Bill Text: CA AB1270 | 2009-2010 | Regular Session | Enrolled

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Bill Title: Victim's compensation: procedure.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Vetoed) 2010-01-14 - Consideration of Governor's veto stricken from file. [AB1270 Detail]

Download: California-2009-AB1270-Enrolled.html

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BILL NUMBER: AB 1270	ENROLLED
	BILL TEXT

	PASSED THE SENATE  AUGUST 17, 2009
	PASSED THE ASSEMBLY  SEPTEMBER 2, 2009
	AMENDED IN SENATE  JULY 13, 2009

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Torrico

                        FEBRUARY 27, 2009

   An act to add Section 13958.5 to the Government Code, relating to
victim's compensation.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 1270, Torrico. Victim's compensation: procedure.
   Existing law provides that crime victims and derivative victims,
as defined, may be awarded compensation by the California Victim
Compensation and Government Claims Board from the State Restitution
Fund, a continuously appropriated fund, for the pecuniary losses they
suffer as a direct result of criminal acts. The board is required to
approve or deny applications, based on recommendations of the board
staff, within an average of 90 calendar days and no later than 180
calendar days of acceptance by the board or victim center.
   This bill would require the board, for purposes of meeting the
requirement for the timely processing of applications, to adopt
written procedures and timeframes for approving or denying
applications and specified procedures for use in communicating with
entities when verifying the required information. The bill would
require the approval of the office of the State Chief Information
Officer for the expenditure of $5,000 or more by the board on or
after January 1, 2010, with regard to any technology system that is
utilized for the review of applications. The bill would also require
the board to inform that office of any proposed changes to the
technology systems utilized to review applications and would
authorize the office to take appropriate action, as necessary, to
review and evaluate those proposed changes.


THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  SECTION 1.  Section 13958.5 is added to the Government Code, to
read:
   13958.5.  (a) For purposes of meeting the requirements of Section
13958 for the timely processing of applications, the board shall do
both of the following:
   (1) Adopt written procedures and timeframes for approving or
denying applications.
   (2) Adopt specified procedures for board staff to use when
communicating with entities to verify the information required by
this article, including appropriate timeframes for seeking responses
and the number of attempts that should be made to achieve a response.

   (b) The office of the State Chief Information Officer, in
accordance with the policies, procedures, and requirements
established pursuant to Chapter 5.6 (commencing with Section 11545)
of Part 1, shall approve the expenditure of more than five thousand
dollars ($5,000) by the board on or after January 1, 2010, with
regard to any technology system that is utilized for the review of
applications in accordance with Section 13958.
   (c) The board shall inform the office of the State Chief
Information Officer of any proposed changes to the technology systems
utilized to review applications in accordance with Section 13958.
The office of the State Chief Information Officer may take
appropriate action, as necessary, to review and evaluate those
proposed changes.