BILL ANALYSIS �
SB 1065
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SENATE THIRD READING
SB 1065 (Kehoe)
As Amended August 6, 2012
2/3 vote. Urgency
SENATE VOTE :32-2
APPROPRIATIONS 17-0
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|Ayes:|Fuentes, Harkey, | | |
| |Blumenfield, Bradford, | | |
| |Charles Calderon, Campos, | | |
| |Davis, Donnelly, Gatto, | | |
| |Hall, Hill, Lara, | | |
| |Mitchell, Nielsen, Norby, | | |
| |Solorio, Wagner | | |
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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
$624,672 to pay 117 claims against the state as approved by the
board.
FISCAL EFFECT : Appropriates $624,672 ($602,621 General Fund (GF);
$22,051 special funds) to the board for payment of claims, 115 of
which are stale-dated warrants - state checks that were lost or
expired and never cashed.
COMMENTS : 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.
Support . This bill, supported by the board, the Department of
Finance, and the Administration, has no opposition.
All but two of the 117 claims are for stale-dated warrants (expired
checks) , ranging from $55 to $381,000. The four stale-dated
warrants over $10,000 account for $438,300, or 72% of the costs of
the 115 stale-dated warrants in this bill. The remaining 111
average $1,516. For stale-dated warrant claims, the Controller must
confirm the check was not cashed, that at least three years have
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passed since the check was issued, and that the funds have reverted
to the GF.
The two claims that are not stale-dated warrants are a Department of
Motor Vehicles (DMV) refund of overpaid Vehicle License Fees
($2,570) and a Franchise Tax Board (FTB) refund of funds taken from
an escrow account as a result of a tax lien, that was subsequently
determined to be an overpayment of taxes ($39,082.) For these two
claims only, there is a 15% surcharge charged to the affected
departments (FTB and DMV) for board costs that amounts to $6,300.
Related legislation . AB 1531 (Fuentes), Chapter 156, Statutes of
2012, which passed with no dissenting votes, appropriates $859,738
from the GF ($789,202.20) and various special funds for the payment
of 273 claims (all stale-dated warrants) approved by the board.
Analysis Prepared by : Geoff Long / APPR. / (916) 319-2081
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