BILL NUMBER: AB 1617 AMENDED
BILL TEXT
AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY JUNE 11, 2014
INTRODUCED BY Assembly Member Gatto
FEBRUARY 6, 2014
An act relating to state claims, making an appropriation
therefor, and declaring the urgency thereof, to take effect
immediately.
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
AB 1617, 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 appropriate
funds for the payment of claims allowed by the board.
This bill would appropriate $745,042.81 from various funds to the
Executive Officer of the California Victim Compensation and
Government Claims Board to pay claims accepted by the board. The bill
would require the Controller, upon the request of the board, in a
form prescribed by the Controller, to transfer surcharges and fees
from specified Budget Act items of appropriation identified in the
bill to Item 7870-001-0001 of Section 2.00 of the Budget Act of 2014.
This bill would also appropriate $1,450,200 to the board to pay
specified claims accepted by the board.
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 seven hundred forty-five
thousand forty-two dollars and eighty-one cents ($745,042.81) 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 Fund (0001)....... $450,950.18
Total for Fund: Public Employees'
Retirement Fund (0830).................... $234.35
Total for Fund: Item 2240-001-0648
Budget Act of 2014, Program 10............ $172.00
Total for Fund: Item 2740-001-0044
Budget Act of 2014, Program 11............ $363.93
Total for Fund: Item 4260-001-0001
Budget Act of 2014, Program 20............ $554.01
Total for Fund: Item 4260-001-0001
Budget Act of 2014, Program 20.10.030..... $91,227.88
Total for Fund: Item 5180-111-0001
Budget Act of 2014, Program 25.15......... $3,848.50
Total for Fund: Item 7100-001-0185
Budget Act of 2014, Program 21............ $197,691.96
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 to Item 7870-001-0001 of Section 2.00 of the Budget Act
of 2014. 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) of
Section 1 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 subdivi
sion (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 2014. 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. 3. The sum of six hundred eighty-three
thousand three hundred dollars ($683,300) is hereby appropriated from
the General Fund to the Executive Officer of the California Victim
Compensation and Government Claims Board for the payment of the claim
of Francisco Carrillo, accepted by the board and reported to the
Legislature pursuant to Section 4904 of the Penal Code.
SEC. 4. The sum of three hundred five thousand
three hundred dollars ($305,300) is hereby appropriated from the
General Fund to the Executive Officer of the California Victim
Compensation and Government Claims Board for the payment of the claim
of Jose Luis Diaz, accepted by the board and reported to the
Legislature pursuant to Section 4904 of the Penal Code.
SEC. 5. The sum of four hundred sixty-one thousand
six hundred dollars ($461,600) is hereby appropriated from the
General Fund to the Executive Officer of the California Victim
Compensation and Government Claims Board for the payment of the claim
of Johnny Williams, accepted by the board and reported to the
Legislature pursuant to Section 4904 of the Penal Code.
SEC. 2. SEC. 6. 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 settle claims
against the state and end hardship to claimants as quickly as
possible, it is necessary that this bill go into immediate effect.