BILL NUMBER: SB 124 CHAPTERED BILL TEXT CHAPTER 351 FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE SEPTEMBER 17, 2012 APPROVED BY GOVERNOR SEPTEMBER 17, 2012 PASSED THE SENATE AUGUST 31, 2012 PASSED THE ASSEMBLY AUGUST 28, 2012 AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY AUGUST 20, 2012 AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY AUGUST 6, 2012 AMENDED IN SENATE APRIL 25, 2011 INTRODUCED BY Senator Kehoe JANUARY 26, 2011 An act relating to the payment of claims against the state, making an appropriation therefor, and declaring the urgency thereof, to take effect immediately. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST SB 124, Kehoe. Claims against the state: appropriation. Existing law authorizes a procedure for the payment of claims against the state. This bill would appropriate $1,422,000 to specified entities to pay for specified settlements of claims against the state. 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. The sum of one million four hundred twenty-two thousand dollars ($1,422,000) is hereby appropriated from the General Fund to be allocated in accordance with the following schedule: (a) The sum of nine hundred ninety thousand dollars ($990,000) to the Department of Justice to pay the settlement in Harris v. California National Guard, Los Angeles County Superior Court No. BC 399229. Any funds appropriated in excess of the amount required for the payment of this claim shall revert to the General Fund. (b) The sum of four hundred thirty-two thousand dollars ($432,000) to the Department of Education to pay the settlement in Parent Voices et al. v. Jack O'Connell, Alameda County Superior Court No. RG10544021. Any funds appropriated in excess of the amount required for the payment of this claim shall revert to the General Fund. SEC. 2. 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.