BILL NUMBER: ABX1 29INTRODUCED BILL TEXT INTRODUCED BY Assembly Member Blumenfield MAY 19, 2011 An act relating to the Budget Act of 2011. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST AB 29, as introduced, Blumenfield. Budget Act of 2011. This bill would express the intent of the Legislature to enact statutory changes relating to the Budget Act of 2011. The California Constitution authorizes the Governor to declare a fiscal emergency and to call the Legislature into special session for that purpose. Governor Schwarzenegger issued a proclamation declaring a fiscal emergency, and calling a special session for this purpose, on December 6, 2010. Governor Brown issued a proclamation on January 20, 2011, declaring and reaffirming that a fiscal emergency exists and stating that his proclamation supersedes the earlier proclamation for purposes of that constitutional provision. This bill would state that it addresses the fiscal emergency declared and reaffirmed by the Governor by proclamation issued on January 20, 2011, 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 2011. SEC. 2. This act addresses the fiscal emergency declared and reaffirmed by the Governor by proclamation on January 20, 2011, pursuant to subdivision (f) of Section 10 of Article IV of the California Constitution.