BILL NUMBER: AB 1931	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  MAY 28, 2010

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Torrico
    (   Coauthors:   Assembly Members 
 Coto,   Davis,  Fletcher,   and Jones
  ) 
    (   Coauthors:   Senators   Florez
  and Wolk   ) 

                        FEBRUARY 17, 2010

   An act to amend  Section 104339.6 of  
Sections 104336, 104337, and 104339.6 of, and to repeal Section
104339.5 of,  the Health and Safety Code, relating to injury
prevention, and making an appropriation therefor.



	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 1931, as amended, Torrico. Injury prevention.
   Existing law, the Roman Reed Spinal Cord Injury Research Act of
1999, establishes the Spinal Cord Injury Research Fund, continuously
appropriated to the University of California, for the purpose of
awarding grants to perform spinal cord injury research projects. 
The fund consists of moneys from private entities, as specified, as
well as public moneys transferred to the fund.  Existing law,
with the approval of the Regents of the University of California,
also creates a Spinal Cord Injury Research Program in the University
of California to promote spinal cord injury research in California.
The program and the fund are repealed as of January 1, 2011.
   This bill would  require the fund to   consist only
  of moneys from private entities, would  
expressly   provide that these moneys may be expended sole
  l   y for research programs and grants, as
specified, and would  delay the repeal date of the Spinal Cord
Research Program and the fund to January 1, 2016. By extending the
repeal date of a continuously appropriated fund this bill would make
an appropriation.
   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 104336 of the   Health
and Safety Code   is amended to read: 
   104336.  (a) There is hereby established a Spinal Cord Injury
Research Fund. Notwithstanding Section 13340 of the Government Code,
the fund is continuously appropriated to the University of California
for the purposes of this chapter.
   (b) The fund shall consist of money accepted by the University of
California from grants and donations from private entities 
as well as public moneys transferred to the fund  .  Any
public moneys transferred to the fund prior to January 1, 2011,
shall remain available in the fund for expenditures pursuant to this
chapter. 
   (c) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, money remaining in
the fund at the end of a fiscal year shall not revert to the General
Fund.
   SEC. 2.    Section 104337 of the   Health
and Safety Code   is amended to read: 
   104337.   The   Moneys in the  fund
established pursuant to Section 104336 may be expended by the
University of California  solely  for  the award of
grants to perform  spinal cord injury research 
projects   programs and grants, and may be expended for,
but not limited to, costs for peer review and grant administration
 .
   SEC. 3.    Section 1043   39.5 of the 
 Health and Safety Code   is repealed.  
   104339.5.  This chapter shall be implemented only to the extent
that funding for its purposes is appropriated to the Regents of the
University of California in the annual Budget Act or another statute.

   SECTION 1.   SEC. 4.   Section 104339.6
of the Health and Safety Code is amended to read:
   104339.6.  This chapter shall remain in effect only until January
1, 2016, and as of that date is repealed, unless a later enacted
statute that is enacted before January 1, 2016, deletes or extends
that date.