BILL NUMBER: SB 1832 CHAPTERED 09/12/02 CHAPTER 509 FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE SEPTEMBER 12, 2002 APPROVED BY GOVERNOR SEPTEMBER 12, 2002 PASSED THE ASSEMBLY AUGUST 22, 2002 PASSED THE SENATE JUNE 29, 2002 AMENDED IN SENATE JUNE 24, 2002 INTRODUCED BY Committee on Budget and Fiscal Review FEBRUARY 22, 2002 An act to make an appropriation in augmentation of the Budget Act of 2001, relating to contingencies or emergencies, to take effect immediately as an appropriation for the usual current expenses of the state. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST SB 1832, Committee on Budget and Fiscal Review. Budget Act of 2001: contingencies or emergencies. The Budget Act of 2001 appropriated specified amounts 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. The Budget Act of 2001 also appropriated specified amounts for loans to state agencies for contingencies or emergencies. This bill would appropriate $305,411,000 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. This bill, in addition, would appropriate $52,500,000 in augmentation of contingencies and emergencies for allocation to the Department of Corrections. 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. The sum of three hundred five million four hundred eleven thousand dollars ($305,411,000) is hereby appropriated for expenditure for the 2001-02 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 2001 (Chapter 106 of the Statutes of 2001), in accordance with the following schedule: (a) Two hundred ninety-nine million one hundred sixty-two thousand dollars ($299,162,000) from the General Fund to the Augmentation for Contingencies or Emergencies in Item 9840-001-0001. (b) Five million eight thousand dollars ($5,008,000) from unallocated special funds to the Augmentation for Contingencies or Emergencies in Item 9840-001-0494. (c) One million two hundred forty-one thousand dollars ($1,241,000) from unallocated nongovernmental cost funds to the Augmentation for Contingencies or Emergencies in Item 9840-001-0988. SEC. 2. The sum of fifty-two million five hundred thousand dollars ($52,500,000) is hereby appropriated in augmentation and for the purposes of Contingencies or Emergencies as provided in Item 9840-001-0001 of Section 2.00 of the Budget Act of 2000 (Chapter 52 of the Statutes of 2000), as reappropriated by Item 9840-490 of Section 2.00 of the Budget Act of 2001 (Chapter 106 of the Statutes of 2001), for allocation to the Department of Corrections for expenditure for the 2000-01 fiscal year. SEC. 3. The Director of Finance may withhold authorization for the expenditure of funds provided in this act until such time as, and to the extent that, preliminary estimates of potential deficiencies are verified. 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.