Section 18987.4.

(a) (1) There is hereby created in the State Treasury the Youth Pilot Program Fund. State and federal moneys that, if distributed to a designated county, could be transferred to a county child and family services fund, may be transferred, at the direction of the designated county, to the Youth Pilot Program Fund for the purposes specified in subdivision (c) of Section 18987. Notwithstanding Section 13340 of the Government Code, moneys in the fund are continuously appropriated, without regard to fiscal years, to the State Department of Social Services to be allocated to and expended by counties in accordance with county strategic plans developed pursuant to Section 18987.3.

(2) The Director of Finance may authorize the transfer of funds appropriated pursuant to the following items of the Budget Act of 1996 and budget acts thereafter to implement this section.

(A) State Department of Health Services, Item 4260-101-0001 or Item 4260-111-0001, or any combination thereof.

(B) State Department of Mental Health, Item 4440-101-0001(c) (Program 10.47, Children's Mental Health Services) or Item 4440-131-0001 (Program 10.80, Special Education Pupils Program), or any combination thereof.

(C) State Department of Social Services, Item 5180-101-0001, Item 5180-141-0001, or Item 5180-151-0001 or any combination thereof.

(3) Amounts transferred pursuant to paragraph (2) shall be limited to those amounts that would otherwise be allocated to those designated counties.

(b) The Director of Finance shall provide written notification to the chairperson of the appropriate budget and policy committees in each house of the Legislature upon transfer of any funds into the Youth Pilot Program Fund.

(c) Moneys in the fund shall be available for encumbrance until July 1, 2006, at which time all unencumbered moneys in the fund shall revert to the General Fund.

(d) It is the intent of the Legislature to continue the commitment to maximize federal matching funds for state and county programs.

(e) It is the intent of the Legislature that the Youth Pilot Program Fund shall be continuously appropriated only for the purpose of implementing the Youth Pilot Program pursuant to this chapter, and a continuously appropriated fund shall not be used to implement the provisions of this chapter, should they be extended beyond the pilot program.

(f) This section shall remain operative only until July 1, 2004, shall remain in effect only until January 1, 2005, and as of that date is repealed, unless a later enacted statute, that is enacted before January 1, 2005, deletes or extends that date.

(Amended by Stats. 2000, Ch. 300, Sec. 9. Effective January 1, 2001. Inoperative January 1, 2013. Repealed as of January 1, 2014, pursuant to Section 18987.5.)