Section 78240 - Reserve account for emergencies(a)There is hereby continuously appropriated from the state account to the department the sum of one million dollars ($1,000,000) for each fiscal year as a reserve account for emergencies, notwithstanding Section 13340 of the Government Code. Funds in the reserve account are governed by Section 78875.(b)Once the appropriation made pursuant to subdivision (a) is fully expended, the director may file a report with the Legislature if it is in session or, if it is not in session, with the Committee on Rules of the Assembly and the Senate as to the moneys expended pursuant to Section 78875. The Legislature may appropriate moneys from the state account, in addition to those moneys appropriated pursuant to subdivision (a), to the department for the purpose of taking corrective action pursuant to subdivision (a) of Section 78875.(c)Except as provided in subdivision (b), the amount deposited in the reserve account and appropriated pursuant to this section shall not exceed one million dollars ($1,000,000) in any fiscal year. On June 30 of each year, the unencumbered balance of the reserve account shall revert to and be deposited in the state account. Ca. Health and Saf. Code § 78240
Added by Stats 2022 ch 257 (AB 2293),s 2, eff. 1/1/2023, op. 1/1/2024.