Senate Bill No. 1 CHAPTER 1 An act making appropriations for the support of the government of the State of California and for several public purposes in accordance with the provisions of Section 12 of Article IV of the Constitution of the State of California, and declaring the urgency thereof, to take effect immediately.
[Approved by Governor February 20, 2009. Filed with Secretary of State February 20, 2009.] Item 0110-001-0001—For support of Senate I am not reducing the Legislature’s budget to reflect the $24.9 million in cuts included in my proposed budget. While I am not reducing the Legislature’s budget, I expect the Legislature to achieve savings that equal 10 percent of their budget, by taking action to offset General Fund expenditures in state programs and other areas of the budget. Item 0120-011-0001—For support of Assembly I am not reducing the Legislature’s budget to reflect the $24.9 million in cuts included in my proposed budget. While I am not reducing the Legislature’s budget, I expect the Legislature to achieve savings that equal 10 percent of their budget, by taking action to offset General Fund expenditures in state programs and other areas of the budget. I object to the following appropriations contained in Senate Bill 1 Third Extraordinary Session. Item 0750-001-0001—For support of Office of the Lieutenant Governor. I reduce this item from $2,778,000 to $1,044,000. I am reducing the Lieutenant Governor’s budget by $1,734,000 to ensure that sufficient resources are reserved for key programs within state government. In these tough times, we cannot continue to fund the Office of the Lieutenant Governor at the level provided in recent years. Item 0820-001-0001—For support of Department of Justice. I reduce this item from $369,594,000 to $345,933,000 by reducing: (8) Amount payable from the Fingerprint Fees Account (Item 0820-001-0017) from -$70,079,000 to -$66,615,000; (10) Amount payable from the Motor Vehicle Account, State Transportation Fund (Item 0820 001-0044) from -$25,109,000 to -$23,834,000; (11) Amount payable from the Department of Justice Sexual Habitual Offender Fund (Item 0820-001-0142) from -$2,321,000 to -$2,218,000; (15) Amount payable from the Indian Gaming Special Distribution Fund (Item 0820 001 0367) from -$15,636,000 to -$14,080,000; (16) Amount payable from the False Claims Act Fund (Item 0820-001-0378) from $10,657,000 to -$10,090,000; (17) Amount payable from the Dealers’ Record of Sale Special Account (Item 0820 001 0460) $10,787,000 to-$9,907,000;
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for the purpose of an offset shall be applied as a negative expenditure to the appropriation where the expenditure has been or will be charged. (c) Allocations pursuant to this section may be authorized not sooner than 30 days after notification, to the Chairperson of the Joint Legislative Budget Committee, or not sooner than whatever lesser time the Chairper son of the Joint Legislative Budget Committee, or his or her designee, may in each instance determine. SEC. 8.25. (a) Any amounts received in the 2008–09 and 2009–10 fiscal years from the federal government as part of an economic stimulus or similar legislation shall be deposited in the Federal Trust Fund. Notwithstanding Section 28.00, the Department of Finance may authorize expenditure of these funds in a manner consistent with federal law and that offsets General Fund expenditures otherwise authorized in this act. The Director of Finance is authorized to reduce any General Fund items of appropriations due to the receipt and expenditure of these federal funds. (b) For any adjustments made under the authority of this section, the Department of Finance shall provide notification in writing to the Chair person of the Joint Legislative Budget Committee not less than 30 days prior to the effective date of the adjustment, or not sooner than whatever lesser time the chairperson of the joint committee, or his or her designee, may in each instance determine. The notification to the chairperson of the joint committee shall include, at a minimum, the amounts of the pro posed appropriation adjustments, a description of any assumptions used in making the adjustments, and the relevant federal authority. SEC. 8.30. Notwithstanding Section 8.25 or 28.00, or any other provi sion of law, immediately after written notification made pursuant to sub division (c) of Section 99030 of the Government Code is received by the Joint Legislative Budget Committee and the Controller, the Controller shall make the following augmentations and reductions to the identified items in Section 2.00: (a) University of California – Item 6440-001-0001, Schedule (1), is augmented by $50,000,000. It is the intent of the Legislature to restore a portion of the unallocated reduction that is reflected in the appropriation made in Item 6440-001-0001. (b) California State University – Item 6610-001-0001, Schedule (1), is augmented by $50,000,000. It is the intent of the Legislature to restore a portion of the unallocated reduction that is reflected in the appropriation made in Item 6610-001-0001. (c) Judicial Branch – (1) Item 0250-111-0001 is augmented by $100,000,000. It is the intent of the Legislature to restore a portion of the unallocated reduction that is reflected in the appropriation made in Item 0250-111-0001. (2) Item 0250-101-0932, Schedule (10) 97.20.001–Unallocated Reduc tion is hereby adjusted to reflect the augmentation appropriated in para graph (1). It is the intent of the Legislature to restore a portion of the un allocated reduction.
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(3) Item 0250-012-0001 is augmented by $33,660,000. It is the intent of the Legislature to restore funding for new judges. (4) Item 0250-001-3066, Schedule (1) 35–Judicial Branch Facility Program is hereby adjusted to reflect the augmentation appropriated in paragraph (3). It is the intent of the Legislature to restore funding for new judges. (5) Item 0250-111-0001 is augmented by $37,747,000. It is the intent of the Legislature to restore funding for new judges. (6) Item 0250-101-0932, Schedule (1) 45.10–Support for Operation of Trial Courts is hereby adjusted by $28,808,000, and Item 0250-101-0932, Schedule (2) 45.25–Compensation for Superior Court Judges is hereby adjusted by $8,939,000 to reflect the augmentation in paragraph (5). It is the intent of the Legislature to restore funding for new judges. (d) Department of Social Services – (1) Item 5180-101-0001, Schedule (1) Program 16.30-CalWORKs is augmented by $146,921,000 for local assistance. It is the intent of the Legislature to halt the necessity of a 4 percent reduction to grants. (2) Item 5180-111-0001, Schedule (2) Program 25.15-IHSS, for local assistance, is augmented by $78,037,000. It is the intent of the Legislature to halt the necessity of reducing state participation in wages and imposing share of cost requirements on prospective users of services. (3) Item 5180-111-0001, Schedule (1) Program 16.70-SSI/SSP, for local assistance, is augmented by $267,832,000. It is the intent of the Legislature to halt the necessity of a grant reduction of approximately $20 per month to individuals and $35 per month to couples. (e) Department of Health Care Services – (1) Item 4260-101-0001, Schedule (3) Program 20.10.030-Benefits (Medical Care and Services), for local assistance, is augmented by $129,391,000. It is the intent of the Legislature to halt the necessity of reducing funds for Medi-Cal optional benefits. (2) Item 4260-101-0001, Schedule (3) Program 20.10.030-Benefits (Medical Care and Services), for local assistance, is augmented by $6,943,000 and Item 4260-111-0001, Schedule (1) 20.25-Children’s Medical Services, for local assistance, is augmented by $47,257,000. t is the intent of the Legislature, pursuant to Section 99030 of the Government Code, that the transfer of funds from the safety net care pool payments made to designated public hospitals and South Los Angeles Medical Services Preservation Fund not be reduced by 10 percent. SEC. 8.50. (a) In making appropriations to state agencies that are eli gible for federal programs, it is the intent and understanding of the Legis lature that applications made by the agencies for federal funds under federal programs shall be for the maximum amount allowable under fed eral law. Therefore, any amounts received from the federal government are hereby appropriated from federal funds for expenditure or for transfer to, and disbursement from, the State Treasury fund established for the purpose of receiving the federal assistance subject to any provisions of
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