BILL NUMBER: AB 1693	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Committee on Appropriations (Assembly Members Gomez
(Chair), Bigelow (Vice Chair), Bloom, Bonta, Calderon, Daly, Eggman,
Eduardo Garcia, Holden, Quirk, and Weber)

                        JANUARY 21, 2016

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


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 1693, as introduced, Committee on Appropriations. Claims
against the state: payment.
   Existing law establishes a procedure for the state to pay claims
against the state.
   This bill would state the intent of the Legislature to appropriate
funds for the payment of claims against the state, as presented by
the Attorney General, and to have any appropriated funds in excess of
the amount required to pay those claims revert to the General Fund.
   This bill would declare that it is to take effect immediately as
an urgency statute.
   Vote: 2/3. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: no. State-mandated
local program: no.


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

  SECTION 1.  The Legislature intends to appropriate funds for the
payment of claims against the state presented by the Attorney
General. Any funds appropriated in excess of the amounts actually
required for the payment of a claim shall revert to the General Fund
on June 30 of the fiscal year in which the payment is made.
  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 claims against the state and end hardship to
claimants as quickly as possible, it is necessary that this bill go
into immediate effect.