BILL NUMBER: AB 2577	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Members Cooley and Pan

                        FEBRUARY 21, 2014

   An act to amend Section 10000 of the Welfare and Institutions
Code, relating to public social services.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 2577, as introduced, Cooley. Public social services.
   Existing law establishes various programs for delivery of care,
assistance, and services to people in need and declares the intent
that aid be administered and services be provided promptly and
humanely.
   This bill would make a technical, nonsubstantive change.
   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.  Section 10000 of the Welfare and Institutions Code is
amended to read:
   10000.  The purpose of this division is to provide for protection,
care, and assistance to the people of the state in need thereof, and
to promote the welfare and happiness of all of the people of the
state by providing appropriate aid and services to all of its needy
and distressed. It is the  legislative  intent 
of the Legislature  that aid shall be administered and services
provided promptly and humanely, with due regard for the preservation
of family life, and without discrimination on account of ancestry,
marital status, political affiliation, or any characteristic listed
or defined in Section 11135 of the Government Code. That aid shall be
so administered and services so provided, to the extent not in
conflict with federal law, as to encourage self-respect,
self-reliance, and the desire to be a good citizen, useful to
society.