Amended in Assembly April 16, 2013

California Legislature—2013–14 Regular Session

Assembly Bill No. 235

Introduced by Assembly Member Gatto

February 5, 2013

An act relating to state claims, begin insert making an appropriation therefor, end insert and declaring the urgency thereof, to take effect immediately.

LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL’S DIGEST

AB 235, as amended, Gatto. State claims.

Existing law requires the California Victim Compensation and Government Claims Board to ensure that all claims that have been approved by the board, and for which there exists no legally available appropriation, are submitted for legislative approval at least twice each calendar year.

This bill begin delete declares the intent of the Legislature to end delete begin insert would end insert appropriate funds begin insert from various funds end insert for the payment of claims allowed by the begin delete board. end delete begin insert board, as specified. This bill would require the Controller, upon the request of the board, in a form prescribed by the Controller, to transfer surcharges and fees from the specified Budget Act item of appropriation identified in the bill to Item 7870-001-0001 of Section 2.00 of the Budget Act of 2013. This bill would require the board to end insert begin insert provide a report of the amounts recovered pursuant to this authority to the Department of Finance within 90 days of the enactment of this act. end insert

This bill would declare that it is to take effect immediately as an urgency statute.

Vote: ²⁄₃. Appropriation:  begin delete no end delete begin insert yes end insert . Fiscal committee:  begin delete no end delete begin insert yes end insert . State-mandated local program: no.

The people of the State of California do enact as follows:

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SECTION 1.  

It is the intent of the Legislature to appropriate
funds for the payment of claims against the state approved by the
California Victim Compensation and Government Claims Board.

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begin insert

begin insert SECTION 1. end insert   

(a) The sum of one million eighty thousand five
hundred eighty dollars and seventy cents ($1,080,580.70) is hereby
appropriated from the various funds, as specified in subdivision
(b), to the Executive Officer of the California Victim Compensation
and Government Claims Board for the payment of claims accepted
by the board in accordance with the schedule set forth in
subdivision (b).

(b) Pursuant to subdivision (a), claims accepted by the
California Victim Compensation and Government Claims Board
shall be paid in accordance with the following schedule:

 

begin insert Total for Fund: General Fund (0001)    end insert	begin insert $623,163.18 end insert
begin insert Total for Fund: Estate Tax Fund (0085)    end insert	begin insert $4,038.64 end insert
begin insert Total for Fund: Continuing Care Provider Fee Fund (0163)    end insert	begin insert $1,297.36 end insert
begin insert Total for Fund: California Water Resources Development Bond Fund (0502)    end insert	begin insert $201.48 end insert
begin insert Total for Fund: Unclaimed Property Fund (0970)    end insert	begin insert $1,622.23 end insert
begin insert Total for Fund: Item 0690-001-0001 Budget Act of 2013, Program 40    end insert	begin insert $121,833.00 end insert
begin insert Total for Fund: Item 0840-001-0001(2) Budget Act of 2013    end insert	begin insert $95,056.49 end insert
begin insert Total for Fund: Item 2740-001-0044 Budget Act of 2013, Program 11    end insert	begin insert $1,610.08 end insert
begin insert Total for Fund: Item 4260-001-0001 Budget Act of 2013, Program 20    end insert	begin insert $172,196.11 end insert
begin insert Total for Fund: Item 4260-101-0001 Budget Act of 2013, Program 20.10.030    end insert	begin insert $1,822.75 end insert
begin insert Total for Fund: Item 5180-111-0001 Budget Act of 2013, Program 25.15    end insert	begin insert $21,819.23 end insert
begin insert Total for Fund: Item 6800-510-0948 Budget Act of 2013    end insert	begin insert $637.33 end insert
begin insert Total for Fund: Item 7100-001-0185 Budget Act of 2013, Program 21    end insert	begin insert $34,945.04 end insert
begin insert Total for Fund: Item 7760-001-0666 Budget Act of 2013, Program 30    end insert	begin insert $268.78 end insert
begin insert Total for Fund: Item 7900-517-0822 Budget Act of 2013, Program 20    end insert	begin insert $69.00 end insert

 

end insert

begin insert

begin insert SEC. 2. end insert   

end insert

begin insert Upon the request of the California Victim
Compensation and Government Claims Board, in a form prescribed
by the Controller, the Controller shall transfer surcharges and
fees from the Budget Act items of appropriation identified in
subdivision (b) of Section 1 of this act to Item 7870-001-0001 of
Section 2.00 of the Budget Act of 2013. For each Budget Act item
of appropriation, this amount shall not exceed the cumulative total
of the per claim filing fees authorized by subdivision (c) of Section
905.2 of the Government Code and the surcharge authorized by
subdivision (f) of Section 905.2 of the Government Code. For those
items in subdivision (b) that do not reflect a Budget Act
appropriation, the Controller shall transfer an amount not to
exceed the cumulative total of the per claim filing fees authorized
by subdivision (c) of Section 905.2 of the Government Code and
the surcharge authorized by subdivision (f) of Section 905.2 of the
Government Code. This amount shall be transferred for the support
of the board reimbursements to Item 7870-001-0001 of Section
2.00 of the Budget Act of 2013. The board shall provide a report
of the amounts recovered pursuant to this authority to the
Department of Finance within 90 days of the enactment of this act. end insert

begin delete SEC. 2. end delete
begin insert SEC. 3. end insert   

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.