BILL NUMBER: ABX8 27INTRODUCED BILL TEXT INTRODUCED BY Committee on Budget (Evans (Chair), Arambula, Beall, Blumenfield, Brownley, Carter, Chesbro, De La Torre, Feuer, Hernandez, Hill, Huffman, Monning, Ruskin, and Swanson) JANUARY 15, 2010 An act relating to the Budget Act of 2009. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST AB 27, as introduced, Committee on Budget. Budget Act of 2009. This bill would express the intent of the Legislature to enact statutory changes relating to the Budget Act of 2009. 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 January 8, 2010. This bill would state that it addresses the fiscal emergency declared by the Governor by proclamation issued on January 8, 2010, pursuant to the California Constitution. Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: no. State-mandated local program: no. THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: SECTION 1. It is the intent of the Legislature to enact statutory changes relating to the Budget Act of 2009. SEC. 2. This act addresses the fiscal emergency declared by the Governor by proclamation on January 8, 2010, pursuant to subdivision (f) of Section 10 of Article IV of the California Constitution.