Bill Text: CA AB165 | 2015-2016 | Regular Session | Chaptered
Bill Title: State claims.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2015-06-17 - Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 7, Statutes of 2015. [AB165 Detail]
Download: California-2015-AB165-Chaptered.html
BILL NUMBER: AB 165 CHAPTERED
BILL TEXT
CHAPTER 7
FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE JUNE 17, 2015
APPROVED BY GOVERNOR JUNE 17, 2015
PASSED THE SENATE JUNE 8, 2015
PASSED THE ASSEMBLY APRIL 20, 2015
AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY APRIL 6, 2015
INTRODUCED BY Assembly Member Gomez
JANUARY 21, 2015
An act relating to state claims, making an appropriation therefor,
and declaring the urgency thereof, to take effect immediately.
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
AB 165, Gomez. State claims.
Existing law requires the California Victim Compensation and
Government Claims Board to ensure that all claims that have been
approved by the board, and for which there exists no legally
available appropriation, are submitted for legislative approval at
least twice each calendar year.
This bill would appropriate $504,743.99 from various funds for the
payment of claims accepted by the board, as specified. This bill
would require the Controller, upon the request of the board, in a
form prescribed by the Controller, to transfer surcharges and fees
from the specified Budget Act item of appropriation identified in the
bill to Item 7870-001-0001 of Section 2.00 of the Budget Act of
2015. This bill would require the board to provide a report of the
amounts recovered pursuant to this authority to the Department of
Finance within 90 days of the enactment of this bill. This bill
additionally would appropriate certain funds from the General Fund to
the board for the payment of the claims of specified individuals.
This bill would declare that it is to take effect immediately as
an urgency statute.
Appropriation: yes.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. (a) The sum of five hundred four thousand seven hundred
forty-three dollars and ninety-nine cents ($504,743.99) is hereby
appropriated from the various funds specified in subdivision (b) to
the Executive Officer of the California Victim Compensation and
Government Claims Board for the payment of claims accepted by the
board in accordance with the schedule set forth in subdivision (b).
(b) Pursuant to subdivision (a), claims accepted by the California
Victim Compensation and Government Claims Board shall be paid in
accordance with the following schedule:
Total for Fund: General Fund (0001)..$221,462.15
Total for Fund: Item 2740-001-0044
Budget Act of 2015, Program 2130.......$3,019.88
Total for Fund: Item 2740-001-0044
Budget Act of 2015, Program 9900100.......$16.00
Total for Fund: Item 5180-111-0001
Budget Act of 2015: Program 4275010....$5,846.81
Total for Fund: Item 7100-001-0185
Budget Act of 2015, Program 5910.....$274,399.15
SEC. 2. Upon the request of the California Victim Compensation and
Government Claims Board, in a form prescribed by the Controller, the
Controller shall transfer surcharges and fees from the Budget Act
items of appropriation identified in subdivision (b) of Section 1 of
this act to Item 7870-001-0001 of Section 2.00 of the Budget Act of
2015. For each Budget Act item of appropriation, this amount shall
not exceed the cumulative total of the per claim filing fees
authorized by subdivision (c) of Section 905.2 of the Government Code
and the surcharge authorized by subdivision (f) of Section 905.2 of
the Government Code. For those items in subdivision (b) that do not
reflect a Budget Act appropriation, the Controller shall transfer an
amount not to exceed the cumulative total of the per claim filing fee
authorized by subdivision (c) of Section 905.2 of the Government
Code. This amount shall be transferred for the support of the board
reimbursements to Item 7870-001-0001 of Section 2.00 of the Budget
Act of 2015. The board shall provide a report of the amounts
recovered pursuant to this authority to the Department of Finance
within 90 days of the enactment of this act.
SEC. 3. The sum of two hundred twenty-nine thousand dollars
($229,000) is hereby appropriated from the General Fund to the
Executive Officer of the California Victim Compensation and
Government Claims Board for the payment of the claim of Ronald Ross,
accepted by the board and reported to the Legislature pursuant to
Section 4904 of the Penal Code.
SEC. 4. The sum of five hundred ninety-seven thousand two hundred
dollars ($597,200) is hereby appropriated from the General Fund to
the Executive Officer of the California Victim Compensation and
Government Claims Board for the payment of the claim of Susan Mellen,
accepted by the board and reported to the Legislature pursuant to
Section 4904 of the Penal Code.
SEC. 5. The sum of one hundred forty-two thousand two hundred
dollars ($142,200) is hereby appropriated from the General Fund to
the Executive Officer of the California Victim Compensation and
Government Claims Board for the payment of the claim of Brian Banks,
accepted by the board and reported to the Legislature pursuant to
Section 4904 of the Penal Code.
SEC. 6. This act is an urgency statute necessary for the
immediate preservation of the public peace, health, or safety within
the meaning of Article IV of the Constitution and shall go into
immediate effect. The facts constituting the necessity are:
In order to pay claims against the state and end hardship to
claimants as quickly as possible, it is necessary that this bill go
into immediate effect.
