Assembly Bill No. 4087

              AMENDED IN SENATE JUNE 23, 1988
AMENDED IN SENATE JUNE 2, 1988
AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY APRIL 25, 1988
CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE—1987-88 REGULAR SESSION
ASSEMBLY BILL No. 4087
Introduced by Assembly Member Johnston
(Principal coauthor: Senator Dills)
(Coauthors: Assembly Members Bradley, Willie Brown,
Campbell, Chacon, Connelly, Cortese, Farr, Friedman,
Hannigan, Hauser, Hayden, Isenberg, Killea, Klehs,
Margolin, O'Connell, Peace, Polanco, Sher, Speier,
Vasconcellos, Maxine Waters, and Zeltner)
(Coauthors: Senators Davis, Cecil Green, Bill Greene, Leroy
Greene, Kopp, Marks, McCorquodale, Robbins, Torres, and
Vuich)
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February 19, 1988
An act to add Section 17156 to the Revenue and Taxation
Code, to add Section 11008.17 to the Welfare and Institutions
Code, and to amend Sections 2 and 3 of, and to repeal Section
6 of, Chapter 523 of the Statutes of 1982, relating to state
employees reparations for World War II injustices.
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
AB 4087, as amended, Johnston. State cmploycca:
reparations Reparations.
Existing law authorizes state civil service, California State
University, and University of California employees who
suffered salary losses as a result of SCR 15 (Res. Ch. 49, Stats.
1941-42, 1st Ex. Sess.), which resolution requested the State
Personnel Board to dismiss the employees based upon their
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alleged disloyalty, to submit claims to the state for reparation
of those losses. The law bars the survivors of these employees
from filing a claim.
This bill would authorize the surviving spouse of such an
employee to file a single claim if the employee did not file a
claim pursuant to the existing law before his or her death.
The existing Personal Income Tax Law provides for various
exclusions from gross income.
This bill would authorize an exclusion under that law for
certain federal reparation payments to redress the injustice
done to United States citizens and resident aliens of Japanese
ancestry who were interned during World War II. This
authorization would not become operative unless and until
specified related federal legislation is enacted.
Existing law requires, for purposes of Medi-Cal and public
assistance program eligibility determination and grant
computation, various income and resources to be or not be
considered.
This bill would require, to the extent required by federal
law, that certain federal reparation payments to redress the
injustice done to United States citizens and resident aliens of
Japanese ancestry who were interned during World War II
not be considered income or resources for purposes of
Medi-Cal and public assistance program eligibility
determination and grant computation. This requirement
would not become operative unless and until specified related
federal legislation is enacted.
Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal cornrnittee: yes.
State-mandated local program: no.
The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
1 SECTION 1.   Section 17156 is added to the Revenue
2 and Taxation Code, to read:
3 17156.    Gross income does not include any amount
4 received pursuant to any federal law enacted in 1988 to
5 provide reparation payments to redress the injustice
6 done to United States citizens and resident aliens of
7 Japanese ancestry who were interned during World War
8 II.
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