BILL ANALYSIS                                                                                                                                                                                                    �



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          Date of Hearing:   May 14, 2014

                        ASSEMBLY COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS
                                  Mike Gatto, Chair

                     AB 2685 (Cooley) - As Amended:  May 7, 2014 

          Policy Committee:                              Public  
          SafetyVote:  7-0

          Urgency:     No                   State Mandated Local Program:  
          No     Reimbursable:               

           SUMMARY  

          This bill requires that a personal representative or estate  
          attorney notify the Victim Compensation Government Claims Board  
          (board) when a deceased person leaves money to a beneficiary  
          incarcerated in a state or local correctional facility.   
          Specifically, this bill:  

          1)Clarifies a representative of the board may provide the  
            probation department, district attorney, and court with  
            information relevant to the board's losses before imposition  
            of the sentence, in accordance with specified provisions of  
            law.

          2)Expands the inmate inheritance notice obligation to the board  
            so that it covers not only heirs, but beneficiaries.

           FISCAL EFFECT  

          1)Indeterminable potential increased restitution collection from  
            offenders who have benefitted from an inheritance. 

          2)Negligible administrative costs to the board. 

           COMMENTS  

           Rationale  . According to board, "The Board is sponsoring this  
          bill, which allows a representative of the Board to provide  
          information on its economic losses to a court for purposes of  
          inclusion in a restitution order. It also provides notification  
          to the Board of funds that criminal offenders are to receive  
          from an estate. These provisions will enhance the Board's  








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          ability to collect restitution from criminal offenders and  
          increase revenue to the Restitution Fund, which supports the  
          Victim Compensation Program."


           Analysis Prepared by  :    Geoff Long / APPR. / (916) 319-2081