BILL NUMBER: AB 139	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Fuentes

                        JANUARY 13, 2011

   An act relating to state claims, and declaring the urgency
thereof, to take effect immediately.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 139, as introduced, Fuentes. State claims.
   Existing law requires the California Victim Compensation and
Government Claims Board to ensure that all claims that have been
approved by the board and for which there exists no legally available
appropriation, are submitted for legislative approval at least twice
each calendar year.
   This bill declares the intent of the Legislature to appropriate
funds for the payment of claims allowed by the board.
    This bill would declare that it is to take effect immediately as
an urgency statute.
   Vote: 2/3. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: no. State-mandated
local program: no.


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

  SECTION 1.  It is the intent of the Legislature to appropriate
funds for the payment of claims against the state approved by the
California Victim Compensation and Government Claims Board.
  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 claims against the state and end hardship to
claimants as quickly as possible, it is necessary that this bill go
into immediate effect.