State government.

(1) Existing law requires any claim for money or damages against the state to be presented to the California Victim Compensation and Government Claims Board within a specified period of time. Existing law requires the board to provide notice to the chairpersons of the committees in each house of the Legislature that consider appropriations and the annual budget act, and the chairperson of the Joint Legislative Budget Committee, within a specified period of time prior to allowing either the use of a current year appropriation to pay claims for prior year costs of $500,000 or more, or claims from a single provider of goods or services with respect to a single department that exceed $500,000 within one year. This bill would delete the requirement that the board provide notice to the chairpersons of the committees in each house of the Legislature that consider appropriations and the annual budget act, and the chairperson of the Joint Legislative Budget Committee, prior to allowing either the use of a current year appropriation to pay claims for prior year costs of $500,000 or more, or claims from a single provider of goods or services with respect to a single department that exceed $500,000 within one year. (2) Existing law establishes the California Technology Agency within state government, and requires the office to carry out specified duties relating to creating and managing the technology policy of the state. Existing law requires the agency to submit an annual information technology performance report to the Joint Legislative Budget Committee. This bill would modify the requirements of that report. Existing law requires the agency to submit an information technology performance management framework to the Joint Legislative Budget Committee by May 15, 2009, and to notify the Legislature if the agency modifies that framework. This bill would modify the requirements of that framework. Existing law requires the agency to submit to the Director of Finance an annual report that contains specified requirements. This bill would modify the requirements of that report, and require that the agency also submit a copy of that report to specified committees of the Legislature. Existing law establishes the Technology Services Revolving Fund, to pay, upon appropriation by the Legislature, the agency's costs in carrying out its duties. This bill would appropriate $1,000 from the fund to the agency for administrative costs. (3) Existing law authorizes the Controller to administer the effort to replace the current automated human resource/payroll systems that the Controller operates, known as the 21st Century Project. Existing law authorizes the Controller to assess certain funds, as specified, in amounts sufficient to pay the costs of the 21st Century Project. Existing law repeals these provisions on June 30, 2011. This bill would make technical changes and additionally extend the repeal date 3 years to June 30, 2014. (4) Existing law requires the Labor and Workforce Development Agency, in collaboration with the California Health and Human Services Agency, to develop a sustainable and comprehensive strategy relating to the employment-related needs of individuals with disabilities, including bringing adults with disabilities into gainful employment, as specified. Existing law also requires the Labor and Workforce Development Agency to monitor and enforce the implementation of provisions of the federal Workforce Investment Act of 1998 that relate to discrimination based on disability, among other things. This bill would, commencing January 1, 2012, require that the sustainable and comprehensive strategy bring all individuals with disabilities, instead of only adults with disabilities, into gainful employment. This bill would, commencing January 1, 2012, repeal various outdated reporting requirements that relate to the federal Workforce Investment Act of 1998. (5) Existing law requires the Governor to establish a California Governor's Committee on Employment of People with Disabilities within the Labor and Workforce Development Agency which has a prescribed membership. The committee has prescribed duties, including making grants available to counties and local workforce investment boards for specified purposes relating to employment for individuals with disabilities. This bill would, commencing January 1, 2012, rename the California Governor's Committee on Employment of People with Disabilities as the California Committee on Employment of People with Disabilities and would establish the committee within the Department of Rehabilitation. This bill would revise the membership of the committee, as specified. The bill would revise the duties of the committee to, among other things, require the committee to coordinate an annual event for youth with disabilities, as specified, repeal annual reporting requirements, and repeal the grant program. (6) Existing law requires the Secretary of Labor and Workforce Development to lead the preparation of a biennial California Economic Development Strategic Plan, as specified, and to convene a biennial economic strategy panel, with a prescribed membership, to provide recommendations regarding the plan. Existing law requires the Secretary of Business, Transportation and Housing to complete a study on the potential roles of the state in global markets, as prescribed. This bill would, commencing January 1, 2012, repeal these provisions and make conforming changes. (7) The Cortese-Knox-Hertzberg Local Government Reorganization Act of 2000 requires a local agency formation commission to develop and determine the sphere of influence of each local governmental agency within the county and periodically review and update the adopted sphere of influence. Existing law requires a commission when adopting, amending, or updating a sphere of influence for a special district to establish the extent of any functions or classes provided by existing districts, and to require existing districts to file written statements with the commission specifying the functions or classes of services provided by those districts. This bill would, instead, authorize a commission to require existing districts to file written statements with the commission specifying the functions or classes of services provided by those districts. (8) Existing law, until January 1, 2012, authorizes the Director of the Department of Managed Health Care to establish, by regulation, the Consumer Participation Program, which allows the director to award reasonable advocacy and witness fees to any person or organization that represents consumers and has made a substantial contribution on behalf of consumers to the adoption of a regulation or with regard to an order or decision impacting a significant number of enrollees. This bill would extend the authority to operate the Consumer Participation Program until January 1, 2018. (9) Existing law provides for unemployment compensation benefits for eligible individuals in the state who are unemployed through no fault of their own. Existing law, for new claims filed on or after a specified date, but no later than September 3, 2011, for which a valid claim or benefit year cannot be established under the currently defined base periods, establishes alternate base periods, as provided. Existing law also requires the Employment Development Department to implement the technical changes necessary to establish claims under the alternate base period, as specified, as soon as possible, but no later than September 3, 2011. This bill would extend to April 2, 2012, the time period within which the department is required to implement those changes related to the establishment of unemployment compensation benefit claims under the alternate base period program and to implement the necessary technical changes. (10) This bill would declare that it is to take effect immediately as a bill providing for appropriations related to the Budget Bill.