BILL NUMBER: SB 1068 CHAPTERED 06/02/08 CHAPTER 22 FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE JUNE 2, 2008 APPROVED BY GOVERNOR JUNE 2, 2008 PASSED THE SENATE APRIL 17, 2008 PASSED THE ASSEMBLY MAY 15, 2008 AMENDED IN SENATE MARCH 27, 2008 INTRODUCED BY Senator Ducheny JANUARY 10, 2008 An act to make an appropriation in augmentation of the Budget Act of 2007, relating to the State Budget, and declaring the urgency thereof, to take effect immediately. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST SB 1068, Ducheny. Budget Act of 2007: augmentation. The Budget Act of 2007 appropriated specified amounts from the General Fund for specified programs. This bill would appropriate $22,031,000 from the General Fund in augmentation of appropriations in that Budget Act. The 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. The sum of twenty-two million thirty-one thousand dollars ($22,031,000) is hereby appropriated from the General Fund for expenditure for the 2007-08 fiscal year in augmentation of Item 9840-001-0001 of Section 2.00 of the Budget Act of 2007 (Chapters 171 and 172 of the Statutes of 2007). Notwithstanding Provision 7 of Item 9840-001-0001, these funds shall be allocated by the State Controller in accordance with the following schedule: (a) Twelve million eight hundred fifty-eight thousand dollars ($12,858,000) to Item 0390-101-0001. (b) Nine million one hundred seventy-three thousand dollars ($9,173,000) to Item 0690-112-0001. SEC. 2. Any unemcumbered balance, as of June 30, 2008, of the funds appropriated within any of the items identified in Section 1 of this measure shall revert to the General Fund. SEC. 3. 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: This act makes appropriations for the support of the government of the State of California for the 2007-08 fiscal year. It is therefore necessary that this act take effect immediately.