BILL NUMBER: AB 235 AMENDED
BILL TEXT
AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY APRIL 16, 2013
INTRODUCED BY Assembly Member Gatto
FEBRUARY 5, 2013
An act relating to state claims, making an appropriation
therefor, 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 declares the intent of the Legislature to
would appropriate funds from various funds
for the payment of claims allowed by the board.
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 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.
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. 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.
SECTION 1. (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:
Total for Fund: General $623,163.18
Fund (0001).............
Total for Fund: Estate $4,038.64
Tax Fund (0085).........
Total for Fund:
Continuing Care $1,297.36
Provider Fee Fund
(0163)..................
Total for Fund:
California Water $201.48
Resources Development
Bond Fund (0502)........
Total for Fund:
Unclaimed Property Fund $1,622.23
(0970)..................
Total for Fund: Item
0690-001-0001 Budget $121,833.00
Act of 2013, Program 40.
Total for Fund: Item
0840-001-0001(2) Budget $95,056.49
Act of 2013.............
Total for Fund: Item
2740-001-0044 Budget $1,610.08
Act of 2013, Program 11.
Total for Fund: Item
4260-001-0001 Budget $172,196.11
Act of 2013, Program 20.
Total for Fund: Item
4260-101-0001 Budget $1,822.75
Act of 2013, Program
20.10.030...............
Total for Fund: Item
5180-111-0001 Budget $21,819.23
Act of 2013, Program
25.15...................
Total for Fund: Item
6800-510-0948 Budget $637.33
Act of 2013.............
Total for Fund: Item
7100-001-0185 Budget $34,945.04
Act of 2013, Program 21.
Total for Fund: Item
7760-001-0666 Budget $268.78
Act of 2013, Program 30.
Total for Fund: Item
7900-517-0822 Budget $69.00
Act of 2013, Program 20.
SEC. 2. 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.
SEC. 2. 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.