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THIRD READING
Bill No: SB 806
Author: Senate Veterans Affairs Committee
Amended: 6/1/11
Vote: 27 - Urgency
SENATE VETERANS AFFAIRS COMMITTEE : 7-0, 06/14/11
AYES: Correa, Cannella, Berryhill, Negrete McLeod, Rubio,
Runner, Lieu
NO VOTE RECORDED: Calderon
SENATE APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE : Senate Rule 28.8
SUBJECT : State employees: military leave: salary
overpayment
SOURCE : Author
DIGEST : This bill extends the statute of limitations for
the recovery of overpayments to state guard personnel, from
three years to six years, from the date of overpayment.
ANALYSIS : Existing law allows for the state to recover
overpayment of funds to guard personnel as long as the
proceedings are initiated within three years.
Existing law provides that a state employee who is granted
a military leave of absence for active duty, whose
continuous state service is not broken by a permanent
separation, shall be entitled to receive his or her salary
for a period not to exceed 30 calendar days in any one
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fiscal year.
Background
Overpayments to guard personnel have been well documented
over the last 9 months and investigations by the Senate
Veterans Affairs Committee continue to find more
discrepancies with state military pay. Many of the
documented discrepancies date to at least 2008.
The new Adjutant General has only been recently appointed
and is still investigating these records with the help of
his staff. At this point, even if he finds something, it
is likely he will find it too late to do anything about it.
According to the authors office, this bill could not be
simpler. If this bill is not passed, then the state loses
its ability to recover improperly paid compensation on a
price tag that is still unknown but could easily reach over
$100 million.
FISCAL EFFECT : Appropriation: No Fiscal Com.: Yes
Local: No
RM:nl 6/28/11 Senate Floor Analyses
SUPPORT/OPPOSITION: NONE RECEIVED
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