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JBC introduces Proposition 130 implementation bill: law-enforcement distributions and a first-responder death benefit

Joint Budget Committee
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Summary

The committee introduced a draft implementing Proposition 130 that creates a distribution formula for law enforcement agencies ($350 million goal), a $1 million lump-sum death benefit for surviving family members, and a funding mechanism involving a $500 million warrant to PERA; the bill includes audit and anti-supplanting measures and passed introduction 6-0.

Pierce Lively of OLLS walked the committee through a draft implementing Proposition 130. He described two primary components: (1) a distribution formula that directs funds to law enforcement agencies using a floor-plus-multiplier approach and (2) a first-responder death benefit that would pay a $1,000,000 lump-sum to the surviving family member of an eligible first responder.

Mr. Lively explained a funding mechanism that would send a…

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