BILL NUMBER: AB 1109	CHAPTERED  07/06/99

	CHAPTER   68
	FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE   JULY 6, 1999
	APPROVED BY GOVERNOR   JULY 6, 1999
	PASSED THE ASSEMBLY   JUNE 28, 1999
	PASSED THE SENATE   JUNE 24, 1999
	AMENDED IN SENATE   JUNE 15, 1999

INTRODUCED BY   Committee on Budget (Ducheny (Chair), Cardenas,
Cedillo, Correa, Firebaugh, Florez, Keeley, Nakano, Papan, Reyes,
Scott, Strom-Martin, Torlakson, Wildman, and Wright)

                        FEBRUARY 25, 1999

   An act to make an appropriation in augmentation of Items
9840-001-0001, 9840-001-0494, 9840-001-0988, and 9840-011-0001 of
Section 2.00 of the Budget Act of 1998, relating to contingencies or
emergencies, to take effect immediately as an appropriation for the
usual current expenses of the state.



	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 1109, Committee on Budget.  Budget Act of 1998:  contingencies
or emergencies.
   The Budget Act of 1998 appropriated $5,000,000 from the General
Fund, unallocated special funds, and unallocated nongovernmental cost
funds for expenditure for contingencies or emergencies upon written
authorization from the Director of Finance.  The Budget Act of 1998
also appropriated $2,500,000 for loans to state agencies for
contingencies and emergencies, upon terms to be prescribed by the
Department of Finance, but which may not be made repayable from a
future legislative appropriation.
   This bill would appropriate $1,021,500,000, as scheduled, in
augmentation of these Budget Act appropriations.  This bill would
authorize the Director of Finance to withhold authorization for the
expenditure of funds appropriated in the bill until preliminary
estimates of potential deficiencies are verified.
   This bill would declare that it is to take effect immediately as a
statute providing an appropriation for the usual current expenses of
the state.
   Appropriation:  yes.


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


  SECTION 1.  (a) The sum of one billion twenty-one million five
hundred thousand dollars ($1,021,500,000) is hereby appropriated for
expenditure in the 1998-99 fiscal year in augmentation and for the
purposes of Contingencies or Emergencies as provided in Items
9840-001-0001, 9840-001-0494, 9840-001-0988, and 9840-011-0001 of
Section 2.00 of the Budget Act of 1998 (Ch. 324, Stats. 1998), in
accordance with the following schedule:
   (1) Nine hundred thirty-seven million four hundred thirty-four
thousand dollars ($937,434,000) from the General Fund to the reserve
for Contingencies or Emergencies in Item 9840-001-0001.
   (2) Seventy-two million six hundred twelve thousand dollars
($72,612,000) from unallocated special funds to the reserve for
Contingencies or Emergencies in Item 9840-001-0494.
   (3) Eleven million four hundred fifty-four thousand dollars
($11,454,000) from unallocated nongovernmental cost funds to the
reserve for Contingencies or Emergencies in Item 9840-001-0988.
   (b) The Director of Finance may withhold authorization for the
expenditure of funds provided in this section until such time as, and
to the extent that, preliminary estimates of potential deficiencies
are verified.
  SEC. 2.  This act makes an appropriation for the usual current
expenses of the state within the meaning of Article IV of the
Constitution and shall go into immediate effect.