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                   Senate Appropriations Committee Fiscal Summary
                           Senator Christine Kehoe, Chair

                                           910 (Kehoe)
          
          Hearing Date:  5/24/2010        Amended: 5/12/2010
          Consultant:  Bob Franzoia       Policy Vote: None
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          BILL SUMMARY: SB 910, an urgency measure, would appropriate  
          $628,835.60 from the General Fund to the Victim Compensation and  
          Government Claims Board (board) to pay claims accepted by the  
          board.
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                            Fiscal Impact (in thousands)

           Major Provisions         2010-11      2011-12      2012-13     Fund
           Appropriations         $629                             General

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          STAFF COMMENTS: Pursuant to the committee's rules, the Suspense  
          File rule does not apply to the provisions of this bill as  
          claims are considered valid obligations of the state.   
          Additionally, claims may have time sensitivity.

          The State Board of Control was established in 1945.  It was  
          revised and renamed the California Victim Compensation and  
          Government Claims Board by Chapter 1016/2000 (AB 2491, Jackson).  
           Government Code 13928 requires the board to ensure that all  
          claims which have been approved by the board, and for which  
          there exists no legally available appropriation, are submitted  
          for legislative approval at least twice during each calendar  
          year.

          The re-issuance of stale-dated warrants against the Franchise  
          Tax Board is the only type of claim to be paid pursuant to this  
          bill.  The 209 claims range from $27.00 to $215,891.54.  For  
          stale-dated warrants, the Controller must confirm that (1) the  
          check was not cashed and has not been issued and (2) more than  
          three years have elapsed since the check was issued and the  
          monies have reverted to the General Fund.  For these warrants an  
          appropriation is needed to reissue the payment.  This category  
          also may include state treasury bonds that have not been  










          redeemed within ten years of their maturity date, but the  
          majority of warrants are checks.