Amended in Senate April 10, 2013

Senate Bill No. 371

Introduced by Senator De León

February 20, 2013

An act relating to the payment of claims against the state, making an appropriation therefor, and declaring the urgency thereof, to take effect immediately.

LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL’S DIGEST

SB 371, as amended, De León. Claims against the state: appropriation.

Existing law requires the Attorney General to pay certain judgments against the state.

This bill would appropriate begin delete an unspecified amount end delete begin insert $15,557,808 end insert from the General Fund to the Attorney General to pay begin delete a end delete specific begin delete judgment end delete begin insert judgments end insert .

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

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

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

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SECTION 1.  

The sum of ____ ($____) is hereby appropriated
from the General Fund to the Attorney General to pay for the
judgment in the case of ____.

Any funds appropriated in excess of the amounts actually
required for the payment of this judgment shall revert to the
General Fund on June 30 of the fiscal year in which the final
payment is made.

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Fifteen million five hundred fifty-seven thousand
eight hundred eight dollars ($15,557,808) is hereby appropriated
from the General Fund to be allocated in accordance with the
following schedule:

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(a) Forty thousand dollars ($40,000) to the Department of
Justice to pay the settlement in Doe v. State of California, Los
Angeles Superior Court Case No. BC445151. Any funds
appropriated in excess of the amount required for the payment of
this claim shall revert to the General Fund.

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(b) Fifteen million five hundred seventeen thousand eight
hundred eight dollars ($15,517,808) to the Department of Justice
to pay the settlement in Ragatz v. State of California (CalFire),
Solano Superior Court, Case No. FCSO38995. Any funds
appropriated in excess of the amount required for the payment of
this claim shall revert to the General Fund.

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SEC. 2.  

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 judgment and settlement claims against the state
and end hardship to claimants as quickly as possible, it is necessary
for this act to take effect immediately.