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                                                          AB 3323
Date of Hearing:  May 22, 1996

               ASSEMBLY COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS
                     Charles Poochigian, Chair

           AB 3323 (Hannigan) - As Amended: May 2, 1996

Policy Committee:  Transportation               Vote:  13-0  
Consent

State Mandated Local Program:  NoReimbursable: No     Urgency:   
Yes     

 SUMMARY
 
Appropriates $475,175 from the Environmental Enhancement  
Mitigation Demonstration (EEM) Fund for projects in Solano and San  
Diego Counties.  

Specifically,  this  bill: 
 
   Appropriates $425,000 to the Department of Transportation  
   (Caltrans) from the EEM Fund to complete the Hill Slough  
   project in Solano County and and allows the appropriated funds  
   to be available for expenditure through June 30, 1999.   
   Appropriates $50,175 to Caltrans for the Guajome Marsh project  
   in San Diego County and allows those funds to be disbursed  
   until June 30, 1997. 


 FISCAL EFFECT

   Appropriates $475,175 from the EEM Fund to Caltrans for  
   allocation to projects in Solano and San Diego Counties.  The  
   source of funds are from the gasoline excise tax revenues  
   deposited into the State Highway Account (SHA).

 
 BACKGROUND 

1)  Current law establishes the EEM Demonstration Program and  
declares legislative intent to provide $10 million per year from  
the SHA to fund projects in the program.  EEM grants must be  
expended within three years from the date of appropriation.
 
2) The 1993 Budget appropriated $425,000 from the EEM Fund for the  
   Solano County project.  The project, which includes funding  
   from private sources, will not be completed within the  
   three-year timeframe of the appropriation which expires on June  

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   30, 1996.  Last year, Senator Craven's SB 10x (Chapter 6, First  
   Extraordinary Session) similarly extended a 1992 EEM grant for  
   the San Diego County project until March 1, 1996.  This bill's 
May 1 amendment further extends the expenditure authority for that  
appropriation until June 30, 1997, so that a final payment of  
$50,175 can be executed. 
 










































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