Senate Bill No. 21

Introduced by Senator Roth

December 3, 2012

An act relating to the University of California, making an appropriation therefor, and declaring the urgency thereof, to take effect immediately.

LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL’S DIGEST

SB 21, as introduced, Roth. 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 appropriate $15,000,000 from the General Fund to the Regents of the University of California for allocation, without regard to fiscal year, 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 from the General Fund to the Regents of
the University of California for allocation, without regard to fiscal
year, 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 provide crucial funding to launch the vital health care
mission of the School of Medicine at the University of California,
Riverside, it is necessary that this act take effect immediately.