BILL NUMBER: AB 1750	CHAPTERED  08/11/03

	CHAPTER  223
	FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE  AUGUST 11, 2003
	APPROVED BY GOVERNOR  AUGUST 9, 2003
	PASSED THE ASSEMBLY  JULY 29, 2003
	PASSED THE SENATE  JULY 27, 2003
	AMENDED IN SENATE  JUNE 23, 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 add Section 14557 to the Government Code, relating to
transportation, and declaring the urgency thereof, to take effect
immediately.



	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 1750, Committee on Budget.  Sales taxes on motor vehicle fuels:
partial suspension of transfer.
   Article XIX B of the California Constitution requires, commencing
with the 2003-04 fiscal year, sales taxes on motor vehicle fuel that
are deposited in the General Fund to be transferred to the
Transportation Investment Fund for allocation to various
transportation purposes, including allocations to particular
transportation projects included in the Transportation Congestion
Relief Program.  Article XIX B authorizes the transfer of these
revenues to the Transportation Investment Fund to be suspended in
whole or in part for a fiscal year during a fiscal emergency pursuant
to a proclamation issued by the Governor and the enactment of a
statute by a 2/3 vote of both houses of the Legislature if the
statute does not contain any unrelated provision.
   This bill, pursuant to Article XIX B, would partially suspend the
transfer of motor vehicle fuel sales tax revenues from the General
Fund to the Transportation Investment Fund for the 2003-04 fiscal
year.  The amount of the transfer during that year would be limited
to $289,000,000.
   This bill would declare that it is to take effect immediately as
an urgency statute.


THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:


  SECTION 1.  Section 14557 is added to the Government Code, to read:

   14557.  (a) The Legislature finds and declares that the Governor
has issued a proclamation pursuant to paragraph (1) of subdivision
(d) of Section 1 of Article XIX B of the California Constitution
declaring that the transfer of revenues from the General Fund to the
Transportation Investment Fund during the 2003-04 fiscal year
pursuant to paragraph (a) of Section 1 of Article XIX B would have a
significant negative fiscal impact on the range of functions of
government funded by the General Fund of the state.
   (b) Pursuant to paragraph (2) of subdivision (d) of Section 1 of
Article XIX B, the transfer of revenues from the General Fund to the
Transportation Investment Fund that would otherwise be required under
paragraph (a) of Section 1 of Article XIX B is hereby partially
suspended for the 2003-04 fiscal year.  The amount of the transfer
for the 2003-04 fiscal year shall be two hundred eighty-nine million
dollars ($289,000,000).
  SEC. 2.  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:
   In order to partially suspend the transfer of funds from the
General Fund to the Transportation Investment Fund for the 2003-04
fiscal year pursuant to Section 1 of Article XIX B of the California
Constitution as quickly as possible, it is necessary that this act
take effect immediately.