BILL NUMBER: AB 778	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Davis

                        FEBRUARY 26, 2009

   An act relating to state government.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 778, as introduced, Davis. State government: the arts.
   Existing law exempts from the provisions of the State Contract Act
and other state bidding requirements the selection and commissioning
of artists and the purchase and execution of works of art for state
buildings.
   This bill would state the intent of the Legislature to enact
legislation that will fund the arts.
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: no.
State-mandated local program: no.


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

  SECTION 1.  It is the intent of the Legislature to enact
legislation that will fund the arts.