Bill Text: CA AB1447 | 2009-2010 | Regular Session | Enrolled

California Assembly Bill 1447 (Prior Session Legislation)

Bill Title: State Compensation Insurance Fund: audits.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Vetoed) 2010-01-14 - Consideration of Governor's veto stricken from file. [AB1447 Detail]

Download: California-2009-AB1447-Enrolled.html

BILL NUMBER: AB 1447	ENROLLED
	BILL TEXT

	PASSED THE SENATE  AUGUST 24, 2009
	PASSED THE ASSEMBLY  AUGUST 31, 2009
	AMENDED IN SENATE  JUNE 4, 2009
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  APRIL 13, 2009

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member John A. Perez

                        FEBRUARY 27, 2009

   An act to add Section 8543.8 to the Government Code, and to amend
Section 11771.5 of the Insurance Code, relating to the State
Compensation Insurance Fund.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 1447, John A. Perez. State Compensation Insurance Fund: audits.

   Existing provisions of the Government Code establish the Bureau of
State Audits under the direction of the Milton Marks "Little Hoover"
Commission on California State Government Organization and Economy
in order to perform state audits independent of the executive branch
and legislative control. Existing law provides that the head of the
bureau is the State Auditor, appointed as specified. Under existing
law, the State Auditor has statutory audit and evaluation duties and
the authority to investigate any report of improper governmental
activity within a state agency. Existing provisions of the Insurance
Code establish that the State Compensation Insurance Fund is not
subject to statutory provisions made applicable to state agencies
unless the section specifically names the fund as an agency to which
the provision applies. Exception is made specifically for, among
others, provisions of the Government Code relating to the State
Auditor.
   This bill would clarify that the State Compensation Insurance Fund
is a state agency for the purposes of the provisions of the
Government Code establishing the bureau and its duties and authority,
as specified.
   Existing law requires any advertising of the State Compensation
Insurance Fund to include a disclaimer stating that the State
Compensation Insurance Fund is not a branch of the State of
California.
   This bill would instead require the disclaimer to state that the
State Compensation Insurance Fund is self-supported and is not funded
by the State of California.



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

  SECTION 1.  Section 8543.8 is added to the Government Code, to
read:
   8543.8.  For purposes of this chapter, the State Compensation
Insurance Fund is a state agency as that term is defined in Section
11000.
  SEC. 2.  Section 11771.5 of the Insurance Code is amended to read:
   11771.5.  Any advertising of the State Compensation Insurance Fund
shall include the following disclaimer: "The State Compensation
Insurance Fund is self-supported and is not funded by the State of
California."