Bill Text: CA AB92 | 2009-2010 | Regular Session | Chaptered
Bill Title: State claims.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2009-10-11 - Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 218, Statutes of 2009. [AB92 Detail]
Download: California-2009-AB92-Chaptered.html
BILL NUMBER: AB 92 CHAPTERED
BILL TEXT
CHAPTER 218
FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE OCTOBER 11, 2009
APPROVED BY GOVERNOR OCTOBER 11, 2009
PASSED THE SENATE AUGUST 24, 2009
PASSED THE ASSEMBLY JUNE 1, 2009
AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY MAY 12, 2009
INTRODUCED BY Assembly Member De Leon
JANUARY 6, 2009
An act relating to state claims, making an appropriation therefor,
and declaring the urgency thereof, to take effect immediately.
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
AB 92, De Leon. State claims.
Existing law requires the California Victim Compensation and
Government Claims Board to report to the Legislature when there is no
sufficient appropriation available for the payment of a claim
against the state allowed by the board.
This bill would appropriate $617,711.41 from various funds to the
Executive Officer of the California Victim Compensation and
Government Claims Board to pay claims accepted by the board. The bill
would require the Controller, upon the request of the board, in a
form prescribed by the Controller, to transfer surcharges and fees
from specified Budget Act items of appropriation identified in the
bill to Item 1870-001-0001 of Section 2.00 of the Budget Act of 2009.
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 six hundred seventeen thousand seven
hundred eleven dollars and forty-one cents ($617,711.41) is hereby
appropriated from the various funds, as 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: ....................... $617,565.26
General
Fund (0001)
Total for
Fund: Item
2740-001- ..............................
0044, $146.15
Budget Act
of 2009,
Program 11
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 1870-001-0001 of Section 2.00 of the Budget Act of
2009. For each Budget Act item of appropriation, this amount shall
not exceed the cumulative total of the per claim filing fees
authorized by subdivision (b) 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
fees authorized by subdivision (b) of Section 905.2 of the Government
Code and the surcharge authorized by subdivision (f) of Section
905.2 of the Government Code. This amount shall be transferred for
support of the board as reimbursements to Item 1870-001-0001 of
Section 2.00 of the Budget Act of 2009. 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. 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.
