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AB-1 Area agencies on aging: funding.(2003-2004)

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Amended  IN  Assembly  March 20, 2003

CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE— 2003–2004 REGULAR SESSION

Assembly Bill
No. 1

Introduced  by  Assembly Member Berg
 (Principal Coauthor(s): Senator Chesbro)
 (Coauthor(s): Assembly Member Daucher, Diaz, Dymally, Frommer, Hancock, Koretz, Laird, Lieber, Longville, Lowenthal, Mullin, Nakanishi, Nation, Nunez, Wiggins, Wolk, Wyland)
 (Coauthor(s): Senator Soto)

December 02, 2002

An act to add Section 9400.5 to the Welfare and Institutions Code, relating to aging, making an appropriation therefor, and declaring the urgency thereof, to take effect immediately.


LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


AB 1, as amended, Berg. Area agencies on aging: funding.
Existing law designates area agencies on aging as local units on aging in California, which are financially supported by a variety of sources, including federal funding, state and local government assistance, the private sector, and individual contributions.
This bill would continuously appropriate from the Federal Trust Fund to the department California Department of Aging, in the absence of enactment of the annual Budget Act by July 1 of a fiscal year, the amount of federal funds contained in the Federal Trust Fund that is necessary for the administration of programs under the jurisdiction of the area agencies on aging, pending enactment of the Budget Act. The bill would declare that it is to take effect immediately as an urgency statute.
Vote: 2/3   Appropriation: YES   Fiscal Committee: YES   Local Program: NO  

The people of the State of California do enact as follows:


SECTION 1.

 Section 9400.5 is added to the Welfare and Institutions Code, to read:

9400.5.
 (a) Notwithstanding Section 13340 of the Government Code, in any fiscal year in which the Budget Act is not enacted by July 1 of that fiscal year, there is hereby continuously appropriated from the Federal Trust Fund to the department the amount of federal funds contained in the Federal Trust Fund that is necessary to pay area agencies on aging for the administration of programs under their jurisdiction. The Department of Finance may, upon enactment of the Budget Act and in the absence of this action being taken by the Legislature or the Governor in that Budget Act, may reduce the applicable Budget Act allocations by the amount of any payments pursuant to this subdivision.
(b) If payments are made to area agencies on aging pursuant to this section, the first payment shall be made on July 15, with payments to be made on the 15th of each month thereafter, until enactment of the annual Budget Act.

SEC. 2.

 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 ensure that area agencies on aging will be able to prevent interruptions in important services provided to elderly persons if the Budget Act of 2003 is not enacted in a timely manner, it is necessary that this act take effect immediately.