California Assembly Bill AB1931 Introduced / Bill

 BILL NUMBER: AB 1931INTRODUCED BILL TEXT INTRODUCED BY Assembly Member Torrico FEBRUARY 17, 2010 An act to amend Section 104339.6 of the Health and Safety Code, relating to injury prevention, and making an appropriation therefor. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST AB 1931, as introduced, Torrico. Injury prevention. Existing law, the Roman Reed Spinal Cord Injury Research Act of 1999, establishes the Spinal Cord Injury Research Fund, continuously appropriated to the University of California, for the purpose of awarding grants to perform spinal cord injury research projects. Existing law, with the approval of the Regents of the University of California, also creates a Spinal Cord Injury Research Program in the University of California to promote spinal cord injury research in California. The program and the fund are repealed as of January 1, 2011. This bill would delay the repeal date of the Spinal Cord Research Program and the fund to January 1, 2016. By extending the repeal date of a continuously appropriated fund this bill would make an appropriation. Vote: 2/3. Appropriation: yes. Fiscal committee: yes. State-mandated local program: no. THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: SECTION 1. Section 104339.6 of the Health and Safety Code is amended to read: 104339.6. This chapter shall remain in effect only until January 1,  2011   2016  , and as of that date is repealed, unless a later enacted statute that is enacted before January 1,  2011   2016  , deletes or extends that date.