BILL NUMBER: SB 1187	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  AUGUST 3, 2016
	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  
General, who is the head of the Department of Justice,  to
 pay   report  certain claims, settlements,
and judgments against the  state.   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. 
   This bill would appropriate  $235,400  
$36,470,547.01  from the General Fund to the  Attorney
General   Department of Justice  to pay the
settlement in  a  specified  case. 
 cases. 
   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:

  SECTION 1.  The sum of  thirty-six million four hundred seventy
thousand five hundred forty-seven dollars and one cent
($36,470,547.01) is hereby appropriated from the General Fund to be
allocated in accordance with the following schedule: 
    (a)     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. 
   (b) The sum of thirty-six million two hundred thirty-five thousand
one hundred forty-seven dollars and one cent ($36,235,147.01) is
hereby appropriated to the Department of Justice to pay the judgment
in Pauma Band of Luise�o Mission Indians of the Pauma & Yuima
Reservation v. State of California, et al. (United States District
Court for the Southern District, Case No. 09CV1955). 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.