Senators OK $1.6M To Speed Calif. Business Filings
SACRAMENTO (AP) — The state Senate has approved a bill intended to end a two-month backlog in processing business filings in California.
The Secretary of State's Office must process the forms before businesses can hire employees.
The $1.6 million granted through AB113 would let the office hire temporary employees and pay for overtime to process thousands of business applications. The secretary of state blamed state budget cuts for creating the conditions that caused the backlog of 122,000 applications.
Senate Budget Committee Chairman Mark Leno, a Democrat from San Francisco, says the bill will reduce the 55 days it currently takes to process the filings to less than 10 days by November.
Senators sent the bill back the Assembly on a 25-10 vote Thursday.
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