California Senate Bill SB149 Amended / Bill

 BILL NUMBER: SB 149AMENDED BILL TEXT AMENDED IN SENATE MAY 28, 2009 INTRODUCED BY Senator Kehoe FEBRUARY 12, 2009 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 149, as amended, Kehoe.  Claim   Claims  against the state: appropriation. Existing law requires the Attorney General to pay certain judgments against the state. This bill would appropriate  an unspecified amount to the Attorney General   $110,464.40 to the Department of Justice  to pay a  specific judgment   settlement in Maternal and Child Health Access v. Managed Risk Medical Insurance Board, San Francisco Superior Court, Case No. CPF-08-508296. The bill would require any funds appropriated in excess of the amount required for the payment of this claim to revert to the General Fund  . This bill would declare that it is to take effect immediately as an urgency statute. Vote: 2/3. Appropriation: yes. Fiscal committee: yes. State-mandated local program: no. THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: SECTION 1. The sum of  ____ ($____)   one hundred ten thousand four hundred sixty-four dollars and forty cents ($110,464.40)  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.   Department of Justice to pay a settlement in Maternal and Child Health Access v. Managed Risk Medical Insurance Board, San Francisco Superior Court, Case No. CPF-08-508296. Any funds appropriated in excess of the amount 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   settle a claim against the state and end claimant hardship  as quickly as possible, it is necessary for this act to take effect immediately.