Bill Text: CA SB941 | 2017-2018 | Regular Session | Chaptered
Bill Title: California Victim Compensation Board: claims.
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1)
Status: (Passed) 2018-05-17 - Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 13, Statutes of 2018. [SB941 Detail]
Download: California-2017-SB941-Chaptered.html
| Senate Bill No. 941 |
| CHAPTER 13 |
An act relating to state claims, making an appropriation therefor, and declaring the urgency thereof, to take effect immediately.
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Approved by
Governor
May 17, 2018.
Filed with
Secretary of State
May 17, 2018.
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LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
SB 941, Lara.
California Victim Compensation Board: claims.
Existing law requires the California Victim Compensation Board, in cases in which evidence shows that a crime with which a claimant was charged
was either not committed at all, or not committed by the claimant, to report the facts of the case and its conclusions to the Legislature with a recommendation that the Legislature make an appropriation for the purpose of indemnifying the claimant for the injury.
This bill would appropriate $1,958,740 from the General Fund to the Executive Officer of the California Victim Compensation Board for the payment of the claim of a specific individual accepted by the board, as specified.
This bill would declare that it is to take effect immediately as an urgency statute.
Digest Key
Vote: 2/3 Appropriation: YES Fiscal Committee: YES Local Program: NOBill Text
The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
SECTION 1.
The sum of one million nine hundred fifty-eight thousand seven hundred forty dollars ($1,958,740) is hereby appropriated from the General Fund to the Executive Officer of the California Victim Compensation Board for the payment of the claim of Craig Richard Coley, accepted by the board and reported to the Legislature pursuant to Section 4904 of the Penal Code.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 act take effect immediately.
