SB 511

  • California Senate Bill
  • 2013-2014 Regular Session
  • Introduced in Senate Feb 21, 2013
  • Passed Senate Jan 23, 2014
  • Assembly
  • Governor

Trade promotion of California ports: California Export Finance Office.

Abstract

(1) Existing law requires the Director of the Governor's Office of Business and Economic Development, known as GO-Biz, to provide to the Legislature, not later than February 1, 2014, a strategy for international trade and investment that, at a minimum, includes specified information, goals, objectives, and actions related to the promotion of trade. The bill would require the director to convene, no later than February 1, 2015, a statewide business partnership for the promotion of trade for California ports and to explore greater utilization of California ports, that would be required to advise the director for those purposes, as prescribed. (2) The Bergeson-Peace Infrastructure and Economic Development Bank Act authorizes the California Infrastructure and Economic Development Bank, within GO-Biz, to make loans and provide other assistance to public and private entities for various types of economic development projects, among other things. The bank is governed by a board of directors and under the direction of an executive director. The bank administers the California Small Business Finance Center that administers programs to assist businesses seeking new capital resources. The Small Business Financial Assistance Act of 2013 continues in existence the California Small Business Expansion Fund (expansion fund) , a continuously appropriated fund which includes General Fund moneys, and authorizes all or a portion of the funds in the expansion fund to be paid out to a financial institution or financial company that will establish a trust fund and act as a trustee of the funds, as specified. The Small Business Financial Assistance Act of 2013 authorizes the program manager, as defined, to create one or more accounts in the expansion fund and the trust fund for corporations participating in one or more specified programs. The Small Business Financial Assistance Act of 2013 authorizes the bank board to continue programs funded by the expansion fund or to establish one or more programs administered by the bank or under contract with small business financial development corporations. Existing law further authorizes those programs to include specific types of financial products, including loan guarantees and surety bond guarantees. The expansion fund may be used to pay defaulted loan guarantee or surety bond losses, or other financial product defaults or losses, to fund direct loans and other debt instruments, to pay administrative costs of corporations, to pay state support and administrative costs, and to pay costs to protect a real property interest in a financial product default. This bill would authorize the bank to include insurance, coinsurance, and other forms of surety among the types of financial products included in programs administered by the bank, as prescribed. The bill would authorize the bank to act as agent for creditworthy California growers, manufacturers, and other exporters, to sell approved and insured accounts receivable to qualified parties, and function as a clearinghouse for the collection and disbursement of funds relative to those sales. By expanding the activities of the bank that are funded by continuous appropriation from the expansion fund, this bill would make an appropriation. The bill would establish the California Export Finance Office (office) within the California Small Business Finance Center, within the bank, to be headed by the executive director, for the purpose of expanding employment and income opportunities for Californians through increased exports of California goods, services, and agricultural commodities. The bill would authorize the office to coordinate state export activities with international, federal, and other state entities and disseminate information to California exporters. The bill would also establish within the office an 11-member California Export Finance Advisory Board (export advisory board) , composed of specified state officers and individuals appointed by the Governor and the Legislature, to serve 2-year terms at the pleasure of their appointing authority, as specified. The bill would require the export advisory board, among other duties, to advise on specified export-related programs and issue an annual report. The bill would require the office to comply with existing laws relating to open and public meetings and access to public records.

Bill Sponsors (1)

Votes


Actions


Nov 30, 2014

Assembly

From committee without further action.

Assembly

From Assembly without further action.

Aug 14, 2014

Assembly

Held under submission.

Assembly

Set, second hearing.

Aug 06, 2014

Assembly

Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file.

  • Referral-Committee
APPR. suspense file. APPR

Jul 02, 2014

Assembly

Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

  • Amendment-Passage
  • Reading-2
  • Reading-1
  • Referral-Committee
Com. on APPR.

Jul 01, 2014

Assembly

From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (June 24).

Jun 10, 2014

Assembly

Hearing postponed by committee.

May 19, 2014

Assembly

From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on J., E.D., & E.

  • Committee-Passage
  • Amendment-Passage
  • Reading-2
  • Reading-1
  • Referral-Committee
Com. on J., E.D., & E.

Apr 24, 2014

Assembly

Referred to Com. on J., E.D., & E.

  • Referral-Committee
Com. on J., E.D., & E.

Jan 23, 2014

Assembly

In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk.

Senate

Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 31. Noes 0. Page 2634.) Ordered to the Assembly.

Jan 22, 2014

Senate

Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading.

Jan 21, 2014

Senate

From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and be amended.

Jan 15, 2014

Senate

Set for hearing January 21.

Jan 13, 2014

Senate

From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 9. Noes 0. Page 2582.) (January 13). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

  • Committee-Passage-Favorable
  • Referral-Committee
  • Committee-Passage
Com. on APPR.

Jan 09, 2014

Senate

Set for hearing January 13.

Senate

Re-referred to Com. on B., P. & E.D.

  • Referral-Committee
Com. on B., P. & E.D.

Jan 06, 2014

Senate

From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

  • Committee-Passage
  • Amendment-Passage
  • Reading-2
  • Reading-1
  • Referral-Committee
Com. on APPR.

Senate

Re-referred to Com. on RLS.

  • Referral-Committee
Com. on RLS.

Senate

Withdrawn from committee.

May 23, 2013

Senate

Held in committee and under submission.

May 17, 2013

Senate

Set for hearing May 23.

May 13, 2013

Senate

Placed on APPR. suspense file.

May 03, 2013

Senate

Set for hearing May 13.

Apr 30, 2013

Senate

Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

  • Amendment-Passage
  • Reading-2
  • Reading-1
  • Referral-Committee
Com. on APPR.

Apr 29, 2013

Senate

From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 8. Noes 1. Page 642.) (April 23).

Apr 11, 2013

Senate

Set for hearing April 23.

Apr 03, 2013

Senate

Re-referred to Com. on N.R. & W.

  • Referral-Committee
Com. on N.R. & W.

Apr 01, 2013

Senate

From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on RLS.

  • Committee-Passage
  • Amendment-Passage
  • Reading-2
  • Reading-1
  • Referral-Committee
Com. on RLS.

Mar 11, 2013

Senate

Referred to Com. on RLS.

  • Referral-Committee
Com. on RLS.

Feb 22, 2013

Senate

From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 24.

Feb 21, 2013

Senate

Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print.

Bill Text

Bill Text Versions Format
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02/21/13 - Introduced PDF
04/01/13 - Amended Senate PDF
04/30/13 - Amended Senate PDF
01/06/14 - Amended Senate PDF
01/22/14 - Amended Senate PDF
05/19/14 - Amended Assembly PDF
07/02/14 - Amended Assembly PDF

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