BILL NUMBER: AB 1701	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  JUNE 23, 2016

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,  making an appropriation
therefor,  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  declares the intent of the Legislature to
appropriate funds   would appropriate $448,458.22 from
various funds to the Executive Officer of the California Victim
Compensation and Government Claims Board  for the payment of
claims allowed by the board.  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. 
    This bill would declare that it is to take effect immediately as
an urgency statute.
   Vote: 2/3. Appropriation:  no   yes  .
Fiscal committee:  no   yes  .
State-mandated local program: no.


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

   SECTION 1.    (a)     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).  
   (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: 
 Total for Fund: 
 General Fund (0001)..          $408,878.43 
 Total for Fund: Item 
 0845-001-0217 Budget 
 Act of 2016, Program 
 0525028..............            $170.66 
 Total for Fund: Item 
 2660-001-0042 Budget 
 Act of 2016, Program 
 1835038..............            $130.00 
 Total for Fund: Item 
 2740-001-0044 Budget 
 Act of 2016, Program 
 2130.................            $735.28 
 Total for Fund: Item 
 4260-001-0001 Budget 
 Act of 2016, Program
 3960010..............            $161.62 
 Total for Fund: Item 
 4260-101-0001 Budget 
 Act of 2016, Program 
 3960022..............           $4,903.89 
 Total for Fund: Item 
 5180-111-0001 Budget 
 Act of 2016, Program 
 4275010 .............           $5,548.11 
 Total for Fund: Item 
 6610-001-0001 Budget 
 Act of 2016, Program 
 5560.................           $6,281.01 
 Total for Fund: Item 
 7100-001-0185 Budget 
 Act of 2016, Program 
 5930.................          $21,649.22 


   SEC. 2.    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.  
  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. 
   SEC. 2.   SEC. 3.    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   settle  claims
against the state and end hardship to claimants as quickly as
possible, it is necessary that this bill go into immediate effect.