AB1897:v96#DOCUMENTBill Start
Assembly Bill
No. 1897
CHAPTER 429
An act relating to the California Victim Compensation Board, making an appropriation therefor, and declaring the urgency thereof, to take effect immediately.
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Approved by
Governor
September 17, 2018.
Filed with
Secretary of State
September 17, 2018.
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LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
AB 1897, Committee on Appropriations.
California Victim Compensation Board: claim.
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 $92,260 from the General Fund to the executive officer of the board for payment of the claim of a specified individual.
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:
NO
Bill Text
The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
SECTION 1.
The sum of ninety-two thousand two hundred sixty dollars ($92,260) is hereby appropriated from the General Fund to the executive officer of the California Victim Compensation Board for the payment of the claim of Zedrick Damien Turnbough, 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 California 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.