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SB-1558 Claims against the state: payment.(2011-2012)

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Senate Bill No. 1558
CHAPTER 20

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

[ Approved by Governor  June 15, 2012. Filed with Secretary of State  June 15, 2012. ]

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.
Vote: 2/3   Appropriation: YES   Fiscal Committee: YES   Local Program: NO  

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.