BILL NUMBER: ABX3 16	CHAPTERED
	BILL TEXT

	CHAPTER  5
	FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE  FEBRUARY 20, 2009
	APPROVED BY GOVERNOR  FEBRUARY 20, 2009
	PASSED THE SENATE  FEBRUARY 19, 2009
	PASSED THE ASSEMBLY  FEBRUARY 19, 2009
	AMENDED IN SENATE  FEBRUARY 19, 2009
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  JANUARY 7, 2009

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Evans

                        JANUARY 5, 2009

   An act to add and repeal Section 99030 of the Government Code,
relating to state finance, and declaring the urgency thereof, to take
effect immediately.



	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 16, Evans.  State finance.
   Existing law defines the current duties of the Treasurer and the
Director of Finance and charges those officers with various
responsibilities in connection with the financial affairs of the
state.
   This bill would require the Treasurer, or a designee, and the
Director of Finance, or a designated deputy, to meet and confer in a
public hearing on or before April 1, 2009, for the purpose of
determining whether federal legislation has been enacted that will
make available, by June 30, 2010, additional federal funds that may
be used to offset not less than $10,000,000,000 in General Fund
expenditures. If the Treasurer and the Director of Finance determine
that federal funds in that amount have been made available, the bill
would require them to notify the Joint Legislative Budget Committee
and the Controller of that determination in writing. The bill would
provide that its provisions would be repealed on July 1, 2010.
   The California Constitution authorizes the Governor to declare a
fiscal emergency and to call the Legislature into special session for
that purpose. The Governor issued a proclamation declaring a fiscal
emergency, and calling a special session for this purpose, on
December 19, 2008.
   This bill would state that it addresses the fiscal emergency
declared by the Governor by proclamation issued on December 19, 2008,
pursuant to the California Constitution.
   This bill would declare that it is to take effect immediately as
an urgency statute.



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

  SECTION 1.  Section 99030 is added to the Government Code, to read:

   99030.  (a) On or before April 1, 2009, the Treasurer and the
Director of Finance shall meet and confer in a public hearing for the
purpose of determining whether federal legislation has been enacted
that will make available, by June 30, 2010, additional federal funds
that may be used to offset not less than ten billion dollars
($10,000,000,000) in General Fund expenditures.
   (b) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Treasurer may
send a designee and the Director of Finance may designate a deputy of
his or her office to act in his or her place and stead for purposes
of subdivision (a).
   (c) If, on or before April 1, 2009, the Treasurer and the Director
of Finance determine that sufficient federal funds have been made
available as described in subdivision (a), the Director of Finance
immediately shall notify, in writing, the Joint Legislative Budget
Committee and the Controller of this determination.
   (d) This section shall be operative only until July 1, 2010, and
as of that date is repealed.
  SEC. 2.  This act addresses the fiscal emergency declared by the
Governor by proclamation on December 19, 2008, pursuant to
subdivision (f) of Section 10 of Article IV of the California
Constitution.
  SEC. 3.  This act is an urgency statute necessary for the immediate
preservation of the public peace, health, or safety within the
meaning of Article IV of the Constitution and shall go into immediate
effect. The facts constituting the necessity are:
   In order to reduce General Fund expenditures at the earliest
possible time, it is necessary that this act take effect immediately.