BILL ANALYSIS Ó
SB 304
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Date of Hearing: August 26, 2015
ASSEMBLY COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS
Jimmy Gomez, Chair
SB 304
(Lara) - As Amended July 8, 2015
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Urgency: Yes State Mandated Local Program: NoReimbursable: No
SUMMARY:
This bill, an urgency measure, one of two annual state claims
bills introduced pursuant to California Victim Compensation and
Government Claims Board (board) determinations and carried by
the Appropriations Committee chairs, appropriates $3,277,141.90
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from specified funds to the (board) for the payment of 199 state
claims.
FISCAL EFFECT:
Appropriates $3,277,141.90 from various funds to the (board),
including $621,535.15 from the General Fund, to the board for
the payment of 197 state claims for reissuance of stale-dated
warrants and $2,610,709.44 in capital outlay bond funds, for two
claims, to reissue payments for Los Angeles Community College
District (LACCD) projects that previously received an
allocation, but the funds reverted.
COMMENTS:
1)Rationale. The Government Code Section 13928 requires the
board to ensure that all claims approved by the board, for
which no legally available appropriation exists, are submitted
for legislative approval at least twice during each calendar
year. In general, the board approves claims in November and
February.
The re-issuance of stale-dated warrants (expired checks) is
the most prevalent claim approved by the board. For
stale-dated warrants, the Controller must confirm the check
was not cashed and that more than three years has passed since
the check was issued and the monies have reverted to the
General Fund or to the relevant special fund. For these
warrants an appropriation is needed to reissue the payment.
Electronic claims were submitted for grants from the 2006
Community College Capital Outlay Bond Fund (Fund 6049) for
contract costs incurred by the LACCD. These claims were
denied because the appropriation was thought to have reverted.
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These eligible claims were previously approved in AB 139
(Fuentes, Chapter 194, Statutes of 2011), but could not be
paid because the funding source was identified as a specific
2011 Budget Act item (6870-303-6049), which was invalid. This
bill appropriates funds directly from Fund 6049 to the board
for payment of the LACCD claims.
2)Related Legislation. AB 165 (Gomez, Chapter 7, Statutes of
2015), an urgency measure, appropriated $504,743.99 in various
state funds, including $227,308.96 from the General Fund, to
the board for the payment of 110 state claims for reissuance
of stale-dated warrants. The bill also appropriated $968,400
to the board for payment of three specified erroneous
conviction claims.
Analysis Prepared by:Pedro R. Reyes / APPR. / (916)
319-2081