BILL NUMBER: AB 41	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Daucher

                        DECEMBER 2, 2002

   An act to add Section 9400.5 to the Welfare and Institutions Code,
relating to aging, making an appropriation therefor, and declaring
the urgency thereof, to take effect immediately.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 41, as introduced, Daucher.  Area agencies on aging:  funding.
   Existing law designates area agencies on aging as local units on
aging in California, which are financially supported by a variety of
sources, including federal funding, state and local government
assistance, the private sector, and individual contributions.
   This bill would continuously appropriate from the Federal Trust
Fund to the Department of Aging, in the absence of enactment of the
annual Budget Act by July 1 of a fiscal year, the amount of federal
funds contained in the Federal Trust Fund that is necessary for the
administration of programs under the jurisdiction of the area
agencies on aging, pending enactment of the Budget Act.
   The 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.  Section 9400.5 is added to the Welfare and Institutions
Code, to read:
   9400.5.  (a) Notwithstanding Section 13340 of the Government Code,
in any fiscal year in which the Budget Act is not enacted by July 1
of that fiscal year, there is hereby continuously appropriated from
the Federal Trust Fund to the department the amount of federal funds
contained in the Federal Trust Fund that is necessary to pay area
agencies on aging for the administration of programs under their
jurisdiction.  The Department of Finance may, upon enactment of the
Budget Act and in the absence of this action being taken by the
Legislature or the Governor in that Budget Act, reduce the applicable
Budget Act allocations by the amount of any payments pursuant to
this subdivision.
   (b) If payments are made to area agencies on aging pursuant to
this section, the first payment shall be made on July 15, with
payments to be made on the 15th of each month thereafter, until
enactment of the annual Budget Act.
  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 ensure that area agencies on aging will be able to
prevent interruptions in important services provided to elderly
persons if the Budget Act of 2003 is not enacted in a timely manner,
it is necessary that this act take effect immediately.