(a) Notwithstanding Section 13340, solely for the effective period of the following memoranda of understanding, and not including a date beyond the expiration date of the following memoranda of understanding, for the 2013–14 fiscal year, where the 2013–14 Budget Act is not enacted by July 1, 2013, for the memoranda of understanding entered into between the state employer and State Bargaining Unit 5 (effective July 3, 2010, to July 3, 2013, inclusive) and State Bargaining Unit 8 (effective July 1, 2010, to July 1, 2013, inclusive), there is hereby continuously appropriated to the Controller from the General Fund, unallocated special funds, including, but not limited to, federal funds and unallocated nongovernmental cost funds, and any other fund from which state employees are compensated, the amount necessary for the payment of compensation and employee benefits to state employees covered by the above memoranda of understanding until the 2013–14 Budget Act is enacted.

(b) If the memoranda of understanding entered into between the state employer and State Bargaining Unit 5 (effective July 3, 2010, to July 3, 2013, inclusive) and State Bargaining Unit 8 (effective July 1, 2010, to July 1, 2013, inclusive) are in effect and approved by the Legislature, the compensation and contribution for employee benefits for state employees represented by these bargaining units shall be at a rate consistent with the applicable memorandum of understanding referenced above.

(c) Expenditures related to any warrant drawn pursuant to subdivision (a) are not augmentations to the expenditure authority of a department. Upon the enactment of the 2013–14 Budget Act, these expenditures shall be subsumed by the expenditure authority approved in the 2013–14 Budget Act for each affected department.

(d) This section shall only apply to an employee covered by the terms of the State Bargaining Unit 5 (effective July 3, 2010, to July 3, 2013, inclusive) and State Bargaining Unit 8 (effective July 1, 2010, to July 1, 2013, inclusive) memoranda of understanding. Notwithstanding Section 3517.8, this section shall not apply after the term of the memorandum of understanding expires. For purposes of this section, the memorandum of understanding for State Bargaining Unit 5 expires on July 3, 2013, and the memorandum of understanding for State Bargaining Unit 8 expires on July 1, 2013.

(Added by Stats. 2010, Ch. 162, Sec. 9. (SB 846) Effective August 23, 2010. See identical section added by Stats. 2010, Ch. 163.)