BILL NUMBER: SB 17	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Senator Blakeslee

                        DECEMBER 6, 2010

   An act relating to the state budget.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SB 17, as introduced, Blakeslee. State budget: budget bills.
   Existing law permits the Legislature to pass a Budget Bill or bill
implementing the Budget Bill with a majority vote of both houses.
   This bill would express the intent of the Legislature to enact
legislation to require that the final language of a Budget Bill or
bill implementing a Budget Bill be in print for public review for not
less than 72 hours prior to a Legislative vote.
   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 to require that the final language of a Budget Bill or
bill implementing a Budget Bill be in print for public review for not
less than 72 hours prior to a legislative vote.