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          Bill No:  SB 910
          Author:   Kehoe (D)
          Amended:  8/2/10
          Vote:     27 - Urgency

           
           SENATE APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE  :  10-0, 5/24/10
          AYES:  Kehoe, Cox, Alquist, Corbett, Denham, Leno, Walters,  
            Wolk, Wyland, Yee
          NO VOTE RECORDED:  Price
           
           SENATE FLOOR  :  28-2, 5/28/10
          AYES:  Alquist, Ashburn, Calderon, Cedillo, Corbett,  
            Correa, DeSaulnier, Ducheny, Dutton, Florez, Hancock,  
            Kehoe, Leno, Liu, Lowenthal, Negrete McLeod, Padilla,  
            Pavley, Price, Romero, Runner, Simitian, Steinberg,  
            Strickland, Wolk, Wright, Wyland, Yee
          NOES:  Hollingsworth, Huff
          NO VOTE RECORDED:  Aanestad, Cogdill, Cox, Denham, Harman,  
            Oropeza, Walters, Wiggins, Vacancy, Vacancy

           ASSEMBLY FLOOR  :  74-0, 8/16/10 - See last page for vote


           SUBJECT  :    Payment of state claims

           SOURCE  :     Victim Compensation and Government Claims Board


           DIGEST  :    This bill appropriates $1,224,892.14 from the  
          General Fund to the Victim Compensation and Government  
          Claims Board (Board) to pay claims accepted by the Board.

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           Assembly Amendments  increase the appropriation by  
          $596,056.54 to pay 81 more claims.

          ANALYSIS  :    The State Board of Control was established in  
          1945.  It was revised and renamed the California Victim  
          Compensation and Government Claims Board by AB 2491  
          (Jackson), Chapter 1016, Statutes of 2000.  Section 13928  
          of the Government Code requires the Board to ensure that  
          all claims which have been approved by the Board, and for  
          which there exists no legally available appropriation, are  
          submitted for legislative approval at least twice during  
          each calendar year.

          The 15 claims over $10,000 - from $10,000 to $393,810 -  
          account for 73 percent of the costs of this bill; the  
          remaining claims average $1,203. Virtually all of the  
          claims (98 percent) are in two categories:  (1) stale-dated  
          warrants (expired state checks) - 280 claims for $765,478,  
          and (2) unredeemed bonds - five claims for $15,328. 

           FISCAL EFFECT  :    Appropriation:  Yes   Fiscal Com.:  Yes    
          Local:  No

          Appropriates $1,224,892 from the General Fund.    
          Appropriates, pursuant to current law, an additional 15  
          percent surcharge on the amount of each claim (excluding  
          stale-dated warrants) to pay for the Board's administrative  
          costs. This surcharge is $68,912. 

           SUPPORT  :   (Verified  8/4/10)

          Victim Compensation and Government Claims Board (source)
          Department of Finance


           ASSEMBLY FLOOR  : 
          AYES:  Adams, Ammiano, Anderson, Arambula, Beall, Bill  
            Berryhill, Tom Berryhill, Block, Blumenfield, Bradford,  
            Brownley, Buchanan, Caballero, Carter, Chesbro, Conway,  
            Cook, Coto, De La Torre, De Leon, DeVore, Eng, Evans,  
            Feuer, Fletcher, Fong, Fuentes, Fuller, Furutani, Gaines,  
            Galgiani, Garrick, Gatto, Gilmore, Hagman, Hall, Harkey,  
            Hayashi, Hernandez, Hill, Huber, Huffman, Jeffries,  
            Jones, Knight, Lieu, Logue, Bonnie Lowenthal, Ma,  







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            Mendoza, Miller, Monning, Nava, Nestande, Niello,  
            Nielsen, V. Manuel Perez, Portantino, Ruskin, Salas,  
            Saldana, Silva, Skinner, Smyth, Solorio, Audra  
            Strickland, Swanson, Torlakson, Torres, Torrico, Tran,  
            Villines, Yamada, John A. Perez
          NO VOTE RECORDED:  Bass, Blakeslee, Charles Calderon,  
            Davis, Norby, Vacancy


          DLW:mw  8/17/10   Senate Floor Analyses 

                         SUPPORT/OPPOSITION:  SEE ABOVE

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