Bill Text: CA SB1558 | 2011-2012 | Regular Session | Chaptered
Bill Title: Claims against the state: payment.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2012-06-15 - Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 20, Statutes of 2012. [SB1558 Detail]
Download: California-2011-SB1558-Chaptered.html
BILL NUMBER: SB 1558 CHAPTERED BILL TEXT CHAPTER 20 FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE JUNE 15, 2012 APPROVED BY GOVERNOR JUNE 15, 2012 PASSED THE SENATE MAY 3, 2012 PASSED THE ASSEMBLY MAY 31, 2012 AMENDED IN SENATE MARCH 29, 2012 INTRODUCED BY Senator Kehoe FEBRUARY 24, 2012 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 SB 1558, Kehoe. Claims against the state: payment. Existing law authorizes a procedure for the state to pay claims against the state. This bill would appropriate funds in prescribed amounts for the payment of certain claims against the state. 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. The sum of one million three hundred thousand dollars ($1,300,000) is hereby appropriated from the General Fund to the Department of Justice to pay the settlements and accumulated interest in Darling v. Douglas, United States District Court, Northern District of California, Case No. 4:09-cv-03798-SBA. Any funds appropriated in excess of the amount required for the payment of this claim shall revert to the General Fund. SEC. 2. The sum of one million three hundred thousand dollars ($1,300,000) is hereby appropriated from the Federal Trust Fund to the Department of Justice to pay the settlements and accumulated interest in Darling v. Douglas, United States District Court, Northern District of California, Case No. 4:09-cv-03798-SBA. Any funds appropriated in excess of the amount required for the payment of this claim shall revert to the Federal Trust Fund. SEC. 3. 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.