California Health and Safety Code 24212 – (a) This chapter shall become operative only upon an …
(a) This chapter shall become operative only upon an appropriation in the annual Budget Act or any other act approved by the Legislature for the express purpose of implementing this chapter. Upon appropriation, the board and departments specified in this chapter shall each post a notice on their internet websites informing the public of the date on which the program became operative.
(b) The Forced or Involuntary Sterilization Compensation Account is hereby established in the State Treasury, and shall be administered by the California Victim Compensation Board. Any funds appropriated for purposes of this chapter shall be held in this account and shall be used for the purpose of implementing this chapter. Any costs incurred by any state department or agency for these purposes may be reimbursed from this account.
Terms Used In California Health and Safety Code 24212
- Appropriation: The provision of funds, through an annual appropriations act or a permanent law, for federal agencies to make payments out of the Treasury for specified purposes. The formal federal spending process consists of two sequential steps: authorization
- department: means State Department of Health Services. See California Health and Safety Code 20
- State: means the State of California, unless applied to the different parts of the United States. See California Health and Safety Code 23
(Added by Stats. 2021, Ch. 77, Sec. 21. (AB 137) Effective July 16, 2021.)