Sections
7 entriesSection 1Establishes the California Institute for Regenerative Medicine as an expressly named entity. The provision creates the institute but does not state its…Section 2Establishes the institute’s purposes as funding stem cell research, facilities, and other vital opportunities aimed at rapidly curing or substantially mitigating major…Section 3Prohibits use of any funds authorized for or made available to the institute for research involving human reproductive cloning. The prohibition concerns…Section 4Requires funds authorized for or made available to the institute to remain continuously appropriated without regard to fiscal year and available only…Section 5Establishes a right to conduct stem cell research using adult, cord blood, pluripotent, or progenitor cells. Defines pluripotent cells as self-renewing with…Section 6Allows the California Institute for Regenerative Medicine, as an entity established in state government, to use state-issued tax-exempt or taxable bonds. Limits…Section 7Exempts the institute and all of its employees from civil service, notwithstanding Article VII, any other constitutional provision, or any law. The…