BILL NUMBER: AB 1714	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN SENATE  JUNE 16, 2010
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  MAY 25, 2010

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member 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, Fuentes. Claims against the state: payment.
   Current law authorizes a procedure for the state to pay claims
against the state.
   This bill would appropriate  a total of $1,098,000  to
the Department of Justice from the General Fund  a total of
$1,098,000   , and a total of $392,000 to the Department
of Justice from the Horse Racing Fund,  to pay specific claims
against the state. The bill would require that any appropriated funds
in excess of the amount required to pay those claims revert to the
 General Fund   funds from which the
appropriations are made  .
   This bill would declare that it is to take effect immediately as
an urgency statute.
   Vote: 2/3. Appropriation: yes. Fiscal committee: yes.
State-mandated local program: no.


THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  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. 3.    The sum of three hundred ninety-two
thousand dollars ($392,000) is hereby appropriated from the Horse
Racing Fund to the Department of Justice to pay the settlement in
Berg v. California Horse Racing Board, Superior Court of California,
County of Sacramento, Case No. 34-2008-00028104. Any funds
appropriated in excess of the amount required for payment of the
settlement and interest, if any, due at the time of payment shall
revert to the Horse Racing Fund on June 30 of the fiscal year in
which the payment is made. 
   SEC. 3.   SEC   . 4.   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.