BILL NUMBER: SB 911	CHAPTERED
	BILL TEXT

	CHAPTER  26
	FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE  JUNE 15, 2010
	APPROVED BY GOVERNOR  JUNE 15, 2010
	PASSED THE SENATE  APRIL 29, 2010
	PASSED THE ASSEMBLY  JUNE 2, 2010
	AMENDED IN SENATE  APRIL 12, 2010

INTRODUCED BY   Senator Kehoe

                        JANUARY 27, 2010

   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 911, Kehoe. Claims against the state: appropriation.
   Existing law requires the Attorney General to pay certain
judgments against the state.
   This bill would appropriate 2 specified amounts to the Attorney
General to pay the settlements in 2 specified cases.
   This bill would declare that it is to take effect immediately as
an urgency statute.
   Appropriation: yes.


THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  SECTION 1.  The sum of six hundred twenty-three thousand dollars
($623,000) is hereby appropriated from the General Fund to the
Department of Justice to pay the settlement in Huntsman v. California
Department of Forestry, Fresno County Superior Court, Case No. 08 CE
CG 02671. Any funds appropriated in excess of the amount required
for the payment of this claim shall revert to the General Fund.
  SEC. 2.  The sum of two hundred seventeen thousand dollars
($217,000) is hereby appropriated from the General Fund to the
Department of Justice to pay the settlement in California School
Boards Association v. State of California, Sacramento Superior Court
Case No. 06CS01335. Any funds appropriated in excess of the amount
required for the payment of this claim shall revert to the General
Fund.
  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 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.