BILL NUMBER: AB 234	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  AUGUST 5, 2013

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Gatto

                        FEBRUARY 5, 2013

   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 234, as amended, Gatto. Claims against the state: payment.
   Current law authorizes a procedure for the state to pay claims
against the state.
   This bill would  state the intent of the Legislature to
 appropriate funds  in the prescribed amounts  for
the payment of claims against the state  , as presented by
the Attorney General, and to have any appropriated funds in excess of
the amount required to pay those claims revert to the General Fund
 .
    This bill would declare that it is to take effect immediately as
an urgency statute.
   Vote: 2/3. Appropriation:  no   yes  .
Fiscal committee:  no   yes  .
State-mandated local program: no.


THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
   
  SECTION 1.    The Legislature intends to
appropriate funds for the payment of claims against the state
presented by the Attorney General. Any funds appropriated in excess
of the amounts actually required for the payment of a claim shall
revert to the General Fund on June 30 of the fiscal year in which the
payment is made. 
   SECTION 1.    The sum of twenty million seven hundred
fifty thousand dollars ($20,750,000) is hereby appropriated from the
General Fund to the Department of Justice to be allocated in
accordance with the following schedule:  
   (a) The sum of five million seven hundred fifty thousand dollars
($5,750,000) to the Department of Justice to pay the settlement in
Thomas v. State of California, Alameda County Superior Court No. RG
12654728. 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 fifteen million dollars ($15,000,000) to the
Department of Justice to pay the settlement in Amethyst Kirwin, et
al. v. Timothy McClelland, et al, San Bernadino Superior Court No.
CIVDS1302436. 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.