Bill Text: CA SB928 | 2013-2014 | Regular Session | Enrolled
Bill Title: International trade and investment office: Mexico.
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 11-5)
Status: (Vetoed) 2014-09-28 - In Senate. Consideration of Governor's veto pending. [SB928 Detail]
Download: California-2013-SB928-Enrolled.html
BILL NUMBER: SB 928 ENROLLED
BILL TEXT
PASSED THE SENATE AUGUST 20, 2014
PASSED THE ASSEMBLY AUGUST 19, 2014
AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY AUGUST 4, 2014
AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY JUNE 30, 2014
AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY JUNE 17, 2014
AMENDED IN SENATE APRIL 10, 2014
INTRODUCED BY Senators Correa and Huff
(Coauthors: Senators Berryhill, Gaines, Hueso, and Steinberg)
(Coauthors: Assembly Members Allen, Bocanegra, Bonilla, Conway,
Daly, Fox, Grove, Medina, V. Manuel Pérez, and Quirk-Silva)
JANUARY 29, 2014
An act to amend Section 13996.65 of, and to add Section 13996.43
to, the Government Code, relating to economic development, and making
an appropriation therefor.
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
SB 928, Correa. International trade and investment office: Mexico.
(1) The Economic Revitalization Act establishes the Governor's
Office of Business and Economic Development, also known as "GO-Biz,"
to, among other duties, serve the Governor as the lead entity for
economic strategy and the marketing of California on issues relating
to business development, private sector investment, and economic
growth. Existing law authorizes the director of GO-Biz to establish
and terminate international trade and investment offices outside of
the United States as he or she determines is appropriate, if specific
requirements are met. Existing law establishes the Economic
Development and Trade Promotion Account, a continuously appropriated
account, to accept private moneys to fund international trade and
investment offices.
This bill would, notwithstanding provisions authorizing the
director of GO-Biz to establish and terminate international trade and
investment offices outside of the United States if specified
conditions are satisfied, and to the extent private moneys are
available, require the director of GO-Biz, on or before January 1,
2016, to establish and operate, or to create a public-private
partnership to establish and operate, an international trade and
investment office in Mexico City, Mexico. This bill would require the
director of GO-Biz to include information regarding the Mexico City
trade and investment office in existing reporting requirements
relating to an International Trade and Investment Program, as
specified. This bill would require GO-Biz to accept and administer
private moneys through the Economic Development and Trade Promotion
Account. By expanding the use of a continuously appropriated account,
this bill would make an appropriation.
This bill would require the Mexico City trade and investment
office to, among other things, promote the export of California goods
and services into Mexico and facilitate access to educational
exchange programs between California and Mexico.
(2) Existing law requires the director of GO-Biz to develop an
International Trade and Investment Program for the state and to
submit the strategy and business plan for the International Trade and
Investment Program to the Chief Clerk of the Assembly, the Secretary
of the Senate, the Speaker of the Assembly, the President pro
Tempore of the Senate, the chair of the Assembly Committee on Jobs,
Economic Development, and the Economy and the chair of the Senate
Committee on Business, Professions and Economic Development, or
respective successor committees, with jurisdiction over the
international trade and economic development programs.
This bill would also require the director of GO-Biz to submit the
strategy and business plan to the Senate Select Committee on
California-Mexico Cooperation.
Appropriation: yes.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. Section 13996.43 is added to the Government Code, to
read:
13996.43. (a) Notwithstanding subdivision (b) of Section 13996.41
and Section 13996.42, the director shall, on or before January 1,
2016, establish and operate, or create a public-private partnership
to establish and operate, an international trade and investment
office in Mexico City, Mexico.
(b) The Mexico City trade and investment office shall do all of
the following:
(1) Facilitate access to educational exchange programs between
California and Mexico.
(2) Promote the export of California goods and services into
Mexico.
(3) Encourage and facilitate capital investment from Mexico into
California.
(c) The director shall include information regarding the Mexico
City trade and investment office in the reports prepared and
transmitted pursuant to Section 13996.65.
(d) The office and the director shall perform the duties required
by this section only to the extent private moneys are available for
these purposes. The office shall accept and administer private moneys
pursuant to subdivision (a) of Section 13997.
(e) For purposes of this section, the following definitions shall
apply:
(1) "Director" means the Director of the Governor's Office of
Business and Economic Development.
(2) "Office" means the Governor's Office of Business and Economic
Development.
SEC. 2. Section 13996.65 of the Government Code is amended to
read:
13996.65. (a) The director shall prepare the following:
(1) A budget for the International Trade and Investment Program
that includes a separately stated budget for each international trade
and investment office. The budget shall provide all the following:
(A) A description of how the International Trade and Investment
Program and each individual international trade and investment office
will be funded.
(B) A description of staffing levels and the positions needed to
operate each international trade and investment office.
(2) A strategy and business plan for the International Trade and
Investment Program, developed with input from California businesses
that shall include, but not be limited to, measurable goals,
objectives, and outcomes and timelines necessary to attract
employment-producing direct foreign investment to the state and
increase California exports. The strategy and business plan shall
include, but not be limited to, all of the following:
(A) A description of the staffing levels and staff expertise
needed to operate each international trade and investment office.
(B) A description of monitoring and oversight procedures
implemented for the International Trade and Investment Program.
(C) A description of how a newly proposed international trade and
investment office will facilitate an increase of direct foreign
investment in California or an increase in California exports, or
both.
(3) A written review of the implementation of the prior year's
strategy and business plan for the International Trade and Investment
Program that addresses the performance of the program and each
international trade and investment office.
(b) The annual budget, the strategy and business plan for the
International Trade and Investment Program, and the prior year's
review drafted pursuant to subdivision (a) shall be transmitted to
the Chief Clerk of the Assembly, the Secretary of the Senate, the
Speaker of the Assembly, the President pro Tempore of the Senate, the
chair of the Assembly Committee on Jobs, Economic Development, and
the Economy, the chair of the Senate Committee on Business,
Professions and Economic Development, and the Senate Select Committee
on California-Mexico Cooperation, or the respective successor
committees, with jurisdiction over the international trade and
economic development programs.
