Amended in Senate June 22, 2016

Senate Bill No. 1187

Introduced by Senator Lara

February 18, 2016

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

LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL’S DIGEST

SB 1187, as amended, Lara. Claims against the state: appropriation.

Existing law requires the Attorney General to pay certain begin insert claims, settlements, and end insert judgments against the state.

This bill would begin delete state that it appropriates an unspecified amount end delete begin insert appropriate $235,400 end insert from the General Fund to the Attorney General to pay begin delete an undesignated judgment. end delete begin insert the settlement in a specified case. 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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SECTION 1.  

The sum of ____ ($____) is hereby appropriated
from the General Fund to the Attorney General to pay for the
judgment in the case of ____.

Any funds appropriated in excess of the amounts actually
required for the payment of this judgment shall revert to the
General Fund on June 30 of the fiscal year in which the final
payment is made.

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begin insert SECTION 1. end insert   

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begin insert The sum of two hundred thirty-five thousand four
hundred dollars ($235,400) is hereby appropriated to the
Department of Justice to pay the settlement in Ballona Wetlands
Land Trust v. Santa Monica Bay Restoration Commission (Los
Angeles Superior Court, Case No. BS154128). Any funds
appropriated in excess of the amounts required for the payment
of this claim shall revert to the General Fund. end insert

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 judgment and settlement claims against the state
and end hardship to claimants as quickly as possible, it is necessary
for this act to take effect immediately.