BILL NUMBER: AB 140	CHAPTERED
	BILL TEXT

	CHAPTER  180
	FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE  AUGUST 5, 2011
	APPROVED BY GOVERNOR  AUGUST 5, 2011
	PASSED THE SENATE  JULY 14, 2011
	PASSED THE ASSEMBLY  MAY 31, 2011
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  APRIL 6, 2011

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Fuentes

                        JANUARY 13, 2011

   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


   AB 140, Fuentes. Claims against the state: payment.
   Current law authorizes a procedure for the state to pay claims
against the state.
   This bill would appropriate funds in prescribed amounts for the
payment of certain claims against the state.
    This bill would declare that it is to take effect immediately as
an urgency statute.
   Appropriation: yes.


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

  SECTION 1.  The sum of one hundred sixty-seven thousand dollars
($167,000) is hereby appropriated from the General Fund to the
Department of Justice to pay for attorney's fees and costs awarded
against the state in Shaw v. Chiang, et al., Sacramento County
Superior Court Case No. 07CS01179. 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 sixty-five thousand dollars ($65,000) is hereby
appropriated from the General Fund to the Department of Justice to
pay the settlement in Lord, et al. v. Schwarzenegger, et al., San
Francisco County Superior Court Case No. CPF-09-509770. Any funds
appropriated in excess of the amount required for the payment of this
claim shall revert to the General Fund.
  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 claims against the state and end hardship to
claimants as quickly as possible, it is necessary that this bill go
into immediate effect.