BILL NUMBER: AB 1242 AMENDED
BILL TEXT
AMENDED IN SENATE FEBRUARY 4, 2002
AMENDED IN SENATE SEPTEMBER 14, 2001
AMENDED IN SENATE SEPTEMBER 7, 2001
AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY MAY 31, 2001
AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY APRIL 23, 2001
INTRODUCED BY Assembly Member Wiggins
(Coauthor: Senator Chesbro)
FEBRUARY 23, 2001
An act to amend and supplement the Budget Act of 2001,
relating to appropriations for the support of the government of the
State of California, making an appropriation therefor, and declaring
the urgency thereof, to take effect immediately. An
act relating to the glassy-winged sharpshooter, making an
appropriation therefor, and declaring the urgency thereof, to take
effect immediately.
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
AB 1242, as amended, Wiggins. Budget Act of 2001
Pest control: glassy-winged sharpshooter .
Existing law generally creates programs in the Department of Food
and Agriculture for eradication of Pierce's disease and its vector
the glassy-winged sharpshooter.
This bill would state various findings and declarations relating
to the glassy-winged sharpshooter and Pierce's disease and their
effect on the wine and grape industry.
This bill would appropriate federal funds made available to the
department, to the Department of Food and Agriculture Fund, to be
distributed via grants, as specified.
The bill would declare that it is to take effect immediately as an
urgency statute.
Existing law, as set forth in the Budget Act of 2001, makes
various appropriations for the support of state government for the
2001-02 fiscal year.
This bill would revise the Budget Act of 2001 by augmenting and
reducing certain appropriations, 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. The appropriations made by this act are in
SECTION 1. The Legislature finds and declares the following:
(a) California is the leading producer of wine in the United
States, accounting for 91 percent of the total United States wine
production and 72 percent of total wine sales.
(b) The glassy-winged sharpshooter is a potent vector for Pierce's
disease that has the potential to harm California's multibillion
dollar wine industry by transmitting the bacterium Xylella
Fastidiosa. This bacterium destroys wine grape plants by shutting
down the plant's ability to take up water and nutrients.
(c) To date, the glassy-winged sharpshooter and the resulting
Pierce's disease have destroyed millions of dollars of California's
most productive wine and table grape vines. This has resulted in
rural unemployment and severely threatens local rural economies.
SEC. 2. Federal funds made available to the Department of Food and
Agriculture pursuant to Public Law 106-224, and pursuant to
regulations and guidelines adopted thereunder, to compensate grape
growers for vine losses resulting from Pierce's disease spread by the
glassy-winged sharpshooter, are hereby appropriated to the
Department of Food and Agriculture Fund for distribution via
individual grants in accordance with criteria established by the
department, consistent with federal guidelines.
SEC. 3. 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 restore rural economic stability to grape production
areas of California at the earliest possible time, it is necessary
for this act to take effect immediately as an urgency statute.
augmentation of the appropriations made in Section 2.00 of
the Budget Act of 2001 (Chapter 106 of the Statutes of 2001) and are
subject to the provisions of that act, as appropriate, including, as
applicable, the provisions of that act that apply to the items of
appropriation that are augmented by this act. Unless otherwise
specified, the references in this act to item numbers refer to items
of appropriation in Section 2.00 of the Budget Act of 2001.
SEC. 2. The sum appropriated in Item 8965-001-0001 is hereby
reduced by one hundred twenty thousand dollars ($120,000). The
reduction shall be financed by reducing expenditures in travel,
training, and general facility maintenance.
SEC. 3. The sum appropriated in Item 8966-001-0001 is hereby
reduced by eighty thousand dollars ($80,000). The reduction shall be
financed by reducing expenditures in travel, training, and general
maintenance.
SEC. 4. The sum of two hundred thousand dollars ($200,000) is
hereby appropriated in augmentation of the sum appropriated in Item
3600-001-0001, for the study of the feasibility of maintaining in
good condition the fish in Rector Creek below Rector Dam.
SEC. 5. The sum of two hundred fifty thousand dollars ($250,000)
is hereby appropriated in augmentation of the sum appropriated in
Item 3860-001-0001, for the conduct of a study to determine the water
demand of state facilities entitled to water for Rector Reservoir
and to develop operational rules to efficiently manage and operate
the reservoir.
SEC. 6. 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 make certain necessary augmentations and adjustments
to the appropriations made by the Budget Act of 2001 for support of
state government for the 2001-02 fiscal year, it is necessary that
this act take effect immediately.