SB 1187, as amended, Lara. Claims against the state: appropriation.
Existing law requires the Attorneybegin delete Generalend deletebegin insert General, who is the head of the Department of Justice,end insert tobegin delete payend deletebegin insert reportend insert certain claims, settlements, and judgments against thebegin delete state.end deletebegin insert state to the chairperson of the Senate Committee on Appropriations or the Assembly Committee on Appropriations. Existing law requires the chairperson to introduce
legislation appropriating funds for the payment of the claims, settlements, and judgments.end insert
This bill would appropriatebegin delete $235,400end deletebegin insert $36,470,547.01end insert from the General Fund to thebegin delete Attorney Generalend deletebegin insert Department of Justiceend insert to pay the settlement inbegin delete aend delete specifiedbegin delete case.end deletebegin insert cases.end insert
This bill would declare that it is to take effect immediately as an urgency statute.
Vote: 2⁄3. Appropriation: yes. Fiscal committee: yes. State-mandated local program: no.
The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
The sum ofbegin insert thirty-six million four hundred seventy
2thousand five hundred forty-seven dollars and one cent
3($36,470,547.01) is hereby appropriated from the General Fund
4to be allocated in accordance with the following schedule:end insert
5begin insert(a)end insertbegin insert end insertbegin insertThe sum ofend insert two hundred thirty-five thousand four hundred
6dollars ($235,400) is hereby appropriated to the Department of
7Justice to pay the settlement in Ballona Wetlands Land Trust v.
8Santa Monica Bay Restoration
Commission (Los Angeles Superior
9Court, Case No. BS154128). Any funds appropriated in excess of
10the amounts required for the payment of this claim shall revert to
11the General Fund.
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(b) The sum of thirty-six million two hundred thirty-five thousand
13one hundred forty-seven dollars and one cent ($36,235,147.01) is
14hereby appropriated to the Department of Justice to pay the
15judgment in Pauma Band of Luiseño Mission Indians of the Pauma
16& Yuima Reservation v. State of California, et al. (United States
17District Court for the Southern District, Case No. 09CV1955).
18Any funds appropriated in excess of the amounts required for the
19payment of this claim shall revert to the General Fund.
This act is an urgency statute necessary for the
21immediate preservation of the public peace, health, or safety within
22the meaning of Article IV of the Constitution and shall go into
23immediate effect. The facts constituting the necessity are:
24In order to pay judgment and settlement claims against the state
25and end hardship to claimants as quickly as possible, it is necessary
26for this act to take effect immediately.
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