BILL NUMBER: AB 1931	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN SENATE  AUGUST 17, 2010
	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 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program and the fund are repealed as of January 1, 2011.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  provide that the fund 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.   eliminate   the Spinal Cord Injury
Research Fund, and instead, permit the University of California to
establish a spinal cord injury research fund, independent of the
State Treasury, to accept public and private funds for spinal cord
injury research programs and grants, as prescribed  . It would
delete the repeal date of provisions relating to the Spinal Cord
Research Program and the fund, this   thus 
indefinitely extending the duration of those provisions. 
The 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 deleting the repeal date of a continuously appropriated
fund this bill would make an appropriation. 
   Vote:  2/3   majority  . Appropriation:
 yes   no  . 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 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,

    104336.    The University of California may
establish a spinal cord injury research 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
repealed.