BILL ANALYSIS Ó AB 2685 Page 1 Date of Hearing: May 14, 2014 ASSEMBLY COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS Mike Gatto, Chair AB 2685 (Cooley) - As Amended: May 7, 2014 Policy Committee: Public SafetyVote: 7-0 Urgency: No State Mandated Local Program: No Reimbursable: SUMMARY This bill requires that a personal representative or estate attorney notify the Victim Compensation Government Claims Board (board) when a deceased person leaves money to a beneficiary incarcerated in a state or local correctional facility. Specifically, this bill: 1)Clarifies a representative of the board may provide the probation department, district attorney, and court with information relevant to the board's losses before imposition of the sentence, in accordance with specified provisions of law. 2)Expands the inmate inheritance notice obligation to the board so that it covers not only heirs, but beneficiaries. FISCAL EFFECT 1)Indeterminable potential increased restitution collection from offenders who have benefitted from an inheritance. 2)Negligible administrative costs to the board. COMMENTS Rationale . According to board, "The Board is sponsoring this bill, which allows a representative of the Board to provide information on its economic losses to a court for purposes of inclusion in a restitution order. It also provides notification to the Board of funds that criminal offenders are to receive from an estate. These provisions will enhance the Board's AB 2685 Page 2 ability to collect restitution from criminal offenders and increase revenue to the Restitution Fund, which supports the Victim Compensation Program." Analysis Prepared by : Geoff Long / APPR. / (916) 319-2081