13996.65. (a) The director shall prepare the following:
(1) A budget for the International Trade and Investment Program that includes a separately stated budget for each international trade and investment office. The budget shall provide all the following:
(A) A description of how the International Trade and Investment Program and each individual international trade and investment office will be funded.
(B) A description of staffing levels and the positions needed to operate each international trade and investment office.
(2) A strategy and business plan for the International Trade and Investment Program, developed with input from California businesses that shall include, but not be limited to, measurable goals, objectives, and outcomes and timelines necessary to attract employment-producing direct foreign investment to the state and increase California exports. The strategy and business plan shall include, but not be limited to, all of the following:
(A) A description of the staffing levels and staff expertise needed to operate each international trade and investment office.
(B) A description of monitoring and oversight procedures implemented for the International Trade and Investment Program.
(C) A description of how a newly proposed international trade and investment office will facilitate an increase of direct foreign investment in California or an increase in California exports, or both.
(3) A written review of the implementation of the prior year’s strategy and business plan for the International Trade and Investment Program that addresses the performance of the program and each international trade and investment office.
(b) The annual budget, the strategy and business plan for the International Trade and Investment Program, and the prior year’s review drafted pursuant to subdivision (a) shall be transmitted to the Chief Clerk of the Assembly, the Secretary of the Senate, the Speaker of the Assembly, the President pro Tempore of the Senate, the chair of the Assembly Committee on Jobs, Economic Development, and the Economy and the chair of the Senate Committee on Business, Professions and Economic Development, or respective successor committees, with jurisdiction over the international trade and economic development programs.
(Repealed and added by Stats. 2012, Ch. 294, Sec. 7. (AB 2012) Effective September 11, 2012.)