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If the budget estimates turn out to be accurate, 1983-84 will be the first year since 1977-78 in which state revenues exceed state expenditures. Whether, in fact , these estimates do prove to be accurate will depend largely on three factors: (1) the performance of the state's economy; (2) policy decisions made by the Legislature, and (3) de cisions handed down by the courts.
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Our recommendations for improving how state park fees are determined and collected include (1) establishing a legislative fee policy t hat specifies the share of operational costs that should be borne by park users versus the General Fund (or alternative funding sources), (2) directing the State Parks and Recreati on Commission to develop and regularly update fee
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State or federal policy changes could have a significant impact on the state 's bottom line. Format:
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In addition, to collect information about program participants’ longer-term outcomes, state agencies often must share and link data with one another. Currently, the state's method for linking data is inefficient and administratively burdensome.
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Typically, t he process for determining whether a law or regulation is a state-reimbursable mandate takes several years. State law further requires our office to analyze any new mandates identi fied by the commission as part of our annual analysis of the proposed state budget.
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Format: April 7, 2016 - Presented to Senate Budget and Fiscal Review Subcommittee No. 1 on Education Format: Options for Modifying the State Child Care Tax Credit April 7, 2016 - The Child and Dependent Care Expenses Credit (“child care tax credit” or “credit”) is a provision of the state income tax code that allows filers with income below $100,000 to redu ce their tax liability by a percentage of their eligible child care expenses.
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Format: The 2018-19 Budget: The May Revision—Deferred Maintenance May 15, 2018 - The Governor’s May Revision includes $1.06 billion from the General Fund for deferred maintenance projects at various state departments.
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Format: January 28, 2013 - Presented to the California Senate Format: Major Milestones: Over Four Decades of the State-Local Fiscal Relationship November 29, 2012 - This is an updated version of a graphic depicting the major milestones in the state-local fiscal relationship over the past 40 years.
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In addition, it discusses major spending decisions that were enacted in bills other than the Budget Bill, that were part of an overall state spending plan for 1989-90. The report highlights the funding levels approved for the state's major programs in 1989-90, and compares these funding levels to those authorized in prior years.
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