BILL NUMBER: SB 17	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN SENATE  MARCH 25, 2011

INTRODUCED BY   Senator Blakeslee

                        DECEMBER 6, 2010

   An act  to add Section 9518 to the Government Code, 
relating to the state budget.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SB 17, as amended, Blakeslee. State budget:  budget bills
  Budget Bills .
   Existing law permits the Legislature to pass a Budget Bill or bill
 implementing   providing for appropriation
related to  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  a  bill implementing a Budget Bill be in
print for public  review   inspection, and 
 posted by the Legislative Counsel on the Internet  for not
less than 72 hours prior to a legislative vote  to pass the bill
and to send it to the Governor for approval  .
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee:  no
  yes  . State-mandated local program: no.


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

   SECTION 1.    Section 9518 is added to the  
Government Code   , to read:  
   9518.  The Legislature shall not pass and send to the Governor for
approval a Budget Bill, or a bill implementing a Budget Bill, that
has not been in print for public inspection and posted on the
Internet by the Legislative Counsel pursuant to Section 10248 for at
least 72 hours.  
  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.