BILL ANALYSIS
AB 1715
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ASSEMBLY THIRD READING
AB 1715 (Fuentes)
As Amended May 5, 2010
2/3 vote. Urgency
APPROPRIATIONS 16-0
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|Ayes:|Fuentes, Conway, Hill, | | |
| |Bradford, Charles | | |
| |Calderon, Coto, Davis, | | |
| |Hall, Harkey, Miller, | | |
| |Nielsen, Norby, Skinner, | | |
| |Solorio, Torlakson, | | |
| |Torrico | | |
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SUMMARY: This bill, one of two annual bills sponsored by the
California Victim Compensation and Government Claims Board (board)
and carried by the Appropriations Committee Chairs, appropriates
$998,377 to pay 257 claims against the state as approved by the
board.
FISCAL EFFECT : According to the Assembly Appropriations Committee:
1)Appropriates $963,914 from the General Fund and $34,463 from
special funds.
2)Appropriates, pursuant to current law, an additional 15% surcharge
on the amount of each claim (excluding stale-dated warrants) to
pay for the board's administrative costs. This surcharge amounts
to $45,000.
COMMENTS :
1)Rationale . The Government Code requires the board to take all
necessary steps to ensure that all approved claims, for which
there exists no legally available appropriation, are submitted for
legislative approval at least twice each calendar year.
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2)Support . This bill, supported by the board, the Department of
Finance, and the administration, has no opposition.
3)The 10 largest claims - from $15,000 to $227,000, account for 68%
of the costs of this bill ; the remaining claims average $1,312.
Virtually all of the claims (99.7%) are in two categories:
a) Stale-dated warrants (expired state checks) - 238 claims for
$701,124.
b) Unredeemed bonds - 15 claims for $294,003.
4)Related legislation . SB 910 (Kehoe) will be heard in this
committee later this year and will include claims approved through
March 2010. AB 92 (De Leon), Chapter 218, Statutes of 2009 and SB
327 (Kehoe), Chapter 45, Statutes of 2009 were the two claims
bills last year. Both urgency bills passed without a dissenting
vote.
Analysis Prepared by : Geoff Long / APPR. / (916) 319-2081 FN:
0004428