BILL NUMBER: SB 98	CHAPTERED  01/28/04

	CHAPTER  12
	FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE  JANUARY 28, 2004
	APPROVED BY GOVERNOR  JANUARY 28, 2004
	PASSED THE SENATE  JANUARY 27, 2004
	PASSED THE ASSEMBLY  JANUARY 20, 2004
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  JANUARY 12, 2004
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  SEPTEMBER 9, 2003
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  AUGUST 27, 2003
	AMENDED IN SENATE  JULY 16, 2003
	AMENDED IN SENATE  JULY 9, 2003

INTRODUCED BY   Senator Alpert

                        JANUARY 28, 2003

   An act relating to the payment of judgments and settlement claims
against the state, making an appropriation therefor, and declaring
the urgency thereof, to take effect immediately.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SB 98, Alpert.  Claims against the state:  appropriation.
   Existing law requires the Attorney General to report to the
Legislature when there is no sufficient appropriation available for
the payment of a claim against the state.
   This bill would appropriate $8,609,276 from the General Fund,
$9,256,500 from the Motor Vehicle Account in the State Transportation
Fund,$263,000 from the State Highway Account in the State
Transportation Fund, and $1,730,500 from the Motor Vehicle License
Fee Account in the Transportation Tax Fund to the Attorney General to
pay judgments, settlements, and interest claims in accordance with
specified schedules.  It would appropriate $7,926,000 from the Motor
Vehicle Account in the State Transportation Fund to the Department of
Motor Vehicles to pay a specified settlement claim.  It would also
reappropriate $600,000 from an item in the Budget Act of 1999 to the
Department of Housing and Community Development to pay a specified
settlement claim.
  The 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 seven million five hundred thousand dollars
($7,500,000) is hereby appropriated from the General Fund to the
Attorney General to pay for the judgment and interest in the case of
Mark Bravo v.  State of California, et al. (L.A. County Superior
Court, Case No. BC 105876).
   Any funds appropriated in excess of the amounts actually required
for the payment of this judgment and interest claim shall revert to
the General Fund on June 30 of the fiscal year in which the final
payment is made.
  SEC. 2.  The sum of one million one hundred nine thousand two
hundred seventy-six dollars ($1,109,276) is hereby appropriated from
the General Fund to the Attorney General to pay for the judgment in
the case of Common Cause, et al. v. Bill Jones (D.C., C.D. Cal. No.
01-3470 SVW (RZX)).
  SEC. 3.  The sum of seven million dollars ($7,000,000) is hereby
appropriated from the Motor Vehicle Account in the State
Transportation Fund to the Attorney General to pay for the settlement
in the case of Lugtu v. California Highway Patrol (San Diego County
Superior Court, Case No. N76651 Court of Appeal No. N040976).
  SEC. 4.  (a) The sum of two million two hundred fifty-six thousand
five hundred dollars ($2,256,500) is hereby appropriated from the
Motor Vehicle Account in the State Transportation Fund to the
Attorney General to pay for the settlement and interest costs in the
case of Keep v. State of California, et al. (Los Angeles County
Superior Court, Case No. BC 244537).
   (b) The sum of two hundred sixty-three thousand dollars ($263,000)
is hereby appropriated from the State Highway Account in the State
Transportation Fund to the Attorney General to pay the settlement and
interest costs in the case of Keep v. State of California, et al.
(Los Angeles County Superior Court, Case No. BC 244537).
   (c) The sum of one million seven hundred thirty thousand five
hundred dollars ($1,730,500) is hereby appropriated from the Motor
Vehicle License Fee Account in the Transportation Tax Fund to the
Attorney General to pay the settlement and interest costs in the case
of Keep v. State of California, et al. (Los Angeles County Superior
Court, Case No. BC 244537).
   (d) Any funds appropriated pursuant to this section in excess of
the amounts actually required for the payment of the settlement and
interest claims specified in this section shall revert to the fund
from which it is appropriated on June 30 of the fiscal year in which
the final payment is made.
  SEC. 5.  The sum of seven million nine hundred twenty-six thousand
dollars ($7,926,000) is hereby appropriated from the Motor Vehicle
Account in the State Transportation Fund to the Department of Motor
Vehicles for the settlement in the case of William Dare, et al. v.
Department of Motor Vehicles (United States District Court, Central
District, Case No. CV96-5569 JSL (ANX)).
  SEC. 6.  The sum of six hundred thousand dollars ($600,000) is
hereby reappropriated from Item 2240-102-0001 of Section 2.00 of the
Budget Act of 1999 (Chapter 50 of the Statutes of 1999) to the
Department of Housing and Community Development for the settlement of
Vega, et al. v. Richard Mallory, the California Department of
Housing and Community Development, et al.  (Sacramento County
Superior Court, Case No. 97AS06548).
  SEC. 7.  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 judgments and settlement claims against the state
and end hardship to claimants as quickly as possible, it is necessary
for this act to take effect immediately.