Amended in Senate April 3, 2014

Senate Bill No. 1031

Introduced by Senator De León

February 14, 2014

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

LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL’S DIGEST

SB 1031, as amended, De León. State claims.

Existing law requires the California Victim Compensation and Government Claims Board to ensure that all claims that have been approved by the board and for which there exists no legally available appropriation are submitted for legislative approval at least twice each calendar year.

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This bill declares the intent of the Legislature to appropriate funds for the payment of claims allowed by the board.

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This bill would appropriate funds from various funds for the payment of claims allowed by the board, as specified. This 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 7870-001-0001 of Section 2.00 of the Budget Act of 2014. This bill would require the board to 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. This bill additionally would appropriate certain funds from the General Fund to the board for the payment of a specified person’s claim.

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This bill would declare that it is to take effect immediately as an urgency statute.

Vote: ²⁄₃. Appropriation:  begin delete no end delete begin insert yes end insert . Fiscal committee:  begin delete no end delete begin insert yes end insert . State-mandated local program: no.

The people of the State of California do enact as follows:

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SECTION 1.  

It is the intent of the Legislature to appropriate
funds for the payment of claims against the state approved by the
California Victim Compensation and Government Claims Board.

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begin insert SECTION 1. end insert   

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(a) The sum of seven hundred seventy-six
thousand nine hundred forty-six dollars and fifty-nine cents
($776,946.59) is hereby appropriated from the various funds, as
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 the schedule set forth in subdivision (b).

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(b) Pursuant to subdivision (a), claims accepted by the
California Victim Compensation and Government Claims Board
shall be paid in accordance with the following schedule:

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begin insert Total for Fund: General Fund (0001)    end insert							begin insert $699,346.53 end insert
begin insert Total for Fund: Water Resources Revolving Fund (0691)     end insert							begin insert $2,724.99 end insert
begin insert Total for Fund: Public Employees’ Retirement Fund (0830)    end insert							begin insert $480.66 end insert
begin insert Total for Fund: Unclaimed Property Fund (0970)    end insert							begin insert $22,025.85 end insert
begin insert Total for Fund: Item 2660-001-0042 end insert							begin insert   end insert
begin insert Budget Act of 2014, Program 20.10    end insert							begin insert $1,365.61 end insert
begin insert Total for Fund: Item 2660-001-0042 end insert							begin insert   end insert
begin insert Budget Act of 2014, Program 20.80    end insert							begin insert $1,578.75 end insert
begin insert Total for Fund: Item 2660-102-0890 end insert							begin insert   end insert
begin insert Budget Act of 2014, Program 20.30    end insert							begin insert $10,242.80 end insert
begin insert Total for Fund: Item 2740-001-0044 end insert							begin insert   end insert
begin insert Budget Act of 2014, Program 11    end insert							begin insert $1,532.54 end insert
begin insert Total for Fund: Item 4260-101-0001 end insert							begin insert   end insert
begin insert Budget Act of 2014, Program 20.10.30    end insert							begin insert $2,214.95 end insert
begin insert Total for Fund: Item 5180-111-0001 end insert							begin insert   end insert
begin insert Budget Act of 2014, Program 25.15    end insert							begin insert $15,091.53 end insert
begin insert Total for Fund: Item 7110-001-0185 end insert							begin insert   end insert
begin insert Budget Act of 2014, Program 21    end insert							begin insert $1,412.23 end insert
begin insert Total for Fund: Item 8660-001-0462 end insert							begin insert   end insert
begin insert Budget Act of 2014, Program 10    end insert							begin insert $18,930.15 end insert

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begin insert SEC. 2. end insert   

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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 7870-001-0001 of
Section 2.00 of the Budget Act of 2014. 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 reimbursements to Item 7870-001-0001 of Section
2.00 of the Budget Act of 2014. 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.

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begin insert SEC. 3. end insert   

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The sum of three hundred five thousand nine hundred
dollars ($305,900) is hereby appropriated from the General Fund
to the Executive Officer of the California Victim Compensation
and Government Claims Board for the payment of the claim of
Mario Rocha, accepted by the board and reported to the
Legislature pursuant to Section 4904 of the Penal Code.

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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 pay claims against the state and end hardship to
claimants as quickly as possible, it is necessary that this act take
effect immediately.