Bill Text: CA AB164 | 2015-2016 | Regular Session | Chaptered

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Bill Title: Claims against the state: payment.

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1)

Status: (Passed) 2015-10-01 - Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 394, Statutes of 2015. [AB164 Detail]

Download: California-2015-AB164-Chaptered.html

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BILL NUMBER: AB 164	CHAPTERED
	BILL TEXT

	CHAPTER  394
	FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE  OCTOBER 1, 2015
	APPROVED BY GOVERNOR  OCTOBER 1, 2015
	PASSED THE SENATE  SEPTEMBER 9, 2015
	PASSED THE ASSEMBLY  SEPTEMBER 10, 2015
	AMENDED IN SENATE  SEPTEMBER 2, 2015
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  AUGUST 17, 2015
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  JULY 15, 2015

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Gomez

                        JANUARY 21, 2015

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



	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 164, Gomez. Claims against the state: payment.
   Existing law establishes a procedure for the state to pay claims
against the state.
   This bill would appropriate funds for the payment of specific
claims against the state and require any appropriated funds in excess
of the amount required to pay those claims to revert to the fund or
account from which the funds were appropriated, as specified.
   This bill would declare that it is to take effect immediately as
an urgency statute.
   Appropriation: yes.


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

  SECTION 1.  (a) The sum of two million two hundred seventeen
thousand two hundred fifty-five dollars ($2,217,255) is hereby
appropriated from the General Fund to be allocated in accordance with
the following schedule:
   (1) The sum of one million seven hundred thousand dollars
($1,700,000) to the Department of Justice to pay the settlement in
Humphries v. County of Los Angeles, et al., (United States District
Court, Case No. SACV 03-0697 JVS MANx). Any funds appropriated in
excess of the amounts required for the payment of this claim shall
revert to the General Fund.
   (2) The sum of five hundred seventeen thousand two hundred
fifty-five dollars ($517,255) to the Department of Justice to pay the
settlement in Marilley v. McCamman (United States District Court,
Northern District of California, Case No. 11-cv-2418-DMR). Any funds
appropriated in excess of the amounts required for the payment of
this claim shall revert to the General Fund.
   (b) The sum of five hundred seventeen thousand two hundred
fifty-five dollars ($517,255) is hereby appropriated from the
Dungeness Crab Account within the Fish and Game Preservation Fund to
the Department of Justice to pay the settlement in Marilley v.
McCamman (United States District Court, Northern District of
California, Case No. 11-cv-2418-DMR). Any funds appropriated in
excess of the amounts required for the payment of this claim shall
revert to the Dungeness Crab Account.
  SEC. 2.  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 bill go
into immediate effect.