SB 21

Bill Subjects

Abstract

The Budget Act of 2008 appropriates $136,000,000 for construction of the Condemned Inmate Complex at San Quentin State Prison. A prior appropriation in the Budget Act of 2003 appropriated $220,000,000 for this construction and was reappropriated in the Budget Act of 2008. This bill would eliminate both appropriations and the reappropriation, to the extent the appropriated funds have not been expended. 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 December 19, 2008. This bill would state that it addresses the fiscal emergency declared by the Governor by proclamation issued on December 19, 2008, pursuant to the California Constitution.