Mandates
Funded Mandates

Proposition 1A, approved by the voters in November 2004, amended the California Constitution to require the Legislature to either (1) fund in the Budget Act the amounts determined to be payable in the previous year for each mandate (with certain exceptions) or (2) to suspend that mandate. This suspension requirement does not apply to education or employee rights mandates.

The 2006 Budget Act provided funding for mandated activities carried out in the 2006-07 fiscal year, as listed in Figure MAN-02, and the Legislature and the Administration specified that these funds represent prepayment of the 2007-08 state mandate obligations. The appropriations in the 2006 Budget Act provide only one-half the estimated reimbursable costs for AB 3632 mental health services program, so the Governor's Budget includes $52 million for the remaining estimated costs. This $52 million, in addition to the funds provided in the 2006 Budget Act, will fund the estimated costs of the 2006-07 fiscal year.

The previous two budget acts suspended several mandates. The Governor's Budget proposes to continue the suspension of those same mandates. Item 8885-295-0001 of the proposed Budget Bill lists the suspended mandates.
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