BILL NUMBER: AB 1531	ENROLLED
	BILL TEXT

	PASSED THE SENATE  JUNE 7, 2012
	PASSED THE ASSEMBLY  APRIL 30, 2012
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  APRIL 19, 2012

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Fuentes

                        JANUARY 23, 2012

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


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 1531, Fuentes. 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 $859,738.51 from various funds 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 specified Budget Act items of appropriation identified in the
bill to Item 1870-001-0001 of Section 2.00 of the Budget Act of 2012.

    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.  (a) The sum of eight hundred fifty-nine thousand seven
hundred thirty-eight dollars and fifty-one cents ($859,738.51) is
hereby appropriated from the 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).
   (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) ............
$789,202.20
Total for Fund: Public Employees' Health Care
Fund (0822)........................... $2,610.33
Total for Fund: Health Care Deposit Fund (0912)
..................................... $23,372.09
Total for Fund: Unclaimed Property Fund (0970)
........................................ $884.33
Total for Fund: Item 2660-001-0042
   Budget Act of 2012, Program 20.70 .... $246.00
Total for fund: Item     2660-301-0042
   Budget Act of 2012, Program 20.20 . $34,928.75
Total for Fund: Item 2740-001-0044
   Budget Act of 2012, Program 11 ..... $2,303.11
Total for Fund: Item 5180-111-0001
   Budget Act of 2012, Program 25.15 .. $3,459.38
Total for Fund: Item 5225-001-0001
   Budget Act of 2012, Program 25 ..... $2,250.40
Total for Fund: Item 7100-001-0185
   Budget Act of 2012, Program 21 ....... $481.92


  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
2012. For each Budget Act item of appropriation, this amount shall
not exceed the cumulative total of the per claim filing fees
authorized by subdivision (c) 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 (c) 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 2012. 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 settle claims against the state and end hardship to
claimants as quickly as possible, it is necessary that this bill go
into immediate effect.