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THIRD READING
Bill No: AB 1531
Author: Fuentes (D)
Amended: 4/19/12 in Assembly
Vote: 27 - Urgency
SENATE APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE : 6-0, 6/4/12
AYES: Kehoe, Walters, Alquist, Dutton, Lieu, Steinberg
NO VOTE RECORDED: Price
ASSEMBLY FLOOR : 73-0, 4/30/12 - See last page for vote
SUBJECT : State claims
SOURCE : California Victim Compensation and Government
Claims Board
DIGEST : This bill appropriates $859,738.51 from the
General Fund and special funds to pay state claims.
ANALYSIS : The State Board of Control was established in
1945. It was revised and renamed the Victim Compensation
and Government Claims Board (Board) by AB 2491 (Jackson),
Chapter 1016, Statutes of 2000. Government Code Section
13928 requires the board to ensure that all claims 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. In general, the Board will approve claims in
November and in February. Those claims are reported to the
chairs of the Appropriations Committees who introduce bills
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appropriating General Funds and special funds to pay the
claims. These bills may appropriate funds in amounts to
the penny for tens to hundreds of claims, usually
stale-dated warrants. Government Code Section 906 provides
for the payment of interest on claims approved by the board
for which an appropriation has been made beginning 30 days
after the effective date of the law by which the
appropriation is enacted.
This bill appropriates funding for 273 stale-dated
warrants. The re-issuance of stale-dated warrants is the
most prevalent claim approved by the Board. For
stale-dated warrants, the State 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
or to the relevant special 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
(there are no such claims in this bill), but the majority
of warrants generally are for lost payroll or tax refund
checks.
Related Legislation
SB 1065 (Kehoe) appropriates $167,329.15 from the General
Fund for the payment of 93 claims approved by the Board
(Franchise Tax Board stale-dated warrants).
FISCAL EFFECT : Appropriation: Yes Fiscal Com.: Yes
Local: No
According to the Senate Appropriations Committee:
$789,202.20 appropriation from the General Fund (236
claims).
$2,610.33 appropriation from the Public Employees' Health
Care Fund (1).
$23,372.09 appropriation from the Health Care Deposit
Fund (2).
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$884.33 appropriation from the Unclaimed Property Fund
(1).
$246.00 appropriation from the State Highway Account,
State Transportation Fund (state operations) (1).
$34,928.75 appropriation from the State Highway Account,
State Transportation Fund (capital outlay support) (2).
$2,303.11 appropriation from the Motor Vehicle Account,
State Transportation Fund (12).
$3,459.38 appropriation from the Department of Social
Services General Fund (7).
$2,250.40 appropriation from the California Department of
Correction and Rehabilitation General Fund (8).
$481.92 appropriation from the Employment Development
Department Contingent Fund (3).
SUPPORT : (Verified 6/5/12)
California Victim Compensation and Government Claims Board
(source)
Department of Finance
ASSEMBLY FLOOR : 73-0, 4/30/12
AYES: Achadjian, Alejo, Allen, Ammiano, Atkins, Beall,
Bill Berryhill, Block, Bonilla, Bradford, Buchanan,
Butler, Charles Calderon, Campos, Carter, Chesbro,
Conway, Cook, Dickinson, Donnelly, Eng, Feuer, Fletcher,
Fong, Fuentes, Beth Gaines, Galgiani, Garrick, Gatto,
Gordon, Gorell, Grove, Hagman, Halderman, Hall, Harkey,
Hayashi, Roger Hernández, Hill, Huber, Hueso, Huffman,
Jeffries, Jones, Knight, Lara, Bonnie Lowenthal, Ma,
Mansoor, Mendoza, Miller, Mitchell, Monning, Morrell,
Nestande, Nielsen, Norby, Olsen, Pan, Perea, V. Manuel
Pérez, Portantino, Silva, Skinner, Solorio, Swanson,
Torres, Valadao, Wagner, Wieckowski, Williams, Yamada,
John A. Pérez
NO VOTE RECORDED: Blumenfield, Brownley, Cedillo, Davis,
Furutani, Logue, Smyth
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DLW:d 6/6/12 Senate Floor Analyses
SUPPORT/OPPOSITION: SEE ABOVE
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