CA SB1558

Appropriates $1,300,000 from the General Fund to the Department of Justice to pay settlements and accumulated interest in Darling v. Douglas, United States District Court, Northern District of California, Case No. 4:09-cv-03798-SBA.

Appropriates an additional $1,300,000 from the Federal Trust Fund to the Department of Justice for the same settlement and accumulated interest.

Any funds appropriated in excess of the amount required for payment of the claim shall revert to the respective fund sources.

Declares the act an urgency statute effective immediately upon approval to expedite payment of claims and reduce hardship to claimants.