BILL NUMBER: AB 1931	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN SENATE  JUNE 24, 2010
	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 Sections 104336, 104337, and 104339.6 of,
and to repeal Section 104339.5 of, the Health and Safety 
 An act to amend Sections 104336 and 104337 of, and to repeal
Sections 104339.5 and 104339.6 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program and the fund are repealed as of January 1, 2011.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   provide that 
the fund  to consist only   would consist 
of moneys from private entities  ,   as well as
local and federal moneys transferred to the fund and  would
expressly provide that these moneys may be expended solely for
research programs and grants, as specified  , and 
 . It  would  delay   delete  the
repeal date of  provisions relating to  the Spinal Cord
Research Program and the fund  to January 1, 2016 
 , this indefinitely extending the duration of those provisions
 .  T   he bill would clarify that it would not
prohibit the University of California from administering an
additional fund to accept public and private funds for the purpose of
implementing the bill, as specified.  By  extending
  deleting  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 local and federal moneys transferred to the fund  . Any
 public   state  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. 
   (d) Nothing in this section shall preclude the University of
California from establishing and administering an additional fund,
independent of the State Treasury, to accept public and private funds
for the purpose of implementing this chapter. 
  SEC. 2.  Section 104337 of the Health and Safety Code is amended to
read:
   104337.  Moneys in the fund established pursuant to Section 104336
may be expended by the University of California solely for spinal
cord injury research programs and grants, and may be expended for,
but not limited to, costs for peer review and grant administration.
  SEC. 3.  Section 104339.5 of the Health and Safety Code is
repealed. 
  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. 
   SEC. 4.    Section 104339.6 of the   Health
and Safety Code   is repealed.  
   104339.6.  This chapter shall remain in effect only until January
1, 2011, and as of that date is repealed, unless a later enacted
statute that is enacted before January 1, 2011, deletes or extends
that date.