Bill Text: CA AB430 | 2011-2012 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: State finance: budget process.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 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. [AB430 Detail]
Download: California-2011-AB430-Introduced.html
BILL NUMBER: AB 430 INTRODUCED
BILL TEXT
INTRODUCED BY Assembly Member Feuer
FEBRUARY 14, 2011
An act to amend Section 13337 of the Government Code, relating to
state finance.
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
AB 430, as introduced, Feuer. State finance: budget process.
Existing law requires the Governor to submit to the Legislature,
on or before January 10 of each year, a proposed budget for the
ensuing fiscal year that shall contain estimates of anticipated state
revenues and itemized statements of all proposed expenditures of the
state for that fiscal year. Existing law further requires the
Director of Finance to submit to the Legislature, on or before May 14
of each year, revised estimates of General Fund revenues for the
current fiscal year and the ensuing fiscal year.
This bill would require the Governor's proposed budget following
the succeeding fiscal year also to include estimates of revenues and
expenditures for the 3 subsequent fiscal years as well as
budget-related plans and proposals for those 3 fiscal years. In
addition, the bill would require the Governor, among other things, to
submit to the Legislature updated projections of revenues and
expenditures for the budget year and the succeeding fiscal year by
January 10, as part of the Governor's budget, and on May 15 and
October 15 of each year.
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 13337 of the Government Code is amended to
read:
13337. (a) (1) The budget required by the
State California Constitution to be
submitted by the Governor at each regular session of the Legislature
shall be submitted within the first 10 days thereof and shall contain
a complete plan and itemized statement of all proposed expenditures
of the state provided by existing law or recommended by him or her,
and all of its institutions, departments, boards, bureaus,
commissions, officers, employees, and other agencies, and of all
estimated revenues, for the ensuing fiscal year, together with a
comparison, as to each item of revenues and expenditures, with the
actual revenues and expenditures for the last completed fiscal year,
the estimated revenues, and expenditures for the existing fiscal year
and the budgeted revenue and expenditures for the next fiscal year.
(2) The budget also shall contain a projection of anticipated
state expenditures and anticipated state revenues for the three
fiscal years following the fiscal year succeeding the budget year,
and budget-related plans and proposals for those three fiscal years.
For the succeeding fiscal year the Governor's budget shall identify
the fiscal condition of the General Fund based on proposals contained
in the proposed budget for the budget year. The budget submitted
shall include the following:
(A) An estimate of the long-term impact of expenditure and revenue
proposals will have on the economy of California.
(B) The five-year capital infrastructure plan as required in
Article 2 (commencing with Section 13100) of Chapter 2.
(b) The budget shall, in accordance with Chapter 2 (commencing
with Section 41200) of Part 24 of Division 3 of Title 2 of
the Education Code, include a section that specifies the percentages
and amounts of General Fund revenues that must be set aside and
applied for the support of school districts, as defined in Section
41302.5 of the Education Code , and community college
districts, as required by subdivision (b) of Section 8 of Article XVI
of the California Constitution.
(c) The Governor, or the Department of Finance acting on his or
her behalf, shall make appropriate changes in the budget request to
reflect any modification in the organization or functions of state
government proposed under Article 7.5 (commencing with Section 12080)
of Chapter 1 prior to the passage of the budget.
(d) The Governor's Budget shall be prepared in accordance with
guidelines and instructions adopted by the Department of Finance.
(e) In order to provide meaningful comparisons, the Governor's
Budget shall be prepared in such a manner that the information
presented provides for such comparisons between the fiscal years.
(f) The Department of Finance shall submit to the committee in
each house which considers appropriations and to the Joint
Legislative Budget Committee copies of budget material submitted to
it by agencies pursuant to the provisions of Article 2 (commencing
with Section 13320).
(g) The Governor's Budget shall also include a coding structure
which indicates for each budget entity the categorization of
expenditures and revenues.
(h) Prior to the submission of the Governor's Budget to the
Legislature, the Department of Finance may conduct public hearings
regarding any portion of any budget.
(i) The Governor, or the Department of Finance acting on his or
her behalf, shall, at the same time the Governor's Budget is
submitted to the Legislature, submit to the Legislature copies of the
material for the purposes of subdivision (j).
(j) The Department of Finance shall develop a fiscal information
system which will provide timely and uniform fiscal data needed to
formulate and monitor the budget, including, but not limited to,
on-line online inquiry capacity and the
ability to simulate budget expenditures and forecast revenues. This
system may include, among other things, data on encumbrances and
expenditures by line item, governmental unit, and fund source. The
system shall also include expenditures and encumbrances by program,
as required. This system shall also include a coding structure which
indicates the categorization of expenditures and revenues. This
system and the data shall be available to both the legislative and
executive branches. The system may contain separate programs
accessible by only one branch, designed to provide for distinct
application of the data, but the basic system data shall be available
on an equal basis to both the legislative and executive branches of
government.
(k) After submitting a budget for the budget year and the
succeeding fiscal year, the Governor shall submit to the Legislature
updated projections of state revenue and state expenditures for each
of those fiscal years according to the following schedule:
(1) January 10 of each year, as part of the Governor's budget
introduction.
(2) May 15 of each year.
(3) October 15 of each year.
