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          Date of Hearing:   July 6, 2011

                        ASSEMBLY COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS
                                Felipe Fuentes, Chair

                     SB 207 (Kehoe) - As Amended:  May 11, 2011 

          Policy Committee:                              
          AppropriationsVote:

          Urgency:     Yes                  State Mandated Local Program:  
                 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 
          $557,729 from various funds to the Victim Compensation and 
          Government Claims Board (board) to pay 211 claims against the 
          state as approved by the board. 

           FISCAL EFFECT  

          Appropriates $557,729 from the 2011 Budget Act to the board for 
          payment of claims. Of this amount, $539,247 is from the General 
          Fund.

           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)Of the 221 claims in this bill, 208 are for stale-dated 
            warrants (expired checks)  ranging from $47 to $95,000. The 17 
            stale-dated warrants that exceed $4,000 account for 63% of the 
            cost of this bill. The other 194 claims average $1,062. 

            For stale-dated warrants, the controller must confirm the 
            check was not cashed and that more than three years have 








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            passed since the check was issued and the funds have reverted 
            to the General Fund. For these warrants an appropriation is 
            needed to reissue the payment.

           4)Related Legislation  . AB 139 (Fuentes), which appropriated 
            $247,000 for 47 claims and passed the Assembly 79-0, is 
            pending in the Senate. AB 1715 (Fuentes) and SB 910 (Kehoe) 
            were the two claims bills last year. Both passed without a 
            dissenting vote.



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