State-mandated local costs: preventable loss revenue.

Under the California Constitution, whenever the Legislature or a state agency mandates a new program or higher level of service on any local agency the state is required to provide a subvention of funds to reimburse the local agency, with specified exceptions, including if, among other things, a statute or executive order imposes duties that are necessary to implement, or are expressly included in, a ballot measure approved by the voters in a statewide or local election. Existing law establishes a procedure for local agencies to file a test claim for reimbursement of these costs with the Commission on State Mandates. This bill would provide that reimbursement to an underprivileged or disadvantaged local agency for preventable lost revenue sustained as a result of the delayed implementation of a state action shall be provided pursuant to the same procedures described above. The bill would exempt this provision from the exceptions to the requirement that the state provide a subvention of funds to local agencies.