BILL NUMBER: SB 911	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN SENATE  APRIL 12, 2010

INTRODUCED BY   Senator Kehoe

                        JANUARY 27, 2010

   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 911, as amended, Kehoe. 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
  2 specified amounts  to the Attorney General to
pay  an unspecified judgment   the settlements
in 2 specified cases  .
   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.    (a) The sum of ____ ($____) is
hereby appropriated from the General Fund to the Attorney General to
pay for the judgment in the case of ____.
   (b) 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. 
   SECTION 1.    The sum of six hundred twenty-three
thousand dollars ($623,000) is hereby appropriated from the General
Fund to the Department of Justice to pay the settlement in Huntsman
v. California Department of Forestry, Fresno County Superior Court,
Case No. 08 CE CG 02671. Any funds appropriated in excess of the
amount required for the payment of this claim shall revert to the
General Fund. 
   SEC. 2.    The sum of two hundred seventeen thousand
dollars ($217,000) is hereby appropriated from the General Fund to
the Department of Justice to pay the settlement in California School
Boards Association v. State of California, Sacramento Superior Court
Case No. 06CS01335. Any funds appropriated in excess of the amount
required for the payment of this claim shall revert to the General
Fund. 
   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 judgment and settlement claims against the state
and end hardship to claimants as quickly as possible, it is necessary
for this act to take effect immediately.