BILL NUMBER: SB 1257	CHAPTERED  04/15/99

	CHAPTER   12
	FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE   APRIL 15, 1999
	APPROVED BY GOVERNOR   APRIL 15, 1999
	PASSED THE ASSEMBLY   APRIL 8, 1999
	PASSED THE SENATE   MARCH 22, 1999
	AMENDED IN SENATE   MARCH 15, 1999

INTRODUCED BY   Senator Burton

                        FEBRUARY 26, 1999

   An act to make an appropriation in augmentation of Items
9800-001-0001, 9800-002-0494, and 9800-011-0001 of Section 2.00 of
the Budget Act of 1998, relating to state employees, to take effect
immediately as an appropriation for the usual and current expenses of
the state.



	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SB 1257, Burton.   State employees:  compensation.
   (1) The Budget Act of 1998 appropriated $360,479,000 from the
General Fund for expenditure to augment state employee compensation
and $4,370,000 from unallocated special funds for expenditure to
augment the state employer's health benefit costs.
   This bill would appropriate $35,824,000, as scheduled, in
augmentation of these Budget Act appropriations.
   (2) Section 8 of Article XVI of the California Constitution
requires that the moneys applied by the state for the support of
school districts and community colleges shall not be less than a
specified percentage of General Fund revenues.
   This bill would declare that a specified amount appropriated by
this bill is to be applied toward the minimum funding requirements
for the 1998-99 fiscal year for school districts and community
college districts imposed by Section 8 of Article XVI of the
California Constitution.
   (3) This bill would declare that it is to take effect immediately
as a statute providing an appropriation for the usual and current
expenses of the state.
   Appropriation:  yes.


THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:


  SECTION 1.  (a) The sum of thirty-five million eight hundred
twenty-four thousand dollars ($35,824,000) is hereby appropriated for
expenditure in the 1998-99 fiscal year in augmentation and for the
purposes of state employee compensation and the state employer's
health benefit costs as provided in Items 9800-001-0001,
9800-002-0494, and 9800-011-0001 of Section 2.00 of the Budget Act of
1998 (Chapter 324 of the Statutes of 1998), in accordance with the
following schedule:
   (a) Thirty-four million four hundred seventy-six thousand dollars
($34,476,000) payable from the General Fund in augmentation of state
employee compensation as provided in Item 9800-001-0001.
   (b) One million dollars ($1,000,000) payable from unallocated
special funds in augmentation of state employer's health benefit
costs as provided in Item 9800-002-0494.
   (c) Three hundred forty-eight thousand dollars ($348,000) payable
from the General Fund (Proposition 98) in augmentation of state
employee compensation as provided in Item 9800-011-0001.
   (d) For the purposes of making computations required by Section 8
of Article XVI of the California Constitution, the appropriation made
by subdivision (c) shall be deemed to be General Fund revenues
appropriated to school districts and community college districts, as
defined in subdivisions (c) and (d) of Section 41202 of the Education
Code, for the 1998-99 fiscal year, and be included within the "total
allocations to school districts and community college districts from
General Fund proceeds of taxes appropriated pursuant to Article
XIIIB," as defined in subdivision (e) of Section 41202 of the
Education Code for the 1998-99 fiscal year.
  SEC. 2.  This act makes an appropriation for the usual and current
expenses of the state within the meaning of Article IV of the
California Constitution and shall go into immediate effect.