Bill Text: CA SB302 | 2015-2016 | Regular Session | Amended

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Bill Title: Claims against the state: appropriation.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Passed) 2015-06-05 - Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 5, Statutes of 2015. [SB302 Detail]

Download: California-2015-SB302-Amended.html

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BILL NUMBER: SB 302	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN SENATE  APRIL 20, 2015

INTRODUCED BY   Senator Lara

                        FEBRUARY 23, 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


   SB 302, as amended, Lara. Claims against the state: appropriation.

   Existing law requires the Attorney General to pay certain
judgments against the state.
   This bill would  state that it appropriates an unspecified
amount from the General Fund to the Attorney General to pay an
undesignated judgment.   appropriate $141,250 from the
Athletic Commission Fund and $24,140,683.50 from the General Fund to
pay specified judgments. 
   This bill would declare that it is to take effect immediately as
an urgency statute.
   Vote: 2/3. Appropriation:  no   yes  .
Fiscal committee:  no   yes  .
State-mandated local program: no.


THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
   
  SECTION 1.    The sum of ____ ($____) is hereby
appropriated from the General Fund to the Attorney General to pay for
the judgment in the case of ____.
   Any funds appropriated in excess of the amounts actually required
for the payment of this judgment shall revert to the General Fund on
June 30 of the fiscal year in which the final payment is made.

   SECTION 1.    (a)     One hundred
forty-one thousand two hundred fifty dollars ($141,250) is hereby
appropriated from the Athletic Commission Fund to be allocated in
accordance with the following schedule:  
   (1) Seventy-one thousand two hundred and fifty dollars ($71,250)
to the Department of Consumer Affairs to pay the settlement in Sarah
Waklee v. California State Athletic Commission, Department of
Consumer Affairs (Sacramento County Superior Court, Case No.
2012-00135227). Any funds appropriated in excess of the amounts
required for payment of this claim shall revert to the Athletic
Commission Fund.  
   (2) Seventy thousand dollars ($70,000) to pay the settlement in
Dwayne Woodard v. California State Athletic Commission, Department of
Consumer Affairs (Los Angeles County Superior Court, Case No.
BC487180). Any funds appropriated in excess of the amounts required
for the payment of this claim shall revert to the Athletic Commission
Fund.  
   (b) Twenty-five million one hundred forty thousand six hundred
eighty-three dollars and fifty cents ($25,140,683.50) is hereby
appropriated from the General Fund to be allocated in accordance with
the following schedule:  
   (1) The sum of twenty-four million dollars ($24,000,000) to the
Department of General Services to pay the settlement in California
First, LP v. California Department of General Services, et al. (San
Francisco County Superior Court, Case No. CGC10-505436). Any funds
appropriated in excess of the amount required for the payment of this
claim shall revert to the General Fund.  
   (2) The sum of one hundred six thousand one hundred seventy-three
dollars and fifty cents ($106,173.50) to the Fair Political Practices
Commission to pay the settlement in Charles R. "Chuck" Reed, et al.
v. Fair Political Practices Commission (Sacramento County Superior
Court, Case No. 34-2013-80001709). Any funds appropriated in excess
of the amounts required for the payment of this claim shall revert to
the General Fund.  
   (3) The sum of one million thirty-four thousand five hundred ten
dollars ($1,034,510) to the Department of Justice to pay the
settlement in Kevin Marilley, et al. v. California Department of Fish
and Wildlife (United State District Court, Northern District of
California, Case No. 11-cv-2418). Any funds appropriated in excess of
the amounts required for the payment of this claim shall revert to
the General Fund. 
  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 judgment and settlement claims against the state
and end hardship to claimants as quickly as possible, it is necessary
for this act to take effect immediately.