BILL NUMBER: AB 1794	CHAPTERED  09/09/04

	CHAPTER  414
	FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE  SEPTEMBER 9, 2004
	APPROVED BY GOVERNOR  SEPTEMBER 9, 2004
	PASSED THE ASSEMBLY  AUGUST 24, 2004
	PASSED THE SENATE  AUGUST 18, 2004
	AMENDED IN SENATE  JUNE 16, 2004
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  MAY 20, 2004
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  MARCH 26, 2004

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Dutra
   (Coauthors:  Assembly Members Berg, Corbett, Goldberg, Leno,
Nation, and Negrete McLeod)

                        JANUARY 6, 2004

   An act to amend Section 104339.6 of the Health and Safety Code,
and to amend Section 4359 of the Welfare and Institutions Code,
relating to spinal cord and traumatic brain injuries, and making an
appropriation therefor.



	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 1794, Dutra.  Spinal cord and traumatic brain injury programs:
termination dates.
   (1) Existing law establishes, until July 1, 2007, the Traumatic
Brain Injury Fund.  Under existing law, moneys in the fund are used,
upon appropriation by the Legislature, to develop, at designated
sites, a system of postacute continuum-of-care models for adults 18
years of age or older with an acquired traumatic brain injury.
   This bill would extend the January 1, 2007, termination date to
July 1, 2012.
   (2) Existing law establishes, until January 1, 2006, the Spinal
Cord Injury Research Fund for the award of grants to conduct basic
neurological research into the cure for spinal cord injuries and
their effects.  Existing law continuously appropriates the fund,
which is composed of private and public moneys, to the University of
California to administer the grants.
   This bill would extend the January 1, 2006, termination date to
January 1, 2011.  By extending the term of a continuously
appropriated fund, this bill would make an appropriation.
   Appropriation:  yes.


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


  SECTION 1.  Section 104339.6 of the Health and Safety Code is
amended to read:
   104339.6.  This chapter shall remain in effect only until January
1, 2011, and as of that date is repealed, unless a later enacted
statute that is enacted before January 1, 2011, deletes or extends
that date.
  SEC. 2.  Section 4359 of the Welfare and Institutions Code is
amended to read:
   4359.  This chapter shall remain in effect until July 1, 2012, and
as of that date is repealed, unless a later enacted statute enacted
prior to July 1, 2012, extends or deletes that date.