Claims against the state: appropriation.

Plain English Breakdown

The official source does not specify that committees can introduce additional funding bills, only that they are required to cause introduction of legislation appropriating the necessary funds.

Money for State Claims

The bill sets aside money from the General Fund to cover a legal judgment against the state, and requires reporting of claims needing funding.

What This Bill Does

• Sets aside an unspecified amount of money from the General Fund to pay a legal judgment in an unspecified case.
• Requires the Attorney General to report claims, settlements, and judgments that need funding to certain committees.

Who It Names or Affects

• The state government
• People or organizations with claims against the state

Terms To Know

General Fund

A big pot of money that the state uses to pay for many different things.

Urgency statute

A law that takes effect immediately without waiting, because it's considered very important and urgent.

Limits and Unknowns

• The exact amount of money set aside is not specified.
• The specific case or claim being addressed is not detailed in the bill text.

Official Summary Text

AB 2597, as introduced, Wicks.
Claims against the state: appropriation.
Under existing law, if sufficient appropriations are not available for the payment of certain claims, settlements, or judgments, the Attorney General is required to report the claims, settlements, and judgments to the chairperson of either the Senate Committee on Appropriations or the Assembly Committee on Appropriations, who is then required to cause introduction of legislation appropriating the funds necessary for payment.
This bill would appropriate an unspecified amount from the General Fund to the Attorney General to pay the judgment in an unspecified case.
This bill would declare that it is to take effect immediately as an urgency statute.

Current Bill Text

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