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THIRD READING
Bill No: SB 369
Author: De León (D)
Amended: 8/12/13
Vote: 27 - Urgency
SENATE APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE : 7-0, 8/19/13
AYES: De León, Walters, Gaines, Hill, Lara, Padilla, Steinberg
SUBJECT : State claims
SOURCE : Author
DIGEST : This bill appropriates $414,054.01 from the General
Fund (GF) and various special funds to pay state claims. The
claims are for 155 stale dated warrants.
ANALYSIS : The State Board of Control was established in 1945.
It was revised and renamed the Victim Compensation and
Government Claims Board by
AB 2491 (Jackson, Chapter 1016, Statutes of 2000). Government
Code (GOV) Section 13928 requires the Board to ensure that all
claims have been approved by the Board, and for which there
exists no legally available appropriation, are submitted for
legislative approval at least twice during each calendar year.
In general, the Board will approve claims in November and in
February. Those claims are reported to the chairs of the
Appropriations Committees who introduce bills appropriating GFs
and special funds to pay the claims. These bills may
appropriate funds in amounts to the penny for tens to hundreds
of claims, usually stale dated warrants. GOV Section 906
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provides for the payment of interest on claims approved by the
Board for which an appropriation has been made beginning 30 days
after the effective date of the law by which the appropriation
is enacted.
This bill appropriates funding for 155 stale dated warrants.
The re-issuance of stale-dated warrants is the most prevalent
claim approved by the Board. For stale-dated warrants, the
State Controller must confirm that (1) the check was not cashed
and has not been reissued and (2) more than three years have
elapsed since the check was issued and the monies have reverted
to the GF or to the relevant special fund. For these warrants
an appropriation is needed to reissue the payment. This
category also may include state treasury bonds that have not
been redeemed within 10 years of their maturity date (there are
no such claims in this bill), but the majority of warrants
generally are for lost payroll or tax refund checks.
Related Legislation
SB 371 (de León, Chapter 9, Statutes of 2013) appropriated $15.6
million to pay one settlement against the state.
AB 234 (Gatto) appropriates $20.75 million to pay two
settlements against the state.
FISCAL EFFECT : Appropriation: Yes Fiscal Com.: Yes
Local: No
JA:k 8/21/13 Senate Floor Analyses
SUPPORT/OPPOSITION: NONE RECEIVED
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