BILL NUMBER: SB 149	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN SENATE  MAY 28, 2009

INTRODUCED BY   Senator Kehoe

                        FEBRUARY 12, 2009

   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 149, as amended, Kehoe.  Claim   Claims
 against the state: appropriation.
   Existing law requires the Attorney General to pay certain
judgments against the state.
   This bill would appropriate  an unspecified amount to the
Attorney General   $110,464.40 to the Department of
Justice  to pay a  specific judgment  
settlement in Maternal and Child Health Access v. Managed Risk
Medical Insurance Board, San Francisco Superior Court, Case No.
CPF-08-508296. The bill would require any funds appropriated in
excess of the amount required for the payment of this claim to revert
to the General Fund  .
   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  ____ ($____)   one
hundred ten thousand four hundred sixty-four dollars and forty cents
($110,464.40)  is hereby appropriated from the General Fund to
the  Attorney General to pay for the judgment in the case of
____. 
    Any funds appropriated in excess of the amounts actually
required for the payment of this judgment shall revert to the General
Fund on June 30 of the fiscal year in which the final payment is
made.   Department of Justice to pay a settlement in
Maternal and Child Health Access v. Managed Risk Medical Insurance
Board, San Francisco Superior Court, Case No. CPF-08-508296. 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 judgment and settlement claims against
the state and end hardship to claimants   settle a claim
against the state and end claimant hardship  as quickly as
possible, it is necessary for this act to take effect immediately.