Bill Text: CA AB1914 | 2011-2012 | Regular Session | Amended
Bill Title: Agency reports.
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 2-1)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2012-05-25 - In committee: Set, second hearing. Held under submission. [AB1914 Detail]
Download: California-2011-AB1914-Amended.html
BILL NUMBER: AB 1914 AMENDED
BILL TEXT
AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY APRIL 9, 2012
INTRODUCED BY Assembly Member Garrick
( Coauthors: Assembly Members
Olsen and Portantino )
FEBRUARY 22, 2012
An act to add Section 9796 to the Government Code, relating to
state and local agency reports.
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
AB 1914, as amended, Garrick. Agency reports.
Existing law specifies how reports required or requested by law to
be submitted by a state or local agency to the Members of either
house of the Legislature generally are to be submitted.
This bill would require each state or local agency that is
required to submit one or more reports to the Legislature to submit,
by April 1 of each year, a list of all reports the agency has not yet
submitted to the Legislature along with a status summary for each
report, including a statement explaining why any overdue report has
not yet been submitted and a compliance plan, as specified
. In addition, the bill would state the intent of
provide that the Legislature to
may withhold appropriations for an agency that fails to submit
timely reports.
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. The Legislature finds and declares all
of the following:
(a) Information gathering is an integral part of the policymaking
process.
(b) Reports required by the Legislature are necessary to evaluate
the effectiveness and efficiency of state and local government
programs.
(c) The Legislature is responsible for exercising oversight over
state and local government agencies.
(d) Legislative oversight ensures government accountability and
the responsible expenditure of public funds.
(e) The Legislature is responsible for passing the Budget Bill and
may withhold appropriations for any agency that fails to submit
timely reports.
SECTION 1. SEC. 2. Section 9796 is
added to the Government Code, to read:
9796. (a) For purposes of this section, "report" means a report
required by law to be submitted by a state or local agency to the
Members of either house of the Legislature generally that the agency
is required to submit pursuant to a provision of law that is
effective on or after January 1, 2013.
(b) By April 1 of each year, each state or local agency that is
required to submit one or more reports shall submit to the
Legislature , in a printed form to the Secretary of the Senate
and in an electronic form to the Chief Clerk of the Assembly, a
list of all reports the agency has not yet submitted to the
Legislature as of that date. The list shall include a status
all of the following:
(1) A status summary for each
report and a statement explaining why any overdue report has not yet
been submitted.
(2) A compliance plan for the submission of each report, including
a timeline for submitting the report that specifies identifiable
goals, objectives, and benchmarks to be met prior to completion and
submission of each report.
(c) Upon receiving the lists required to be submitted pursuant to
subdivision (b), the Chief Clerk of the Assembly shall forward those
lists to the Assembly Committee on Budget, and the Secretary of the
Senate shall forward those lists to the Senate Committee on Budget
and Fiscal Review.
(d) The Assembly Committee on Budget or the Senate Committee on
Budget and Fiscal Review may require an agency that has failed to
submit timely reports to appear before the committee and explain the
failure to submit those reports as required.
(e) The Legislature may consider, in connection with the state
budget, information obtained pursuant to this section and
(c) It is the
intent of the Legislature to withhold appropriations
for to an agency that fails to submit
timely reports.
