BILL NUMBER: SB 910	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  AUGUST 2, 2010
	AMENDED IN SENATE  MAY 12, 2010

INTRODUCED BY   Senator Kehoe

                        JANUARY 27, 2010

   An act relating to state claims, making an appropriation therefor,
and declaring the urgency thereof, to take effect immediately.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SB 910, as amended, Kehoe. State claims.
   Existing law requires the California Victim Compensation and
Government Claims Board to ensure that all claims that have been
approved by the board and for which there exists no legally available
appropriation, are submitted for legislative approval at least twice
each calendar year.
   This bill would appropriate  $628,835.60  
$1,224,892.14  from the General Fund to the Executive Officer of
the California Victim Compensation and Government Claims Board to
pay claims accepted by the board. The 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 General Fund
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  six
hundred twenty-eight thousand eight hundred thirty-five dollars and
sixty cents ($628,835.60) is   one million two hundred
twenty-four thousand eight hundred ninety-two dollars and fourteen
cents ($1,224,892.14) is  hereby appropriated from the General
Fund 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)  . 
   (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 (0001)              $1,224,892.14 


  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 General Fund
to Item 1870-001-0001 of Section 2.00 of the Budget Act of 2010.
 This   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) of Section 1 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
support of the board as reimbursements to Item 1870-001-0001 of
Section 2.00 of the Budget Act of 2010. The board shall provide a
report of the amount 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 act take
effect immediately.