BILL NUMBER: SB 579	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Senator Berryhill

                        FEBRUARY 17, 2011

   An act to amend Section 910 of the Government Code, relating to
government tort claims.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SB 579, as introduced, Berryhill. Government tort claims.
   Existing law bars a suit for money or damages against a public
entity on a cause of action for which a claim is required to be
presented, until a written claim therefor has been presented to the
public entity and acted upon by the Victim Compensation and
Government Claims Board, the governing body of a local public entity,
or the Judicial Council, as applicable, or has been deemed to have
been rejected, except as specified. Existing law specifies the
contents of the claim, including the name and address of the
claimant, and the date, place, and circumstances giving rise to the
claim.
   This bill would make technical, nonsubstantive changes to these
provisions.
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: no.
State-mandated local program: no.


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

  SECTION 1.  Section 910 of the Government Code is amended to read:
   910.  A claim shall be presented by the claimant or by a person
acting on his or her behalf and shall show all of the following:
   (a) The name and post office address of the claimant.
   (b) The post office address to which the person presenting the
claim desires notices to be sent.
   (c) The date, place  ,  and other circumstances of the
occurrence or transaction  which   that 
gave rise to the claim asserted.
   (d) A general description of the indebtedness, obligation, injury,
damage  ,  or loss incurred so far as it may be known at
the time of presentation of the claim.
   (e) The name or names of the public employee or employees causing
the injury, damage, or loss, if known.
   (f) The amount claimed if it totals less than ten thousand dollars
($10,000) as of the date of presentation of the claim, including the
estimated amount of any prospective injury, damage, or loss, insofar
as it may be known at the time of the presentation of the claim,
together with the basis of computation of the amount claimed. If the
amount claimed exceeds ten thousand dollars ($10,000), no dollar
amount shall be included in the claim. However, it shall indicate
whether the claim would be a limited civil case.