The Public Rights Law Enforcement Special Fund is hereby established in the State Treasury, to be administered by the Department of Justice. Moneys in the fund, upon appropriation by the Legislature, shall be used by the Attorney General to support the investigation and prosecution of any matter within the authority of the Department of Justice’s Public Rights Division.

(Added by Stats. 2003, Ch. 159, Sec. 5. Effective August 2, 2003.)

Terms Used In California Government Code 12530

  • 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
  • State: means the State of California, unless applied to the different parts of the United States. See California Government Code 18