Amended in Senate June 24, 2013

Amended in Assembly May 24, 2013

Amended in Assembly April 2, 2013

California Legislature—2013–14 Regular Session

Assembly Bill No. 714

Introduced by Assembly Member Wieckowski

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(Coauthor: Assembly Member Harkey)

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February 21, 2013

An act relating to the Roman Reed Spinal Cord Injury Research Fund, and making an appropriation therefor.

LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL’S DIGEST

AB 714, as amended, Wieckowski. Roman Reed Spinal Cord Injury Research Fund.

Existing law, the Roman Reed Spinal Cord Injury Research Act of 1999, authorizes the University of California to establish a spinal cord injury research fund, independent of the State Treasury, to accept public and private funds for purposes of spinal cord injury research, as specified.

This bill would appropriate $1,000,000 from the General Fund to the spinal cord injury research fund authorized by the act.

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.  

There is hereby appropriated from the General
Fund to the spinal cord injury research fund authorized begin delete by end delete begin insert pursuant
to end insert the Roman Reed Spinal Cord Injury Research Act of 1999 the
amount of one million dollars ($1,000,000).