developed by the agency or court in
conjunction with the department, that describes all of the following:
 
   (A) The core functions of the agency or court.  
   (B) The goals established to accomplish the core functions. 

   (C) The activities developed to achieve state goals.  
   (D) A performance goal and an outcome-oriented performance measure
for each activity for which an appropriation is made or requested.
 
   (4) Identification of the impact, if any, of the reduction in
General Fund appropriation on the core functions of the agency or
court.