{"code":"WIC","codeName":"Welfare and Institutions Code","section":"5704.5","citation":"Welf. & Inst. Code, § 5704.5","status":"in-force","lawOn":"2026-09-28","headings":[{"name":"DIVISION 5. COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES [5000. - 5987.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/welfare-and-institutions-code/division-5"},{"name":"PART 2. THE BRONZAN-MCCORQUODALE ACT [5600. - 5772.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/welfare-and-institutions-code/division-5/part-2"},{"name":"CHAPTER 3. Financial Provisions [5700. - 5717.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/welfare-and-institutions-code/division-5/part-2/chapter-3"}],"history":"Repealed and added by Stats. 1991, Ch. 89, Sec. 174.   Effective June 30, 1991.","effective":"1991-06-30","html":"<p>(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. </p><p>(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.</p>","text":"(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.","otherVersions":[],"url":"https://blackletter.si/welfare-and-institutions-code/financial-provisions-5704-5","source":"California Legislative Information bulk export (pubinfo)"}