BILL ANALYSIS �
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SENATE THIRD READING
SB 207 (Kehoe)
As Amended May 11, 2011
2/3 vote. Urgency
SENATE VOTE :37-0
APPROPRIATIONS 16-0
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|Ayes:|Fuentes, Harkey, | | |
| |Blumenfield, | | |
| |Bradford, Charles | | |
| |Calderon, Campos, | | |
| |Donnelly, Gatto, Hall, | | |
| |Hill, | | |
| |Lara, Mitchell, Nielsen, | | |
| |Norby, | | |
| |Solorio, Wagner | | |
| | | | |
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SUMMARY : 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
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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 State Controller must confirm
the check was not cashed and that more than three years have
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), Chapter 576,
Statutes of 2010, and SB 910 (Kehoe), Chapter 630, Statutes of
2010, were the two claims bills last year. Both passed
without a dissenting vote.
Analysis Prepared by : Geoff Long / APPR. / (916) 319-2081 FN:
0001532