BILL NUMBER: ABX8 2	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Committee on Budget (Evans (Chair), Arambula, Beall,
Blumenfield, Brownley, Carter, Chesbro, De La Torre, Feuer,
Hernandez, Hill, Huffman, Monning, Ruskin, and Swanson)

                        JANUARY 15, 2010

   An act relating to the Budget Act of 2009.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 2, as introduced, Committee on Budget. Budget Act of 2009.
   This bill would express the intent of the Legislature to enact
statutory changes relating to the Budget Act of 2009.
   The California Constitution authorizes the Governor to declare a
fiscal emergency and to call the Legislature into special session for
that purpose. The Governor issued a proclamation declaring a fiscal
emergency, and calling a special session for this purpose, on January
8, 2010.
   This bill would state that it addresses the fiscal emergency
declared by the Governor by proclamation issued on January 8, 2010,
pursuant to the California Constitution.
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: no.
State-mandated local program: no.


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

  SECTION 1.  It is the intent of the Legislature to enact statutory
changes relating to the Budget Act of 2009.
  SEC. 2.  This act addresses the fiscal emergency declared by the
Governor by proclamation on January 8, 2010, pursuant to subdivision
(f) of Section 10 of Article IV of the California Constitution.