BILL NUMBER: AB 2639	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Logue

                        FEBRUARY 19, 2010

   An act to amend Section 998 of the Government Code, relating to
the Lake Davis Northern Pike Eradication Project.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 2639, as introduced, Logue. Lake Davis Northern Pike
Eradication Project.
   Existing law appropriated to the office of the Attorney General in
the Department of Justice the sum of $9,176,000 from the General
Fund to the special account within the Special Deposit Fund, to be
known as the Lake Davis Northern Pike Eradication Project Relief
Account, to pay specified claims.
   This bill would make a technical, nonsubstantive change to that
provision.
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: no.
State-mandated local program: no.


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

  SECTION 1.  Section 998 of the Government Code is amended to read:
   998.  The Legislature finds and declares that in order to
alleviate the economic and social disruptions arising out of the Lake
Davis Northern Pike Eradication Project, it is necessary and
appropriate to create a special account within the Special Deposit
Fund for payment of economic and infrastructure assistance to the
City of Portola and the County of Plumas, and for all other claims
arising out of that project. The Legislature hereby appropriates to
the office of the Attorney General in the Department of Justice the
sum of nine million one hundred seventy-six thousand dollars
($9,176,000) from the General Fund to the special account within the
Special Deposit Fund,  to   which shall  be
known as the Lake Davis Northern Pike Eradication Project Relief
Account, to pay these claims as apportioned in Section 998.1.
   It is the purpose of this part to compensate the above claimants
without regard to legal liability, fault, or responsibility, and
without the necessity of litigation against the State of California,
or its agencies, officers, or employees. It is the further intent of
the Legislature that all valid claims shall be negotiated for
settlement purposes fairly and promptly. Nothing in this part shall
be construed as an admission of legal liability, responsibility, or
fault on the part of the State of California, or any of its agencies,
officers, or employees.