Out of any money in the State Treasury not otherwise appropriated, there is hereby appropriated each month to every county within this state for joint public assistance to eligible recipients, an amount, as estimated by the department, equal to the aggregate amount of federal assistance payable to this state under federal law for joint public assistance to eligible recipients within the county. This appropriation is in addition to any other appropriation to the counties of the state for joint public assistance or for any aid within the definition of joint public assistance.

Payment of the sums appropriated by this section shall be made in the manner provided by Chapter 9 of Part 3 of this code.

Terms Used In California Welfare and Institutions Code 18003

  • 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
  • County: includes "city and county. See California Welfare and Institutions Code 14
  • joint public assistance: means aid to families with dependent children, aid to the aged, aid to the blind, and aid to the disabled, and "eligible recipient" means any person eligible for such joint public assistance. See California Welfare and Institutions Code 18001

This section shall be operative only during periods of welfare emergency duly proclaimed by the Governor pursuant to Section 18002.

(Added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1784. Conditionally operative by its own provisions.)

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