BILL NUMBER: AB 440 CHAPTERED 08/13/01 CHAPTER 197 FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE AUGUST 13, 2001 APPROVED BY GOVERNOR AUGUST 12, 2001 PASSED THE ASSEMBLY JULY 23, 2001 PASSED THE SENATE JULY 21, 2001 AMENDED IN SENATE JULY 21, 2001 AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY MAY 23, 2001 INTRODUCED BY Assembly Members Cardoza, Matthews, Briggs, and Dickerson (Coauthors: Assembly Members Cardenas, Cedillo, Dutra, Florez, Keeley, Kelley, Negrete McLeod, Pescetti, Reyes, Salinas, Strom-Martin, Thomson, and Wiggins) (Coauthors: Senators Costa, Figueroa, Johannessen, Machado, McPherson, and Monteith) FEBRUARY 20, 2001 An act making an appropriation to amend and supplement the Budget Act of 2001 for the support of the government of the State of California and for several public purposes in accordance with the provisions of Section 12 of Article IV of the Constitution of the State of California, and declaring the urgency thereof, to take effect immediately. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST AB 440, Cardoza. Budget Act of 2001. This bill would appropriate $5,400,000 in addition to the amount appropriated in the Budget Act of 2001 for grants for specified law enforcement agencies. The bill would increase the minimum amount of each law enforcement grant from $20,000 to $30,000. This bill would appropriate $75,000,000 in addition to the amount appropriated in the Budget Act of 2001 for tax relief for senior citizens' property tax assistance and senior citizen renters' tax assistance. This bill would declare that it is to take effect immediately as an urgency statute. Appropriation: yes. THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: SECTION 1. In addition to the amount appropriated in Item 9100-101-0001 of Section 2.00 of the Budget Act of 2001, the sum of seventy-five million dollars ($75,000,000) is hereby appropriated, to supplement Schedule (1) of that item by the amount of thirteen million five hundred thousand dollars ($13,500,000) and to supplement Schedule (3) of that item by the amount of sixty-one million five hundred thousand dollars ($61,500,000). SEC. 2. In addition to the amount appropriated in Item 9210-106-0001 of Section 2.00 of the Budget Act of 2001, the sum of five million four hundred thousand dollars ($5,400,000) is hereby appropriated to supplement that item. SEC. 3. Notwithstanding Section 20.00 of the Budget Act of 2001, the minimum amount of each law enforcement grant allocated pursuant to that section shall be $30,000. SEC. 4. This act is an urgency statute necessary for the immediate preservation of the public peace, health, or safety within the meaning of Article IV of the Constitution and shall go into immediate effect. The facts constituting the necessity are: To supplement the amount appropriated in the Budget Act of 2001 in order to provide for the health and safety of the citizens of California, it is necessary that this act take effect immediately.