Amended in Assembly June 23, 2016

California Legislature—2015–16 Regular Session

Assembly Bill No. 1701

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

January 25, 2016

An act relating to state claims, begin insert making an appropriation therefor, end insert and declaring the urgency thereof, to take effect immediately.

LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL’S DIGEST

AB 1701, as amended, Committee on Appropriations. State claims.

Existing law requires the California Victim Compensation and Government Claims Board to ensure that all claims that have been approved by the board, and for which there exists no legally available appropriation, are submitted for legislative approval at least twice each calendar year.

This bill begin delete declares the intent of the Legislature to appropriate funds end delete begin insert would appropriate $448,458.22 from various funds to the Executive Officer of the California Victim Compensation and Government Claims Board end insert for the payment of claims allowed by the board. begin insert The bill would authorize the Controller, upon request of the board, to transfer specified surcharges and fees on claims filed against the state to a specified item of the Budget Act of 2016. The bill would also require the board to provide a report of the amounts recovered pursuant to these provisions to the Department of Finance. end insert

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

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

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

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begin insert SECTION 1. end insert   

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begin insert (a) end insert begin insert   end insert begin insert The sum of four hundred forty-eight thousand
four hundred fifty-eight dollars and twenty-two cents ($448,458.22)
is hereby appropriated from the various funds specified in
subdivision (b) to the Executive Officer of the California Victim
Compensation and Government Claims Board for the payment of
claims accepted by the board in accordance with the schedule set
forth in subdivision (b). end insert

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(b) Pursuant to subdivision (a), claims accepted by the
California Victim Compensation and Government Claims Board
shall be paid in accordance with the following schedule:

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begin insert Total for Fund: General Fund (0001)    end insert	begin insert $408,878.43 end insert
begin insert Total for Fund: Item 0845-001-0217 Budget Act of 2016, Program 0525028    end insert	begin insert $170.66 end insert
begin insert Total for Fund: Item 2660-001-0042 Budget Act of 2016, Program 1835038    end insert	begin insert $130.00 end insert
begin insert Total for Fund: Item 2740-001-0044 Budget Act of 2016, Program 2130    end insert	begin insert $735.28 end insert
begin insert Total for Fund: Item 4260-001-0001 Budget Act of 2016, Program 3960010    end insert	begin insert $161.62 end insert
begin insert Total for Fund: Item 4260-101-0001 Budget Act of 2016, Program 3960022    end insert	begin insert $4,903.89 end insert
begin insert Total for Fund: Item 5180-111-0001 Budget Act of 2016, Program 4275010     end insert	begin insert $5,548.11 end insert
begin insert Total for Fund: Item 6610-001-0001 Budget Act of 2016, Program 5560    end insert	begin insert $6,281.01 end insert
begin insert Total for Fund: Item 7100-001-0185 Budget Act of 2016, Program 5930    end insert	begin insert $21,649.22 end insert

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begin insert SEC. 2. end insert   

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begin insert Upon the request of the California Victim
Compensation and Government Claims Board, in a form prescribed
by the Controller, the Controller shall transfer surcharges and
fees from the Budget Act items of appropriation identified in
subdivision (b) of Section 1 of this act to Item 7870-001-0001 of
Section 2.00 of the Budget Act of 2016. For each Budget Act item
of appropriation, this amount shall not exceed the cumulative total
of the per claim filing fees authorized by subdivision (c) of Section
905.2 of the Government Code and the surcharge authorized by
subdivision (f) of Section 905.2 of the Government Code. For those
items in subdivision (b) that do not reflect a Budget Act
appropriation, the Controller shall transfer an amount not to
exceed the cumulative total of the per claim filing fees authorized
by subdivision (c) of Section 905.2 of the Government Code and
the surcharge authorized by subdivision (f) of Section 905.2 of the
Government Code. This amount shall be transferred for the support
of the board reimbursements to Item 7870-001-0001 of Section
2.00 of the Budget Act of 2016. The board shall provide a report
of the amounts recovered pursuant to this authority to the
Department of Finance within 90 days of the enactment of this act. end insert

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SECTION 1.  

It is the intent of the Legislature to appropriate
funds for the payment of claims against the state approved by the
California Victim Compensation and Government Claims Board.

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begin delete SEC. 2. end delete

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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 begin delete pay end delete begin insert settle end insert claims against the state and end hardship
to claimants as quickly as possible, it is necessary that this bill go
into immediate effect.