BILL NUMBER: AB 27 AMENDED BILL TEXT AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY MARCH 21, 2013 AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY MARCH 13, 2013 INTRODUCED BY Assembly Member Medina ( Coauthor: Assembly Member Linder ) DECEMBER 3, 2012 An act relating to the University of California,andmaking an appropriation therefor , and declaring the urgency thereof, to take effect immediately . LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST AB 27, as amended, Medina. University of California: UC Riverside Medical School: funding. Existing provisions of the California Constitution establish the University of California as a public trust under the administration of the Regents of the University of California. The University of California system includes 10 campuses, which are located in Berkeley, Davis, Irvine, Los Angeles, Merced, Riverside, San Diego, San Francisco, Santa Barbara, and Santa Cruz. This bill would annually appropriate $15,000,000 from the General Fund to the Regents of the University of California for allocation to the School of Medicine at the University of California, Riverside. This bill would declare that it is to take effect immediately as an urgency statute. Vote: 2/3. Appropriation: yes. Fiscal committee: yes. State-mandated local program: no. THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: SECTION 1. The sum of fifteen million dollars ($15,000,000) is hereby appropriated annually from the General Fund to the Regents of the University of California for allocation to the School of Medicine at the University of California, Riverside. 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 serve students without disrupting their education at the School of Medicine at the University of California, Riverside, and to ensure the continuation of funding to this school, it is necessary for this act to take effect immediately.