BILL NUMBER: SB 1187	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN SENATE  JUNE 22, 2016

INTRODUCED BY   Senator Lara

                        FEBRUARY 18, 2016

   An act relating to the payment of claims against the state, 
making an appropriation therefor,  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 
claims, settlements, and  judgments against the state.
   This bill would  state that it appropriates an unspecified
amount   appropriate $235,400  from the General
Fund to the Attorney General to pay  an undesignated
judgment.   the settlement in a specified case. 
   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.    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.

   SECTION 1.    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. 
  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.