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          Date of Hearing:   April 25, 2012

                        ASSEMBLY COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS
                                Felipe Fuentes, Chair

                   AB 1531 (Fuentes) - As Amended:  April 19, 2012 

          Policy Committee:                              
          AppropriationsVote:

          Urgency:     Yes                  State Mandated Local Program: 
          No     Reimbursable:               

           SUMMARY  

          This bill, one of two annual bills sponsored by the California 
          Victim Compensation and Government Claims Board (board) and 
          carried by the Appropriations Committee chairs, appropriates 
          $859,738 to pay 273 claims against the state as approved by the 
          board. 

           FISCAL EFFECT  

          Appropriates $859,738 ($794,911 GF; $64,825 special funds) to 
          the board for payment of claims, all of which are stale-dated 
          warrants - state checks that were lost or expired and never 
          cashed.  

           COMMENTS  

           1)Rationale.  The Government Code requires the board to take all 
            necessary steps to ensure that all approved claims, for which 
            there exists no legally available appropriation, are submitted 
            for legislative approval at least twice each calendar year. 

           2)Support  . This bill, supported by the board, the Department of 
            Finance, and the administration, has no opposition.

           3)All 273 claims are all for stale-dated warrants (expired 
            checks)  , ranging from $2 to $249,644. The 11 stale-dated 
            warrant claims over $10,000 account for $574,504, 66% of the 
            costs of this bill; the remaining 262 claims average $1,089.  

            For stale-dated warrant claims, the Controller must confirm 
            the check was not cashed and that at least three years have 








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            passed since the check was issued and the monies have reverted 
            to the General Fund.  


          Analysis Prepared by  :    Geoff Long / APPR. / (916) 319-2081