BILL NUMBER:  AB 1239
  VETOED	DATE: 09/29/2010




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To the Members of the California State Assembly:

I am returning Assembly Bill (AB) 1239 without my signature.

This bill would require the California Department of Corrections and
Rehabilitation?(CDCR) to implement any funding adjustments to inmate
academic and vocational education programs consistent with specified
priorities, and report annually to the Joint Legislative Budget
Committee specified information regarding inmate participation in,
and completion of, academic and vocational programs.

This bill is unnecessary, as the directives in AB 1239 largely mirror
similar directives in the Budget Act of 2009, ABX4 1 (Evans, Chapter
1, Statutes of 2009).  The CDCR has reduced its adult program budget
consistent with the directives in ABX4 1 and additional legislation
is not needed to further mandate that the CDCR reduce those programs
accordingly.

For this reason, I am unable to sign this bill.

Sincerely,



Arnold Schwarzenegger