BILL NUMBER: SB 124	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  AUGUST 20, 2012
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  AUGUST 6, 2012
	AMENDED IN SENATE  APRIL 25, 2011

INTRODUCED BY   Senator Kehoe

                        JANUARY 26, 2011

   An act relating to the payment of claims against the state,
 and  making an appropriation therefor  , and
declaring the urgency thereof, to take effect immediately  .


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SB 124, as amended, Kehoe. Claims against the state:
appropriation.
   Existing law authorizes a procedure for the payment of claims
against the state.
   This bill would appropriate $1,422,000 to specified entities to
pay for specified settlements of claims against the state. 
   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.  The sum of  one million four hundred twenty-two
thousand dollars ($1,422,000) is hereby appropriated from the General
Fund to be allocated in accordance with the following schedule:

    (a)     The sum of  nine hundred
ninety thousand dollars ($990,000)  is hereby appropriated
from the General Fund  to the Department of Justice to pay
the settlement in Harris v. California National Guard, Los Angeles
County Superior Court No. BC 399229. Any funds appropriated in excess
of the amount required for the payment of this claim shall revert to
the General Fund. 
   (b) The sum of four hundred thirty-two thousand dollars ($432,000)
to the Department of Education to pay the settlement in Parent
Voices et al. v. Jack O'Connell, Alameda County Superior Court No.
RG10544021. 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 four hundred thirty-two
thousand dollars ($432,000) is hereby appropriated from the General
Fund to the Department of Education to pay the settlement in Parent
Voices et al. v. Jack O'Connell, Alameda County Superior Court No.
RG10544021. Any funds appropriated in excess of the amount required
for the payment of this claim shall revert to the General Fund.

   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.