BILL NUMBER: AB 1714	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  MAY 25, 2010

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member  De Leon  
Fuentes 

                        FEBRUARY 2, 2010

   An act relating to the payment of claims against the state, and
declaring the urgency thereof, to take effect immediately.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 1714, as amended,  De Leon   Fuentes 
. Claims against the state: payment.
   Current law authorizes a procedure for the state to pay claims
against the state.
   This bill would  state the intent of the Legislature to
appropriate funds for the payment of claims  
appropriate to the Department of Justice from the General Fund a
total of $1,098,000 to pay specific claims  against the state
 , as presented by the Attorney General, and to have
  . The bill would require that  any appropriated
funds in excess of the amount required to pay those claims revert to
the General Fund.
   This bill would declare that it is to take effect immediately as
an urgency statute.
   Vote: 2/3. Appropriation:  no   yes  .
Fiscal committee:  no   yes  .
State-mandated local program: no.


THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
   
  SECTION 1.    The Legislature intends to
appropriate funds for the payment of claims against the state
presented by the Attorney General. Any funds appropriated in excess
of the amounts actually required for the payment of a claim shall
revert to the General Fund on June 30 of the fiscal year in which the
payment is made. 
   SECTION 1.    The sum of five hundred thirty-six
thousand dollars ($536,000) is hereby appropriated from the General
Fund to the Department of Justice to pay the interim attorneys fee
award in Humphries v. Lockyer, et al., Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals
Case No. 05-56467. Any funds appropriated in excess of the amount
required for the payment of this claim shall revert to the General
Fund on June 30 of the fiscal year in which the payment is made.

   SEC. 2.    The sum of five hundred sixty-two thousand
dollars ($562,000) is hereby appropriated from the General Fund to
the Department of Justice to pay the settlement in Gardner, et al.,
v. Schwarzenegger, et al., First District Court of Appeal Case No.
A125000, Alameda County Superior Court Case No. RG06278911. Any funds
appropriated in excess of the amount required for the payment of
this claim shall revert to the General Fund on June 30 of the fiscal
year in which the payment is made. 
   SEC. 2.  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.