BILL NUMBER: SB 14 CHAPTERED 03/01/01 CHAPTER 2 FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE MARCH 1, 2001 APPROVED BY GOVERNOR MARCH 1, 2001 PASSED THE ASSEMBLY FEBRUARY 22, 2001 PASSED THE SENATE FEBRUARY 1, 2001 AMENDED IN SENATE JANUARY 31, 2001 INTRODUCED BY Senator Peace DECEMBER 4, 2000 An act to make an appropriation in augmentation of Items 9840-001-0001, 9840-001-0494, and 9840-001-0988 of Section 2.00 of the Budget Act of 1999, and of Item 9100-101-0001 of Section 2.00 of the Budget Act of 2000, relating to fiscal affairs, to take effect immediately as an appropriation for the usual current expenses of the state. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST SB 14, Peace. Budget Acts of 1999 and 2000: fiscal affairs. The Budget Act of 1999 appropriated $5,000,000 from the General Fund, unallocated special funds, and unallocated nongovernmental cost funds for expenditure for contingencies or emergencies upon written authorization from the Director of Finance. This bill would appropriate $739,186,000, as scheduled, in augmentation of these Budget Act appropriations. This bill would authorize the Director of Finance to withhold authorization for the expenditure of funds appropriated in the bill until preliminary estimates of potential deficiencies are verified. It would also authorize the director, notwithstanding specified provisions of the Budget Act of 1999, to authorize the use of population-related savings for other necessary expenditures of the Department of Corrections. The Budget Act of 2000 appropriated $721,104,000 from the General Fund for expenditure for tax relief. This amount was subsequently augmented by $60,000,000. This bill would appropriate an additional $40,000,000, as scheduled, in augmentation of these appropriations. This bill would declare that it is to take effect immediately as a statute providing an appropriation for the usual current expenses of the state. Appropriation: yes. THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: SECTION 1. (a) The sum of seven hundred thirty-nine million one hundred eighty-six thousand dollars ($739,186,000) is hereby appropriated for expenditure for the 1999-2000 fiscal year in augmentation and for the purposes of Contingencies or Emergencies as provided in Items 9840-001-0001, 9840-001-0494, and 9840-001-0988 of Section 2.00 of the Budget Act of 1999 (Ch. 50, Stats. 1999), in accordance with the following schedule: (1) Six hundred sixty-six million seven hundred twenty-seven thousand dollars ($666,727,000) from the General Fund to the reserve for Contingencies or Emergencies in Item 9840-001-0001. (2) Forty-two million five hundred twelve thousand dollars ($42,512,000) from unallocated special funds to the reserve for Contingencies or Emergencies in Item 9840-001-0494. (3) Twenty-nine million nine hundred forty-seven thousand dollars ($29,947,000) from unallocated nongovernmental cost funds to the reserve for Contingencies or Emergencies in Item 9840-001-0988. (b) The Director of Finance may withhold authorization for the expenditure of funds provided in this section until such time as, and to the extent that, preliminary estimates of potential deficiencies are verified. SEC. 2. Notwithstanding Provisions 1 and 2 of Item 5240-001-0001 of Section 2.00 of the Budget Act of 1999 (Ch. 50, Stats. 1999), the Director of Finance may authorize the use of population-related savings for other necessary expenditures of the Department of Corrections. SEC. 3. (a) The sum of forty million dollars ($40,000,000) is hereby appropriated in augmentation of Item 9100-101-0001 of Section 2.00 of Chapter 52 of the Statutes of 2000 and Section 1 of Chapter 615 of the Statutes of 2000 in accordance with the following schedule: (1) The sum of ten million dollars ($10,000,000) shall be used in augmentation of Schedule (a) of Item 9100-101-0001 (10-Senior Citizens' Property Tax Assistance). (2) The sum of thirty million dollars ($30,000,000) shall be used in augmentation of Schedule (c) of Item 9100-101-0001 (30-Senior Citizen Renters' Tax Assistance). (b) The appropriation and respective allocations made by this Section are in augmentation of the appropriation made in Item 9100-101-0001 of Section 2.00 of the Budget Act of 2000 (Chapter 52, Statutes of 2000) and are subject to the provisions of that act, as appropriate, including the provisions of that act that apply to that appropriation. SEC. 4. This act makes an appropriation for the usual current expenses of the state within the meaning of Article IV of the Constitution and shall go into immediate effect.