BILL NUMBER: SB 1065	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  AUGUST 6, 2012
	AMENDED IN SENATE  MAY 29, 2012

INTRODUCED BY   Senator Kehoe

                        FEBRUARY 13, 2012

   An act relating to state claims, making an appropriation therefor,
and declaring the urgency thereof, to take effect immediately.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SB 1065, as amended, Kehoe. State claims.
   Existing law requires the California Victim Compensation and
Government Claims Board to report to the Legislature when a
sufficient appropriation is not available for the payment of a claim
against the state allowed by the board.
   This bill would appropriate  $167,329.15  
$624,671.86  from the General Fund to the Executive Officer of
the California Victim Compensation and Government Claims Board to pay
claims accepted by the board. The bill would require the Controller,
upon the request of the board, in a form prescribed by the
Controller, to transfer surcharges and fees from the specified Budget
Act item of appropriation identified in the bill to Item
1870-001-0001 of Section 2.00 of the Budget Act of 2012.
   This bill would declare that it is to take effect immediately as
an urgency statute.
   Vote: 2/3. Appropriation: yes. Fiscal committee: yes.
State-mandated local program: no.


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

  SECTION 1.  (a) The sum of  one hundred sixty-seven
thousand three hundred twenty-nine dollars and fifteen cents
($167,329.15)   six hundred twenty-four thousand six
hundred seventy-one dollars and eighty-six cents ($624,671.86) 
is hereby appropriated from the fund specified in subdivision (b) to
the Executive Officer of the California Victim Compensation and
Government Claims Board for the payment of claims accepted by the
board  in accordance with   pursuant to 
the schedule set forth in subdivision (b).
   (b) Pursuant to subdivision (a), claims accepted by the California
Victim Compensation and Government Claims Board shall be paid
 in accordance with   pursuant to  the
following schedule:
Total for Fund: General  ............  $167,329 
 ...........  .
 15 
Fund (0001)
                                        $593,372.28
 Total for Fund: Item 
 2660-001-0042 Budget     ...............$9,330.35 
 Act of 2012, Program 
 20.10 
 Total for Fund: Item 
 2740-001-0044 Budget     ...............$3,055.15 
 Act of 2012, Program 11 
 Total for Fund: Item 
 4260-001-0001 Budget     ...............$6,131.34 
 Act 2012, Program 20 
 Total for Fund: Item 
 5180-111-0001 Budget     ...............$3,117.59 
 Act of 2012, Program 
 25.15 
 Total for Fund: Item 
 7100-001-0185 Budget     ...............$9,665.15 
 Act of 2012, Program 21 


  SEC. 2.  Upon the request of the California Victim Compensation and
Government Claims Board, in a form prescribed by the Controller, the
Controller shall transfer surcharges and fees from the Budget Act
items of appropriation identified in subdivision (b) of Section 1 of
this act to Item 1870-001-0001 of Section 2.00 of the Budget Act of
2012. For each Budget Act item of appropriation, this amount shall
not exceed the cumulative total of the per claim filing fees
authorized by subdivision (c) of Section 905.2 of the Government Code
and the surcharge authorized by subdivision (f) of Section 905.2 of
the Government Code. For those items in subdivision (b) that do not
reflect a Budget Act appropriation, the Controller shall transfer an
amount not to exceed the cumulative total of the per claim filing
fees authorized by subdivision (c) of Section 905.2 of the Government
Code and the surcharge authorized by subdivision (f) of Section
905.2 of the Government Code. This amount shall be transferred for
the support of the board as reimbursements to Item 1870-001-0001 of
Section 2.00 of the Budget Act of 2012. The board shall provide a
report of the amounts recovered pursuant to this authority to the
Department of Finance within 90 days of the enactment of this act.
  SEC. 3.  This act is an urgency statute necessary for the immediate
preservation of the public peace, health, or safety within the
meaning of Article IV of the Constitution and shall go into immediate
effect. The facts constituting the necessity are:
   In order to settle claims against the state and end hardship to
claimants as quickly as possible, it is necessary for this act to
take effect immediately.