BILL NUMBER: SB 1558	CHAPTERED
	BILL TEXT

	CHAPTER  20
	FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE  JUNE 15, 2012
	APPROVED BY GOVERNOR  JUNE 15, 2012
	PASSED THE SENATE  MAY 3, 2012
	PASSED THE ASSEMBLY  MAY 31, 2012
	AMENDED IN SENATE  MARCH 29, 2012

INTRODUCED BY   Senator Kehoe

                        FEBRUARY 24, 2012

   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 1558, Kehoe. Claims against the state: payment.
   Existing 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 million three hundred thousand dollars
($1,300,000) is hereby appropriated from the General Fund to the
Department of Justice to pay the settlements and accumulated interest
in Darling v. Douglas, United States District Court, Northern
District of California, Case No. 4:09-cv-03798-SBA. 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 one million three hundred thousand dollars
($1,300,000) is hereby appropriated from the Federal Trust Fund to
the Department of Justice to pay the settlements and accumulated
interest in Darling v. Douglas, United States District Court,
Northern District of California, Case No. 4:09-cv-03798-SBA. Any
funds appropriated in excess of the amount required for the payment
of this claim shall revert to the Federal Trust 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.