BILL ANALYSIS Ó
SB 304
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SENATE THIRD READING
SB
304 (Lara)
As Amended July 8, 2015
2/3 vote. Urgency
SENATE VOTE: 36-0
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|Committee |Votes|Ayes |Noes |
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|Appropriations |17-0 |Gomez, Bigelow, | |
| | |Bloom, Bonta, | |
| | |Calderon, Chang, | |
| | |Gordon, Eggman, | |
| | |Gallagher, Eduardo | |
| | |Garcia, Holden, | |
| | |Jones, Quirk, Rendon, | |
| | |Wagner, Weber, Wood | |
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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
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$3,277,141.90 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. 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.
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
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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 Reyes / APPR. / (916) 319-2081 FN:
0001696