Welf. & Inst. Code, § 5704.5 · Chapter 3. Financial Provisions
Welf. & Inst. Code, § 5704.5
Text — As published in the Legislative Counsel's database, tables dated October 18, 2026 (pubinfo_2025.zip)
(a) It is the intent of the Legislature that special consideration be given to children’s services in funding county services to expand existing programs or to establish new programs.
(b) A county may not decrease the proportion of its funding expended for children’s services below the proportion expended in the 1983–84 fiscal year unless a determination has been made by the governing body in a noticed public hearing that the need for new or expanded services to persons under age 18 has significantly decreased.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Repealed and added by Stats. 1991, Ch. 89, Sec. 174. Effective June 30, 1991.
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