BILL NUMBER: AB 1761 CHAPTERED 08/02/03 CHAPTER 160 FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE AUGUST 2, 2003 APPROVED BY GOVERNOR AUGUST 2, 2003 PASSED THE ASSEMBLY JULY 29, 2003 PASSED THE SENATE JULY 27, 2003 AMENDED IN SENATE JUNE 30, 2003 AMENDED IN SENATE JUNE 27, 2003 AMENDED IN SENATE JUNE 26, 2003 INTRODUCED BY Committee on Budget (Oropeza (Chair), Bermudez, Chan, Chu, Diaz, Dutra, Dymally, Goldberg, Hancock, Jackson, Liu, Montanez, Nakano, Pavley, Reyes, Simitian, and Wolk) MARCH 11, 2003 An act to make an appropriation in augmentation of the Budget Act of 2002, relating to contingencies and emergencies, to take effect immediately as an appropriation for the usual current expenses of the state. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST AB 1761, Committee on Budget. Budget Act of 2002: contingencies and emergencies. The Budget Act of 2002 appropriated specified amounts from the General Fund, unallocated special funds, and unallocated nongovernmental cost funds for expenditure for contingencies or emergencies upon written notification from the Director of Finance. The Budget Act of 2002 also appropriated specified amounts for loans to state agencies for contingencies or emergencies. This bill would appropriate $502,646,000, as scheduled, in augmentation of these Budget Act appropriations. The bill would further appropriate $70,774,000 in augmentation of appropriations made in prior budget acts for allocation to the Department of Corrections and $48,273,000 in augmentation of an appropriation made in the Budget Act of 2002 for local assistance to the Department of Social Services. 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. The bill would declare that it is to take effect immediately as a statute providing 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 five hundred two million six hundred forty-six thousand dollars ($502,646,000) is hereby appropriated for expenditure for the 2002-03 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 2002 (Chapter 379 of the Statutes of 2002), in accordance with the following schedule: (a) Four hundred fifty-eight million two hundred sixty-eight thousand dollars ($458,268,000) from the General Fund to the Augmentation for Contingencies or Emergencies in Item 9840-001-0001. (b) Twelve million three hundred fifty-eight thousand dollars ($12,358,000) from unallocated special funds to the Augmentation for Contingencies or Emergencies in Item 9840-001-0494. (c) Thirty-two million twenty thousand dollars ($32,020,000) from unallocated nongovernmental cost funds to the Augmentation for Contingencies or Emergencies in Item 9840-001-0988. SEC. 2. The sum of seventy million seven hundred seventy-four thousand dollars ($70,774,000) 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 2001 (Chapter 106 of the Statutes of 2001), as reappropriated by Item 9840-490 of Section 2.00 of the Budget Act of 2002 (Chapter 379 of the Statutes of 2002), for allocation to the Department of Corrections for expenditure for the 2001-02 fiscal year. SEC. 3. The sum of forty-eight million two hundred seventy-three thousand dollars ($48,273,000) is hereby appropriated for expenditure for the 2002-03 fiscal year in augmentation of Schedule (2)(a) of Item 5180-111-0001 of Section 2.00 of the Budget Act of 2002 (Chapter 379 of the Statutes of 2002). SEC. 4. 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. 5. This act makes an appropriation for the usual current expenses of the state within the meaning of subdivision (c) of Section 8 of Article IV of the California Constitution and shall go into immediate effect.