BILL NUMBER: SB 371	CHAPTERED
	BILL TEXT

	CHAPTER  9
	FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE  JUNE 17, 2013
	PASSED THE SENATE  APRIL 29, 2013
	PASSED THE ASSEMBLY  MAY 30, 2013
	AMENDED IN SENATE  APRIL 10, 2013

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, De León. Claims against the state: appropriation.
   Existing law requires the Attorney General to pay certain
judgments against the state.
   This bill would appropriate $15,557,808 from the General Fund to
the Attorney General to pay specific judgments.
   This bill would declare that it is to take effect immediately as
an urgency statute.
   Appropriation: yes.


THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  SECTION 1.  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:
   (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.
   (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.
  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.