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 promptly provide vitally necessary fiscal relief to counties and to facilitate recovery from the heavy damage to lives and property inflicted by fires that took place in California in October and November of 1993, and by the earthquake and aftershocks that took place in California on or after January 17, 1994, it is necessary that this act take effect immediately.