The California State Legislature passed Senate Bill (SB) 90 into law in 1972 and it was affirmed into law by the votes of the state of California in 1979 by virtue of Proposition 4 and became a Constitutional mandate. A direct quote from the bill best summarizes its intent and purpose in Article XIIIB, Section 6:
Whenever the Legislature or any state agency mandates a new program or higher level of service on any local government, the State shall provide a subvention of funds to reimburse that local government for the costs of the program or increased level of service. [source]
The purpose of the Constitutional mandate is to provide local county entities, city agencies and special districts, such as schools, with financial reimbursement in the form of subsidies. These reimbursements are eligible on both state legislature or agency newly mandated programs as well as existing mandates where an increased level of service is mandated. Let MGT work with you to make sure no money is left on the table when it comes to SB 90.
How can MGT Help with SB 90?
MGT can help you unravel the ins and outs of SB 90 that allows for local agencies to be reimbursed by the State of California when costs are incurred in the process of carrying out specific mandated programs. A city or municipal government can be reimbursed for costs incurred through programs such as city clerking responsibilities, elections, law enforcement and public health.
Let MGT help you maximize reimbursement for eligible mandated programs through the development of effective claiming methods. We will bring to light best practices and proven strategies to maximize reimbursements. Enlist MGT to aid in the creation of data collection and retrieval systems, processes and methods. We seek to help our clients see a higher rate of return on investment and an improved recovery of general fund expenditures.
We will work with you to develop strategies to ensure that all allowable costs are captured and that claims for all eligible programs are filed for all applicable mandates. Clients will also be coached to develop calendaring and scheduling practices that make certain all state filing deadlines are met. MGT professionals will assist our clients to provide attention to detail with certainty that all claim requests are submitted in accordance with claiming instructions and forms.
You can enlist us to help with the risk of a field audit. Unfortunately, no one likes being audited but we can greatly reduce your risk of having one or if you find yourself in a field audit related to SB 90 we can step in to help guide you through it. Some clients need help taking a step back and determining the nature of eligible claims and we can assist with streamlining claim eligibility. One of the most important ways we help with avoiding a field audit is by coaching you through proactive measures to improve tracking of expenditures, payments, documentation and support of eligible claims.
The bottom line is we at MGT are going to help your agency/agencies by taking a complex process and guide in the development of easy access and simplification of future classification, execution and return on the subvention of funds for SB 90 claims. We will help you understand the legislative impact of claim funds. We will help get answers to your questions such as:
- What is the deadline for filing SB 90 claims?
- What are the best practices for categorizing and submitting SB 90 claims?
- When and how does the state pay out SB 90 funds back to a claimant?
- Are late or overdue payments from the state subject to interest?
- Is the claimant required to continue a mandated program if payments are not received from the state?
We will help you access, evaluate, simplify and maximize the value of your SB 90 expenditure claims. You can see one of our SB 90 case studies where we helped the City of Burbank, California. We successfully consulted with them to maximize state reimbursements, while simultaneously introducing a simplified and streamlined process citywide for management and staff. Our methodology and strategies are time-tested by satisfied clients. Let MGT work for you to provide the highest level of service and meet and exceed your expectations.
At a time when local municipalities are mandated to provide more services with fewer and fewer resources than ever before MGT can help generate vital revenue while protecting existing claim generated funds. Maximizing increased revenue is in the best interest of all the agencies within your city or county.
At MGT our staff has a proven track record speak for themselves. What is important to you as our client becomes what’s important to us as well, and we work to the completion of that project outcome to your satisfaction.
