BILL NUMBER: SB 21	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN SENATE  APRIL 23, 2013
	AMENDED IN SENATE  MARCH 18, 2013

INTRODUCED BY   Senator Roth
    (   Coauthors:   Senators   Correa
  and Hueso   ) 

                        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 amended, 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 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 provide that these funds shall be available for
planning and startup costs associated with academic programs to be
offered by the School   of Medicine at the University of
California, Riverside, as specified. 
   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.   (a)    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. 
   (b) Funds provided pursuant to subdivision (a) shall be available
for planning and startup costs associated with academic programs to
be offered by the School of Medicine at the University of California,
Riverside, including all of the following:  
   (1) Academic planning activities, support of academic program
offerings, and faculty recruitment.  
   (2) The acquisition of instructional materials and equipment.
 
   (3) Ongoing operating support for faculty, staff, and other annual
operating expenses for 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.