BILL NUMBER: AB 1715 AMENDED
BILL TEXT
AMENDED IN SENATE JULY 1, 2010
AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY MAY 5, 2010
AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY APRIL 7, 2010
INTRODUCED BY Assembly Member Fuentes
FEBRUARY 2, 2010
An act relating to state claims, making an appropriation therefor,
and declaring the urgency thereof, to take effect immediately.
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
AB 1715, as amended, Fuentes. State claims.
Existing law requires the California Victim Compensation and
Government Claims Board to report to the Legislature when there is no
sufficient appropriation available for the payment of a claim
against the state accepted by the board. Existing law requires
claimants to pay a fee of $25 to file a claim against the state.
Existing law also authorizes the board to assess a surcharge in an
amount not to exceed 15% of the total approved claim. The fee and
surcharge are to be deposited into the General Fund and may be
appropriated in support of the board, as specified.
This bill would appropriate $998,377.23
$998,029.73 from various funds to the Executive Officer of the
California Victim Compensation and Government Claims Board to pay
certain claims accepted by the board. This bill would
require the Controller, upon the request of the board, in a form
prescribed by the Controller, to transfer surcharges and fees from
the Budget Act items of appropriation identified in this bill to Item
1870-001-0001 of Section 2.00 of the Budget Act of 2010.
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. (a) The sum of nine hundred ninety-eight
thousand three hundred seventy-seven dollars and twenty-three cents
($998,377.23) thousand twenty-nine dollars and
seventy-three cents ($998,029.73) is hereby appropriated from
various funds, as specified in subdivision (b), to the Executive
Officer of the California Victim Compensation and Government Claims
Board for the payment of claims accepted by the board in accordance
with the schedule set forth in subdivision (b) , but
subject to subdivision (c) .
(b) Pursuant to subdivision (a), claims accepted by the California
Victim Compensation and Government Claims Board shall be paid in
accordance with the following schedule:
Total for Fund: General Fund $963, 914
566 . 2 7
5
(0001)...........................
Total for Fund: Health Care
Deposit Fund (0912).............. $3,410.70
Total for Fund: Public
Employees' Health Care Fund $120.00
(0822)...........................
Total for Fund: Item 2660-001-
0042
Budget Act of 2010, Program $15,223.27
20.10............................
Total for Fund: Item 2740-001-
0044 $7,706.92
Budget Act of 2010, Program 11...
Total for Fund: Item 4440-011-
0001
Budget Act of 2010, Program $1,114.95
20.20............................
Total for Fund: Item 5180-111-
0001
Budget Act of 2010, Program $2,700.03
25.15............................
Total for Fund: Item 5225-001-
0001 $2,750.00
Budget Act of 2010, Program 25...
Total for Fund: Item 7100-001-
0185
Budget Act of 2010, Program $1,194.46
21...............................
Total for Fund: Item 8320-001-
0001 $242.65
Budget Act of 2010, Program 11...
(c) No funds appropriated pursuant to this section shall be
expended for payment of California Victim Compensation and Government
Claims Board claim number G578990.
SEC. 2. Upon the request of the California Victim Compensation and
Government Claims Board, in a form prescribed by the Controller, the
Controller shall transfer surcharges and fees from the Budget Act
items of appropriation identified in subdivision (b) of Section 1 of
this act to Item 1870-001-0001 of Section 2.00 of the Budget Act of
2010. For each Budget Act item of appropriation, this amount shall
not exceed the cumulative total of the per claim filing fees
authorized by subdivision (b) of Section 905.2 of the Government Code
and the surcharge authorized by subdivision (f) of Section 905.2 of
the Government Code. For those items in subdivision (b) that do not
reflect a Budget Act appropriation, the Controller shall transfer an
amount not to exceed the cumulative total of the per claim filing
fees authorized by subdivision (b) of Section 905.2 of the Government
Code and the surcharge authorized by subdivision (f) of Section
905.2 of the Government Code. This amount shall be transferred for
the support of the board reimbursements to Item 1870-001-0001 of
Section 2.00 of the Budget Act of 2010. The board shall provide a
report of the amounts recovered pursuant to this authority to the
Department of Finance within 90 days of the enactment of this act.
SEC. 3. 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 claims against the state and end hardship to
claimants as quickly as possible, it is necessary that this bill go
into immediate effect.